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Taking Chance (2009)
Poor directed
Initially i have to say that the script is a original and fresh idea, it's about transportation and escort of US Army KIA soldiers to their home town, besides that the film didn't achieve the feeling of reality, main fault for me is character development, direction of actors and erratic acting, and wasn't in one or two scenes, was enough to get noticed it, sometimes i was looking a shot and when some character turns for continue a dialog i saw a different face/body expression that broke the feeling of the scene, in some scenes i saw over acting from Beacon but obviously it's the director who could not guide him but the worse part are supporting and extras roles who were played/directed very bad at the point of in some scenes almost looked like they are mocking of Beacon's character, if don't put attention to everyone but Beacon maybe you don't notice it, and well some in some scenes character did or said nonsense things or attitudes, watch it, the feeling at the end it's weird, you will feel proud and honor for KIA but in a strange way
Cztery noce z Anna (2008)
Wonderful directed film
Just Wonderful, in two words, it's an almost non-spoked drama film, that achieves immerse the audience into the story by the brilliant playing of the lead role by Artur Steranko, main character it's a loneliness guy who find company looking through the window at the apartment across side yard, he creates a love story for himself involving Anna (girl's apartment) with whom he has been involved in a criminal act been innocent
Every scene has been very well directing and played, when i saw it i was involved easily in the plot, audio track is very good, scenery and locations were chosen carefully to develop characters and plot, i haven't followed Skolimowski's work but after this film i'm impatient to see new films from him
Good Dick (2008)
A very well made film
First of all i have to say that initially i didn't expect too much, but as scenes passed i was involved in the story, out of any common plots, very good acting, and main characters are developed very well through the film, i like the ending a lot, i felt that it can happen in real life, the director (hurra for this film) and the plot achieved that maybe thanks because she wrote the story and she plays one of the main characters very well.
From the point of view of photography wasn't any spectacular scenes and this contributes to see it like it is real life happening in there, the soundtrack it's good maybe a little soft for the scenes, i recommend this film, it tells very simple a different approach of what love is
Alone in the Dark (2005)
Almost don't worth a review
Initially, a written story appear white and black telling bla bla bla facts, in the first minutes of the movie you realize than the story is the plot of the movie! come on!, it's one of the worst movies i have saw, pointless nonsense incongruent plot, very badly direction and edition, scenes look forced some of them without any sense, no continuity (it's night then it's day), even in a scene someone dies for no reason and when everybody i walking away from the move she moves!, the sex scene it's terrible, starts with music like someone have pressed a button.. sex time!!, same as some action scenes lol, but i have had some good laughs of it so 1 star it's what's deserve.
Gasolina (2008)
A lot of potential
First of all i have to say I'm from the same country as actors, writer, director so I'm very familiar with the kind of language they use, about this i have to say it's a 10 because it achieves immersing the audience into a very peculiar language.
Before start, in my opinion the genre of the film is experimental/drama (i couldn't add experimental) the director uses non-actors (real life teens, i can't say for sure in all but most of them), so taking this in account i bet directing was hard work and you can see results with scenes very good directed and other scenes where actors didn't transmit any sense to the audience, didn't speak clearly, so acting in general it's not brilliant but good enough.
Photography, well, almost the entire movie was done at night outdoors, so even for a Hollywood movie this is a challenge, generally dark scenes were an obstacle to appreciate details but it achieves creating a particular and original environment that i have perceived as the representation of the trouble and misdirected life of the main characters.
The plot could appear as pointless in many details but that's a real case for 3 teens that only want to avoid real life, the main flaw from my point of view is that past mid part something happens that resumes the way how this teens see life and this shocks the audience very hard (I couldn't even hear a cricket), but sadly was unused in later scenes to the end, i can't say if this was the initial intention, the film from this step could take off to a piece of art who could had dived deep into teen's mind carrying the audience with it.
In general I think this was a very ambitious project (the non-actors used, the almost dark environment used, the language used that made it a unique film), i'll wait eager for coming projects of this young director hoping he'll found more funding.
If you have the opportunity to watch it don't miss it, it will be different to what you are used to.
Alien³ (1992)
A waste of time but a jump for Fincher into the scene
First of all i have to say that wasn't very clever from Fincher to do a 3rd. part of a story that everybody knows, but thinking of the work he has done years after directing this movie i see the eager Fincher trying to get into the world of suspense in big productions, i have to say that maybe when he has his first read of the script he thought he can create a piece of art, but honestly the script doesn't have any new ideas to the alien world, and doesn't left chances to create an atmosphere of any different suspense like the past 2 films (that i enjoyed very much).
About the plot, well, if you like Hollywood movies it will be OK, i really like Fincher work, and for been his first serious work he have done a very good work, acting is very good in almost all scenes, the plot (compairing it with the past 2 movies) is flat, special effects (because we have seen very striking scenes in the past 2 movies) are very few and without any creativity about machinery, weapons, etc.
But, it's watchable, and from Fincher's point, my first serious movie was a millionaire Hollywood project..