Hola amigos de Movies & Tv, espero que se encuentren muy bien. Tenía pendiente varias películas algo antiguas que quería ver y entre esas estaba Legally Blonde, una comedia que rompe con los estereotipos de una joven rubia, de bonito cuerpo y de inteligencia dudosa. Realmente tenía muchas ganas de verla y saber porque a tantas personas les gustó la historia, además de que me parecía súper diferente ver el punto de vista de una joven que es catalogada como superficial y que termina por convertir su propia vida en un sueño hecho realidad, inspirando a través de su historia a muchas jóvenes que tendrían la oportunidad de ver está película.
Hello, friends of Movies & TV, I hope you are all doing well. I had a few older films I wanted to watch, and among them was Legally Blonde, a comedy that breaks with the stereotypes of a young blonde woman with a nice body and questionable intelligence. I was really looking forward to seeing it and finding out why so many people liked the story. I also thought it would be really different to see the point of view of a young woman who is labelled as superficial and ends up turning her own life into a dream come true, inspiring many young women who would have the opportunity to see this film through her story.
La trama se enfoca en Elle Woods, una joven que lo tiene todo, belleza, dinero, amigas, un novio guapo y la posibilidad de hacer lo que quiera con su vida porque tiene el carisma y la energía de una persona en la flor de la juventud. Sin embargo, cuando Elle piensa que las cosas van a mejorar, sobre todo en su relación con su novio, este le termina y ella creía que se le iba a proponer para casarse con ella. Obviamente ella no entiende el por qué de su decisión, más que lo que el le dice: que está en otro punto de su vida y que desea estar con alguien que este en el mismo nivel profesional y que sea una mujer que pueda dar la talla frente a su familia. Se siente como que dice muchas excusas pero la relación se acaba y Elle queda destrozada, hasta que se le ocurre una idea que podría cambiarlo todo tal vez para mejor.
The plot focuses on Elle Woods, a young woman who has it all: beauty, money, friends, a handsome boyfriend, and the possibility of doing whatever she wants with her life because she has the charisma and energy of someone in the prime of youth. However, just when Elle thinks things are going to get better, especially in her relationship with her boyfriend, he breaks up with her, even though she believed he was going to propose to her. Obviously, she does not understand the reason for his decision, other than what he tells her: that he is at a different point in his life and wants to be with someone who is at the same professional level and who is a woman who can measure up to his family. She feels like he is making a lot of excuses, but the relationship is over and Elle is devastated, until she comes up with an idea that could change everything, perhaps for the better.
La película es de principios de los 2000 por lo que la película dirigida por Robert Luketic, está filmada de una manera en la que te atrapa a pesar de ser una historia más para una audiencia joven, sin embargo dentro de la historia se encuentra el personaje de Elle que es interpretado de forma perfecta por Reese Witherspoon, quien le da vida y forma a su historia, ella siendo una joven que solo conoce cosas como aprender a bajar de peso, cambiar su esmalte de uñas y arreglar su cabello además de que también se encarga del grupo de chicas de su preparatoria donde ella es la líder, es quien siempre demuestra que una chica puede ser lo que quiera ser y así lo va a demostrar.
The film is from the early 2000s, so the film directed by Robert Luketic is shot in a way that draws you in despite being a story more suited to a young audience. However, within the story is the character of Elle, who is perfectly played by Reese Witherspoon, who brings her story to life. She is a young woman who only knows how to lose weight, change her nail polish and fix her hair, as well as being in charge of the group of girls at her high school, where she is the leader. She is the one who always shows that a girl can be whatever she wants to be, and she is going to prove it.
Las escenas son bastante rosas y llenas de cosas muy femeninas, los vestuarios de Elle y los cambios de apariencia muestran su pasión por la moda y el cuidado de la mujer, pero más allá de esto que parece mostrar una película de una Barbie real, se enseña un mensaje muy importante que puede llegar a personas que tal vez sienten que no tienen la capacidad de lograr sus sueños. Si, Elle lo tenía todo pero al ver que su novio se iba a Harvard a estudiar, ella toma la decisión de estudiar en la escuela de Derecho, para demostrarle a él que es una mujer que puede estar a su nivel, aunque después se demuestra que ella logró todo por su propio esfuerzo y perseverancia.
