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Movie · on Schindler's List
🎞️La lista de Schindler[ENG-ESP]

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Greetings, film buffs! I feel a personal responsibility every time I talk about this film, not just as a cinephile, but as a human being.

Saludos cordiales, amigos del cine!!!! Siento una responsabilidad personal cada vez que hablo de esta película, no solo como cinéfilo, sino como ser humano.

The spectacle of crying, whether public or private, can stem from several things. Powerlessness is one of them, that heartbreaking feeling of witnessing absolute evil and being unable to do anything but observe. It is precisely this emotion that *Schindler's List* mobilizes with overwhelming force, addressing the Holocaust, one of cinema's most difficult challenges, with the weight, rigor, and narrative heart it demands. There is no room for frivolity, only the responsibility to represent the truth in a solemn but profoundly human manner. Thehrefore, this film rightfully joins my selection of "Ten Films That Shook the World."

El espectáculo del llanto, público o privado, puede tener su origen en varias cosas. La impotencia es una de ellas, esa sensación desgarradora de ser testigo de un mal absoluto y no poder hacer más que observar. Es precisamente esa emoción la que La lista de Schindler moviliza con una fuerza abrumadora, abordando el Holocausto, uno de los retos más difíciles del cine, con el peso, el rigor y el corazón narrativo que exige. No hay espacio para la frivolidad, solo la responsabilidad de representar la verdad de manera solemne pero profundamente humana. Por eso, esta cinta integra con todo derecho mi selección de "Diez películas que estremecieron al mundo".

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Serving as a monument to the darker side of humanity, the plot focuses on industrialist Oskar Schindler, a man in the midst of a quest for success, but who soon finds himself drawn into a moral narrative more complex than he could have anticipated. The script uses restraint to construct moments of devastating humanity, which don't always have a conventional rhythm, but are rendered powerful by their integration into the plot. When I learned that Steven Spielberg would direct a film about the Holocaust, I was concerned; his history with dramas didn't prepare me for the solemnity this subject demanded. My concern increased after it was confirmed that it would be filmed in black and white. But everything that was constructed on screen is convincing, exceeding all my expectations. Schindler, an ambitious man, must navigate two realities that clash due to the brutality of the regime. During his evolution, his path crosses that of Itzhak Stern, his Jewish accountant, the moral conscience of the operation. Their common goal becomes to counter the extermination machinery of Amon Göth, the commandant of the Plaszów concentration camp, a sociopath whose "banality of evil" represents the essence of destruction.

Funcionando como un monumento al lado más oscuro de la humanidad, la trama centra la atención en el industrial Oskar Schindler, un hombre en medio de una búsqueda de éxito, pero que pronto se ve arrastrado a una narrativa moral más compleja de lo que pudo anticipar. El guion usa la contención para construir momentos de una humanidad devastadora, que no siempre tienen un ritmo convencional, pero que resultan poderosos gracias a su inserción en la trama. Cuando supe que Steven Spielberg dirigiría una película sobre el Holocausto, me preocupé; su historial con dramas no preparaba para la solemnidad que este tema exigía. Mi inquietud aumentó tras confirmarse que sería filmada en blanco y negro. Pero todo lo que se construyó en pantalla es convincente, superando todas mis expectativas. Schindler, un hombre ambicioso, debe navegar dos realidades que chocan por la brutalidad del régimen. Durante su evolución, su camino se cruza con el de Itzhak Stern, su contable judío, la conciencia moral de la operación. Su objetivo común se convierte en contrarrestar la maquinaria de exterminio de Amon Göth, el comandante del campo de concentración de Plaszów, un sociópata cuya "banalidad del mal" representa la esencia de la destrucción.

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There is an immense gain in historical authenticity. The inclusion of real locations and meticulous production work—such as the reconstruction of the Krakow ghetto—demonstrate this. The script builds an atmosphere of terror, especially in the scenes of violence that emerge as a constant background, setting the stage for acts of courage and desperation. The characters are complex and superbly developed. Liam Neeson's performance as Schindler is profound, showing the transformation from a social climber to a savior, in a synergistic but tense chemistry with Ben Kingsley (Stern), within a narrative line close to a moral thriller. There are powerful symbols in this film: the setting, such as the girl's red coat, or a John Williams soundtrack that, without the need for dialogue, impacts the audience, demonstrating the mastery of the director. The script addresses the events directly, creating a compelling narrative within an atmosphere of moral clarity. This is an example of cinema that achieves the essentials without sacrificing the right to tell a human story within a historical tragedy.

Hay una ganancia inmensa en la autenticidad histórica. La inclusión de locaciones reales y un meticuloso trabajo de producción —como la reconstrucción del gueto de Cracovia— lo demuestran. El guion construye una atmósfera de terror, especialmente en las escenas de violencia que surgen como un fondo constante, creando el escenario para actos de valor y desesperación. Los personajes son complejos y están magníficamente desarrollados. La interpretación de Liam Neeson como Schindler es profunda, mostrando la transformación de un arribista a un salvador, en una química sinérgica pero tensa con Ben Kingsley (Stern), dentro de una línea narrativa cercana a un thriller moral. Hay en esta película, símbolos potentes: la ambientación, como el abrigo rojo de la niña, o una banda sonora de John Williams que, sin necesidad de diálogo, impacta al público, demostrando la maestría de la dirección. El guion aborda los hechos de forma directa, creando una narrativa que engancha dentro de una atmósfera de claridad moral. Este es un ejemplo de cine que hace lo esencial sin sacrificar el derecho a contar una historia humana dentro de una tragedia histórica.

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I was overwhelmed by what I saw. *Schindler's List* is an emotional shock that leaves you breathless. Double credit to Steven Spielberg, who oversaw every aspect with unusual artistic maturity, proving he can be both a blockbuster creator and an essential storyteller. He managed to create something important for cinema and, in the process, found the space to pay the most visceral tribute to the victims: making them present in our grief.

Quedé sobrecogido con lo que vi. La lista de Schindler es un impacto emocional que deja sin aliento. Un doble mérito para Steven Spielberg, quien supervisó cada aspecto con una madurez artística inusual, demostrando que puede ser tanto un creador de éxitos de taquilla como un narrador esencial. Logró crear algo importante para el cine y, en el proceso, encontró el espacio para rendir el homenaje más visceral a las víctimas: hacerlas presentes en nuestro llanto.

Te invito a leer las entradas anteriores a mi saga "Diez películas que estremecieron al mundo"

Battleship Potemkin

Lo que el viento se llevó

Metrópolis

Rashōmon

La Dolce Vita

Clockwork Orange

Psicosis

Godfather

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Movie · on Study Group
My Opinion of Study Group/Mi Opinión de Grupo de Estudio [ENG/ESP]
Hello dear friends of @MoviesTvShows, greetings and blessings, I come this time to tell you about a k-drama with a story that teaches you not to give up, to keep fighting even though your knowledge and learning limit you, but with your physical strength and desire to continue learning does not let you feel bad, it is about Study Group.

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The story starts from a student named Yoon Ga-min (Hwang Min-hyun) who, no matter how hard he studies and tries, he can't get his grades up, so he looks for any way to achieve it, although some people tell him that he is not good for studies, that he better not think about going to college, He does not let himself be carried away by this and decides to strengthen his body, since he says that a healthy body, a strong mind, does not imply that you improve in your studies, that is why when he heard that a study group would be the most advisable thing to help him, he decides that in his new school he will achieve it yes or yes.

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That's when he focuses on getting friends who can help him not only to improve his grades, but also to improve his grades together, like his friend Kim Se-hyun (Lee Jong-hyun) who is the second best student in the whole school, although he is one of the most mistreated students in the school, The school had become a zone of fights and graded according to the level of Pin Han-wool (Cha Woo-min) son of a gang leader, so the school for him was a place to create young people who could serve his father.

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But this does not stop Ga-min because, although studies are not his forte, his physique and everything he has learned from his uncle in terms of forbidden techniques and attacks that allow him to make your enemy fall, allows him to defend those who simply want to study, or simply live quietly and not at the mercy of a greedy and unscrupulous young man to beat anyone who gets in front of him. At the same time, he seeks to build his study group as his teacher Lee Han-kyung (Han Ji-eun) who will inspire him to continue his dream and support them to change the high school where they study into a better place to learn.

