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The First (2018)
Excelent TV Show
I like to start saying that I am a very hard sci-fi fan but I also enjoy action, comedy, drama if it is well crafted and is the core of this particular show, it is beautifully done, not only story, plot, relationships between characters but also sound design, settings, near future gadgets and the acting, OMG the acting is like hearing an orchestra, every sound in place, Sean Penn is a master in particular but everyone else are giving an outstanding performance, I liked very much Natascha McElhone's character but Anna Jacoby-Heron blowed my mind, I've never seen her before but what a brilliant acting from her.
I highly recommend this show even that sci-fi is not the main visual component of it. We're talking about the ground-preparation not the blast-and-journey.
Terminator Genisys (2015)
This was made for Terminator fans only
I can understand why this movie flops badly at the box office. The young viewers cannot be related to the story full of nostalgia and many many references to T1 and T2, but seeing an old Arnie is at the same awesome and awful, because the writers had to explain why the Terminator IS old and this limit the possibilities but I like the blending of the ideas of T1 and T2 to the service of this movie. I love Emilia's Clarke performance because she have enormous expressive beautiful eyes and I felt that she fit the role. In the other hand I don't like Jason Clarke's performance as the villain because is kind of forced and is confusing how he became the bad guy. Also the romance between Kyle Reese and Sarah felt awkward and forced but given the new story they will have plenty of time to "mate". I left the cinema with a smile in my face because I really enjoy this movie because it remind me beautiful memories of my childhood watching T1 and T2 and despite Jim Cameron isn't involved I think the filmmakers of this one did a great job, I hope that the trilogy will be made although this one was a bomb, because I would like to watch more terminator movies. The good thing about this movie is the sci-fi fantasy packed with action and the CGI is jaw- dropping (watch closely the young T-800 face) and all the fights are kinetic and mind-blowing, so go to the cinema before is pulled out, is totally worth watching!
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (2014)
Alejandro is the Real Deal
This movie really touch my soul in very different ways, I was laughing and crying at the same time when I was watching it. Alejandro's clean smooth directing really states a new canon in the way a movie is conducted, I was blown away with Michael Keaton's perfect performance and the rest of the cast did well around him. I had never seen this kind of genre called "Magical realism" as well as in this movie, it really submerge you inside the head of the main character and the brilliant drum-based score helps to explain the situation by the minute. I am very happy with the Oscars won by Alejandro (well deserved) especially because I am Mexican too. I know that this kind of movie is not for everyone, some people said that it is boring, pretentious, over-the- top, strange, difficult to understand, hideous. But let me tell you this movie is fascinating, touching, funny, sad, eloquent, fantastic and dramatic. I liked very much how it makes fun of big-budget summer-blockbusters hero-movies which easily Alejandro will have done if he had wanted but no, he preferred an artistic low budget movie that make you feel instead of make you eat popcorn.