GRADING :
Visual: A
Content: C
Acting: D
SYNOPSIS : The film is comprise of four parts, like in the novel of the same name.
Told from the point of view of Briony Tallis (Saoirse Ronan), an aspiring writer 13-year-old from a new rich English family. From the beginning, it is obvious that Briony has crush on Robbie Turner (James McAvoy), the son of their housekeeper. He likes Briony's older sister Cecilia (Keira Knightley). Lola Quincey (Juno Temple), their cousin is raped by a man outside the house in the woods. Briony sees the man but because she is angry and jealous of her sister, she insists that she "knows who did it"; that is, who raped Lola, and that that man is Robbie.
The rest of the movie is about three and a half years after, during the Second World War. Everything being about the obstacles that Robbie and Cecilia have to over come to be happy, since they are in love with each other.
Briony tells the story of all that they suffer to be together during the War.
CONTINUED...
REVIEW : The movie is your typical love story against all odds. The rich girl falls in love with the poor boy. They love each other, but cannot be together because of a problem or "family". Someone get in between them and they go separate ways. Nonetheless, they never forgot about each other and are still waiting to see the other once again thinking that things might be different after years have passed. They see each other again and are happy again, but not for long until the end of the film, were they are connected in a deeper sense.
As you can tell, I did not like the film
I do not understand why it was so big and critically acclaimed.
If you liked the NOVEL, you might like it. If you like a predictable love story, you might like it.
The film is 123 minutes long, so it is not as easy to watch it and then find out you do not like it.
It is up to you if you want to watch it, consider yourself WARNED
PROBLEMS: I wanted to love this film, I really did. Nevetheless, I did not like the acting. I am a fan of James McAvoy's work, but this film was not for my taste.
I will that the biggest problem with this movie was the acting. I found Saoirse Ronan fake and annoying. I just hated the way that the actress performed. Nonetheless, the worse, in my opinion, was the relationship between Keira Knightley and James McAvoy. I did not buy that they were in love. I bought the fact that they were attracted to each other, PHYSICALLY, SEXUALLY, but not EMOTIONALLY.
For a love story to work, you have to see the chemistry between both actors. Even if you have a great script, at the end what matters in the ACTORS that make you believe that story.
SIMILAR FILMS :
Pride & Prejudice (because of the story)
Charlie Wilson's War (chemistry between actors)
REC (or [●REC]) is a 2007 Spanish horror film co-directed by Jaume Balagueró and Paco Plaza.
GRADING :
Visual: A
Content: A+
Acting: A
SYNOPSIS : The film revolves around television reporter, Ángela Vidal, and her cameraman, Pablo, who are covering a the night shift of the fire station for a fictional documentary series. Everything seems normal and actually a LITTLE boring, until they get an emergency call from a apartment building about a woman who is trapped in her room. It is there that the film starts to turn into something that you would never expect.
REVIEW : I will not go into detail about what happens in the film because I WANT YOU TO WATCH IT.
The movie is filmed from the perspective of the cameraman, Pablo, who is holding the camera (sadly, they never show his face). If you are thinking, WAIT A MINUTE, I have seen something like these before in Quarantine and Cloverfield, you are not wrong, at least not completely. This movie is not like Cloverfield because it is film by a cameraman, who has a steady hand, not the motion sickness ride that you get in Cloverfield. And if you say, what about Quarantine, that sounds a lot like it, well, the US version its actually a remake of [REC].
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Well, anyways, we are talking about how awesome is [REC].
The film is sorta like a ZOMBIE movie, but not quite because the people are actually infected with a POSESSION that became contagious from a scientific error. Everything seems to start from an old lady, Mrs. Izquierdo, who infects a cop that was at the scene and someone else, who I am not going to tell you. When they find out of what is going on, they try to get out of the building, but unfortunately, the outside authorities have place them under "quarantine" until a health inspector can assist them with the 'problem'. One by one, everyone starts to get infected and the survivors have to fight them in order to find a way out ALIVE.
You will not believe the ending, unless you saw QUARANTINE.
If you like non-stop thrill, you will like [REC].
So, do not be scared of subtitles, if you are, once you are inside the movie, you will not stop watching.
If you will that you are not convince, yet, take in account that the film is only 75 minutes long. Think of it like watching three episodes of a show, without the commercials.
PROBLEMS: The only problems that I have with this film is the way that people get infected sometimes. There is a part in the movie, when the person gets infected too soon after being attacked whereas some other one, it takes a really long time. I know that they explain that the period of infection has to do with the blood type of the person, but still, I do not buy it.
Another problem is that Angela get a little annoying sometimes with all the screaming.
WARNING: This film does not have any score whatsoever, so you will not hear any background music throughout the movie.
So, you will hear every scream, which is AMAZING, but a little annoying sometimes.
SIMILAR FILMS :
Quarantine (obviously)
28 Days Later (infection)
