sábado, 25 de octubre de 2008

My eyes are till bleeding, for a good movie.

Every years, on the month of October, there's, anew chapter, of the famous life lesson, torture guy, that we know, call Jigsaw. That gave a new wave of horror, call Torture porn, that only one movie have be made, that is Hostel. Now the fifth installment, start a new beginning with a whole new cast, and more secret to the man that we call Jigsaw. But is this one better than the last, or is just the gore that sell it, cut your wrist for this one:


Following in the event of saw 3 and 4 Detective, have finally solve and end Jigsaw reign of torture, receiving a promotion with higher standard, detective Hoffman(Costas Mandylor), until he find a envelope that said"Iknow who you re" putting the story in motion. FBI agen Strahm(Scot Patterson) is hot on the detective tail, following lead, that will take him, back to the first killing of the nefarious killer of Jigsaw. Meanwhile 5 new victim are awaken to find chain up, and to start listening to the rules then play. With just their mistrust will doom them, taking them to every kind of death possible, from decapitation, to exploding, to electrocution, and finally give blood to survive and win the game. Will Agent Strahm find the connection between Det. Hoffman and jigsaw? Will the new players, solve every test they are giving and what bind them, to be choosing to be the next victim. Is time to play a game. Where rehabilitation is the name of the game.


O k there something i got to say about this sequel, first i felt like i seen it, and two for me the gore is what make it watchable. The story of the movie, is a mixture of saw 2 and saw4. Why?

if you know on two, the story is 8 people are put together in abandon building full of traps, that take me to the 5 new victim, that is pretty much the same, the only different that it have, in this trap they have to solve it as a team, which got a good twist to it. Comparing it to 4, the whole cat and mouse chase that the Strahm have on Hoffman, gave the same sense to the whole operation-that Rig have in following the clues to find hes partners, every point he go, a new trap await him, with a life hanging in the balance. The movie didn't have much acting in it, accept to Tobe Bell performance that it just minor, but it does cover most of the loophole that the series had. By giving flashback to the time that jigsaw was alive, revealing that that hes wasn't alone doing the traps. It does fail, telling who's the new jigsaw, but the test make the movie more enjoyable.


That take me to that, most of the trap are new, and well craft, that it can be compare to the previous ones. From the pulling of the neck collars, to breaking the jars to find the keys of the door, to connecting 5 electrical wire to a tub, to open a 5 electrical lock door, and finally donating blood with a saw. My favorite go the electrical tub course there something that you wont find in any of the series, yes there's lot of blood, and squirming, that most of this riming ya of old school Argento films. From opera to some suspiria. We all know it, is the hardcore gore that sell it.


For first time director David Hackl it wasn't it bad, in the trap and the suspense, most of the transition that the film work very well. My only concern go to making a right story, i m just bother, that we already knew who was the next jigsaw, since 4. But either that the film accomplish entertainment with the horror that have. I'm huge gore hound(yes i know i have a addiction), but the film completes. The story ain't interesting, not even the suspense cant save it for making it a great saw film. My favorites are always gonna be the first 3, cause the 4th really was confusing, to understand the guideline, and the continuity. But overall is till make ya squirm.


So is Halloween, and the saw saga, is continuing hard, but either be the reason to see it, if ya a fun or just see it cause there's nothing on cable(beside the high rates of the bill) the movie is ok.

So don't focus to much on the story but more on the suspense that it got to offer. Cause really is the torture that make it the one and only. Now if we only knew what was inside of the black box, that jigsaw left to he's wife? i bet ya it was this:

A PERA BUTT.

viernes, 17 de octubre de 2008

it was a payne seen this movie.


Cop film are a great delicatessen, always showing the life of a officer, and he duty, and family. Some come from the bad Training Day to the underrated Narc. Life are always broken from the start, then later explore the madness they take, to get the job done. Then there some that just all about the action, from the Beverly hill cop series, to the bad boys film. Enter Max Payne a very new cop film that does have all the action but so little of the drama, and is based on a video game. Heres the review:
Max Payne(Mark Wahlberg)have a blessing life with a wife that gave birth to their first son, and a great job as a homicide detective, on the nypd. Until it came down one day arriving home to find he's love one death, in bed, now he is off for some vengeance's, that take him to explore the many criminal faces that he confronted to find the true to her wife death. Accompany by a female mobster Mona Sax(Mila Kunis) who also is asking question to her sister murder. They discover a whole new drug that making head in the underworld, that's connected to a corporate conspiracy,
But for Max Payne is revenge the name of the game.
Mark Wahlberg gave a great performances in the departed, that gave him a nomination, as bad cop he play, he doesn t bring nothing new to this character, he very well be the next dirty harry of this decade. Mila mean girl look, didn't cut it, cause really she more of a Hill kind of girl, here she's more of a machine gun woman, that demand more lower prices for her close. Ludacris, better stick with more on he's rapping, cause really he doesn't even have a good cop look.
Beau Bridges, was more of a father figure than of a best friend.
The visual were good, taking note to some film from trainspotting to sin city. It doesn't follow the black and white, but more of a gray tone to give that crime drama fell. The film try to have the same feel of other action film, but really it come of cross of blade with some visual of Constantine.
The whole valkyrie illusion, made it more interesting, but sometime confuse it cause you don't know is those thing are doing the killing or is it Max doing it.
The shoot out were great, a very john woo touch, but thank there weren't any dove, to follow, there little bullet time in the film, but it made it look cheap, cause they didn't made it as the matrix, but more of Chinese style. From film like The Hard boil to Die hard, the film feel more of a cliche, cause is all about payne looking for some payback, without discovering the drama of it.
So the film is a blend, of all action cop film, with so little of drama, video games movies have always end very badly when release. But there really good, ones to bad for this is more of a remake of the worst cop game call Narc(not the Joe carnahan film). the only thing that make it good is the story, of the conspiracy, from there on, well is just something that we seen in a die hard film.

martes, 7 de octubre de 2008

civilization we go blind, without explanation.


