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Amelia's Children (2023)
Hilarious & Spooky
This is probably one of the best portuguese movies I've watched so far. Everything feels genuine - the chemistry between the characters is palpable and there are truly hilarious moments.
You can sense a constant shift between funny and spooky throughout the movie, and that felt like I was in a rollercoaster. It was very entertaining to watch and I'm curious to see how a non-Portuguese audience might react to this movie, since it has multiple references to our country.
The dancing scenes and the soundtrack fits just perfectly and the ending was solid. Can't wait to watch this again, hopefully soon.
Good Boy (2022)
Keeps you curious
I've watched Good Boy in Lisbon during the horror festival MotelX. I had some expectations because the whole idea of having someone dressing up as a dog called my attention while scrolling through the movie list.
The flick starts great - the cinematography, atmosphere, acting and humorous moments felt truly genuine and you could feel the audience feeling it as well.
It keeps you curious on why the hell this guy has a person in his house wearing a dog custom, and your imagination starts wondering if it's really a human or another "thing".
It develops pretty well and you can tell the moment when it all turns south, this is perhaps the part that I didn't enjoy so much. When we all knew what was going on, I felt the acting went a bit too much and not in the best way. In my opinion, it didn't reach that "insane" psychopath status that leaves actors in the best performance lists. Even though there were some good parts in it.
Overall, still one of the best horror flicks I've watched this year, much more interesting than most high budget movies out there. Someone mentioned it was Viljar Bøe 3rd movie, which is insane in my perspective, in a good way.