[English translation will posted on a separate comment along with this review. It's late, so apologies in advance if I just copy and paste the Portuguese into DeepL Translate and let it translate what I write for me.]
Estou a escrever esta crítica de “Ainda Estou Aqui” (2025) em português porque devemos - brasileiros e portugueses - celebrar o facto de um filme falado em português ter ganho um Óscar.
Para o Brasil e para Portugal, depois de tudo o…
If anybody ever thinks and/or says that they can't make a feature because it's too expensive, well, first, stop thinking that right now--immediately.
And, second, here's your proof. This motion picture: "Mad Max" (1979).
This movie was made with just $200,000 USD back in 1979 and yet feels like a Hollywood blockbuster.
Just to show all young filmmakers that they can make an indie blockbuster, make it feel like it came out of Hollywood, and with a smaller budget with…
This movie is for friends, those who long for friends, and those who are far apart from their friends. You're never too far from your friends. They're always in your heart--near you.
Also, growing up on the west coast in Nevada or California must be so much fun.
You know?
This is what filmmaking and motion pictures is all about.
Just having fun, being entertained, engaged with the characters and the story, and feeling the same or similar emotions to the characters presently on screen.
So what if a movie's not critic's choice. So what if a movie didn't win best picture at the Oscars. Or didn't earn too much money at the Box Office.
At the end of the day, motion pictures--cinema--were made to be emotional, engaging,…
