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Reviews
Bombay Beach (2011)
Naked Emotion In Motion
The complexity of the characters performed in a minimalist way was very refreshing. How naked and honest the emotions of this film evoke in me is a priceless feeling that I cherish every so often I get the chance now days. The duality of emotional contrasts is very present in each character vividly. I feel in love with the little boy with a BIG LIFE and how he just wants normalcy, also his tired, worn down mother who is uneducated, unfit (at times), and strong in the same respect. I think that Alma projected each story line in a concise and efficient way that can be felt by a skeleton. The old man is a great well deserved lull or break from the emotional content and serves as a sort of narrator of the spirit of the film and the meaning that I personally got, being resilient through life and also loving life as it happens. Sometimes the camera work was shaky (i personally get motion sickness easily) but overall It was an exceptional work of art, also a very human, organic piece of art. It left me hoping the best for every character, and that is a great ability; to make people feel human, emotions, and love. PS. i gave it a 10 because it is better than the 6.7 rating it has at the current time PSS. shotout to Carson Daily for putting a spotlight on a great work of art, even though universal picked up the film and universal produces his show, I appreciate this movie.
Spread (2009)
very true story of high society L.A. and how it is a Male driven environment
This film is a great example of what the L.A. social life is really like... drivin' by male a dominated mind frame where you can have whatever you want as long as you play the rules of the land. If you got it you "got it" if not the you don't, its that simple. this movie really made me feel the superficialness of how Los Angeles really is. I loved how they played on the idea of a playboy womanizer who can have whatever he wants, then broke the dudes' back like a ton of bricks. life in the fast lane is really like that where you can feel so high and so low the next minute in a "town" like Hollywood. Kutcher played a great role in the story with his lack-a-daisical sense of being in all aspects of the current character. This is a very true story of how Hollywood "can" pick u up and spit u out in the same breath as easy as a gasp of air, no matter how "big" u feel. Its really when u step back and look at the story when you see the big picture, where u see the irony and the brilliance of the role of kutcher. It's almost sad how the end is, even though u know it is coming sooner than later. The end is fitting for the picture seeing that Hollywood is really like that, An Open Book, never closed cause there is still hope in the system of which Hollywood consists of. Forget your "friends" and be a "Dreamer" like how the Hollywood fancy is really like. Great Film in my opinion. Shot with great views of the city, with beautiful people, and a story that doesn't stay still, it's just the inevitable ending that makes this story sort of cliché.