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“I create opportunities, even in difficult situations” this phrase captivated me and made me understand that no matter how difficult the situation is, no matter how complicated it gets and they tell you that you can not, that you are not good for it, it does not mean it is the end, you always have to turn things around, not everyone learn at the same pace, not everyone is good at all, but it does not mean you can not achieve it at the time and time that is right, it is a story worth enjoying and appreciating every second.

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Film Genre: Juvenile, Action, Comedy & Drama Directed by; Lee Jang-hoon-Yoo Beom-sang Developed by: Studio Dragon Country of origin: South Korea No. of seasons: 1 No. of episodes: 10 Broadcasting media: TVING First airing: January 23, 2025.

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Hola queridos amigos de @MoviesTvShows, saludos y bendiciones, vengo en esta oportunidad para hablarles sobre un k-drama con una historia en el que te enseñan a no rendirse, a seguir luchando pese a que tus conocimientos y aprendizaje te limiten, pero que con tu fuerza física y ganas de seguir aprendiendo no te deje sentir mal, se trata de Grupo de estudio.

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La historia parte desde un estudiante llamado Yoon Ga-min (Hwang Min-hyun) quien por más que estudie y se esfuerce en ello no consigue subir sus notas, por lo cual busca cualquier forma para lograrlo, aunque algunos le digan que no sirve para los estudios, que mejor no piense ir a la universidad, no se deja llevar por ello y se decide a fortalecer su cuerpo, ya que dice que cuerpo sano, mente fuerte, pero no implica que mejores en tus estudios, es por ello que al escuchar que un grupo de estudio sería lo más recomendable para ayudarse, decide que en su nueva escuela lo logrará sí o sí.

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Es ahí, cuando se enfoca en conseguir aquellos amigos que puedan ayudarlo no solo a él mejorar sus notas, sino entre todos mejorar al respecto, como su amigo Kim Se-hyun (Lee Jong-hyun) quien es el segundo mejor alumno de toda la escuela, aunque pese a ser ello es uno de los que más maltratan ahí, ya que la misma se había vuelto una zona de peleas y calificados conforme a cómo iban subiendo de nivel y de acuerdo a lo que designara Pin Han-wool (Cha Woo-min) hijo de un líder de banda de matones, por lo que la escuela para él era un lugar para crear jóvenes que le pudieran servir a su padre.

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Pero ello no detiene a Ga-min ya que, pese a que los estudios no son su fuerte, su físico y todo lo que ha aprendido de su tío en cuanto a técnicas prohibidas y ataques que permitan hacer caer a tu enemigo, le permite defender aquellos que sencillamente quieren estudiar, o simplemente vivir tranquilos y no a merced de un joven codicioso y sin escrúpulos para vencer a quien se le ponga en frente. Así como al mismo tiempo busca armar su grupo de estudio ya que su profesora Lee Han-kyung (Han Ji-eun) quien lo inspirará a continuar con su sueño y apoyarlos a cambiar la secundaria donde estudian por un mejor lugar para aprender.

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“Creo oportunidades, aun en situaciones difíciles” está frase me cautivo y me hizo entender que por más difícil que sea la situación, por más complicado que se ponga y te digan que no puedes, que no sirves para ello, no significa que es el fin, siempre hay que darle la vuelta a las cosas, no todos aprender al mismo ritmo, no todos son bueno en todos, pero no significa que no lo puedas lograr en el momento y tiempo que sea el indicado, es una historia que vale la pena disfrutar y apreciar cada segundo.

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Ficha técnica

Género: Juvenil, Acción, Comedia y Drama Dirigido por; Lee Jang-hoon-Yoo Beom-sang Desarrollado por: Studio Dragon País de origen: Corea del Sur N.º de temporadas: 1 N.º de episodios: 10 Medio de difusión: TVING Primera emisión: 23 de enero de 2025.

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Movie · on The Maze Runner
The Maze Runner (2014) is simply really good fun!
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Ah yes the 'Maze Runner'. Quality quality stuff indeed. Truly nothing to complain about in this film in my opinion.

I read the books once upon a time. I may have owned them but I think perhaps I borrowed them from the library. The library days were pretty epic. Anyway, I did read these books and found them pretty enjoyable. Straightforward and gritty. The movie does a pretty spot on job with recreating the book. Massive massive props.

I think I saw this first one years ago, but definitely not the next two films. So essentially this is a fun experience that I look forward to enjoying, it's a long time coming too. I'm currently re-reading 'The Inheritance Cycle' and so, I ended up back at this series after some web surfing.

I think the reason I didn't watch this series in full was for several reasons. 'Eragon' was done super poorly, as well as another favorite of mine 'Cirque Du Freak' combine that trauma (LOL) with life events and generic laziness, yeah, it's 2025 and I haven't actually watched all of these.

But yes I recently watched 'The Maze Runner' and it was just awesome. I totally see why people love this series and why it consistently brought in very much strong numbers at the box office. They averaged approximately $300 million a pop. That's nothing to sneeze at! The movie is fast and action packed, the story is fascinating, and the characters are good. Seriously just checks all the boxes of an action movie as well as having an actual good story. The movie was not shy about anything either, very bold and aggressive.

I love the idea of The Maze. It's so infinitely symbolic. Everyone feels trapped by something sometimes, unwilling to take risks, unwilling to explore. Whatever the case my be. It even teases some conspiracy theories but that's just my silly brain 🤪LOL. Still that's what good sci-fi/fantasy does in my opinion.

This film was like a weird more violent version of 'The Truman Show'. Kinda, sorta-ish LOL.

Seriously this is such a fun film. Incredibly rewatchable. That's said a lot about films but this is soooo true for 'The Maze Runner'. I anticipate that I'll enjoy the next two since I liked the books and well, this film was excellent. Since I will likely like the next two, I could totally see myself wasting a day watching these three back to back.

There's just something I really respect about this movie, just bam, here's there situation, it's chaos, figure it out or perish. Then the mystery behind everything just adds that perfect element.

Awesome stuff.

8.8/10 for 'The Maze Runner'!!
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Movie · on Superman

🎬 Superman (2025) | Everything Why Superhero Movies Aren't Great

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This blog is a personal journal of all the movies, Tv-Shows, & Games I consume during a year which enhances my overall experience. The ratings that I give are fully based on my personal preference and enjoyment at the time of watching and I'm writing spoiler-free reviews. (All HBD earnings are used to get extra Hive Power Delegations!)

I have been somewhat on a break from watching movies and tv shows because I'm busy with other things that all add to my screentime already. While I went to see the new Jurassic World movie in the cinema, there was a trailer for the new Superman movie which almost sold me on also going to see that one. However, I can't say that I'm a fan of Superman or Superhero movies in general so I wisely skipped and I'm glad that I didn't spend any money on it. I did however end up choosing this one to watch on my tv some days ago as I wanted some no brain entertainment which is kind of what this movie gave.

My Superman History When it comes down to the Superman Franchise especially the movies, I'm never really was a fan. I was too young to really watch the old Christopher Reeve movies and recently saw a part of one while it was on tv. I did kind of like the vibe in those as i love old movies and there was some kind of simplicity over it that new movies no longer have as everything needs to be bigger and bolder all the time. There have been 3 different Superman reboots ever since. I think I watched Superman Returns (2006) but I'm not even sure and it was totally forgettable if I did. The same thing I would say happened with the Man of Steel reboot and I just could not watch total garbage like Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice and skipped on Justice League.

However, I do have extremely fond childhood memories of the tv series Lois & Clark, The New Adventures of Superman, and Smallville which I watched a bit later in life.

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Superman for me just works way better as a series as it allows for much better emotional connection building with the characters while it's fairly easy to make individual 40-Minute episodes where each season has a bigger story arch.

Superman (6.4/10)

So this is yet another reboot doing almost the same thing over and over again introducing the same characters played by different actors. It's all manufactured in a way where they start from things they want to include like a cute pet dog with superpowers, some cool villains, big spectacle and distruction, some romance, some modern day references with the influncer girl that takes selfies, and they pretty much try to build a story around that which for me rarely works as it tends to sacrifice one for the other.

