Volver

Another Foreign, Spanish movie for my brothers and me.
This time, we were debating over The Curse of the Golden Flower or Volver. We just decided on Vovler because it was the top movie on Rotten Tomatoes. haha We were being very indecisive, which resulted in being late watching the film. Luckily the previews saved us some time, so that when we got in they were barely showing the films title. VOLVER

Volver, translation: To return, is about three women. All are related to one another, but all have thier own stories that are portrayed in this film. The movie follows a good mother, Irene played by Carmen Maura, another young mother, Raimundo, played by Penelope Cruz, who is living a struggled life, and Sole played by Lola Duenas, who is running a salon in her apartment, where gossip is being told. This film is categorized as a drama/comedy and runs for about about two hours. I thought this film was really good, even though the diaglogue was really fast. Thier were a lot of things going on in this film, however, in the end everything seemed to come together. It had its fair share of sad moments, as well as its funny moments. The overall storyline of this film was good too. This film is nominated for 2 golden globes, and has won about 12 awards overall. I dont know if you want to believe the Hype, but i thought this film was overall pretty good.

El Laberinto del Fauno

Happy New Years Everyone.. Hopefully a lot of you have rested up from a great night of partying, and feeling refreshed to go back to work or school hahah.. But anywho, since i still have another week to go, as well as the rest of us for school ENJOY IT WHILE IT LASTS!

Starting off this new year, my brothers and i decided to go watch Pan's Labyrinth. It was only released in select cities, and luckily there was one showing near where i live. I saw this trailer awhile ago, and found it to be a pretty interesting story, and wanted to check it out. Then my brother brought up just recently, so we decided to watch it.

El Laberinto del Fauno, translation Pan's Labyrinth, is a fantasy, fairy tale, that takes place in Spain in the 1940's. It follows a young girl, Ofelia, that moves into a new house with her pregnant mother, and new adopted father. At this new place, Ofelia finds a Labyrinth that is behind the new home that she lives and creates a whole new world, using her imagaintion and dreams. At the sametime this is happening, her adopted father, who is a military officer, is trying to capture rebels around the area.

I thought this film was really good. It was very dark, and pretty graphic in certain parts. It's rated R so, dont get confused when they say its a fairy tale. Exactly how Ebert would say, " A fairy tale for adults." This film also won multiple awards for best foreign film. This film runs for two hours, it might seem long for some of you, maybe because there are two stories happening at once. Yet, i think that a lot of you would enjoy it, if you're up for a thrilling, fanasty, fairytale.

La Science des Rêves

hello all, i havent updated for about a month now and i guess it's time to write about another film that i just watched last night!

Orignally, my brothers and i were suppose to catch a world premiere for the Texas Chainsaw Massacre Beggining. but unfortuneately we were unable to get there on time to be considered a first come first serve opportunity. There was soo much traffic trying to get the Mann Chinese theater. And once we got there to wait in line, the line was about one block line. a very long block of that indeed. haha so we were like ahh forget it. but yet we did pass by the theater, and i saw the red carpet and all that cool stuff. Looking at the red carpet was exactly how i saw it in the movies, it's pretty amazing. We didn't get to see any celebs, but i guess thats because nobody in the film is really famous. More of the comming out stars. Since we wasted our time rushing to go to the premiere, we decided that we'd just go watch our own movie. and of course i suggested The Science of Sleep. so sure enough after we ate dinner we went to the Laemmle's Theater, or how my brother likes to call it La-meel's. haha

La Science des rêves (The Science of Sleep) This movie was really awesome. I really like indie films, and this was one that i would definetly reccomend for everyone to watch. The director that directed this film also directed the internal sunshine from a spotless mind, and that too was a good movie. It's one of those movies that is wierd and random. The movie is about a guy, Stephane, who moves with his mother because of a job. Through the course of this time, you find that Stephan has a problem with realzing what is real and what is not. Generally, his dream life is threatening his real life. The movie has a lot of special affects to incorporate his dreams. The movie is really odd but interesting too. The genre of this movie is Art/Foreign/Fantasy. It is also a comedy, love story. Throughout the film, i found myself laughing at all the little corky things every character brought. The Special effects were really great too. like how they used animation to interupret exaggeration, or how everything was made out of cardboard boxes. It was really good GO WATCH IT!!