Days of Cinema

First, excuse me for the language, but how do fuck did this film got nominated for so many Goyas (Spain's oscars), Azuloscurocasinegro was a very fine film that has a lot more heart and fun in it. I like Viggo Mortensen, I really loved his darkish performance in Cronenberg's A History of Violence, and yes, his spanish is great since he was raised in Argentina. He is fine in Alatriste, but his accent is way too tick, that's also fine, what bothered me is that he tried way to hard to hide it, to the point that he had to whisper words, making it harder to understand for latinos. Production design is good, and the costumes are great as well. The screenplay was... does Alatriste have a screenplay? or was it so bad that my brain just decided to ignore it? Alatriste is a huge failure, it never really accomplishes its goals. At moments it tried too hard to be historic and present an era of Spain. Dissapointing as this is probably the most expensive spanish-language film ever made? And what´s up with it having every single spanish actor there is.

An interesting and visually striking feature by visionary Boyle, who brought us one of the best horror movies of the decade, "28 Days Later." Once again, he collaborates with Cilian Murphy, probably one of the best young actors these days. The pic is fire, but in moments falls in absurdity and credibility issues. Yes, it is a science fiction film, but the screenplay obsessively puts obstacles in its characters, it looses potential because we don't really care about the characters, even knowing that they are supposely saving our lives. Boyle is a tech director, and the cinematography and red pallete are more than outstanding here. 

Some critics for some reason compared Bobby to Babel last year. And even though I find both of them very superficial and mediocre, at least Babel had amazing performances like Rinko Kikuchi and Adriana Barraza, a career-best work from Rodrigo Prieto, and splendid sound mixing. Bobby is not only melodramatic, it had a fantastic cast and seems like Emilio Estevez did everything he could to make
them bad actors. Besides, from the dozens of actors, I would highlight Freddi Rodriguez and Sharon Stone. It really is a shame that the movie didn't work, I was drooling to see it despite knowing how it was received in the U.S. Some other highlights of the film were the costume design
and perhaps Lindsay Lohan?, yeah, I finally saw a different side of her acting, which isn't bad at all.