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Sonic Impact (1999)
Average...
After three years of pursuit, FBI agent Nick Halton manages to capture criminal Jeremy Barrett. Since the trial will be held in New York, Nick hands over custody of the criminal to agent Taja, who will accompany him on a commercial flight. Due to technical problems on the plane, Jeremy manages to escape, takes a passenger hostage and changes the flight route. To resolve the impasse once and for all and control the situation, Nick risks his life, takes a helicopter and, tied up by cables, plans to enter the plane through a hole in the fuselage, caused by a small explosion.
This is one of those films that if we ever got on a plane with a handcuffed prisoner we would wonder, "when will he attack?" A good fiction, but very much fiction, considering the hypothetically implausible situations, but cinematically authentic, predictable outcome, I watched a pirated version with highly questionable quality, which probably influenced my judgment and made it less than captivating... Average...
Les Lyonnais (2011)
A good film about the life of crime and redemption of Edmond "Momom" Vidal...
This is the story of Edmond Vidal, better known as Momom, a boy who spent his entire childhood in a poor gypsy camp. With a strong sense of family and loyalty, he and his childhood friend Serge began committing petty thefts and ended up involved in organized crime. In the 1970s, the two formed the Gang des Lyonnais, becoming recognized as the greatest criminals of the time. After an arrest in 1974, Momom and Serge drifted apart. Today, almost 60 years old, Edmond wants to forget his past and live his life with his family... But the past will come knocking on his door again, in the form of Serge.
The plot has a very good premise, based on real events, which I really love. However, I started out feeling motivated, and the motivation didn't come during the film, although there were several interesting scenes and a few disgusting ones of torture, a beautiful story of love between bandits, society, friendship, complicity and betrayal, great elements for a good thriller, which didn't captivate me as much as I thought it would... A good film about the life of crime and redemption of Edmond "Momom" Vidal...
Ghost Town (2009)
Bbetter than a silly slapstick comedy...
During a field trip, a group of young students' bus gets lost and they end up stopping in an old abandoned city. But before they can find the right way, strange events haunt them, since the city holds macabre secrets from the past. There, they will have to fight against mysterious forces that may prevent them from leaving the place alive.
A silly horror film, with weak effects (the shaky camera, lol), everything very cliché, nothing very cool, predictable script, it would be more interesting if the film itself didn't take itself so seriously, few funny scenes (none), the teenagers are boring and caricatured (and they always figure out how to exterminate ghosts), like we all have been, luckily it's not very long, a good boring pastime for boring days, better than a silly slapstick comedy...
The War of the Roses (1989)
"A man does not surpass a woman when it comes to revenge or love."
Lawyer D'Amato tells the story of the Roses' marriage and separation to a client, to dissuade him from filing for divorce. Oliver is a promising lawyer who meets gymnast Barbara. They fall in love, get married, have two children, become rich and start living in a mansion in Washington, but their married life starts to become boring. The fights increase with the separation process until they become an open war, the central point of dispute being the magnificent house in which they live.
"A man does not surpass a woman when it comes to revenge or love." Very funny, and it seems unimaginable and exaggerated, but as a tax auditor we read some contentious divorce cases (rare, but it happens frequently) that are just as absurd, and the saddest thing is, they are truly apocalyptic... All couples at the end of a relationship should watch the film, funny, but emblematic and full of nuances that can be analyzed, almost a social experiment.... The couple is magnificent, perfect chemistry...
Nam yee boon sik (2007)
I had to make a certain effort to sympathize with them
Three police officers team up to capture a gang of robbers. One (Nicolas Tse) wants revenge for the death of his fiancée in an explosion caused by the bandits after a robbery. Another (Shawn Yue) wants payback for the humiliation caused by these men, who also injured his companions. And the third (Jaycee Chan) wants to discover the connection between the bandits and his missing brother, also a police officer.
I had to make a certain effort to sympathize with them, the script itself is quite captivating, it lacked a hint of humor, these police action dramas are always very serious, except for the tiny scene with the old man who writes the ticket and the old lady, there is little that escapes the brutal realism of the world of drug trafficking, crime, corruption and police persecution, and as such it does not always have a happy ending, despite the sense of justice and hope for equality. Anyway, an interesting film, although almost tiring, but good...
Chariots of Fire (1981)
The post-film life of the protagonists was even more admirable...
In 1924, two British athletes compete against each other in the Summer Olympics. One of them is a devout missionary who runs in the name of God. The other is a Jewish student who runs to be famous and escape prejudice. Winner of the Oscar for Best Picture, among others.
