Lots of french new wave, lots of artsy I'm the director shots, and a shit story overhyped to death.
shareIt's a pretty good movie.
It's not "the best movie of the year" type of great, which is the hype it's getting, but it's a good movie that moves really slow, and is beautifully shot.
good why though? and it literally looks like any digital black and white video of the last 15 years.
I also back in 2002 this scumbag poststructuralist lecturer at a film course was talking about editing and using golden age hollywood as an example of what not to do, saying that they went on and on showing people walk here enter there and that we didn't need to see everything, and yet you have this film basically shot on real time and going on and on and on to NOWHERE. And he was wrong about golden age hollywood, it's amazing just how economical they are and how efficiently they used the resources and shot what was necessary and important, not stupid shots of people watching into the distance.
Look everyone, this troll is still crawling around and trying to cause trouble.
shareI was expecting better..This could have been a great film, if only they delved into the characters more, instead of having us watch the rambunctious children endlessly. The film was beautifully shot. They caught the era well. I wouldve liked to have known more of Cleos backstory and more on the doctors wife. It had such potential but it did miss the mark.
Watch A brilliant Friend on hbo I believe. That film will make up for the lack in this one.
Cuarón actually explained in an interview that the movie is a semi-autobiographical film about his childhood growing up in an upper-class Mexican family. He didn't delve into the backstories of the adults because he wanted to keep the feeling of a child's POV: Shielded from the harshness of reality, not entirely understanding why things are happening, only knowing the adults in your life on a superficial level, etc.
Here's the interview: https://www.bustle.com/p/is-roma-based-on-a-true-story-the-netflix-film-is-deeply-personal-to-director-alfonso-cuaron-15506701
Thanks I will take a look at that interview... I also just saw The Kindergarten Teacher, and commented on your post there too.
shareI agree about the way the characters and their intentions were presented. That was a missed opportunity to bring the viewer in more deeply.
I really wanted to like this film, but it just left me empty. The people were so one-dimensional and superficial that I didn't really care what happened to them. The dogs were much more sympathetic characters than the people! The family dog lived in a small tiled patio among his own poop, with practically no shelter from the elements. The cousins' dogs lived under constant reminders of their mortality, in the form of stuffed taxidermy heads of every dog who ever lived there before them. It's not a bad film, but I'm not sure it's deserving of all the attention it has gotten.
Tried to watch it. Bored me to tears. Turned it off when maid and child were playing dead on the patio.
shareYou sound like an uncultured idiot.
shareI must say....I have this left to watch of the best picture nominations and I feel like it's going to be a chore.
I might skip it.
It's actually a really good film. I recommend seeing it.
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