The assassination sequence blew me away
I'll try to keep it short - never read Sandman - its always been on the pile of shame to read but never got around to it.
Up front - I hate the way they shot this, the vast majority of the footage is stretched, it's subtle enough to distract, it's like a mis-behaving anamorphic camera lense, it regularly causes shapes, actors heads to be mis-shapen and persists through the whole thing.
I dont care who is cast as what character, what their sexuality is or gender. What is important in this fiction is a story that will grip me or entertain me. In 2022 there are so much "content" out there the bar has been set and you need a better selling point than any of that controversy as this stuff is only going to become the norm; people have to focus on is the story good or not..
Episodes 5 and 6 won me over, episode 7 onwards lost me again. I can't remember the last time I saw a show and thought this isn't for me, this is great, this is good, wtf is this, OMG I'm so bored in the space of a single season. There's a lot of "ideas" and "concepts" in here, I can understand how they might be worth exploring in written fiction but I am not sold that it suited being adapted onto the screen. I'd be lying if I said I was entertained, enjoyed any of the "plot threads". I like Matthew the Raven, Stephen Fry is always reliable and Mark Hamill's character made me laugh (more to do with the voice actor than the character to be fair).
The rest I just found dull. Glad Gaiman finally got something adapted after all these years he is happy with, genuinely glad for him. This just wasn't for me. Enjoy if you did, definetly worth looking into that screen ratio "fix" if you can before watching.
We live as we can, not as we want.
What a hellish price to pay. Life sure was dreadfully terrible back then.
[Filmin, 4K Restoration] Cows. Poverty. Land. "Don't read Genesis; read Revelation." Rain. Communism. Mud. "The rain destroys everything." Tango. The dance of the poor is tango. "My father is the sea, my mother is the land, my name is Tango". Long takes. Time stopped. Bells. "Futaki woke up to the sound of the bells." Despair. Cinema. Masterpiece.
I didn't recognize any of these Marvel characters. Barely any action. Great story though.
I did not like it: the crossing between a porn movie and a music DVD just does not work! Either watch a porn or a rock concert, but skip 9 songs!
An excellent film with an outstanding soundtrack. Ignore the sequels though - as its tagline says:
There can be only one!
This movie is simply stunning. Props to Xavier Dolan, so talented and brilliant young filmmaker. I've seen all of his movies but this one is my favorite! Everything is connected so beautifully, songs fit perfectly to the scenes and make them more alive. The main thing about this movie is the fact that it feels so real, it doesn't let you think otherwise. I'm amazed!
Apparently by reading the comments here and on the 1982 version, not many know the original movie was actually The Thing from Another World 1951. All being based on the 1938 book Who Goes There?.
The acting is impeccable and the cinematography and directing is truly memorising. However it all feels wasted on such a long, overdrawn and predictable story line. I found myself waiting for it all to end, which it does eventually, just how you thought it would.
As someone who actually lives in Mexico, and has a 12-men strong Policias Federales group parked just outside my office with machine guns and a freaking tank (yes, a small tank with 2 50mm turrets), and my fair amount of dead bodies seen around in Tamaulipas, Nuevo Leon and Sonora, many kidnapped (and lost forever) friends, this movie is one of the best I've ever seen about the War On Drugs. The third act is too constrained, but understandable as this is a movie made for an American audience. I wonder if you guys can tell the difference between Mexico City (where most of the Mexican scenes were shot) and Ciudad Juarez or Nogales, because you can't film there at all. The situation here is worst than anybody can imagine, and I just have to look outside my window. I'm looking forward for the next movie with Del Toro's character.
When you watch a movie and wish that it went for another 2 hours - fantastic.
