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Somebody Feed Phil (2018)
It's ok-good
Phil is going around the world to try all kinds of delicious food. The premise is nothing special if it was not for Phil's personality. That being said, there were times that I had enough of Phil's personality, and he became very repetitive. At times he was just too much for me because of the awkward/cringe moments. You need to like his 'caricature' style of hosting this show.
Ran (1985)
A must watch! 10/10
This is an epic masterpiece, i am simply out of words. It is a long film but worth every second. Not one minute of the movie is bad, or unnecessary. It is one of the best films ever made because the amazing story, acting, setting, and simply everything else. To be honest, i was looking for its flaws but it doesn't have any. However, if I would have to say something 'bad' about the movie, it would say that the the costumes of the actors feels too 80's like. But that is ok given that it is a 1985 movie.
Ai no mukidashi (2008)
100% Absolute garbage
Everything about this movie screams ''not worth watching''. It is totally unconvincing and the only group that might find this interesting is people between 12-16 year old that are idolizing Japanese pop culture. I never seen something so cringe worthy. I have no clue why it is ranked so high, but i guess that there are a lot of fanboys from this 'genre' that rank it up.
Revenge of the Green Dragons (2014)
Overall Decent acting, good story (the idea of it) but bad execution.
Another movie should be made that is based on Fredric Dannen's article which is titled "revenge of the green dragons" (published by The New Yorker, Nov, 16, 1992). The problem with this movie is that it is often too gory (or semi-gory depending on your definition) and violent. Instead of depicting a more realistic story it shows an overly sensationalized image of the gang. Sure, some of these events might have happened, however that doesn't mean that you have to show it in the way that they did. This would have been a decent fictional gory/overly violent gang movie if it was not based on the article that appeared in The New Yorker. Moreover, on numerous occasions i thought that the scenes were totally unrealistic, which prevented me from having that immersed film experience. You know, those moments where one is like "really?!?!". Additionally, there where scenes in which the acting - from certain secondary cast members - was unconvincing. Overall, i give it a 4/10.
Isle of Dogs (2018)
8/10 Amazing film
The storyline is fun,exciting and meaningful in the sense that it connects (indirectly) with reallife events. With the latter i mean that there are dark parallels between this story and historic reality. Moreover, the animation style, or technique that is used is simply amazing, the colors are vivid and the characters are lively. Its just a really interesting story, just watch it.
Love (2016)
The first 2 seasons where great (7.5/10) but not the third season. Overall a 5.
The first 2 seasons where great (7.5/10) but not the third season.The third season seemed to suffer from the typical case of "let this show die" syndrome. It is uninspired, especially when compared with the first two seasons, and i stopped caring for Gus and any of the other characters. Its a shame really, but we see this with a lot of TV series. Meaning the third season sucks compared with the first two. Moreover, the entire storyline doesnt add anything. Therefore, it went from a 7.0 to a 5.0 overall.
Fargo (2014)
Season 3
Season one and two are just amazing. However season three has too many 'humor-ish' moments in it. I personally think that the first two seasons were well balanced. And with the latter i mean a balance between serious thriller-ish elements and exaggerated/funny elements which made it NOT too much of a spoof (parody). Season three feels like a complete parody, or a bad pastiche of the first two seasons which is a shame because the first two seasons were really amazing.
Slam: Tutto per una ragazza (2016)
Really?
You will know the entire movie when you read the introduction which is: "Samuel is 16 and has a passion for skateboarding. He has big dreams: going to university, move to California, and travel, but things change when he meets Alice, who could be the girl of his life." Now the 'spoiler' is that Alice becomes pregnant from Samuel. The rest you can fill in with cliché moments such as the dilemma to have an abortion or to keep it. Because the movie is about 1.38.00 min long you already know which choice she makes.
Moreover, the acting is OK but some of the casting is unconvincing because for some reason Samuel only has really pretty girlfriends/F*** buddies/???. The latter part of the movie is a fast forward and can also be perceived as unconvincing or unrealistic. Sometimes it comes across as a semi-comedy which is bad because i think that the topic of this movie (teenage pregnancy) is too serious and significant to portray it in a romantic manner.
