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Review Backlog: I'm still here in Hua Hin on vacation and I watched some more things here but still have to catch up on making reviews on them as sitting in my room on my Laptop is not the thing I want to do the most here. I watched Backrooms, Disclosure Day, Obsession, Supergirl here in Bluport mall Cinema and also finished From Season 4 and watched the 5 Centimeter Per Second anime movie which I all plan to make reviews on in the coming weeks to catch up. Starting today with Backrooms.
This was the 2nd movie I watched here in Hua Hin with what I saw a as a friend I got along with really well who previously was a date. This was one of the movies I looked forward to quite some time so it was nice to see it on the first day that it played. I already experienced the Cinema here in Hua Hin so I knew what to expect and brought some extra clothes as the airconditioning there is set quite low. The movie is from A24 with not the highest budget and made by20-year old Kane Parsons who made the internet series and it is just under 2 hours long.
Backrooms Internet Hype
When it comes down to the backrooms internet phenomenal, it was something that passed my feed multiple times before there was talk about the movie and it intrigued me but I never really looked into it deeper. That was until I saw that A24 was going to release a movie of it so I started looking into it and quickly got hooked.
Apparently it all started with a 4chan post where and image of an empty office/furniture store that thad yellow walls and carpet with light combined with a text how this was a scary place where you could noclip into like a video game glitch.
This was followed by more people controcting a story around this place and in particular 16-year old Kane Parsons who made the video Backrooms Found Footage which is a 9-minute short film.
It kind of blew up and it was followed by a lot more videos on the backrooms to the point where he managed to seal a Movie deal resulting in the Backrooms cinema release.
Backrooms (7.8/10)
The movie basically follows 2 people in a black guy who owns a furniture store and divorced his wife, and his psychiatrist who kind of deals woth her own trauma from the past. Generally I don't really like movies with too much past psychological drama characters and to be honest this was borderline in this regard but just not to the point where it overly annoyed me.
Basically, one night the guy discovers a gateway into the backrooms in his store and starts exploring it. He tells his psychiatrist about it and goes missing afterward which makes her go loof for him discovering he actually was telling the truth about the place he found. The trailer very much shows the entire setup of this.
If anything, this is a very environmental oriented horror movie and it does this really well in every way. I absolutely love the time spend in the backrooms as it's just weird and creepy in so many ways and most of all an unique concept. I also love how the explain things and also the twists and turns that Kane Parsons gave to it around the ending even though I didn't fully understand most of it and needed to go watch some Youtube explained videos to better understand.
Conclusion
While the backrooms by no means is a perfect movie and almost annoyed me in the 'character trauma' aspect of it, I still hightly enjoyed the unique environmental horror aspect of it and after reading more about what actually unfolded it also grew a lot on me in the weeks after initially watching it. So still a very solid 7.8/10 as a fan of the Backrooms interney hype. I'm quite sure that they will make a sequal and I'm highly looking forward to that.
Sitting down to clear my watch list on a Tuesday night, I put on Passenger expecting a scary road trip nightmare but instead I got dropped straight back into the early two thousands and Im going to explain this but it wasnt a pleasant memory. The movie opens with its own short movie before you start asking like who the F is the Passenger? anyone getting posses who is going to feel like a passenger?, but its just two guys who pull off on a dark road so one can take a leak and he comes back to find the doors wide open and the horn blasting, real tension the trailers already spoiled, the kind of movie that drops the good stuff on the trailer baiscally. After that intro the movie shifts to our main couple, Tyler and Maddie, handing over the keys to their Brooklyn apartment to live in a customized van. I liked the van life angle trapping them in a mobile haunted house, and once they jump six weeks into winter Maddie is already having second thoughts about giving up a warm home. The transition from that opening kill to the couple feels disconnected though, like two different scripts forced together and the movie burns so much time on their relationship drama that the tension is gone real quick. You are waiting for the horror to kick in while they argue about their lifestyle choices, and by the time the highway accident finally happens, I was tempted mutliple times to press that fast forward button. Their chemistry feels flat, like they are acting in two separate rooms, making it hard to care when they realize they did not leave that crash site alone. The entity is called the passenger and once it latches onto them the movie turns into a barrage of cheap jump scares that just end up annoying, I have never been a fan of those demons that can go with you across places like its just your shadow and the person been hunted feels just fine, its different when they are possess and have no control overthemselve. I really jump into this one without much expectations and I was so wrong to think it would be some sort of psychological horror but instead it becomes a shiny early two thousands mess leaning on loud noises. My first impression was a total letdown, since I wanted to love this concept but watching them make stupid choices right out of the gate left me frustrated.
Even though the movie is mostly a letdown, there are a few moments of visual horror that are actually damn good and show what this director can do when he is not relying on cheap tricks. The scene that actually stands out is the gym parking lot, where Maddie walks out into the dark after a workout and keeps looking back over her shoulder, only to find their van is somehow physically moving farther away every time she turns around, its a big wtf moment specially when the lights start to go out, its literally like something is hunting her down but they really kill the mood with the fake steps. It builds a dope sense of paranoia, playing on that fear of walking to your car alone in the dark on an empty parking lot at night, in my mind is not that you will encounter some sort of demon but someone is going to jump you. They also pull off a creative scare inside the van using a portable movie projector as a makeshift flashlight, the beam projecting a scene from Roman Holiday onto the walls and creating fake faces that hide the actual demon lurking in the shadows, again the demon that travels along with you but this time I would say was just fine. Seeing the entity poke its face through that projected image is a probably the most legit unsettling scene the movie has. Another one that got me is when Tyler and Maddie drive the van through a dark field covered in bodies wrapped in sheets, camera locked in tight while they roll over them and you can actually hear the skulls crunching under the tires, this after Tyler already tried to tell Maddie it was just some psychological illusion. I really like the camera work during this shots, they use these smooth circular panning shots that really make you feel boxed in inside that small space. Credit also goes to the entity design once you get a clear look at it, wearing a creepy old preacher getup with a face that looks like Rumplestiltskin from Once Upon a Time. The sound effects in the quiet moments work very well too, like the brake lights flashing on and off in the dark woods while you sit in silence waiting for something to step into that red glow, so if the movie had kept that same creativity going, it would have been way better or at least a descent watch, but these dope moments are scattered too thin to save it.
The fatal flaw of Passenger is how it constantly undercuts its own tension with type of cuts or audio, you going to feel like you constantly spining everytime someone got scared, leaning way too hard on fake out audio cuts instead of actual horror and that circular paning that looks cool sometimes. There is a scene where Tyler is outside repairing the van and Maddie stares into the dark forest, the movie building a thick quiet atmosphere that you can feel something is going to go down, only to hit you with a deafening sound cut of him dropping a metal bolt on the ground. It almost feel like someone missing a goal, you alone and there is no goal keeper and the director leans on it constantly. The writing also falls flat when they reach an RV camp and meet an older woman named Diana, who exists only to explain the story behind the three slash marks on their van, even though Tyler and Maddie already get a sense of whats up with this people. It gets tire real quick and it gets worse when the whole camp locks down the second the Passenger shows up, only for Diana to get killed right after agreeing to guide them to the church. The logic of the haunting makes zero sense either, teleporting and ripping people apart in the first encounter, then slowly stalking Tyler and Maddie and opening their car doors one by one. The movie also wrecks its climax with an unfunny running gag, the van horn blasting a theme song I can remember right now, as they arrive at the final showdown church. The ending is a mess of ultra mega convenient plot, since Tyler casually mentions he hit an S.O.S. button on the dashboard at some point, which is apparently why a fleet of emergency vehicles roll up to a random church in the Arizona desert. It feels like the writers had no idea how to defeat the road demon, so Maddie just rams it into a Saint Christopher statue to impale it and the building and their van conveniently burn down. The one part it does get right is paying off the Saint Christopher setup, since the holy ground weakens the thing before Maddie finishes it off, though the random rescue call after still makes the resolution feel unsatisfying.
This movie have a bunch of horror scenes or ideas if you will from many other movies, at some point it even make me thing of From where you fall into this loops like right at the start with the guy on the road, but it fumbles the execution so badly because who in their right mind is going to see the same guy twice, to your right, at the side of the road and you are going to keep going on the same direction? dont you stop or turn around?. The whole idea of some relentless entity that marks you after one event and just slowly walks toward you forever also reminds me of It Follows (2014), but Passenger does not have the creeping dread, I kept thinking of multiple other movies and tv series as they kept showing you every trick the movie got. Instead of sticking with that indie thriller tone, the director swings hard into an early two thousands slasher look and it had me thinking of movies like Halloween and even the worse sequels from the Final Destination movies. There is a whole sequence where the characters try to figure out the rules of their curse to avoid death, playing out like those late night teen horror movies where death is stalking them by design, but here it just comes off feeling silly and a cheat code, at the same time the core of an entity latching into them for just stopping at a highway accident. The problem with mashing all these subgenres together is the movie never figures out or builds up its own identity, it just bounces between a van life expirience and some loud jump scare fest, I know I rant quite a bit on this one but at first you going to like some of the tricks and scares the movie pulls on you but then they just get old. The camera work, the angles, the dark scenes and some of the effects shows they had the visual quality to make something good, they probably had all the tools but the script and director fail the movie, a good director can take an average script and make a worth watching movie, most people are better just skipping it.
