My Top 10 Films of 2018

The Last day of the year and what a year for movies! I dare to say it was better than 2017. I hope this keeps on track for 2019.

This list was hard to make. I have been like two days thinking about it, changing films from spots and then put it them back.  I think it’s a really good list.

This are the film that I considered my favorite of 2018.

**I haven’t seen The Favourite, Green Book and If Beale Street Could Talk. 

Let me start with my honorable mentions:

15- Boy Erased-  A complicated story about religion and family.  This pastor played by Russel Crowe discovers his like men, played by Lucas Hedge, and you know where this drama will go. I think this is the best work of Joel Edgerton as a director. 

14- Bumble Bee – What a Transformers movie? Yes. This time there’s no Michael Bay as a Director so this film took a different tone.  My favorite part was the opening sequence in Cybertron. Nice visual effect that where not in the recent Oscar short list. Are you kidding me??  — Anyways… This movies have heart, fun, good 80’s music selection and the great Hailee Steinfeld, she is alway great in her roles. I wasn’t expecting this movie was going to be so lovely.

13- Black Panther – Black Panther it’s the Marvel film that’s receiving a lot of love and it seems to be a strong Oscar Nominee contender. Which I think it’s too much, (Not that of a fan of the visuals effects, neither) but it’s a great Marvel film that was also higher in my list but this year gets better and better. Good direction by Ryan Coogler.

12- First Man – Perdonenme! This film didn’t catch me like other Chazelle films. Saying that I recognize he did a great job and it’s also one of the best made film of the year. Claire Foy it’s terrific! She had an amazing year! I know this will probably made your list…

11- Vice – I was waiting for this film the whole year. Christian Bale it’s always a chameleon! One of the most incredible living actors NO DOUBT! Since the trailer I caught the tone , I knew this was going to be a comedy. It’s a Drama-Comedy and have a unique style a la Adam Mckay documentary style. This film it’s not for everyone. The cast and the script are great.

Now let’s go to the top ones!

10. Ready Player One

I watched this film twice at the movies. My mentor and GOAT, Steven Spielberg, made an orgasmic fest to gamers and geeks on the big screen. He was the perfect filmmaker to adapt this book, which I liked a too. Great Visual Effects, The Shining Sequence, It’s my favorite. The Sound Editing and Sound Mixing! WOW!

9. Hereditary

I have seen Hereditary twice and I like it more the second time. This it’s one of the best horror films of the decade. Also not for everyone. It shocked me and the end had me in the What the fuck I just seen? Creepy and Scary. We need more horror films like this. AND TONI COLLETE MADE ONE OF THE GREATEST PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR!!! CAN’T CHANGE MY MIND.

8. Mary Poppins Returns

I had also seen this movie twice! This film it’s pure joy. Emily Blunt it’s delightful. Her best performance to date and also I’m thinking she it’s the best performance of the year. She was so confident and fearless putting over her shoulders this iconic role and she nailed it! Also good to see our Lin Manuel Miranda being so charming on screen.

The score, the production design, the visual effects… Look… I can see this film again and forget about everything.

” Practically perfect in every way”

7. A Star Is Born

Dude, this film made me feel so broken and hopeful. It made feel identify. Bradley Cooper directorial debut it’s solid and Lady Gaga did a great job as an actress. The best version of the four times this film have been made. I’m still singing the songs at random moments thru the day.

Cooper actually can sing. This man it’s 2018 man crush lock! One of the favorite contender to win Best Picture. 

6. Bohemian Rhapsody

I know okay! This film it’s kind of messy and few would not put it in the top 10. But I wasn’t bother that much, I was having a good time going thru the Freddie Mercury’s journey in this tribute. And let me tell you, the third act with the Live Aid concert it’s one the greatest sequences of the year. I saw it on IMAX , and I felt goosebumps, I was in awe in how electrifying Raimi Malek performance it is. The best concert I have been part of was in cinemas.

5) Suspiria

Amazon Studio have some serious filmmaking. Who though that 5 years ago? Luca Guadagnino made a reboot of the classic horror film of the same name and works. Actually it’s my favorite version. It’s hunting, deep, spiritual , horribly beautiful. The ending just let me in the WTF and with the I want to se this again. This film will stuck in your head for days.

4) Avengers: Infinity War

A decade of Marvel movies leading to this event. I think it’s the best MCU film I’ve seen yet. I have seen like like 4 times already and still have this love and hate relationship with it. The visuals are fantastic!

My humble opinion it’s that Josh Brolin deserve an Oscar nomination for his role as Thanos. Lo dije y que paso? 😀 umm… thats weird I want to see it today again.

3) Mission Impossible: Fall Out

Tom Cruise it’s the best action star of our generation. This film have real life risking action stunts that will put you on a thrill! A halo jump long take? This guys are fucking crazy! I saw this film on IMAX and it’s so beautifully shot, The cinematography it’s so damn great! One of the greatest action film I have seen since Mad Max: Fury Road.

2)Spider- Man: Into The Spider-Verse

The surprise of the year! I wasn’t looking forward to this movie in the theaters and then with time I get excited, then I loved it! It’s the best super hero film of the year. A film with gorgeous game changing animation that makes you feel inside a comic book.

Telling the story of Miles Morales with Peter Parker as a mentor was a smart idea. The heart in this film just almost makes me tears. and it’s also really funny and entertaining!

