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The River (2012)
You'll get seasick
Unwatchable!
The assumed 'fixed' cameras they allegedly put every couple of yards have a downgraded picture quality, so that you 'know' it's one of those fixed ones.
The other 2 cameras are hand-cameras apparently held by people with Parkinson's disease, with any stabilizer switched off, so that it looks more like 'authentic' documentary footage, but it just makes you seasick.
Also the stuff the Spanish speaking girl utters is very badly translated.
Switched it off after 20 minutes.
Avoid at any costs!
Game of Thrones (2011)
Great views
Besides the very interesting and complex story the landscape is fantastic, the costumes impressing and detailed. The actors are first rate and the story is not for the faint of heart. Definitely no children's book! The special effects are very good for a TV show and they don't overdo it. I never saw anything like it and I'm glad that for once I did not read the books first, which can be a bummer if you have a vivid imagination and the director has a different one. The High Definition makes every detail stand out beautifully, even too detailed for some scenes. For example the little girl's rapier, named 'Needle' has a clearly visible round security tip at the supposedly pointy end, which is the only complaint I have.:-)
Buena Vista Social Club (1999)
It was an accident!
Most people don't seem to have seen the movie from the very beginning. Cooder and Wenders were in Cuba to film with some Japanese Musicans who had problems with their visas or whatever and didn't make it in time, so they just went to look for some local musicians in order not to waste their time in Cuba. The revelation and worldwide success of these oldtimers was by pure chance and not by design. In my eyes that makes it more 'documentary' than any preconceived plans that other such movies had. They called off the artists from whatever jobs or duties they were doing at that exact time. Ibrahim Ferrer for example was shining shoes at that time and didn't even get the time to shower before they recorded the album.
Give the guys a break!