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1. ›We need to talk about Kevin (2011)@andreseloy5811032d

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   This is a British-American film adapted and directed by Lynne Ramsay from the novel of the same name by American author Lionel Shrive.

   The plot follows a mother named Eva, played by Tilda Swinton, as she tries to deal with her troubled son Kevin, played by Ezra Miller. This turns out to be a disturbing and troubled young man, unleashing a series of disturbing and violent events.

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   The film explores themes of motherhood, responsibility and the nature of evil. Eva finds herself caught in a spiral of guilt and anguish as she tries to understand how her son became so dark and unempathetic.

   Swinton, who in 2008 received the Oscar for best supporting actress for the film Michael Clayton, performs a good role, which earned her a Golden Globe and Bafta nomination for best actress, while for Ezra this meant his first important role in his career being nominated for the Bifa awards for best supporting actor and the Critics' Choice Awards for best young actor.

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   The film premiered at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival and was released in the United Kingdom on October 21, 2011 and in the United States a few days later, received positive reviews for both its plot and the performance of the protagonists but the box office receipts barely covered the production costs that hovered around 6 million dollars.

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   It is a disturbing and somber film that explores the problem of motherhood and should be viewed critically and with an open mind and is not suitable for children.

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2. ›Movie Review: We need to talk about Kevin [ENG/ESP]@carminasalazarte1148d

   

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   Hello to everyone in the Movies & TV Shows community! Today I bring a new movie recommendation, this time it's "We Need to Talk About Kevin" (2001) a film by director Lynne Ramsay, adapted from the novel of the same name by Lionel Shriver, which is quite harsh and realistic, touching on issues about motherhood, the roles that are shared in that job (parents, children, environment and society), family dysfunction, neglect and a null support network. So let's go with this review that whether you are a mother/parent or not, will leave you with some things to think about. Let's begin!

   Eva is a blissful woman; she works blogging about her travels around the world, is independent, is married to the man she loves (Franklin, a professional photographer), has no worries and feels fulfilled with the life she has. But everything changes when she becomes pregnant with Kevin, her firstborn, as she soon discovers that he is different. Through flashbacks in Eva's life, we learn about the situations that led Eva to be living a hell in her present, as her son Kevin has committed a crime and she seems to carry that weight.

   ¡Hola a todos en la comunidad de Movies & TV Shows! El día de hoy traigo una nueva recomendación de película, en esta oportunidad se trata de "Tenemos que hablar de Kevin" (2001) una película de la directora Lynne Ramsay, adaptación de la novela homónima de Lionel Shriver, que resulta bastante dura y realista, tocando temas acerca de la maternidad, los roles que se comparten en ese trabajo (padres, hijos, entorno y sociedad), la disfunción familiar, la negligencia y una red de apoyo nulo. Así que vayamos con esta reseña que sí eres madre/padre o no, te dejará algunas cosas que pensar ¡Comencemos!

   Eva es una mujer dichosa; trabaja escribiendo blogs sobre sus viajes por el mundo, es independiente, está casada con el hombre que ama (Franklin, un fotógrafo profesional), no tiene preocupaciones y se siente realizada con la vida que tiene. Pero todo cambia cuando ella queda embarazada de Kevin, su primogénito, pues pronto descubre que él es diferente. A través de retrospectivas de la vida de Eva (flashbacks) nos enteramos cuáles fueron las situaciones que llevaron a que Eva este viviendo un infierno en su presente, pues su hijo Kevin ha cometido un crimen y ella parece cargar con ese peso.

   

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   This is a film that is really interesting because although we are not explicitly made to know what happens, we can find out through the characters and the images that we are shown in each scene. I don't know it is mentioned but Eva has postpartum depression; the rejection towards her son, her spirits down, the impossibility of generating a bond with her son, the sadness and the loneliness. From the first moment Kevin comes into her life, she cannot tolerate him. So much so that when he cries, she prefers to listen to the sound of a drill in the street.

