Movies that I saw in 2013

Nice one about the disaster in India. I'm pretty sure that Hollywood took some liberties, but the drama of the family involved here was very touching. Evan MacGregor and Naomi Watts joined together again in a movie and I was glad they did, I remember to see them in Stay in 2005 and like it very much.

I have only one thing to say: BEST VIDEOGAME MOVIE EVER MADE, period!! Go watch it!

Brilliant!!! Just brilliant!! At the end I just wanted to applaud as loud as I could!! Oscar, keep an eye on that one!!

Nice movie with Tom Cruise!! If you like police plots and private eye stories, then I strongly recommend this one!

Arnold Schwarzenegger is back baby!! What can I say, after Expendables 2, this return of Arnold in the leading roles was just awesome!!! I'll certainly want to add this killer to my collection of Arnold flicks after the DVD came out!! A salute also to Rodrigo Santoro that did a heck of a job in the movie and made my country very proud!! If you're missing the old-fashioned 80's action heroes, then this is for you!!! The sheriff is back in town!!!

It's hard for me to even start drawing something in words. This movie shocks you, moves you and touches you all at the same time. It's love in it's purest form. As I watch, I see my grandma lying in her bed under the same conditions, and I cry hard, with the memory of that sweet and humble parent of mine that left me two years ago, it evokes on me a feeling of depression and heartbreak so strong that I feel like watching comedies the rest of the week to recover. This is not just a movie, it's an experience. I recommend it, but with caution. I watched on a Monday evening, don't do that! Try watching on a Friday or Saturday with some companion. Anyway, it's not an easy movie. It's an honest and sensible movie, but I don't feel like watching it again, I rather watch 2011 Intouchables all over again instead.

Wow, what a western! I mean, really good! Don't get me wrong I'm still one of those that holds The Good, The Bad and The Ugly like THE ultimate western, for me no other western can be as good or better than Leone's masterpiece.

But Django Unchained definitely takes the cake like the best and most entertaining western of modern days. I've just watched the movie and I'm still overwhelmed by it! And you know what is the funny part? I'm not even a Tarantino fan! All I enjoyed from him until now was Pulp Fiction and Inglorious Bastards. Now Django just entered that list!

Highly recommended! Specially if you are, like me, a great fan of westerns!

Geez! What have I just saw? This is bµllṩhit! Completely ridiculous and total nonsense! I don't believe it... Hugh Jackman in this movie?? How did they get Hugh Jackman for this?? And Richard Gere?? Halle Berry?? Naomi Watts... dear God, Naomi, how could you??

Seriously, this movie makes The Rocky Horror Picture Show looks like a normal picture, a sensible picture! What the fµ¢ƙ did the writers took to do this? Were they high or something?

I mean... seriously... a leprechaun? A guy with balls going down his chin?? Testicles? A woman who likes a dump? A homicidal animated cat? Where did you get this from?? What... who wrote this??? Really...???

Alas, some funny segments but lots and lots of bµllcrap surrounds the actual funny parts. Avoid it!

Wow!! Just wow!! Robert Zemeckis, Alan Silvestri, Steve Starkey, all of them, I know somehow you know these fellas! Well, they finally return here with Denzel Washington in a live action movie, and it's... AWESOME!! Really, one of the best performances from Denzel that I've ever seen in the drama genre.

I'm serious! Great story, wonderful performances, you just can't miss that one! It made me laugh, it made me cry a little, it put me on the edge of my seat... it's sheer brilliance! I strongly recommend it!

Great inspirational movie! Spielberg hit the spot and gives Day-Lewis his well deserved Oscar! Go watch it!

I'm a long time Die Hard fan and I really think that the franchise will never go back to it's greatness from the original and classic trilogy. But at least I found, at first look, this movie a little better than Live Free or Die Hard. That's something. Now for the next one, guys, please, try to make a better one, because the clock is ticking, the age is... aging, I guess... and I still didn't see my friend John McClane the way he was in his prime, when he used to be ƒµckiɳ’ awesome, a little more human and trolling bad guys the way they deserved.