When the soundtrack transcends the film (which causes me so much emotion), a good film, but it becomes uninteresting as the expectation created around it succumbs to the almost tedious scenes of training, superficial family relationships of the protagonists, although it is a beautiful biography (rigid) and a beautiful tribute, it also portrays the beginning of the Olympic Games in the modern era, however, the post-film life of the protagonists was even more admirable...
Beaches (1988)
A box office success and a classic for fans, passionately emotional and fun...
In this portrait of a strong friendship, the restless C. C. Bloom and the aristocrat Hillary Whitney share the ups and downs of their lives, divorces, careers, joys and sorrows. Throughout their lives, they have always been very good friends and together they will have to face the greatest of challenges.
Little Mayim Bialik was perfect with the mini-dear Bette Midler, whoever starts such a cute and cozy film can hardly imagine how much pain it can bring along, a dramatic comedy about a true, intense and timeless friendship between two girls/women with such different personalities, which causes them jealousy and admiration, care and security. A critical failure, but a box office success and a classic for fans, passionately emotional and fun...
Looking for the 2017 remake.
A Good Day to Die Hard (2013)
Bruce Willis remains handsome, virtuous and immortal...
After a few years without hearing from his son, John McClane discovers that he is imprisoned in Russia, accused of murder, and sets out to see him. Upon arriving in Moscow, however, he finds him fleeing the court where he was going to be tried, in the company of Yuri Komorov, a terrorist who claims to have compromising information that could implicate a Russian politician and oligarch, Chagarin. Father and son thus embark on a web of conspiracies in which they may end up dead, as they get closer again.
Binging the sequel Die Hard, and this version is cute with the troubled relationship between father and son, but it would have been a huge dramatic waste not to also have the daughter fight crime courageously... The film maintains the tension, shooting, beating and bombing, of the previous ones.
However, the script and the context of fighting terrorism are much better than the first two (skyscrapers and airports), but Bruce Willis remains handsome, virtuous and immortal...
The Verdict (1982)
Although predictable, an excellent production, exciting and captivating,
Frank Galvin (Paul Newman) is a lawyer whose career is in decline. He ends up participating in a case that has to do with incorrect medical practices performed on his client. At first, neither side wants to go to trial in court, but Galvin soon realizes that this would be the fairest thing to do, and decides to fight for his client with all his weapons.
I studied Law, but I never wanted to be a lawyer. I participated in a jury trial and fell in love with it. Courtroom movies deeply attract me, whether for the intellectual beauty and oratory of the great lawyers, or for the mastery in using words, written (law) and oral (defense/prosecution) in favor of their "side". Although predictable, an excellent production, exciting and captivating, Paul Newman ingeniously reminded me of Clint Eastwood, amidst so many uneven scales, a glimpse of justice, adorably comforting.
Hot Shots! (1991)
Better movies will come...
Sean "Topper" Harley is an arrogant pilot who is always competing with his teammates, mainly to erase the image left by his father in the Air Force _ a clumsy pilot _ and ends up getting involved in a series of confusions.
I know you can't expect much from satire movies, just silly jokes about situations that have already occurred in an infinitely worse way and generally meaningless and not very funny, no story, modest and stupid acting, pathetic effects, all good (it contains a lot of irony), but since we don't waste a bad movie and I'm marathoning ALL the movies on Stream Disney + Star, let's be strong and keep going, better movies will come...
Die Hard 2 (1990)
Good...
In Washington, a group of terrorists take over an international airport with the intention of rescuing a deported soldier involved in a major drug distribution scheme. Now John McClane (Bruce Willis), a hard-to-kill cop, will try to fight these bandits and at the same time go against the head of airport security and the stubborn commander of the anti-terrorist squad.
**English**
"Another pit, another elevator, how can this happen to one guy twice" Said Die Hard and to top it off his wife is held hostage again, both events at Christmas, very convenient, but it follows the pleasant line of the first one, great production, tension, innovation, and the immortal Bruce Willis, the protagonist redeeming himself with his family, swapping a skyscraper for an airport and airplanes, excellent choice, great effects, the scene of the airplane explosion, fantastic...
**English**
Die Hard (1988)
It has aged very well, with a lot of class...
Police officer John McClane flies to Los Angeles on Christmas Eve to meet his family. Arriving at the Nakatomi building for a party with his wife, terrorists take over the place and take everyone hostage. It's up to McClane, a simple police officer, to try to end the terrorist threat.
It has aged very well, with a lot of class, what a delightful franchise, many successors have tried to take it over, but few have been as successful, classic "High Temperature", cheesy Bruce Willis, and if it weren't for the paternal abandonment, well, it redeems itself, great effects, explosions, shootings, shattered glass, blood, a lovely dose of tension, ironic humor (how cute the lone cop), and as real as it is current, journalism a la Sonia Abrão Carniceira, policing's Ego dispute...
