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L'uomo senza gravità - Experimental but mediocre (ENG - ITA)@serialfiller2259d
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  1. L'uomo senza gravità: an italian experiment in the superhero genre@serialfiller2416d

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    Presented at the Rome Film Festival in 2019, "Man without Gravity" had the luck of a second chance thanks to Netflix which recently distributed it all over the world through its platform. An opportunity not just to show off, given the possibility of being shown around the globe after having spent only a few days in Italian rooms. The veiled superheroistic genre allows and will allow for greater appeal to the international public. Bonfanti builds a film that focuses on a child without gravity, who will not respond to the laws of physics like all humans but will fly away whenever he tries to put his feet on the ground. The very successful idea of ​​the film is to strip a potential hero of all the privileges and the gravitas deriving from having a superpower and let us live with him the practical and existential inconveniences deriving from his silly superpower that will never allow him to be like Batman but rather to become an outcast.


    Presentato al festival del cinema di Roma del 2019, "L'uomo senza gravità" ha avuto la fortuna di una seconda occasione grazie a Netflix che lo ha recentemente distribuito in tutto il mondo attraverso la sua piattaforma. Un'opportunità non da poco di mettersi in mostra, vista la possibilità di essere mostrato in tutto il globo dopo essere passato per qualche giorno nelle sole sale italiane. Il genere velatamente supereroistico permette e permetterà di avere maggiore appeal verso il pubblico internazionale. Bonfanti costruisce una pellicola che mette al centro un bambino privo di gravità, che non risponderà alle leggi della fisica come tutti gli umani ma che volerà via ogni qualvolta proverà a poggiare i piedi a terra. L'idea molto riuscita del film è quella di spogliare un potenziale eroe di tutti i privilegi e la gravitas derivante dall'avere un superpotere e farci vivere insieme a lui i disagi pratici ed esistenziali derivanti dal suo sciocco superpotere che mai gli permetterà di essere come Batman ma piuttosto di diventare un emarginato.

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    From practical problems such as going to school or sleeping in a bed firmly planted on the ground to more philosophical dilemmas about the role of the hero and the reading that society offers to men endowed with extraordinary powers, the film lets itself be watched, perhaps not admire but definitely enjoyable in its light flow. Elio Germano will lend the face to man without gravity and the timeless love story with little Agata will give us the strength to push us to the end of a film that denounces the show's environment with such energy. Ruthless as always and always looking for talent, the freak show to show off to the public to get rich as long as possible. A complaint that, if extended, reaches our whole society, distracted and bored and ready to sentence, above all, when there is no evidence to support the claims of one or the other viewer, paying, voting. The film thus does its job and rips more than a smile and some timid applause, showing how sometimes special effects are not to make a film special but its substance. Unfortunately, the film is often lost in small holes in the plot and in lightnesses typical of films constructed not to perfection and is lost especially in an apathetic and devoid of flickers. An experiment that was half successful, but attempts are being made to renew and innovate Italian cinema.

    Da problemi pratici come l'andare a scuola o il dormire in un letto piantato saldamente a terra a dilemmi più filosofici riguardo il ruolo dell'eroe e la lettura che la società offre a uomini dotati di poteri straordinari, il film si lascia guardare, forse non ammirare ma decisamente godibile nel suo fluire leggero. Elio Germano presterà il volto all'uomo senza gravità e la storia d'amore senza tempo con la piccola Agata ci darà la forza per spingerci fino alla fine di un film che denuncia con tanta energia l'ambiente dello spettacolo. Spietato come sempre e sempre a caccia del talento, del fenomeno da baraccone da sfoggiare al pubblico per arricchirsi finchè sarà possibile. Una denuncia che se allargata arriva fino a tutta la nostra società Distratta e annoiata e pronta a sentenziare anche, e soprattutto, quando di prove a sostegno delle tesi dell'uno o dell'altr spettatore, pagante, votante non ne esistono. Il film fa dunque il suo mestiere e strappa più di un sorriso e qualche timido applauso, dimostrando quanto a volte non siano gli effetti speciali a rendere speciale un film ma la sua sostanza. Putroppo la pellicola si perde spesso in piccoli buchi di trama ed in leggerezze tipiche di film costruiti non alla perfezione e si perde soprattutto in un finale apatico e privo di guizzi. Esperimento riuscito a metà dunque ma ben vengano tentativi come questo di rinnovare e innovare il cinema italiano.