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While the movie kind of start off skipping all the 'how superman came about' which is a good thing as the audience has seen that too many times already. It also brings a world where I was full of questions as someone who is not caught up with any of the franchise or the source material. It feels like we are put in a world where everything and everyone now has super powers as sume guys manufactured by Lex Luthor start off defeating Superman, there are these robots in the fortress of solitude I have no clue where they came from, Superman had some allied super heroes I never even heard off and just felt utterly stupid. Some guy with a strange haircut, a girl with wings, and some cyber dud floating in a chair who all kind of felt like the avengers from the discount supermarket.

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They also need to go bigger in scale on everything. Some expampler are the Giant monster that grows out of nowhere, the entire pocket universe story arch and the bigger fights with more and more enemies.

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Inbetween all of this mindless entertainmaint, they also try to bring a message about being human and caring but it just felt like another obligated thing to include in the moivie like all of the other things.

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The thing I'm personally looking for in movies are interesting original stories, thought provoking ideas, emotions I relate to, great cinematograhy and not just 100% CGI, life lessons. In that regard, superhero movies in most cases just totally lack which is one of the reasons there are only a handfull that I really loved and the new Superman reboot for sure is not one of those.

Conclusion In the end, I had an ok time with this movie and it kind of felt similar to Jurassic World Rebirth with the difference that I enjoy watching Dinosaurs on an Island way more than a Superhero in a city which made me much more forgiving. The thing about these movies is they are all backwards contructed starting off with things they need to include trying to build a story around it. In the best case, this brings about a movie that is very bad but still entertaining to watch so I still score it a 6.4/10.

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Movie · on 28 Years Later
28 Years Later
28 Years Later is a divisive film. On the one hand, for a viewer who loves classic zombie horror, the experience may feel empty, dull, and lacking intensity. On the other hand, if you approach it as a commentary on the genre itself, it opens up a vast space for reflection. Personally, I see it as a bridge-work. It’s not the culmination of the genre, but rather a meta-commentary that shows the limits and dead ends of “commercial” zombie cinema, while at the same time leaving cracks open for new beginnings.

28 Days Later (2002) rejuvenated the genre by introducing fast, aggressive zombies that broke the tradition of 20th-century films. Since then, almost all zombie cinema and television have followed that “normality.” In 28 Years Later the surprise is different: zombies don’t have a single fixed identity or behavior. There are fast and slow ones, hulking and crawling, some aggressive and others almost indifferent. What may seem like a weakness in pacing (because of the differing speed and violence of the zombies) can instead work as a reservoir for new interpretations and meanings of zombies as a field for expressing social fears.

This variety may unsettle the viewer who seeks clarity, but it is closer to the experience of contemporary times. There is no single “enemy” that everyone perceives the same way; fear is fragmented and individualized. For some, it is the silently suffocating threat; for others, the terror of becoming prey in a relentless chase; for others still, the violent, visceral slaughter. The zombie in 28 Years Later ceases to be a collective allegory and becomes a mirror of individual terrors.

The film begins—after the introduction of the zombie outbreak—in a “self-managed” community on a rocky islet in the UK. The choice of location and context is surely not accidental, evoking Brexit, the illusion of self-sufficiency, a quarantine-like isolation. At first, everything seems functional, almost peaceful. But as scenes progress, the emptiness is revealed.

Collectivity offers no comfort, the nation inspires no cohesion, the family is not a foundation. These collapse not because zombies tear them down, but because they were already exhausted. This is perhaps the film’s most disturbing point: the great myths that once held societies upright have lost their power.

And there is nothing to replace them. No political alternative, no utopia, no hope of a different social order. There are no “good guys” defending equality or justice. There are only people going through mechanical rituals, performing the role of community. The absence of social honesty and a vision for the future is perhaps more frightening than the zombies themselves.

In its second half, the film shifts from the social to the existential. What does it mean to live? What is the meaning of death? What makes a human, Human? What does hope for humanity’s future look like?

The film doesn’t try to give answers. More radically, it doesn’t even pose the questions. There are no monologues, no philosophical conversations, no heroes seeking meaning. Instead, everything unfolds ritualistically, in constant transitions from nothingness to nothingness. It is a dystopia without screams, a process-dystopia, and the happy Sisyphus (borrowing from Camus) is the resigned one, the mechanical one, the suicidal one.

And what, in the end, is the “world” of the zombies? Perhaps the most intriguing dimension is here. In most commercial films, zombie territory is something to be conquered, cleansed, colonized by the living. In 28 Years Later the opposite occurs: the island seems to belong to the zombies. It is their place. The humans passing through are the real invaders.

This is a “de-colonization” of the genre. Zombies no longer function as threatening enemies tearing down the walls, but as inhabitants of a land they have the right to defend. It’s not clear if they want to kill or simply to protect. Even the scenes with the baby are morally ambiguous: abduction or adoption? abandonment or safeguarding? These ambiguities could refresh mainstream zombie films (as opposed to experimental/alternative works that have wrestled with such questions for nearly twenty years).

Additionally, the setting is brilliant in itself. A community on a safe islet, yet cut off from other uninfected zones by military forces—not to protect them from zombies, but to keep them inside. This creates a paradox: the real enemy is not only the zombies but restriction, self-restriction, the prison of “safety” and the very concept of threat.

In a world after the zombie apocalypse, freedom is not curtailed by the infected, but by the structures that pretend to protect you. That’s a commentary with huge implications, especially if we recall recent experiences of quarantine, surveillance, and control.

28 Years Later may disappoint someone looking for “pure horror.” It’s not a film that easily scares, nor one that builds clear suspense. It is, however, a film that suggests we look at the genre itself and the interpretive commentaries it generates. To see that our myths are worn down, our questions unanswered, our enemies fragmented and ambiguous.
Perhaps, ultimately, 28 Years Later does not work as a zombie film but as a film about zombie films and, by extension, about new-type societies without vision, about our mechanically “repeating” existence without meaning or purpose, about our fear without clear shape. And that, paradoxically, makes it one of the most “updated” moments in the genre.
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Movie · on I Know What You Did Last Summer
REVIEW OF THE MOVIE "I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER"
The five friends before the accident smoking and drinking

I watched a movie recently and I realized that sometimes it is good to forgo past relationships that are not what redeeming. In my experience in life, I have had many occasions where I have made friends who were an integral part of my existence at that moment but due to growth and development we grew apart and have not been in communication since then. Sometimes, most of these relationships are built in a natural way that we cannot be close proximity for eternity. Things would occur like distance, education, career, hate, guilt, marriage, family and so many more.

The friend when the blackmailing started and they are getting scared

A brief synopsis of the movie titled "I Know What You Did Last Summer" was released in 2025, it is a horror movie about a group of friends who has been close since High School, apparently four of them were close because one of them had to drop out of college because her father was a drug addict and it affected them badly. These group of friends went out on a ride to watch the fireworks but in the process one of them was high on drugs and cause a fatal accident to happen. After about a year, the five of them started experiencing death because of what they did last summer, someone in a fish slicker would attack them with a hook and kill them in a gruesome manner. This happened for a while until they found out that the culprit was amongst them.

The killer in fish slicker

Apparently, these five friends Did A Bad Thing during the summer and acted like nothing happened because they did not want to be implicated while some had Guilty Conscience to report the case to the police station others tried to manipulate the matter and buried it. Unknown to them, the person who died in the accident was the boyfriend to the lady who was forced to drop out of college because of lack of money and funds to continue.

The pastor who was falsely accused and killed too

As a means for revenge, she took it upon herself to replay an event that happened in 1997 where there was a killer who carried out a revenge for the death of a sibling, she blamed these other friends for her misfortune in life claiming that because they were privileged to have money and wealthy parents they were able to continue their lives without bothering to check up on her when her father had issues and could not pay up their bills. As if that was not enough, she claims that it was after the incident where they caused the accident she realized that it was her boyfriend who was the only man that stood by her when things were rough that they killed.

The killer

The killers partner in crime

When we got to the plot Twist and realize that she was the gruesome murderer it was so sad because no one would have suspect it that she could do that.

The movie is an horror movie an interesting watch at that highly recommendable for those who loves dark and horrific sins where death is portrayed in a bad manner.

