One Hour with You

Film: One Hour with You
Year: 1932
Time: 80min
Rating: 7.4/10

Starts with a cop arresting a couple who kisses in the park believing they are not married - because if they are, are the only ... Continues with a song to the magic of an alliance can: permission to make love all the time. Coninua with the best friend of the woman trying to seduce her husband's friend. And he gives, after resisting. It is the woman who pushes own, without knowing. Her husband's friend, nor cares if this is proof of divorce. "One time you" do not have some modesty.

We also do not have jokes in bad taste, it's all subtle, packed with songs, with lace cuffs long white dresses, created in uniform, very tall doors, the great world out of the 20s and has not yet shown the economic crisis that swept everything - even a civilization.

And it is a film that, like the best art, it brings learning or fighting, just sublimations, expressions of life, pleasure for the senses and the intellect. Infinitely futile, is a musical comedy about inevitalidade and refinements of adultery, made in a time before the entry into force of the Hays code, when the moral freedoms were unlimited in American cinema.

But it is not by showing that this movie is libertine, is the ease with which designs social convictions, a willingness to transgress the possible and the impunity of the conveniences that exceed. All done with supreme elegance, which Lubritsch - and only Lubritsch - knew. It is said that at his funeral (he died young, aged 55, in 1947), Billy Wilder and William Wyler were together at the end of the ceremony. Wilder sighed: "I will no longer Lubritsch." Wyler added: "Worse than that, we no longer have Lubritsch movies."

Personal comment:

Of course his other works are towering more than this, we must see them all, or discuss! But to me, "One Hour with You" is the ultimate expression of that dirt wash eyes the images that are out there, what makes the distinction sublime.

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Treasure Planet

Film: Treasure Planet
Year: 2002
Time: 95min
Rating: 6.8/10

The Disney animated version of "Treasure Island."

I love this movie! Like so many other Disney movies.

The design was budgeted at $ 140 million, but grossed in North American box office just over 35 million. Thanks to the performance, Disney is considering establishing a ceiling of 80 million per production, the cost of Lilo & Stitch (Dean DeBlois and Chris Sanders, 2002). And the division chief, Thomas Schumacher, thinks of resigning from office.

The movie starts right up with the young Jim Hawkins (voiced by Joseph Gordon-Levitt) making several risky maneuvers on his surfboard flying over an area prohibited to be picked up by the police and be taken back to the inn where he lives with his mother . During these maneuvers the character manages to captivate audiences, as well as scenes are fast and able to entertain most, but then got in a sea of ​​sameness that has been viewed and reviewed by several films, only now in design. When one o'clock ET falls near his home with a map that apparently leads to hidden Treasure Planet, which seems to be the solution to all financial problems of Jim and his mother, the adventure begins.

The plot is based on the classic Treasure Island, which Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894) wrote in 1883 and which resulted in his own Disney movie with real actors, in 1950. Adaptation of 2002, however, part of an interesting premise: the old boats now sail-powered laser through outer space, aliens of various types and formats listed as pirates and even the traditional kite became a nice bubble mutant.

Personal comment:

I think it's a good movie for children and adolescents. Portrays a young rebel without goals in life and with nothing to offer. But how has that passion since childhood mentor and ends up becoming a hero! 6/10 is more than deserved.

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Taken 2

Film: Taken 2
Year: 2012
Time: 91 min
Rating: 6.9/10


Last week I felt like going to the movies. In Portugal (the country where I live) was the movie list movie Taken 2. As already seen the first, I was curious so I chose this.

The film has the same concept as the first. It's Bryan Mills with his whole style to try to save someone. And this time was not the daughter, who was the ex-wife has been kidnapped.
He had a work to do in Istanbul and daughter and ex-wife make it a surprise and will spend a mini vacation with him. The problem is that in the first movie he killed many people get to save his daughter, now a teenager, and the family of these people want revenge. With that, the woman is kidnapped along with Bryan and daughter managed to escape. And thank goodness! Why is she who ends up helping his father (who was also kidnapped) to save everyone.

With a mini phone, contact Bryan's daughter and escapes.

Regarding the space, the images are fantastic. Portrays the life in Istanbul, all those tiny streets, houses on top of houses, each hole goes for any business with all the shops open. As people become indifferent to the problems in the street.

Personal comment:

I found the movie quite good but for me, the first is better. As actors are practically the same can not do a review of the different I did when I posted about the first film. As for the score, give a 7.

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The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

Film: The Lord of The Rings: The Two Towers
Year: 2001
Time: 179min
Rating: 8.7/10


First movie :: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring

Better than the first movie, director Peter Jackson and the actors are already looser in the film, trying to do more than was in the book by JRR Tolkien, several scenes were placed, although not in the book, and several parts of the book were taken weft, which has three hours.

