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October is a truly iconic month for movie, especially horror movies of any genre. In this edition of the contest, we're focusing on movies focused on supernatural horror, and within cinema history, there are countless more classic choices. However, instead of going that route, I decided to choose a more "current" movie, mainly because it's one of my favorite movies within this subgenre… After all, The Others is an incredible choice to secure my entry in this edition. This is one of the best Hollywood blockbusters within this theme, which, incidentally, was responsible for elevating this horror subgenre to a whole new level, featuring a modern (albeit ancient) and very frightening plot.


Set amidst the ghosts of World War II, viewers follow Grace and her two children (Anne and Nicholas) as they move to a new home on the island of Jersey (in a more isolated area). They await the return of Charles, the patriarch of the Stewart family, whom everyone eagerly awaits. Until then, they must adapt to a new routine, which, due to the children's special physical condition (a kind of "hypersensitivity" to light), requires a lot of darkness and strict rules to ensure all safety protocols are effective. However, after Grace hires some new employees, things begin to spiral out of control, bringing unpredictable consequences that defy the logic of reality in their lives.


Released in 2001, the movie stars Nicole Kidman (no less than my all-time favorite actress in cinema history), and offers a spectacular take on supernatural horror, utilizing the best narrative devices to create an intense plot, full of moments of tension and suspense, combined with some totally unexpected surprises. I believe there have been few times in Hollywood cinema where there has been such assertiveness in terms of supernatural horror (within this even more specific category), because from the plot itself, the editing, each of the characters, every technical aspect, the narrative plot, the sound, and the direction... Absolutely everything works like a "gothic opera" that is impeccably orchestrated and horrifying.


The movie is didactic without being corny, and above all, bold without overwhelming the audience's intelligence. Every detail scattered throughout the script is crucial to justifying its grand finale (and you can be sure I'm talking about an epic conclusion, difficult to predict even because you pay attention to the smallest details). But beyond that, they are extremely useful in keeping the plot afloat, and all the gears that make it something of immeasurable value to the history of cinema (especially for lovers of this cinematic subgenre). The project is a complete success, from its intimidating beginning to its completely unexpected and intriguing ending. Without any exaggeration, here is one of the most incredible conclusions ever made within this subgenre.


Under the direction of Alejandro Amenábar (who, by the way, does double duty here, as he not only directed but also wrote the script... and without a shadow of a doubt, did an absolutely masterful job), Kidman delivered one of her finest performances, creating a deeply complex, layered character whose personal motivations challenge the audience's understanding. It's worth noting that the supporting cast plays a crucial role in the plot, and they all have brilliant moments throughout. Using a palette full of opaque colors, the brilliance of the technical aspects is truly a spectacle in itself, creating perfect harmony and delivering visual tones that perfectly complement this entire script. The Others is a timeless movie.
This post is my entry for the CineTV Contest #146, which is being promoted by the CineTV community.
Concurso CineTV: “Los otros”, prepárate para tener miedo (y para empezar a sudar frío).
Octubre es un mes verdaderamente icónico para el cine, especialmente para el cine de terror de cualquier género. En esta edición del concurso, nos centramos en películas de terror sobrenatural, y dentro de la historia del cine, existen innumerables opciones más clásicas. Sin embargo, en lugar de optar por esa opción, decidí elegir una película más actual, principalmente porque es una de mis favoritas dentro de este subgénero... Después de todo, Los otros es una excelente opción para asegurar mi participación en esta edición. Se trata de uno de los mejores éxitos de taquilla de Hollywood dentro de esta temática, que, por cierto, fue responsable de elevar este subgénero de terror a un nivel completamente nuevo, con una trama moderna (aunque antigua) y muy aterradora.
Ambientada en medio de los fantasmas de la Segunda Guerra Mundial, la serie sigue a Grace y a sus dos hijos (Anne y Nicholas) mientras se mudan a un nuevo hogar en la isla de Jersey (en una zona más aislada). Esperan el regreso de Charles, el patriarca de la familia Stewart, a quien todos esperan con ansias. Hasta entonces, deben adaptarse a una nueva rutina que, debido a la condición física especial de los niños (una especie de "hipersensibilidad" a la luz), requiere mucha oscuridad y normas estrictas para garantizar la eficacia de todos los protocolos de seguridad. Sin embargo, después de que Grace contrate a nuevos empleados, la situación empieza a descontrolarse, con consecuencias impredecibles que desafían la lógica de la realidad en sus vidas.
