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Leave the World Behind (2023)
awesome
Great movie, but i am amazed because this is the first USA film or tv show about catastrophic distopic events in wich no american kills another american ...
i really don.t understand how american distopic films always recreate in humans murdering humans instead of helping and collaborating with each other ...
maybe it is because i am european and cannot think of a society where every person has the right to have human killing machines and in a very affordable way and they do actually exercise that right ...
i do not use to give 8 stars, this is a good movie, well done, acted and directed, it deserves really my 7 stars, the eighth is for the lack of north american killings by another north americans.
The Swarm (2023)
absolutely loved the book, and so the tv show
I was afraid the show would be an action one, but fortunately it is not, and it respects very well the pace marked in the novel
good acting, and good direction also, a woman directing many chapters surely has to do with the lack of major action
as the end looks it may have a second season, now away from the novel, I.d really love that
as for the slow pace of the plot, it is the way it is, and to me looks very realistic if something like this should happen
highly recommended., I guess low rating come from fast action boring movies fans, nothing to do with real life, also no killings or gunshots, rare to see nowadays.
Simulant (2023)
great movie, blade runner made realistic and actual
I don't give cheap 7 stars to any film, but this deserves it, it reminds the argument of blade runner but in a more actual and realistic environment, taking advantage of today's concerns about AI
directed by a woman gives it the touch in the story, not the action fortunately
i was reluctant to watch if because its low rate in imdb, but we decided to give it a try, and we watched the full movie interested by the plot and the ambient (nice music also, another tribute to blade runner), and fortunately with very few scenes of mild violence and action
I love story telling pictures, and detest action films, so this is a must see for every fan of sci.fi movies.
Paradise Highway (2022)
excellent movie you can see the hand of a woman directing, refreshing
I am so tired of mainstream movies, this one, directed by a woman, talking about real women problems in a so macho men country as the USA, shows that side of USA that makes me avoid visiting that country
not an action movie, fortunately, but a movie about persons, feelings, and the overwhelming injustice and discrimination of women treated like garbage since they are just llttle girls
american way of life ... what a shame.
Against the Ice (2022)
I love no mainstream movies
And this is one of them, great story based on facts, great acting and ambientation
the only thing I regret it is not spoken in danish as it should be, it is rare to see danish people speaking british english, nevertheless this is a minor problem
the film deserves watching it fron start to end
thanks to streaming platforms we can now see that there is much more than american film industry, and that most of the times it gives a very diferent and refreshing point of view of things, people and ethics.
Snakehead (2021)
Really great movie with a different viewing of things
If you are looking for a typical violent american movie with some action and lots of blood ... well, there is some blood, but it is not the so boring always the same american move at all.
Different narrative, different tempo, great story well narrated, acted and directed.
Congratulations to every suporter for this film, you made a great movie that I liked a lot.
But the cover picture selected for the film is totally misleading, because of it I nearly missed the film, I finally decided to give it a try and enjoyed a lot, my advice, change that cover picture, it does not make justice at all to your great work.
Warning (2021)
great sci-fi non-mainstream movie
I am tired and bored of american industry sci-fi, either boring comics adaptations, or postacopalytic situations where americans always end up killing each other, never colaborating to survive, action, bad guys and killings ... so boring and unreal, at least outside USA
this polish/canadian film is different, low budget, but great direction, production, acting and story, actual and realistic
if you like black mirror you will love this one, if you are looking for blood, action and killings look somewhere else.
Blood Red Sky (2021)
interesting mix of genres
Although a bit excesive on the action side, and a little bit longer than it should be, nevertheless, a fine movie to watch.
I Am All Girls (2021)
great movie, bad ratings must be biased by ideology
Good real story well narrated and directed and interpreted, the matter is hard, that is why I guess bad ratings are not about the movie, but about how many goverments and powerful people colaborate to let these things happen
child trafficking and abuse is an actual fact all over the world, too many powerful people and politicians let it be or even participate and promote it
vigilantis appear as a possible solution
watch this movie, highly recomended, unless you are one of the promoters of these hideous actions.
Waves (2019)
this is real life drama, not sports neither romance
I was about to disregard this movie just because a so bad labeling, this is not romance, and of course it has nothing to do with sports, I hate sports movies, so I am glad I gave it try, because it is a really great movie, great acting and good direction also. A real life story, so american on one side, but also so international, I would resume it as how to turn completely unhappy when you have evertything, just beacause ...
Parenting is not easy, but it should be smarter.
