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Enola Holmes (2020)
Enola Holmes: Into de Sherlock-Verse
Milie Bobby Brown makes this film quite enoyable if you are capable of seeing it as an "alternate universe" of the Sherlock Holmes books. A strong, handsome Sherlock, a stupid Mycroft (in the books, Mycroft is said to be smarter than Sherlock and funnier too), no Watson and, of course, a long forgotten sister.
Nice film to watch with the kids at home, and later send them to read the real deal.
The Two Popes (2019)
Leaving Vatican
This movie sells the idea that this is the moment when two very different men found out they could be friends and confess each other their sins and their anguish. Instead, the movie ends up being an infomercial on Bergoglio's ascent to papacy.
When Bergoglio speaks about his remorses we get to see very well crafted flashbacks of his younger years, but when Ratzinger speaks about his remorses (which are of course related to father Maciel's children abuse) the sounds goes off and we only get to see a wooden door. So, this is not a movie about two men, this film only wants to show that the new Pope watches soccer, dances tango, has bad shoes and is very kind to people.
Jonathan Pryce is superbe as Bergoglio. That alone almost saves the movie. At the end, it feels like Catholic propaganda.
Restaurants on the Edge (2019)
As a restaurant owner, I like it very much
I own two italian food restaurants in Mexico. Like the guests in the show me and my familiy were not professional restauranteurs when we started our business. I like very much this show because through the episodes the experts share so many knowledge that can be applied to any restaurant, in any place of the world. The weakness of the show are that the pace can be a little slow sometimes and that we do not get to see how the restaurants were doing after the experts leave. I think that it would be nice to see a scene with costumers enjoying the new experience after the revamp.
Rocketman (2019)
What is it???
Not a biopic. Not a musical. Not a tribute. Not a fantasy. What is it?
Well...maybe it is the second part of the "John Reid Trilogy". In the first part Freddy Mercury breaks Reid's heart and in the second part Reid breaks Elton John's.
So... We'll just have to wait for the third part, in which he breaks Michael Flatley's wallet.
Avengers: Endgame (2019)
Quite messy but effective
Heist movie, time travel movie, epic battle movie and, for a while, even it looked like a depressing french art movie. But in the end it all makes sense and ties all together, while the original Avengers pass the torch to the next generation (and then... it is a funeral movie, like "The Big Chill").
Captain Marvel (2019)
Not The Godfather, but it doesn't have to be
I read a lot of bad reviews about this one. C'mon, what do you expect? It is a Marvel movie! As long as it does not s*ck like the ones of DCCU, it is OK. No Marvel movie is Nolan's The Dark Knight, that is for sure. Maybe The Winter Soldier comes close. And Avengers Infinity War left the biggest cliffhanger of all times. But, beside that, all Marvel movies have the same common places, cliches, rip-offs of another sci fi films, etc. But we do not go to the cinema theater to see an auteur film, we go to pieces things together and construct all this magnificent universe courtesy of Stan Lee. And still, this film is better than Wonder Woman, the best of DC.
Sing Street (2016)
The music is great
This film works in so many levels, but I will stick to the music: Sing Street explores the musical genres of the 80s and 90s and brilliantly combines them together. The band's first song is written in the New Romantics style as a reference to Duran Duran and Spandau Ballet, "Beautiful Sea" is a nod at The Cure (Cosmo even stands and plays guitar like Robert Smith) and "Drive It Like You Stole It" combines the rhythm of Hall and Oates' "Maneater" with Joe Jackson's chords from the "Stepping Out" era. "Brown Shoes" is more like a 90s song with the distorted guitars. Brilliant job of the musical director!
Bohemian Rhapsody (2018)
Is it Queen or Led Zeppelin?
Great film! The Live Aid performance is carefully reproduced, it makes you feel really there! The problem is... the story around Live Aid is more Led Zeppelin's than Queen's. Queen was not disbanded in 1985, they were just finishing the year-long The Works Tour in which they played Bohemian Rhapsody and Radio Ga Ga back to back at the end of the main set list almost every night. Led Zeppelin were in fact separated since the dead of John Bonham and they did reunited for the Live Aid show, with Phil Collins on drums. And also... Mercury was diagnosed with AIDS in 1987, two years after Live Aid, so it is false that on that performance he or the band knew he was ill. So, is it OK to change the story that much to get a little more drama? I mean, imagine you make a film about The Beatles in which Lennon gets shot minutes after the 1969 rooftop concert, just to get tears from the audience.
