goldenawards Reviews

Split (IX) (2016)

"Split" is grandiose, at least in its intentions, bringing forth "philosophical" reflections such as "abuse", "kindness", "evil", and "existentialism".

[8/10 · 9 April 2024]

"Split" is grandiose, at least in its intentions, bringing forth "philosophical" reflections such as "abuse", "kindness", "evil", and "existentialism". The purpose is the antagonist's great mantra, where everything he does is for a greater purpose, where he will basically be a receptacle and change human reality. But in practice, its narrative is simple: "a man with problems kidnaps three teenagers". It is a curious film, with moments of suspense and great intensity, which captivates the viewer's attention to know the consequences and future intentions of the character James McAvoy, who is absurd and with great expressiveness in his demeanor, meticulously portraying the expressiveness of each personality. Although, for me, it fell a bit short in the character Kevin, the intensity, fear, and sagacity of the character McAvoy are the great positive points and highlight.

Shoplifters (2018)

The Japanese Parasite....

[9/10 · 10 March 2024]

The Japanese Parasite, the dubious choices of each member of the family will bring great consequences in a powerful narrative that concluded in an unexpected ending where they saw the past literally "pass" before their eyes"ed's masterpiece

"The movie also brings up social discussions (morality vs. Law, ethics in social classes, wealth brings goodness?does it help people or not?can poverty corrupt someone?)

In the middle of the film something very shocking happens to the family and at this point the film begins to have moments of black humor with comedy and secrets are revealed little by little.

Direction:A+/S+ Screenplay:A/S+ Cast:B+/S+ Narrative:A+/S+ Characters:A+/S+ Cinematography:A+/S+ Art direction:A/S+ Video and sound editing:A/S+ Acting:B+/S+

Rating:exceptional🏅A/S+

Sin Nombre (2009)

The most realistic and shocking movie I've ever seen.

[8/10 · 10 March 2024]

Rating: A/S+

The film brings very specific and deep discussions and stories of the people and their daily problems that make them abandon everything, in addition to the cinematography that gives a lot of immersion, clothes, mannerisms, dialogues all well set in the reality in which they live. The ending and the conclusion to the protagonist's core is very intriguing.

Spoiler:

His death is reflected in the boy who will live the same life he has already lived and will regret everything the protagonist himself tells him before he is shot, but as he was very young he had no way of understanding and ended up following the same fate, we have a duality at the end; failure and success / death and life as said before for the success is the girl having managed to achieve the American dream but had to live through all the horrors to have "her prize" a different "hero myth"

Screenplay: B+/S+ Directing:A+/S+ Cast:B+/S+ Video editing:A+/S+ Cinematography:S/S+ Narrative:A/S+ Actings:B+/S+

Memento (2000)

Memmento aims to give us challenges and puzzles during the narrative...."

[9/10 · 15 February 2024]

Overral: A+/S+

Screenplay: S/S+

Direction: A/S+

Narrative: A+/S+

Cast:B+/S+

"Memmento aims to give us challenges and puzzles during the narrative of how to process the events of the plot after the death of his wife and even his own life and that makes us question everyone, and even the protagonist himself, despite the events taking place in a few places, prepare for a movie with many plot twists, Nolan brings a prelude to Tenet, only here script and narrative are of a very high level of excellence, dialogues and direction that come close to Tarantino,the cast is interesting and the performance of the protagonist delivers a remarkable job but certainly the script is gold and it is a film to be studied and even revolutionary in writing where it demands a lot of our interpretation and wit,it is a film with identity and authorial,the script makes us digest the "facts" or "falsehoods" little by little and besides the cinematography gives us highlights to things that really bring meaning to the narrative! "

Acting:B+/S+

Video editing: A/S+

Cinematography: A+/S+

Art direction and sets: A/S+

Another Round (2020)

"Druk is about much more than just alcohol effects. The discussions that the script wants to provide are philosophy, humor, acting on impulse, family, problems, etc"

[8/10 · 15 February 2024]

