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Oklahoma City (2017)
Humanizing of a Terrorist
All this movie tries to do is humanize a terrorist.
The documentary is well made and researched. It is effective in what is trying to do. The problems is that this documentary tries to make people understand Timothy McVeigh's point of view. We are exposed to different events that eventually led to the bombing of the federal building in Oklahoma City and that is what's wrong with this film. It is not acceptable to humanize someone that hurt so many people.
I understand that everyone has reasons to act the way they do and it is very interesting to know them, specially in relation to this event that marked the USA, but doing this is as preposterous as making a documentary of 9/11 and including a mini bio of Osama Bin Laden and events that pushed him to plan it. This documentary would never have been done if a person of color was the perpetrator. The director almost tries to excuse the actions of the terrorist because of their background.
Pacific Rim (2013)
Quite bad movie
I had heard really good things about this film. I had pretty high expectations, especially because I really like the director but this movie just turned out to have all the negative things that Del Toro has. There was nothing believable about it and the fighting scenes just seemed too power rangers. It was a very bad mix of Transformers and the first version of American Power Rangers. I clearly remember at moments thinking, "I saw this scene in Power Rangers when I was in 5th grade." WTF I think there wasn't much salvageable about the movie. The acting was pretty standard and overdone which is common for this type of movie. The special effects weren't anything impressive. I didn't see the movie in 3D so maybe I miss some of the point of it but in a standard quality, the effects just liked average. At some point I was expecting Godzilla to pop out.
12 Angry Men (1957)
Amazing movie
Amazing film about the complexities of humanity and how some of us can close ourselves to reason at times. The acting is amazing by all the actors. Even the subtle cinematography shines. The director does a great job at creating a tense and claustrophobic mood. The crescendo of the action creates a sense of impending change that characterizes the film. Another interesting concept is that our perceptions can sometimes be so different even when exposed to the same material. We bring our life experiences into making every decision we make and in the case of this film that can have catastrophic results for someone else. The voice of reason will always win in the end.