To conclude, this might be an entertaining movie if you are younger than 18, but if you are currently at Uni or have a job you know that this is a severe oversimplification of reality.
Silence (2016)
Could have been so much better.
The thing that bothered me most was the amount of 'Japanese' that spoke fluent English. Not only is this not convincing it is also impossible if the Catholic priests themselves (Historically speaking) were Portuguese. It is only when one tries to forget about this huge error that one can focus on the 'losing one's religion' plot of the story. The latter is done very well and the only reason why I was able to sit through the entire movie. The other issue that I had with this movie was the length. Normally I never have a problem with long movies, but this one felt already boring after 1.5 hours. And although it becomes more exiting towards the end there still remains a huge gap of overemphasis on suffering (internal and external).
The Neon Demon (2016)
Very good visual wise, plot not so much but that is fine with me. Art 101
The visual effects and camera shots are amazing. It is just one of those movies that are aesthetically very pleasing. One could even go so far as to say that the main drive behind this movie is the visual art and not so much plot. The latter can be frustrating for the non 'arty' movie audience. That being said there is one problematic scene (which I will not mention) which makes the movie seem ridiculous. It is one of those 'stupid' irrational horror genre scenes in which the protagonist should call the police instead of doing X or Y. However, when one is wiling to overlook this plot error/inconsistency one can still enjoy most of the movie. Moreover, the movie has some highly disturbing scenes which in my opinion are in line with the Art of film making and symbolism. However, I can imagine that people who are not attuned to this only will perceive it as pure horror instead of 'artistic' thriller, horror as far as there is such a thing.
Mateo (2014)
Awkward and sad
One could perceive this as an indie/alternative documentary and there is nothing wrong with that. However i feel that even when you would see this documentary as such the shots remain very awkward and "sad", you can claim that it was done on purpose however that even makes it worse for me. Throughout the documentary i had a few big questions towards the story,scenes and people within the Docu: que significado, Why am i watching this, why do i need to know this and why do other people want to see this? I guess that i should have read the storyline before watching it, but then again never judge a Docu by its storyline. Overall this docu was unable to convey a clear story and it left me with a feeling that could be compared to standing in the rain while longing for home. That could be the emotion that the directors wanted you to have, or at least would be OK with conveying such an emotion to the viewer. Here again i don't think that would be such a bad thing if the storyline had some kind of significance to it.
Marco Polo (2014)
Fusion of Karate kid, Xena the warrior princess and Spartacus
Yes the film shots and colors are amazing however the script is seriously disabled. I think that season one was bad but season two was even worse, some of the actors outfits (and lines) looked like they came straight out of the film-set Xena the Warrior princess. Moreover the stereotypes of the ''orient'' became so annoying that I barely could continue watching the second season ( People that do not understand should read the academic work by Edward W. Said, Orientalism. 1978). I can only recommend this Netflix series to people who would enjoy a fusion of The karate kid, Xena the warrior princess and Spartacus. Moreover I do not have an issue with nudity however I think that it should remain functional, this means that it should contribute to the historic/present context of the story, It beats me why there is a nude fighting scene. Marco Polo could have become the successor of Shogun (1980) but instead it became offensive, not for its nudity but for its ''orientalism''.
Hibana (2016)
interesting and a must watch, However ....
I really enjoyed Hibana-sparks. And although the series was not that great when you look at character development/depth, i was happy to see that there were some really good scenes in the middle and at the end of season 1. Personally i think the show should not continue because the story could collapse under its own weight. With this i mean that episodes 9 and 10 were so ..... strange that it will be difficult to continue without creating an absurd storyline. I think that i rather read the book (152 pages) then to watch a dragged out Netflix series.
PS: forgive me that i am unaware of the Japanese cultural aspects, but i think the decisions that were made by the characters ( or the lack thereof ) should have been explained better via an internal dialog.