A/S+ overrall

"Druk is about much more than just alcohol. The discussions that the script wants to provide are philosophy, humor, acting on impulse, family, problems, etc., although it contains comedy in its essence it is an excellent drama and something to praise is the pronouncement of the characters, especially at school, they are very convincing and realistic, one example is the interaction between a teacher and a student who was worried and the teacher asks a "generic question" about romance and the boy replies that his worries aren't that, they're how to study, how to concentrate, and the highlight is mads who is loose and comfortable with incredible performances and his expressionism to portray the reactions and evolutions of the use of alcohol managed to portray this in a believable way, and with his changeable and well-constructed countenance during the phases of changes, . In short, a performance worthy of an oscar"

Screenplay:A/S+

Direction:A/S+

Cast:B+/S+

Performances:B+/S+

Mads Mikkelsen:A+/S+

Narrative:A/S+

Plot:B+/S+

Cinematography:B+/S+

Art direction:B+/S+

Character development/productivity:A+/S+

Video editing:A+/S+

Audio:S/S+

"Druk fala muita mais do que apenas o álcool as discussões que o roteiro quer proporcionar são filosofiacas,humor,agir de impulso,familia,problemas etc,apesar de conter comedia em sua essencia é um excelente drama e algo a elogiar é a pronfudide dos personagens principalmente da escola so muito convincentes e realistas,um exemplo é interação de um professor com um aluno que estava preocupado e o professor faz uma "pergunta genérica" sobre romance e o garoto responde que suas preocupações não sao isso sao comp é dificil os estudos e a area acdemica e como se concentrar ,e o destaque mesmo é mads esta solto e confortável com atuacoes incríveis e seu expressionismo para retratar as reacoes e evoluções da utilização do alcool conseguiu retratar isso de uma forma crivel,e com seu seblante mutavel e bem construido durante as fases de mudança de humor,.. Enfim uma atuação digna de oscar"

Heat (1995)

Al Pacino vs De Niro in a action movie inspired Goodfellas

[8/10 · 7 September 2023]

Rating: A "Heat have a awesome and realistics action,shots scenes but core is duel between De Niro and Pacino that give thriller sequences that deceive and fool us into what can happen. Heat are good elaborated robbery plans but it is not an authorial film, it is inspired by many events, cinematography and even the plots of Goodfellas are "copied" for the film but it worked great but it is not a totally original story. Film deep in some moments and outhers not mostly at final not simple script is complex and have lot symbologys so is Greatest almost masterpiece"

Cast:A/S Screenplay:A-/S.

Direction:A/S Cinematography:B+/S Narrative:A/S De Niro and Al Pacino:A+/S Video Editing:A/S Sounds:A/S Action Scenes: A+/S.

Goodfellas (1990)

Masterpiece in all aspects but.....

[9/10 · 21 August 2023]

"Goodfellas is main about companionship and relations of friends personal life, morality and business but have a point i think need fix is the relationship with police,FBI,etc, because it is very inefficient and even a little unrealistic. Polices not discover their crimes and deaths by the way, looks very easy for fellas make crimes,the script should have invested a little more in this part and improved the investigations. But the rest is masterpiece this movie is hall of fame of films,a mafia,screenplay is very deep telling how crimes are done and how to escape the authorities, the narration of the protagonist is adequate to the moments he needs it, the video editing is impeccable, it connects the story and the relationship amidst the events of thefts and explanatory, friendships and romance they are very well built where they increase as the film goes on and some even end the direction gives us this notion due to the grand narrative. The end game is spectacular De Niro's relationship with Ray Liotta between the two weakens as the film goes on and Liotta is affected by drugs little by little and de Niro shows himself to be the true "villain" despite this is occult ,after the death of the your partner having finished off all the fellas corrupting themselves and too Liotta,shows us that the protagonists can also be antagonists, the fear also intensifies at the end of the film until it reaches its apex where both fellas doubt each other despite having loyalty in the beginning,Goodfella is complex and need very analasys It involves friendship, mafia, plans, distrust, marital problems, crime, morals, "The end justifies the means", fear, chaos, money, family, prison and much more and all of this is covered in depth. Pesci won the Oscar for a great job, a character who likes to be feared and with black and citrus humor and kills anyone who gets in his way and Pesci also left the performance brilliantly with the expressions and expressions on his face characteristic of the character."

Rating:9.5/10 Cast:10/10 Direction:9.6/10 Screenplay:9/10 Narrative:9.8/10 Robert De Niro:9.5/10 Joe Pesci:9.5/10.

Ray Liotta:9/10.

