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The American (2010)
Pretty bad movie but Clooney is good and the environment is fantastic
The American is very visual with a fantastic environment, it takes place mostly in a small Italian town, it's the most positive thing to say about this movie, it could have been a really good movie, but unfortunately is the script bad, I understand that it is not a real action movie but more of a slow movie with a portrait of an assassin and his everyday life, and with this piece the movie succeeds pretty well but I miss much background information on the professional killer and why certain things happened in the movie, the only thing one learns about the professional killer is that he has a cover as a freelance photographer (clever), a Special Forces tattoo on the shoulder (probably ex. military), is slender, wiry and athletic and is a bit of a gunsmith (makes his own bullets and silencers). His personality is introverted, paranoid, ruthless, thorough, efficient, gloomy, lone wolf, in other words, rather dull and depressing to watch.
T do not recommend this film, however, is George Clooney good as always, much better movies with the same theme are Leon, In Burges, The Day of the Jackal (1973) and The Mechanic (1972) see them instead.
Precious (2009)
Good strong drama
Very strong but unpleasant film, felt strongly about Precious, oh what her parents and society had failed her. Precious went to Junior High, but still could not even read short words like "day" and "at" or recite the alphabet, even though she had no learning disabilities, learned later to read like a 13 year old after she has come to a alternative school, however, think it strange that she says in the film that she had "A" in English at his old school, she got it because she was quiet in class, or she just lied?
Recently saw a BBC documentary called "Can not read Can not Wright" that confirmed how schools in England can ignore and fail to teach someone to read despite the fact that the person has no learning problems and toke the tests. Had some problems myself when I was in elementary school, but luckily I got help in the form of a personal assistant, speech therapist and a smaller class, and now I reading a masters degree in psychology in college, lucky that I live in Sweden there School focuses on students who need help.
The film portrays a psychopathic personality (the mother) very well, the mother thought she was the victim when Precious was raped by her father, how little empathy she showed, accused Precious for taking her man and later for that he left he; how physically violent and threatening, she was against his daughter (threatened to kill her and tried to hit her with a television set from the 5th floor), how she looked Precious as a household slave and punching bag.
The actor who played Precious was very good, made me realize how wrong she had come in life but how she still struggled to get out of it. Thought the actress who played the mother also was good, especially in the final scenes in which she was totally unconcerned about how Precious been treated and then started crying and saying that she was the victim when her husband left her, her whole appearance was so unpleasant physical, she felt like a fat leech trying to suck the life out of one.
If you like this movie so can I recommend Il Capitano, Monster, the Elephant Man, an Murders Anatomy, Festen ...
Thought of giving the film a seven or a eight, so it got to be an seven, it is recommended to see when you want to see a drama a rainy day.
Ninja Assassin (2009)
Really bad movie
Really bad movie and light years away from films like Leon or The Last Samurai. Bothered me that they in the film had the attitude that the ninjas were something that only happens in fairy tales and if you believe in them, you were crazy, nothing special that there are assassins, or some secret ninja clan have survived,the word assassin is taken from a clan named it in the Middle East who was engaged in assassination operations during Middle age.
But it is less lightly they would fight like in the movie. Some fight scenes were OK, however, most of the fighting was in the dark, which destroyed a lot of the movie-experience.
If you are looking for a nice action-movie, there are other films that are much better, example Leon, Old Boys, Battle Royale, Kill Bill, Hero, Avatar, Batman Begins, V for Vendetta,Last man standing, For a few dollar more...
Can not recommend this movie, avoid.
Il capitano (1991)
Great movie! If you like psychological movies like Badlands, In cold blood and Bonnie & Clyde you will like this one
Great Swedish movie!
Can't believe that this film have got such poor grade on this website.
This is a well-directed film, with excellent actors, i think it's a good portray on a psychopathic personality, for example Jaris manipulate and brutal way against Minna or his complete lack of emotions during the trial. I would have given this movie a 10 if it wouldn't have ended so abrupt, you have to google for the trials verdict (Juha (Jari) got life in prison, Marita (Minna) was released the next year)
If you like psychological movies like Badlands, In cold blood and Bonnie & Clyde you will like this one.