For fans of Tolkien faithful to the book, maybe they will find the infinitely superior first film, the fact that he will strictly followed the book, unlike what we see in this.

The fact that the inclusion of new ideas and scenes for the movie is better, after all, this is an adaptation of the book, and several parts of the book can not work in the film, thus making these new scenes covering some defects of adaptation. And let's say in passing: Peter Jackson knows what he does. He managed to attract the attention of not only fans, but also people who had never read the book, and neither party did not disappoint, making a faithful adaptation and very good at the same time, something very hard to find in adaptations of works materials as 'The Lord of the Rings'.

Here, the fragmentation into three cores (Frodo / Sam / Gollum - Merry / Pippin / Ents - Aragorn / Legolas / Gimli) provides a spectacle that enchants the eyes of truth, the climax of the film divided into three simultaneous battles, but it takes some tension found in the Company. Lacking a little of that tension in the core of the second movie.

In part, the feeling is that the flashback involving Arwen (Liv Tyler) and Aragorn (Viggo Mortensen) is an excess expendable. Jackson's explanation for the entry of the Elves in the war could summarize the participation of Galadriel. Moreover, the extract from Lady of Lothlorien, as a kind of impartial narrator who puts order in the plot, comes at a time suited the film.

The battle in which 10 000 orcs 300 men fight leaves everyone jaw fallen, showing that the special effects are perfect, and can hold your attention. The entire movie is the climax of the story, after all, the whole movie is just the middle of a charming and timeless story about a group who must destroy a ring that can end the world in which they live. The first part introduced us to the world of these characters, and this second part dispenses such introductions, taking us directly to the story. And now the third part will take us to the end of the most anticipated movies.

Peter Jackson has managed to create a masterpiece in which you believe to be in another world, so much perfection that is the middle ground, it uses special effects and revolutionaries is looser in this plot, in which you do not even notice who was sitting in the armchair for three hours, when the movie ends.

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Secret Window

Film: Secret Window
Year: 2004
Time: 96min
Rating: 6.5/10

Today will be the day to post about the brilliant actor Johnny Depp. And here's a movie with a few years but I particularly liked. Secret Window ...

"Secret Window" has an interesting plot.

One of the biggest fears is that a writer's block. Imagine what it is to sit in front of a typewriter (or computer) and can not enjoy anything that comes out of his fingertips, or, what may be even worse, do not leave anything.

Mort Rainey (Johnny Depp) is a writer in crisis, who has just separated from his wife (Maria Bello) after he caught her with another man. Mort decides to isolate themselves in a cabin by the lake Tashmore in search of tranquility. But there appears John Shooter (John Turturro), who begins to harass you then accusing him of plagiarism.

Ever heard of a split personality? See this movie and be surprised;)

Personal comment:

Who has the habit of watching thriller movies soon deduces the fifteen first few minutes as the film develops. While not bad, for a lie so banal and primary structure, "Secret Window" cause some discomfort. One would expect more for a story so unusual.

The way the script handles the psyche of the protagonist, as monologues, with flashbacks, with his imagination, is a plus, but the solution given is pathetic and only the most surprising unwary.

Average! Daria 7/10 in Imdb.

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The Rum Diary

Film: The Rum Diary

Year: 2011

Time: 120min

Rating: 6.3/10

A film by Bruce Robinson, this is a film comedy / Triller whose main actor Johnny Depp.

This actor represents the role Paul Kemp (Johnny Depp) who, tired of New York, leaves everything behind and accept the offer of Lotterman (Richard Jenkins) to the office of a newspaper reporter in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Satisfied with this new way of life, quickly feel "at home" by adopting a bohemian style, washed down with rum and some drugs. Things get complicated when he becomes emotionally involved with Chenault (Amber Heard), a beautiful fiancee of Sanderson (Aaron Eckhart), one of the most powerful and corrupt citizens of the city.

As a subplot that revolves around Kemp's passion for the beautiful Chenault (Amber Heard) at one point dominates the film, this ideal location - deliver sweet blonde villain bureaucratic and give her a love to match his joy of life - radiates throughout the relationship that Kemp has with Puerto Rico and its people (also exotic and vivid, with their cockfights, its carnival and its sorceries). But that relationship only goes so far. Diary ... is more a film about the sudden discovery of other than on the discovery of a possible influence that this may have on another.

 When your boss asks you a laudatory article on the last business Sanderson comes the dilemma: do what you ask or take the opportunity to reveal that huge web of corruption.

It is based on the homonymous novel written by the American journalist Hunter S. Thompson when he was only 22 years old.

