edson_garrido
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As a Brazilian that lives in Sao Paulo, the city that serves as the background to 7 Prisoners, I can testify for many cruel aspects that the director Alexandre Moratto depicts in his latest movie available on Netflix.
Labor slavering has been a serious issue in Brazil since the distant colonial times to the current days. This country of continental dimensions has a bruising absense of the State, from its distant, remote parts to its huge metropolises, crowded with people from small countryside cities, and immigrants from all over the third world looking for a ceiling, a job, and food.
These evil ingredients result in a very favorable scenario to what we see in 7 Prisoners. Moratto's vision of this problem is raw and realistic, sculpting a very tridimensional take on both antagonist and protagonist characters.
The moral dilemma lived by Mateus, a victim of this corrupted system, is shocking and heartbreaking, keeping the audience uncomfortable and distressed.
7 Prisoners is not escapist entertainment, and neither the movie will make an effort to be that. There won't be a hero coming and saving the day, nor a growing journey blessing the protagonist with a common sense of justice and good sense in the end.
This is not a thriller or an action film, this is a depicting of reality as cruel as it is, so if you are not into a realistic take on life facts, this movie is not for you. For the others, breathe deeply and be prepared for 90 minutes of uncomfortable truth. You won't regret it.
Labor slavering has been a serious issue in Brazil since the distant colonial times to the current days. This country of continental dimensions has a bruising absense of the State, from its distant, remote parts to its huge metropolises, crowded with people from small countryside cities, and immigrants from all over the third world looking for a ceiling, a job, and food.
These evil ingredients result in a very favorable scenario to what we see in 7 Prisoners. Moratto's vision of this problem is raw and realistic, sculpting a very tridimensional take on both antagonist and protagonist characters.
The moral dilemma lived by Mateus, a victim of this corrupted system, is shocking and heartbreaking, keeping the audience uncomfortable and distressed.
7 Prisoners is not escapist entertainment, and neither the movie will make an effort to be that. There won't be a hero coming and saving the day, nor a growing journey blessing the protagonist with a common sense of justice and good sense in the end.
This is not a thriller or an action film, this is a depicting of reality as cruel as it is, so if you are not into a realistic take on life facts, this movie is not for you. For the others, breathe deeply and be prepared for 90 minutes of uncomfortable truth. You won't regret it.
Having read Invincible comic book from the beginning until the epic ending 12 years later, I was very excited (and worried) about if this adaptation would make justice to the high quality script/artwork delivered by Kirkman's SkyBound in its printed version. I mean, the awesome art from Ryan Ottley, Corey Walker, and the acid (and naive at the same time) dialogues and storyline from Robert are above all a high level homage to the golden years of the American comics.
After watching the first episode, I can confirm that my high expectation has been satisfied to say the minimum, and I am now eager for more. I saved the other two chapters to see during the week, so I can have time to assimilate the impact of each episode.
At first, I was fearing that 40 minutes per chapter could be too much for an animation series, but the flowing of the script was good enough to find me checking at the end of the first one if it really runs for 40 minutes (actually it has 47 minutes!). This live action series length worked very well for the animation, after all.
As for the animation itself, there are moments, especially the slow pace ones, where it becomes weak and disappointing compared to the best TV animations from some anime series, for example, or to other west authors productions like Tartakovsky's Primal. But when it comes to the action scenes, Amazon's Invincible really delivers a great job (I mean that animation sequence at the end of the first episode? Man, I got breathless!)
I hope this format of productions (westside-adult-animated-series) can get more traction with initiatives like this one. I believe that this niche has a very large and profitable public and an amazing and huge source stuff in the comic book as well that can render dozens of excellent productions like Amazon's Invincible promises to become.
After watching the first episode, I can confirm that my high expectation has been satisfied to say the minimum, and I am now eager for more. I saved the other two chapters to see during the week, so I can have time to assimilate the impact of each episode.
At first, I was fearing that 40 minutes per chapter could be too much for an animation series, but the flowing of the script was good enough to find me checking at the end of the first one if it really runs for 40 minutes (actually it has 47 minutes!). This live action series length worked very well for the animation, after all.
As for the animation itself, there are moments, especially the slow pace ones, where it becomes weak and disappointing compared to the best TV animations from some anime series, for example, or to other west authors productions like Tartakovsky's Primal. But when it comes to the action scenes, Amazon's Invincible really delivers a great job (I mean that animation sequence at the end of the first episode? Man, I got breathless!)
I hope this format of productions (westside-adult-animated-series) can get more traction with initiatives like this one. I believe that this niche has a very large and profitable public and an amazing and huge source stuff in the comic book as well that can render dozens of excellent productions like Amazon's Invincible promises to become.
With a plot that could perfectly fit among the best classical Twilight Zone episodes, or, with a small change sum up to the most memorable scripts of Black Mirror, this horror/sci-fi flick will probably get into your mind and make its mark on you. What starts as a mainstream night chat among friends, soon reveals to be a nuisance sequence of happenings that will make a node in the viewers' mind by exploring the boundaries of quantum mechanics' theory with all its horror and anguish.
From a certain point of the story, you probably will have to choose hate or love this movie, there's no room for neutrality here. I am included in the second group and, from this decision, you are going to give up on the trip is being proposed by the creators, or surrender to the main character's drama as much as I did. Coherence is not an easy movie if you're into Hollywood aesthetic productions and don't enjoy indie flicks easily.
The photograph is yellowish, dark, and melancholic; the camera is purposefully careless, the dialogues are overlaid and tumultuous; and this mix of techniques are the final ingredients to push viewers to decide their feelings about the movie at the very beginning of the screening. If you embark on the trip, you probably are going to have a remarkable and enjoyable experience.
From a certain point of the story, you probably will have to choose hate or love this movie, there's no room for neutrality here. I am included in the second group and, from this decision, you are going to give up on the trip is being proposed by the creators, or surrender to the main character's drama as much as I did. Coherence is not an easy movie if you're into Hollywood aesthetic productions and don't enjoy indie flicks easily.
The photograph is yellowish, dark, and melancholic; the camera is purposefully careless, the dialogues are overlaid and tumultuous; and this mix of techniques are the final ingredients to push viewers to decide their feelings about the movie at the very beginning of the screening. If you embark on the trip, you probably are going to have a remarkable and enjoyable experience.