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Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005)
A wasted opportunity
Ups and downs. The movie is certainly the best of the 3 prequels, but it still has problems. I loved the path that led Anakin to the dark side, very well written, and Christensen is very good. But, on the other hand, many of the climax scenes lack pathos: Obi Wan's reaction to Anakin killing the children, Padme's reaction to Obi Wan's report about Anakin's actions, for instance. The final battle between Obi Wan and Anakin is more a show off of abilities than a fight for survival and the sake of the galaxy (in their different point of view) and, again, it's flat and void of emotions. Many of the action scenes are spectacular and enjoyable, but just a moment after people are always too well combed, clean and fresh (dirty ripped clothes, dirty sweaty face, some scratches and blood here and there could help give the idea of what they've just been through. Again, they fail to give you the feeling of 'miraculously escaped from impending death'. Speaking of lack of emotional involvement, if someone told me I could watch Luke and Leia's birth without crying, I wouldn't have believed it. Sad but true, I was far from crying because of awful directing and poor screenplay. The only scene that managed to involve me on an emotional level was mutilated Anakin sliding in the lava and taking fire, but when he's rescued by Palpatine and bionic legs are put on him BEFORE curing and even washing his burned skin (or even remove his burned clothes!!!) it's simply ridiculous. Padme's death totally lacks pathos, again, and remains a mystery. Furthermore, she has just given birth to two children, isn't this enough reason to live? Has she been killed by Palpatine? If so, it's not clear. Last but not least, what about an echography? The story is set in a hyper- technological world and she had to wait to childbirth to discover she was carrying two babies. Jedi are definitely out of touch with the real world, too busy keeping the order and balance in the galaxy I guess, OK, but in the end, when Obi Wan asks Padme if the baby is Anakin's I laughed. Padme's been living with Anakin for at least 3 years and I bet Threepio is innocent.
Wiedzmin 2: Zabójcy królów (2011)
awesome
Finally, I'm not feeling like a mature woman playing with her children's toys! This game treats you like an adult, sentient being unlike Bethesda's works. Amazing immersing non-linear story where your choices MATTER. Highest re-playability since there are two totally different main scenarios in which you can still do things in a very different way. Thankfully European countries are not sexuophobic *clears throat* and sex is treated as it should be: a part of life. The game has technical issues, a messy inventory and an almost useless map on the xbox 360 version, but I don't care, I'm finally feeling like my intelligence is RESPECTED. Many don't like the combat system but I enjoyed it, a good mix of strategy and action.
Hercules (2014)
no, just no
I stopped watching it after half an hour. Movies like Star Wars: Attack of the Clones have the same flaws (bad directing and awful screenplay) but at least they have awesome special effects and compelling action scenes. In this movie also CGI is cheap and the duel in the opening scene is ridiculous. Beautiful landscapes, that's the only good point and the reason I gave it 3/10 instead of 0 I don't demand historical accuracy or a perfect knowledge of classical mythology to enjoy a movie. I loved The Gladiator, for instance, but if you have to cook something up, do it well. Or, at least, don't call it 'Hercules' but give it a fantasy name.
The Physician (2013)
a wonderful fantasy story
VERY VERY loosely based on 'Medicus' by Noah Gordon, a book I read twice and which I love very much. Other reviewers have already spoken about the historical inaccuracy of the movie so I will not go into details. I don't like it either, BUT, if you consider this movie a fantasy tale set in a medieval-like world, it's a wonderful compelling story with well written characters and great actors. I decided to forget the movie was based on a book I love and that it was supposed to be set in a particular moment in real history, and I enjoyed it very much. I also fell in love with the Shah, a character that you are brought to hate and despise in the beginning and that you love and admire in the end (when he closely resembles the Asian version of Aragorn oh my God what a man). I loved Ben Kingsley's performance and the way Ibn Sina was portrayed despite the historical inaccuracy, the scene of his death included, very poetic and moving. I tend to like movies with my heart and soul as well as with my mind, and since I cared for the characters and in the end I was moved to tears, I give it a 9/10
Avatar (2009)
I rate it 10 but it deserves more!
