mat123-1 Reviews

Corporate Animals (2019)

Shameful

[1/10 · 29 April 2020]

What a shame for Demi Moore accepting this kind of role. It's a C movie, made by morons for morons. "Misunderstood" said the moron. Yeah right.

Amor Assombrado (2019)

Reasonable

[5/10 · 31 October 2019]

The production is good, the film has great photography, costume and art direction. "Reality" scenes fade colours, as if the drug-controlled life is gray and depressing, while the madness is cheerful and colorful. Vanessa Gerbelli saves the cast by embodying the insanity of a character difficult to portray. The other actors, though hardworking, suffer from clearly theatrical-addicted direction: exaggerated and artificial gestures, loose hands on their sides (who stands like that in real life?), Uncomfortable figures on the scene, waiting for their moment to recite, the voice propped up, everything refers to a stage that does not exist. But the biggest problem is the predictable dialogues filled with choreographed drama. The movie is worth the exercise of putting yourself in the shoes of a schizophrenic (or pretty much any other kind of mental disorder that affects the perception of reality), but it could have gone deeper to investigate other obstacles and situations besides seeing imaginary people.

The Image Book (2018)

Rubbish

[1/10 · 9 September 2019]

Just because you are a famous director doesn't mean you can throw anything at the audience. The imagery is awful, the quality of the footage is insulting and the audio is completely inconsistent, including technical issues with the channels. I get this is "art" and he is trying to provoke, but there is a line between concept and entertainment, which is drawn by time. A 10 minutes long garbage is concept. But 84 minutes of rubbish is just rubbish. He surely can do better things in the toilet. I wish to give spoilers about this movie, but guess what? There are none.

A Night to Regret (2018)

Really, "active zoom"?

[3/10 · 6 June 2019]

Pretending you can "sharp" blurry pixels from a random internet video with 700% zoom is shameful. I was not expecting much from this movie, there are several holes in the argument, but this is really astonishing. Weak tier C movie.

Galveston (2018)

Well done, but...

[6/10 · 3 May 2019]

If you have a miserable, disgraceful life, watch this movie and you will feel better. Otherwise it does not worth your time. If you have friends, a decent job, someone to love, go do something better. You don't need that level of sadness and agony. Very well done movie, direction and acting, but the script was imagined by a very sorrowful, wretched person.

Climax (I) (2018)

Nice soundtrack at least.

[3/10 · 2 March 2019]

I was expecting way more nudity.

As a former drug user, from acid to cocaine, I can guarantee nobody becomes an instant moron. You can be happy or sad, talking too much, cry, laugh, even disconnect from reality, but in general you glow, you rise above mankind. The aggression, the madness insanity comes when you are SOBER, when you are desperate for a fix - not when you are high.

The soundtrack is really good, and by that I mean the first track, which is pretty much 1/4 of the movie. At first everything looks overly rehearsed, like in a musical when every stranger on the street start to dance, which is cool to watch, but seems lame and tacky at the same time.

And suddenly everyone becomes retarded. The end.

VooDoo (2017)

I wish I could give zero stars.

[1/10 · 4 February 2019]

Garbage. It looks like a really bad play. They even lack blood in the scenes. And the whole "found footage"will never work anymore. Just drop it.

La Gran Promesa (2017)

Good movie, bad direction

[7/10 · 18 December 2018]

The movie is good, considering the technical aspects. Good locations, very good photography, good actors, and a... well, believable story. Some Spanish accents sound weird, but overall is a well made film. I watch a lot - and I mean a lot - of Mexican movies and no, this is not above the average, as someone else stated, because the direction is lame. The action sequences are clumsy and the dramatic scenes are poor. Many situations feel rehearsed and unnatural.

** SPOILERS **

The enemy arguments are also really weak. I mean, he has good motives to be angry, but not to blame the guy for the death of the wife. It could be called a medical error, a God's Act (as lawyers like to say), but not a "sacrifice" as he puts. How the hell the protagonist could guess the women would bleed to death out of nowhere? The whole "photography is bad" speech could also be avoided.

And why the free tits? They were not lovers, there was no rush or something justifying, why would you risk narrowing the audience rating for 5 seconds of nudity? I like it, but why?

Now, the two guys becoming friends in the end, because the antagonist saw a poster with a foto? Really? They changed from mortal enemies to buddies in 5 seconds? Please, it is insulting. For a 2h movie they could get rid of at least good 20 minutes of trips and other unimportant scenes and make a decent drama for the grand finale.

The daughter was also too fast at accepting the "ghost dead", although she throws a good slap in his face.

IMHO It does worth watching, way better than several blockbusters out there, but could be better.

7/10

The Good Cop (2018)

Naive and silly

[4/10 · 3 December 2018]

Ok, I get it, the guy has an evilphobia that could be a Monk's style handicap. Only its not really a handicap because he can do pretty much everything. He is just annoying. And why e-v-e-r-y single episode has to be about his moronic father ruining the case? The guy is a former cop for Christ's sake, he behaves like a child... A person who spent years in jail and has zero perspicacity? Everything is fun & games & jokes? Cmon. I could put up with all this stuff but then comes the jazz. Jazz in the opening. Jazz in the end. Jazz in the happy situation. Jazz in the danger. Jazz in the sad situation. Jazz in the TV show. Jazz in the... Really?

Angel Face (2018)

Boring, sad, dispensable

[3/10 · 18 November 2018]

A small girl drinking alcohol all the time, left alone by her crappy mother? Who needs sad stories like this? Real life is not enough? Look for a therapist, for God's sake.

47 Meters Down (2017)

I know nothing abou diving but I know this is B****HIT

[1/10 · 27 July 2018]

One doesn't have to be a genius to realize there is no logic behind this movie. A cable for cages that can't handle a cage. A boat for cages that can't support a cage - for absolutely no reason. Two newbie girls left alone in the cage. A shark that won't reach a human swimming in 1 second. Please. Don't waste your time/money on this crap.

#Screamers (2016)

Not even scary.

[1/10 · 20 February 2018]

The movie fails on every aspect. Its not scary, its not funny, almost zero suspense. But the plot, oh my God. They introduce an algorithm startup in 2016 like its something knew. Then the whole company employees AND THE BOSS go traveling after a prank video "mystery" (really?), like its the ONLY thing that could make them great. A common, regular, 10 second video that a monkey could make at the basement. And then, after no escalating, a mask fellow screams at the camera, with zero background, zero emotion, zero reasons to be there or to be creepy. And thats it. You don't even get to know if people are killed or what. The whole boring movie just lead you to about 4 miserable screams. The end.

Mimosas (2016)

Awful

[1/10 · 6 May 2017]

I want my time back. There is maybe 10 minutes of story. This movie could have five minutes and it would tell everything that happens. I don't get this idea of insanely long takes of people walking in a desert, other people sitting in silence inside traveling vehicles or dialogues that takes 30 seconds between every line. OK, I get the idea of different landscapes and cultures, blablabla but I have better things to do.