Fantastic Voyage (1966)
I love these creative minds, I'm passionate about miniaturization
To save the life of a politician who has brain cancer, a team of doctors and scientists decides to implement an unprecedented and very risky procedure. Using an innovative miniaturization technique, they are injected into the man's body and begin a journey through the human body towards the brain. But, once inside, they will have to face several challenges.
I love these creative minds, I'm passionate about miniaturization, but I'm left to philosophize, with such an extraordinary discovery, it could simply be used in such an ordinary way, "sacrificing" 6 renowned scientists to save a politician (if he were still a little child) in an experimental and suicidal act, apart from this bizarre fact, and unfortunately not so far from reality (after all, those with money hold power), the film is truly a fantastic journey... Delicious and creative...
The Monuments Men (2014)
Great cast, for a beautiful and somewhat boring homage/historical film...
During the decline of Hitler in Germany, a group of 13 experts from different countries is brought together to find works of art stolen by the Nazis during World War II. George Stout (George Clooney), an American officer and art conservator, leads the team.
MFAA was an Allied program in 1943, 400 military and civilian personnel, to protect works of art in World War II, and at its end to find and return items stolen/hidden by the Nazis, the Europeans were also supposed to return the works stolen from the countries subjugated by them in previous years... Great cast, for a beautiful and somewhat boring homage/historical film, good to see John Goodman and Bill Murray again... In the end, Nick, Clooney's father plays him in 1977...
Big Trouble in Little China (1986)
I found the movie quite boring...
Jack Burton, a truck driver with a big mouth, has a boring life as a lonely traveler on the roads that takes a supernatural turn when his best friend's fiancée is kidnapped. Trying to save her, Jack goes to the far reaches of Chinatown in San Francisco, a dirty world ruled by Lo Pan, a 2,000-year-old sorcerer who mercilessly presides over a kingdom of spirits. Battling demons and witnessing horrors, Jack fights with his weapons in Lo Pan's dark domain to save the girl.
When we watch old movies, we should be flexible enough to analyze them based on the year they were produced, so as not to run the risk of being unfair. However, I found the movie quite boring, and I love little monsters. The mystical part enchanted me, the magic with crass special effects, but none of that was enough to win my sympathy...
Bachelor Party (1984)
And I am extremely boring and impatient with the genre...
Rick Gasko (Tom Hanks) is a bus driver who is about to get married. However, his in-laws and his fiancée's ex-boyfriend hate him, which leads them to try to end their relationship. To make matters worse, Rick's friends decide to throw a party for his bachelor party, which, of course, will lead to a lot of trouble.
Think of an incredibly bad and boring movie, stupid, extremely stupid, super stupid, just stupid, silly, boring, totally unfunny, very, very 80s/90s style... And I am extremely boring and impatient with the genre... Poor Tom Hanks, who despite the bland script, manages to remain cute in a stupid role... To think that I used to like Porky's, lol, a thousand times worse and I thought it was super cool...
An Affair to Remember (1957)
Cute...
Nickie Ferrante (Cary Grant) and Terry McKay (Deborah Kerr) meet on an ocean liner and fall madly in love. Committed to other people, they arrange to meet at the Empire State Building, where incredible fate takes action to mark their lives forever.
Watching simultaneously, but alternately, Love Affair, from 1939, and its remake An Affair to Remember, from 1957, both maintain the same idea and even the repetition of dialogues, with the 57 version being slightly, but expanded with increased length, the colorized version from 39 brings it even closer to its successor, both in technical quality and in the final performance... So beautiful, moving, tragic, dramatic and romantic, the old-fashioned way... Cute...
Love Affair (1939)
Sweet...
The plot of Two Lives tells the story of a French playboy and an American singer who fall in love while on board a ship. There, they experience a great love and, when they say goodbye, they plan to meet again six months later, at the top of the Empire State Building in New York, when their lives are more stable and they are sure of their feelings.
Watching simultaneously, but alternately, Love Affair, from 1939, and its remake An Affair to Remember, from 1957, both maintain the same idea and even the repetition of dialogues, with the 57 version being slightly, but expanded with an increase in length, the colorized version from 39 brings it even closer to its successor, both in technical quality and in the final performance... So beautiful, moving, tragic, dramatic and romantic, the old-fashioned way... Sweet...
**P.
The Color of Money (1986)
Boring...
Eddie Felson is a former pool champion who decides to pass on his teachings to Vincent, a new talent, according to his intuition. However, the friendship between the two will not be so simple, each one is the product of a different generation and the conflict between playing for pleasure or simply for the money will arise at every moment.
I wish I hadn't developed a grudge against Tom Cruise (Scientology and paternal abandonment) so soon, not before watching most of his films, "He's a jerk" said by a character, about him, has never been so real...