Personal Comment:

What Robinson's film is most interesting, therefore, is one of the exact moments in which we can see the genesis of gonzo: when Kemp (after drinking the whole movie, which favors) experiences acid and, under the influence of piscotropic, "change" literally the reality around them. Fear and Loathing takes this to the extreme, is the order of the physical world changed completely on the trip - and individual transferable - LSD. On The Rum Diary, this transformation of the surroundings is more subtle but no less definite and defining.

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Ice Age 4 : Continental Drift

Film: Ice Age 4 : Continental Drift
Year: 2012
Time: 88min
Rating: 6.8/10


You know those rainy afternoons that only you feel like you lie down on the couch and watch a movie? That's what happened to me yesterday. I left the university and saw that the day was so ugly  I decided with my colleagues to see a movie together. The chosen was the Ice Age 4.

No one knows the exact date of the extinction of the dinosaurs, but now you could say that continental drift originated when the squirrel Scrat tried to bury a nut. That squirrel was bad until the core of the earth and littered the whole room.

With this, the ice began to melt and unfortunately Manny separated from his wife and his little daughter had discussed seconds ago. Is obvious that Manny was not alone since ended up on a piece of ice floating at sea with their best friends Sid and Diego. In this film there is a new acquisition that is Sid's grandmother who was abandoned by family as he was taken care of and Sid A character who fits perfectly into the content seen her be completely senile. With that Manny promises return to find his family. While walking adrift in the ocean they are attacked by pirates whose leader an orangutan named Guts. In this group of pirates there is a saber-toothed tiger Diego which is completely in love.

I will not say more of the story but our little heroes will face many dangers (eg the singing of the sirens) and find a new world!

Personal comment:

I really liked the movie! Seen with friends becomes much better! Can you laugh, have a good story and animation are spectacular. Would give this movie 6/10. I love animated movies :)

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The Lord of the Rings : The Fellowship of the Ring

Film: The Lord of the Rings : The Fellowship of the Ring
Year: 2001
Time: 178min
Rating: 8.8/10

During this month I will post about the other two. But now here is the first: D

Who ever saw The Lord of the Rings because it does not like movies! It is without doubt the best trilogy ever been made! What can I say about this movie if everything has already been said?

Director Chris Columbus merely making a movie just right, following the text paragraph by paragraph by JK Rowling. No demerit that. Meanwhile, across the world, the hitherto semi-unknown Peter Jackson turned his dream into reality to transport Middle-earth for the big screen. The task was thankless and fanaticism that surrounds Lord of the Rings would scare in very prestigious director in Hollywood. In a move that demonstrates the audacity of the project, Jackson managed to convince the suits at New Line Cinema to open the safes. With $ 300 million in hand, he managed to assemble a cast of stars without exorbitant paychecks, but very experienced and hard to be criticized. Using the argument that always wanted to be fanatically loyal to the work, Jackson convinced the players (and fans) to shoot the entire trilogy in one fell swoop. Were 15 months (a normal movie takes on average 4 months) in the remote but rich in natural scenery New Zealand native director. It was the first time that three entire movies were filmed without a break between them.

The actors had to learn that the Elven language of the elves, to help tell the story of Frodo Baggins (Elijah Wood). The young hobbit receives from his cousin and guardian Bilbo (Ian Holm) the One Ring. The object was created by Sauron, a powerful being who wants to rule the world. He was defeated for ages and now resurfaces to recover your precious. The mission of Frodo and his friends is to destroy the One Ring and, therefore, will have to walk to Mordor, where he was built.

The film unfortunately lost several Oscars. The cast is one of the greatest strengths of the film. Elijah Wood was born for the role of Frodo, and should be marked as the little hero of hairy feet. The scenes where he is attracted by the Ring are the high point of interpretation of the young actor. Sean Austin is one that is perfect in the skin of the brave and courageous Sam Gamgee, who does everything to protect his friend Frodo. Billy Boyd and Dominic Monagham form the double Merry & Pippin, the comic relief of the film. Both are very funny, and identical to the way described by Tolkien in his work. Ian McKellen is another that seems to be born for his role (the wizard Gandalf). The actor conveys all the charisma of the character (feature that also appears in the books) and takes a bath in scenes more dramatic interpretation.

Liv Tyler as Arwen is very well, and despite its small stake, gets the best role of his career.

Personal comment:

Director Peter Jackson then fulfills its mission so superb and passionate, and still can print from "The Fellowship of the Ring" beautiful and heartfelt lessons of hope, friendship (a character defends another's life with passion and courage - the largest example is Sam, Frodo defender) and life (as one that teaches Gandalf to Frodo, after the two step into the gate of Moria), which were also present in the works of Tolkien. The director keeps alive the magic of Middle Earth, and transforms this first part of the saga in the first cinematic masterpieces of the early twenty-first century. Anyway, it came to the story. 