I am not going to pretend Passenger is anything more than a well made misfire that wastes a dope concept and I am glad I decided to watch this at my sister bd to kill some time while all the woman were talking, it was just me on my tablet, kids playing on ther steamdeck so I had to kill some time. The final moments try so hard to feel emotional and uplifting but it is so cheesy it wipes out whatever cool scares the movie put out on the earlier scary scenes. After their van and the church burn down, Tyler tells Maddie they lost everything but she smiles and reveals she saved the engagement ring, while Tyler assumes for a second she means his goofy Bob Ross bobblehead instead, easily one of the most cringe inducing wrap ups I have witnessed. They also wreck the internal logic of the threat at the finish line, the entity suddenly using telekinetic force to rip the Saint Christopher medallions out of the van ceiling, but why the hell it did not just do that hours earlier. It is frustrating watching a movie build up monster rules, like Tyler guessing it only comes out after dark, I was like omg where is the manual for this movie, honestly thats why even when Evil Dead Rise came out, it didnt follow the same exact logic to the first one so thats why it was not that popular, cant bend the horro movie rules just like that. The cinematography and moments like the gym parking lot chase prove real talent, but a few cool shots cannot rescue a script full of fake out audio cuts and weak dialogue. I wanted to be hooked by the claustrophobic nightmare of living in a van while being hunted down but the pacing killed that. I am giving this movie a generous 6/10, mostly out of respect for the projector tricks and some of the cool unsettling scenes, but the rest of the movie is just is not worth the effort, you better just watching the best clips all together. Honestly kip this one entirely, save yourself about an hour and a half of your time, Im not saying Im 100% frustrated but it just didnt work as expected, it just didnt even respects the rules it sets up for its own.
**Synopsis**: *United States. New York. After the attacks that shook the world on the fateful September 11, 2001, two friends unexpectedly reunite. However, one of them is grieving the loss of his family (who were killed in the terrorist attack), while the other tries to rebuild their friendship and help him get back on his feet*.
Post-traumatic disorders are naturally often quite painful, and many times, despite every effort made to try to reverse this psychological condition, it is not possible to completely escape this “mental cage” (which carries a very strong emotional weight in people's lives), affecting - *or even completely changing* - their traditional routines). In this movie, friendship becomes a kind of “tool” for overcoming the adversities of a bitter reality, which is gradually softened by the strength of the bond connecting two people in different situations.
Alan Johnson is a dentist, married, and the father of his daughters. Life with his wife seems perfect, but something is still missing for him to be completely happy (and he has not yet figured out what that is). Charlie Fineman is also a dentist, but he is no longer practicing after the painful loss of his wife and three daughters during the 2011 terrorist attack in New York. One day, on an ordinary street, Alan runs into Charlie and quickly tries to reconnect with him, but Charlie disappears into the crowd. Eventually, they meet again.
After their reunion, they revive some of the friendship they used to have when they were in college, since they studied together. What Alan did not expect was to find Charlie as such a different version of the man he used to know. Once he learns about Charlie's new reality, Alan not only wants to be his friend again but also wants to help him overcome the difficulties imposed by a post-traumatic lifestyle that he inadvertently adopts to avoid the memories of a past he can no longer have. The screenplay is honest and sincere, but at times, cartoonish.
Perhaps, the biggest problem within the narrative is Charlie's almost complete disconnection from the real world, almost as if he were living inside a layer wrapped in the autism spectrum, which, because it is so exaggerated, mistakenly turns into “comic relief” that is completely out of step with the tone the narrative is trying to establish. In fact, some moments are genuinely awkward, reducing the character to simply “imploding” during his personal crises in public spaces as though he were moving between parallel worlds (something even reinforced by his tone of voice).
Although this compelling performance by **Adam Sandler** is one of the few moments in his career that truly “stands out” (as a comedian), here he could have delivered an even stronger dramatic performance if the screenplay had avoided its recurring behavioral exaggerations (used merely to emphasize how drastically the character's life changed after that brutal event). On the other hand, Sandler's own interpretation of how the character should behave is also somewhat exaggerated, thereby “undermining” the emotional weight that should have been felt.
Meanwhile, **Don Cheadle** delivers a more restrained performance, but one that ironically works much better. Around him, there are other behavioral issues that the screenplay tries to explore more deeply (albeit in a somewhat “twisted” way, choosing to insert unnecessary characters simply to add a touch of “strangeness” to the narrative), thereby expanding the dramatic scope so that it is not entirely centered on the reality Charlie must overcome. Cheadle embodies the “false perfection” of a man who needs a little chaos in order to exist.
The way the screenplay develops these two characters within an almost “interdependent” dynamic is quite interesting, even if it occasionally becomes somewhat tiresome because of the excessive exposition through dialogue or scenes with no obvious emotional appeal. On the other hand, names like **Jada Pinkett Smith** (who plays Alan's apathetic wife) and **Liv Tyler** (who plays a psychologist responsible for offering one of the “keys” to Charlie's freedom) are underused within the narrative, limited to only a few scenes. Fortunately, both still bring emotional resonance through their presence.
Amid the chaotic search for new ways to see and live their lives, the two protagonists make ***Reign Over Me*** a reasonably effective drama, though one that is somewhat overly comedic in disproportionate doses. Here, **Mike Binder** proves to be a better director than screenwriter, and perhaps the fact that he took on both roles ultimately hurt the overall vision of the project. The essence of the story is profoundly heavy in its many nuances, but the screenplay fails to handle that weight and instead opts to create “escape valves” that ultimately do not work as they should.
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CRÍTICA DE PELÍCULA: “En Algún Lugar de la Memoria” (2000)
**Sinopsis**: *Estados Unidos. Nueva York. Después de los atentados que sacudieron al mundo en el fatídico 11 de septiembre de 2001, dos amigos terminan reencontrándose inesperadamente. Sin embargo, uno de ellos está viviendo el duelo por la pérdida de su familia (que fue víctima del acto terrorista), mientras que el otro intenta restablecer la amistad y ayudarlo a salir adelante*.
Los trastornos postraumáticos suelen ser, de forma natural, bastante dolorosos y, muchas veces, a pesar de todo el esfuerzo realizado para intentar revertir esta condición psicológica, no es posible librarse por completo de esta “jaula mental” (que tiene un peso emocional muy fuerte en la vida de las personas, afectando - *o incluso modificando por completo* - su rutina habitual). En esta película, la amistad se convierte en una especie de “herramienta” para superar las adversidades de una realidad amarga, que poco a poco va siendo diluida por la fuerza del vínculo que une a dos personas en situaciones diferentes.
Alan Johnson es dentista, está casado y es padre de sus hijas. La vida con su esposa es aparentemente perfecta, pero aún le falta algo para ser completamente feliz (y eso todavía no ha logrado descubrirlo). Charlie Fineman también es dentista, pero no está ejerciendo su profesión tras la dolorosa pérdida de su esposa y sus tres hijas durante el atentado terrorista de 2011 en Nueva York. En una calle, un día cualquiera, Alan termina encontrándose con Charlie y rápidamente intenta retomar el contacto con él, pero este desaparece entre la multitud. Con el tiempo, vuelven a reencontrarse.
Después del reencuentro, recuperan parte de la amistad que solían tener cuando eran universitarios, ya que estudiaron juntos. Lo que Alan no esperaba era encontrar a Charlie en una versión tan distinta de quien solía ser. Una vez que conoce la nueva realidad de Charlie, Alan no solo quiere volver a ser su amigo, sino también ayudarlo a superar las dificultades impuestas por un estilo de vida postraumático que él adopta inadvertidamente para evitar los recuerdos de un pasado que ya no puede recuperar. El guion es honesto y sincero, pero a veces resulta caricaturesco.
Quizá, el gran problema de la narrativa sea la desconexión casi total de Charlie con el mundo real, casi como si viviera dentro de una especie de espectro autista, algo que, por ser tan exagerado, termina convirtiéndose erróneamente en un “alivio cómico” completamente fuera del tono que la narrativa intenta establecer. De hecho, algunos momentos son realmente incómodos, limitando al personaje a simplemente “implosionar” durante sus crisis personales en espacios públicos como si estuviera transitando entre mundos paralelos (algo reforzado incluso por el tono de su voz).
Aunque esta cautivadora interpretación de **Adam Sandler** sea uno de los pocos momentos “fuera de lo común” de su carrera (como comediante), aquí podría haber ofrecido una actuación dramática aún mejor si el guion hubiera evitado sus recurrentes exageraciones conductuales (utilizadas únicamente para enfatizar el cambio drástico que sufrió la vida del personaje después de aquel episodio brutal). Por otro lado, la propia construcción de Sandler sobre cómo debía ser el personaje también resulta un tanto exagerada, “socavando” así el peso emocional que debería sentirse.
Por otra parte, **Don Cheadle** llega con una interpretación más contenida, pero que, irónicamente, funciona mucho mejor. A su alrededor, existen otros conflictos de comportamiento que el guion intenta abordar con mayor profundidad (aunque de una manera “retorcida”, optando por introducir personajes innecesarios solo para añadir un toque de “extrañeza” a la narrativa), ampliando así el alcance dramático, que no queda completamente centrado en la realidad que Charlie necesita superar. Cheadle es la personificación del “falso perfecto”, que necesita un poco de caos para existir.