The scenes are quite rosy and full of very feminine things. Elle's costumes and changes in appearance show her passion for fashion and women's care, but beyond this, which seems to show a film about a real Barbie, it teaches a very important message that can reach people who may feel that they do not have the ability to achieve their dreams. Yes, Elle had it all, but when she saw that her boyfriend was going to Harvard to study, she made the decision to study at law school to show him that she was a woman who could be on his level, although it later becomes clear that she achieved everything through her own effort and perseverance.
Es una historia divertida que comienza como una tragedia en la vida de Elle pero que luego la lleva a superar sus propios miedos y límites, estudiando para lograr esa meta y consiguiendo un caso en el que le ayuda a demostrarse que ella puede ser una mujer hermosa pero también con criterio propio y con la capacidad de estar con cualquier otra persona que si la vea por quien es más que por como luce o por su pasado. Me gustó ver qué se iba desenvolviendo dentro de la carrera y que a la vez iba ayudando a mujeres que tenían diferentes problemas pero que fueron parte importante de su historia para lograr su meta.
It is an entertaining story that begins as a tragedy in Elle's life but then leads her to overcome her own fears and limitations, studying to achieve that goal and landing a case that helps her prove that she can be a beautiful woman but also one with her own judgement and the ability to be with anyone who sees her for who she is rather than how she looks or her past. I liked seeing how she developed within her career while helping women who had different problems but who were an important part of her story in achieving her goal.
No sé porque no había visto esta película antes si probablemente la pasaron mucho por la televisión, pero me divirtió mucho y me gustó la forma en la que contaron la historia, el mensaje que dejaron al final poniendo a una mujer que parecía ser de todo menos inteligente y que logra alcanzar metas que ni siquiera tenía en mente. La actuación de Reese Witherspoon estuvo muy chévere y me emociono ver qué hay una segunda parte de esta historia, aunque no se que tan buena sea pero probablemente está fue mejor por ser la primera. Tendría que buscarla y verla para saber que tal me parece, ¿Les gustó esta película cuando la vieron, que mensajes les dejó? Me gustaría saber que piensan👱🏻♀️🩷.
I don't know why I hadn't seen this film before, as it was probably shown a lot on television, but I really enjoyed it and liked the way the story was told, the message it left at the end by showing a woman who seemed to be anything but intelligent and who manages to achieve goals she didn't even have in mind. Reese Witherspoon's performance was very cool, and I'm excited to see that there's a sequel to this story, although I don't know how good it is, but this one was probably better because it was the first. I'll have to look for it and watch it to see what I think. Did you like this film when you saw it? What messages did it leave you with? I'd like to know what you think👱🏻♀️🩷.
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Good Boy is one of those movies that sounds absolutely insane when you try explaining it to someone, like yeah its a haunted house movie but shot completely from a dogs perspective, no the dog does not talk, no there are no subtitles telling you what he is thinking just a dog staring at weird shit happening around him for 72 minutes. On paper that sounds boring as hell but somehow this thing actually works way better than it should, Ben Leonberg shot this over 400 days across three years with his own dog Indy, you can tell this was a real passion project because who the hell else would dedicate that much time to filming a dog just reacting to stuff. The whole movie is shot from dogs eye level, you are seeing everything exactly the way Indy sees it, human faces are always cut off or hidden in shadows until the very end, its all about what this dog is going through, how confused he is by all the supernatural crap happening in this house. What makes this work is that Indy delivers a solid performance without any CGI bullshit, you can see actual fear in his eyes when things get creepy, confusion when his owner starts acting strange, that loyalty dogs have even when they have zero clue whats happening, just a regular dog reacting while the director is behind the camera making duck noises to get his attention pointed in the right direction which is hilarious but also kind of genius. The plot is super straight forward, Todd moves into his dead grandpas house with his dog Indy, Todd is sick as hell coughing up blood all over the place dealing with some chronic lung disease, there is clearly something evil in that house trying to drag Todd into the afterlife before his time is up, Indy knows something is very wrong, he cannot do anything about it because he is just a dog. Its frustrating as hell to watch, you want Indy to save his owner, he has no way to communicate what he is seeing.
