borbatr-1's reviews

Watched this on a connection flight which passed through Rome, and at some point it surprised me. The movie is a typical comedy about a group of girlfriends, their relationships and mid life crisis. It replicates the hollywood formulas with italian elements, offering a portion of italian humour to everyday themes. Reinforcing some common race stereotypes, the movie takes the chance to include a black man in the position of a sex worker, in a typical voersexualizing of black bodies and racist jokes that were hardly necessary. Some people seem to think that as long as you make it clear that it is a 'joke', than there is no problem in being racist. Obviously white people and especially christians love the idea of justifying themselves and asking for forgiveness, so they can continue to sin endlessly. Recreational racism is still racism. Regrettable.

An italian adaptation of classic hollywood blockbuster comedies, this movie simply utilizes the same USA formula for not very intelligent movies, that thrive on polemical topics, edging the limits of what kind of joke is acceptable or not. Turns out the movie itself is actually a good example of italian society, in which even the most ridiculous and stupid characters in a story can become heroes if the enemies happen not to be white. The racism against chinese people in this movie is so bad and offensive, that is in fact a good analogy of how european people would actually hate themselves if they could not find a common enemy with dark skin or slandered eyes. Another gem from Italy.

I started watching the Boys since the first season, which got me hooked right away. I love the general idea, the critic and the politics involved. Even the acting is great although some characters are somewhat boring, the plot makes it pull though and makes it exciting. The reflections that the series can bring are great, and it is an important piece for americans to have a glimpse on what the rest of the world thinks about them.

That said, it is awfully unpleasant to watch due to exagerated vilence and the really unnecessary disturbing sex content on it. Some of it might be necesasry to get the point accross, but the was done for in the first season. It's like the writers and showrunners write an episode and then go back on it and say "Wait, we need some disturbing violent weird sex happenning here, because our viewers are mentally and spiritually ill people." I get that it's all intentional to make an analogy of the american media consumerism, but it simply gross us out and often you think and that kind of content simply was not necessary to get the message accross. Why are the showrunners pushing these images into the viewers?

I'm no puritan or nothing, but I found myself wishing for a censored version of the series. For that reason I give it a 5.

This movie had some serious great advertising, because nothing can explain why people are talkingg about this movie. If anything in this movie is true, americans should be worried. First they say that this thing of hitman is not a real thing. So then police makes some up, to arrest their possible contractors on potential crimes, that, according to the movie, wouldn't even happen anyway. And the characters has no moral problems with it. When he goes to trial he acts like a killer and then everything works out. Nothing is really believable there, but they say its based on a real story, and i just think is messed up to turn that kind of personality into what was supposed a funny relatable and captivating character.

The only good side is the at the acting is so poor and even the plot so predictable that it would only convince those with very small standards and critic sense. We thought it was a waste of our time to watch it.

As a "before-it-was-cool" Dune fan, having read the series somewhere ten years ago, I have long waited for this movie. And when it came I quickly realized that it should have been a series. The book is so dense and well written, that both movies could have actually been turned into a 10 hour series at least. Considering the sequels to it, each book could have been a season for sure.

That being said, I am really happy with the movies, it was great to watch and a great adaptation to the written piece.

My only problem is mostly with the main character Paul played by the Chamelet boy. From watching it, I get the impresison that he never read the book. His acting is either boring or exagerated, he screams and shouts to express his anger, and it just doesn't suit him. The first movie was even worse, I can never forget the scene where he has a vision while camping in the desert with his mom, and I think that was honestly the worst acting I have seen in this decade. It is kind of sad that important roles are only given to hyped actors who don't really connect with the carachter sometimes, but are ruling hollywood, and we just have to suck it up because, well, hollywood neh.

The movie surprised me, there are three acts that switch the plot's perspective and even confuse one at a certain point. I admit it made me feel kind of stupid in the end because im not even sure i understand the movie fully, but throughout the movie i could engage with it and could relate to the situations presented in a way. The acting is particularly nice since you get the chance to see the same actors playing different roles, or switching roles, enabling a multiperspective view on the happenings of the movie. The metalynguistics on the movie is the main aspect of it, being expressed throughout the whole plot but becoming more evident throughout the acts. Acting was particularly nice.

This movie is just stupid. They use a two sentence headline of a real event to create a completely insane plot, predictable and exagerated. It could have been a good movie, but hollywood just have no boundries. Terrible through and through. It does a desservice to bears and cocaine users, making one suppose that bears are violent enough to be horror movie stars who personally chase people in drug violent frenzy. And then it makes one believe that cocaine would make someone immortal when the true is that anyone, even a bear, would overdose or go to the hospital to get a cleaning if they ever ingested chemicals the way they do. Not recommended.

Impuros is possibly the best brazilian series of its time, with perfect cinematography, really a work of art. Great acting, sceneries, soundtracks, and obviously the plot. More addictive than the drugs in the series, Impuros tells several real stories through the lenses of crime, but touching sensitive topics on brazilian culture, history and politics, certainly worth the watch!

It is so weird that this movie has such a low score on imdb and that so few people seen this. For some reason this movie has the attention of action-fighting movie enthusiasts, because people capoeira is martial arts. Truth is capoeira is part of Brazil's history to the deepest roots of black people. Capoeira is a philosophy of self-defence, communal responsibility, and defiance against white colonialism. That is what this movie is about. Besouro is a hero from Brazilian history, not simply a character. Capoeira is not MMA, capoeira is black resistance and knowledge. Capoeira is Exu, is Zé Pilintra, Capoeira is Zumbi, is mestre Bimba, capoeira is Besouro. Educate yourselves with this brilliant movie.

