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Cloverfield (2008)
90 minutes of the most visceral wrenching events ever lived.
Reality shows Fans will have a blast with this movie, also F/X fans Won't be disappointed at all, but movie busters have to child out on this one regarding the unfounded critic about the supposed everlasting camera battery, if you were paying attention you will only see 90 minutes of flat video clips taken "as is" and that is why this movie is short. Basically you get video clips of the most visceral wrenching events ever lived by the characters and that's it, them probably the character holding the camera shuts it down just to later on record another significant event, and some of those events will stick in your mind for some time due to the fact everything was documented in the most realistically way possible, which will make you wonder from time to time if what you see is for real or not. My recommendations; forget the pop corn and take motion sickness and enjoy the ride.
Nihon chinbotsu (1973)
35 years later this film make his point.
Back in 1973, I have the opportunity to see this film in a lush big screen and back them that was an impressive show. Of course, anyone that has grown up in today's computer animated hyper realistic effects will dissect the movie mercilessly. In the other hand, we have here a film that depicts an event that 35 years later will make a good docudrama in the Discovery Channel. This drama described with precision a nation loosing his homeland to a great cataclysm that literally erase Japan out of the map, dispersing the surviving population around the globe separating families and friends to eventually live at the mercy of surrogate countries. I will love to see this film made again with today's f/x technology. Japanese filmmakers have matured well enough to create one the most shocking films ever.
The Day After Tomorrow (2004)
A fantastic visual extravaganza from Roland Emmerich.
This movie is a total visual effect banquet, with a very similar plot like Stargate or ID4 on which the main characters face total doom with just a little shred of hope. Sci-fi fans will have a cult in the making. The only parts of the movie the really looks awful is the typical newsreel cuts from old storms events out of CNN or ABC news stock footage archives showing the same roof ripping scenes we all already seen countless of times at the Discovery Channel's million dollar storms. (Maybe they run out of money), Other than that the first hour will be like ID4, lots of jaw dropping effects leaving you very tire for the melancholic second hour of the movie, Roland Emmerich fans will have what they ask for. Fox will make lots of money and an environmental statement will be set. In the other hand conservative SUV drivers will see this like a B-Grade made for TV just to hurt the feelings of the average oil economy supporter. Anyway, I personally suggest if you the type that care about poor planet Earth's Amazon jungle go and see it, otherwise don't bother and skip it, or instead... go and check out Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 9/11 to get an eye opening view of where this world is really heading.
Chavez: Inside the Coup (2003)
A particular version of a failed attempt to remove one the biggest threat to democracy in Latin America
After viewing this `Pro Government' documentary my respect from the BBC completed disappear. The whole documentary distorted the reality of the events, even the most important one, `why?' are trying to overthrow Mr. Chavez. Edited in a particular way that you will believe this tyrant is an angel this documentary is a nice piece of technical achievement but no more than that. I lived twenty years of my life on Venezuela and I knew some of the people interviewed for this so call `Documentary' and they where toll something complete different of what these reporters intent to shows. The rest... you know the outcome suffered by the BBC, the resignation of top executives plus they have to respond some lawsuits are some of them. If your ideas are on the extreme left of the political spectrum and you happen to live in Havana, Cuba you probably will love this film. otherwise don't even bother.