Yeah. Please, bring me back the "now I have a machine gun, hohoho" guy, I just love that guy! Still, nice action movie, but nothing really special. Oh yeah... thanks for not censoring the "Yippie-kai-yay ɱọțɦerƒµcker" this time! This isn't meant for kids, so please, back with the R ratings and leave your kids at home, goddammit!

And also, thanks for the Rolling Stones at the ending credits. Even if the movie was God-awful, Stones will always set things right!

Wonderful musical about the French Revolution! I never saw the Broadway version, but this movie adaptation of Victor Hugo's book really deserves credit! It's one of the best musicals I've seen in recent years since Sweeney Todd! Must watch!

Believe me, I was almost choosing Broken City to see instead of this! Glad I changed in the last minute! This is Pixar level, highly entertaining, pleasing, funny, touching, beautiful! Beautiful to see the visuals and the emotive story! Worth every cent!

Well Sly, dude, it's been a long time that you was this good on a movie! Nice! It has action, humor, it has sex and gore, everything that you would expect from a great example of the action alpha male hero!! This one delivers!! Plus, it shows us great pictures from a younger Sly, and there you can look and remember "oh, look, it's Rambo!! Oh, there, it's Cobra!"

I'm really satisfied and glad that I saw it! Great one, Sly! Looking forward for your teaming up with Arnold next!! Oh yeah, one more thing: don't forget Jason Momoa on The Expendables 3!! Imagine how awesome it would be!

Jesus, what a hack: take the Wall-E plot made poorly, put a mix of The Dark Knight and Inception from Christopher Nolan as a soundtrack, with tiny bits of special sound effects from 2001 A Space Odyssey, steal concepts like Hal-9000 and the Monolith from 2001 again, Michael Bay it all the way (or you can also say, add some excrement to the mix) with famous actors like Tom Cruise and Morgan Freeman to give it some credibility, render it all with astonishing special effects with unoriginal concepts and you have... Oblivion!

Seriously... not recommended!

This was a great experience! Brazilian writer José Mauro de Vasconcelos that wrote the 1968 classic is treated with respect and earns a beautiful and thoughtful experience in film. One of the greatest Brazilian movies that I ever saw. Worth checking out!

Well, I finally saw Iron Man 3, the first big comic book superhero movie of the year. And how was it? Lisa Simpson feelings... Meh... Is it so bad? Well, no, definitely no. It was inconsistent. But I had some fun. It's like Superman III, unimpressive yet harmless. So my hopes of a real epic and impressive superhero movie this year still rests on Man of Steel's arms. It's up to Thor The Dark World now to save Marvel of an unimpressive year.

Well, that was a very uneasy experience for me. This story based on true facts brings the subject about freewill versus dogmas. It's a reflexive french flick that brings the discussion about wether religion affects art and creativity or not. What if you live an empty life trapped on a mental institution that will never let you create new things again? How about if dogmatic people cut your free will away and send it to the deepest circle of hell, trying to fill your mind every single day with dogmas and the way you should behave. What if you can't take that sorry little life anymore and are eager to escape, to create and think for yourself again, but they won't let you, and for that will to create and think for yourself they'll call you a crazy deranged person?

Sad, heh? The movie doesn't try to answer any question nor try to take sides, it only raises those questions. My position? As religious as you can be, nothing will ever replace your freedom of even deny the existence of God if you will. Not that I would do that, 'cause I have my beliefs myself, but there's no replacement for free will, no matter who you are or what do you believe.

Juliette Binoche's performance is strong and heartbreaking. Cinematography is wonderful and the slow pace of the movie gives you room to reflect about the matters exposed in it in a very contemplative way. Recommended.

One of the best European movies I saw in recent days. Based on true facts, it tells the story of a XVIII century decoy king who has a beautiful queen. But this queen is seduced by the king's german doctor. Now one of the main points of this german doctor is that he tries to bring his Enlightenment ideas to the Denmark kingdom. The plot is interesting, the story of adultery builds up the plot and the acting is just superb! Mads Mikkelsen couldn't shine propertly as Le Chiffre in Casino Royale, but here I think he flows his talents wonderfully. The other main protagonists are equally great, production values, excellent, I think this film holds huge chances to win an Oscar next year! Recommended!