First, I apologize for my not perfect English, I'm Italian :) I saw Avatar this evening for the first time, I had read a lot of reviews before, and many of them talked about a simple story, nothing new, a sort of "alien Pocahontas" and so on... Well, I found it quite new as a storyline, I had never seen a movie talking about a planet where all the living beings are connected as cells of an organism... well, the Navi DO look like the American natives, and their respect and love for nature is quite similar to theirs, while the bad guys are, again, the white men destroying everything that stands between them and the money. Already seen? Maybe, but, not enough, since white men continue to behave that way. As far as I know it is the first time that, in a movie, we are the alien invaders, until now we've always been represented as the good, peaceful inhabitants of a blue harmless planet, that is invaded by ugly bad hyper-technological aliens. Well, this time the ugly bad hyper-technological alien is US, invading and destroying other people's planets. And I think this is how the American natives should have seen us coming from the ocean sometime ago. Another very strong and innovative theme is the possibility to leave our goofy bodies to enter the Navi's very agile, elegant and strong ones(or better, the Avatar's) and return in Paradise Lost to live a life of pure freedom and contemplation. We feel the joy of moving, running, flying and jumping in spaces of huge immensity and beauty, spaces and beauty that we had on Earth and that we gave away for light beer and blue jeans. Perfect bodies we ruined together with our Mother Earth: the Navi are what human kind should have and could have been. The story of a virtual life lived through the connection between our brain and a machine is not new, but this time it's completely different: here Jack leaves a ruined body and a dying planet to enter another one as real as his own, for a life on a planet that is as real as ours, but healthy, intact and full of life. We humans are no more able to use the energy that we borrowed and that we shall give back one day, and we are non more able to live in harmony with Creation. Cameron underlines this quite well: at the beginning of his adventure inside the Avatar Jack moves like a bulldozer inside the jungle and he's heard by all the living beings all around, who try to catch him like a fat stupid pig escaped from the farm. In that moment we feel Pandora as the hell full of monsters described by colonel Quaritch, but here comes Neytiri, who teaches Jack, and us, what Pandora is, a wonderful world where danger is only for those who don't know it. You should watch this movie with your heart, otherwise you'll miss the core: there is a deep connection among all the living beings, and if we learn to feel it, the connection, and try to believe in a bit of magic, the tree of souls (did I translate correctly?) gets really powerful, it does things, such as sending animals of the forest to battle, move a soul from a body to another... Cameron has created something very strong and true, very alien but at the same time very familiar. For about three hours I've been a Navi, I have fought with them, cheered and cried with them, I felt quite normal being blue and with a long tail, so that when the movie ended and the light turned on, I wondered finding myself surrounded by so many strange, small, ugly, pink aliens with no tail and too many fingers in their hands :))) I call it masterpiece, if the word means "something that becomes part of you and that makes you feel as if the things happening are happening to you, something that keep your eyes open even when you are already at home, it's two o'clock in the night, and the movie is finished from many hours".
About the 3D and the effects all there was to say has been said: just amazing, breathtaking, wonderful and powerful. Keep on with the good work, James. Weta, you already stole my heart with LOTR, what can I say? You are great! I can't wait to see LOTR in 3D made by you, and the sequel of Avatar, too, of course!!!
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
simply perfect!
Let's talk about a masterpiece! I've already seen it three times and don't get tired of it, the more I see it the more I love it. I'm getting addict to this movie, it's turning into obsession. Pj is a real genius, he pulled the characters out of the books and put them into the movie, Sean Bean's Boromir is even better than Tolkien's one. Amazing photography, excellent screenplay. And a great cast of sublime actors (never seen so many TRUE tears on the screen before).