   The problem increases when, when she tries to talk about Kevin, her husband Franklin thinks that she is just exaggerating (he believes that she is in a state of hysteria and that her arguments cannot be taken into account because they are irrational), since he considers that his son is a good boy. Seeing herself alone, Eva decides to keep quiet but Kevin will continue to try to get the attention of his mother, who is the only one who shows his hostile and "real" form (with his father he shows a mask).

   Esta es una película que resulta realmente interesante pues aunque no se nos hacen saber explícitamente sobre lo que sucede, nos podemos enterar a través de los personajes y de las imágenes que nos muestran en cada escena. No sé menciona pero Eva tiene depresión postparto; el rechazo hacia su hijo, los ánimos por el suelo, la imposibilidad de generar un vínculo con su hijo, la tristeza y la soledad. Desde el primer momento que Kevin llega a su vida, ella no puede tolerarlo. Es tanto así que ante el lloro del niño prefiere escuchar el sonido de un taladro que se encuentra en la calle.

   El problema se acrecienta cuando al intentar hablar sobre Kevin, su esposo Franklin cree que son solo exageraciones de ella (cree que está en un estado de histeria y que sus argumentos no pueden ser tomado en cuenta pues son irracionales), pues él considera que su hijo es un buen chico. Al verse sola, Eva decide callar pero Kevin seguirá tratando de llamar la atención de su madre, quién es a la única que muestra su forma hostil y "real" (con su padre muestra una máscara).

   

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   Kevin is not a bad child, he is a misunderstood child as none of his parents seem to want to solve his issues; his mother does not know how to ask for help to a professional (psychologist), his father is negligent (he refuses to know the nature of his son, to listen to his wife and abandons) and in general, none of them know how to manage their emotions so Kevin does not know either. He is not the problem, it is a series of factors that lead Kevin to become a young sociopath and as is logical in this personality disorder, society is also part of the problem as it is indifferent to the pain of both mother and son. That is, until they are really affected by Kevin's actions.

   Everything indicates that the lack of affection, of love, is something that can unleash great tragedies in humanity. Behind every action there are consequences; indifference is complicity. Undoubtedly a film that deserves to be seen not once, but many times because we will always find things that we did not perceive before and that are sobering. As always, I leave you to draw your own conclusions about it, as some of the things I have mentioned are just a personal analysis. Thank you very much for stopping by and reading my work, I send you a big hug and I'll see you next time. Good bye.

   Kevin no es un niño malo, es un niño incomprendido pues ninguno de sus padres parecen querer resolver sus asuntos; su madre no sabe cómo pedir ayuda a un profesional (psicólogo), su padre es negligente (se niega a conocer la naturaleza de su hijo, a escuchar a su esposa y abandona) y en general, ninguno sabe gestionar sus emociones por tanto Kevin tampoco lo sabe. Él no es el problema, son una serie de factores que conllevan a que Kevin se vuelva un joven sociópata y cómo es lógico en este trastorno de personalidad, la sociedad también es parte del problema pues se muestra indiferente ante el dolor de ambos: madre e hijo. Eso, hasta que se ven realmente afectados por las acciones de Kevin.

   Todo indica que la carencia de afecto, de amor, es algo que puede desencadenar grandes tragedias en la humanidad. Detrás de cada acción hay consecuencias; la indiferencia es complicidad. Sin duda alguna una película que merece ser vista no una, sino muchas veces pues siempre encontraremos cosas que antes no percibimos y que resultan aleccionadoras. Cómo siempre, los dejo que ustedes mismos saquen sus conclusiones al respecto pues algunas de las cosas que he mencionado son solo un análisis personal. Muchísimas gracias por pasar por aquí y leer mi trabajo, les envío un fuerte abrazo y nos vemos en la próxima oportunidad. Adiós.

   

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3. ›I need to talk about 'We need to talk about Kevin'@jauregui981608d

   

   

   If you haven't seen this movie, don't see it, because you will either hate it or love it, and I don't know which of the two options is better or worse, taking into account too many things. I have seen I think 4 times We need t talk about Kevin, this is one of those movies that provoke me to watch when I don't want to watch anything else, and that's just what I did a few days ago, I rewatched 5 movies I had already seen and loved them all again in different ways.

