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War of the Worlds (2005)
War Of The Worlds?? Don't Think so...
I really don't know if its me, but this movie has "script blanks" meaning, that things happen without any rational explanation and cause (probably the script writer, would like to share those secrets with us..the poor audience and viewers)so that we can ("I" At least) come to a conclusion and sort things out a bit. It might sound naive ..but there are some questions about the whole story, such as..how come those Aliens devastate the whole planet in a few days..and then one simple morning their shields fail..and they suddenly lose their "war" against us? or, several events happen by magic, ( Ray's Son appears at the end of the movie out of nowhere-probably 'cause this way it the filmmakers would achieve the "happy ending" purpose of that film). The only thing that this film, achieves is to create this whole terror-panic-desperation atmosphere though it lacks of originality (plz remember those Panic Films back in the 70's). So we have a film that focus to the main characters (Ray and his children) leaving this whole Alien-invasion event work as the factor to their family issues they may have offering a family-conflict film than the movie that most of us expected to see. War Of The Worlds?? Don't Think so...
Hardcore (2004)
Hardcore it is....
Realism at all costs..straight to your face, issues that usually cause revolt to lots of us, displayed in the most realistic way it could be..without being too provocative although that some scenes are way to the edge for commercial purposes (accordin' to my opinion of course).
Suitable soundtrack , good photography , Excellent performance by those two young actresses and finally a magnificent directing by Dennis Iliades...in other words a really good movie,However with a really "sad or even disturbing" concept. Blood? sex? violence? or just the way that things work?? All those compose a film drowned in "decadance" but honest and true at the same time... Anyway i would recommend this "new era of Greek cinema" film to those who could use a bit of a shock..or even a 90 minute lasting stimulation of the brain.. Love it or hate it!