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A torinói ló (2011)
A review
It is very hard to review a film like this.
It's one of the films that leaves a permanent mark on you. You think about it for days and days, and even after several months or years you remember it, and remember how it made you feel. And it made you feel bad. A feeling of impeding doom.
One of the films that are so magnificent, but are so hard to watch, that you're never gonna watch it again.
The ending is so powerful, that I set there as it ended and wept for a while without even knowing why I was weeping.
In short, it's a story about creating of the world, but in reverse - the destruction of the world through the eyes of two people.
The Shape of Water (2017)
Never have I ever
...seen such a steaming pile of garbage as this film. There are bad movies that you still enjoy watching, but this... this is a special kind of atrocious.
1) I do not understand who this movie is made for. The "feelings" of the characters are so damn simplistic that the characters from Notebook would be jealous. Characters are either horrendous murderous monsters, or the most wonderful people to ever exist. This kind of simplicity reminds me of children's movies, because children don't understand complex emotions and feelings, but there are extremely explicit sexual and violent scenes, so this is clearly targeted at adults... adults with a very primitive understanding of human relationships and, well, actually the "love" itself.
2) It would be an understatement to say that every single character is one-dimensional. Main character is numb and super kind, and that's all we know about her, apart from the fact that she has a perpetual "deer in the headlights" look to her and acts as a person with the mild Down syndrome.
Neighbor is gay and that's all we know.
Main character's friend is a sassy black lady and that's about it.
And main villain is just that - the worst person to ever walk the face of Earth. He is racist, sexist, abusive, likes to torture people.
3) Not sure how to put it, but the film is just stupid. The entire premise is something out of a Disney cartoon for a 5 year old.
4) It is so shallow. So, so shallow. If you find this movie "deep" or "beautifully emotional' as some reviewers say, you clearly have a mental maturity of a 3 year old. No, this is not how love works. No, you don't fall in love with a man (or a fish) because he ate eggs with you, listened to music with you, and was being cute - this is how you bond with a pet. Just embarrassing.