Pedro Almodóvar should be in jail. 19m
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When Harry Met Sally... 1989
The choice of including The Surrey with the Fringe on Top is something I'd write dozens of pages about.
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The Room Next Door 2024
Loved it, quite simply. The visuals are a more refined version of Madres Paralelas'. Probably Almodóvar's best visuals since Dolor y Gloria or Julieta. The story has echoes of the latter, but is massively engaging, even if it doesn't "start" immediately.
It is not a film about action. But to try to assign one specific meaning to it would be so snobby. I take it as a welcome exploration of all-too-familiar feelings.
The performances are masterful, so lively and genuine. Every scene could be an Oscar clip, really.
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I Want You 2012
This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.
The least interesting parts are those linking to the previous movie. What a chore it feels watching it. An ever-circling story of a pathetic man messing up, and offering no compromise to anyone other than his dead homoerotic friend (who was barely a character in the first installment, and whose absence is intended to be a major plot and emotional point, but it feels laughably unearned).
The odor of being directed by a man reeks all over this movie, not…
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Captain America: Brave New World 2025
It's not bad. But a good script really could have elevated the very good performances from the cast. Instead, it is clunky in a way that leaves me with the impression it exists solely as tape to assure you that the plot is not derailing itself.
With this I mean, I could watch the movie in an unknown language and still visually piece together what's happening. That is good for universality, which seems to be the prime mission of the…
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