Estrenada en 2001, la película está protagonizada por Nicole Kidman (nada menos que mi actriz favorita de la historia del cine) y ofrece una visión espectacular del terror sobrenatural, utilizando los mejores recursos narrativos para crear una trama intensa, llena de momentos de tensión y suspenso, combinada con algunas sorpresas totalmente inesperadas. Creo que pocas veces en el cine de Hollywood se ha mostrado tanta asertividad en cuanto al terror sobrenatural (dentro de esta categoría aún más específica), porque desde la trama en sí, el montaje, cada uno de los personajes, cada aspecto técnico, la trama narrativa, el sonido y la dirección... Absolutamente todo funciona como una "ópera gótica" impecablemente orquestada y aterradora.
La película es didáctiva sin ser cursi y, sobre todo, audaz sin abrumar la inteligencia del público. Cada detalle disperso a lo largo del guion es crucial para justificar su grand finale (y pueden estar seguros de que hablo de una conclusión épica, difícil de predecir incluso prestando atención a los detalles más pequeños). Pero más allá de eso, son extremadamente útiles para mantener la trama a flote y todos los engranajes que la convierten en algo de incalculable valor para la historia del cine (especialmente para los amantes de este subgénero cinematográfico). El proyecto es un éxito rotundo, desde su intimidante comienzo hasta su final completamente inesperado e intrigante. Sin exagerar, he aquí una de las conclusiones más increíbles jamás alcanzadas dentro de este subgénero.
Bajo la dirección de Alejandro Amenábar (quien, por cierto, cumple una doble función aquí, ya que no solo dirigió, sino que también escribió el guion... y, sin lugar a dudas, hizo un trabajo absolutamente magistral), Kidman ofreció una de sus mejores interpretaciones, creando un personaje profundamente complejo y complejo, cuyas motivaciones personales desafían la comprensión del público. Cabe destacar que el reparto secundario juega un papel crucial en la trama, y todos tienen momentos brillantes a lo largo de la película. Con una paleta de colores opacos, la brillantez de los aspectos técnicos es un verdadero espectáculo en sí mismo, creando una armonía perfecta y ofreciendo tonos visuales que complementan a la perfección todo el guion. Los otros es una película atemporal.
Esta publicación es mi entrada para el Concurso CineTV #146, que está siendo promovido por la comunidad CineTV.
Concurso CineTV: “Os Outros”, prepare para se assustar (e para suar frio).
Outubro é um mês muito emblemático para falar sobre cinema. Em especial, para falar sobre filmes de horror, em qualquer subgênero. Nesta edição do concurso, estamos lidando com filmes focados em horror sobrenatural, e dentro da história do cinema há inúmeras escolhas mais clássicas, mas ao invés de ir por esse caminho, eu decidi escolher um filme mais “atual”, mas principalmente porque se trata de um dos meus filmes favoritos dentro desse subgênero... Afinal, Os Outros é uma escolha mais do que incrível para cravar a minha participação nesta edição. Esta é uma das melhores “superproduções” hollywoodianas dentro desse tema, que aliás, foi responsável por colocar esse subgênero de horror em um nível completamente novo, trazendo uma trama moderna (ainda que em velhos tempos), e muito assustadora.
Ambientado em meio aos fantasmas da 2ª Guerra Mundial, o telespectador acompanha a mudança de Grace e os seus dois filhos (Anne e Nicholas) para um novo lar, localizado na ilha de Jersey (em uma região mais isolada). Eles estão na expectativa pelo retorno de Charles, o patriarca da família Stewart, a quem todos aguardam ansiosamente. Até lá, eles precisam se adaptar a uma nova rotina, que em detrimento de uma condição física especial das crianças (uma espécie de “hipersensibilidade” à luz), precisa ser à base de muita escuridão e cercada de regras muito rígidas para que todos os protocolos de segurança sejam efetivos. No entanto, depois que Grace contrata alguns novos empregados, as coisas começam a sair do controle, trazendo as consequências imprevisíveis que desafiam a lógica da realidade em suas vidas.
