antonio-hess7 Reviews

Moonlight (I) (2016)

Not Good Enough

[7/10 · 27 February 2017]

So you wake up and find that Moonlight won the Oscar for Best Picture. Against La La Land. Against Manchester By The Sea. Against Hacksaw Ridge. OK...

"Moonlight" is not a bad movie, by no means. It has great moments, beautiful cinematography, interesting dialogue during the scenes and nice acting (although not amazing) - is nomination for Best Picture is acceptable. The problem is that this isn't an Academy Movie Winner. The main character lacks a more profound development, the "third scene" is close to nothing (it adds basically anything) and, at some point, we've seen this film before - just remember "Boyhood".

So, it's a nice movie, interesting, but pure and simply not good enough to conquer Oscars Night.

Wild Tales (2014)

Maybe the best picture of recent Argentinian new wave

[8/10 · 30 March 2016]

(I'm not perfect in English, so I'm sorry for some mistakes)

What a singular movie! 6 tales, all different (no connection between characters or situations) and that only have in common the fact that shows how some people reacts to "break" situations - mostly with cars involved.

Probably the best movie from recent Argentinian cinema (it's, in my opinion, even better then "Nine Queens" and "The Secret in Their Eyes"), it should had won the Oscar for best foreign movie - because of the innovation, entertainment and cinematography quality of it.

One of 2014's best and a must see!