La manera en que el guion desarrolla a estos dos personajes dentro de una dinámica casi “interdependiente” resulta bastante interesante, aunque en ocasiones se vuelve algo cansina debido al exceso de exposición mediante diálogos explicativos o escenas sin un atractivo emocional evidente. Por otro lado, nombres como **Jada Pinkett Smith** (que interpreta a la apática esposa de Alan) y **Liv Tyler** (que interpreta a una psicóloga responsable de ofrecer una de las “llaves” hacia la libertad de Charlie) fueron subestimados dentro de la narrativa, quedando limitadas a muy pocas escenas. Afortunadamente, la presencia de ambas aporta carga emocional.
En medio de la caótica búsqueda de nuevas maneras de ver y vivir sus vidas, los dos protagonistas convierten a ***En Algún Lugar de la Memoria*** en un drama relativamente eficaz, aunque algo excesivamente cómico en dosis desproporcionadas. Aquí, **Mike Binder** demostró ser mejor director que guionista y, quizá, el hecho de haber asumido ambas funciones perjudicó la visión del proyecto en su conjunto. La esencia de la trama es bastante pesada en sus múltiples matices, pero el guion no supo manejar todo ese peso y optó por crear “válvulas de escape” que terminan sin funcionar como deberían.
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CRÍTICA DE FILME: “Reine Sobre Mim” (2007)
**Sinopse**: *Estados Unidos. Nova York. Depois dos atentados que abalaram o mundo no fatídico 11 de setembro de 2001, dois amigos acabam inesperadamente se reencontrando. No entanto, um deles está vivendo o luto pela perda de sua família (que foi atingida pelo ato terrorista), enquanto o outro tenta reestabelecer a amizade e ajudá-lo a se reerguer*.
Transtornos pós-traumáticos naturalmente costumam ser bastante dolorosos, e muitas vezes, apesar de todo o esforço feito para tentar reverter essa condição psicológica, não é possível se livrar completamente dessa “jaula mental” (que tem um peso emocional bastante forte na vida das pessoas, afetando - *ou até mesmo modificando por completo* - à sua rotina tradicional). Neste filme, a amizade se torna uma espécie de “ferramenta” para superar as adversidades de uma realidade amarga, que gradualmente vai sendo diluída pela força do elo que liga duas pessoas em situações diferentes.
Alan Johnson é dentista, casado, e pai de suas filhas. A vida com sua esposa é aparentemente perfeita, mas ainda falta alguma coisa para que ele seja totalmente feliz (e isso ele ainda não conseguiu descobrir). Charlie Fineman também é dentista, mas não está exercendo à sua profissão após a dolorosa perda de sua esposa e três filhas durante o atentado terrorista de 2011, em Nova York. Em uma rua, num dia qualquer, Alan acaba encontrando Charlie e rapidamente tenta retomar o contato com ele, mas ele desparece na multidão. Eventualmente eles acabam se reencontrando novamente.
Depois do reencontro, eles resgatam um pouco da amizade que costumavam ter enquanto eram universitários, porque eles estudaram juntos. O que Alan não esperava, era ter encontrado Charlie em uma versão tão diferente de quem ele costumava ser. Uma vez sabendo da nova realidade de Charlie, Alan não quer só voltar a ser amigo dele, mas também, quer ajudá-lo a superar as dificuldades impostas por um estilo de vida pós-traumático que ele inadvertidamente adota para evitar as lembranças do passado que já não pode ter mais. O roteiro é honesto e sincero, mas às vezes, cartunesco.
Talvez, o grande problema dentro da narrativa seja a desconexão quase completa de Charlie com o mundo real, quase como se ele estivesse vivendo dentro de uma camada envolta por espectro autista, que por ser tão exagerado, se torna equivocadamente “alívios cômicos” totalmente fora do tom que à narrativa tenta estabelecer. Aliás, alguns momentos são realmente constrangedores, limitando o personagem a simplesmente “implodir” durante suas crises pessoais em espaços públicos como se ele estivesse transitando entre mundos paralelos (algo reforçado inclusive pelo tom de voz).
Embora essa performance cativante do **Adam Sandler** seja um dos seus poucos pontos “fora da curva” na carreira dele (enquanto comediante), aqui, ele poderia ter entregado uma performance dramática ainda melhor, se o roteiro tivesse evitado os seus exageros comportamentais recorrentes (apenas para tentar enfatizar a drástica mudança que a vida do personagem teve depois daquele episódio brutal). Por outro lado, a construção do próprio Sandler em relação a como o personagem deveria ser também é um pouco exagerada, “minando” assim o peso emocional que deveria ser sentido.
Por outro lado, **Don Cheadle** chega com uma performance mais contida, mas que ironicamente consegue muito melhor. Em torno dele, há outras questões comportamentais com as quais o roteiro tenta lidar com mais profundidade (ainda que de uma maneira “retorcida”, optando por inserir personagens desnecessários apenas para adicionar um toque de “estranheza” à narrativa), aumentando então o escopo dramático, que não fica totalmente centrado na realidade que o Charlie precisa superar. Cheadle é a personificação do “falso perfeito”, que precisa de um pouco de caos para existir.
O modo como o roteiro trabalha esses dois personagens dentro de uma dinâmica quase que “interdependente” é bem interessante, ainda que às vezes seja um pouco cansativa pelo excesso de exposição em diálogos expositivos ou cenas sem qualquer apelo emocional evidente. Por outro lado, nomes como **Jada Pinkett Smith** (que vive a esposa apática de Alan) e **Liv Tyler** (que vive uma psicóloga responsável por oferecer uma das “chaves” para a liberdade de Charlie) foram subestimados dentro da narrativa, limitando-se a poucas cenas. Felizmente, há apelo emocional na presença de ambas.
Em meio a caótica busca por novas maneiras de enxergar e viver suas vidas, os dois protagonistas fazem de ***Reine Sobre Mim*** um drama relativamente eficiente, mas um tanto quanto cômico em doses desproporcionais. Aqui, o **Mike Binder** se mostrou melhor diretor do que roteirista, e talvez, o fato dele ter acumulado essas duas funções tenha prejudicado à visão do projeto como um todo. A essência da trama é bastante pesada em suas diversas nuances, mas o roteiro não soube lidar com todo esse peso e optou por criar “válvulas de escapes” que acabam não funcionando como deveriam.
Movies have the wonderful ability to entertain us, but the truly memorable ones are those that linger in our minds long after the theater lights go out or the player window closes. For me, that movie is Limitless (2011), directed by Neil Burger and starring Bradley Cooper. I don’t choose it for its special effects or its thriller-like pace, but for the profound psychological and existential impact it had on me the first time I saw it—and that continues to affect me every time I think back on it.
The story introduces us to Eddie Morra, a frustrated writer suffering from a complete mental and creative block, whose life seems to be falling apart. His reality changes drastically when he tries NZT-48, an experimental drug that allows him to tap into 100% of his brain’s capacity. Suddenly, Eddie learns languages in a matter of hours, masters the financial markets, and writes a book in a matter of days. Beyond the fiction and the premise of the “magic pill,” what really made me reflect was the underlying message: mental block is the true prison of the human being.
Every so often, this movie inevitably pops back into my mind. It usually happens at very specific moments: when I set out to start a new project, when I try to break a bad habit, or when I feel like fatigue and procrastination are getting the better of me. On those gloomy days, I find myself thinking about Eddie at the beginning of the movie and asking myself the big question: What if we could really do anything we wanted without any self-imposed limits?
In the movie, the protagonist needs an external chemical to reach his full potential, but the real lesson it taught me is that those resources memory, sharpness, and clarity of focus are already within us. What holds us back most of the time is fear, doubt, and the mental barriers we build day by day. “Limitless” has become my personal reminder that the mind is malleable and that expanding our capabilities is an ongoing process of discipline and self-discovery. We don’t need a miracle substance; we need the determination to tear down our own walls.
Note on the Contest and Acknowledgments
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Best of luck to all participants—let the fun begin!
Las películas tienen la maravillosa capacidad de entretenernos, pero las verdaderamente memorables son aquellas que permanecen en nuestra mente mucho después de que se apagan las luces del cine o se cierra la ventana del reproductor. Para mí, esa película es Sin límites (2011), dirigida por Neil Burger y protagonizada por Bradley Cooper. No la elijo por sus efectos especiales ni por su ritmo trepidante, sino por el profundo impacto psicológico y existencial que me produjo la primera vez que la vi, y que sigue afectándome cada vez que la recuerdo.
La historia nos presenta a Eddie Morra, un escritor frustrado que sufre un bloqueo mental y creativo total, cuya vida parece desmoronarse. Su realidad cambia drásticamente cuando prueba NZT-48, un fármaco experimental que le permite acceder al 100% de la capacidad de su cerebro. De repente, Eddie aprende idiomas en cuestión de horas, domina los mercados financieros y escribe un libro en cuestión de días. Más allá de la ficción y la premisa de la "píldora mágica", lo que realmente me hizo reflexionar fue el mensaje subyacente: el bloqueo mental es la verdadera prisión del ser humano.