Evening, commanders of the IMDB star fleet! I'm just logging in to let everyone know as I still acknowledge myself in astonishment that Into Darkness is the most daring, the most bold, the most well crafted and well developed, one of the best things that I had the pleasure to witness in the Star Trek franchise, particularly the movie series, since their second endeavor, The Wrath of Kahn! I'm totally not joking and I'm totally not spoiling the details for you, as you'll have a bunch of great surprises to check, so don't waste any time and check it right now! Live long and prosper! That is all. Logging out.

Sorry guys! Unfunny! For more details, see my review, but to be short: it tries to be something it's not and after the credits it remembers what it should have been. That's it. Disappointing.

Great prequel to the 2001 movie. It took even longer for Pixar to make some other Monsters related stuff than Toy Story and Cars, but it was worth every cent of the admission! The story is strong, the new characters likable, it's a well worth checking out movie for both kids and adults! Looks like Pixar learned from their mistakes in Cars 2. Go watch it! Oh, and the opening animation, The Blue Umbrella, lovely! Well done again, Pixar!

It's been a while since I last saw a Brazilian comedy. The fact is that most of comedies in my country just don't add up, they are just generic Globo TV "quality" formulas that are simply awful!! By word of mouth I decided to ignore my skepticism, take a deep breath and check this one out, and guess what? I had fun! I mean... I didn't watch the most brilliant comedy of my life, and it's still pretty generic, but it was better than most comedies that comes out in Brazil! There are flaws, and situations that just makes you cringe, but in general terms, I laughed, I had a good time with it.

It's the kind of movie that illustrates the everyday problematic Brazilian family, there are stereotypes of Brazilian people in every direction you look at. So yeah, that's why I let that one pass. I could easily identify some very regular situations that I already seen around in my city with other families and I have to admit, the characters were mostly very likable, specially the mother! So yeah, it's a nice Brazilian comedy. Again, you won't have the laugher of your life, but you'll still have a good time with your friends and relatives.

Wow!! When I saw that it was a movie from the director of Moulin Rouge, I got myself wondering... "well, that means that the movie will have mesmerizing visuals to compensate for the weak plot, right?" WRONG! I never read the book neither saw the 1970's version, but this one nailed it! Great direction work, strong and intriguing script and beautiful cinematography with a great score makes this one a must watch!

Wow!! What an experience! Finally, something different in Brazilian cinema. Emulating something from filmmakers like John Carpenter and Terence Malick with bits of his own, Mendonça made a contemplative and powerful movie that shows us that, even the bad situations can't make people give up from their lives because they'll always try to make the best of what they got.

Fantastic cinematography with shots from everyday situations made in a very disturbing and oppressive fashion. The main objective of Mendonça here is to take the everyday life of people and make it more interesting. This is a wonderful and thoughtful experience that worth every cent! I saw it and got myself trying to solve the puzzle while having some thought about my own life.

A wonderful piece of Brazilian cinema with a slow, yet great development and interesting situations. Must watch!

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Top 10 of the first semester:

1. O Som ao Redor 2. Amour 3. Life of Pi 4. Django Unchained 5. Camille Claudel 1915 6. Star Trek Into Darkness 7. Flight 8. Wreck-It Ralph 9. Meu Pé de Laranja Lima 10. Monsters University

End of first semester.

Beginning of second semester. ----

It kind of surprises me the fact that Brad Pitt is in this kind of popcorn pleasing summer blockbuster movie. Generally he's into something more challenging for his acting skills. Generic zombie movie; apocalypse... check; people infected with some kind of toxin or disease... check; hero who finds out how to solve the situation before the government... check; people in panic, screaming for their lives as they are attacked by the ones who got the infection... check; and last, but not least, promises of a sequel in the end... CHECK! The only difference from the rest of the zombie movies around? It's a PG-13 zombie movie... yeah, you got it, less bites, less blood and more action. Pretty generic. If you want some kind of escapism for your weekend, go watch it, but don't expect anything new.

