I miss this kind of films!!!
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Captain America – Winter Soldier
27 Apr
I don’t need a parachute, but I need somebody to love.
Do we know what a comic is all about? do we really want to know once they translate into the big screen? can we really tell what the message really was?
For a very short moment there I had the feeling Marvel just might have started hinting if the public would accept a sort of criticism to the establishment. The film had that nonconformist feeling, the thin red line was very carefully drawn and I like it a lot.
Having said that, it is a very strong action film with the carefully put elements of mystery, suspense, action and romance (much to my horror), all in all the formula was well handled executed and it paid off as usual.
There is no much you can say about writing or directing because, lets face it, it doesn’t really matter to us, look, if there are action scenes, guys are hooked, and if there is a shirtless Captain America girls get hooked.
So unless we all grow tired of these kind of films, they will keep on coming. But wait, I know as a fact that not a lot of people around the world know Ant Man or any other dark hero, so it might be harder for them to bring in the millions. Just saying.
By LaTrosa
Airplane Movie – The Croods
13 AprFlight sponsored by your stubborn, close minded self.
The Croods
This Nicolas Cage did not suck.
Captain: Kirk De Micco, Chris Sanders
Crew: Nicolas Cage, Ryan Reynolds, Emma Stone
Destination: Continental drift.
Flight conditions: Nothing you have experienced before will resemble this.
Your seat: Sorry to tell you this, but,you will walk.
Black box recordings: We could recognize sounds of brain cells starting to evolve and populate cerebral frontal cortex.
By LaTrosa
PS: our heart goes to missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370.
The Walking Dead Season 4 Finale
6 AprI wanted to drop a few lines on one of the best seasons of TWD. 
Season 4 was a display of amazing writing. Separating everyone into groups and providing them with stories that alone were suspenseful, exciting and deadly was one of the best things about the season.
But lets don’t forget one thing, it was Rick’s transformation, from the beginning till the end that glued the whole thing together, even if he wasn’t in every episode I could see how his impact carried everyone and how much his behavior helped model the rest.
The lengths he is capable of reaching now are clear to us, we also know how his brain works, and in how many levels it operates.
His survival instincts and then everyone else’s will overtake next season.
Who are we kidding, the walking dead are not the walkers….
Great season… hands down, one of the best.
By LaTrosa
Frozen – Review
23 MarFirst off, I love my brother and sisters deeply, can’t conceive a world without them! And not because I just saw Frozen but every day ….
I do my thing, you do yours, just don’t screw up.
Frozen, quite surprising.
I was mostly curious about the Oscar-winning song, but, to be honest, it was the film that left me thinking if the movie I just saw was Disney, a decent try to step out of the box non the less.
I enjoyed it maybe close to the way I enjoyed old Pixar, and that is a good thing. I also liked the proposed target audience, not for kids only (I know some children hated the snow monster).
It was close to Brave, in terms of portraying family values, upbringing and how to build strong personalities, again… none of that is a bad thing.
The song is pretty cool yes, the film is ok, funny and entertaining… the average for the genre, at least there’s effort to bring something to the table.
But I wonder when will an animated film be as revolutionary and creative that just adults can go and see it “sans kids” (and I am talking about decent animations not the R rated type) something like Studio Gigli, or Toy Story, UP or Wall. E. Dont we miss those kind of films? I kind of do.
I will refer to my imaginary rating system and give it an: OK you are just fine!
By LaTrosa
American Hustle – Review
12 MarIt was colorful, fast paced, interesting photography, cool directing, great dresses and amazing boobs.
Good soundtrack!
But, I didn’t feel the era, didn’t feel transported to that time where people embraced the curl and synthetic materials, it was just a love story, a survival story, a very awkward situation with Oceans 11 or The Italian Job elements plastered all around trying to make it up for the star studded cast.
I felt the story, although in parts real, it was too far-fetched and dragged too long, maybe to give some screen time to some of the actors… I dont know, but, I love me some Jennifer Lawrence any time, but her character was too forced, some unnecessary scenes here and there…great performance but well… it just wasn’t a character to remember.
And that is where I want to go, none of the actors blended or disappeared into their roles, (well, I know not everyone can be Meryl Streep), for instance I could still see Bradley Cooper panicking in Bangkok and Batman’s voice all over the place but it was Amy Adams unbelievably bad British accent that threw me off and lost all hope.
This year the nominated for the awards were so different and specially entertaining in their own way, that it is hard to compare with one another, one thing is clear tough, American Husle was just entertainment, not a real contender in my point of view.
By LaTrosa
August: Osage County
26 FebAnd the vortex where all the dysfunction in the wold collides is right here ladies and gentleman.
I think I turned out just fine… just fine!!
August : Osage County is, without a doubt, every psychologist dream AND nightmare came true.
I am a sucker for a family drama where not a single person functions, everyone is so full of regrets and blame and in a way, they blend so well that it all plays out just fine, much like a perfect symphony, played for deaf people.
