m3_mendonca

m3_mendonca

Reflecting upon movies while reflecting upon life

Favorite films

  • Good Will Hunting
  • Interstellar
  • Back to the Future
  • I'm Still Here

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  • Inglourious Basterds

    ★★★★½

  • Flightplan

    ★★★★

  • A Beautiful Mind

    ★★★★½

  • Where the Crawdads Sing

    ★★★★½

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  • Inglourious Basterds

    Inglourious Basterds

    ★★★★½

    Tarantino’s dialogues are masterpieces. The use of stereotypes for the characters is genius and it allowed the role of nazi officer Hans Landa to shine (from the brilliance of Christopher Waltz’s acting).
    The plot fail for me was Landa’s unpreparedness to Aldo Raine’s (Brad Pitt) interception of the deal. In my opinion, a clever character such as Landa should have, at least, expected that possibility.
    Nevertheless, one of the most captivating screenplays I’ve ever seen.

  • Flightplan

    Flightplan

    ★★★★

    Jodie Foster is great. But the plot twist lacked a bit more mystery.

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  • The Girl Who Escaped: The Kara Robinson Story

    The Girl Who Escaped: The Kara Robinson Story

    ★★★★½

    The Girl Who Escaped is a movie about courage, strength and self-worth. The story is so inspirational because it can teach us so much about getting through adversity in life. Even though the themes of kidnapping and sexual abuse are extremely delicate and not easily relatable for those who haven’t gone through something similar, Kara’s reaction to her personal hardships can be inspirational to others regarding perseverance in the midst of adversity and fights for self-justice.
    Katie Douglas’ portrayal of…

  • A Man Called Otto

    A Man Called Otto

    ★★★★

    A Man Called Otto tells us a story of the somewhat ordinary senior Otto Andersen through a very unique angle. While the grieving grumpy man is ready to (literally) give up on his life after the passing of his wife, the plot takes us on a journey through Otto’s daily ordinary routine as he slowly decides to find new reasons to carry on. The perspective of the narrative is personal but it slowly hooks us in as the characters allows…

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