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The production behind this thing is absolutely wild, Ben Leonberg could only shoot with Indy for like an hour each day because after that the dog would get tired, completely loose focus, just wander off to do dog things instead of acting, that means they had to stretch this project out over three fkn years just to get enough footage to make a 72 minute movie which is insane. This is not some big studio project with a dog doing tricks for treats, this is a directors actual real life pet just living his life while cameras happen to be rolling, capturing genuine reactions instead of manufactured performances, most of the shots where Indy looks terrified, locked onto something off screen were done by crew members holding treats or toys just out of frame, then the editing makes it seem like he is staring at ghosts, demons, whatever supernatural entity is tormenting Todd. All the human faces stay hidden in darkness, cut off at weird angles for most of the runtime which keeps you locked into Indys limited point of view, you dont get to see what the humans are thinking, feeling based on there facial expressions, you only see what Indy can see from down low at dog height looking up at everything. It makes the whole experience feel way more isolated, scary because your experiencing this nightmare from the perspective of a creature that has absolutely zero ability to understand whats going on around him.
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Todd has been dealing with a chronic lung disease and its very bad to the point he is coughing up blood constantly, we see hospital visits during the start of the movie and his sister Vera keeps calling trying to get him to let her help but at this point he is like what ever happens. Todd just wants to be left alone, he doesnt want to be treated like a sick person anymore, but here comes the bit problem this house has a very dark history that nobody told him. Indy and Todd arrive to the place and Indy starts sensing something is very very wrong the moment they got there, he hears weird sounds from the basement, sees shadowy figures moving in corners, theres this muddy alien looking creature that keeps appearing, disappearing all over the house scaring the absolute shit out of him. At first you think maybe Indy is just picking up on the fact that Todd is dying, dogs can smell cancer so maybe these scary visions are just the dogs way of processing his owners sickness which would make sense, but then things get way too specific, way too physical for it to just be metaphor, doors start slamming shut on there own. Todd begins sleepwalking, bashing his head repeatedly against the basement door like he is being called down there, that muddy figure gets more aggressive as time goes on, eventually you realize both things are happening at once, Todd is absolutely dying from his illness but theres also something supernatural in this house trying to drag him into the afterlife early. The grandfather died in this same house, his dog Bandit was never found after they discovered the body which sets up this tragic parallel.
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The third part is where everything comes crashing together, it gets sad as hell, Todd puts Indy outside on a chain in the pouring rain because he is too sick to deal with a dog anymore, also probably because he knows he is about to die soon, wants to make sure Indy is somewhere easy for Vera to find him. Indy breaks free, gets back into the house through the basement entrance where he finds Bandits skeleton still trapped down there from when the grandfather died years ago, turns out the same thing happened to them decades earlier, the supernatural entity dragged the grandfather into the afterlife, Bandit got locked in the basement trying desperately to save him, then just starved to death waiting for his owner which is brutal. When Indy makes it back upstairs he finds Todd already dead in bed with empty pill bottles scattered everywhere, theres nothing Indy can do, I mean he is a DOG what he can do??. Todds ghost appears one last time, that muddy death creature drags him toward this cave entrance in the basement, Indy tries to pull Todd back out but Todd tells him your a good dog but you cant save me this time, you got to stay here before getting pulled completely into the darkness. For a second it looks like Indy is going to do the same thing Bandit did, just sit there waiting forever but then Vera shows up calling for him, after hearing one final whistle from Todds ghost he makes the choice to run up the stairs toward her, survival instead of death. The movie ends with Indy riding in the car with Vera, his head out the window, he is safe but his owner is gone forever, theres nothing he could have done to change that outcome, its a punch to the gut.