Note: the images are obtained as screenshots from the movie I downloaded

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Midsommar (2019) - Sunlight, Flowers, and Bad Decisions - REVIEW
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This is a kind of movie that I really think holly shit this is so colorful so shining so bright and show so much happiness, is not that I don´t like happy movies but this movie is more than that this is a horror movie so what we see will turned into a ¨nightmare¨, also the director Ari Aster is a good reason to watch this movie, he is so unexpected and the twist that come in his movies are always a good surprise and at the end that was happen in this movie, is not that I love the movie but I enjoyed that Aster gave here. The movie present it main character, Dani a woman that is living a grief because she just lost her mon, dad and sister and now is by her own in this shitty world, she has a boyfriend who has decided to end the relationship with her but when he knows about the tragic news he couldn´t left her instead Dani joint to a trip with her boyfriend and their friends to Sweden for a sunny festival but soon they will realized that nothing is what it seems all those flowers, smiling faces, white clothes just hide a cult with tragical rituals and creepy endings.
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- Platform: Amazon Prime Video
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Dani is the center of all this story she is in pain because now she has no one, talking about family, that is with her, she feels that her only support is her boyfriend Christian a man that want to broke to her but decided that wasn´t the right moment instead of stay with her he plan to go to a festival with his friends Josh the thesis guy, Mark the clown, Pelle the friend who connect all of them to the festival in Sweden that they want to go, Dani is desperate for companion and decided to go with them. At the moment they arrived to the village you can feel that everything was so wrong, so many colors, flower, sun, white and happiness, obviously they look more like a cult instead of a pacific group of people and you realized that everything is toast her at the moment that appear in scene a ritual of the oldy people jumping from a cliff to end their life, that was the point of break, in that moment they should run but now people is stupid and Dani with her boyfriend and his friends decided to stay, that was the worst decision of their life's.
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At the moment of the story I felt that I was wasting my time watching this movie but the performances play an important part on this movie starting with Florence Pugh playing Dani, you can feel her pain, her dependency with her boyfriend because she feels he is everything in her life, Jack Reynor is Dani´s boyfriend his performance really made you bad, the way how he shows that he doesn´t love Dani anymore and he complete that in a scene where he cheated on her with a woman of the village he couldn´t say no to her, he was selected to complete a ritual procreating a child with that woman and he succeed on it poor Dani. Will Poulter was Mark, Christian friend he didn´t last too much in screen but what he did was good, the clown of the team who dies for pee a special tree in the village, dumbest way to die. William Jackson was Josh the nerdy of the group, I like this guy because he went to the village only for his investigation and die for it, hahaha, better way to die.
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The true is the the men of this story are not the center of it the only principal her is Dani that after she start feeling that want to leave that place, everything start changing, because the villager show her that they understand her pain, her sorrow, he grief, show her that they can be part of her feelings as an only individual. This movie shows that the villager are like one big cell and that knowledge made Dani change her mind to the point that she didn´t realized that some of her friends are no longer in the village, she didn´t care about that anymore, she became her May Queen in a contest and she accepted it. All the women of the village dress her with a lot of flowers and celebrated with her that she won, she forgets about her boyfriend too. At this point of the movie one again it let you that Dani is a dependent person and now that she is accepted in this place she can feel that she is back with her family again that need nothing more. Something that really called my attention is the effects when they are high instead of showing crazy scenes, you can see the best psychedelic on screen vibes not goofy rainbow stuff more like textures on bark pulsing, flowers opening like lungs, faces warping just a bit, it sells the idea that Dani and the others are never fully grounded.

This movie is not for everyone, is in the category of horror but more as a dramatic horror, the cinematography of this movie is good, beautiful scenes, those mountains in Sweden show that they are like in magical place but as a story the other side is so dark. I do believe that people that is living a grief, a lost in their life this movie will affect them more and why? Shows the reality how people can be manipulated by others when you are in the deepest dark moment of your life and it shows in the movie in the scene where Dani has to decided her boyfriends life in another creepy ritual of this cult, that is the the new people that arrived in the village for the festival is sacrificed been burn and Dani was upset because her boyfriend cheated on her and she didn´t save him she let him die and the only think you see at the end is she smiling, at this moment you don´t know if she is finally become an evil person or just accepted the villagers as her new family, is a way of doesn´t feel alone anymore and with that change and killing her boyfriend she is no longer in pain. Midsommar is a movie that I understand but not recommend for everyone, is deep, is stupid is some kind, slow in other and the ends you know how it happy, why it happen but you can´t accept that it happen, that is a good movie for me yes it is so I let you to decided if you want to see, is phycological horror that somethings are more difficult to watch.

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CINETV CONTEST: HOME ALONE
When I saw Home Alone for the first time, I did not imagine that I would laugh so hard and still be touched at the courage of a child. It is the story of a little boy Kevin who is left home alone when his extended family travels to spend Christmas elsewhere. Initially, I believed that parents will never forget their own child but the movie made it look plausible due to the chaos and busyness that surrounded the preparation of the trip.

Macaulay Culkin is Kevin and tons the story with his tongue in cheek expressions, his strategy and his courage. At first, he is perceived to be an unruly boy, who consistently quarrels with his siblings and who makes life tough on his mother. However, when he wakes up to a deserted home, he eventually has got the freedom that he had always desired. The manner in which he screams and runs through the house devouring whatever he desires is what every child might imagine happening to him/her.

But this is drastically changed when two burglars, Harry and Marv, attempt to break in on the house. These two characters are criminals but they are made to be funny with regard to the part they play. They believe that it will be an easy task to rob a house where only a child is present but Kevin puts them wrong.

This is the part where the movie comes out in the way of stars The tricks against the burglars prepared by Kevin are so imaginative, and I could not help laughing at how each of the burglars could be tied down one after another. As well as the perils of walking on melted ice, being burned were all exaggerated but also entertaining.

The best part I enjoyed is that Kevin is portrayed as a person that is well matured before his time. Despite the fact that he is afraid, he decides to protect his homestead. He gets inventive, using objects that they find around the house to fight adults. I was also reminded of how even when children are discounted, they can prove stronger and smarter than adults think.

Nevertheless, this is not the only capacity in which this movie is based. It is also lonesome and emotional at times. The feeling of sadness can be felt when Kevin peeps in through the window and sees families together. He regrets that he wanted his family to disappear, but he comes to understand that they are very important. One of the most heart touching parts was when the old man was separated just like Jon in the church with his family. It gives us the idea that without loved ones Christmas is incomplete.

As a Nigeria, there were some parts in this movie I could relate with in my own way. Family is the core value in our culture, and there is rarely a person that would not miss relatives once they are gone. The experience of Kevin reminded me of how there are times that we fail to appreciate what we are surrounded with until we do not have it anymore.

There was good acting in the film. Macaulay Culkin as Kevin was in a performance that was not just innocent but a smart one too. Joe Pesci and Daniel Stern as burglars were also ideal in their performance as idiot but dangerous characters. The way they expressed themselves when they were caught in the traps of Kevin was simply funny.

The desperate mother, played by Catherine OHara also added emotion, trying to make the desperate attempt of getting back to her son. The movie is contemporaneous with the Christmas period and the decorations, snow, and music created a warm atmosphere notwithstanding the threat Kevin had.

Another thing that I observed about the movie is the balance of the light moods and lessons. It makes children creative and that when they face fear they should not quit. In the case of adults, this makes them remember how it is essential to be mindful of family and not to take them lightly.

Home Alone is by no means a recent movie, yet, it is fresh. It enables the mixture of humor, actions, and heart to attract both children and adults. Although I understand the role murder played in Kevin, it was not boring and I enjoyed it from the first month to the last reunion with his mother. It is that type of film which can be viewed over and over, particularly at Christmas time.

To conclude, Home Alone is not only a comedy film. It talks about family, bravery and learning the reality that even a child may be able to stand tall when alone. I laughed, I was touched and ended up liking the message it carries. In my case, it is the film that I will advise people to watch as it offers humor and learning lessons in a single event.
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Bridge to Terabithia (2007): this movie destroyed me | esta película me destruyó [ENG|ESP]
A touching and meaningful adventure Una aventura conmovedora y significativa

I'd come across this book many times in bookstores and libraries, and I knew the movie existed because the edition I saw most often was the one on the cover of the promotional poster. However, I barely knew—or thought I knew—that it was a fantasy story for children and young adults, somewhat in the vein of The Spiderwick Chronicles. I didn't even know this was a Disney movie, and that says it all. I recently stumbled across this title again in an Instagram post that included it alongside other stories with sad moments or endings, but that didn't prepare me for the experience I had when I saw it earlier this week.