   We are going to live the wonders of pregnancy with Eva, our wonderful Tilda Swinton, and the perfection of life in which the mother's existence becomes after having a child, and I'm tired of the sarcasm because we will actually see how Kevin, Eva's first son makes life impossible for the mother, and how Eva tries to love her son, to educate him well, but nothing seems to work, so as Kevin grows things get worse for Eva, and neither she nor we, will know what to think or feel.

   

   Si no han visto esta película, no la vean, porque la van a odiar o la van a amar, y no sé cuál de las dos opciones es la mejor o la peor, teniendo en cuenta demasiadas cosas. He visto creo que 4 veces We need t talk about Kevin, esta es una de esas películas que me provoca ver cuándo no quiero ver nada más, y justo fue lo que hice hace unos días, volví a ver 5 películas que ya había visto y las volví a amar todas en diferentes formas.

   Vamos a vivir las maravillas del embarazo con Eva, nuestra maravillosa Tilda Swinton, y la perfección de vida en la que se convierte la existencia de la madre después de tener un hijo, y ya me cansé del sarcasmo, pues en realidad veremos como Kevin, el primero hijo de Eva le hace la vida imposible a la mamá, y cómo Eva trata de querer a su hijo, de educarlo bien, pero nada parece funcionar, así que mientras Kevin crece las cosas se vuelven peor para Eva, y ni ella, ni nosotros, sabremos qué pensar o sentir.

   

   

   

   First I must say that the people in the town where they lived were shitty, or are shitty, Eva is not to blame for Kevin's actions, so the bad treatment she received after all that happened is completely unjustified, the times she was spit on, slapped, the paint thrown at the house and her car, the employment she suffered, fuck, I would have been Eva and every person who insulted me I would have resorted to the same method Kevin used as his last stand against the world and his mother.

   Having said that, and now a little calmer, I can't imagine how lonely Eva must have felt not being able to talk to anyone about the demonic son she had, because he was a perfect psychopath who knew how to fool everyone, except his mother, because he knew that no one would believe anything she told him, because to the world he was a tender and loving child who had nothing wrong with him when the reality was different, and only Eva knew it.

   

   Primero debo decir que la gente de la ciudad donde vivián ellos eran una mierda, o son una mierda, Eva no tiene la culpa por las acciones de Kevin, así que el mal trato que ella recibió después de que sucediera todo lo que sucede está completamente injusticado, las veces que la escupieron, le dieron cachetadas, la pintura que le arrojaron a la casa y a su carro, el empleo que sufrió, nojoda, yo hubiera sido Eva y a cada persona que me insultara hubiera recurrido al mismo método que usó Kevin como su última hazaña contra el mundo y su madre.

   Habiendo dicho eso, y ahora un poco más en calma, no me imagino lo sola que debía sentirse Eva al no poder hablar con nadie sobre el hijo demoníaco que tenía, pues era un perfecto psicópata que sabía engañar a todo el mundo, excepto a su madre, porque sabía que nadie le creería nada de lo que ella contara, porque para el mundo era un niño tierno y cariñoso que no tenía nada de malo, cuando la realidad era otra, y solo Eva lo sabía.

   

   

   

   All the problems would have been solved for Eva if she would have had psychological therapy, that is, if she would have gone to therapy, sooner or later Kevin was going to end up in therapy too, and maybe, just maybe, that would have been the solution, or one of the many ways to prevent everything Kevin did, because if he really was a psychopath, there would be no way to avoid it, maybe redirect his attention and thoughts to something productive and not have him planning mass murders as a hobby.

   Fuck Kevin, Ezra Miller was completely awesome in that performance and it's one of my favorites, although honestly speaking, all the actors who played Kevin were amazing, the little one, the medium, and the big one, and thinking about it, the medium was the one I liked the most, because fuck, being this unbearable in life on purpose came very naturally to him, and it wasn't really forced either, and the strongest conversations were just him, at least before everything happened.