De vez en cuando, esta película inevitablemente vuelve a mi mente. Suele ocurrir en momentos muy específicos: cuando me dispongo a empezar un nuevo proyecto, cuando intento dejar un mal hábito o cuando siento que el cansancio y la procrastinación me están superando. En esos días sombríos, me encuentro pensando en Eddie al principio de la película y haciéndome la gran pregunta: ¿Y si pudiéramos hacer realmente lo que quisiéramos sin límites autoimpuestos?
En la película, el protagonista necesita una sustancia química externa para alcanzar su máximo potencial, pero la verdadera lección que me enseñó es que esos recursos —memoria, agudeza mental y claridad de enfoque— ya están dentro de nosotros. Lo que nos frena la mayoría de las veces es el miedo, la duda y las barreras mentales que construimos día a día. "Sin límites" se ha convertido en un recordatorio personal de que la mente es maleable y que expandir nuestras capacidades es un proceso continuo de disciplina y autodescubrimiento. No necesitamos una sustancia milagrosa; necesitamos la determinación de derribar nuestros propios muros.
Nota sobre el concurso y agradecimientos
Me gustaría aprovechar esta oportunidad para expresar mi gratitud y apoyo a la brillante iniciativa detrás de este primer concurso organizado por la comunidad de Scrobble Life. Es un gran placer unirme a este esfuerzo y poner a prueba esta maravillosa herramienta de reseñas, que aporta un valor increíble a nuestra experiencia dentro del ecosistema.
Un agradecimiento especial a todos los que hacen posible esta iniciativa, y a @acidyo por sus valiosos esfuerzos para fomentar la participación y el crecimiento sostenible de este proyecto, que sin duda se convertirá en un importante referente para todos los amantes del séptimo arte.
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Hello, everyone. Today, I'll bring you a review of one of the most incredible movies ever. Filled with scientific research, experiments, and lots more, in all, it also shows the power of anger. No other movie than (HULK:2003). Now, this is not just any movie; it shows the power of love.
For me, this is the best-ever Hulk. I have watched, and I don't think Superman or Thor can beat this guy. Superman's laser will not cause any harm to this guy. I was really impressed with how the movie was organised, the producer really did a good job there.
Let me take you guys into the movie.
Bruce banner player by Eric Bana the last name sounds alike), his dad, David Banner, was a scientist. He loves experimenting, and he works with the government. One day, he began work on gene DNA manipulation. He was planning to experiment it on a human,after a success, but one of the top authorities refused, and he (David banner)experimented him self.
During that period, his wife got pregnant and he noticed he has passed the gene to his child (Bruce) and that gave Bruce the ability to transform to hulk. But his father never wanted the gene to be in Bruce's blood, so he began working for a cure.
During the process, the the same person he told about the experiment discovered his work and noticed he went on with his project, he then destroyed part of David's cure experiment, which made David angry. He realised a deadly chemical.
Bruce grew as a man without his parents, because his mom was accidentally killed by his father when he wanted to kill Bruce, as he had failed to produce a cure. And his dad was arrested and put behind bars for a long time.
The one think that makes him transform to hulk is anger. In this movie, you will get to see the power of anger, as I said earlier. Though at the end, his father tried to take back his power because he had done some experiments on himself too, and he was way stronger than his son.
If you're looking for actions or a different type of Hulk that shows more action, and what Hulk should be like, then I recommend this movie to
Took me a while to catch up both on episodes and posts, its not easy trying to keep up with a 9 - 5, trying to stay active on HIVE daily, plus projects on the side and work out, you might go insane, but I finally did it, after a long day at work sat down to watch Star City episode 7, and I feel like they just giving us hope too early, I think they should have let this run the mystery a bit longer. The Colonel opens with a status report loaded with exposition, explaining how the tragic deaths of the Venus crew last summer got covered up as a simple training accident by the state, and now the program has traded deep space for spying on American targets from the Salyut 1 station. The whole situation is a mess, dropping canisters of surveillance photos back to Earth, one of them landing on American soil and leading to George Bush calling them out on the news. The new guy in charge is Radimir Petrovsky, a former high ranking KGB officer who now runs the facility through fear and intimidation instead of inspiring his engineers, basically not a Chief Designer. Raskova pays a visit to the OG Chief Designer and he is the one that tells her that that ideas require inspiration and do not just form out of thin air, right afeter getting escorted out and replaced as lead engineer by a guy named Stepanov but most importantly he doesnt want his sit back as he understood its all in vain as the state will do as they pleace when ever they want. It is sad watching this facility stripped of its dreamers, replaced by men who doesnt share the vision and passion, that is one of the skills of the one as Chief Designer. I do not usually mind a slow episode, but watching this show trade the stars for dirty government spying feels like a lot of the wegith for the series and I hope they do not stretch this depressing mood for too long because some of it I bet hits a little too close to most people in real life burochracy.
The part of this episode that got me the most excited was the whole cat and mouse game between Irina and the Colonel Raskova, watching two smart characters try to outthink each other without a single punch thrown, at the same time its like they pay tribute to each other. Petrovsky tries to pull Irina onto his side to take down the Colonel, so he sends her to the apartment late at night pretending she is just dropping off surveillance files. The real plan is for Irina to plant a bug while the Colonel is busy checking on something, when you are a spy you are good at creating distractions and pull in our out people of your space, but as soon as she gets a minute alone she notices a photograph sitting on the shelf. She soon asumes the boy in the picture is the Colonel's son, who turn out lost during the war, and that tiny detail completely shifts the power balance, tipping Irinia into Raskova side. Seeing that hidden vulnerability makes Irina rethink her entire loyalty to Petrovsky, and she confesses the whole bugging plot to the Colonel right there on the spot. I loved this twist, because the Colonel does not even panic, she just calmly instructs Irina to go ahead and plant the bug anyway, turning her into a double agent who keeps reporting back to Petrovsky while secretly working for the Colonel instead, thats such a baller move by the writers because to be a double agent is insane considering now you got to cover up from both sides. The actresses sell it with subtle looks and I am betting this alliance ends up being the key to taking down Petrovsky by the end of the season, and even get Raskova a bit away from the state guidelines and more into the space program, its a big swing but I think there is a chance it happens.
As always with any of my recaps, I do have some complaints about how they moved Sergei and Anastasia into position, because their scenes felt like checking boxes to inject logic into the script rather than natural storyline, I have mention this before how some things are just a bit too convinient for my taste. Sergei is demoted to a desk job in a basement doing tedious paper math, so miserable he tries to pass a letter to a coworker to get a teaching job at a university in Kazan because he cant stand been there anyremo. The next morning his coworker does not show so he smelss something is up, and Sergei comes home to find his apartment sacked, they were looking for something, there it was his letter sitting on the couch as a silent threat to stay in his lane. It works and it is a fast way to remind us he is trapped, it works so well, I really enjoy when they say things with action rather than a lot of dialogue and drama. After that sad moment where Sasha leaves for "training" and both look at each other knowing its not training, Anastasia is back living on a farm, waking up her drunk father and fixing tractors while drowning in grief over her dead husband Sasha, well who everyone assume is dead because thats the entire purpose for this episode. Deputy Chairman Tarasov shows up late at night after an event they had to promote Star City, has a drink and pressures her to command the new Salyut 1 mission because her return to space would help counter the public relations disaster with the Americans. She knows she is being used as a political pawn to cover up the spying, but smiles and agrees anyway, and the next day she is already on a bus to the launch pad at Baikonur, skipping real preparation or training, it was insane they did that, not even For All Mankind pull such missions. We do get a beautiful shot of the Soyuz rocket launching above the clouds, and seeing Anastasia smile as she looks out at space is a great moment, but it needed a few more scenes showing her actually wrestling with the decision to go back to the agency that got her husband killed, the same agency that ended her carrer and turn her into a prisoner.
Even when they start picking up the space stuff, it still feels more like a Cold War espionage thriller because we know that no matter if they are in Venus, A Space Ship or on Earth, they state can cut their oxygen down anytime they want, like those old tense spy movies where enemies are forced to cooperate without a second option. The Colonel realizes she is losing control of the facility and leaves the base in street clothes to visit the former chief designer, who is living under house arrest, pulling turnips while KGB guards watch him. He hates her for letting the Venus crew die and taking his life away, and refuses to help her fix the image compression problem at first. But the Colonel knows exactly which buttons to push, warning him that Petrovsky is going to tear Star City apart piece by piece and destroy everything they built together. The old man finally gives her a lead, pointing to an algorithm on the Venera computer that could downgrade high resolution images for transmission, offering it as a possible starting point for the spy satellite feeds, because two bitter rivals sharing secrets beats complete annihilation by a worse villain. The drab clothing and the constant feeling that someone is listening behind every door really sell the atmosphere, and it makes you appreciate how these brilliant minds were just tools for a government that would toss them aside the second they stopped being useful.
