BLACK SWAN
Recommended. Natalie Portman is a surefire Oscar winner. The movie and the director should be awarded as well. Aronofsky's back at his best. "Wrestler" was just a warm-up.
No wonder screenings sell out.
As the example of "Requiem for a dream" and "Wrestler" shows, Aronofsky's actresses are bound to be nominated to an Academy Award while he isn't exactly that successful himself. Imho he deserves the award for his uncanning ability to push actors to the limit. I'm also happy that this time, unlike in the films mentioned above, he manages to show erotica without nudity. Or was Natalie Portman less desperate than her lesser known counterparts?
Tuesday 25 January 2011
Thursday 13 January 2011
TRON: LEGACY 3D AT IMAX
Watchable at IMAX, not sure about elsewhere. The visual effects would have impressed 20 years ago but after Matrix, The Clone Wars, let alone Avatar, they look silly. As far as I remember the original was full of colour as well while the sequel is either all blue or orange. What's really worth seeing though is the beginning - the airview of the city, puts you right in the middle of the film and induces parachute-jumping sensations. Jeff Bridges sounds like a chain smoker. No plot to talk about.
Watchable at IMAX, not sure about elsewhere. The visual effects would have impressed 20 years ago but after Matrix, The Clone Wars, let alone Avatar, they look silly. As far as I remember the original was full of colour as well while the sequel is either all blue or orange. What's really worth seeing though is the beginning - the airview of the city, puts you right in the middle of the film and induces parachute-jumping sensations. Jeff Bridges sounds like a chain smoker. No plot to talk about.
Tuesday 11 January 2011
Saturday 8 January 2011
HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS PART 1
Recommended. Previous Harry Potter movies failed trying to extract the core of the plot. Now the makers have slowed down - half a book per movie is just the pace. Acting has also reached its peak. Everything else is just perfect as well.
MR. NOBODY
Watchable. The scientific (the theory of chaos) and science-fiction (immortality through telemerisation, gene-compatible pigs kept as pets, trips to Mars) bits are the best elements of the film. The rest is quite philosophic and depressingly romantic.
When you have lived all your alternative lives and have been heartbroken in each, immortality isn't enticing. But then, when you think of the misfortunes that happen to everyone in life, would anyone really crave immortality if it were feasible?
Recommended. Previous Harry Potter movies failed trying to extract the core of the plot. Now the makers have slowed down - half a book per movie is just the pace. Acting has also reached its peak. Everything else is just perfect as well.
MR. NOBODY
Watchable. The scientific (the theory of chaos) and science-fiction (immortality through telemerisation, gene-compatible pigs kept as pets, trips to Mars) bits are the best elements of the film. The rest is quite philosophic and depressingly romantic.
When you have lived all your alternative lives and have been heartbroken in each, immortality isn't enticing. But then, when you think of the misfortunes that happen to everyone in life, would anyone really crave immortality if it were feasible?
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