   

   Todos los problemas se hubieran solucionado para Eva si ella hubiera tenido terapia psicológica, o sea, si ella hubiera ido a terapia, tarde o temprano Kevin iba a terminar en terapia también, y quizás, solo quizás, esa hubiera sido la solución, o una de las muchas de las muchas maneras en prevenir todo lo que hizo Kevin, porque si de verdad era un psicópata, no habría forma alguna de evitarlo, quizás redirigir su atención y pensamientos hacia algo productivo y no tenerlo planeando asesinatos en masa como pasatiempo.

   Pinche Kevin, Ezra Miller se lució por completo en esa actuación y es una de mis favoritas, aunque hablando honestamente, todos los actores que hicieron de Kevin fueron increíbles, el pequeño, el mediano y el grande, y pensándolo bien, el mediano fue el que más me gustó, porque joder, ser así de insoportable en la vida apropósito le salía muy natural, y tampoco es que fuera muy forzoso, la verdad, y las conversaciones más fuertes justo las tuvo él, al menos antes de que todo pasara.

   

   

   

   My favorite conversation of all is when Eva is explaining to him that she's going to have a baby sister and that he's going to have to take care of her and love her a lot, Kevin tells her that it's not going to be like that, and she tells him that she's going to have to get used to it and then she'll come to love it, and he tells her that it's not like that, that getting used to things is not loving them, because she was used to him and didn't love him. FUCK. That scene gives me everything, I love it, and Tilda's traumatized face was priceless, during that scene and throughout the whole movie.

   One of my favorite things is the desperate narrative that the movie has, it jumps from the past to the present as it pleases, putting memories from the past with scenes from the present, that narrative is incredible and turns the movie into something more real than we would like because that's reality, we are constantly having memories of things that happened and we can't do anything to avoid it, and that her memories have been so traumatic just makes everything worse.

   

   Mi conversación favorita de todas es cuando Eva le está explicando que va a tener una hermanita y que él va a tener que cuidarla y quererla mucho, Kevin le dice que no va a ser así, y ella le dice que va a tener que acostumbrarse y así la llegará a amar, y él le dico que no es así, que acostumbrarse a las cosas no es amarlas, porque ella estaba acostumbrada a él y no lo amaba. JODER. Esa escena me da de todo, la amo, y la cara de traumada de Tilda no tenía precio, durante esa escena y durante toda la película.

   Una de mis cosas favoritas es la narrativa desesperante que tiene la película, salta del pasado al presente como le da la gana, metiendo recuerdos del pasado con escenas del presente, esa narrativa es increíble y vuelve a la película en algo más real de lo que quisiéramos, porque así es la realidad, estamos constantemente teniedndo recuerdos de cosas que pasaron y no podemos hacer nada para evitarlo, y que los recuerdos de ella hayan sido tan traumáticos solo vuelve todo peor.

   

   

   

   One thought came to my mind as I watched the movie for the fourth time and I laughed too hard while dismissing it, but I can't help but share it with you; that thought was that if I had known all the shit that awaited me in this world we are brought into by force and without consent, I would have made my family's life miserable too, I would have made them the hell my life was for a long time, but even so, I don't justify what Kevin did, ever, and I love the fact that at the end he said that for many years he thought he had a reason to have done it, but in reality, he didn't.

   There's the trailer! I am making this post half an hour before my psychiatrist appointment and I have never written so fast, anxiety helped me to write fast, but I do not recommend it at all, do not watch the movie, and if you have already seen it, watch it again, you will not regret it, although if you did not like it you will regret it.