The episode had some pacing issues, also the ilumination and lighting on this episode got me fucked up, I know they trying to bring up that Soviet Union grim enviroment but thats too much darkness. Things do speed up during some of the scenes speciall when Sergei talks his way into the communications room with help from Stepanov and gets on a private channel with Anastasia up on the Salyut station, while he is checking his numbers the episodes tells you he have found something, but they cover it up so well that you got no idea what is about to go down. He asks her to tune a frequency receiver to a specific frequency and she detects a signal that comes back as compressed data. Sergei starts doing the math in his head looking at a calendar and he realizes this data is structured using his exact Venera 7 image compression algorithm, and I guess the date confirm it because he probably calculated the date they left and probably how much time it takes for that same data to travel through space. Only one other ship could ever transmit that exact code, so the Venera 7 spacecraft must have survived the explosion after all and is heading back to Earth right now, Im very curious what kind of explanation they going to give use because an internal explosion not only might destroy a bunch of things but also take them off corse. That twist is crazy, it completely flips the tragedy from episode six, because someone from that crew could still be alive up there keeping the ship running. The episode ends on a great shot of the spacecraft coming in from the distance, but here is the biggest twist, will this be a rescue missiong? the big escape for the survivors? or an annihilation mission? because now we got to consider Raskova position towards the current Chief Designer, turns this entire situation into a huge political headache for the leaders who already told everyone they were dead. I am giving this episode an 7.5/10, because despite the rushed desicions, announcement around Anastasia it pulls off a reveal that changes the direction of the season. I cannot wait to see how they handle this next week episode, because if Sasha or Valya are still breathing, the Soviet government has a lot of explaining to do and I just pray they are, even better if they both alive because there is also their own internal conflict after Valya confesses been a spy to his best first Sasha, that might lead to Sasha confessing he was fucking Tanya, its hilarious where all this is going.
In every series, there's always a hero, some main character who stands out for their work, insight, boldness, and ability to connect with the audience. However, in this series, it's no longer just one, but several, a team committed to their work, which is about saving lives.
🎬 9-1-1 🎬
Some time ago I started watching this series, it's called 911, but I had stopped watching it. Recently, I decided to pick it up again, and it already has several seasons. I'm currently finishing watching the eighth, which has been very emotional, especially in the last episodes, where this group loses a member of their team, their leader.
This season has 18 episodes, and as always, in each one we'll see a different story, new characters who find themselves in extreme situations, and this team of firefighters will be seen in their work, trying to save them. However, like any extreme rescue job, there are always risks—of dying, of losing a team member, and even not being able to save the life they went to rescue.
Of course, this reminds me of what happened in my country, the recent earthquake, and I think about the rescue teams, the work and effort they did and continue to do to save and find people under the rubble. From out here, it looks easy, but watching this series gives me an idea of how dangerous it is, removing the debris, how unstable the buildings are, and that at any moment they could collapse while people are inside.
But the hardest part is losing someone during the rescue, all that pressure, that failed attempt, it's not easy. Honestly, the work this group of firefighters and rescuers does is admirable. We can't judge or criticize without knowing exactly what it takes to go to a place where a disaster has occurred, dealing with all that adrenaline, the chaos, and the desperation of people who want to be rescued.
It's a series that shows us this whole side, the hard work that firefighters, paramedics, and qualified personnel do to carry out this kind of rescue. For those who enjoy this type of series or stories, you will surely like it.
SPANISH VERSION
En toda serie siempre hay un héroe, algún protagonista que resalta por su trabajo, perspicacia, audacia, y su habilidad por conectar con la audiencia, sin embargo en esta serie, ya no es solo uno, sino varios, un equipo comprometido con su trabajo, el cual se trata de salvar vidas.
🎬 9-1-1 🎬
Hace un tiempo empecé a ver esta serie, 911 se titula, pero la había dejado, ahora recientemente decidí retomarla, y es que tiene varias temporadas ya, justamente estoy terminando de ver la Octava, la cual ha sido muy emotiva, sobre todo en los últimos episodios, donde este grupo pierde a un miembro de su equipo, su líder.
Esta temporada cuenta con 18 capítulos, y como siempre en cada uno veremos una historia diferente, personajes nuevos, que se encuentran en situaciones extremas, y este equipo de bomberos se vera en su labor, para salvarlos, sin embargo, como todo trabajo extremo de rescate, siempre hay riesgos, de morir, de perder a alguien del equipo e incluso no poder salvar la vida que fueron a rescatar.
Por supuesto esto me recuerda a lo que ocurrió en mi pais, el reciente terremoto, y pienso en los grupos de rescates, el trabajo, esfuerzo que hicieron y siguen haciendo para salvar y encontrar a las personas bajo los escombros, uno desde aquí afuera lo ve fácil, sin embargo, al ver esta serie, me hago una idea de lo peligroso que es, remover los escombros, lo inestable que están los edificios, y que en cualquier momento puede derrumbarse, estando ellos adentro.
Pero lo mas duro, es perder a alguien, en el rescate, toda esa presión, ese intento fallido, no es fácil, en realidad es admirable el trabajo que hace este grupo de bomberos, los rescatistas, no podemos juzgar ni criticar, sin saber con exactitud todo lo que implica acudir a un lugar donde ocurrió una catástrofe, lidiar con toda esa adrenalina, el movimiento y la desesperación de las personas que desean ser rescatadas.
Es una serie que nos muestra toda esta faceta, el trabajo arduo que realizan los bomberos, paramédicos, y personal calificado para realizar este tipo de rescates, para los que les gusta este tipo de series, de historias seguro les gustara.
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This is not a new movie, next year is going to make 20 years, but that doesn't take away anything from its value. It's been more than a decade since I watched it, but I'll never forget it, that's for sure.
I remember I was visiting my cousin and she had some brand new DVD's sitting on her shelf, unopened for years. The Bucket List was one so them, so she suggested watching it and I said yes.
Apart from the title of the movie, that is pretty suggestive, I only knew who the main lead actors were, which was enough for me to give it a try.
Corporate billionaire Edward Cole and working class mechanic Carter Chambers have nothing in common except for their terminal illnesses. While sharing a hospital room together, they decide to leave it and do all the things they have ever wanted to do before they die according to their bucket list. In the process, both of them heal each other, become unlikely friends, and ultimately find joy in life.
Edward Cole (Jack Nicholson) and Carter Chambers (Morgan Freeman) met each other in the worst place you can meet people and as the storyline says, they were both in the worst period of their lives as being in hospital with cancer is definitely not what anyone would want for themselves of their loved ones.
I'm not going to lie, it hit me hard and needed to pause the movie, to give myself a few minutes to think, to see if I want to continue or not. It hit hard because not long before watching the movie I lost my mom to cancer and the wound was still fresh back then. Being the one who assisted her in her journey, I knew more about what cancer treatment meant than most of the viewers, which is why for me it was never just a movie.
The movie goes through the process of being diagnosed, being presented with the available treatment options as well as the decision making process. When I saw Carter Chambers's wife, trying to convince him to follow treatment, I said to my cousin, "as if I'm watching myself" and I really meant that.
They say you don't know, till you're put in their shoes and that is true. People say they understand, but I can assure you, they don't. When you have to decide what to do and a person's life is on stake, you make a decision and you're going to have that on your conscience for the rest of your life. You can't delete that neither from your mind, nor from your conscience.
Basically you have two choices. One, to follow treatment and suffer like a dog, literally, go through the cruel consequences and side effects of chemo, while there's no guarantee the treatment is going to be successful. The other option is to refuse treatment and live your life as you want and that's exactly what the two protagonists of the story did. They made a bucket list each and decided to live the rest of their life, literally, as they wanted.
I'd say the movie is food for thought. For me it was very different as I relived the whole experience and made me question the decisions we made, which it not something you should do. Life is lived onward, but it is better understood backwards, which is why torturing yourself with what ifs is the worst thing you can do.
The funny thing is, when you know you don't have long to live, you make a bucket list and try to accomplish what you can. What not many can see or realize is that this is basically a race against time. The two characters had the golden opportunity to finance their dreams without any problem as Edward Cole was a wealthy man. Again, they say money can't buy happiness, but this is just half of the truth. In this case due to the wealth of Cole, they had the opportunity to do a lot of things.
Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman were the right choice for the role, both for their exceptional talent and very different look and character as actors, and the chemistry between them was amazing. I'm sure the two names were the reason so many have watched the movie, but the story is exceptional too. Now obviously, for those who are not emotional like I was, this could look like another Hollywood cliche, so I understand that.
If you haven't seen it, give it a try, you won't regret it. It's definitely a good exercise, to see what you would do in such a situation, even if reality is totally different and when you're in their shoes, you may think differently.
Esta publicación es mi participación en el concurso organizado por @wiseagent para dar difusión al proyecto Scrobble.life. Estoy activa en él desde que lo conocí. Me gusta registrar los libros que leo, las películas y series que veo, y aunque no lo aplicaba a la música que escucho, ahora gracias a este proyecto también sé lo que pasa por mis oídos mientras estoy en mi ordenador. Así que te invito a que lo explores y te animo a que busques en tus recuerdos aquella película que más te ha impactado o que no puedes dejar de repetir en tu pantalla o en tu imaginación. Tienes la información para participar en este enlace.
Drácula, mi obsesión de juventud
El estreno de la versión de Drácula que rodó Francis Ford Coppola coincidió con el inicio de mi adolescencia. Era el momento en el que empezaba a ver a los chicos de un modo diferente, ya me entiendes... y en medio de esa tormenta de hormonas se cruzó aquella frase que se quedó grabada a fuego en mi cerebro:
He cruzado océanos de tiempo para encontrarte.
¿Puede haber una declaración de amor más romántica?
