InakiArias
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It's not easy to write a review about a film in which the reviewer itself has been, somehow, involved. It's also difficult trying to be objective when most of the crew of the movie are Friends or acquaintances.
If I were to judge the quality of the product based just on the merits of an entirely amateur cast or in the lack of resources of the production, well, it should be a 10 out of 10 but for respect to everyone I will try to be as objective as I can.
Starting with the plot, it could be said the movie has two different parts and styles. Whilst at the beginning it's hard to find out whether the film is going to be a drama, a thriller or even a comedy, there is a point of no return in which the movie becomes a non-stop action-thriller.
The way the story is told by the writer and director Unai Antolín also has different sides.
Both the direction and storytelling are rather conventional in the thriller-action scenes but without imposture. He knows how to solve them efficiently and with great tact, honoring the classics without losing personality. However, in no-action scenes he eludes the stereotypes and deals with the challenge of giving his personal touch. The result is in overall noteworthy, specially when you have a strange sensation of uneasiness watching a theoretically "relaxed" scene. And vice-versa...
On the other hand there are a few moments of the film which break a bit the rhythm, the pace of the film . The kind of moments which get the spectator out of the film.
Following with the direction work, if I tell you that the movie was recorded with a single handy-cam you probably would not believe me and that is because not only Unai have the talent to place the camera properly in every sequence, there are a lot of moments in which the result seems to be a work of an entire camera crew.
The acting is sometimes irregular, sometimes amazing, a logical thing taking in account the amateurism of the staff, but in overall is quite satisfying. Jagoba Trujillo, as Messer, makes a great performance, specially when his character shows his weaknesses and his humanity. Also keep an eye to Guillermo Landabaso and Eli Jaular's acting. You can say their characters are specially written to fit with their personalities but it's a fact that there is a lot of hidden talent within them .We will see in future productions.
The OST meets the purpose with a rather nice, melodically strong main theme.
In conclusion, if you can forget the extremely low Budget and the unavoidable limitations related with that fact you probably will enjoy a lot with this movie. This is still not a masterpiece, less a flawless film, but it has a lot of strong points and shows a huge potential, specially from his author whom, don't forget, this is his first full-lenght movie.
If I were to judge the quality of the product based just on the merits of an entirely amateur cast or in the lack of resources of the production, well, it should be a 10 out of 10 but for respect to everyone I will try to be as objective as I can.
Starting with the plot, it could be said the movie has two different parts and styles. Whilst at the beginning it's hard to find out whether the film is going to be a drama, a thriller or even a comedy, there is a point of no return in which the movie becomes a non-stop action-thriller.
The way the story is told by the writer and director Unai Antolín also has different sides.
Both the direction and storytelling are rather conventional in the thriller-action scenes but without imposture. He knows how to solve them efficiently and with great tact, honoring the classics without losing personality. However, in no-action scenes he eludes the stereotypes and deals with the challenge of giving his personal touch. The result is in overall noteworthy, specially when you have a strange sensation of uneasiness watching a theoretically "relaxed" scene. And vice-versa...
On the other hand there are a few moments of the film which break a bit the rhythm, the pace of the film . The kind of moments which get the spectator out of the film.
Following with the direction work, if I tell you that the movie was recorded with a single handy-cam you probably would not believe me and that is because not only Unai have the talent to place the camera properly in every sequence, there are a lot of moments in which the result seems to be a work of an entire camera crew.
The acting is sometimes irregular, sometimes amazing, a logical thing taking in account the amateurism of the staff, but in overall is quite satisfying. Jagoba Trujillo, as Messer, makes a great performance, specially when his character shows his weaknesses and his humanity. Also keep an eye to Guillermo Landabaso and Eli Jaular's acting. You can say their characters are specially written to fit with their personalities but it's a fact that there is a lot of hidden talent within them .We will see in future productions.
The OST meets the purpose with a rather nice, melodically strong main theme.
In conclusion, if you can forget the extremely low Budget and the unavoidable limitations related with that fact you probably will enjoy a lot with this movie. This is still not a masterpiece, less a flawless film, but it has a lot of strong points and shows a huge potential, specially from his author whom, don't forget, this is his first full-lenght movie.
This surrealist attempt of movie is disgusting. The worst thing of all time.
Plot less, ridiculously directed, the worst photography ever... everything is so bad that deserve such a under classed review as the one I'm writing in this moment.
There are a lot of bad movies which at the end are funny. I won't expend my time enumerating them. All of you know which those are.
But don't be tricked with this one. This film lets you with a great sensation of emptiness. I felt empty and sad during more than a hour after watching this piece of...
After Reading some reviews and bloc entries about the "cult" status of this "the room" and the iconic shout: "Your are tearing me apart, Lisa!" plus the intriguing factor of Tommy Wisseau I decided to give a chance to the film because I thought that, at least, the laughs would be granted. Wrong.
Not a single laugh in 90 minutes. Not a single emotion more than a progressive change of mood from apathy to depression.
Does it sound overreacted? I'll try to explain the reasons: 1-The acting of the entire cast is immeasurably bad. I don't know how much I going to live (I hope that at least enough to see another 1000 movies) but I'm sure that I'm not going to witness another acting such as crappy as this. 2-Tommy Wiseau. The first I saw his face was in a IMDb's user list and I must recognize that it captivated me. An enigmatic face, worthy of being typical evil troubled villain of a b-series bad movie. But I lost the interest for him in the very first scenes of "the room". The worst thing about his acting is he believes he is a first class performer whilst actually he is... he isn't even funny. It's a shame I can't use a better English in order to describe him 3-Was this nightmare's Budget 6 million bucks? In this moment is when I start to cry and when I feel that I would give a huge hug to Wiseau If I were to meet him someday because he's nothing more than a victim. A victim because the entire crew of the film laughed in his face. With 6000 dollars every user of IMDb with a Handy cam, a microphone, 6 Friends and a PC would have made a better experiment than this.