   

   Un pensamiento llegó a mi mente mientras veía la película por cuarta vez y me reí demasiado a la vez que lo desechaba, pero no puedo dejar de compartírselos; ese pensamiento fue que si yo hubiera sabido toda la mierda que me esperaba en este mundo al que nos traen a la fuerza y sin consentimiento, yo también le hubiera hecho la vida imposible a mi familia, se las hubiera hecho el infierno en el que mi vida fue durante mucho tiempo, pero incluso así no justifico lo que hizo Kevin, nunca, y amo el hecho de que al final él dijera que durante muchos años creyó que tenía una razón para haberlo hecho, pero que en realidad no era así.

   ¡Ahí tienen el trailer! Hago esta publicación media hora antes de que me toque la cita con la psiquatra y nunca había escrito tan rápido, la ansiedad me ayudó a escribir rápido, pero no lo recomiendo en absoluto, no vean la película, y si ya la vieron, vuelvanla a ver, no se van a arrepentir, aunque si les no les gustó sí se van a arrepentir.

   

   

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4. ›[ENG-ESP] WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN (2011): A drama with very subliminal messages@universoperdido1678d

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   Is it possible that education in the nuclear family is so flawed in our system? What is evil? Can a person really be born evil? These are some of the questions that this film leaves us with: We Need to Talk About Kevin, which ends up being a powerful allegory about parents and the way they educate their children. This film contains a drama both ironic and biting, with very hard scenes that slowly reveal the mystery through the lives of its characters. In this film, we find one of the best performances of Tilda Swinton in her career, with other illustrative elements that serve to interpret what is to come.

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   ¿Es posible que la educación en el núcleo familiar esté tan fallida en nuestro sistema? ¿Qué es la maldad? ¿Una persona puede realmente nacer mala? Estas son algunas de las interrogantes que nos deja este filme: We Need to Talk About Kevin, que termina siendo una impactante alegoría sobre los padres y la manera en como educan a sus hijos. Esta película contiene un drama tanto irónico como mordaz, con unas escenas muy duras que van revelando lentamente el misterio a través de la vida de sus personajes. En dicha cinta, encontraremos una de las mejores actuaciones de Tilda Swinton en toda su carrera, con otros elementos ilustrativos que sirven para interpretar lo que vendrá.

   

   

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   We Need to Talk About Kevin, is a British psychological drama film released on October 21, 2011. It was directed by Lynne Ramsay based on the novel of the same name by Lionel Shriver. It was produced by BBC Films and distributed by Oscilloscope Laboratories. The starring cast included Tilda Swinton as Eva Khatchadourian, John C. Reilly as Franklin Plaskett and Ezra Miller as Kevin Khatchadourian. Music was scored by Jonny Greenwood and cinematography by Seamus McGarvey. The film has a running time of 112 minutes and can currently be found on Amazon Prime.

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   We Need to Talk About Kevin, es una película británica de drama psicológico estrenada el 21 de octubre del 2011. Fue dirigida por Lynne Ramsay basándose en la novela homónima de Lionel Shriver. Fue producida por la BBC Films y distribuida por la Oscilloscope Laboratories. El elenco protagónico estuvo caracterizado por Tilda Swinton como Eva Khatchadourian, John C. Reilly como Franklin Plaskett y Ezra Miller como Kevin Khatchadourian. La música fue realizada por Jonny Greenwood y la fotografía por Seamus McGarvey. El filme tiene una duración de 112 minutos y puede hallarse actualmente en Amazon Prime.

   

   

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   Eva and Franklin are a couple very satisfied with their relationship, having a harmonious life until one day they decide to have a baby almost forty years old. With doubts, they decide to have Kevin, a child who from an early age begins to present a hostile personality towards his mother. Knowing Kevin's problems and way of being so different from other children, Eva decides to look at him with strangeness instead of seeking professional help, later she will realize that Kevin's personality will lead him down a much more frightening path.

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   Eva y Franklin son una pareja muy satisfecha con su relación, teniendo una vida armoniosa hasta que un día deciden tener un bebé casi con cuarenta años de edad. Con dudas, deciden tener a Kevin, un niño que desde temprana edad comienza a presentar una personalidad hostil hacia su madre. Sabiendo los problemas de Kevin y manera de ser tan diferente a la de los demás niños, Eva decide mirarlo con extrañeza en vez de buscarle ayuda profesional, más tarde se dará cuenta, que la personalidad de Kevin lo llevará por un camino mucho más aterrador.

