Showing posts with label Samantha Morton. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Samantha Morton. Show all posts

Wednesday, June 15, 2022

The Walking Dead - Season 10 (2019-2020)

The war with Alpha lasts a long time but comes to an end and the community enters a period of peace and curiosity that brings new discoveries.

Season 10 of The Walking Dead is largely focused on the conflict with The Whisperers and Alpha that reaches a more or less expected end, by unexpected means. And this focus was well done and well received. In the last part, though, the authors decided to throw 4,5 episodes in the trash, wasting the patience of the fans on alternative stories about new characters, old but bored and fallen out characters or discoveries of intriguing new communities that seem taken from a completely different movie.

Director:  Greg Nicotero and others   
Production:  AMC  
Creator:  Frank Darabont   
Duration:  1 season of 22 episodes (44 minutes each)   
With: Norman Reedus, Danai Gurira, Melissa McBride, Lauren Cohan, Christian Serratos, Josh McDermitt, Seth Gilliam, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Samantha Morton, Thora Birch

Rating: 8/10

Wednesday, June 23, 2021

The Harvest (2013)

Un baiat bolnav este tinut in izolare de parintii sai, iar cand o vecina adolescenta se imprieteneste cu acesta, echilibrul familiei este dat peste cap dezvaluind adevaruri neasteptate.

Un film thriller ce promitea multe, cel putin bazat pe alegerile de casting. Nimic mai fals. Povestea nu are sare si piper, credibilitate si mai putin iar personajele negative sunt exagerate fara sens si logica. De evitat!

Regia:  John McNaughton   
Cu: Samantha Morton, Michael Shannon, Natasha Calis, Charlie Tahan

Rating: 4/10

Saturday, January 04, 2020

Synecdoche, New York (2008)

Un regizor de teatru dezamagit de viata personala foloseste banii primiti ca urmare a succesului in cariera pentru a reconstrui scene din viata sa intr-un proiect urias.

Un film marca Charlie Kaufman dificil de urmarit datorita tonului fatalist si defetist. Inteligent si foarte complex (Inception e nimic pe langa acest film), lasa personajul principal sa isi analizeze viata si greselile sale si ale celorlati prin o clona a propriei povesti unde permite unor asa-zisi martori sa dezvaluie adevaruri ascunse sie insusi. Finalul ni-l arata in sfarsit capabil de a reda proiectul (i.e. repare viata) in modul corect, constient ca fiecare din indivizii ce populeaza planeta sunt centrul propriului dezastru, numai pentru a-i rapi satisfactia unui final demn.
Filmul este o oda dedicata dramei si tristetii despicarii firului in patru si permiterii ocaziilor sa treaca nefolosite, folosind povestea unui barbat ce reuseste sa nefericeasca cel putin patru femei si pe el insusi in moduri foarte diferite (prin incompatibilitate, distantare, alegeri gresite, abandon etc).
Doar pentru amatorii de analiza psihologica ce nu sunt deranjati de posibilul efect depresiv.

Scenariu/regie: Charlie Kaufman
Cu: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Samantha Morton, Michelle Williams, Katherine Keener, Tom Noonan, Hope Davis, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Emily Watson, Dianne Wiest

Rating: 10/10