The film is too boring, regardless of its acting, and reminded me of The Hustler, from 1961, because of the pool, which I was not surprised to find that it was a sequel, as forgettable as the original...
Ruthless People (1986)
Very sweet and funny...
Sam is a millionaire who is planning to kill his wife. He is overjoyed when he finds out that she has been kidnapped and that the kidnappers are threatening to kill her if he doesn't pay the ransom or notify the police. He doesn't pay the ransom and even notifies the police. But he has no idea that the kidnappers are Ken Kessler and Sandy Kessler, who just want revenge on Sam for stealing ideas from Sandy, who is a fashion designer.
The gratitude of the woman who loses 10 kg, lol, a lovely clumsy comedy, despite the title being a self-affirmation of attempted femicide where political incorrectness didn't exist before (let's ignore it), funny, the quartet I love DeVito, Midler (I love), Helen and Judge, with an 80s face and all the captivating charm that is peculiar to them... A betrayed woman with high self-esteem is capable of anything, lol, very sweet and funny...
*
The King of Comedy (1982)
"It's better to be a king for a night than an idiot for a lifetime." Wonderful...
A film full of irony that tells the story of Rupert Pupkin, an aspiring comedian obsessed with becoming a king of comedy. He meets his idol and asks to appear on his talk show, but he is always swindled. Pupkin does not give up and begins to show the sickest side of his obsession in the search for what he desires.
Joker is often cited by Phillips as being inspired by The King of Comedy and the film Taxi Driver. When two crazy people get together, it can be dangerous, lol, what a wonderful work, what a stupendous execution, so current, it has aged well and stylishly real, the stalkers in action, with severe psychological deviations, little sense of reality, a playfully tragic work... Robert De Niro and Sandra Bernhard, perfect... "It's better to be a king for a night than an idiot for a lifetime." Wonderful...
Red Sonja (1985)
Bad effects, but little children always win my heart, even when they are arrogant.
Sonja's peaceful life ends when her parents are murdered by Queen Gedren, who is waging a reign of terror and possesses a talisman that will allow her to annihilate the planet. Sonja is determined to avenge her parents' death and is granted extraordinary powers by a mysterious vision. However, she must swear that she will never fall in love with a man unless he is stronger than her. On her way to meet Queen Gedren, she encounters Kalidor, a stranger gifted with superior strength.
After its release, the film was a commercial and critical failure, and Arnold Schwarzenegger said in an interview that it was the worst film he had ever made. Who am I in the bread line to disagree? Hahaha. Red Sonja has appeared in countless titles, both as a solo protagonist and alongside Conan... But analyzing it coldly after its final outcome, it is slightly superior to Conan the Destroyer. Arnold was unfair... Bad effects, but little children always win my heart, even when they are arrogant.
Conan the Destroyer (1984)
Maybe because it's the worst of them all it was the one I disliked the least, brave...
Queen Taramis asks Conan to obtain a rare crystal for her in exchange for bringing back her deceased lover. However, Taramis actually has other plans for Conan.
As bad as its 1982 predecessor and its 2011 remake, but here at least we have some weird little monsters, some underrated carnivorous aborigines, an adorable little princess and a warrior who looks like she came from the Wankanda tribe, fearless and strong. However, what it has in beautiful photography it makes up for in terrible effects, and I'm not even referring to the period, it's really shallow, the least worst of them all, or maybe because it's the worst of them all it was the one I disliked the least, brave...
Conan the Barbarian (1982)
"What doesn't kill us makes us stronger"
Conan, still young, sees his village annihilated by a demonic sorcerer named Thulsa Doom and his parents murdered in front of him. Willing to take revenge, he develops incredible physical strength and sets out in search of Thulsa.
"What doesn't kill us makes us stronger" But it didn't even make us stronger, lol, what a boring movie, I didn't expect much, I don't like the story, the 2011 version must be slightly better (if not, at least with better effects and modernization) and I simply hated it, I didn't expect anything very promising, or I'm just too boring... Let's go to the last suffering, the 1984 version...
Wu xia (2011)
What a beautiful, passionate film...
A detective is sent to a village to investigate two deaths in which the "killer" is a common worker. Little by little he discovers that the victims were excellent Kung-Fu fighters. How can excellent fighters be killed by a common worker?
What a beautiful, passionate film, the photography is beautiful (the detail of the mosquito in the flesh), the fights are those dances, with amputations and blood (we love it)... Wuxia is a historical fantasy martial art, practiced by people from lower classes who fight for justice... Captivating characters, an excellently edited script and the help of a narrator (detective), a simple and even monotonous film, but which captured my attention with the development of the forensic investigation...