Lançado em 2001, o filme é estrelado por Nicole Kidman (nada menos do que à minha atriz favorita de todos os tempos em toda à história do cinema até então), e traz uma abordagem espetacular dentro do horror sobrenatural, usando os melhores artifícios narrativos para criar uma trama intensa, cheia de momentos de tensão e suspense, aliado a algumas surpresas totalmente inesperadas. Eu acredito que foram poucas as vezes dentro do cinema hollywoodiano em que houve uma assertividade tão grande em termos de horror sobrenatural (dentro dessa categoria ainda mais específica), porque desde a trama em si, edição, cada um dos personagens, cada aspecto técnico, os argumentos narrativos, sonora e direção... Absolutamente tudo funciona como uma “ópera gótica” que é impecavelmente orquestrada, e horripilante.
O filme é didático sem ser piegas, e principalmente, ousado sem subjugar a inteligência do público. Todos os detalhes que estão espalhados pelo roteiro são fundamentais para justificar o seu grand finale (e pode ter certeza de que estou falando de uma conclusão épica, difícil de ser prevista até mesmo porque prestar atenção nos mínimos detalhes), mas muito além disso, são extremamente úteis para manter à trama de pé, e todas as engrenagens que a tornam em algo de valor imensurável para a história do cinema (principalmente para os amantes desse subgênero cinematográfico). O projeto é um acerto completo, desde o início intimidador até o seu final completamente inesperado e muito intrigante. Sem qualquer tipo de exagero, eis aqui uma das conclusões mais incríveis que já foram feitas dentro desse subgênero.
Sob o comando de Alejandro Amenábar (que aliás, faz um trabalho duplo aqui, porque ele não apenas dirigiu como se manteve à frente do roteiro do projeto... e sem a menor sombra de dúvidas fez um trabalho absolutamente magistral), Kidman entregou uma de suas melhores performances ao criar uma personagem muito complexa e cheia de camadas que desafiam o entendimento do público sobre às suas motivações pessoais. Vale ressaltar que o elenco de apoio tem um peso essencial na trama, e todos eles têm momentos brilhantes na construção da trama. Usando uma paleta cheia de cores opacas, o brilhantismo dos aspectos técnicos são um verdadeiro show à parte, criando a harmonia perfeita e entregando tons visuais que caíram como luvas na pavimentação de todo este roteiro. Os Outros é um filme atemporal.
Este post é a minha participação para o Concurso CineTV #146, que está sendo promovido pela comunidade CineTV.
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The Long Walk is one of those movies that sounds absolutely stupid on paper but somehow ends up working way better than it should, just a bunch of guys walking until they drop dead or get shot sounds boring as hell but this thing actually keeps you locked in for the full two hours witch is pretty wild when you think about it, they just walking but its their interaction, the things they talk about, their "Moments" as Pete describe it on the movie. Cooper Hoffman and David Jonsson carry the entire movie on there backs and the chemistry between these two is insane, you actually end up giving a shit about what happens to them, witch is pretty rare for a movie where you know damn well only one person makes it out alive at the end. Francis Lawrence directed this and he also did most of the Hunger Games movies so he knows how to handle these death game type stories, the guy gets how to make it feel real and heavy, instead of just cheap entertainment for people who want flashy action scenes or cool deaths. This aint some flashy death match with crazy explosions every five minutes, its just people talking and walking, and slowly falling apart both in there heads and there bodys, literally their bodies give up before their mind and somehow it never gets boring or feels like a slog to sit through, witch is pretty impressive when you think about such a very simple action of walking, just keep walking, there is no finish line or ending.

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The rules are super simple and thats what makes it work so damn well, walk at 3 miles per hour or you get warnings and after three strikes your done, soldiers shoot you right there on the road and the movie doesnt hold back from showing how messed up that whole situation is for everyone involved, every other guy on this walk loose it as they see the rest going down walking on blooded foot or even totally broken ankle. The movie doesnt waste any time with boring setup that drags on forever and dont even care about giving much context of the why this is all going on its just straight to the bone, it gives you the basics real quick, then jumps straight into the walk without spending 40 minutes on backstory nobody cares about anyway. Mark Hamill shows up as the Major and he was good in the role but it feels like easy paycheck work for him, nothing to crazy or memorable compared to some of his other stuff over the years. The whole concept is based on a Stephen King novel from the 60s and apparently this was the first thing he ever wrote, even though it didnt get published until way later under a fake name, the book had 100 contestants walking but the movie cuts it down to 50, witch makes it feel more manageable and focused on the characters that actually matter to the story, feels more personal, they even form a group and call themself Musketeers.
