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Bones and All (2022)
A different, disgusting form of love.
I liked this film. Guadagnino's vision and poetics remain extremely fascinating, even in a story of cannibalism. A film that alternates between unspeakable acts and a young love, an alternation that becomes one. A story of inner conflicts, where accepting oneself means tearing lives away. Maren and Lee, two souls so human and inhuman at the same time, moved by a primordial instinct that is impossible to suppress. Instinct that generates a new form of feeling. A different form, in which two bodies become one.
The only aspect of this film that I didn't appreciate is the soundtrack, I would have hoped that the music would connect not only with the romantic aspect of the story, but also with the brutal cannibalism. Unfortunately, that was not the case.
Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022)
The best film of 2022 so far.
This film is everything.
It's Ejzenstejn, it's Kubrick, it's Godard, it's Fellini, it's Wong Kar-wai, it's Kurosawa, it's Kobayashi, it's Lucas, it's Spielberg, it's the Wachowski sisters, it's Anno, it's Miyazaki, it's Kon, it's Bong Joon-ho, it's Wright, it's Nolan, it's Tarantino.
It's Daniel Kwan, it's Daniel Scheinert.
And it's also Marvel, but better.
It's really the film about the multiverse, the one of the weight of choices.
Through such an absurd and surreal story, life is told in its most realistic nuances.
Through the regret of not having lived a life that for a single, different deviation does not belong to us.
Believing that absolute nothingness, being stone, is the solution. A simple and appetizing solution, like the Bagel.
The absolute nothing to avoid the suffering of appearances, or the frustration of our present.
Making the mistake of not being grateful for the here and now, the present, which along with feelings are the only things that matter.
You just need to be kind in this life or in the other one.
It's the only way.
One of the most beautiful and important experiences of my life.
Shin Evangelion Gekijôban (2021)
Commercial-Authorial Cinema by Anno.
By an authorial nature, in its deepest meaning.
He never abandons the foundations on which this story was born, but dresses up in another way. It completes the journey of human feeling, reaching its end and its new beginning.
The simplicity of a desire that pushes towards the unattainable, originated from the infantile need not to feel alone. Warmth and tenderness.
I was lucky enough to have had the opportunity to see it for the first time at the movie theater.
It has been a visual experience that I will remember for a long time, that's for sure.
Obviously not free from defects, the CGI could and should have been better during some crucial sequences.
The Cuphead Show!: Jailbroken (2022)
"The Shawshank Redemption" Show!
Great episode. The plot continues to develop more concretely during the vertical events. Many quotes, fast rhythms and a lot of animated classic nostalgia.
Nope (2022)
"Jaws" by Jordan Peele.
"Jaws" by Jordan Peele. A visual marvel, a tribute to the classic cinema in the guise of wild sci-fi. A film with a simple plot that is not free from defects, but that manages to keep you glued to the screen. You get lost in the beauty of the wild, among the tragedies of the food chain, which paradoxically makes this film almost "real", even more real if we think about the social issues dealt with in the script. Man versus animal.
The Gray Man (2022)
I'm disappointed, but at least entertains.
Personally, I have never given so much importance to feature films directed by the Russo brothers, but for some reason "The Gray Man" intrigued me from the very first announcements, most likely for the cast with big names. Evans confirms himself as a good villain, as in "Knives Out", crazy enough to make the writing of this film hold up, even if is very simple and already seen (a killer hired by the CIA to give him the opportunity to redeem himself through the fight against crime? Come on ...).
However, there are some good elements that in my opinion could have been developed better, such as the backstory of Six (Ryan Gosling) and a possible link with the past of Lloyd Hansen (Chris Evans). A real shame. A direction full of flashbacks that distract from the emphasis of what could have been a real moral journey against a corrupt system, where the boundary between good and evil is no longer defined.
And the action scenes, 200 mln budget and the crucial sequences, like the cargo one, appear like a video game cutscenes with an extremely confused editing.
I'm disappointed, but at least entertains.
Seppuku (1962)
The best film I've ever seen.
Hara-kiri is a story that seems to start having already finished, with a Ronin who chooses to die.
And it is in that moment, when you realize the protagonist's concrete desire to pass away, that you wonder how such a story can go on, when in fact a surrender appears at the gates of the Iyi family.
And it is in that moment that the direction of Kobayashi, with its wonderful and tragic aesthetics, together with the script by Hashimoto, decides to tell you the story of that story that you had seen up to that moment.
Step by step you understand, through an alternation of delicate and studied narrative lines, able to load every single shot with drama and to denounce that Japanese system of the 17th century that still persists to this day.
That social paradox, made up of abuses of power and arrogance by the 'Lords', which takes away dignity from humble people, the same ones who will then be condemned to judgment and labels. Tarnish the memory of a person considered 'nobody' by others, when he/she, on the other hand, was loved and loved by the people who surrounded him/her.
Hara-kiri is not just a film about Samurai, it is a film that tells about everyday life and how this is then inexorably declined for a system that works badly, that makes you remain alone, that kills even before a Katana with bamboo blade pierces you, with prying eyes and humiliation from those who believe themselves superior to such an extent that they can teach an exemplary lesson.
Thanks Kobayashi, you are the origin of the films I loved. Your cinematographic and at times theatrical direction is shocking, capable of making me fall in love with cinema again with a single zoom or with a single connection of gaze.