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    Movie URL: https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/636698-l-uomo-senza-gravita?language=it-IT

    Rate: A

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  2. The Man Without Gravity (film): for the artsy types, this is a movie about what's important in life.@gooddream2422d

    I'm not normally a person for artsy films as I am more of a thriller, action, or cheesy horror aficionado. However, I decided to watch this Italian film despite the fact that I am not really a fan of subtitles. Whatever, you forget you are reading them after a while.

    As always I have tried to avoid spoilers unless specifying otherwise. If you are the type of person who prefers to enter a film completely blind just know I recommend this film for its artistic and not explicitly stated undertones, but not so much for people that need a story to move along quickly

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    As the name would indicate this film is about a boy who is born immune to gravity and will simply float up slowly as is shown right during his birth. This happens in the first few minutes of the film and was almost enough of a stupid beginning to make me turn the film off, especially since the CGI looked like a state-college project with very little budget to work with.

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    If it hadn't been for what happened in the next 5 minutes while I was peeling an orange (I'm slow at the process) I probably would have given up. The filmmakers didn't focus on the fact that "Oscar" (Pietro Pescara as a child and Elio Germano as an adult) is capable of flight (kinda) and more so focused on the human aspects of family and just general life. I'm not trying to speak for the director but I think he was focusing on common misconceptions that a lot of us have about life and certain things that perhaps some of us can relate to even though none of us are capable of flying away.

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    Having an overprotective mother that only has his best interests at heart, trying to find a way to fit in when you are an outsider, growing up, and eventually flying the coop to seek your own path in life are just a few of the things that I think most people can relate to due to their own life experiences and that is the story we are told. The fact that Oscar can fly is kind of a side issue.

    Rather, the center of attention is that Oscar, like anyone, wants a better life so badly and when he uses his unique gifts to obtain precisely that, it isn't everything that he had hoped it would be. It is one of those "grass is always greener on the other side of the fence" stories.

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    I've only ever known one person that went on to become wildly famous and rich and I also knew her before any of that. Once the spotlight was constantly on her, she was at first elated and loved it but soon after she had a team of handlers and was incapable of going to do normal things without a disguise. Many times if she attempted to do this she was intercepted by management who would encourage her not to.

    When we had a meeting about 5 years ago she was so frustrated after all of her entourage finally left her alone, she immediately started to cry and said she "didn't want this anymore."

    It is difficult for us mortals to really understand this because it seems like a dream come true to have so much money that you don't have to worry about it and people flock to you everywhere you go, doesn't it? Well, this is what I interpreted The Man Without Gravity's perhaps not-so-hidden message to be.

    from the [Netflix](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWOA1ZGywLbqmigxE4Qlvuw) official channel

    Although this isn't an edge-of-your-seat experience by any means, it is nice to see a little bit of variety in Netflix's lineup because lately I have started to feel that literally anything new on there is very genre-driven and we are forced this drivel without any concern to quality whatsoever.

    Whatever you do, do not watch this with the English overdub track. I tried it for a little while and apparently they hired people who have never done any acting or voice-over work before.

    Overall, i would say that if you are the type of person that appreciates a somewhat feel-good film with a message inside that isn't explicitly stated and the main point is open to interpetaion, this could be a pretty decent choice you. It isn't great, but it is different and that just happened to be exactly what I was looking for today.

    My overall rating?

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    I was told by an Italian friend that the lead actor's first name "Elio" can actually be interpreted as "helium" in Italian, so I guess he had an advantage when auditioning for the role

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