Whiplash (2014)

Whiplash presents a highly realistic story centered around a prodigious young boy striving for stardom in the music world.

[9/10 · 14 August 2023]

"Whiplash presents a highly realistic story centered around a prodigious young boy striving for stardom in the music world. Throughout his journey, he encounters numerous challenges, including arrogance, pressure, overestimation, defeats, victories, losses, loss of control, and pride. These elements are skillfully depicted, elevating the film to a masterpiece status, largely attributed to the exceptional performance of J. K. Simmons, who gives one of the finest portrayals by a supporting actor. Whiplash prompts viewers to ponder the key ingredients to achieving stardom and becoming a great musician: Is it through training, innate talent, or sheer hard work?"

Cast:5/5 Screenplay:4.5/5 Narrative:4.5/5 Direction:4.5/5 acting:5/5 video editing:5/5.

Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022)

"The multiverse is here only as a background to the main plan that the relationships between the characters of Evelyn's family and the search for her happiness."

[9/10 · 14 August 2023]

"The multiverse is here only as a background to the main plan that the relationships between the characters of Evelyn's family and the search for her happiness." Everything Everywhere All at Once presents a vivid and dynamic multiverse that brims with life, accompanied by coherent explanations. The film seamlessly weaves in moralistic elements, bolstered by remarkable and outstanding performances. Although the visual effects may appear modest, they aptly align with the film's overall vision. Every aspect of the movie embarks on a profound journey, exploring themes of choice, happiness, parenthood, and existential crises. Among the exceptional performances, Ke Huy Quan stands out with his remarkable portrayal , to his lead role, he flawlessly executes several distinct characters, exhibiting brilliance in each portrayal ,notably, one particular performance shines extraordinarily, likely earning him well-deserved recognition by the film's conclusion Quan give an exceptional performance that surpasses the standards set in recent years."

Cast:4.5/5 Screenplay:4/5 Direction:4.5/5 Narrative:5/5 Acting:4/5 Effects and video editing:4/5 Key Huy Quan:5/5 Michelle Yeoh:4/5.

Licorice Pizza (2021)

has many different plots and fun and tense moments with a good connection between all the acts

[8/10 · 14 August 2023]

A film that has many different plots and fun and tense moments with a good connection between all the acts in the feature film, but the center of the narrative is the oscillating but essentially true and fun relationship between Alana and Gary. Rich and essential characters, and a place very well set at the time in which it is proposed, and incredible how Paul Thomas managed to express genuinely good and natural performances from the new actors, a highlight for Alana Kane. This Movie is an innovation of relationship and interaction between two characters who have a passion for each other (Romance/comedy).

Highlights: -the character played by bradley cooper -script with good connections between all the acts and story arc of the movie -Alana kane -Direction, Narrative and Scene Sequence(Paul Thomas) -Alana and Gary's relationship -performances.

Pride and Glory (2008)

Edward Norton save this movie.....

[6/10 · 14 August 2023]

Pride and Glory wants to present a story with betrayals, morality and mainly family relationships, The big problem with the film is cliches and relationships and generic plots that accompany the main plot that essentially involves 3 characters that we have flaws and continuity in the script but what saves this film is Edward Norton's glorious performance and intepretation that made me give a rating of 6 to this film despite its ending being worse than the narrative that does have good moments.

Cast:6.5/10 Screenplay:4.5/10 Narrative:5/10 Direction:6/10 Edward Norton:6.5/10 Acting:6/10 video editing:5.5/10.

Júpiter (2022)

Júpiter stays good until half of the film but after......

[5/10 · 14 August 2023]

Júpiter stays good until half of the film with good jokes, well edited scenes the director knows what he's really doing, but from the middle to the end the film lost a lot of the plot it turns into a generic novel and several continuity errors and holes of screenplay in addition to other core relationships that deviated greatly from the proposal of the film, despite having ok performances, its history is superficial and the direction is good but the execution and narrative did not have the same destination.

Cast:5.5/10 Screenplay:5/10 Narrative:4/10 Direction:6/10 acting:5.5/10 video editing:6/10.

