Reviews

This is probably one the most underrated horror flicks in years.

Yes, there are many "found footage" or "shaking camera" movies, but none like this one. I mean, we have a bunch of ghosts and things like that in these movies. Spooky pyramids and ancient Egyptian mummies, yes, of course, the horror movie industry is full of those since the black & white era.

But this flick is not about that. I did not read any reviews or information about this movie before watching it and I must say I did not see it coming. A real life Anubis walking around and doing his routine trapped inside the pyramid? Hey! That's amazing! It's very original and entertaining!

You might bash the poor CGI or other filming issues, but, come on, it's one of the most fun to watch and atmospheric horrors in years!

Highly recommended for Ancient Egyptian horror fans!

Quentin Tarantino is absolutely fabulous! His directing is so realistic that he is able to make even a fantasy movie look so real. PULP FICTION is not an exception from the rule.

The most delicious part of this masterpiece is not the action, but the memorable dialogs. You'll never forget the lines of JULES (Samuel L. Jackson) including the Ezekiel 25:17 quote, the DEAD N. STORAGE joke (Quentin Tarantino), or the intelligent lines of MIA (Uma Thurman).

The interesting issue about this movie is that, like in all the other Taranantino movies, the action is unpredictable. I'm sure nobody expected that VINCENT (John Travolta) would be killed, specially because he was the main wiseguy besides JULES. Also the case for MARSELLUS (Ving Rhames), the boss who got raped.

Because of these you'll have your breath taken away for the whole 2 1/2 hours of the movie, and when you'll see the closing credits you'll be very disappointed that it's over.

Definitely 10 out of 10 for the directing and the acting.

I think this is the greatest love story on screen. Why? Well... because it's real? What I'm trying to say is that this is not one of those fantasy love stories with overreactions and incredible scenes like in the spectacular "Titanic". It's just a bit of realistic romance.

The acting was so great that even a guy like me has been so profoundly touched by this movie that I almost cried at the end (I'm not joking!!!). Fabulous performance! It's the type of movie that makes you identify yourself with the same gender character towards the opposite gender character. Celine was so lovable that I must admit I had a crush on her the first time I saw the movie. I felt like being Jesse and holding her in my arms.

The most romantic moment is when they "photograph" each other in the morning they have to say goodbye. It's pure love without sexuality (even if they talk a lot about it) because their feelings are not sexual at all.

It's so foolish they don't exchange phone numbers and addresses and make such an unpractical deal to meet again at the station after 6 months. It's so stupid they don't acknowledge what they lose if they say goodbye. It's so sad they don't get together forever...

Definitely 10 out of 10 for the story, for the directing and of course for the perfect acting.

This is one of the most unrealistic movie ever made. The story is stupid and the film looks like a kung fu flick from the '70s with flying people during the acrobatic fights.

From a sequel of Desperado I would have expected more of Salma and Banderas as the passional Latino couple. Instead Salma gets killed from the start and Banderas becomes the kind of Mexi-can Superhero.

I almost forgot: Johnny, what the hell are you doing in this movie? Are you completely out of your mind? What happened to you, man? It was a good start for Salma and Banderas, but this is not a movie for stars like you!

5 out of 10 because Salma looks gorgeous and Banderas is cool!

This story looks more like an account of a collective paranoia case generated by a mentally insane kid, and not a ghost story.

Twelve years old Ryan is pathologically afraid of the dark, suffering from some bizarre nyctophobia caused by being trapped in a dark basement years ago. His insanity makes you wanna punch him to sanity once for all.

Instead he has an older brother Dale who doesn't believe him in the first place, but starts to get scared by him. Dale has a girlfriend who's in some kind of platonic relationship with him (very cute subplot).

So one night the two brothers are left alone by their parents who go to a party. During the night Ryan drives Dale crazy with his fear that the lights in the house might go off and the "living darkness" could get him. Then both of them start to see creepy faces and hear scary noises. That's the point in the movie when you get nervous because you expect an explanation for what's happening, but you don't get any clue besides the clinical one.

The whole madness comes to an end in the morning when the sunlight scares the "ghosts" away. That would never happen to real ghosts, but we are talking about made up ghosts produced by a damaged mind.

5 out of 10 because I watched it with the speakers turned loud on and some scenes were scary because of the noise.