Movie review: London Has Fallen

From the ones who brought you “Olympus Has Fallen” in 2013, here it is: “London Has Fallen“!!! Another movie to avoid watching (unless you are really bored and you want to get some sleep). Also, I’ve never seen the one from 2013.

Seriously, it is the same old story where the Americans are the heroes and the people from the East side of the world are the bad ones. And there’s always this guy (main character) who confronts about 1,000 bad guys throughout the movie… And kills them all… With guns. There are no surprises in this movie (oh, so unexpected!). I swear to god I saw very ugly (badly-done) helicopters flying in this movie. Not to mention a few explosions as well.

I laughed many times throughout the movie, not because it had funny lines (it had like 2, actually). Let me tell you, it all is a joke, we all know something like that won’t happen IRL: You don’t fight against 30 people using guns, making things explode, and using your bare hands and a machete… To only have one ONE drop of sweat and one little cut on the forehead at the end of it all. Are you kidding me? Why you do this?!

The story needs more background, because explosions and fights take like 70% of the movie, and it takes its charm off. I think there should be more information provided for different things. Directing was good, though, some great shots. Good sound, too. Don’t know the music though, I don’t recall any of that right now (but it probably wasn’t good, if I don’t remember).

Long story short: DON’T WATCH IT. And thank me for letting you know. Even Morgan  Freeman had only like… 6 dialogues? I wanted more. He was sitting there most of the time, staring at a screen. Boohoo!

Movie review: The Jungle Book

Spoiler-free zone. 

Okay, I have to start off with… I LOVED this movie as a kid. I owned the VHS of this movie, and I knew EVERY single word to “Bare Necessities” and “I Wanna Be Like You”. I mean, who doesn’t? It’s a Disney classic! Am I right?

It was definitely weird to see Mowgli as, well… A real person. And the animals (most of the time) looked legit. I mean, they did a pretty good job doing everything. I felt like I was there in the jungle with them, I could almost feel their furs with my bare hands if I reached out enough. The quality of the effects is really good. 

The characters are well done, and you can tell they took their time to bring Bagheera, Baloo, Shere Khan and Kaa to life. Always be aware of Bagheera’s eyes – you see them even in the dark – they’re beautiful light green eyes and they shine when he looks at Mowgli. Also, his accent (British) makes Bagheera (Ben Kingsley) sound more fancy in a way, which gives the character this special style and (classic) sass. Baloo is everyone’s favorite because he’s a fun and lazy bear, he’s super cute. Bill Murray did a great job with his silly bear character, specially when he sung!

The story is indeed a bit different from the original Disney created back in the 90s, but it still sticks to the plot and is engaging. The music oh my god, don’t get me started with that! I loved it. During the dark times when Mowgli had to run for whatever reason it was, I somehow felt anxious and somewhat scared. But also at the most fun times, you’ll get sweet and happy tones delivered straight to your ears. I loved the way this movie was scored.  A+!

I was scared that my dad would fall asleep during the movie, since it started around 9:30pm and he doesn’t really enjoy “children” movies, BUT guess what? He didn’t fall asleep! He said he had liked it, and got scared 2 times. I also got scared 1 or 2 times throughout the movie, but we also laughed – which was great! I enjoy a good laugh every now and then. 

Look out for the cute wolf, Gray. My dad and I loved him! Several animals made me go “awww“, but Gray was just way too cute – even more than Baloo! I want to adopt a dog that looks just like him and name him Gray. Oops!

I am a big Star Wars fan and Lupita is in The Jungle Book as well, so I (of course) heard Maz Kanata’s voice whenever she spoke her lines. It was weird at first, and it reminded me so much of Maz, but you get used to it and it’s the perfect voice for the character. I love Lupita. 

I don’t want to go into too much details, because it is a definitely must watch if you love good graphics, Disney, The Jungle Book, and animals. I recommend it, I really enjoyed it and it is better if you live the experience instead of reading it. So GO WATCH IT!!! 8/10

Movie review: Perfect Sense

Spoiler-free zone.

Ever wonder how your life would change if an indescribable plague started to appear all over the world, no way of stoping it, affecting every single human being? Your uncle, your grandpa, your dad, your mom, your loved one, you. One by one you start to lose your taste, your sense of smell, your hearing. All your senses start to vanish, and it is unexplainable.

The movie tells the story of a romance between a chef (Ewan McGregor) and an epidemiologist (Eva Green), who struggle to keep their love alive as an unknown disease starts to spread all over the world. It’s definitely not a movie about zombies and weird things like such, no. In my opinion, it is a post-apocalyptic kind of movie, that is way too real. In a sense that this “what if” could become real – we just never know. It’s an eye opener, it makes you realize how important the things around us are. How our bodies are essential for many things.

The movie has a nice narrative that doesn’t get boring, the actors do a good job as their characters develop and grow as the movie runs. Besides, there are incredible and harsh images that will make you realize how complicated, beautiful and horrible the world we live in is. The scriptwriting is also good, it gives the movie a constant beat that you won’t get tired of. It has some great lines.

What amazed me the most was how they managed to pull out the loss of senses. There’s a point in the movie where I went WOW, because I had never realized how important sound was, and I got so into the movie that I was perplexed (you have to live it to believe it!). I must admit that I cried at the end, simply because the movie evoked so many feelings inside of me. It is not your traditional sci-fi love story, it is well thought, and it resembles what people would do in real life: suffer, get anxious, get angry, frustrated… There’s no cure, what can I do now?! It’s the end of the world!

I think this is a must-watch, it is definitely an interesting movie and well thought-through. You won’t be disappointed, I hope. Because I know the plot sounds boring, but when I saw that it was on a IMdB list as a “must-watch” movie, I gave it a go and I personally I loved it.
7.5/10 (contains nudity and strong language).

(SPOILER QUOTE AHEAD)

Susan: It’s dark now. But they feel each others’ breath. And they know all they need to know. They kiss, and they feel each others’ tears on their cheeks. And if there had been anybody left to see them, then they would look like normal lovers, caressing each others’ faces, bodies close together, eyes closed, oblivious to the world around them. Because that is how life goes on, like that.