   

   

   

   

   

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   The film presents a very raw nature where interpretation is at the mercy of each individual. The sequencing is well done and the director does a great job in presenting us with two scenarios: one where the events have already occurred and the other where we will be guided towards them. To give us a better perception, Ramsay uses suggestive images in which the color red is present. At the beginning of the film we will see Eva in a tomato festival in Spain, bathed in tomato juice and suspended in the happy air by a group of people making with her body the pose of crucifixion; an element that reveals the terrible ordeal that the protagonist will suffer.

   The color red can represent two things: death and love, and in these two elements we can find them in the film. Without many spoilers, I will only say that we must be attentive to these details, and not only to the plot that is also important but the psychological game that is presented to us as well.

   I liked how the use of flashbacks was balanced in the film, leaving us with doubts and at the same time slowly getting us into the context until we find out what happened. I was a little frustrated at first not knowing why the film was called that, and started looking for culprits, but it was my impatience that didn't want to hold on as it should. The plot seems to show us about the flaws that exist within a nuclear family, or teach us that the psychopathic tendencies of a person can be generated from an early age, either case is valid as the film can be observed objectively from different points.

   Here we see Eva; played by Tilda Swinton, a mother who observes her son Kevin with concern and fear, because when she realized at an early age that her son is very different from other children, she did not seek professional help and tried to completely ignore what she was contemplating with her eyes. The truth is that Swinton's performance has been excellent, as she gave that touch of strength and at the same time vulnerability to the character, gradually taking us with her expressions and dialogues to the heart of the story.

   Franklin; Kevin's father, represents the typical adult who believes he has a perfect family, ignoring Eva's concerns about Kevin and taking refuge in the fact that it's just her own thing and that his son is fine. This thinking is typical of people in general, as it is more comfortable to believe that everything is perfect instead of listening and looking for a solution. John C. Reilly as Franklin, does not have much prominence in the story, however his actions make a lot of weight within the plot. Then we have Kevin, the little problem child with an expert tendency to manipulate even at a young age. The character of teenage Kevin is played by Ezra Miller, that androgynous boy who shows us looks of rancor and coldness. As the story goes in sequence, we wonder about Kevin's twisted personality: Is it possible that his parents failed to give him the attention Kevin deserved as a child? I certainly don't think so.

   In the film, we see how Eva is a good mother to Kevin, she cares for him and cleans up his messes, she tries to create a loving bond with the boy but he won't allow it. To his mother he is hostile and to his father he presents a good boy personality, this is perhaps because Kevin has only created this loving bond with his father for some apparent reason, leaving his mother aside and seeing her as a threat. This also borders on incestuous or maybe it goes very deep into it, the truth is that it is an aspect that I can not connect very well but it is very possible the second.

   Opinión personal

   La película presenta una naturaleza muy cruda donde la interpretación está a merced de cada quien. La secuencia está bien hecha y la directora hace un gran trabajo en presentarnos dos escenarios: uno donde los sucesos ya ocurrieron y el otro donde nos guiarán hacia ellos. Para darnos una mejor percepción, Ramsay utiliza imágenes sugestivas en las que está presente el color rojo. Al principio de la película veremos a Eva en un festival de tomates en España, bañada con jugo de tomate y suspendida en el aire feliz por un grupo de personas haciendo con su cuerpo la pose de la crucifixión; un elemento que nos revela el terrible calvario que la protagonista sufrirá.

   El color rojo puede representar dos cosas: La muerte y el amor, y en estos dos elementos podemos encontrarlos en la película. Sin muchos spoilers, solo diré que hay que estar atentos a estos detalles, y no solo a la trama que también es importante pero el juego psicológico que se nos presenta también.

