moraesfelipe
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Member Since: 29 Dec 2008
Location: Brasília, Brazil
Bio: https://letterboxd.com/moraesfelipecst/
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Karate Kid: Legends (2025) - Rated 08 Aug 2025
"Never cared much about this franchise -- do I still need to see that one with Hilary Swank? -- and don't plan to ever watch Cobra Kai, but this is seriously lazy, right? It's just cheap nostalgia developed (lol) through overstuffed 94 minutes of a film that doesn't try much more than replicating an ideal of 'innocent 1980s flick'. Come on. Also, the amount of songs -- a new clip pops up every five min -- and characters crammed into such a thin story kind of shocked me."
28 Years Later (2025) - Rated 07 Aug 2025
"Never quite fell for Boyle's punky (?) videoclip formalism, but this one does pack its share of weirdly amusing imagery -- bone temple, zombie leader with a big dick, infected pregnant, amongst other things (swedish soldier bragging about the beauty of his girlfriend, who apparently did a massive facial harmonization lol). But it also features a bunch of outings that I think simply don't work -- sappy treatment of kid's loss of innocence journey, Fiennes' philosophical arc, finale. MVP score."
Happiness (1965) - Rated 06 Aug 2025
"Absolutely magic combination of precise mise-en-scène and sharp editing -- I mean, just look at the compositions Varda creates during the café scene between the husband and his lover, omg -- to deliver one of most poignant, subtly provocative films on the horrors of patriarchy and its perpetuation -- this dude doesn't really love his wife and mistress, he just needs them in his life so he can keep doing whatever he's doing (working as a carpenter, pretend he's taking care of kids, even having sp"
Sometimes I Think About Dying (2023) - Rated 05 Aug 2025
"Somewhere between a diegetic Severance ad and a sequel to I'm Thinking of Ending Things. Yeah, really depressing and self-defeating. I'm kinda like Fran these days, trying (maybe too hard) to not care much about life/work/people at all, just reacting/grinning/nodding to whatever comes and doing the same old shit every day so I don't freak out -- like watching films lol. In this case here, poor Ridley also has to endure such an one-note execution..."
Teodorico, o Imperador do Sertão (1978) - Rated 04 Aug 2025
"So revealing of how things work in small-town Brazil, where landowners genuinely act like emperors, controlling absolutely everything they can about poor people's lives. Coutinho knows that sometimes the best way to understand such a complex reality is to let it show itself with no filters, as we watch Theodorico joyfully say one absurdity after another, totally relaxed in front of the camera -- he refers to workers as slaves, admits he stopped helping families to pay for kids' education because"
Absolution (2024) - Rated 04 Aug 2025
"Can't be against a meditative Taxi Driver-ish drama about a former boxer/aging gangster with CTE willing to go down leaving some sort of legacy -- helping his daughter/her kid, late love of his live, freeing victims of sex trafficking. Problem is execution never quite takes off/often looks just dull, despite Neeson's solid acting. Also, couldn't the script have less daddy issues? -- daughter's monologue about generations of bad dads is awesome; his dreams of fishing with his old man, not so much"
Seis Dias de Ouricuri (1976) - Rated 31 Jul 2025
"The beginning of Coutinho's unique documentary filmmaking body of work -- a fractured but ultimately triumphant chapter of a career in constant self-reinvention, full of unwanted pauses and impressive rebirths --, already showing his immense yet seemingly effortless generosity as a skillful interviewer. It's just impressive to notice how he started to forge his style even with so many restraints and conventions -- narrations feels a bit..."
Saving Face (2004) - Rated 30 Jul 2025
"It's just so good to see a film playing with gente conventions only to try and break some of them -- most heartbreaking airport scene of all time; the fact we are not actually watching Wil and Viv's love story just yet, because Wil is still getting her shit together regarding so many pressures (mom having a baby/living with her, grandpa's oppressive family values, working long hours as a resident, and when will she finally come out?), while Viv..."
Jurassic World: Rebirth (2025) - Rated 29 Jul 2025
"Lack of enthusiasm is kinda shocking. Everything looks so damn tepid and rushed, from Koepp's ill attempts of igniting humor -- not to mention how story feels absolutely nondescript -- to Edwards' too basic approach to survival action -- which feels mildly enjoyable in the third act, when it starts relentlessly mirroring the original; lazy choice, yeah, but it at least brings some sense of purpose to the borefest. Also, lousy CGI and less animatronics than usual make it visually just common."
Jesus Kid (2021) - Rated 29 Jul 2025
"Muritiba tries to build a fun political Hassum-like brazilian satire of Bolsonaro years -- to the point it's just flat out parody at times, with explicit references to shitheads like Moro, Hang, Edir Macedo. Problem is, despite efforts of a solid cast -- Marone's actual JK feels so underused --, the meta story on artistic creation under fire both by commerce and military state never properly takes off, because it keeps repeating the same sour joke and seems unable to convey a world of its own."