I would give 9/10 the movie :)

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The Expendables 2

Film: The Expendables 2

Year: 2012

Time: 103min

Rating: 7.5/10

Before any reference to the film will present the surreal cast, simply because it deserves:

• Sylvester Stallone
• Van Damme
• Jason Statham
• Jet Li
• Dolph Lundgren
• Chuck Norris
• Bruce Willis
• Arnold Schwarzenegger
• Terry Crews
•  Randy Couture

This list is enough?

When looking at this list, we immediately think that the movie is worth viewed.

A comedy and action, written by Richard Wenk and Sylvester Stallone.

Raising the sunken heroes of the glory years of the VHS, the secret of production is not taken seriously: the actors play caricatures of themselves in action films before, taking the audience on a nostalgic ride by cinema 80's, and adding effects modern special of the new decade.

The Expendables 2 begins with the return of Church (Bruce Willis (Die Hard) as the contractor team of Barney (Sylvester Stallone, Rambo) for a new job: rescue of a downed plane a device that contains valuable information. Preparations for a simple mission, Barney and his team set out on their Jumbo to rescue the lost item, but are surprised by another rescue team. Trapped, they are forced to cooperate and deliver the recovered item Villain (Jean-Claude Van Damme, The Great White Dragon), a Russian criminal with grandiose plans for the valuable device. Following the team of mercenaries begins a chase hard to stop him from realizing their plans.

Personal comment:

Despite all this revelry testosterone, The Expendables 2 has glaring errors. If you pay attention in the face of thugs will find the same extra / stuntman being killed twice, three times, which justifies the absurd body count. Other excerpts clueless - the heroes invade an airport full of civilians firing shots in every direction - show that the tape is not concerned with logic, continuity and / or plausibility and your goal is only fun. Thus, the brain is better off before entering the theater.

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A Separation

Film: A Separation
Year: 2011
Time: 123min
Rating: 8.6/10

A Separation is an Iranian film that is surprising the world and snatching awards in several countries.

The script of the film is simply sensational. There are even guilty and innocent. Everyone suffers and no one knows their percentage of fault in the crisis in which the families live. All the characters live a moral conflict with the situation, either by having left home, for having pushed the employee, having been careless to leave the house or for lying to authorities. All this thinking is revealed can be analyzed through ethical and religious principles.

A Separation is one of the most beautiful films that the past year has given us. In it we follow the story of an Iranian middle-class couple, Nader and Simin, willing to emigrate to the daughter Termeh can grow in an environment with more opportunities. The problem is that when the occasion arises, because Nader recoils not want to leave behind his father, a victim of Alzheimer's and more frail with each passing day, leading to the fury of Simin which ultimately filed for divorce. This leaves home, far from imagining the chain of tragic events caused by their action and that eventually dominate the plot.

As the situation vai sharpening and new data will be released, which will confuse us about who speaks truth and who is lying, also witnessed the unsuccessful attempts to join Termeh parents again. For his dialogues with his father, who chooses to stay at the beginning of the movie instead of following the mother to his grandparents' house, we realized that this separation was only motivated by sheer stubbornness.

Awards:

Already awarded in numerous festivals, received the Golden Bear for Best Film at the Berlin Film Festival, where he also went out of winning interpretations of Peyman Moaadi, Leila Hatami, Sareh Bayat and Shahab Hosseini. Termeh was magnificently played by the director's daughter, Sarina Farhadi. The characterization of actors is very strong, supported by an argument also written by Asghar Farhadi.

Personal comment:

Is this young film, of a more social than political, which follows the great names of Kiarostami and Panahi. With his fifth film already, Farhadi has just joined the family and the scenes inside cars are certainly a tribute to his older compatriot.

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Red Dragon

Film: Red Dragon
Year: 2002
Time: 124min
Rating: 7.2/10

Although this film was made ​​in 2002, this is the last film to have placed here: Silence of the Lambs.

Directed by Brett Ratner, whose main actors Anthony Hopkins (the cannibal mentioned in another film), Edward Norton (FBI) and Ralph Fiennes (the bad guy).

Not sure if there is a movie before this, which was perfectly normal because it would show us how Hannibal was caught. In the first 10 minutes of the film gives us a short summary of how Hannibal "worked" and as Will (Edward Norton) gets the pick.

After that Will retires from the FBI and goes to live with his family for a vacation home. With his fame, he was picking the cannibal, is now called to look at a case that is being complicated. This is where it starts to work again with the best forensic psychiatrist, Hannibal, making it one prison visits and this plays again with his psychological.

When Mr. D, the bad guy, this becomes a good character as it is a reality that we see often the victim of abuse as a child undergoes some transformations psychological changes becoming a killer of entire families.

Personal comment:

I think those who like the Silence of the Lambs should see this. Following is the height of the film and connected with it. The grade assigned by the cinematic community is well on imdb assigned. A movie a bit long but worth seeing.

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