Sin embargo, es cierto que no todo en el film es bonito y amoroso. También se sumó a mi obsesión por Drácula la extraña fascinación que nos provoca el miedo a lo desconocido, la lucha entre el bien y del mal, la poderosa fuerza de la amistad y el ambiente mágico y tenebroso en el que se desarrollaba la acción de la película.
Hablando de amistad, recuerdo que fui a ver Drácula al cine acompañada de mis amigas. Salimos todas encantadas, pero ninguna de ellas se obsesionó como lo hice yo. En cuanto pude me hice con un ejemplar barato de la novela de Bram Stoker, que todavía conservo. Lo leí varias veces seguidas. Cuando salió la película en vídeo, ya te imaginarás, compré el VHS y lo visioné una y otra vez hasta que terminó rayado.
¿Y qué me dices de la banda sonora? Por entonces la comunidad de vecinos en la que vivía contrató la televisión por cable y la MTV se convirtió en mi canal favorito. Pasé de grabar cintas de cassette con canciones de la radio a videos musicales en VHS. Y, por supuesto, hacía del Love song for a vampire de Annie Lennox una fiesta cada vez que la emitían. También me las ingenié para conseguir la BSO completa.
Desde entonces ninguna historia de las que he leído o visionado me ha impactado tanto como esta. La película de Coppola tiene todos los ingredientes para convertirla en un film cuasiperfecto: apela a nuestras emociones y deseos más oscuros y más bellos al mismo tiempo, combinándolo con una estética y con un dominio del ritmo que el director no necesita demostrar.
Trailer oficial:
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Todas las imágenes de la película obtenidas de IMDb.
Trailer oficial obtenido de YouTube
Hasta la próxima publicación. Mientras tanto, ¡cuídate!
This post is my entry in the competition organised by @wiseagent to raise awareness of the Scrobble.life project. I’ve been actively using it ever since I discovered it. I like to keep track of the books I read and the films and TV series I watch, and although I didn’t used to do this for the music I listen to, now, thanks to this project, I also know what’s playing in my ears whilst I’m on my computer. So I invite you to explore it and encourage you to search your memories for that film which has had the greatest impact on you or which you just can’t stop replaying on your screen or in your imagination. You’ll find the details on how to take part at this link.
Dracula, my teenage obsession
The release of Francis Ford Coppola’s version of Dracula coincided with the start of my teenage years. It was the time when I was starting to see boys in a different light, if you know what I mean… and in the midst of that storm of hormones, I came across that line which was seared into my brain:
I crossed oceans of time to find you.
Could there be a more romantic declaration of love?
However, it is true that not everything in the film is beautiful and romantic. My obsession with Dracula was also fuelled by the strange fascination we feel for the fear of the unknown, the struggle between good and evil, the powerful force of friendship, and the magical yet eerie atmosphere in which the film’s plot unfolded.
Speaking of friendship, I remember going to see Dracula at the cinema with my friends. We all came out absolutely enchanted, but none of them became as obsessed as I did. As soon as I could, I got hold of a cheap copy of Bram Stoker’s novel, which I still have. I read it several times in a row. When the film came out on video, as you can imagine, I bought the VHS and watched it over and over again until it was scratched.
And what about the soundtrack? Around that time, the residents’ association where I lived signed up for cable TV, and MTV became my favourite channel. I went from recording cassette tapes with songs from the radio to VHS music videos. And, of course, I’d throw a party every time Annie Lennox’s Love Song for a Vampire came on. I also managed to get hold of the complete soundtrack.
Since then, no story I’ve read or watched has had such an impact on me as this one. Coppola’s film has all the ingredients to make it a near-perfect film: it appeals to our darkest and most beautiful emotions and desires at the same time, combining this with an aesthetic and a command of pacing that the director needn’t prove.
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All images from the film obtained from IMDb
Official trailer obtained from YouTube
So hlo everyone and I hope everyone is okay so everyone is taking and posting so it's my turn now and I bring a mind blowing review on anime so today anime is Attack on Titan,
So I don't know u watched it or not but if u are a fan of masterpiece anime's so u should try it,
And in the world a few names of anime stands out and made their unique mark all over the world.
It is not just anime but a journey of human psychology that exposes viewers to fear,hope politics and war and that's the reason it's popularity is increased all over this years and it's fandom remains active even today.
So the story begins,as humans are living inside three giant walls and forced to live there and outside the wall there are gaint creatures name Titans and these titans eat humans so at first it looks a survival anime but as the story progress then the viewver realizes that the story is far more complex and the real story is more about humans than titans.each new secrets reveal and arise new questions.
And the characters are real and each and every character has their own thoughts,goals and their weakness and aot is the first anime that u watched that has no perfect villain or nor a hero and the viewers sometimes love the characters and sometime disagrees with him but never ignore and I felt that too with Kenny Ackerman I felt that too sometimes agree sometimes disagree but I never ignore him and I love him in all these characters.
And the perfection of the battle in this anime these battles are presented in an extremely magnificent manners.
And the danger when battling with titans feals very real and it felt like titans will eat me not character but these are the facts about it and when u watch it full anime and ending u will have questions about it's philosophical theme,
And fans opinion is different about the ending some says ending was realistic and bold and some disagre with it but everyone has sparked about the ending and it's greatness and this is the sign of greatness.
Overall attack on titan is the best anime but also the best story in modern era that no anime has ever done this yet.
So if u like a story anime that's surprised u an every episode, emotion's and deep philosophical and life lesson and freedom than no other anime has like this
And this anime proves and I will say that too that the best story or anime is not just to entertain but change the person behavior and it's ideology on freedom and humanity decision.
And that's was all I hope u guys enjoy it and thanks for reading my review on attack on titan so see u soon,
Bye byee
Hello, cinema fans. Today we’re back with more sci-fi movies from one of the genre’s most influential directors. This is a movie I only recently discovered, and I had a hard time following it because of its confusing and complex plot. TENƎꓕ was written, co-produced, and directed by the great Christopher Nolan. The film stars John David Washington, Robert Pattinson, Elizabeth Debicki, Dimple Kapadia, and others. Discover one of the most confusing and modern time-travel movies out there.
Hola, fanáticos del cine. Hoy volvemos con más películas de ciencia ficción de uno de los directores más influyentes de este género. Una película que apenas llegué a conocer hace poco y que me costó mucho seguir debido a su confusa y compleja trama. TENƎꓕ fue escrito, coproducido y dirigido por el gran Christopher Nolan. La película cuenta con el protagonismo de John David Washington, Robert Pattinson, Elizabeth Debicki, Dimple Kapadia, entre otros. Conoce una de las películas de viajes en el tiempo más confusas y modernas que existen.
The film begins with what appears to be an opera in Kyiv, where a group of armed individuals entered the venue through the back to carry out a terrorist attack. A van parked right outside the venue is filled with armed men waiting for the arrival of KORD forces so they can blend in and enter with them. Inside, one of the infiltrators makes contact with the target and tries to get him out of there safely while attempting to collect all the explosives left behind by the uniformed officers throughout the building. Upon reaching the van, he is betrayed, captured, and tortured.
Trama
La película inicia con lo que parece ser una ópera en Kiev donde un grupo de personas armadas entraron al lugar por la parte de atrás para realizar un atentado terrorista. Una camioneta estacionada justo afuera del establecimiento está repleta de hombres armados que esperan la llegada de las fuerzas del KORD para así camuflarse y entrar con ellos. Adentro, uno de los infiltrados hace contacto con el objetivo y lo intenta sacar del lugar a salvo mientras intenta recoger todos los explosivos que dejaron los uniformados en todo el lugar. Al llegar a la camioneta, es traicionado, capturado y torturado.
Actually, this isn’t the first time I’ve seen this movie—if watching the beginning of it on cable TV at home counts as such. Although I only saw the first ten or twenty minutes, I barely recognized it as such; it wasn’t until I learned about the existence and plot of TENET that I was able to identify it more clearly recently. Even though I really love the whole time travel thing and all that, I won’t deny that I really struggled to keep up with this movie after the first hour.
The thing is, the way they incorporate time travel here is very different from what I’ve seen in other movies. To put it simply—and this is something I barely managed to understand—the technology in this movie uses physical elements and objects made of metals and lead, such as weapons, to reverse their entropy and make them travel backward in time. This can be seen in the case of the bullet that returns to the hand that supposedly fired it at the table; the same thing happens when it’s fired.
En realidad no es la primera vez que veo esta película, si es que ver su inicio en la televisión por cable de mi casa cuenta de alguna manera. Aunque no vi más que sus primeros diez o veinte minutos, apenas llegué a reconocerla como tal ya cuando me enteré de la existencia y la trama de TENET que llegué a identificarla mejor recientemente. A pesar de que me gusta muchísimo el tema de los viajes en el tiempo y todo eso, no voy a negar que de verdad me costó mucho seguirle el ritmo a esta película después de su primera hora.
Y es que la forma en la que incorporan el tema de los viajes en el tiempo aquí es muy diferente a lo que he llegado a ver en otras películas. Para ponerlo de una manera sencilla que apenas y pude entender, la tecnología que vemos en esta película utiliza los elementos y objetos físicos con metales y plomo como las armas para invertir su entropía y hacer que retrocedan en el tiempo. Esto se puede ver con el caso de la bala que regresa a la mano que supuestamente la soltó a la mesa, así mismo sucede cuando es disparada.
