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Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (2022)
Must came from heaven
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish is one of the best adventure films and spinoffs ever.
What a triumph achieved by a fantastic team spearheaded by Joel Crawford, having only directed 4 films being one of them Croods 2.
Trying to find some order in the midst of my enthusiasm, I will start by talking about the story, and what a story well told. Simple, smart, exciting and moving, it's the perfect movie for all ages (and for all tastes but this is me being a fanboy). It plays very well with the ideas it establishes and involves all the characters, not depriving any of the remarkable and genuinely funny moments. I laughed like a kid, vibrated like an adult and cried like an old man. That's the power of a good movie.
And the fantastic direction of Crawford, (totally inspired by Spider-Man in the Spider-Verse) contributes and in what way to the grandeur, excitement and beauty of the scenes. Not only that, but also for the dramatic moments, showing great maturity behind the wheel. I can't wait for the next project.
Now, the cast, but that cast, stuffed with quality stars. Even so I ended up going for the dubbing and it was the best part of the movie without a doubt. Everyone's accents were fantastic, but the Alentejo totally stole the scene. It is rare to see a movie voiced by people with an accent (which is a shame), fortunately this film changed it and gave life to the film. It surpassed the simple dubbing they became part of the creative process. Certain Portuguese expressions have given a different taste and contribute a lot to a better and memorable experience.
The editing is fantastic, the action is very well marked and the transitions are of another caliber: quite creative and visually fantastic. They provided really good moments thus helping to ward off the general conception that ''animated films are not cinema'' .
Finally, the post-credit scene (it's more post-film, because fortunately it was before the credits), yes THAT scene. What a good time and that warmed me in an indescribable way. It is the return to childhood with the same or even greater joy with which I started this journey and I hope very much (REALLY HOPE) continue to enjoy it. Shrek 5, I miss you ogre.
Me looking at the masterpiece I just made...
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The Tragedy of Macbeth (2021)
Visuals are not everything...
This film marks the first solo directing by Joel Coen who does not disappoint,in directing terms.
The story itself,what truly drives the film, disappoints.
It doesn't bring nothing new to the story so while you're watching you feel that you just watching something that you already seen before.
It's not an adaptation of the play but more like a copy-paste.
But what this film fails in story it delivers in the whole ambient.
You really are into that beautiful and dark world of tragedy with great use of shadow and light combine with the sets wich gives us AMAZING shots.
The score and the sound edition also contribute to give the picture the feeling that you're watching a play trough the screen.
The perfomances are obviously incredible, something we already expected since we're talking about 2 of the greatest actors today:
Denzel Washington and Frances Mcdormand.
They push the acting to another level wich unfortanately doesn't happen with the rest, giving pretty normal perfomances making them forgettable.
A ok story and in general ok perfomances, gives us a bunch of important scenes that can't make you feel. The whole film don't give you touchable scenes it just seems that the events happen and we just move to the next very quickly.
The characters are not well developed and apart from Macbeth(and perhaps Lady Macbeth) you're watching the film and you're not supporting anyone you just see things happening.
In my conclusion this is a INCREDIBLY AWESOME technical film that transports you into another world where you see 2 amazing perfomances that will stay with you after it, but apart from that you will not have reasons to watch it again.