Here are the short reviews on some of the films I've seen recently. Note: The best possible rating a film can receive is four stars.
- Hotel Rwanda: I missed one of the most critical moments of the films because I was crying so hard I couldn’t see the screen. But it didn’t really matter since I only missed the scene, not its message. Don Cheadle delivered “the performance” of his career as Paul Rusesabagina, a hotel manager who rescued over a thousand Tutsis refugees during the massacre by the Hutu militia . 4 stars
- The Aviator: I normally refer to a movie as a movie or a film but while watching “The Aviator” the term “cinema” came to mind. This isn’t just a cinema but a triumph of a cinema by Martin Scorsese. This epic story of Howard Hughes is elegantly shot and delicately detailed in every scene. “The Aviator” is so flawless as a cinema it makes Dicaprio look like Charles Foster Kane. 4 stars
- Closer: A brutally honest story of the four very unlikable and dishonest characters who are extremely shallow and occupied only by their own feelings. It's hard to like a movie when you hate the characters but "Closer" has led me to an honest and enlightening conversation with a female friend right after seeing the film. 3 stars
- Maria Full of Grace: I've heard of the story of people working as mules (smuggling drugs by hidden the packages inside their bodies) before but never saw how it done until I've seen this film. Catalina Sandino Moreno is excellent as Maria Alvarez, a 17 year-old Columbian who is forced by poverty to work as a mule. You see how the characters keep trying to fix their problems by making all the wrong decisions and you can't help but be afraid for them for the bad consequences you see coming. 3 ½ stars
5 comments:
You seem to know alot about movies. Have you heard about White Noise? That looks really cool.
I think you forgot the sleeper hit that is Spainglish :)
Kap
Tawan, did you post a listing for your friend on one of the Thai community portals? Or contact the publications that he used to freelance for or has featured in recently? Perhaps, these are other ways to increase the chances of finding Yong. I'm sure that Yong would be very appreciative of your efforts to find him.
My thoughts and prayers go out to Yong.
All the best,
Kap
Kap, for a moment there I thought you were serious about "Spanglish" since it actually received some good praises from the critics.
Ethereal Darkness, thanks for dropping by. My friend and I were actually having a lengthy discussion about "White Noise" while waiting to see "Closer". She's fascinated by the subject and said that she has some pictures and audio(s) of the experiments that have been done to capture the death. Spooky stuff!
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