moraesfelipe

moraesfelipe
Criticker Zealot - 5206 Film Ratings
Member Since: 29 Dec 2008
Location: Brasília, Brazil
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80 85% Dune: Part Two (2024) - Rated 19 Mar 2024
"Massive -- scale is unbelievable --, heartbreaking, even kinda of scary epic. A complex, immersive war film by all means, with all the political machinations you'd expect -- Jessica is so fundamental to keep the plot moving --, but also a striking meditation on messianism, postcolonialism and fundamentalism -- Paul hesitates to goes south because it's where the radical Fremen live, but it's also where they will begin to defeat the Harkonnens and take over the empire. It's either victory or love."
90 95% The Howling (1981) - Rated 18 Mar 2024
"Creepy, fun as hell. Maybe my favorite werewolf film of all time. Make-up effects and puppets are beautiful and gotta love commentary on how media depicts violence -- amazing finale with the TV host reading an open letter, then revealing herself as an werewolf only to be shot by a colleague is awesome -- as the 80s were really the age of television images. Once this gets to the Colony, where the TV journalist goes to recover from her traumatic encounter with a serial killer, it's masterpiece."
65 61% The Iron Claw (2023) - Rated 17 Mar 2024
"Solid film about destructive power of masculinity. Love ensemble cast more than the film itself -- first hour didn't quite work for me and hated decision to omit one of the brothers --, specially Efron. Curse thing is really haunting and it's nice how Durkin turns it into a family melodrama than a traditional sports biopic. Ending might seem too nice, but hey, it's how Kevin survived -- by making his own choices and taking care of his family in a way his father didn't."
80 85% In Our Day (2023) - Rated 15 Mar 2024
"Most laid back HSS in years. Maybe less cerebral than his recent films -- existence, struggles with artistic voice (actress, poet welcome youngters interested in listening to what they have to say about like everything lol), death and cats (dead and missing) --, but a charming and irresistible tale on enjoying the little pleasures in life and trying not to think too much about what gives us pain. Great ending -- poet trying to quit drinking and smoking going to terrace to, well, drink and smoke."
40 13% A Estranha Hospedaria dos Prazeres (1976) - Rated 14 Mar 2024
"Mojica's worst, and by a mile. The fact he didn't quite direct this from the start says a lot. Some good scenes near the end, though -- Coffin Joe killing insects by just looking at them, the ending with the cemetery instead of the actual hostel, telling us that the place only received lost souls. But the whole thing is just a bloated mess -- even for a 80min film."
80 85% Babilônia 2000 (2000) - Rated 12 Mar 2024
"Perhaps the film that shows most clearly how Coutinho should've been a popular filmmaker in Brazil. It's basically a collection of interviews during the last day of 1999, nearly hour by hour, with five filming crews working in the favelas of Chapéu da Mangueira and Morro da Babilônia. And there is literally a character for every personality you can think of. My favorites: Fátima, the former hippie who sings everytime she can, and Doaci, the guy who calls himself -- and everyone -- just people."
60 49% Boudica: Queen of War (2023) - Rated 12 Mar 2024
"A sturdy, no-budget splatter actioner with Celtic warriors breaking skulls and chopping heads of Roman centurions? Oh, yeah, I'm always in for that, even if it's not among JVJ's best works, because he can direct anything action-related and make it look way more expensive than it really is. Besides, it's fun as hell, with a wild and devoted Kurylenko. Also, gotta love the low fantasy bits -- the thing with the bronze sword, druids doing their stuff, Boudica seeking advice from her dead daughters."
50 33% Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom (2023) - Rated 09 Mar 2024
""The magic is broken". Nah, it's not that bad. First half is really shitty, though, with a bunch of expository nonsense and uninspired comedy -- did Wan really direct that stuff? Once Arthur teams up with Orm -- and the worldbuilding really starts --, it gets immensely better and actually fun and I even buy the attempts of turning this into a buddy flick. Didn't care much about the villains, but who cares about them. Guess I wanted more of the bloated Lost Kingdom mythology."
65 61% Quando os Deuses Adormecem (1972) - Rated 06 Mar 2024
"Way less striking than Finis Hominis, maybe because the scattered structure -- four segments with tales of brutality, injustice and violence, with the title character appearing in the end to make things right -- is a bit hit or miss -- brothel and favela segments didn't click for me, but the umbanda and gypsy ones clearly stand out. Even flawed, it's always nice to see an artist trying to break free to do his own thing, mixing social commentary -- mostly about messianism -- and straightforward p"
40 13% Night Swim (2024) - Rated 06 Mar 2024
"Pretty lame debut for Atomic Monster and Blumhouse after the merger. First half is terrible, badly acted and taking too much time to take off -- the souls of people who died at this demonic pool coming back to haunt the new family living there, making dad, a retired baseball player, obsessed with it. It gets better, but then the finale looks like the ending of a shit series episode -- dad sacrificing himself for the family, no more pool for them; come on, guys, you can do better than this."