This is a great series. Unfortunately, it is not available in most countries outside of Africa, which is a shame. I used to love watching the queen and i miss it, Dstv should make an overseas service, or simply allow it for us to watch it.

Nice! First season was ok, but second season definetely turned up the pace, and story ad characters kind of grow on you, very entertaining. Also very teen. A shout for teens reading this: Young brothers out there watching this series, you don't have to be that big or look like that when you're in school. These guys playing teens in the series are actually adults that spend day after day in the gym. Not everybody's a rugby player, and that's fine.

This was awesome, finally a portrayal of new zealand and its actual people, instead of white blonde colonizers. The history they tell here is super interesting and it is very easy for any black person anywhere to relate to this series. Wish there was another season, definetely going to look up for these people and the social movements in oceania. I'm glad and thankful this serie exists.

This is a great series. Very well done, great actors and script and gets you and hooks you. That being said, black people know quite well what we've been through in the past. I didn't need all that triggering, for us is different when we watch our people suffer. White people must watch and see if they feel anything.

This was so chilled. this movie was fun and enjoyable from the start. I've found no flaws to it, maybe the introduction is a little corny, but thats just taste. this movie was light but meaningful. highly recommended!

Incredible dancing, heavy drama, convincing characters. I liked it a lot, original, cultural, real life stories. Great production!

Somewhat good actors, with a somewhat good idea, with an awful script, it's so bad it doesn't make sense. worst movie of the year for sure, hard to find a bad movie as long as this, i wonder how they had 2 and a half hours to cancel this thing, but even so they went with it, gloriously producing 150 minutes of pure garbage.

Possibly one the worst movies ever made, ridiculous plot, lame acting, could certainly find a better use for the material spent on this. wasted two hour of my life with this ridiculous teenage gospel scifi. this movie is a mistake.

This a sad fuqkin movie, don't even know how come i've watched it the whole way through. Same old story to teach young homies who like drugs guns and hiphop that they should get a new lifestyle and horrrors of the 'hood'. good visuals and all but boring and annoying script

The movie dedicates from 3 - 5 minutes of dialogue to explain something of Somalia history, culture and situation. Throughout the rest of it, it tells the story of a prepotent journalist trying to make a career out of another country situation. The main character is just annoying and futile. Native actors made good performances. Important story told through a bad script.

OK the action and the girls make it easier to watch, help to make it mainstream. And being Shaft, that the premise. But what does it mean? The lesson here? Don't mess with Samuel Jackson. OK. When he buffaloes a drug dealer, beats the sh*t out him and screams whats my name *******? Do you wanna see me again? Well, thats and effective way to make an point. Violence used at its best.

The political point of making an outlawish pursuit of punishment to a racist stupid yuppie, that goes out free in a hypocritical society and soldout judges, police corruption and the everyday racism that there are still people who try to justify that, law abiding citizens or to put it in shaft clear words "nazis with a badge"

In this context that the movie was made, and that we STILL live in, white folks, and sometimes even black folks, intellectual or not, might miss what it means and mistake it for just any action with hot girls movie. In the American reality, to have a black superhero, that challenges corrupt judges, knocks off the police, beat the hell out of rich criminals, helps the community, and got a bunch of girlfriends; hey man, you got a role model.

Got the main elements of a classic western in its story, with a aura of lunacy and insanity in the central characters, and a good plot to watch. Thought it would be pure cliché and bad shot, but it was actually pretty good. Maybe you can say its a Predictable plot, but not exactly a cliché, and resolved, not like most of movies nowadays in which directors seem too proud to end the story in the way that the expectator wants it to end, so it's not and ending in which you turn off the TV pissd off.

Ed Harris is pretty funny actually, and i'm not usually a big fan of him. Lucius malfoy is doing what he does best, chilly evil son of a gun. The lady doesn't talk much, her acting is good, and the character is coherent. just found myself with thumbs up, like 'there you go, woman!"

Put up the first five minutes from this movie and then put up 'murder my sweet' on and glimpse the originality. That's actually positive, getting good references. Not a good casting, good actors in wrong roles, and unnecessary lame special effects. I get it, got to keep yours eyes on screen, but that ending scene was too much. The rest of the effects, lightning, filters, psychedroad movie scenes were OK, but not really his style, Not really, but OK, though.

This Brazilian TV series, developed by FOX, it is now in its second season, drawing attention to Brazilian production. It is still not very popular, probabibly because it is only available to Fox subscribers, but for those who can find it, it is worth the watch. It tells a story inspired by real events, that even though seemingly absurd, are more than common in Brazil, where dubious drug-laws and even more dubious police forces, have several times resulted in the unfair enprisonment of regular citizens, transformed into criminals by our detention system. Even though the script is funny and the actors produce laughs from the viewer, its message is serious. It is innovative, its clichés are intentional and creative, the acting is great. There are a few flaws, and sometimes you get the impression that there are only 15 people inside the prison, but i guess it was just low budget. Rate it 10 for encouragement!!!

Nothing bad technically speaking about the movie, except for the script, the characters, and the story itself. I believe the movie is important and real, because like it or not, there are thousands of bored gringos who are desperate for 'adventures' and think they're gonna be the next indiana jones or something and decide to trek up to the Amazon, searching for undiscovered species, dreaming of meeting indians and fighting jaguars. Moneyfull ex-soldiers who believe will find god drinking yagé, and goldenspooned blondies who wanna snap a selfie with an alligator. I've met people like that, several times, and it is always stupid. It so stupid that you might die, shamefully; or because it is so stupid, that if you decide to tell your story to anybody, it will sound like pure crap, like this movie.