In conclusion, don't waste your time watching this. This film has nothing to show. Anything to remember. This is not a movie. This is not cinema.
Plot less, ridiculously directed, the worst photography ever... everything is so bad that deserve such a under classed review as the one I'm writing in this moment.
There are a lot of bad movies which at the end are funny. I won't expend my time enumerating them. All of you know which those are.
But don't be tricked with this one. This film lets you with a great sensation of emptiness. I felt empty and sad during more than a hour after watching this piece of...
After Reading some reviews and bloc entries about the "cult" status of this "the room" and the iconic shout: "Your are tearing me apart, Lisa!" plus the intriguing factor of Tommy Wisseau I decided to give a chance to the film because I thought that, at least, the laughs would be granted. Wrong.
Not a single laugh in 90 minutes. Not a single emotion more than a progressive change of mood from apathy to depression.
Does it sound overreacted? I'll try to explain the reasons: 1-The acting of the entire cast is immeasurably bad. I don't know how much I going to live (I hope that at least enough to see another 1000 movies) but I'm sure that I'm not going to witness another acting such as crappy as this. 2-Tommy Wiseau. The first I saw his face was in a IMDb's user list and I must recognize that it captivated me. An enigmatic face, worthy of being typical evil troubled villain of a b-series bad movie. But I lost the interest for him in the very first scenes of "the room". The worst thing about his acting is he believes he is a first class performer whilst actually he is... he isn't even funny. It's a shame I can't use a better English in order to describe him 3-Was this nightmare's Budget 6 million bucks? In this moment is when I start to cry and when I feel that I would give a huge hug to Wiseau If I were to meet him someday because he's nothing more than a victim. A victim because the entire crew of the film laughed in his face. With 6000 dollars every user of IMDb with a Handy cam, a microphone, 6 Friends and a PC would have made a better experiment than this.
In conclusion, don't waste your time watching this. This film has nothing to show. Anything to remember. This is not a movie. This is not cinema.
The Wolf of Wall Street can be considered a flawless movie but I left the cinema with a bittersweet sensation.
Lets start with the positive points: Firstly, the direction is outstanding. Scorsese at his best, he can manage the pace of the film to the extreme of not being a bit boring despite of the 3 hours of duration. Every shot, every scene has been done with extreme care and talent.
Secondly, the main star, Leonardo Di Caprio's acting is stunning, absolutely Oscar worthy. Marlon Brando would be proud of his successor. The rest of the cast is great but, in my opinion, not amazing. Jonah Hill is not Joe Pesci, for example.
Finally, production values. The target of this film was to show a luxurious, glamorous and excessive lifestyle of some new (very) rich men and I can swear that this film succeed in that.
Following with the negative points I will start remarking that I feel I'm being a bit unfair. If this film was been made by another director I wouldn't give such importance, but this is a Scorsese's movie and a serious contestant for the best movie's award.
The main flaw of The Wolf of Wall Street is, in my opinion, that the plot is good, sometimes brilliant, but anything special. It lacks of deepness and capacity of surprise. And the storytelling is quite conventional.
I recognize the enormous effort of Scorsese in the way of how he tries to represent the cruelty of the extreme ambition and excesses of Jordan Belfort and his comrades and the visually magnificent representation of the effects of drugs. The ambiguous morality of the film is well received too.
The problem is that there are already a lot of movies that manage both Wall Street and drugs stories in a better way that this movie does.
In conclusion, a technically perfect movie, worthy of watching in cinemas and in the level of Scorsese's last films (which is not a bad thing) but it's sad to say that it seems we can't expect anything from our beloved director worthy of surpassing (or even matching) hits like Raging Bull or Taxi Driver.
Lets start with the positive points: Firstly, the direction is outstanding. Scorsese at his best, he can manage the pace of the film to the extreme of not being a bit boring despite of the 3 hours of duration. Every shot, every scene has been done with extreme care and talent.
Secondly, the main star, Leonardo Di Caprio's acting is stunning, absolutely Oscar worthy. Marlon Brando would be proud of his successor. The rest of the cast is great but, in my opinion, not amazing. Jonah Hill is not Joe Pesci, for example.
Finally, production values. The target of this film was to show a luxurious, glamorous and excessive lifestyle of some new (very) rich men and I can swear that this film succeed in that.
Following with the negative points I will start remarking that I feel I'm being a bit unfair. If this film was been made by another director I wouldn't give such importance, but this is a Scorsese's movie and a serious contestant for the best movie's award.
The main flaw of The Wolf of Wall Street is, in my opinion, that the plot is good, sometimes brilliant, but anything special. It lacks of deepness and capacity of surprise. And the storytelling is quite conventional.
I recognize the enormous effort of Scorsese in the way of how he tries to represent the cruelty of the extreme ambition and excesses of Jordan Belfort and his comrades and the visually magnificent representation of the effects of drugs. The ambiguous morality of the film is well received too.
The problem is that there are already a lot of movies that manage both Wall Street and drugs stories in a better way that this movie does.
In conclusion, a technically perfect movie, worthy of watching in cinemas and in the level of Scorsese's last films (which is not a bad thing) but it's sad to say that it seems we can't expect anything from our beloved director worthy of surpassing (or even matching) hits like Raging Bull or Taxi Driver.