"That was a great concert!" Those were my thoughts when I was walking out of the movie theater. Long story short: it's a heist movie with magic as a background turned into a huge visual attraction, almost glamorizing burglars. It's not something new, you probably saw this a thousand times before with movies like The Prestige or Ocean's Eleven, in fact, this movie not only takes a lot of the concepts from The Prestige by Christopher Nolan and being two steps ahead being the smartest guy in the room in Ocean's Eleven and mix them to work together with great visual and art concepts that would make a director like Baz Luhrmann applaud as loud as he can but also elevates these concepts to the heights, putting into practice everything we saw in the famous Christopher Nolan movie. So, there's nothing really new here, but it's well made, well orchestrated, gives you tons of fun and a thousand twists, I mean, holy moly, this movie has more turns and endings than Return of the King, when you think you had it figured out, it just fools you once again! Anyway, it's a nice spectacle, worth the admission ticket, go watch it! And also has great actors like Michael Caine, Morgan Freeman, Mark Ruffalo, Woody Harrelson and others. I've just saw it and I enjoyed the ride, so yeah, it's worth of your attention. Just take care and don't play the fool in front of your friends thinking you know what the twist is gonna be. Pay attention to the details and don't look so close.

Finally I saw the new Superman movie! Wow! Just wow! Yes, it's different from the Chris Reeve movies, yes, it's an updated Superman, yes, I know! But it's awesome in it's own terms! And don't get me wrong, I still love the Reeve 1978 movie more, but this one is also beautiful, there's no question! Snyder, Nolan and Goyer made a Superman movie for the modern world and their vision couldn't be more adequate and exciting. DC, you have a great offer this year! We'll still see the other comic book movies of the year, we still have The Wolverine and Thor - The Dark World until December, but honestly, I think that it's not even necessary to see them! To me, it's more than clear that this year belongs to Superman. And in case you're asking, yes, this one has all the action and chaos that Superman Returns didn't! It's good, it's exciting, it's a wonderful start on a very promising story to be developed (undoubtedly) in other sequels and I loved it! Highly recommended!

Sorry, not what I was expecting. The first movie was good, but this sequel... unnecessary, to say the least. A disappointment. It has something, but mostly it's an animation aimed for 5 year olds, cliched to death, nothing really interesting or compelling. Sorry guys, not Pixar level. I know it's not from Pixar, but they are today a very high standart to compare other animations, they really raised the bar that high on the genre. Anyway, take your kid if you want to, but if you're going alone, you'll probably get bored by it.

Typical Hollywood adventure formula for a movie. Take Pirates of the Caribbean and turn it to a western. That's it. When I first heard that the critics were bashing this movie and naming it as the John Carter of 2013, I got curious. Fortunately, I didn't listen to them and enjoyed jolly good fun with Johnny Depp, William Fichner, Tom Wilkinson and Helena Bonham Carter. If you have the chance, don't miss it. It won't change your life and it won't offer you nothing that you've ever seen before, but it's a very efficient movie in the arts of entertainment, like a good theme park.

I just saw this one on a special exhibition here in my town. Thought I lost this one on the first semester, but thanks to a movie theater here that actually cares to exhibit movies more reminiscent of the cultural circles, and not only the traditional junk food and summer blockbusters, I could check this one out. At first, I was staggered by the very presence of one actress... Keira Knightley?? The annoying love affair of the equally annoying Orlando Bloom from Pirates of the Caribbean? That just can't be! But then I thought about Natalie Portman doing the Star Wars prequels and the difference of her when she was in Black Swan and I realized... gee... she looks like a complete different actress here! I mean, a good one! Wow! I was impressed! Actors like Jude Law and Ruth Wilson and all the cast was equally good. I never read the Tolstoi book before, but I'm a little familiar with the story. I don't know if this take on the adultery and guilt treaty of Tolstoy is the best or if the other renditions have a better treatment, but it was a very nice and well produced movie, worth the price of admission.