I really liked how the movie begins, conveying all the drama and suspense in what seemed to be a simple test or drill for our protagonist—whose name we don’t really know—to become part of “TENET,” a secret organization that monitors and protects the world from these objects that possess inverted entropy. But everything becomes more and more complex when we’re introduced to our protagonist’s enemy—or main target—a Russian oligarch named Andrei Sator. This Russian is the one supplying these inverted weapons on an international scale.
The film’s highly original approach to time travel alone makes it better than I expected. Of course, after watching masterpieces like Inception and Interstellar, my expectations for this film were already pretty high. And since we’re talking about Christopher Nolan himself, it’s only to be expected that it would have a highly original, complex, and fascinating plot. This is the case with TENET, or at least it is for much of the film. Nah, why lie—the movie is completely fascinating, it’s just really hard to follow.
Me gustó mucho cómo empieza la película, transmitiendo todo el drama y el suspenso en lo que pareció ser una simple prueba o simulacro para que nuestro protagonista -quien no sabemos bien cómo se llama- sea parte de “TENET”, una organización secreta que informa y protege al mundo de estos objetos que poseen una entropía invertida. Pero todo se vuelve más y más complejo cuando nos introducen al enemigo o objetivo principal de nuestro protagonista, un oligarca ruso llamado Andrei Sator. Este ruso es quien proporciona estas armas invertidas a nivel internacional.
Ya con la manera tan original de desarrollar los viajes en el tiempo en esta película la hace mejor de lo que esperaba. Claro, luego de ver obras maestras como Inception e Interstellar, mis expectativas con esta película ya son lo suficientemente altas. Y como estamos hablando del mismísimo Christopher Nolan, entonces es de esperarse que tenga una trama bastante original, compleja y fascinante. Esto sucede con TENET, o al menos es así en gran parte de la película. Nah, para qué les miento, la película es completamente fascinante, solo que es muy complicada de seguir.
Let's go back to what I tried to explain to you at the beginning about the technology that reverses the entropy of objects so that they move backward in time. If you think about it, this obviously applies even to living beings—humans, like us. So yes, aside from the bullets, we’ll also see people moving backward in time, in real time, while everything else keeps moving forward. It’s mind-blowing to read about it, but seeing it in the movie is something completely different. It’s confusing to watch action sequences with people moving backward, so consider yourself warned in case you get confused while watching it.
And that’s exactly what we’ll see throughout the two-and-a-half-hour movie: a sequence of chases, fights, confrontations, and more chases, with an ending that blows your mind with so many sequences of people moving backward and forward. But don’t worry—it’s not just one sequence after another like that, since at least we can sense that things are following a path that’s easy to follow. However, when it reaches its final act, the movie takes a turn that feels a bit more confusing than usual.
Volvamos a lo que les intenté explicar al principio sobre la tecnología que invierte la entropía de los objetos para que estos retrocedan en el tiempo. Si lo piensan bien, esto obviamente aplica incluso para seres vivos, humanos, como nosotros. Así que sí, aparte de las balas, también veremos a personas retrocediendo en el tiempo, en tiempo real, mientras todo sigue adelante. Esto es alucinante si lo lees, pero verlo durante la película es algo completamente diferente. Es confuso ver secuencias de acción con personas invertidas, así que ya estás advertido por si te confundes al verla.
Y es exactamente eso lo que veremos durante las dos horas y media de película, una secuencia de persecución, peleas, enfrentamientos y más persecución con un final que te hace volar la cabeza con tantas secuencias con gente invertida de aquí para allá. Pero no se preocupen, tampoco es que sea una secuencia tras otra y otra de este estilo, ya que al menos podemos sentir cómo las cosas van siguiendo un curso que es fácil de seguir. Sin embargo, al momento de llegar a su acto final, la película da un giro que se siente un poco más confuso de lo normal.
Another thing that really interests me about this movie is how the plot repeatedly brings up the idea of a future Third World War—a catastrophe that would occur if the technology TENET is trying to obtain were used for evil purposes. Of course, because using it to sell and transport “inverted” weapons that cause damage that’s invisible but far more severe than a normal gunshot isn’t enough. And it’s not just a gun—it’s also a bazooka, a car, and even a nuclear bomb. This typical approach to turning revolutionary technology into a tool of war is all too common.
And well, transforming this movie about secret agents and detectives—with technology drawn from the fascinating science fiction genre—into a war film in the end is an addition that, in my opinion, doesn’t suit it too badly. Of course, only Christopher Nolan manages to pull this off in a way that looks fascinating, even though it’s confusing to watch people running or shooting in reverse and things like that. But even with all the plot twists, all the scenes of drama and suspense, and all the revelations about that technology—how it’s used and how it all ends—the movie still left out certain narrative details.
Otra cosa que me interesa mucho de esta película es cómo la trama repetidamente menciona el tema de una futura Tercera Guerra Mundial, una catástrofe que ocurriría si dicha tecnología que TENET intenta conseguir es utilizada para el mal. Claro, porque usarla para vender y transportar armas invertidas que causan un daño no visible pero mucho más grave que un disparo normal no es suficiente. Y no solo es una pistola, sino también una bazooka, un auto y hasta una bomba nuclear. La manera tan típica de hacer de una tecnología revolucionaría para la guerra es algo tan común.
Y bueno, convertir esta película de agentes y detectives secretos con tecnología sacada del fascinante género de la ciencia ficción en una obra bélica al final es un aditivo que, creo yo, no le queda tan mal. Claro, solo Christopher Nolan logra hacer esto de una manera que se vea fascinante, aún con lo confuso que es ver a gente correr o disparar en retroceso y cosas por el estilo. Pero aún con todos los giros de trama, todas las escenas de drama y suspense que tiene y todas las revelaciones sobre esa tecnología, cómo la utilizan y cómo acabaría todo; la película aún así dejó de lado ciertos detalles narrativos.
For example, I keep wondering how on earth Andrei Sator managed to communicate specifically with the people of the future who possessed this technology. Yes, I know they address this in the movie itself, but they do so in a very superficial way. I’d also like to know who on earth brought that technology back to the past, since the excuse of “being in the right place at the right time” purely by chance doesn’t quite convince me. Among other things, something else I like about the movie is how well-written the plot is, including the way part of the beginning ties into part of the ending.
I like that the movie also plays with the audience’s minds, making us think certain things at the beginning that are then completely overturned by the end. A very well-incorporated element that reminds us of classic time-travel stories is the time-reversal capsules we see throughout the film. The characters, on the other hand, aren’t half-bad either. Starting with the protagonist—who seems to have no name—he stands out the most due to his skills and experience in the field during the action and suspense sequences.
Por ejemplo, sigo preguntándome cómo rayos lograba comunicarse Andrei Sator exactamente con la gente del futuro que poseía esta tecnología. Que sí, sé que en la misma película responden a esto, pero lo hacen de una forma muy por encima. También quisiera saber quién rayos fue el que llegó a traer al pasado dicha tecnología, ya que la excusa de “estar en el momento indicado” por pura casualidad es algo que no me convence del todo. Entre otras cosas, algo que también me gusta de la película es lo bien escrita que está su trama, incluyendo la parte donde parte del principio se conecta con parte del final.
Me gusta que la película juegue también con la mente de la audiencia, haciéndonos pensar al principio cosas que luego cambian por completo en la parte final. Un elemento muy bien agregado y que nos hace recordar los clásicos viajes en el tiempo son las cápsulas de inversión que vemos a lo largo de la película. Los personajes, por otro lado, tampoco están tan mal desarrollados. Empezando por el protagonista, quien parece que no tiene nombre, es quien más destaca debido a sus habilidades y experiencia en el campo para los momentos de acción y suspenso.
Although we know nothing about him, our protagonist manages to fulfill the typical hero’s role by trying to obtain the time-reversal technology, catch the villain, and save the girl. Yes, his role is very cliché, especially since he calls himself “The Protagonist.” But hey, don’t say I have anything against the protagonist or anything like that—I’m just saying that, as an anonymous agent, he manages to go largely unnoticed, unless there are action scenes. Although, of course, this changes a bit at the end when we find out who orchestrated everything from the very beginning.
And that’s what’s fascinating about this movie—it makes you think that everything was planned from the very first minute, which becomes obvious once we learn that we can travel back in time by reversing our entropy. This is where we get to the protagonist’s partner, Neil, who, interestingly, was played by Robert Pattinson. I’ll admit that, since I’m familiar with his career and how famous he’s become, I was really interested to see him act in a Christopher Nolan movie. And I’ll admit that—without taking anything away from any other member of the cast—Pattinson did a very, very good job.
Si bien no conocemos nada de él, nuestro protagonista logra cumplir con el típico papel de héroe intentando conseguir la tecnología de inversión del tiempo, atrapar al villano y salvar a la chica. Si, muy cliché y todo su papel, sobre todo cuando él mismo se llama “El Protagonista”. Pero bueno, que no digan que tengo algo en contra del protagonista ni nada de eso, solo digo que como un agente anónimo, logra pasar muy desapercibido, a menos que hayan escenas de acción. Aunque, claro, al final esto cambia un poco cuando nos enteramos quién fue el que orquestó todo desde un principio.