Me había encontrado muchas veces con este libro en librerías y bibliotecas y sabía que existía la película porque la edición que más veía por allí era la de la portada del poster promocional. Sin embargo, apenas sabía - o creía saber - que era una historia de fantasía para niños y jóvenes, un poco en la onda de Las Crónicas de Spiderwick. Ni siquiera sabía que esta era una película de Disney, con eso lo digo todo. Hace poco me topé de nuevo con este título en un post de Instagram que la incluía junto a otras historias con momentos o finales tristes en la trama, pero eso no me preparó para la experiencia que tuve al verla a inicios de esta semana.

Poster

Bridge to Terabithia is a film directed by Gábor Csupó based on the book of the same name by Katherine Paterson. It tells the story of Jess Aarons (played by a very young Josh Hutcherson), a boy who feels a bit weird both at school - he's not one of the popular ones or the older students - and at home - he's the only son in a couple who also have four other daughters. His parents tend to be more concerned with the two younger girls and his older sisters don't pay much attention to him, so Jess walks almost on his own, dedicated to two things he loves: running and drawing. On the first day of school after the summer, eccentric Leslie Burke (AnnaSophia Robb) arrives at her class. She not only refuses to be intimidated by the aggression of some of her classmates but also beats Jess and the other kids in a race. After school, the kids meet again on the school bus and it turns out that Leslie's family has just moved into the property next door to Jess's family, making them not only classmates but also neighbors. At first, Jess isn't too happy with the idea, but little by little he starts to get to know Leslie and discover some interesting things about her personality. Like him, she's also a weirdo, but of a different kind because the girl, the daughter of two writers, is a very good teller of fantasy stories, which leads Jess to use his imagination in new and stimulating ways.

Bridge to Terabithia es una película dirigida por Gábor Csupó que está basada en el libro del mismo nombre de Katherine Paterson. En ella se cuenta la historia de Jess Aarons (interpretado por un jovencísimo Josh Hutcherson), un chico que se siente algo raro tanto en el colegio - no es de los populares ni de los estudiantes mayores - como en su propia casa - es el único hijo varón de un matrimonio que cuenta además con otras cuatro hijas. Sus padres suelen estar más preocupados por las dos niñas más chicas y sus hermanas mayores no le prestan mayor atención, así que Jess anda casi por cuenta propia dedicado a dos cosas que le encantan: correr y dibujar. El primer día de clases después del verano llega a su curso la excéntrica Leslie Burke (AnnaSophia Robb) quien no sólo no se deja amilanar por la agresividad de algunos compañeros sino que además vence a Jess y a los otros chicos en una carrera. Después de clases, los chicos vuelven a encontrarse en el bus escolar y resulta que la familia de Leslie se ha mudado recién a la propiedad contigua a la de la familia de Jess con lo que no serán sólo compañeros de clases sino también vecinos. Al principio, Jess no está muy contento con la idea, pero poco a poco comienza a conocer a Leslie y a descubrir en ella algunas cosas geniales de su personalidad. Al igual que él, ella también es rara, pero de una rareza diferente porque la niña, hija de dos escritores, es una muy buena contadora de historias de fantasía, lo que lleva a Jess a usar su imaginación de nuevas y estimulantes maneras.

Scene from the movie | Escena de la película

One day, upon returning home, Leslie tells Jess that they need a place, a place they can go and escape from life, from their bullying classmates, from bad things, a place that belongs only to them, and that's how the kids take a section of the forest that surrounds their houses and transform it into the magical kingdom of Terabithia. The transformation isn't real, or is it? If things are what we think they are, where does reality begin and where does fantasy? Bridge to Terabithia is, among many other things, a tribute to the power of imagination.

Un día, al volver a casa, Leslie le dice a Jess que necesitan un lugar, un lugar al que puedan ir y escapar de la vida, de sus compañeros abusadores del colegio, de las cosas malas, un lugar que les pertenezca sólo a ellos y es así como los chicos toman una parte del bosque que rodea sus casas y lo transforman en el mágico reino de Terabithia. La transformación no es real, ¿o sí? Si las cosas son los que creemos que son, ¿en dónde comienza la realidad y en dónde la fantasía? Bridge to Terabithia es, entre muchas otras cosas, un canto al poder de la imaginación.

Leslie Burke

I want to talk about the film's strengths, and I can't do so without spoilers, so I'm inserting a WARNING here. From the discovery of this kingdom onwards, the story weaves together different narrative threads. On one hand, there's the children's school life, their classes, their teachers, their classmates, etc.; on the other, we have the family dynamics of the Aarons, with five children, a modest income, and a ton of chores that don't leave much time for displays of affection. Meanwhile, the Burkes are a happier family, with a single, wonderful daughter and projects as colorful and fun as painting a room gold. Added to this are Jess and Leslie's adventures in Terabithia, those games that increasingly feel more real and are full of adventures, giant trolls, and other magical creatures that inhabit the place. But there are also other personal, very emotional aspects, such as Jess's relationship with her little sister May Belle (Bailee Madison); The boy's admiration for Miss Edmunds (Zooey Deschanel); Jess's lack of affection from her father (Robert Patrick); themes such as friendship, bullying, vocation, family, loneliness, empathy... the film even allows itself to discuss such heavy topics as belief in divinity, life after death, and grief after losing a loved one. Some think this makes the film unsuitable for children, but with proper supervision—and starting at a reasonable age—I think it's a good way to introduce these uncomfortable, yet necessary, conversations.

Lesllie & Jess

Quiero hablar de los aciertos de la cinta y no puedo hacerlo sin spoilers, así que inserto aquí una advertencia. A partir del descubrimiento de este reino, la historia va mezclando diferentes líneas narrativas. Por un lado está la vida de los niños en la escuela, las clases, los maestros, sus compañeros, etc., por otro lado tenemos las dinámicas familiares de los Aarons, con cinco hijos, ingresos modestos y un montón de tareas que no dejan mucho tiempo para las muestras de afecto, mientras que los Burke son una familia más feliz, con una única y maravillosa hija y proyectos tan vistosos y divertidos como pintar una habitación de color dorado; a ello se suman las aventuras de Jess y Leslie en Terabithia, esos juegos que cada vez se sienten más reales y que están llenos de aventuras, trolls gigantes y otras criaturas mágicas habitantes del lugar. Pero también hay otras aristas personales, muy emotivas, como la relación de Jess con su hermanita May Belle (Bailee Madison); la admiración que tiene el niño por la señorita Edmunds (Zooey Deschanel); la falta de afecto que siente Jess de parte de su padre (Robert Patrick); temas como la amistad, el bullying, la vocación, la familia, la soledad, la empatía... la película incluso se permite discutir sobre temas tan densos como la fe en la divinidad, la vida después de la muerte y el duelo al perder a un ser querido. Algunos piensan que eso hace que la película no sea apropiada para niños, pero con la supervisión debida - y a partir de una edad prudente - creo que es una buena forma de introducir estas conversaciones tan incómodas como necesarias.

Scene from the movie | Escena de la película

The film doesn't really have any plot twists. The only, all-important one is common knowledge and is one of the reasons why this film is so difficult to forget for those of us who've seen it. In a way, I already knew what would happen when it happened, but at that moment, immersed in the plot and having accompanied Jess and Leslie from the beginning as just another inhabitant of the magical Terabithia, I was truly surprised. I let myself be swept away by the story's tenderness, by its joy, and I couldn't anticipate the shock that would come. I wasn't prepared.

La película en realidad no tiene giros en la trama. El único, importantísimo, es de conocimiento popular y es una de las razones que ha hecho que está película sea tan difícil de olvidar para quienes la hemos visto. De alguna forma ya yo sabía lo que ocurriría cuando sucedió, pero en ese instante, sumergido en la trama y habiendo acompañado a Jess y a Leslie desde el inicio como un habitante más de la mágica Terabithia, la verdad es que me sorprendió. Me dejé envolver por la ternura del relato, por su alegría, y no supe anticipar el golpe que recibiría. No estaba preparado.

