Change Your Image
wannas81
Reviews
The Passion of the Christ (2004)
Renew your faith...
Let me just start by saying that I am a muslim and, therefore, do not believe that Jesus was really crucified. Instead it's my belief that it's Judas who ended up on the cross, that Jesus was lifted to the Heavens and that he will, one day, come back to this Earth and save Humanity one more and final time. That said, this movie is simply beautiful... Most people say it's too violent, some even say it's shocking, disturbing, unsettling. I say, again, that it's a beautiful movie. It's about believing in a higher power and being prepared to do anything and risk everything for what one believes. But the scenes that intensely moved me were the heart-wrenching scenes where Gibson brilliantly depicts and Morgenstern inspiredly interprets the suffering and quiet resignation of a mother that is bound to see her cherished loving son having to endure all that pain and torture for his message to be one of love till the very end. To all the people out there who say this is an anti-semitic movie I say two things: * The term anti-semitic is incorrect in the context it is, nowadays, used. All the people in the middle east are Semites and not only those who are jewish. * Stop flashing the "anti-jew" sign each time anyone says anything other than "Jews are angels". Jewish people are like any other peoples on this Earth; there are good, God-loving, God-fearing Jews, and then there are bad Jews. And yes, Jews did have a hand in all the opposition that Jesus encountered and the constant ordeal that Jesus had to endure for his Faith. But then again, it's OTHER Jews who embraced the new religion as their own and were prepared to pay with their lives for God and His prophet.
To me, Jesus is only a prophet, a messenger, a man. But he is so much more than that as well; he is a man with Faith... And this movie is about that...
Wonderful Days (2003)
Bravo Korea...
Great great movie...tech-wise. Ok, granted it's not the most elaborate or original of movie plots. It's the eternal story about love and jealousy, power and corruption, good and evil but it has got a Miyazaki twist to its story, or at least tries to emulate the master, rather unsuccessfully I might add. The animation is like nothing I have seen before though, and I HAVE seen Final Fantasy. Main problem: the characters are poorly developed, if not at all. And the story doesn't grab you by the collar and throw you in its world, so you're always "aware" of the animation, it being the masterpiece that it is... But again, it's a movie well worth seeing, some shots will even make your jaw drop and eyes bulge, that's how much the scenes are beautifully drawn and animated. The authenticity of the "small" things (rain dropping pattern, eyes watering) is what I personally marvelled at more than anything else. Oh, and an out-of-this-world soundtrack to top it off, with some exquisite pieces that matched the moods perfectly. It was the only thing that really "sucked me in" a few times... All in all, it is a very promising start to all-korean animations.