The whole thing ends up being way more emotional, sad than I would expect from something called Good Boy, its not a feel good story about a heroic dog who saves his owner and to be honest even though its cool I feel it lacks that punch, that true fear and horror, its like a horror movie for kids. A realistic depressing story about grief, loss, watching someone you love die while being completely powerless to stop it. Not going to say I hate the ending because it doesnt give you that satisfying moment where Indy defeats the monster, saves Todd, but instead it just ends with Todd dead, Indy having to move on which feels empty after spending 72 minutes desperately wanting this dog to succeed, but I think thats the point the movie is making. Death is not something you can fight off with loyalty, sometimes people just fkn die, all you can do is accept it, keep going even when it hurts like hell, the movie does a really great job making you feel that complete helplessness from Indys limited perspective, he knows something is wrong, he tries everything he can to protect Todd but at the end of the day he is just a regular dog, theres only so much a dog can do against terminal illness on top of supernatural forces trying to fuck you up too. Its sad just sad, I was kinda pissed off that they didnt give Indy the happy ending he deserved. Does look like a very low budget movie but the numbers online are all over the place although wikipedia says $70 million, not much for a movie although not very low as others. Ben Leonberg and his team made something special and unique even if the pacing drags in the middle, the ending leaves you feeling completely empty. If your a dog person this movie is going to mess you up emotionally, if your not a dog person you will probably think its boring but I think theres real value in what they were trying to accomplish, its not perfect but its unique as hell, Indy gives one of the best animal performances I have seen in any horror movie period, that alone makes it worth checking out even if you end up hating how it wraps up.
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Gabriel as the human face of this AI works pretty well for what the movie needs, he is not the same level amazing as August Walker from Fallout but he gets the job done and you believe he is a threat to Ethan Hunt and his hole team. Esai Morales plays him with this calm creepy energy that makes you wanna punch him in the face, he is one of those villains who thinks he got everything figured out and is always three steps ahead of everyone which gets annoying but also makes sense for the story there trying to tell. The entity as the main bad guy is a smart choice because you never know whats real and whats fake, like is this person actually helping or are they being controled by the AI, is this trap part of the plan or did they really mess up, its constantly keeping you guessing figuring out whats the next move and making you second guess everything your seeing on screen. Haley Atwell as Grace is one of the best additions this movie has seen in years I mean it, her chemestry with Tom Cruise is so fkn good and watching them do the whole pickpocket thing back and fourth while running around Rome during that car chase was just perfection, like that whole sequence is so damn good and fun to watch. She puts up against a team of people who have been doing this for decades and that is not easy to pull off at all, she is funny she is badass and she feels like she actually belongs in this world witch is somthing a lot of new characters in movies struggle with nowdays.
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Every action set piece in this movie is designed to make your jaw drop and keep you entertain and interest on whats going on the whole movie that never really feels boring or draggy for the most part, the train sequence alone is worth the price of the ticket if you watch it at the theater back then. They do not just have a fight on a train like every other action movie, they have Tom Cruise and the bad guys fighting while the damn thing is literally falling off a bridge into a canyon and its completely insane, this is way more intense that some other train fights I have seen in the past its always either the knife fight or on top of the train but this one has a bit of everything, I loved every second of that whole thing. The way the train starts breaking apart and there dodging pianos and kitchen equipment while its on fire and your watching Tom Cruise do this insane stunts that you know are real because they showed you behind the scenes how they built an actual train just to destroy it, like who does that anymore in this CGI heavy era we live in. The motorcycle cliff jump that everyone has seen in the trailers is also spectacular even tho they spoiled it by showing it everywhere, but when you see it in the movie with the full context its still breathtaking and makes you go holy shit this guy is actually crazy, he did that stunt like 6 times during the actual shoot witch is just insane to think about. The airport sequence with all the key swaping and pickpocketing and the team trying to stay one step ahead of everyone was so well done, it keeps building and building and you think its over but then another twist happens and your like oh damn there still going, its the kind of stuff that makes Mission Impossible movies so much fun to watch compared to other generic action franchises out there.
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The movie earns its almost three hour runtime which is rare this days because most blockbusters feel bloated and could easily cut 30 minutes without loosing anything but this one keeps you locked in the whole way through without any real dead spots, not going to lie it does has its holes no movie is perfect but it makes up for this kinda meh scenes here an there. Rebecca Ferguson shows up and does her thing but she does not make it to the end, Ving Rhames and Simon Pegg bring there A game even tho there getting older they still feel like important parts of the team and then you got Pom Klementieff who barely talks but kicks so much ass and looks amazing doing it that you cant help but root for her. The whole cast just works together so well and you can tell everyone is having a blast making this movie, there not just showing up for a paycheck there actually putting in the effort to make something special and it shows in every frame. The humor in this movie is also way better than I expected, its not forced or cringy its just natural funny moments that come from the situatons there in and the way the characters interact with each other, like when Haley and Tom are doing the whole performance issues joke in the car about it not working properly when he is trying to figure out the vehicle, its cheesy but it works because of how they play it.