Scenes

Yes, I cried. I cried with Jess when Leslie left him alone, and I felt deep within me the guilt, the fear, the pain, the anger, and the confusion that comes with losing someone that way. I cried because, like Jess, I came to love that little girl, so alive, so awake, as magical as the stories she spun. But I also cried for the Burkes, for the Aarons, for Jess's lack of affection in their home, for the void Leslie left in their classroom, for her legacy, for the way Jess chose to honor her, for the gesture at the end, for the way love, friendship, and noble sentiments can transcend the barriers of time, space, and even life. As writing, the script for Bridge to Terabithia is far from among the best, but it works very well on an emotional level. I tend to get very emotional during movies, but not cry. Not like this. I have shed tears at some scenes in stories like Big Fish, Hachiko, Up (those bastards from Disney and Pixar!) and the tremendously emotional Black, an Indian film with the iconic Amitabh Bachchan (which I now want to see again), but few others. Maybe it's because I've been very emotional lately or because I got too caught up in the plot and identified so much with its protagonists, but I confess that this film destroyed me and left me with red eyes and a crumpled heart. I've always said that I prefer art that makes me feel, that moves me, a bit like that famous Kafka quote and Oh, boy, this movie really moved me! So thanks for that. How many of you have seen this film? I'll read you in the comments.

The Book | El libro

Sí, lloré. Lloré con Jess cuando Leslie lo dejó solo y sentí muy dentro de mí la culpa, el miedo, el dolor, la rabia y la confusión que significa perder a alguien de esa manera. Lloré porque, como Jess, llegué a amar a esa niña tan viva, tan despierta, tan mágica como las historias que ella misma inventaba. Pero también lloré por los Burke, por los Aarons, por la falta de afecto de Jess en su hogar, por el vacío que dejó Leslie en su salón, por su legado, por la forma en que Jess decidió honrarla, por el gesto del final, por la forma en que el amor, la amistad y los sentimientos nobles pueden trascender las barreras del tiempo, el espacio e incluso de la vida. Como escritura, el guion de Bridge to Terabithia dista mucho de estar entre los mejores, pero funciona muy bien a nivel emocional. Suelo emocionarme mucho con las películas, pero no llorar. No así. He derramado lágrimas en algunas escenas de historias como Big Fish, Hachiko, Up (¡esos desgraciados de Disney y Pixar!) y la tremendamente emotiva Black, película india con el icónico Amitabh Bachchan (que ahora tengo ganas de volver a ver), pero pocas más. A lo mejor es que estoy muy emocional últimamente o que me adentré mucho en la trama y me identifiqué mucho con sus protagonistas, pero confieso que esta película me destruyó y me dejó los ojos enrojecidos y el corazón arrugado. Siempre he dicho que me gusta más el arte que me hace sentir, que me remueve, un poco como aquella famosa frase de Kafka y ¡Oh, boy, this movie really moved me!, así que gracias por eso, ¿cuántos de ustedes han visto esta película? Los leo en los comentarios.

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Film Review: Deadpool (2016)

If there is an institution whose name evokes saturation among film (and now television) viewers, then it is Marvel Comics. Its comics, most often tied into a self-contained universe that allows for countless crossovers of popular heroes, have served as a template not just for one, but even two rather successful film franchises that bring in a fortune for the parent studios, and, most tragically of all, eliminate the need for any particular creativity on the part of filmmakers. This means that all these films and superheroes will eventually start to resemble one another and mean nothing beyond the most die-hard fans or the children whom parents drag to multiplexes to watch CGI explosions and men in bizarre costumes for just under three hours. Conversely, this also means that any film from this franchise that deviates even slightly from this formula will be something truly special—either a financial cataclysm after which established critics and Hollywood watchers will ask, “What were the studio bosses smoking in the office before they gave the green light?” or, far more rarely, something that resonates so strongly with an audience hungry for change that it generates enthusiasm the film might objectively not deserve. Deadpool, which appeared in cinemas in the first half of 2016 and became one of the biggest sleeper hits in recent times, falls into the latter category.

The film belongs to the X-Men, the second Marvel franchise, based on a series of comics about superhuman mutants, which, unlike the Marvel Cinematic Universe, is still held by 20th Century Fox rather than Disney. This franchise, launched way back in 2000, is much older but also less successful than Disney’s, and after the third film, X-Men Origins: Wolverine, it nearly got canned due to commercial underperformance. In that ill-fated film, the mutant-mercenary Wade Wilson, better known by the alias Deadpool, appeared as one of the supporting characters, portrayed by Ryan Reynolds. The Canadian actor, despite his character in Origins being a villain who ultimately dies, fell in love with the role, particularly its original comic book incarnation where his trademark was sarcastic commentary and direct address to readers. Reynolds began aggressively lobbying 20th Century Fox to give Deadpool his own film, in which he would play the lead, and after numerous hurdles, he succeeded—largely thanks to the “leak” of test footage online, which triggered an avalanche of enthusiasm among comic book geeks, whose opinions nowadays often carry significant weight in Hollywood studios. Deadpool, however, did not have Fox’s full confidence—which was understandable given Reynolds’ involvement in the superhero disaster that was Green Lantern. This resulted in a relatively modest budget of just tens of millions of dollars but also greater creative freedom, making Deadpool one of the rare superhero films to receive the stricter “R” rating.

That Deadpool is definitively not a typical superhero film is evident right from the start, which throws us in medias res into a spectacular action sequence where the titular masked protagonist, armed with katanas, wakizashis, and similar cold weapons, bloodily dispatches hordes of heavily armed villains on an overpass. Beyond the rivers of blood spilled and the stream of profanities uttered, Deadpool’s atypicality lies in his direct address to the audience, as he begins explaining how he got to this point. This is followed by a flashback introducing Wade Wilson as a former elite special forces operative working as a mercenary in New York. On one occasion, he meets the prostitute Vanessa (Morena Baccarin), with whom he begins a passionate romance and eventually proposes. His marital bliss is disrupted by a medical diagnosis informing him he will soon die; unwilling to traumatise Vanessa with this, he abandons her. When offered participation in a secret experimental programme that could extend his life, Wilson agrees and enters a clandestine laboratory run by Francis Freeman, alias Ajax (Ed Skrein), whose goal is to create an army of mutants through an extremely complex, lengthy, and excruciatingly painful mutation-inducing process. Wilson, subjected to constant torture by Ajax, eventually escapes the laboratory but realises that alongside his extended life and new superhuman abilities, he has acquired a grotesquely disfigured appearance, leading him to don a mask and dub himself “Deadpool”. Finding refuge with the blind elderly black woman Al (Leslie Uggams), he begins planning his revenge against Ajax, though complications arise with the intervention of the “official” X-Men, represented by Negasonic Teenage Warhead (Briana Hildebrand) and Colossus (Stefan Kapičić).

Deadpool cannot be classified among films remembered for fascinating characters, intriguing plots, or significant themes, yet it cannot be denied that it delivers its content to audiences in an exceptionally entertaining and often clever manner. It is clear that Reynolds revels endlessly in the role, knowing it will wash off all the stigma of Green Lantern, and part of this enjoyment is contagious for viewers, who rarely get the chance to witness a veritable antithesis and parody of the typical Hollywood superhero. The film’s parodic and unserious character is evident in scenes whose explicitness regarding “inappropriate” activities recalls the raunchy comedies of Judd Apatow (including one after which male viewers will celebrate Wives’ Day with entirely different eyes). Its contribution is also bolstered by numerous pop culture references and an iconoclastic approach to the Marvel universe, best exemplified by the inclusion of two “conventional” superheroes—Negasonic Teenage Warhead, so obscure that even the most die-hard comic book geeks must turn to search engines to identify her, and who mostly remains silent and inactive in the film; and Colossus, representing the “normal” and “socially responsible” superhero who, largely unsuccessfully, tries to “set Deadpool on the right path”. What prevents everything in Deadpool from being perfect is the combination of a structurally unpolished script and budgetary constraints, most evident in the anticlimactic final showdown, and the main villain, portrayed by Ed Skrein, is not a character that will linger in memory. Because of all this, Deadpool is a very good film, but one that rose, thankfully unfounded concerns that the inevitable sequels, starting with Deadpool 2 in 2018, would, in true Hollywood fashion, ruin everything.

