When I first heard the possibility of Hollywood making a biopic for the singer Freddy Mercury and the band Queen, I thought who is willing to take the risk and face the judgment of this sacrilege? In 2010 when the project finally was taking shape two actors were named, Sasha Baron Cohen or Ben Wishaw directed by great a director like Dexter Fletcher, who was replaced by Bryan Singer ( X-men films, Usual Suspects and Valkyrie) and the actor chosen was Rami Malek (Mr. Robot, Papillon)
Bohemian Rhapsody tells the story from the very beginning in the life of one the most famous British bands. Farrokh Bulsara/Freddy Mercury (Rami Malek) ad Indian-British Parsi was as a baggage handler at Heathrow Airport. Farrokh is a huge fan of the band Smiles, some of the band members are Brian May (Gwilym Lee) and Roger Taylor (Ben Hardy).
After an unexpected situation Smiles singer leave the band and Farrokh Bulsara decided to become the lead singer. This is the beginning of the band Queen and the true origin Freddy Mercury
Bohemian Rhapsody explores the life of Queen, their road to success, their clash with record labels and executives. Mercury sexual discovery, Queen return to the stage during Live Aid in 1985. and Mercury demise with the AIDS disease.
Singer's work reflects a biopic made for fans, without risks and sugar coding myths and not so truthful real events. Still, the film delivers an entertaining musical extravaganza. The work of Rami Malek it's impressive, I wasn't happy with him as Freddy Mercury when he was chosen for the role, but when you watch the film he convinces you hardly that he could be Mercury, from his mannerisms, body language, and expressions.
This is his victory, by making you think that Freddy Mercury is back!
Monday, November 26, 2018
In 1972 Mason Skiles (John Hamm) works as a US diplomat in Lebanon living in Beirut married to his Lebanese wife, Nadia. The couple was taking care of Karim a 13-year-old who claims he doesn't have a family. Surprisingly, the US government discovers that wasn't true, Karim is linked to a brother who was part of the 1972 Summer Olympics Massacre in Munich. During a celebration at Mason's house, Karim is abducted by his brother and Nadia is murdered.
10 years later, Skiles is living in the US, doing work as a labor arbitrator, he is now alcoholic and depressed, the US government needs him, to rescue an old friend Gary Ruzak (Shea Whigham). The team who brought Skiles back is Sandy Crowder (Rosamund Pike) Donald Gaines (Dean Norris) and Frank Whalen (Larry Pine).
Skiles biggest revelations are how much Beirut has changed for the worst. The city was vibrant, filled with life and so much money pouring from all over the world, now is a war zone.
Beirut is a film written by Tony Gilroy well known for writing Star Wars Rogue One and the Bourne films, also directing and writing the powerful film Michael Clayton. Gilroy explores an interesting espionage film about a guy who is looking for redemption in a city that gave him everything and at the same time took everything from him. The elements of betrayals are present from the very beginning, you ask yourself who you trust, who is the enemy.
10 years later, Skiles is living in the US, doing work as a labor arbitrator, he is now alcoholic and depressed, the US government needs him, to rescue an old friend Gary Ruzak (Shea Whigham). The team who brought Skiles back is Sandy Crowder (Rosamund Pike) Donald Gaines (Dean Norris) and Frank Whalen (Larry Pine).
Skiles biggest revelations are how much Beirut has changed for the worst. The city was vibrant, filled with life and so much money pouring from all over the world, now is a war zone.
Beirut is a film written by Tony Gilroy well known for writing Star Wars Rogue One and the Bourne films, also directing and writing the powerful film Michael Clayton. Gilroy explores an interesting espionage film about a guy who is looking for redemption in a city that gave him everything and at the same time took everything from him. The elements of betrayals are present from the very beginning, you ask yourself who you trust, who is the enemy.
Tuesday, November 20, 2018
It was July 18th of 1969, the day where Kennedy's family vanished their last opportunity to reach the presidency. This is the day where the Chappaquiddick scandal happened.
Ted Kennedy (Jason Clarke) is attending to a party with his cousin Joe Gargan (Ed Helms) and US Attorney for Massachusetts Paul Markham (Jim Gaffigan) there he is having drinks with Mary Jo Kopechne ( Kate Mara) and together they leave the party, Ted Kennedy accidentally drives off the Dike Bridge into a pond. He is able to scape, but he is unable to rescue Mary Jo, he flees the scene, reporting the incident 9 hours later, filled with contradictions.
The whole family works their way to manipulate information and clean Ted's reputation from this incident, Robert McNamara (Clancy Brown) United States Secretary of Defense leads the team to do damage control, also Ted's turbulent relationship with his Joseph Kennedy (Bruce Dern) who believes he son is a disgrace for him.
Chappaquiddick tells the story of the last hope for the Kennedys family to reach the presidency. From a whole catalog of movies and TV miniseries like JFK, Bobby, The Kennedy's, Killing Kennedy, Jackie and 13 days, this movie gives you a glimpse of how the Kennedy family is surrounded by mysteries and intrigues where John and Robert were brutally murdered in 1963 and 1968, also their time in Washington is connected to conflicts with Rusia, Cuba, the mafia and teamsters. In this film, we see a very vulnerable Ted manipulated by his family and controlled by his dad helpers. The conclusion of Chappaquiddick is a message of sanity and honesty from a man who is been pressure by the shadows of his brothers but doesn't make him a hero, because we will never know what happened on July 18th, 1969.