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The entire story develops on a very fucked up world after War as Major describe there is an epidemic of laziness and it does look like from the environment we watch on the country side, after a big war that happend 19 years ago and left everything in complete ruins for everyone, the government is run by this totalitarian regime that bans books and music from before the war and also look like everyone is poor, anyways thats not the important part of the movie so doesnt really matter. The point is that every year they do this Long Walk thing, where one person from each state has to participate in the event and the last one standing gets money and one wish, supposedly this is meant to inspire the nation and boost productivity for the economy but really its just propaganda bullshit, to keep people in line and distracted from how terrible there lives are. Raymond Garraty is the main character and he joins the walk because he wants revenge on the Major for killing his dad in front of him and his mom, his father was executed for reading banned books and thinking for himself, witch in this world is basically a death sentence that you cant escape from, this hole story reminds me a lot of a movie that Bale did many years ago called "Equilibrium". Pete McVrees is the other main character and he was basically Rays best friend, even wanted to be his actual brother, thats all he wanted in life and this topic show up throughout the whole thing, David Jonsson plays him and the dude is phenomenal in this role. There chemistry together is what makes the movie work so well because you believe these two guys actually care about each other as friends, its not just fake movie friendship where they say nice things but you dont buy it for a second cause the acting sucks. Judy Greer plays Rays mom, and she has very few scenes in the whole movie but shes absolutely heartbreaking in both of them, specially the opening when shes driving her son to the start line, knowing theres a good chance hes never coming back home to her again.
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One thing that really stood out was how the movie shows all the messed up stuff that comes with walking non stop for days without any breaks, like how do you go to the bathroom when you cant stop moving forward, what happens when you get a cramp in your leg that makes you slow down, what if you get a rock in your shoe or your ankle breaks from walking so long. All these everyday things become life or death situations and the movie doesnt shy away from showing how brutal it gets for these young guys, one kid has explosive diarrhea and the movie shows is straight up no blur or cover up scene, another kid breaks his ankle and kept walking basically on his bone for hours witch seemed pretty unbelievable to me for me that was the beauty of this movie. The kills are super graphic and straight forward head shot and there faces explode into pieces, one kid gets run over by a tank when he tries to talk to the camera crew filming everything, another one tries to grab a soldiers gun and gets killed instantly without hesitation. The end is a bit confusing so I decided to look up about the story and found out that movie was shot in sequential order witch means they filmed everything in the actual order it happens in the story, this was a smart choice because it lets the actors actually bond with each other over time, just like there characters do in the walk and you can see them getting more tired and beat up as the movie goes on and there bodys start giving out. Francis Lawrence and his crew deserve a lot of credit, because filming something like this where almost every scene is outside in the elements and people are constantly moving without stopping, must have been exhausting as hell for the cast and crew, even if the story has some logical holes in it that dont quite add up.
The ending is pretty different from the book as I mention and its also a bit confusing because things happen out of no where and I think it works better for what the movie is trying to say about sacrifice, in the book Ray wins and just keeps walking off into nothing like a zombie but in the movie Pete ends up winning after Ray sacrifices himself so his friend can live and go home. Pete asks for a soldiers gun as his wish and the Major gives it to him thinking Pete wont actually do anything with it on live television, that sounds totally stupid but it could be just the fact that power got him blind, Pete shoots the Major right in the face in front of the whole country watching on there TVs, witch was pretty damn satisfying to watch after everything but still felt a bit hollow for me, it was just too easy and too simple. Like me some people might want a more clear ending, with everything explained but I think the ambiguity works here for this type of story, I always have this idea that adaptations main point is to sell more books or video games so ending the movie in such gray area works for people to get interested and want to know more about or even buy the book, the message is that even when you win you still lose in the end, because this whole system is designed to break people down, until theres nothing left of who they used to be before. Ray wanted revenge against the government and Pete wanted money to escape his shitty life and terrible childhood, but in the end neither of them really get what they wanted out of it. Its a pretty flat way to end things but it fits the tone of the whole movie perfectly, this isnt a feel good story about overcoming adversity and winning against the odds, its about how governments use young people as pawns and grind them down for entertainment and propaganda purposes. I love this movie and even though it has a few holes in the story I cant stop from giving it a 8.5 out of 10, its probably one of the best Stephen King adaptations in recent years and definitely worth watching if your into this kind of dark depressing stuff, just dont expect to feel good after its over, because you absolutely will not be smiling.