RATING: 7/10 (+++)

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A Geeky Guy's Guide to The Amateur
At this point, I think I actually like it more when I hate a movie or TV show. That way I get to prove I have some credibility and standards and don't just love everything.

Well thank you The Amateur for providing me an opportunity to show that I'm not just all puppy dogs and ice cream all the time! I hated this movie. It suffered from some of my biggest pet peeves in a movie. First, it was based on a book. Obviously that alone is not enough to sink a movie for me. After all, Lord of the Rings is one of the greatest trilogies ever and it is based on a book. But that is the exact point. Lord of the Rings spent over three hours (four if you watch the extended versions) making sure to tell the whole story. When a movie based on a book is too short, it always feels like an incomplete story to me. Characters and their actions don't make sense because we only have part of the story. Even with a two hour run time, it still felt incomplete.

But I'm honestly not complaining. What they kept was so boring that I don't think I could have handled another minute let alone another hour. I have heard some people comment that the movie should have been a limited run television series. Perhaps that would have worked if that extra time allowed anything to make sense... but I doubt that would be the case.

Even though I hated the movie and would never recommend anyone spend time on it, I realize people have different tastes and may love it. Therefore, I will stick to my no spoilers rule. I will only stick to things that are in the trailer for the movie or that can't spoil anything. The first example of something that made no sense was why Jon Bernthal (The Walking Dead, the Punisher) is listed as being in the movie. He is literally in the movie for less than five minutes and he does absolutely nothing. I mean nothing. If his scenes were cut entirely, there would have been zero difference to the movie. It was actually kind of weird how little he was in it. In his opening scene, it seems like he will be a major factor... and poof... then he's gone.

WARNING! He's not really in the movie.

The second example of something making absolutely no sense is the pool scene that is in the trailer. Our "hero" played by Rami Malek wants to kill a guy who took part in the murder of his wife. he approaches the man at the deserted rooftop pool... OK wait. I need to explain that they made a very big deal about the fact this bad guy rented out the entire top floor including the pool. they closed it to the public and somehow Rami Malek just strolls up to him. OK whatever. And then, Rami decides to use some crazy device to decompress the air between the glass of the pool shattering it and sending a ton of water... AND GLASS falling on to a beautiful courtyard 200 stories below. Luckily the courtyard was empty on this beautiful night so no innocent people were killed. I'm not sure why no one was in the courtyard aside from them being blocked by plot armor... but whatever. I get that Rami's character can't kill anyone with a gun or a knife. He's no murderer so he needs some distance and technology. But a device to depressurize and break glass? Has he ever heard of an extension cord? Just drop that in the pool and walk away. Why risk any innocent peoples' lives below?

As soon as that happened, I asked my wife "Do you want to keep watching this?' Sadly she said yes. Then the two of us proceeded to spend the next 45 minutes scrolling on our phones while absurd spy shit happened on the TV. I was bored out of my mind. Its honestly the most bored/annoyed I have been by a movie in quite a while.
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Universal Soldier (1992) | Nattosheru Review [ENG/SPA]

Hello, cinema fans. Let's talk about one of the most underrated and forgotten classics of the science fiction genre. A mix of military action and humor that gave birth to a highly criticized franchise within the industry. But the nostalgia and memories that this work offers are the reason why I'm bringing it to you today. This film is directed by Roland Emmerich (the same director of Independence Day, The Day After Tomorrow, and 2012). It also stars Jean-Claude Van Damme and Dolph Lundgren. Discover one of those films that were part of a great era.

SPANISH VERSION

Hola, fanáticos del cine. Hablemos de uno de los clásicos más infravalorados y olvidados del género de la ciencia ficción. Una mezcla de militares con acción y humor que dió nacimiento a una franquicia muy criticada dentro de esta industria. Pero la nostalgia y los recuerdos que esta obra ofrece es la razón por la cual se las traigo el día de hoy. Esta película está dirigida por Roland Emmerich (mismo director de Independence Day, The Day After Tomorrow y 2012). También cuenta con el protagonismo de Jean-Claude Van Damme y Dolph Lundgren. Conoce una de esas cintas que fueron parte de una gran época.

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Plot

The film begins with what appears to be the Vietnamese jungle on a rainy night, with a soldier running for his life. One of his comrades stops him and asks what happened to the rest of the platoon, to which he replies that they have all been killed by their own sergeant. Soldier Luc Deveraux goes to the village where they were stationed to find the bodies of his comrades and Sergeant Andrew Scott making a necklace out of severed ears. Luc says he wants to go home, but Andrew accuses him of being a traitor like the others and orders him to shoot a couple they have imprisoned. He refuses, causing the couple to be killed by the sergeant and then killed each other.

However, instead of telling the world what happened in that village, the US Army decides to classify this as "missing in action". Later, the bodies of the sergeant and soldier Deveraux are taken away on ice to carry out a secret experiment in body reanimation. This project is called Universal Soldier and, decades later, is run illegally by a small group of scientists and soldiers. This elite squad, made up of soldiers killed in war, is used to carry out dangerous missions such as terrorist attacks.

SPANISH VERSION

Trama

La película inicia con lo que parece ser el bosque de Vietnam, en una noche lluviosa, con un soldado corriendo por su vida. Uno de sus compañeros lo detiene y le pregunta qué sucedió con el resto del pelotón, a lo que le responde que todos han sido asesinados por su mismo sargento. El soldado Luc Deveraux acude a la aldea en la que se encontraban para toparse con los cuerpos de sus compañeros y al sargento Andrew Scott haciendo un collar con orejas cercenadas. Luc dice que ya quiere irse a casa, pero Andrew lo acusa de ser un traidor como los demás y lo manda a dispararle a una pareja que tiene aprisionados. Él se niega, lo cual hace que la pareja muera a manos del sargento y luego sean asesinados mutuamente.

Sin embargo, en vez de contarle al mundo lo sucedido en esa aldea, el ejército estadounidense decide catalogar esto como “desaparecidos en combate”. Posteriormente, se llevan los cuerpos del sargento y del soldado Deveraux en hielo para posteriormente realizar un experimento secreto de reanimación de cuerpos. Este proyecto es llamado Soldado Universal y, décadas después, está a cargo de un pequeño grupo de científicos y soldados de manera ilegítima. Dicho escuadrón de élite compuesto por soldados asesinados en la guerra es utilizado para realizar misiones peligrosas como lo son los atentados terroristas.

Trailer & Review

Here is the trailer for the movie:

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Undoubtedly, this is one of the films I remember most when names like Jean-Claude Van Damme come to mind, for example. And not because it is popular among the wide repertoire of action films he has worked on, but because of how nostalgic it became for me when I saw it as a kid. However, beyond being a simple classic from the 90s, Universal Soldier is nothing more than a failed attempt to recreate the famous success that Terminator had at the time. Of course, with the only difference being that, in this case, it's not robots coming from the future, but genetically reanimated soldiers.

While the premise was appealing at first, the execution never quite delivered the expected result. Even so, this first installment was a box office success, which doesn't surprise me at all given that it was directed by the great Roland Emmerich (although this is by far his best film) and starred two of the greatest action actors of the time. But if we look at the script, the story, and the characters themselves, there are so many details to mention that I would simply end up giving it a terrible rating in the end. I remember very well how one of the sequels to this film was repeated so often on television that it was difficult not to watch it because of how entertaining it is, but not in a good way.

SPANISH VERSION

Indudablemente, esta es de las películas que más recuerdo cuando se me viene a la mente nombres como Jean-Claude Van Damme, por ejemplo. Y no porque sea popular entre el amplio repertorio de cintas de acción en las que ha trabajado, sino por lo nostálgica que llegó a ser para mí en su momento cuando la veía de chico. Sin embargo, más allá de ser un simple clásico de los 90s, Universal Soldier no es más que un fallido intento de recrear el famoso éxito que tuvo Terminator en su momento. Claro está, con la única diferencia de que, en este caso, no son robots que vienen del futuro, sino soldados reanimados genéticamente.