Director Fernando Meirelles made City of god, it show the true life on growing up in the poorest zone of brazil, selling drug, corruption, and war. A movie that follow a true life, received, in manny festival's, even a oscar nomination for best foreign film. Now following with human emotion, he give us he's next picture, about a disease that make ya go blind. But is this film good or illogical, Well i can see my review:
IN average day people go to work, then go home to spend time with their love ones. But when a outbreak is release, that the country announce a state of emergency, presuming of a virus that make ya go blind. So the infected are taken into abandon Hospital where they have beds, pillow, but nothing of help or security. Just your hearing, smelling, and touching sense can guide them. That's where a immune one(Julienne Moore) bring hope to the infected, in ways on how to live. But when the hospital is full of infected, desperation come. From putting a price on the food, to the integrity of survival. Mankind must follow the eyes of a Doctor wife, to make it in a world, where seen is just all white.
OK i got to say the acting is very humane like in many drama film, Juliane Moore take most of the credit for this picture, cause really been the only one that can see, and take care of everybody, that's facing a huge responsibility. The story give you a very good perspective on the life of a blind, from watching the step, to getting through to life, to where to go the bathroom. Is very interesting, on how one self could be very invurable without watching. But of course there's that point where the government doesn't do anything to solve the problem, it follow some film like dustin huffman outbreak, or Neil marshal Doomsday, or the mist. Where there lot of people in one place, when suddenly anarchy breakout.
Now here's the funny part most this film they do research on finding a cure, this one doesn't. There's no origin on how it star, it just one Asian go blind then another, starting a whole epidemic. And why didn't they take consideration on Julian character that she was immune to the contagion. There something that made this film very confusing cause really is this drama, or a sci fi flick.
I understand where this film was headed, very simple theme living with blindness, and trying to survived. But there's no real explanation on what cause it. I mean in i am legend, they show the starting of the virus, giving detail on the virus and how it evolve. Here's is just like domino one get blind then moment later there's another one. They should have least told what line of work was the first infected, then how it got it.
There's many loop hole in the picture, that should something new, on the theme of going blind , then the problems that follow. I think what made this film even more hard to see is the scene where the women sell their body to get the food. Is something for the female audience couldn't stand. the movie is very touching in a way on giving a glimpse of life of a blind life, but doesn't tell what stated it. Which is more confusing than Lisa Lohan lovelife.

viernes, 3 de octubre de 2008

prey with me, that a man name Bill Maher made this documentary.

Do you know how hard it was, to look for a theater, that is showing this film. I mean seriously in San Diego you need so much a donkey, then renting it in Tijuana. I mean lighten up, when it come to a documentary that touch the theme of religion. So where i saw it in hillcrest, in what happen to be the cleanest, nicest, and helpful community (a gay one) Is like san fracisco, but more colorful.
Plus on the cinema that i saw it there werent any protester, i mean where are they, cause really there were lot senior making line for this film, and till no sing saying"this is blasphemy" or "Maher don't know nothing of Jesus", shhe, i mean where they preying for god to unleash he's anger to anyone who saw it, or they prefer see another rerun of touch by a angel. Here my might of review:


Comedian and politic comentary Bill Maher and Borat director Larry Charles take on the theme of religion, exploring every kind, and combining it with theme like evolution, homosexual, suicide bomber, and comparing it with others myth. Take a view, of what is religion and the effect that it have to people, to think twise when it come exploiting it. With some jak alone the way, from a Rabbi that say smuck tyo a jewish inventor, to a interview to a true Puerto Riqueño second coming Jesus(cu cu). There's no other documentary that prove that you need a IQ test to be senator. Except for this one.


Well the film is something to aplause at. There been many film have touch this subject, from Jesus camp, to the one. But this is just a laugh a way from heaven. The point of the doc show some fact that when it come to religion believe in it, any kind, to everything. Showing fact, that really some of it is just plagiary to another. But really what also shows that there's peoples making money of it.


My favorite subject they touch was on the Muslim, cause they are very sensitive to their believe, knowing well there's some that take it to another level. O r when it come to the homosexuality, on how there saying that god hate them. Knowing that in the bible it said nothing about it. Bill Maher took a bold move of making it. And exposing the many thing that is wrong with some religion.


The documentary doesn't make fun on anything, but make ya think that all time that someone keep believing in something, make him lost on what life he haves. Knowing the true problems that the world of today have(the crisis economic, global warming, war). And believing that when the second coming of Jesus come, the world will end. That's why is always important that there's film like this that we make ya think on how to believe. And on what way do to it.


I also like to point out the best moment of the film. When he's interviewing a Minister of pot, when suddenly he shout"your hair on fire, making him jump of the the sofa, See kids the effect of marijuana, it will make ya believe in anything. That could very well work as a slogan. Love the insert of the film from a cartoon Adam jerkin a wood, to the very scene of Scarface. There some joy to it.


So to conclude, i have family that are religious, to friend who are anti semi. That for me i respect their belief, cause they don't talk about it everyday or convincing me to be one with them.Cause fate on oneself,make us do anything without believing in a so call"Lord" that would do it for us, that what the film is all about. Bill is a reasonable guy that show exposing a belief is dangerous, than been furious to someone. So take a chance to see it, and clear your mind on what truly believe, change .


And to add something in my work i took a picture that open my mind, that was the face of Jesus:

Or just something i wanted to show to my loving second mother, i think she vomit when she saw it.