Y es lo fascinante de esta película, que te hace pensar que todo fue planeado, desde el primer minuto, lo cual es obvio cuando sabemos que se puede viajar al pasado al invertir nuestra entropía. Aquí es cuando hablamos del compañero del protagonista, Neil, quien curiosamente fue interpretado por Robert Pattinson. Admito que, como conozco su carrera y lo famoso que se ha vuelto, me interesó mucho verlo actuar en una película de Christopher Nolan. Y admito que, sin desprestigiar a ningún otro miembro de este elenco, Pattinson lo hizo muy, pero muy bien.
We also have the antagonist or villain of this movie, the Russian oligarch Andrei Sator, who I think did a good job in this role. At one point near the end, he even almost convinced me of his extremist ideology—that the world should be destroyed because it’s a chaotic, dark place full of evil. We’re talking about someone who survived the dissolution of the Soviet Union, so it’s clear that, given such a bleak view of the world, he would take the stance of using that disruptive technology to destroy everything.
But the most interesting aspect was the romantic and family dynamic he shared with his wife, who was nothing more than a victim of all the chaos and tragedies that Sator causes throughout the film. As such, there’s no romance as such in this movie—just hatred, wars, confrontations, and a clash of completely different ideas about what’s worthwhile and what isn’t in this world. A very dark and tragic world to live in, if you ask me, but not too far removed from harsh reality. Of course, with the difference that in reality, you can’t travel back in time—unfortunately.
También tenemos al antagonista o villano de esta película, el oligarca ruso, Andrei Sator, quien considero hizo un buen trabajo en este particular debido a su papel. Incluso hasta casi me convence en un momento al final de su ideología todo extremista de acabar con el mundo por ser un lugar caótico, oscuro y repleto de cosas malas. Estamos hablando de alguien que sobrevivió a la disolución de la Unidad Soviética, así que es evidente que debido a esa visión tan oscura del mundo, tuviera esa posición de utilizar dicha tecnología de inversión para acabar con todo.
Pero lo más interesante fue todo el tema romántico o familiar que tuvo con su esposa, quien no fue más que una víctima de todo el caos y las tragedias que Sator ocasiona a lo largo de la película. De por sí no hay romance como tal en esta película, solo odio, guerras, enfrentamientos y una lucha de ideas completamente distintas sobre lo que vale la pena y no vale la pena en este mundo. Un mundo muy oscuro y trágico para vivir, si me lo preguntan, pero no muy alejado de la cruda realidad. Claro, con la diferencia de que en la realidad no se puede viajar al pasado, lamentablemente.
Last but not least, let’s talk about another rather striking and clearly relevant aspect of this film: its audiovisual elements. Here, I have to say that Christopher Nolan really went all out with this idea of reversing the entropy of objects and people. You’ll have to tell me how on earth they managed to film minutes and minutes of sequences with people running, escaping, shooting, and even fighting in reverse alongside people who aren’t. It’s pretty confusing when we first see it, but then we get used to it a little… until the end comes, and every detail you miss makes you lose track of everything.
The shots, use of moving cameras, and transitions are brilliant, especially when showing us the fascinating action scenes. The focus and handling of the shots is another interesting aspect. Nolan doesn’t overlook a single detail that complements the film’s narrative and helps us understand it better than we initially do. The cool color palette, the use of light and shadow, and the practical visual effects that are so characteristic of Nolan are also worth highlighting. The sound effects really stand out as well, as does the soundtrack. In short, here’s a time-travel movie that’s truly unique in its style.
Personally, I give it a 9/10 rating in the science fiction, action, and suspense genres.
Por último, pero no menos importante, hablemos de otro detalle bastante llamativo y evidentemente relevante en esta película como lo es su apartado audiovisual. Aquí sí digo que Christopher Nolan se voló la cabeza por completo con esta idea de la inversión de la entropía de las cosas y la gente. Ya me dirás cómo rayos le hicieron para grabar minutos y minutos de secuencias con gente corriendo, escapando, disparando e incluso luchando en retroceso con gente que no lo está. Es bastante confuso cuando lo vemos al principio, pero luego nos acostumbramos un poco… hasta que llega el final y cada detalle que te saltes hace que te pierdas todo.
Los planos, usos de cámaras en movimiento y transiciones son geniales, sobre todo al momento de mostrarnos las fascinantes escenas de acción. El enfoque y manejo de los planos es otro punto interesante. Nolan no deja por alto ningún detalle que logre complementar bien toda la narrativa de la película y nos ayude a entenderla mejor de lo que apenas entendemos. La paleta fría de colores, el uso de luces y sombras y los efectos visuales prácticos que son tan comunes para Nolan es otro punto a destacar también. Los efectos de sonido también resaltan bastante, al igual que la banda sonora. En fin, aquí les dejo una película de viajes en el tiempo muy única en su estilo.
Personalmente, le doy una calificación de 9/10 en lo que respecta al género de ciencia ficción, acción y suspenso.
Tell me, have you seen this movie yet? What did you think of it? You can leave your answer in the comments.
Dime, ¿ya has visto esta película? ¿Qué te ha parecido? Puedes dejarme tu respuesta en los comentarios.
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I hold Season 2 of Squid Game in high regard because it proved to me that I have great potential as a video content creator to captivate an audience, that makes me happy. I really connect with crazy characters like Thanos and his Señorita, I can convey the enthusiasm they bring through my reviews when I focus on them 😃😃
The second season surprised us with Thanos, and the way the story suffered narratively after he was gone, he brought a lot of humor to the game. If there’s one thing the director must have quietly regretted, it’s not the reflections he wanted to convey, but rather having to let go of this powerful character and actor so soon.
The cast of characters is diverse in its darkness. There’s a Recruiter who, in my view, triumphs through his conviction and belief that humanity is rotten and unworthy of life, a narrative element that persists through the Frontman right up to the end.
Squid Game en su temporada 2 la conservo en mi mente con mucho aprecio porque me demostro a mi mismo que tengo un gran potencial como creador de contenido de video para cautivar una audiencia, eso me hace feliz, conecto mucho con personajes locos como Thanos y su señorita, el entusiasmo que ellos dan puedo retransmitirlos a traves de mis reseñas cuando me enfoco en ellos 😃😃
La segunda temporada sorprendio con Thanos y como sufrio narrativamente lo que vino despues sin el, le daba mucha jocosidad al juego, si hay algo de lo que el Director se debe haber arrepentido en silencio no es de las reflexiones que quizo transmitir, si no de salir de este personaje y actor de poder tan pronto.
El Abanico de personajes es variado en sus oscuridades, un Reclutador que considero obtiene la victoria en su conviccion y pensamiento sobre una humanidad putrefacta que no merece vivir, elemento narrativo que se mantiene a traves de El Frontman hasta el final.
It’s a series I revisited recently, and to my surprise, the ending which I hadn’t liked the first time I watched, it ended up making sense to me. In our real world, the elites keep doing whatever they want and never lose, I even hear videos discussing financial matters, and they mention them casually as if it were nothing haha, things that decades ago seemed like conspiracy theories and are now brought up as if they were no big deal.
Maybe it was the protagonist’s ideological framework that didn’t convince me, but the director undoubtedly succeeded in leaving us with food for thought—something to ponder over and over again, encouraging us to think beyond the series itself, and that’s fine.
What bothers me are the childish elements that are constantly highlighted in various series and movies because they undermine the narrative coherence of the story being told, but the food for thought is there. I believe the protagonist wins the ideological conflict, and that’s what really matters, because a happy ending with the elites defeated.... well, that would be ridiculous, but it’s what most people want to see.
I loved the fun, the games, and the children’s songs, I even recorded them to sing along because they’re so good, haha, I loved them, and in those aspects, I feel like a kid again. As a criticism, I’d say it had a completely unnecessary subplot that took up too many minutes of the series. Other than that, I’d give it a 7.5 because of how much fun it was for me.
Es una serie que volvi a revivir hace poco y para mi sorpresa el final que considero no me habia agradado en un priner visionado, termine viendolo coherente. En nuestro mundo real las elites siguen haciendo de las suyas y no pierden, ya hasta escucho videos sobre elementos financieros y los nombran a nivel general como si nada jaja, cosas que decadas antes parecian conspiranoicas y ahora se mencionan como si nada.
Tal vez es la estructura ideologica del protagonista lo que no me convencio pero indudablemente el Director considero que logro dejar al menos la reflexion para pensar en ella una y otra vez, que pensaramos mas alla de la serie y eso esta bien.
Chocan conmigo los elementos infatiles que se quieren resaltar una y otra vez en variadas series y peliculas porque ponen a sufrir la coherencia narrativa de lo que se quiere contar pero la reflexion esta alli, considero que el protagonista gana el conflicto ideologico y eso si es lo importante porque un final feliz con las elites derrotadas..... eso si que seria ridiculo pero es lo que la mayoria quiere ver.
Acobijo lo divertido, juegos y canciones infantiles que me grabe para cantarlas porque son muy buenas jaja, a mi me encantaron y vuelvo a ser un niño en esos aspectos, como critica dejaria que tuvo una trama fuera del juego totalmente innecesaria y que consumio demasiados minutos de la serie, de resto la considero un 7.5 por lo divertida que fue para mi.
I dedicate each and every one of my posts and videos to my little dog named princess, we called her chiquito, she is no longer with us but from heaven she will see that her existence was valuable and the most beautiful thing that will exist in my heart and soul.
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