Si bien la premisa fue llamativa al principio, la ejecución nunca llegó a tener el resultado esperado. Aún así, esta primera entrega fue todo un éxito en taquilla, algo que no me sorprende del todo debido a que detrás está el gran Roland Emmerich (aunque esta es de lejos su mejor película) y de protagonistas están dos de los más grandes actores del género de acción de aquella época. Pero si nos vamos por el lado del guión, la historia y los personajes en sí, hay tantos detalles a mencionar que simplemente acabaría con darle una pésima calificación al final. Recuerdo muy bien cómo una de las secuelas de esta película se repetía tanto en la televisión que era difícil no verla por lo entretenida que es, pero no de buena manera.

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Let's just say that this sequel surpassed the first film only in the absurdity of its plot and character development. In the end, the failure of this film and other subsequent sequels completely wiped out the franchise. Now it is only remembered as a classic action and science fiction film that went nowhere, beyond entertaining with the same old stuff found in any american film. As I said at the beginning, I'm only bringing you this film because of nostalgia and its plot, nothing else. Because it doesn't have much else to offer, beyond a brutal antagonist like Andrew Scott (played by Dolph Lundgren) and Van Damme's incredible action scenes, of course.

But if we look at the story, there are details that become somewhat absurd, such as the theme of body reanimation. This is barely explained in the film in a rather vague way—in my opinion—which is not at all convincing and borders more on fiction. This would be the only thing, since the rest is pure, hard action typical of the time. On the other hand, we have the main characters, such as Luc Deveraux (played by Jean-Claude Van Damme), who seems to be the younger, dumb brother of the Terminator. Both his personality and his acting leave a lot to be desired, to be honest. The only thing he excels at is the action scenes, and that's it.

SPANISH VERSION

Digamos que dicha secuela superó a esta primera entrega en únicamente lo absurdo de su trama y ejecución de personajes. Al final, el fracaso de dicha cinta y de otras secuelas posteriores desterró por completo a esta franquicia. Ahora solo es recordada como un clásico del cine de acción y ciencia ficción que no llegó a ningún lado, más allá de entretener con lo mismo de siempre de cualquier cinta estadounidense. Como dije al principio, si les traigo esta película es únicamente por la nostalgia y por su trama, nomás. Porque de resto no tiene mucho más para dar, más allá de un brutal antagonista como lo es Andrew Scott (interpretado por Dolph Lundgren) y las increíbles escenas de acción de Van Damme, por supuesto.

Pero si nos dirigimos a lo que es la historia, hay detalles que pasan a ser un tanto absurdos como lo es el tema de la reanimación de cuerpos. Esto en la película apenas y lo explican de una manera bastante vaga -en lo personal- lo cual no convence para nada y raya más en la ficción. Esto sería lo único, ya que de resto es pura acción pura y dura típica de la época. Por otro lado, tenemos a los personajes principales, como es el caso de Luc Deveraux (interpretado por Jean-Claude Van Damme) que pareciera ser el hermano menor y tonto de Terminator. Tanto su forma de ser como de actuar deja mucho que desear, la verdad. En lo único en lo que se destaca es en las escenas de acción y ya.

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Meanwhile, in the case of the aforementioned Andrew Scott, I think Lundgren does an excellent job of playing the role of a maniacal killer and ear collector. I don't know if it's because at that time I only saw him in villain roles (as was the case in the Rocky movies) or simply because the role suits him well. Other than that, I don't have much else to say about the performances of the other characters, apart from the mediocre doctors and the annoying ex-reporter who only serves as the typical supporting role. But that's not all, as the film fails not only in terms of its characters.

There's also the script and the absurd number of clichés in this film. Most of these details are seen at the end, in the third act, in particular. Moments when logic completely escapes the screen just to give us action scenes and explosions for no reason. Dramatic twists that are simply unnecessary. Double entendres and awkward moments that only serve to provide fan service. And let's not forget the inexplicable moment when everything went down the drain because we believed that a certain character had died when in fact he never did. The latter was just to give the story a more dramatic ending.

SPANISH VERSION

Mientras que, en el caso del ya mencionado Andrew Scott considero que Lundgren hace un excelente trabajo de interpretación al meterse en el papel de maniático asesino y coleccionista de orejas. No sé si sea porque ya en ese entonces solo lo veía en papeles de villanos (como lo fue en el caso de las películas de Rocky) o simplemente porque el papel queda bien con él. De resto, no tengo mucho más que opinar de la actuación de otros personajes, dejando de lado a los doctores mediocres y a la ex-reportera pesada que solo sirve para ser el típico papel secundario. Pero eso no es todo, ya que no solo la película falla en el tema de los personajes.

También está el caso del guión y la cantidad absurda de clichés que tiene esta película. La mayoría de estos detalles se ven al final, en el tercer acto, en especial. Momentos en los que la lógica se escapa por completo de la pantalla nomás para darnos escenas de acción y explosiones sin más. Giros dramáticos que simplemente están de más. Chistes de doble sentido y momentos incómodos que solo sirven para dar fanservice. Y no olvidemos el inexplicable momento en el que todo se fue al caño por creer que cierto personaje había muerto cuando en realidad nunca murió. Esto último nomás para darle un cierre más dramático a la historia.

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Honestly, I'm not saying that all of this is wrong in this movie, at least not if you're just looking to be entertained by watching your favorite action movie star fight and kick ass. Because if you're looking for logic or meaning in the story and some of its details, then you're better off forgetting about it and saving yourself the headache. In the end, these types of movies become famous simply because they are a repertoire of clichés with endless action sequences, low-budget explosions, and plots with superficial characters and not much to tell. You know, those Hollywood movies that abound today.

Last but not least, let's talk about the audiovisual aspect of this film. With such a low budget, it's to be expected that we'll see a lot of practical effects. There's almost no CGI, which is a positive thing. Likewise, both the plot and the script of the film don't point to many magnificent scenes, far from it. The style of photography, moving cameras, and transitions are typical of any action movie of the time. The sound effects are fine, but nothing like the movie's soundtrack, which, from time to time, can be quite impressive. As I said, this is a movie that is only good for switching off your mind and entertaining yourself.

Personally, I give it a rating of 6.5/10 in terms of the action and science fiction genre.

SPANISH VERSION

Sinceramente, no digo que todo esto esté mal en esta película, al menos no si lo que buscas es simplemente entretenerte viendo a tu actor favorito de cintas de acción pelear y dar patadas sin más. Porque si buscas lógica o sentido a lo que es la historia y algunos detalles de la misma, entonces es mejor que te olvides de ella y te ahorres ese dolor de cabeza. Al final, este tipo de películas llegan a ser famosas por el simple hecho de ser un repertorio de clichés con secuencias interminables de acción, explosiones de bajo presupuesto y tramas con personajes superficiales y sin mucho por contar. Ya saben, de esas películas hollywoodenses que abundan al día de hoy.

Por último, pero no menos importante, hablemos del apartado audiovisual que tiene esta película. Al tener muy poco presupuesto es de esperarse que veamos utilizar muchos efectos prácticos. No tiene casi nada de CGI, lo cual es positivo. Igualmente, tanto la trama como el mismo guión de la película no apuntan a ver muchas escenas tan magníficas ni muchísimo menos. El estilo de fotografía, cámaras en movimiento y transiciones es típico de cualquier cinta de acción de la época. Los efectos de sonido están bien, pero nada como la banda sonora que tiene la película que, de vez en cuando, llega a impactar bastante. Como ya dije, esta es una cinta que solo sirve para descontar la mente y entretenerse.

Personalmente, le doy una calificación de 6.5/10 en lo que respecta al género de la acción y la ciencia ficción.

Tell me, have you seen the movie yet? What did you think of it? You can leave me your answer in a comment.

Dime, ¿ya has visto la película? ¿Qué te ha parecido? Puedes dejarme tu respuesta en un comentario.

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All the best.

By: Nattosheru.

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Personally, I give it a rating of 6.5/10 in terms of the action and science fiction genre.

Personalmente, le doy una calificación de 6.5/10 en lo que respecta al género de la acción y la ciencia ficción.

Tell me, have you seen the movie yet? What did you think of it? You can leave me your answer in a comment.

Dime, ¿ya has visto la película? ¿Qué te ha parecido? Puedes dejarme tu respuesta en un comentario.

All the best.

By: Nattosheru.