Collateral (2004)

explores themes in an eclectic manner, including morals, ethics, values, the meaning of life, theft, and death. All of these elements are constantly debated in a well-directe

[8/10 · 31 July 2023]

" is a film that explores themes in an eclectic manner, including morals, ethics, values, the meaning of life, theft, and death. All of these elements are constantly debated in a well-directed thriller. Despite having a great cast, all the actors appear unrecognizable and out of comfort zone. Nonetheless, the director does a majestic job of tying it all together into one grand action movie. Fox and Cruise work very well here, despite the two being complete opposites, and the events in the narrative collaborate to make it a compelling experience!"

Ratings: Cast:8.5/10 Screenplay:7.8/10 narrative:8/10 video editing:9/10 direction:8/10 cinematography:8/10.

Unforgiven (1992)

Refreshing/Rejuvenating western with a linear script but it works well and despite that it has good dialogues and good solid acting.

[9/10 · 25 June 2023]

"The dialogues are the main plot,presents egocentric, badass characters that hide secrets and discuss morality throughout the film's narrative"

highlights:Clint Eastwood/Gene Hackman/Morgan Freeman,dialogues,action scenes.

Cast:9/10 screenplay:9/10 direction:9.1/10 Narrative:8.8/10 perfomances:9.4/10 video edition:9/10.

"Refreshing/Rejuvenating western with a linear script but it works well and despite that it has good dialogues and good solid acting".

This fim moves a revolution and inspired many movies that came after like Django unchained ,in the history of western cinema presents and emphasizing the realism of the scenes and the construction of the characteristics of the characters.

Ford v Ferrari (2019)

Is a show of great performances by Bale and Damon with glamorous direction in a badass action movie.

[9/10 · 15 May 2023]

Highlights: Bale and Damon performances.

Direction and script.

Cars ,ambience ,sounds and editing.

Narrative.

Ratings: Movie 9/10 Script 8.8/10 Narrative 9.3/10 Bale performance 9.5/10 Damon performance 9/10 Direction 9/10 Sound/editing 9.6/10.

Cast 8.8/10.

Ambience 9/10 Sinopse: American automotive designer Carroll Shelby and fearless British race car driver Ken Miles battle corporate interference, the laws of physics and their own personal demons to build a revolutionary vehicle for the Ford Motor Co. Together, they plan to compete against the race cars of Enzo Ferrari at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in France in 1966.

Person of Interest (2011–2016)

it's a dynamic TV series everything works here despite all the episodes repeating the same structure.

[9/10 · 15 May 2023]

Highlights: Iconic characters Great performances of all cast.

Screenplay and narrative is absolutely great.

Directions is amazing.

Finch and Reese have a spectacular relationship.

Emerson and caviezel are made for your roles.

Shahi,taraji and john nolan is good too Ratings: Screenplay->8.8 Cast->9.2/10 Directions->8.9/10 narrative->9.5/10 Characters story->9/10 Episodes->8.6/10.

It's definitely one of the best series I've ever watched, despite all the episodes having the same structure (similar to the Marvel movie formula) it really works the episodes have funny, serious, sad, suspenseful moments despite some characters looking like superheroes to The series shows that they are sensitive and could die if they are not careful, the episodes are mostly creative, although at times they treat technologies in a "fantastic" way, but the narrative works because it gives an aura of an action series, but so does the show deals with in-depth themes of malware, hackers, etc.

Dopesick (2021)

One of Michael keaton's best performances of his career

[8/10 · 14 May 2023]

Highlights: Great Michael Keaton performance.

Will Poulter did a good acting.

Keaton are always stealing the scenes.

Ambience and scenarios.

Ratings: Screenplay->7.7/10.

Narrative->8.1/10 Keaton performance->9/10 Cast->8/10 Direction->7.5/10 Ambience->8.8/10.

Body of work and episodes->8/10.

Sinopse: Dopesick focuses on "the epicenter of America's struggle with opioid addiction" across the U. S., on how individuals and families are affected by it, on the alleged conflicts of interest involving Purdue Pharma and various government agencies such as the Food and Drug Administration and the United States Department of Justice, and finally, on the legal case against Purdue Pharma and their development, testing and marketing of the drug OxyContin.

Star Wars: The Bad Batch (2021–2024)

Awesome, that's what star wars needs.....

[8/10 · 9 July 2022]

-the characters are unique and cool.

