Hugo

I know it's been a while. A year. But after watching this movie, I felt the need to write about it.

Sometimes it's not about what do you understand of a movie, it's what you feel when watching it. And lately, I think I lost a bit of that. I was always over analyzing what I saw, always trying to figure out everything that was put in front of me. I was being too rational, I forgot about the emotion that is the cinema. And I walked into the theater today like that.

Hugo was a movie that I've been looking forward to watch for while. But like every movie I've seen in the last 6 months or so, I went in to think about it. But as it began, I kind of forgot to think. And I loved it. As it finished, I felt the love I have for movies renewed. I remembered why I wanted to make movies for a living. So people could experience what I experienced today. So they can forget everything else and enter a whole different world for a while, even if it's just for a couple of hours.

Maybe all of that reaction was a result of the plot, which is... well, I'll say movie-related, 'cause I don't wanna spoil it too much. But it's beautiful. All of it. The story, the cast, the photography, the 3D, the score.... everything. Maybe it's like that just to my eyes, but booooooy, it's amazing. I could write paragraphs and paragraphs of all my impressions of the movie, but everyone who watches it, will see it with their own eyes, and that's where it is the beauty of it all. A movie is different to everyone who sees it, and all I can do is recommend it to you. You probably won't have the "epiphany" I had, but you will watch a great masterpiece, that in my humble opinion, is worthy of all the Oscars it's nominated for.

Burlesque

I watched this movie with a couple friends on a a day I was feeling all but happy. In fact, all I wanted to do was hug my pillow and watch a sad movie. But they somehow convinced me to get my ass out of my house and watch Christina Aguilera sing. And it kinda was worth it.

Musical is my thing. I've said it already. And this one in particular is more my thing. It's resembles Moulin Rouge and Chicago. The songs, the wardrobe, the cabaret thing. I don't know why, I just love it.

Christina Aguilera is one hell of a singer. Her voice is simply mind-blowing. But she's not an actress. First, her role sucked. It really sucked. No one, I repeat, no one is nice and good and talented enough to be annoying. Well, she is. Somehow she is.

Just to explain the plot, Ali (Aguilera) is a waitress in Iowa who suddenly quits her job and goes to LA to become a singer. Then she runs into a night club called Burlesque where she sees Tess (Cher) singing and goes asking for a job. Se starts working there and you'll need to see the movie to know the rest.

I know that I'm not anywhere near the Cher generation, so that's probably why I didn't see anything special about her. She's a good singer, but that's as far as it goes. She barely dances and let's just say her acting was okay.

There was one other thing that bothered me, when it came to the complication of the movie, it just didn't seemed to be a complication in the first place. Cher has a problem with the club, Jack (Cam Gigandet, as gorgeous as it can be, btw), who is Ali's love interest is engaged and that dude from Grey's Anatomy (whose name slipped my mind) wants to get Ali and her talented voice out of the club, all these things seem to simply solve themselves.

The movie isn't bad, but it didn't live up to my expectations. It is included in a category called Movies To Watch When You're Tired (created by my dad), when you just couldn'tt care less about details and just wanna see people dance.

I guess that's it.

xo

Ferris Bueller's Day Off

It's been a year. An entire year. Precisely 361 days.

But I'm back.

Believe me, I missed this.

I'm not only back, but I'm back with a friends suggestion!

He suggested this movie to me over a year ago, and a couple weeks ago I finally watched it. Sorry about the delay!

Ferris Bueller's Day Off is a true classic. An 80's classic. A John Hughes classic. And it's awesome. It's that kind of movie that you watch when you're sad, when you're happy, when you're bored, it doesn't matter. You'll laugh, you'll sing, you'll wanna be him.

Can you explain how did he managed to do everything that he did and get away with it? No! And that's probably why it's so cool. It's every teenagers dream to skip school, take your girlfriend, your best friend and his dad's Ferrari and just go around town and sing The Beetles in a parade (or something). And in the end, run home, where your parents will think you spent your day sick, and you need nothing but the best.

Seriously, Ferris is the most awesome teenager that ever lived.

I haven't wrote much, I know. I just don''t know what else to write. It's awesome!!

Anyway, I'll be posting more soon, so keep checking!

xo

Hide and Seek

Warning: This post contain a huge spoiler. If you haven't watched the movie, just read the last paragraph :)

I like thrillers. But I only watch them at home, where I can pause the movie and drink a glass of water and when I'm not alone in the house. In any other situation, I don't watch them. They scare the shit out of me.

About this movie in particular, every single person I asked about it, said it is one of the best movies of ALL TIME. So let's watch it :)

I did and... It's very good. BUT! I knew who Charlie was. DAMMIT! Someone told me ages ago, but I have a good memory and I didn't forget. I mean, I didn't know that he was De Niro's second personality, but I knew it was Dakota's dad, in some way.

About the movie: the plot and the way that the movie was directed is very good, which means that you get more and more scared every second. BOO!

Do I even have to mention Dakota's and De Niro's acting? I mean, it's obvious that they're flawless. Dakota looks even more pale brunette. Don;t know if that's a good or a bad thing...