Narcos: México (2018)
The Narc Avengers
All my childhood I heard those names on the TV news: "the police is after Rafael Caro Quintero", "the Mexican army is in a manhunt after the Arellano Félix brothers", "Miguel Angel Felix Gallardo has been caught", "El Chapo escaped from jail for the third time", "the police killed Amado Carrillo Fuentes, but they believe he went under a plastic surgery to change his face completely". Now, seeing all these characters together as a band and played by such a fine array of actors is like watching "The Narc Avengers". And this moment when Escobar appears on the screen is pure bliss! The greatest cross over ever. Like Iron Man meeting Wolverine.
George Harrison: Living in the Material World (2011)
I expected much more from Marty
I just saw this documentary in the Morelia Film Festival, where Olivia Harrison attended some screenings, and I came out disappointed. I loved No Direction Home so I had great expectations about Scorsese and this film. The first part (about 1 hour and a half) is just a remake of The Beatles Anthology, even with some footage from the interviews of that film. We get to see the same pictures and footage of the Beatles that we have seen for the last 50 years in long shots. We get to listen to "I Saw Her Standing There" and "And I Love Her" (not George's songs) at least three times each, and then never heard a single note of "Taxman"or "I Need You" or ""For You Blue" or that glorious B-side "Old Brown Shoe". After The Beatles split the fascinating story of post-Beatles Harrison is told, but in my view it lacks a lot of depth and material. For instance, the profound and meaningful relationship of George with Bob Dylan is not tackled but only on the surface and the friendship and collaboration with Jeff Lynne is only shown in the video of "Handle With Care". Lynne revamped Harrison's career by producing the great Cloud Nine album and then having a lot of collaborations. They were in a band call The Travelling Wilburies and also George invited Lynn to produce The Beatles songs for the Anthology sets. I was puzzled that this film has not even one interview with Jeff Lynne. Isn't it a pity?
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016)
Surprise: Ben Affleck performance is the best of the film
This film is such a big mess that there's nowhere to start. So I'll start by saying that Zach Snyder and his studio wanted to recreate the scene of the fight between these two heroes in the famous graphic novel The Dark Knight Returns, but did not know how to justify both the reasons for the fight and the reconciliation.
I'm more a fan of Batman and what bothers me is that they have made Alfred an ironic technician, rather than in the consciousness of the Dark Knight. Ben Affleck is not bad, actually he is fine, but Jeremy Irons is wasted (besides that it is very difficult for me to stop thinking of him as an sexual obsessed).
Those who should be most angry are the fans of Superman. The great boy scout (Henry Cavill) depends on everything on Lois Lane (played by Amy Adams), and when Wonder Woman (Gal Gadot, the revelation of the film) appears, Lane gives her the jealous girlfriend fiery eyes look
And finally, the villains. Since my early childhood I have seen Lex Luthor as a smart, ruthless and brilliant man, not as the unbalanced young man who plays Jesse Eisenberg. And as the monster looks like a cave troll Lord of the Rings on steroids.
One last thought: Is it a DC Comics conscious decision to make the Justice League a depressive version of the Avengers?
Maleficent (2014)
Pretty bad (lost of spoilers)
It is so disappointing to see a real classic destroyed by the same people that own the right to preserve it.
"Sleeping Beauty" (1959) stands among all Disney films because of its great characters, incredible art (all the landscapes drawn by Eyvind Earle are legendary) and because Disney wisely used Tchaikovsky's ballet score.
Well, "Maleficent" has no personality at all.
I must admit that Jolie fits the role perfectly but, sadly, her character is so bad developed that it hurts. King Stefan is such an idiot, with no depth at all. And that also hurts, because in the 1959 film he is a good king. Fanning does not give any charm to Aurora, the public does not fall in love with her.
Regarding the art direction, well, at the beginning the film is a kind of "Dark Crystal/Tinkerbell" movie, then it turns into "Lord of the Rings". It would have been great that this film would have an original art direction to honor the animated film.
The story is so rushed, Aurora sleeps like 15 minutes and the she wakes up to help Maleficent kill his father, and she gets real happy afterwards.
it is a shame, really.