On a rainy Monday I went to see Ágora.
I know my History, so I knew a few things about Hepatia, a phylosopher and astronomer living in the late roman times in Alexandria.
The movie is better than I thought. It pictures Alexandria as it should, in the convoluted times where pagans and christians were fighting for the spiritual (and more) control over Mankind. And how scientists typically live in a world of their own.
Most will see it as a movie against religion, namely christians, for being absolutist and intolerant.
I too see the movie as a warning against intolerance in general, and how science and religion had, and still have problems coexisting.
Intolerance, Hate, Jealousy, Power, Control.
Overall, I left the cinema thinking, once again, that 1700 years later, we haven't learned SHIT and we are still making the same mistakes over and over.
Man is a lower class mammal indeed.
Friday, January 15, 2010
Monday, December 7, 2009
Jennifer Aniston - Management
After a while, I decided to come back for some movie watching, actor by actor.
I started with one of my favorite actresses, Jennifer Aniston.
I know her since the beginning of Friends, and boy she rocked.
I watched a couple of movies from a few years ago, I'll come to that later.
Now, as for the movie:
It doesn't suck. It's good. I like movies with not so many actors. It's easier to go deep into the story, to go inside the personality of each person.
There are also more connecting moments in the movie, that gives you time to breathe, watch the surroundings, and think of what's going on, and why it is going on.
That said, this movie is a typical example of dull lives, and how can people overcome that dullness, irrespective of wether they work hard or not, they are rich or not, they are silly or not. It is well worth seeing.
I started with one of my favorite actresses, Jennifer Aniston.
I know her since the beginning of Friends, and boy she rocked.
I watched a couple of movies from a few years ago, I'll come to that later.
Now, as for the movie:
It doesn't suck. It's good. I like movies with not so many actors. It's easier to go deep into the story, to go inside the personality of each person.
There are also more connecting moments in the movie, that gives you time to breathe, watch the surroundings, and think of what's going on, and why it is going on.
That said, this movie is a typical example of dull lives, and how can people overcome that dullness, irrespective of wether they work hard or not, they are rich or not, they are silly or not. It is well worth seeing.
Friday, August 14, 2009
Sunday, August 9, 2009
Dances with Wolves (1991)
I never watched this movie until tonight.
WoW, it was for sure the best thing Kevin Costner ever did.
Amazing picture, amazing movie in deed.
WoW, it was for sure the best thing Kevin Costner ever did.
Amazing picture, amazing movie in deed.
Monday, July 27, 2009
The silence of the lambs (1991)
Dr. Hannibal Lecter, I presume.
Jodie Foster in her early days, the woman is truly beautiful.
The human mind is so complex, one wonders how one can study it.
But study it we can, and analize it.
I do it many times, on me, and others. And it's thrilling to discover the same patterns over and over again.
The picture tells about it, how a psychopat can steadily achieve better results than plain vanilla detectives, just because a psycho is trained to think the way others think.
Jodie Foster in her early days, the woman is truly beautiful.
The human mind is so complex, one wonders how one can study it.
But study it we can, and analize it.
I do it many times, on me, and others. And it's thrilling to discover the same patterns over and over again.
The picture tells about it, how a psychopat can steadily achieve better results than plain vanilla detectives, just because a psycho is trained to think the way others think.
Sunday, July 26, 2009
Driving Miss Daisy (1990)
Today I reviewed this picture, and something came out, something I remember of the first view... the SOUNDTRACK.
Why so ? Now I know, of course. It's from Hans Zimmer !
The picture is also pretty good, Jessica Tandy and Morgan Freeman do great.
Dan Aykroyd is a fat son, doing a funny role.
Overall, the lack of prejudice prevails on Miss Daisy, although it surrounds them in a very light way.
I have a dream, said Martin.
Why so ? Now I know, of course. It's from Hans Zimmer !
The picture is also pretty good, Jessica Tandy and Morgan Freeman do great.
Dan Aykroyd is a fat son, doing a funny role.
Overall, the lack of prejudice prevails on Miss Daisy, although it surrounds them in a very light way.
I have a dream, said Martin.
Crash (2005)
I had seen a Crash movie in the 90's.. I remember some dudes fucking by a window, looking down at a highway, it was a movie about adrenaline rush while crashing vehicles.
The movie was bad enough that I wanted to leave, but I managed to stay until the end.
Well... 10 years later, another Crash, this one about the different races mangling in L.A.
And what a movie. Not a single story, but half a dozen of them, apparently independent, but interacting troughout the movie.
It's well worth seeing, very nice indeed.
It gives no answer to the racial problem, but it points a few ways, and me too:
Faith + Understanding + Comprehension = Key. FUCK !
The movie was bad enough that I wanted to leave, but I managed to stay until the end.
Well... 10 years later, another Crash, this one about the different races mangling in L.A.
And what a movie. Not a single story, but half a dozen of them, apparently independent, but interacting troughout the movie.
It's well worth seeing, very nice indeed.
It gives no answer to the racial problem, but it points a few ways, and me too:
Faith + Understanding + Comprehension = Key. FUCK !
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