Ted Kennedy (Jason Clarke) is attending to a party with his cousin Joe Gargan (Ed Helms) and US Attorney for Massachusetts Paul Markham (Jim Gaffigan) there he is having drinks with Mary Jo Kopechne ( Kate Mara) and together they leave the party, Ted Kennedy accidentally drives off the Dike Bridge into a pond. He is able to scape, but he is unable to rescue Mary Jo, he flees the scene, reporting the incident 9 hours later, filled with contradictions.
The whole family works their way to manipulate information and clean Ted's reputation from this incident, Robert McNamara (Clancy Brown) United States Secretary of Defense leads the team to do damage control, also Ted's turbulent relationship with his Joseph Kennedy (Bruce Dern) who believes he son is a disgrace for him.
Chappaquiddick tells the story of the last hope for the Kennedys family to reach the presidency. From a whole catalog of movies and TV miniseries like JFK, Bobby, The Kennedy's, Killing Kennedy, Jackie and 13 days, this movie gives you a glimpse of how the Kennedy family is surrounded by mysteries and intrigues where John and Robert were brutally murdered in 1963 and 1968, also their time in Washington is connected to conflicts with Rusia, Cuba, the mafia and teamsters. In this film, we see a very vulnerable Ted manipulated by his family and controlled by his dad helpers. The conclusion of Chappaquiddick is a message of sanity and honesty from a man who is been pressure by the shadows of his brothers but doesn't make him a hero, because we will never know what happened on July 18th, 1969.
It was the year 1932 when a film by Frank Capra, with Claudette Colbert and Clark Gable, started a genre know as romantic comedies. In that time the genre was focused on the topic "comedy of manners" which revolves in a millionaire who falls in love with a non-wealthy person. Then in the 40's evolved into screwball comedies, refer to the sport of baseball, when a pitcher will throw a screwball generating an unexpected outcome. Katherine Hepburn and Cary will be related to this kind of comedies.
In the 70's Woody Allen introduce and new element into the story, couples will talk about sex and love without any taboo's. thanks to the sexual revolutions of the 60's. Now romantic comedies follow a pattern of boys meets a girl, boy loses, girl boy gets girl back, but also have a new traditional style, when incorporating new elements, this is called Neo tradition romantic comedies. Films like When Harry Met Sally, Four Weddings and a Funeral, Nothing Hill, 10 Things I Hate about you, Pretty Woman, Love Actually and Bridget Jones Diary could be considered part of new wave of comedies.
Director Jon M. Chu brought to life the book by Kevin Kwan into a successful film, Crazy Rich Asians. Rachel Chu (Constance Wu) an economics professor of NYU have a relationship with boyfriend Nick Young (Henry Golding). One day Nick invite Rachel to accompany him to Singapore for his best friend wedding. Rachel is unaware that Nick is part of an extremely wealthy family in Asia, after a girl share on social media an image of both of them in a restaurant creating a web gossip.
Nick moms are very critical and don't accept Rachel as part of Nick's life, insinuating that she is a "gold digger". Rachel seeks support with her college friend Goh Peik Lin (Awkwafina) who live in Singapore with her family. The story continues through the wedding celebration until the unexpected ending.
Crazy Rich Asians contain what successful romantic comedies have, two strong characters, a good sidekick/comedy relief, a great location to develop a story, but goes against the first Hollywood model, no Caucasians actors. Why does this work? Why the film made so much money?
Simple, audiences are tired of seeing the same faces, the same stories with the same outcomes. For instance, the people in Crazy Rich Asians, are really crazy rich, not like rich American tacky millionaires, these people have so much wealth that is overwhelming. Just the wedding ceremony scene is enough to understand the magnitude of their wealth.
I have moved by the story and the characters, completely believable, but the main point of Crazy Rich Asians is a message about how everyone can make it, no matter where they come from. The message about immigrants is there and audiences get it.
In the 70's Woody Allen introduce and new element into the story, couples will talk about sex and love without any taboo's. thanks to the sexual revolutions of the 60's. Now romantic comedies follow a pattern of boys meets a girl, boy loses, girl boy gets girl back, but also have a new traditional style, when incorporating new elements, this is called Neo tradition romantic comedies. Films like When Harry Met Sally, Four Weddings and a Funeral, Nothing Hill, 10 Things I Hate about you, Pretty Woman, Love Actually and Bridget Jones Diary could be considered part of new wave of comedies.
Director Jon M. Chu brought to life the book by Kevin Kwan into a successful film, Crazy Rich Asians. Rachel Chu (Constance Wu) an economics professor of NYU have a relationship with boyfriend Nick Young (Henry Golding). One day Nick invite Rachel to accompany him to Singapore for his best friend wedding. Rachel is unaware that Nick is part of an extremely wealthy family in Asia, after a girl share on social media an image of both of them in a restaurant creating a web gossip.
Nick moms are very critical and don't accept Rachel as part of Nick's life, insinuating that she is a "gold digger". Rachel seeks support with her college friend Goh Peik Lin (Awkwafina) who live in Singapore with her family. The story continues through the wedding celebration until the unexpected ending.
Crazy Rich Asians contain what successful romantic comedies have, two strong characters, a good sidekick/comedy relief, a great location to develop a story, but goes against the first Hollywood model, no Caucasians actors. Why does this work? Why the film made so much money?
Simple, audiences are tired of seeing the same faces, the same stories with the same outcomes. For instance, the people in Crazy Rich Asians, are really crazy rich, not like rich American tacky millionaires, these people have so much wealth that is overwhelming. Just the wedding ceremony scene is enough to understand the magnitude of their wealth.
I have moved by the story and the characters, completely believable, but the main point of Crazy Rich Asians is a message about how everyone can make it, no matter where they come from. The message about immigrants is there and audiences get it.
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