Here drama is real, regrets are not really important, what matters is blame and responsibility, who do you want to be next to when you grow old… how are you harvesting the seeds of a solid family tie.
This might sound heavy and the film heavy too, but it is not, Osage is the single most dynamic film of the year, it is even funny in moments, with a performance by Meryl Streep of the highest caliber and a very well balanced supporting cast.
Book and play are established as classics, the film makes it the triangle of perfect entertainment… I love it…
And you will love it too, if you are comfortable with realizing that your mother is actually not an evil witch trying to ruin your life… she is a frigging angel! You are very close to your siblings and your relationships are as normal as they get.
By LaTrosa
Gravity – Review
24 JanI took my time for this review. I know, we have all talked about it, good and bad things flourished about this film, mainly containing our feelings concerning heavy breathing, but in general we just gave it the necessary attention when it was time.
Huston I have control issues and over attaching tendencies.
I could not stop but wonder, during the fastest 2 hours I can remember watching Gravity, there is no such thing as a normal life.
Nope, not a chance!
Things will happen to us, all the time, some good, some bad, some we will believe aren’t happening to us, but mostly: we will never be fully prepared for what can happen to us.
All we must master in this roller coaster of a life is the ability to improvise, apply common sense and breathe slowly.
Gravity is an intense, fast and incredibly realistic cinematic display of good acting, writing and directing. it does not feel crowded or far-fetched (much like super hero films, and I love them). A film with our beautiful planet in the background, and the only possible place where we can actually physically leave our troubles behind, but we wont because we suck at life (sometimes).
Other than pointing out that despite the advice of “don’t let go” we should do the opposite, I recommend to everyone who haven’t seen it, to go out and just do.
By LaTrosa
Dallas Buyers Club – Review
22 JanI know we’ve all had the experience of not really caring about what is happening on screen but rather paying more attention to whom is it happening… because in a film like Dallas Buyers Club, the characters and the acting were just simply mesmerizing, larger than the movie itself.
Dare to live and dare to give.
The transformation one actor can suffer in a movie is impressive in itself, but once you kind of forget the movie and you concentrate in the person, and the struggle, you see things different and the experience is way more intimate.
This is why I love cinema, the infrastructure as a whole works and delivers amazing things to us, but sometimes only one of those things is necessary to transcend, you don’t miss anything else, or just don’t pay attention to whatever else is happening, because not important.
Mathew and Jared slowly under-dogged their way up to 2 of the most memorable and intense performances of last year, part of a movie with a very important but ignored message, as a whole a good film, carried strongly by great acting .
And the lesson we should all get to work on: we might find ourselves in special situations where all of what we believe in will have a new meaning, when us turns to we and our own benefit will be secondary to a greater good… don’t panic if such thing happens, just don’t.
By LaTrosa
Airplane Movie – Before Sunset
19 JanFlight sponsored by your failure to have guts.
This second time, I am sure things will make more sense.
Before Sunset
Captain: Richard Linklater
Crew: Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy
Destination: The place you wanted to be 10 years ago, but somehow managed to never get there.
Flight conditions: rushed, needy and desperately lonely.
Your seat: you will accommodate just about anywhere.
Black box recordings: Superficial mumbling of two people hiding behind polite conversation the reality of an empty life.
By LaTrosa
The secret life of Walter Mitty
13 JanA kind of film made for the people, not for the critics, or the glory.
A film for the spectator to question life from the inside out.
Is this the real life?, is this just fantasy? caught in a landslide, no escape from reality.
The doer Vs the watcher.
Me asleep Vs Me awake.
I think I have seen all of Ben Stiller’s films, he has this particular way to direct, he wants things natural, to inject a bit of reality without going overboard if I may say, the human touch… it is just that at one point his films lack flavor; yes, flavor was the word, because we can be mesmerized by the characters (the very good acting) or the soundtrack, the story itself might be interesting, but things happen too easily…
Do not get me wrong, I am the people, the film was for me, took me for a ride, made me question my own reality, I felt sad and happy, my kind of adventure, after watching it I am sure this film goes to my collection!
I just think Stiller needs to risk more, he has it in him, it is a great step forward to become one of those legendary directors.
I recommend it, people on their middle-age crisis should probably skip it… it is too late for you 🙂
Nah… forget it it is never too late to start living!
By LaTrosa
Airplane Movie – Before Sunrise
6 JanFlight sponsored by that adventurous person you once met but quickly ignored. YOU!
Before Sunrise
These opportunities wont pass us by.
Captain: Richard Linklater
Crew: Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy
Destination: Somewhere between where you are now and where you want to be.
Flight conditions: Calm, relaxed, smooth… really sad!
Your seat: First come, first served.
Black box recordings: There was actually not a lot of time to figure out what they were going trough the moment of the crash, we just could hear two people talking about trivial things making them sound as if they really mattered.
By LaTrosa
The Popped Corn 