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Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)
It was so ridiculous that it was funny
I am really amazed how many good reviews I am seeing on this site for this movie. Although I must admit it wasn't really bad, I would never called it good. A lot of people have pointed out, the photography, the music...all the technical things, and I must admit that indeed they are very well done. The main problem of this movie wasn't in that, it was in the casting and the plot. So the movie begins, and as almost it begins the action too, which as all of the people who watched, I too love my action, but in giving the "action" the audience wanted I understood nothing about the plot, because it was never developed. I never got what were those white humans, why were they white, and why did they capture people for the blood, and I must admit I have never watched Mel Gibson's movie or read the comics (I heard there were comics about it), but a movie shouldn't need the help of other mediums, specially when its not a sequel. So I didn't either understand why the wives were so important. The second problem was the casting, Charlize Theron stole the whole movie. Between the supposedly main character Max and the wives, it was like I was seeing a high school play instead of a movie, and as I said Charlize Theron didn't help matters by showing the great actress she is. The third thing that was an issue or maybe not was the ridiculousness of everything, starting with the guitarist playing the guitar while thousands of people were dying around him, every time I saw him, I laugh my head off. Then you have the medical stuff, the blood transfusion while not even caring the type of blood of the donor. And look, I do not have a problem with a little fantasy in my movies, but in a world that was stated that it came from ours, it was unbelievable. Then the funniest thing were the people flying on the poles (I loved the acrobatics) And I'm sure the movie wasn't supposed to be a comedy, but it ended up being that. Anyhow at the end of it, I suppose it was entertaining, even with its faults.
La Vénus à la fourrure (2013)
Bitter moon improved.
One thing that movie fans should be reminded is that Roman Polansky is not everyone's cup of tea. In fact Roman Polansky is no newbie in exploring the dynamics of being dominant and submissive in a relationship. As if you have seen "Bitter moon" you must already know that. And if people found boring "Carnage" (which is one of my favorites by him) because it had just fours actors and one scenario, then they are going to find this one even more boring by having just two. To me that is the magic of Polansky, he can keep us in trance with an old theater and just his favorite actress and a Polansky look alike two thousand years younger old actor. I must confess I have never read the original book or watch the original play which this is based to, I don't think it is necessary to do it to really grasp what is happening here. The thing here is that, there is a woman and a man, in different hierarchies, they are no equals. He is a writer who will stage his adapted play and she is an actress looking for a job. In fact during the whole movie/play they never reach equality, there is always one on top and one who is submissive, but who is playing which role is for the audience to interpret. I must admit that when I saw the trailer and saw that Emmanuelle Seigner was in it, I had my doubts that she could pull once again the sensuality that is due to the role, after all she is already fifty, she doesn't have anymore that innocent and sensual look that she had when she was twenty years younger. But not only she pulled the role, she made it hers in my point of view. It is really intriguing to see how she takes this stranger and changes him and manipulates him with just her sensuality. In fact I found it a little bit scary the power that this woman had. I really enjoyed this movie and would recommend to any fan of Roman Polansky or to people who is interest in the dynamics of human relationships.