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Cargo (2009)
Rhealisation
Good to watch a Swiss film for an instance, I don't remember having seen one ever before. Good also, that I'm an avid fan of sci-fi and mysterious premises that can push the boundaries of one's imagination.
But, I really felt the political message pitted between the factions in this film was way too vague. This could actually have been better explained without compromising the runtime, which just dragged along. I still don't understand how the guerillaleader was able to snuck aboard the ship only to end up like that. Secondly, the editing that another reviewer here pointed out was absolutely terrible and really bored me. A real shame it is, because I really liked the actor's, cinematography, digital effects and music. *EDIT* The script probably had many interesting ideas, but the film's plot went somewhat lost in the process to convey it into film.
La montaña sagrada (1973)
A colorful journey to revelation
Well, I needed to post a comment about this one simply because I was born in the year for release, 1973. I have studied film theory and mass media and found this film to provide interesting perspectives along obscenity. The main message here, is a critique against the commercialism of commodities in every land and society. Every commodity is possible to make profit from; sex, drugs, lifestyle, economics to warfare including religious artefact's. Somehow it gives you some sort of better insight upon complex matters that are as suitable to our modern world. It's a crazy, drugged-up ride with genuine characters nicely played by to me unknown actors. A real pity that the film starts to drag by the end, to much zen-Buddhism to new age-mysticism to keep me astounded...
Leo (2007)
Stop copying American movies
Swedish films usually are known to play it safe with the storyline, often mixing drama with psychology. This attempt on a thriller/drama,tries to examine the moral compass inside the protagonists. We learn about makes up the driving force leading up to a personal vendetta,including the clichéd stereotypical. There's the Yugoslavian gangsters with bad mouth, a psychologist asking dumb questions and the pizza-owner who has no influence over his son's actions. The violent anticlimax of "Leo" makes you wonder where all the creativity of the scriptwriting went. How this for a plot; Josef Fares would have played Leo and had to battle not just the loss of his girlfriend. Also there would be some racism of the Swedish gangsters, and at the same time be helped by his friends to understand morality and ethics. It could actually have been some trilling tension, when Leo with friends finally meet up with the antagonists in court...
Planet Terror (2007)
"I think that I... found my award winning barbecue-sauce"
The thing about Mr Tarantino as well all know is that he is totally absorbed by paying homage to old B- or even C-movies. This worked well with "Pulp Fiction" with it's genuine characters, unchronological editing, surprising subplots and twisted ending. I used to rent a lot of those movies with it's regular stereotypes on VHS during the 80'-90'ths from the local video shop, I have never come across the worn-out picture quality that is suggested and just happen to be very annoying. I believe that Tarantino should have squirted some chili-sauce right on the script in order to add some suspension to the story! Everything is quite boring here with just some sexy hotties, a wooden Bruce Willis character and awful lot of grouse. Of course I have to laugh concerning the irony; a doctor gets freakin mad with his wife who is cheating on him, having a lesbian love affair. And yeah, funny enough with the wife's son who does not obey her about careful handling a gun, and instead he commits suicide! My opinion is that this attempt is a true insult to George Romero and his army of zombies!
Hostel: Part II (2007)
Tasteless !
The first "Hostel" reminded me about the backpacking culture, like when I myself was on the train from Prague to Bratislava 2 years ago. As I was on my own, I asked two American guys who where seated to join them in their compartment. Of course, they where at first hesitant to the company of a foreigner but accepted me nonetheless. The asked me if I came from Russia, as they had never heard any Scandinavian garbling before. This really makes up what I think about American mentality; frightened to terrorists, fascists, Nazis, communists and so on.
The violence in "Hostel" was truly shocking but ironic as well, something that the sequel truly has lost. Why did they add two American pleasure hunters as antagonists instead of some eastern European guys? This movie is a sick tribute to the Hungarians virgin bloodsucker; Elisabeth Barthomy. There's even a message of morality by the end that goes nowhere, except for the castration-scene. Eli Roth has in fact made it better than his own favorite flick; "Cannibal Holocaust". For an another sequel, I could think of a storyline where two American reporters become inspired by the rumors of mystic disappearance's and travel to the infamous hostel. In the part of one of the reporters, you could add Tarantino as he often stars in his own movies. It could be very funny to watch him pull off his shitty gags whilst he gets chopped up bit for bit....