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Jauja (2014)
One of the worst movies ever
Being Argentine, I am a great admirer of its cinema.
As it was very praised by a local newspaper, and having Viggo Mortensen on the cast, we went to see it.
What a disappointment! Except for Vigo, its cast is amateurish (in the bad sense) when acting. Text is ridiculous and makes no sense. An absolutely bad and awful movie, none positive points at all.
It's very much (probably inspired) like some Glauber Rocha films, which at least made more sense sometimes. This one doesn't.
To top it all it was in 35mm film and framed in 1.33 screen, with rounded corners.
It's an experimental film, as should be announced as such. I will never trust that newspaper again (pagina12) when they recommend a movie.
I'm not sure why they go so many stars here either, because it certainly does not deserve them.
Compared to a recent Argentine success, "Relatos salvajes", which probably got high rates too, people should be careful how they judge films. You should walk out of this movie 10 minutes after it starts, which is what I should have done.
Don't be fooled by the recommendations. Go see it if still want to, but knowing you will see an experimental film made by director that seems to have just come out of a film school, even if he didn't.
Absolutely forgettable.
Girl Most Likely (2012)
Living in the XXI century
I'm sorry if this comment is not really about the movie, but reasons raised here for it 12A comment in England.
The qualification would be right because "Two people are seen in bed, not sleeping, and thus 12+ would be a good age guide". Are you kidding? I haven't seen the quoted scene, but as long as they are not making love, even if non-explicit, I don't seen why seeing two people together in bed could badly influence say, an eight year child. His parents do not stay in bed together? Come on, such comment belongs in the Hays Code, which regretfully influenced films until the '50s, making films having two beds for married couples and many other ridiculous things.
At first, when I saw the comment, I thought two people in bed which are of the same sex, even if nowadays that shouldn't be reason for 12A qualification either.
Shame on the British qualification!
At Any Price (2012)
Be aware of what you are about to see
This whole comment might be a spoiler, so if you are going to see this movie do stop reading.
Maybe it was my fault, but I started seeing this movie waiting for things to get a little bit better on the events in the screen, and they got worst and worst.
By the middle, after a certain event (I won't spoil it telling you), we said it was enough and stopped the disc player.
This movie tells a tragic story. A tragedy in the sense that the characters do everything to change their destiny and can't.
So if you like tragedies, do watch this movie. If you don't, just be aware of what you are about to see.
Byzantium (2012)
Neil Jordan continues to be a misogynist
All Neil Jordan films have one thing in common: men are great, women are bitches. It's been a common characteristic in NJ films that women are doom for men and should be despised. Try to remember all women in Jordan films and see if I am not right.
Even if I think that Jordan is being coherent to what he really feels, which is commendable, to me it feels too homosexual to be involved with the authenticity of the dramas that are being portrayed. This one is no exception to that rule.
Do compare the drama of this film, and the main characters, with those in "Interview with the vampire" and you may agree or not what I am talking about.