Much Loved (2015)
excelent movie about a tough matter in a tough country
No suprise this film was never showed in its country, I even find it difficult to understand how it could be made, it shows well how things work there, how every public servant is on sale and prone to abuse the weak, and the extreme hypochresy of societe about sex, prostitution and overall the clients
there is a scene at the police station than may well represent the whole picture of the movie, I will not explain to avoid spoilers
great acting most of the time and very well direction also, a must see if you are into exploring good movies outside the mainstream.
Cherry (2021)
extremely slow ...
It happens to us with every product from apple, series and films, even with action ones, I don´t like action movies at all, but apple productions, even good as they use to be are so extremely slow pacing that I end up losing attention .. yesterday I stopped watching losing alice at the beginning of the second chapter, this film was abandoned after 30 minutes waiting for the plot to appear ... it is really a shame such a waste of resources and good productions ... I hope they change some day
The Flood (2019)
this movie deserves at least a 7 stars note
Moving realistic story, very well plotted, great acting for both main actors, and good direction and production, this movie deserves to be watched, I rarely give a 7 stars note, but this movie really earned it by its own merits
Bliss (2021)
clever movie, but no sci-fi neither romance
This movie is not at all a romance or sci fi story, it is a hard story about how actually some persons live their lives as a consequence of personal choices
the writers must know well what they are talking about, it is a clever story well narrated from a personal point of view
refreshing movie, recomended
I don´t tell what is it about in order to avoid spoilers, but you have very clear hints from the very beginning of the film and all the time through it, but don't expect a love story or a sci fi, it is hard real life situations what it is about
Kajillionaire (2020)
negative reviews are just political, fresh movie, touching
After a weird beginning that lets you wondering what's next, the story develops in original and unexplored ways
it is so refreshing to be able to watch films made by women, I am a 64 years old male, bored of all the same movies everytime, although late in my life, it is great to finally wath movies made by women, they are different to what we are used to, an gives the industry a much needed fresh air
I am sure that most negative reviews come from macho militant men, and are mainly based on political positions, and biased prejudictions about women
The Irishman (2019)
boring, bad characterization
I could stand barely the first hour of the movie, it is easy to make a young man look old, but not otherwise, it looks like a parody, this is a major problem with the film, looking men in ther eightys trying to look as if the were 50 years younger
moreover the film is a series of ultra short stories, like flashes of their lives difficult to locate in time because of the previous problem already explained
it looks more like a collection of situations, not well neither explained nor clearly connected, that ended with our decission to stop wasting our time, as no mayor story appeared to evolve in that first hour
i know it is not fair to judge a whole movie when you have watched less than a third, but this is a consequence of how the film has been made, if within the first hour it does not catch up your interest, definitely it is not worth your time anymore
i am the first sorry about this, as I expecte a lot, frome the director and from the excelent casting
Hotel Mumbai (2018)
Excelent recreation of what happened there, good film well made
I was hosted 200 meters from the Taj that night, the narrative is so realistic, I recreated the events watching the film. Nevertheless the other hotels also attacked are not present at all, although I understand the story focuses on the Taj, the film would have been even better. Mumbai was under siege that day, streets closed by the army, nobody in the streets, persons or vehicles, all these are not present or even insinuated in the film. Although I miss how the terrorist avoided shooting muslins asking them to pray to confirm.
I really enjoyed watching it either way.
Solis (2018)
good story nice execution
I don't know why so many low punctuations, this is a nice film, good story, well developed and played, perhaps only one actor all the time is too much for many people, but I think it gives the film more appeal, low budget film, good result, recomended por hard sci fi fans
Extinction (2018)
some reviewers seem to have stopped watching the film sometime in the middle
Otherwise I cannot understand that absurd scores of 1 star over 10, I give 6 stars to a film I have liked, 7 to quite a good one, and only higher for the masterpieces
this film has a good script and story, although the beginning may appear too simple and even childish, it gets its real dimension afterwards, not the best s-f film ever, but clearly much more better than any super heroes production
if you are an experienced scifi fan you would apreciate this film, but let the story develop
The Humanity Bureau (2017)
different approach to post apocalypses
I am tired of post apocalypses movies where the only argument is how some men kill other men, this films is more clever than that, and although it is a b series movie with a very low budget, it has given me a nice time watching it, no boring moment, and nice ending. I agree that this movie deserves quite more than the high 3 it has now.
Infini (2015)
not bad, but too long
first and las 30 minutes should merit a 7 for this movie, but the 40 in the middle are way too long, fights and gore with so little argument, it is a shame, the idea is fine, although the ending is not clear enough, I was about to give it a 5 as we almost stopped viewing it when fights went on forever, but we finally ended, and that end raised the value of the film.
We are big science fiction fans, and we love this type of films with low budget, the use to have a better story, but we think the director went too pretentious making the film longer than it should have been.
Nevertheless, worth a try.