Reviews

Being a great fan of the Poirot's books, I have now watched all the three movies in this series only to be hugely disappointed.

Being produced, directed and starred by Kenneth Branagh, the movies clearly suffer from the same problem: the very own Kenneth Branagh and his need to always appear bigger than the story, the character and the rest of the ensemble.

His pompous portrait of Poirot lacks most of the Belgian detective subtle crabbiness, witty and humour. Also his direction is pretentious while being not really polished, but very theatrical and full of mannerisms.

This feature, from the beginning, left me annoyed with the lazy explanations of the characters and their background, the poor use of flashbacks and the lack of attention to details (like italian children all speaking english or when the characters enter a room that's 'not been acessed by nobody' but all the lamps are on).

The production value here, at least, is fairly good. But in the end, the movie is much less than the sum of its parts.

Unlike many of the other reviewers, I don't think the show's finale is implying the story wasn't real. Actually this doesn't even matter much. What I think that it's saying is, in Glover's subtle and surrealist way, that making this show was like a dream to him.

The last episodes led me to understand how this show was about journeys of learning and growth. Throughout the episodes, these amazing characters learn what it makes to be professionals, friends, parents, successful human beings. They learn who they really are and come to terms with it.

So, it makes sense that the last episode focuses in Darius, who to this day was the least developed, but also the more misterious and also philosophical of them. It shows his loss, his pain but also that everything is going to be alright because he will always be among these friends who love him as much as he loves them.

Atlanta, to me, is absolutely one of the best shows of all times. The writing, direction, acting and production are all top notch. And the last episode was a beautiful, endearing farewell to all those involved in the making of it.

OJT's review incorrectly calls the neighborhood Barra de Tijuana. The correct name is Barra da Tijuca. Tijuana, in Mexico, actually lays 10.000km from Rio de Janeiro.

Kanabuma repeatedly states his liking of other Argentinian movies. This movie is not Argentinian at all, it's from Brazil. This is akin to confusing the US with Mexico.

Good morning, Veronica is a very nice Brazilian surprise on Netflix. With a good quality script, aided by the excellent criminologist and writer Ilana Casoy, the series features some very credible characters such as the psychopath Brandão and his abused wife, Janete. The direction is convincing, but there is certainly room for improvement. Brazilian crime dramas still suffer a bit, specially in the action scenes and here this can be noticed at times. Not top notch, but good enough. The cast is somewhat uneven. Du Moscovis and Carmila Morgado, in the roles of the problematic couple, are extremely good and convincing. The protagonist, Tainá Müller, feels very restrained and sometimes fails to demonstrate the expected emotions, especially in her family sequences. But she shows some growth throughout the series, improving at the end. Some other actors are ok, but the other policemen and criminals offer nothing more than overacting caricatures, resembling bad characters from soap operas. In general, despite having points which can be improved, it is a very interesting series that is worth watching. Just give it a chance.

I writing this review as much for people who watched this movie already as for people interested in watching it: this is not a movie about tango.

This is, first of all, a movie about the making of a show. Many people seem to let this information escape, but we're subtlety informed about this from the very beginning. We're presented with the long process that goes in the head and daily work of director Mario. It's somehow a lesson of direction.

Second to this, the show being made is about Argentinian life. It's a story of birth, passion, illusion, violence, betrayal, forgiveness and rebirth. And it's a very dense and beautiful story.

And how is this story shown to us? It's shown by the way of tango, which then takes the central part of the movie.

Having told that, now I hope you may let yourself being involved by this movie and watch it differently. And that you really enjoy the masterful work Saura has done to give you this absolutely beautiful movie. His direction of camera, light, music and actors is simply stunning. I truly believe this movie puts him side-by-side with the great ones like Kurosawa or Kubrick.

Don't be misguided by the reviews saying this movie sides with ones like Blade Runner or Matrix. While I must admit it clearly had the potential to do so, in the end, well, it just isn't so.

The plot of this film is very interesting. I wonder the book in which it's inspired must be very good. The characterization of the Los Angeles of 1930 is great. But the movie itself is very badly directed and most of the actors are just equally bad. Thi first half of the movie is very rushed what makes the characters seem pretty unreasonable and superficial.

So the in the end the result is just an ordinary movie. It's a little enjoyable, but far from memorable. I give it 5/10 for the studio having wasted such a good history.

I just read some IMDb reviewer saying this movie didn't go well on theaters because of it's dark ending...just like Shawshank Redemption. Well, I must say it doesn't make any justice, to say the least, to compare Shawshank Redemption to THIS movie.

This movie, is nothing but just the average thriller from today. It has it all: plain stereotypes, some very superficial "existencial" dialogs, CGI monsters that can't scare a 5yo girl these days and some annoying plot holes. It's far from "some of the best" speech.

And what does it have of any good? Well, the lead actors and actresses are very good. It's decently directed and nicely shot. It's twisted, dark ending it's surely a plus, certainly the most interesting part of the movie.

So, that's it.