Oh, before I end this, I have to say one thing: when the little girl draws herself with 2 heads in the very end, is that a 'should we make a sequel' thing? It felt like it...

Good movie, but if you want to be really scared, The Others is better :) And don't try to find out the end of the movie before you watch it, it will ruin EVERYTHING!!! Got it? ok :D

xoxo

PS.: Come out, come out wherever you are....

Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief

It's been a long time, huh?

Nah, not really.

Anyway, I'm here. And I watched a movie last night :D

So I'm gonna comment about it. Here.

The movie was good. Better than I expected. It's a Harry Potter wannabe: the special boy with powers doesn't know what he is capable of, the magical trio: the boy (Percy Jackson, obviously) a girl and another boy, the mission to save the world from the bad guy...

One thing that impressed me was the cast: Uma Thurman, Pierce Bronsan, Sean Bean... I mean, WTF is Pierce Brosnan doing in a teenage movie in a supporting role? He's 007 for Christ's sake!! Anyway...

Another thing that caught my eye were the boy's reactions to the stuff that was happening to him. In movies, people don't really react to the huge monster walking right by them. In this one, he had all the reactions that I thought I would have, like screaming when seeing your best friend with goat (I think it was a goat) legs, or looking surprised when you find out that your teacher is a monster and she wanted to kill you. I mean, I would.

The whole experience was awesome, I went with friends that I hadn't seen in a while. Well, except that fact that the girl who was sitting next to me kept saying that Percy looked so much like Zac Efron. I wanted to strangle her by the end of the movie :)

Good moments...

Nine

I'm a musical lover. I know that you can't really explain why is that girl who was walking on the street knew the choreography, but it's magical *-*

I saw 6 Oscar-winning actors (Daniel Day-Lewis, Nicole Kidman, Judi Dench, Sophia Loren, Marion Cotillard, Penelope Cruz). OF COURSE I wanted to see it. I was disappointed. The movie is mainly about a big director trying to make a movie. I think. The movie was so complicated that I didn't really understand the plot.

The songs are amazing. The performances are amazing. That was the only part that paid off, cause the rest of the movie wasn't good. Honestly, Kate Hudson surprised me. I didn't know how good she was as a singer. All the other performers also kicked ass :)

Anyway, this isn't a movie that I'd recommend. I'll stick with Chicago ;)

xoxo

Golden Globes

OMG!!!

Awards season has started! The best part of the year :D

I should've posted this earlier, but I simply forgot... =x

Anyway, here are my thoughts on the winners :D

Starting with TV. Glee should've won EVERYTHING! It's one of my favorite shows. Lea Michele is a terrific singer and actress. She should have won. Jane Lynch too. And Matthew Morrison. The scene where he finds out about his wife's fake pregnancy is depressive. I wanted to kill her and hug him! But they won Best Comedy series. I guess I'm happy with that....

Still on TV, we jump to Drama series: Michael C. Hall won (Best Actor in a Leading role in drama series). He is really good. The whole show's awesome. But I nearly had a heart attack when Mad Men won for Best Drama series. WTF?! House and Dexter are nominees and the winner is Mad Men? Crap. Maybe I'm defending the series I love. Ok, I'm definitely defending the series I love. Sorry. Can't help it.

Julianna Margulies won for Best Actress in a Drama Series for The Good Wife. I like the show and she's good, but not award-winning good. I think she was a little overrated. As I don't watch any of the other nominees, I can't say if the award was unfair.

Motion Pictures:

HA! Robert Downey Jr.!! He wooooooooooooooooooooon! *happy dance* (Best Actor in a leading role in a Comedy or Musical, for Sherlock Holmes)

I screamed, laughed and fell off the couch all at the same time when he won. Totally priceless.

He not only won, but also made one of the best speeches of ALL TIME. He and Susan Downey are perfect together *-* I (heart) The Downeys

Meryl Streep will rule the movies world someday. She managed to be nominated for the same award for 2 (TWO) different roles. And guess who won? Meryl Streep. She's good. I got it.

Jeff Bridges, Sandra Bullock, Mo'Nique and Christopher Waltz (who totally deserved the award) were also winners.

Now, the two most important awards: Motion Picture and Director.

AVATAR?! SO FUCKING UNFAIR!!

The movie is good and shit, but it doesn't deserve it.

Screenplay, for example: Get Pocahontas' screenplay and change the names. TA DA! Avatar's screenplay.

The movie is a blockbuster. Born to sell. Not to win awards.

It has one of the most aggressive marketings I've ever seen. I wouldn't be surprised if the coke in McDonald's turned blue because of the movie. EVERYWHERE I went there was something about this movie. I was starting to think that blue monsters (aka Na'Vi) lived under my bed.

Honestly, all of that marketing didn't make me wanna see the movie. #epicfail

And don't be mistaken, I liked the movie. I really did. It's a revolution in effects and everything. I'm just worrying that people may start do consider a movie good because it's visually good. The screenplay and plot, to me, are the most important part of the motion picture.

With a simple camera and an idea you can create a masterpiece. It doesn't have to kick-ass in effects to be good.

xoxo