MOVIE
Il DivoImdb : 7.3/10
ricordium : 9/10
This is one of my absolute favorites.
The story is "simple": paint one of the most important and influential characters of Italian's political history from the End of the WWII, like if he was the protagonist of a theatrical tragicomedy, in between his own dark irony, his own dark history, and the light of a perfectly fitting Soundtrack and Photographical mastery.
A heavy and complicated story, full of black holes and red-blooded hands, narrated in a soft, almost totally captivating fairy-tail-Italy background, the Rome that Paolo Sorrentino knows so well.
Only reason it doesn't get a 10/10, is because nearing the end, this magical veil start to fall, to reveal the essence of Giulio Andreotti, and the whole Italy the movie had been talking about.
A good choice, yes, maybe the best, to send the message straight from the movie to the viewer, but also, maybe, slowly killing that atmosphere it had gotten you in.
It could all be a metaphor of those years, most probably, it is,
making this movie of of the best out there (and back in).
to see
over and over again
Fantastic,
the perfect mix of comedy and thriller, never heavy, never low.
The movie develops on multiple lines, the character, his work, his past, the story itself, all perfectly mixed together: while giving answers, keeps you asking questions
8
El Labirinto
Del Fauno
Just after watching it, you'll remain seated on your armchair for a while.
The plot is really well written, and will leave every kind of audience surprised like a child.
Reading about it on wikipedia I found what Rottentomatoes says about it "Pan's Labyrinth is Alice in Wonderland for grown-ups, with the horrors of both reality and fantasy blended together into an extraordinary, spellbinding fable." Nothing more to add.
My second Richard Ayoade movie.
The director is quoting himself repeatedly, you can feel the Submarine there somewhere, everywhere, in the deep.
But at the same time, this movie is a totally different world. it's pitch black. Dark.
And it will keep you in the darkness, all the way through
My first Richard Ayoade movie.
It will take you, minute after minute, down to the bottom of the sea,
at first as the spectator, and then,
right into the Submarine
Mr. Nobody
Imdb 7.9/10
Ricordium 8/10
With its 2.40 hours, Mr. Nobody will hold you down on your sofa until the very last second: original and well-directed, a movie like this isn't easy to find. It won't let you down, in any way: balance between sound and pictures, with the interesting plot below.
The only flaw is the excessive length: underestimating the charm of a synthetic narration, many many scenes have been born too long: by cutting just a few seconds out of those, you would have gotten a perfect two-hours unforgettable one-of-your-favourite movies.
It's true. There really isn't anything like it anywhere else in the history of cinema.
I suggest you go and watch it, it's a must.
But don't go watch a movie, which isn't that glorious per se,
but do go watch the life, and the boy,
and think about yourself. This movie came to me in a moment when I really needed it, and I'm grateful I said "ok let's go to the movies". That's most of all what makes a great piece of art.
as painful as it might be, we must face it: the image this movie gives is mostly idealized.
Stephen Chbosky couldn't help making his character like typical-american-movie-teenagers, as everybody does (that's why it's typical..), and as a result, everything that takes place from the beginning to the very end will be filtrated as distant, even if if feels so close. And that is a real shame.
Because everything that happens does feel close. The movie is magical, and it does give out and incredible feel of what it means to be a teenager, of what it means to feel out of place, a wallflower.
The question is: was this magic achieved only by making it a little fake?
Anyhow, it still did make me cry. The movie is great: the sound, the colors, the atmospheres.
But, again, maybe the reason I feel so unfulfilled by it is just because of that fiction it's so full of: now, days after seeing it, I almost feel betrayed.. like when we dream that beautiful dream, but it's so magical that we know we're dreaming, all the way through.
And then, we wake up..
7
A difficult movie. Not to understand, for the matter is simple.
But to bare.
And that is because it so so real, it makes you feel, everything.
Long sequences, hyper realism.
A retro-tasting, silent documentary, of a difficult human community behavior.
Designed to pass silently by as a movie, but to become a cult in the years, as it did.
In summary: it's left to the taste of the spectator to either appreciate it, or to be overwhelmed by it.
HerImdb 8.2/10
ricordium 7/10
I must admit the originality of this movie is striking. Not only for it's interestingly light sight of the future, rendered by splendid soft colors and scenes, but also for the ability to develop the idea of a futuristic Lost in Translation.
The progression of the narration and its times is coherent with the development of the story and the characters, and for all these reasons, it could be rated even higher.
But, I feel like the director wanted to transmit as much magic as he could, but somehow the movie's magical potential hasn't been used all up, leaving the viewer a little bit unsatisfied, like a loving hug without enough strength.
A nice movie, mostly drowned in a fairy-tale atmosphere,
until the very end..
Imdb 6,7/10
ricordium 7/10
Let's begin by saying that I love Paolo Sorrentino.
And also Sean Penn.
Important introduction since it mean I really had high expectations, as did all the people I shared impressions about this movie:
the main opinion was "it's not that I didn't like it, it's just.. not as great as ""it could have been"" ".
But what does "it could have been" mean?
Given the story, the technical work, and the photography was very good as always, Sean Penn's interpretation didn't lack any detail.
So.. maybe it's the story itself that, given Actors and Director, could have been better.
Its' not that it's too strange. At all. Maybe the opposite: it clearly screamed at the A Serious Man, like a child trying to imitate his old father, but wasn't able to dare for the cynicism and the incoherence (which, I know, may have not been the messages the Director wanted to share, but could have been a much more comfortable background for this particular story)
5
This need for hyper realism can have pretty boring outcomes.
It feels like there is a need to provoke, which goes beyond the purpose of description.
And all that, without any particular originality.