The Northman (2022)
I could smell the blood from the movie theater.
Great movie, successful from many points of view.
Technically it's majestic, alternating sequence shots and stills typical of Eggers' direction, which despite the high budget compared to the first two works 'The Witch' and 'The Lighthouse', remains close to his style, clean and essential.
To say clean also appears paradoxical, given that 'The Northman' tells the Viking Amleth, raw, animalistic, brutal, perhaps in some places closer to being defined beast than man, driven by a thirst for revenge, with his bearing, almost grotesque, for me already iconic.
And it's this, in my opinion, one of the most fascinating things in the movie, Amleth and his unique path of blood that he chooses to follow after the death of his father, played magnificently by Skarsgård which is absolutely perfect in the action scenes, capable to make me feel his fatigue and sweat.
On their own, the action scenes in this movie are worth the price of the ticket, they are insane.
When they arrived I was instantly ecstatic.
The grandeur of some shots is absurd.
The only 'negative' notes, those that more commonly are called forcing on the level of writing in some phases of the movie, and the decline in rhythm in others, a decline which, however, has allowed me to enjoy even more in the 'important' moments of the movie.
The soundtrack, oh man.
The photography, oh man.
Anya Taylor-Joy, whenever you want, I'll be there.
Good Work, Eggers!
Jules et Jim (1962)
I didn't like it at all.
I don't think that this movie can be recognised as a good film, it's only decent. It's empty, there's no emotion neverthless love is the primary subject. Only impulsivity has been represented. A simple example are the 'Come here, I love you more than anything' by Catherine and the instantaneous 'Ok' by Jim despite all the plot developments.
Good directing, good acting. Poor Script. It is ripetitive, predictable and I just cannot see a direction, I don't know where it wants to go.
A movie about a flat love triangle.
Licorice Pizza (2021)
Vulnerable and in Love
Chasing someone without knowing why.
Getting to understand the reason at the end of the race, when you are vulnerable and in love, accepting that you are vulnerable and in love.
Mirai no Mirai (2018)
My Childhood
Thanks Hosoda, I haven't cried like a baby in a long time. As in 'Wolf Children' you have awakened memories of my childhood, but in this movie you have told the bond between older brother and little sister, a bond that concerns me a lot. The growth and acceptance of Kun that comes as a result of his relating to the past, present and future of his family, through an absolutely moving magical and fairytale dynamic, highlighting the importance of individual events, capable of initiating the life.
The passing of time, the importance of memories, which are basically the only thing we have.
Through the attention to detail, which then translated into allowing us to enter the daily life and intimacy of this family, you gave me the opportunity to connect my memories to your memories and I will never forget this.
These are the movies that make me remember why movies are my life.
Frances Ha (2012)
A Wonderfully Nostalgic Film
Frances is looking for that moment, looking for that gaze capable of canceling everything and transporting you to another dimension. Through this we can understand, in part, her way of seeing things, innocent, perhaps naive, but it is this in my opinion that makes her pure and romantic in a society where to be accepted you have to disguise yourself with order, suppressing your own self.
Frances is simply like that, she is herself on every occasion, giving free rein to her emotions and feelings without filters, suffering because her best friend left at 27 and because she cannot stay in her company to continue dancing.
It is nostalgic to participate in Frances's growth, in her events that see her definitively greet a carefree phase of her life, perhaps one that has lasted too long, and that sees her approach the world of adults.
A fascinating film written and directed by Baumbach, set in a New York represented in such a way as to remind me of Woody Allen's films, with this melancholy black and white that binds perfectly to the character of Frances Ha, written and interpreted wonderfully by Greta Gerwig.
Rashômon (1950)
Contemporary movie from the 1950s
Pointing the finger at others, when we should point it at ourselves.
A society full of people who want to be superior to others, thinking they are better, untouchable, sometimes firmly believing to the bone in the lies and alterations of reality that they invent driven by selfishness, which knows how to go beyond humanity and solidarity, to satisfy their interests in the cruellest way.
Kurosawa made a film in 1950 that still today is able to lay bare contemporary society, giving us elements of reflection on the few steps forward made in 70 years.
Shichinin no samurai (1954)
3 hours and 27 minutes of pure greatness.
Masterpiece by master Kurosawa. This film from the first half of the 1950s is at a technical level that is the envy of many contemporary products. A film lasting 3 hours and 27 minutes where every single scene, every single close-up, every single dialogue is essential and perfect for the telling of such a fascinating and cruel story, capable of catapulting you into 16th century Japan and representing that collective imagination we have of the Samurai and his precious Katana. What freaks me out is the fact that Kurosawa gave birth to this absolute giant of cinema in the 1950s and for this reason alone the greatness of his genius should be universally recognized.
As Katsushiro said, "He has the real samurai spirit. He is totally fearless. Yet, at the same time, he is gentle, and modest - look how he acted after we went and got that gun. And how he went too - just as though he were going up into the hills to look for mushrooms ".
Threat Level Midnight: The Movie (2011)
Absolute genius
Don't ever for any reason, do anything, to anyone, for any reason ever, no matter what, no matter where, or who, or who you were with, or or where you are going, or, or where you've been, ever, for any reason whatsoever think that this is not a masterpiece.