   Me gustó como estaba equilibrado el uso de los flashbacks en el filme, dejándonos con dudas y al mismo tiempo metiéndonos lentamente en el contexto hasta averiguar que pasó. Me sentía algo frustrado al principio por no saber porque la película se llamaba así, y comencé a buscar culpables, pero fue mi impaciencia la que no quiso sujetarse como se debe. La trama parece mostrarnos sobre las fallas que existen dentro de un núcleo familiar, o enseñarnos que las tendencias psicópatas de una persona pueden generarse desde muy temprana edad, cualquiera de los dos casos son válidos ya que la película puede observarse objetivamente desde diferentes puntos.

   Aquí vemos a Eva; interpretada por Tilda Swinton, una madre que observa a su hijo Kevin con preocupación y miedo, pues al darse cuenta a temprana edad que su hijo es muy diferente a los otros niños, no buscó ayuda profesional y trató de ignorar por completo lo que contemplaba con sus ojos. La verdad es que la interpretación de Swinton ha sido excelente, pues le dio ese toque de fuerza y a la vez vulnerabilidad al personaje, llevándonos paulatinamente con sus expresiones y diálogos al meollo de la historia.

   Franklin; el padre de Kevin, representa al típico adulto que cree tener una familia perfecta, ignorando las inquietudes de Eva sobre Kevin y cobijándose en que solo son cosas de ella y que su hijo está bien. Este pensamiento es típico en las personas en general, ya que es más cómodo creer que todo está perfecto en lugar de escuchar y buscar una solución. John C. Reilly como Franklin, no tiene mucho protagonismo en la historia, sin embargo sus acciones hacen mucho peso dentro de la trama. Luego tenemos a Kevin, el pequeño niño problema con una tendencia experta a manipular ya a temprana edad. El personaje de Kevin adolescente es interpretado por Ezra Miller, ese chico andrógino que nos muestra miradas de rencor y frialdad. A medida que la historia va en secuencia, nos preguntamos sobre la personalidad retorcida de Kevin: ¿Es posible que sus padres hayan fallado por no darle la atención que Kevin merecía de pequeño? Ciertamente, no lo creo.

   En la película, vemos como Eva es una buena madre con Kevin, se preocupa por él y limpia sus porquerías, intenta crear un vínculo amoroso con el niño pero él no lo permite. Ante su madre es hostil y ante su padre presenta una personalidad de niño bueno, esto quizás se deba a que Kevin solo ha creado este vínculo amoroso con su padre por alguna razón aparente, dejando a su madre a un lado y viéndola como una amenaza. Esto también roza en lo incestuoso o quizás profundiza mucho en ello, la verdad que es un aspecto que no logro conectar muy bien pero es muy posible lo segundo.

   

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   Conclusions

   We Need to Talk About Kevin, is a drama that will make you question whether the absence of goodness in a person can manifest itself from birth. Society also stigmatizes parents for the actions of their children, and that is another aspect of this harshly presented film. Here we see a family that seems typical, but within it lies the seed of evil. I never knew at the end if Eva felt love for Kevin or if it was the guilt of not helping him in time, but the film masterfully leaves that question up to us to finish it with a flourish.

   Conclusiones

   We Need to Talk About Kevin, es un drama que te hará cuestionar si la ausencia de bondad de una persona puede manifestarse a partir del nacimiento. La sociedad también estigmatiza a los padres por los actos de los hijos, y ese es otro aspecto que nos presenta este filme tan duramente presentado. Aquí vemos una familia que parece la típica, pero dentro de ella se encuentra la semilla del mal. Nunca supe al final si Eva sentía amor por Kevin o era la culpa de no ayudarlo a tiempo, pero el filme magistralmente deja a nuestra merced dicha incógnita para terminarlo con broche de oro.

   

   

   

   Written by @universoperdido. November 23, 2021

   Escrito por @universoperdido. 23 de Noviembre del 2021

   

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5. ›We Need To Talk About Kevin - Movie Review@coldsteem3146d

   

   If you like dark films with an independent streak, then you are bound to enjoy We Need to Talk About Kevin. The film is based on a book by the same name penned by Lionel Shriver (nee Margaret Ann Shriver). I was particularly interested in this film because Shriver is a fellow Carolinian. While her book takes the form of letters, the film uses vignettes to create the same effect. The process gives the viewer glimpses into a story that slowly evolves as we put the pieces together.

