Days of Cinema

Guillermo Arriaga, an okay novel writer that sensacionalizes everything he can touch. His idea of making films is not very far from what he does as a writer. The raves of his earlier work in both books and film, have contributed to his mega ego. He showed some talent in Amores Perros and 21 Grams, but still, his screenplays weren't necessarily good. Later, he ruined The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada, and was the weakest element to hideous Babel. Now, he gives a new director the chance of directing one of his most acclaimed novels. The result becomes an ugly-looking mess, where the only thing worthy is the beauty of Liz Guillardo, and the beautiful score by The Mars Volta,which in my opinion is one of the scores in recent mexican movies. Performances are irregular, but they did what they could, the screenplay and directing didn't do much to help them.

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.

First, I must confess I've never liked this character, I find him so irritant and so over the top. I decided to give this film a chance since some of my friends for some reason actually thought the film was smart? And, it really isn't Mr. Bean isn't smart, but that has never really been a problem with my dislike of the series. This movie is nothing but the same typical comedy intended to get descent amount of box office. I should say though, it really has a colorful and striking cinematography. And the music is also very well put together. At the end the film is flawed in every single way, the performances become as dull as it can get. The final scene is a disaster.
Was the director trying to to make a homage to "The 8th Hour" ?

A stylish, colorful, and soundy production. Unfortunately, it takes itself too seriously, nevertheless it's got enough energy and the accurate music to make it a descent film. No doubt, it was a big step and a huge surprise from Director Adam Shankman, yes, the director of The Pacifier. Nikki Flonsky is a revelation, but I hope her over-the-top charms don't continue to follow her acting career. John Travolta, I found myself questioning if casting him casting him was a joke, but I gotta say it was a descent performance. The screenplay is very unconcistant, as well as the art direction, I didn't get the feeling we were transported into the 1960s. Hairspray sparkles too much, just as Dreamgirls did last year, none of these two musicals have the heart or entertainment qualities of the best musical of the decade so far, Chicago. This is the kind of film the entertainment show bizz drools for, I wouldn't be surprise if this ends up geting some oscar nominations in the techs, and probably a golden globe nom for Best Picture Comedy/Musical.