-story is full of secrets, betrayals, side changes and helped expand the star wars universe, we have new faces and old characters -the explanations of how things work are great -the omega characters impressed me a lot.

-the gang interaction is really cool.

-the narrative is spectacular, it's a little slow like clone wars.

-this series reveals very important things from the star wars universe, it is must required for fans and to have a better understanding.

The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (2021)

It's a good series, great fights, good story, mistakes in some plots.....

[8/10 · 9 July 2022]

-Great figths -good characters -the story is regular -moments with continuity errors and nonsense but and errors are few.

-faithful to the comics, with characters who only know that reading the comics -the series villains are reasonable, could have developed better -there are a lot of filler moments.

-good performances , especially from the triplet:Anthony Mackie,Sebastian Stan and Wyatt Russell. And Daniel Brühl as Baron Zemo.

-best episode for me is 5.

The Book of Boba Fett (2021–2022)

boring, boring and more boring....Much of the series is filler and the story of how boba fett survived in episode VI

[6/10 · 9 July 2022]

-The direction is horrible, -fights are poorly filmed and horrible.

-Very moments boring and fillers -This series is responsible for destroying the destiny of a very important character in the Star Wars franchise (it is in the last episode that he appears).

-Minor characters is boring -the scenarios are well built -Temuera Morrison and Ming-Na Wen's performances are reasonable -the series has some good moments, especially 2 good episodes.

Obi-Wan Kenobi (2022)

Narrative, character building and script are bad, but the fights are awesome...

[6/10 · 9 July 2022]

-Characters words,discussions,talks and fights are sometimes moments is nonsense.

-the construction of almost all the characters including the inquisitors are very bad.

-characters who were to die but did not die -the only good performances are from Ewan McGregor and Indira Varma.

-the best thing about this series is in the last episode.

-despite this the series has no retcon in timeline of star wars.

-continuity errors.

6.8/10.

Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers (2022)

Animation 3d and 2d like Roger Rabbit but with reference and satire pop culture, and it really worked..

[7/10 · 9 July 2022]

-Nostalgia,Meme and reference great funny.

-story and scripty is not bad but is regular -it's a world where all animations characters are actors, there are characters that are imaginable to appear in the movie, their appearance and involvement in the movie is awesome cool -it has overturns and betrayals, the villain is awesome and has a great story, but on this issue the movie went wrong with cliches but still fun.

-It's a movie for those who love references, like captain america.

Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy (2021 Video Game)

Suprised me,but....

[7/10 · 30 June 2022]

The game has a great story, charismatic characters, but the gameplay is regular and very bugs.

How Game works: -Great Story,but could have more classic Marvel and Guardians of the Galaxy villains -Gameplay with lot of Bugs,the skills of guardians is cool but have moments of bored -Moments with too many villains(bored) -Metroidvania system is work but have places with bugs and repetitive -skins of characters is great -performaces is regular -the desing guardians is good -comedy,action and 80s classic songs(similar Guardian of the galaxy 2014 movie)

Yakuza: Like a Dragon (2020 Video Game)

A game that surprised me a lot,Nearly a Masterpiece....

[9/10 · 30 June 2022]

Despite not having the protagonist of the previous games, for me this is the best yakuza of the franchise.

A game with a great story with major twist, action and comedy, an innovative and awesome gameplay, an open world with lots of things to do.

The main objective of the game is for the character to search the path of redemption together with new allies, similar to gta sa andreas. The game is a Grand theft auto in japan.

How Game works:

• innovative and awesome gameplay

-open world with lots of things to do -Great Story( similar to gta sa andreas) -outstanding and unique charismatic characters -great powers and rps system -the game city is big but it has many repeated NPCs.

-great performances in japanese(Ichiban Kasuga,Koichi Adachi andYu Nanba) -Good graphics.

The Matrix Resurrections (I) (2021)

The film is basically references, criticisms and reviews about the Matrix franchise.

[6/10 · 21 March 2022]

The film is basically references, criticisms and reviews about the Matrix franchise.

We have many ''revived'' elements such as characters, flashbacks and retcons of the original story. The movie is a good narrative but the action is not so cool, it's not a bad movie, but it's also far from the first. The best part is the last one. Act with an outcome that gives a new ending to the Matrix franchise, this quadrilogy honestly has to end because despite the movie not being so good it closes the saga perfectly.