   

   We Need To Talk About Kevin is told from the perspective of Kevin’s mother, Eva Khatchadourian (Tilda Swinton), whose sporadic memories splice together into an intriguingly dark story. When we meet her, she appears to be pulling her life together from fragments that indicate she is a pariah. We wonder what skeleton in her closet has led to her house being splattered in red paint. We wonder how she went from an apparently comfortable lifestyle to working in a low rent travel agency. Her memories form the shell of story that creeps forward from an unwanted pregnancy.
   
   Eva’s pregnancy resulted in the birth of a boy named Kevin (Ezra Miller, Jasper Newell, Rock Duer). Eva has an unbearable relationship with Kevin that is strained from birth. This strikes her husband, Franklin (John C. Reilly) as odd, since Kevin appears to be the perfect child when he is around. As Kevin grows older, he becomes locked into a battle of wills with Eva, creating emotionally draining consequences. He is eventually joined by a younger sister, Celia (Ashley Gerasamovich). Celia seems to idolize Kevin even though he treats her like dirt. Celia and Eva have a comfortable relationship. When Eva expresses her concerns about Kevin with Franklin, her complaints fall on deaf ears. Franklin is convinced that the conflict is in Eva’s own head. Kevin’s warning signs are ignored with fatal consequence.

   

   I found the characters to be intriguing, although the strained relationship was tedious at times. I initially felt that the childhood Kevin was exaggerated. The actions of this child seemed unrealistic at times. When I considered that these events were being recalled by Eva it made more sense. I believe that the portrayal was being presented from Eva’s perspective which may have included her own perceptions (hence the exaggeration). The use of vignettes was effective at building suspense but also seemed to bog down at times. The film felt slow and labored in some sequences. Even when the pacing made me wiggle in my seat, I was still held by the dark undercurrents of the film. The story was also a tad bit predictable, but it was like watching a train wreck. The story was in the telling. I found I enjoyed it in spite of the pacing and predictability.

   

   Tilda Swinton was awesome as Eva. Her performance surprised me. Her performance was essential to the success of this film. Her frustration and impatience was palpable at times. I felt her aggravation effectively, which is a tribute to her incredible skill. Without the tension she created, the pacing of this film would have lost me. Reilly is a great actor. I am glad, for a guy who lacks George Clooney looks, it is nice to see him getting plenty of work. He is far more talented than Clooney. Hollywood has a tendency to be superficial, so I am glad when guys like Reilly or Giamatti get the work their talent deserves. The two older actors that portrayed Kevin also did an excellent job. Miller and Newell both conveyed a disturbing darkness that would have made me sleep with one eye open. Great casting helped this sluggish film tremendously.

   

   We Need To Talk About Kevin received a well-deserved R rating from the MPAA. This dark film was probably a bit deep for younger teens. The subject matter is dark, violent and disturbing. The subject has a “Columbine” type of depth that may be a lot for young viewers to process. The film also includes strong language, actual violence (somewhat graphic) and some sensuality. The adult themes are limited and have limited nudity in low lighting. The violence and the angle it takes in this film is, by far, the most disturbing aspect of the movie. I would limit viewing to at least a mid-teen audience.
   
   If you like dark films and can handle the disturbing subject matter then We Need To Talk About Kevin may be a film you enjoy. The choppy nature of the scenes allows viewers to begin piecing together the story in a gumshoe manner. Swinton’s performance adds a dimension of suspense that helped this film reach a crescendo in spite of the sluggish pacing. While it was tediously slow at times, I was riveted by Swinton’s performance (as well as the actors portraying Kevin). The subject matter is dark, but handled efficiently. There is enough gore factor and delicate subject matter to deserve the R rating, so younger teens may not be right for this film. 8/10.

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