My brother talked so much about this movie that I've decided to watch it. Never heard about it before but turned out to be better than I expected. The story talks about a low level mob guy that is in charge of disposing a gun used to kill a cop in this gone bad drug operation. The gun goes missing after his neighbour's kid takes it, causing a lot of bad thing to happen throughout the night.
About the cast: at first you might think that a movie starred by the guy from The Fast and The Furious cannot be that good... even though I thought the main couple characters are a bit too cliche, Paul Walker actually does quite a good job, a lot better than any other movie I've seen him in. And as his wife, Vera Farmiga is always good on screen. For those like me that spend a lot of time in front of a tv, there are some recognizable faces: John Noble (Fringe's Walter Bishop) and Elizabeth Mitchell (Lost's Juliet) have small roles in the story. Oleg, the Russian kid that takes the gun, is played by Cameron Bright. Seriously he is either really creepy or a very good actor. I would definitely be scared if I saw him around on the street at night!
The story gets a bit too much sometimes, like when the kid is taken by a very strange couple. Some of the scenes confused me specially when they begin to explain what is going on.... I admit I had to rewind a bit on those parts. And the end leaves a lot unexplained.
But the way the movie is shot, some unusual camera angles, the cinematography, the editing... I simply loved. It reminded me of Guy Ritchie's first movies. I know some people hate those fast edited movies but I think it makes it interesting and tense, specially with a plotline like this one. If you are a movie fan, the technical aspects alone definitely makes it worth watching.
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
Sunday, October 17, 2010
The Social Network (2010)
Watched the new David Fincher movie last week. Was really excited about it because I am a huge fan of his work as a director, every time I hear he is on a new project I am already dying of curiosity to know what the hell is he going to make of it. In this case a movie based on the story of the creator of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg.
As usual he didn't let me down at all. Probably one of the best movies I've seen lately. Do not expect any major drama plotline like his previous movie, "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button". The movie is clearly based more on characters than anything else. It does not provide any kind of background for them and you don't miss it. The actors did a great job too, specially Jesse Eisenberg. I remembered his face from Zombieland and nothing else. Not even the presence of Justin Timberlake as Sean Parker, the creator of Napster, ruined the picture. I am still not used to seeing his face on movies but he didn't do such a bad job after all. Besides, it was exciting enough to find out Parker had anything to do with Facebook. Come on, the guy invented Napster! Who doesn't remember Napster? Hmm... I guess that depends on how old you are.
The movie jumps around a little on time, but clear enough that it doesn't take too long to place yourself and understand the chronological order of the facts.
Soundtrack by Trent Reznor? This reminds me of another one of Fincher's movies: "Seven". All instrumental, and if you know Reznor's work at all you will notice the songs pretty easily.
Another scene that I face as sort of a mark for David Fincher's movies was there as well. When they are having a party and the police shows up you see it: the dark room, with the police officer's flashlights. Typical. He also likes to plays sometimes with editing, cinematography, camera angles (something I missed terribly on Benjamin Button but in that case maybe the story didn't really apply). In "The Social Network" the rowing contest scenes will blow away the minds of any filmmaker or big movie fan. I am no expert on the subject but I've seen before some pictures that have basically the same look, and the effect on them was called tilt shift. Don't know if it's the same in this case. Still makes me wonder.... how the hell does he come up with ideas like that?
By the way, we all have seen this before but I was pretty amazed to find out that both the Winklevoss twins were actually portraied by one actor.
The ending scene (don't worry, I won't tell!) was also great. A perfect ending for an amazing movie. Definitely go check it out!!
As usual he didn't let me down at all. Probably one of the best movies I've seen lately. Do not expect any major drama plotline like his previous movie, "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button". The movie is clearly based more on characters than anything else. It does not provide any kind of background for them and you don't miss it. The actors did a great job too, specially Jesse Eisenberg. I remembered his face from Zombieland and nothing else. Not even the presence of Justin Timberlake as Sean Parker, the creator of Napster, ruined the picture. I am still not used to seeing his face on movies but he didn't do such a bad job after all. Besides, it was exciting enough to find out Parker had anything to do with Facebook. Come on, the guy invented Napster! Who doesn't remember Napster? Hmm... I guess that depends on how old you are.
The movie jumps around a little on time, but clear enough that it doesn't take too long to place yourself and understand the chronological order of the facts.
Soundtrack by Trent Reznor? This reminds me of another one of Fincher's movies: "Seven". All instrumental, and if you know Reznor's work at all you will notice the songs pretty easily.
Another scene that I face as sort of a mark for David Fincher's movies was there as well. When they are having a party and the police shows up you see it: the dark room, with the police officer's flashlights. Typical. He also likes to plays sometimes with editing, cinematography, camera angles (something I missed terribly on Benjamin Button but in that case maybe the story didn't really apply). In "The Social Network" the rowing contest scenes will blow away the minds of any filmmaker or big movie fan. I am no expert on the subject but I've seen before some pictures that have basically the same look, and the effect on them was called tilt shift. Don't know if it's the same in this case. Still makes me wonder.... how the hell does he come up with ideas like that?
By the way, we all have seen this before but I was pretty amazed to find out that both the Winklevoss twins were actually portraied by one actor.
The ending scene (don't worry, I won't tell!) was also great. A perfect ending for an amazing movie. Definitely go check it out!!
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