1) Roma

Netflix delivers a masterclass thanks to Alfonso Cuaron. A simple premise, but gorgeous film told in a intimate and epic scale. He directed it , write it and shot it. How beautiful this film it’s shot in black and white. This is what I mean with pure cinema. The best film of the year!

 

 

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Thank You. Happy New Year!

 

 

 

 

Filmmaker Profile: Robert Redford

Actor. Director. Legend.

Name: Charles Robert Redford Jr.

Born: August 18, 1936

From: Santa Monica , California

Alma Mater: American Academy of Dramatics Arts

Founder of : Sundance Film Festival

Robert Redford is a beloved great actor known for Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, All Presidents Men , Out of Africa and others. Later becomes a director for films such as Ordinary People,  Quiz Show and Lions for Lambs. 

One of my favorite things about Redford besides his talent as a filmmakers is that he is also the founder of one of the greatest film festivals of all time , Sundance. A film fest that change live of young filmmakers like Quentin Tarantino, Paul Thomas Anderson , Ryan Coogler , etc. 

Redford announce his retirement after his most recent film with director David Lowery that starts this week “The Old Man & the Gun”.

Mainstream audience will know him as one of the bad guys of Captain America: The Winter Soldier or as a cool gif.

But he is more than that , he is the Sundance Kid, an Academy Award Winning Director. 

Notable Works: 

2018| The Old Man & the Gun (actor/producer) – Now in cinemas.

2017| Pete’s Dragon (actor)

2014| Captain America: The Winter Soldier

2013| All is Lost

2007| Lions for Lambs (actor/director)

2006| Charlotte’s Web (voice)

2001|Spy Games

1994| Quiz Show ( Nominated for an Oscar in Best Director and Best Picture)

1992| Sneakers

1985| Out of Africa (actor)

1980| Ordinary People (Won Oscar for Best Director and the film won Best Picture)

1976| All Presidents Men (actor)

1975| Three Days of the Condor (actor)

1974| The Great Gatsby (actor)

1973| The Sting (Oscar Nominee for Best actor in Supporting Role)

1969| Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (actor)

1962| The Twilight Zone – Nothing in the Dark (actor)

1961|Alfred Hitchcock Presents – The Right Kind of Medicine (actor)

Robert Redford with Paul Newman in Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid. They also worked together in The Sting. 

Redford and Meryl Streep in Out of Africa. The film won 7 Oscars.

The creator of the best film festival in America in the top of the mountains.

• I don’t own the rights of the pictures… Por seaca*

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The Dark Knight 10 Year Anniversary

Ten years ago Christopher Nolan delivered one of the greatest:  comic book , blockbuster, crime thriller, super hero and best film of all time.

  It becomes and instant classic. Influential in the genre, a game changer.

How one of the most iconic villains of all time was masterfully interpreted by Heath Ledger. A casting decision that had fans in negation until they were awed at the end of the film by the performance.

I didn’t know who Nolan was. By then I had only seen The Prestige, and Batman Begins duh! but I wasn’t paying attention, I was ignorant. I was 16. Then I watched this film and from that day on I just want to watch everything Nolan has done and will do.

The film for me was a totally different experience, It was serious , intriguing , I felt smart even I wasn’t understanding why. You never get bored.

The film was nominated for 8 Academy Awards and was winner of two of them; one for Head Ledger and sound editing. The film made 1 Billion at the Box Office and was critically acclaimed.

 The Dark Knight  at the instant becomes one of my favorite films of all time and still n my top 5 for sure.

Thanks to the whole cast and crew for this film.

Nolan, Pfister, Zimmer, Bale , Ledger,  Oldman, etc.

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2001 : A Space Odyssey 70MM

Today I experienced in 70mm film format the epic classic..

2001: A Space Odyssey

Last Saturday I moved to Tempe, Arizona and before that I already have my ticket for this screening because is a one of a lifetime event. Almost a religious experience.

I already have seen this film before. Also I have it in my collection…

…but trust me, watching a film in cinemas is not the same that in your TV or your computer. Trust me!

You feel immerse since the beginning.  Since everything is black and you start listening the galactic score that set the atmosphere in just a second. I loved it.

Followed by the opening of Richard Strauss Sprach Zarathustra. Ghosebumps!

You also hear the film projector rolling like the old times. What a nostalgic feeling, so lovely.

You also have the intermission. A moment that sometimes we need in long movies because you don’t want to miss a second to go to the bathroom.

The film at the end receive a round of applause. This masterpiece still provoking and inspiring generations.  Stanley Kubrick delivered was is rarely to see in some films  todays a pure cinematic experience. Not everyone can do it. Only masters can.

For some reason every time I see a Kubrick film I feel smarter. His film stays in your mind forever. The ending of this film in theaters was insane, stills mind-blowing , WOW!

If you’re in Arizona, If you’re in any state , check your nearest screening of this masterpiece and blow your senses away.

The film was beautifully restore thanks to Christopher Nolan. 

Sorry Puerto Rico , quisíera que tuvieran esta experiencia 😦

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Genre: Drama

Drama is a genre that I started to watch in my 17 years old up or so.  Is a genre that can be boring for some people, and for me as teenager I was pretty boring.

But not anymore!

Now as a mature cinephile I discover how great and important this genre is.

Is genre that focus in story, emotions, a message, real life events, biopics,  history, etc,

The Academy love dramas.

One of the greatest performance of all time was made in a drama.

History and Biopics

History drama films can serve as educational examples. Also the biopics who told the story of a iconic or not well known historic character.

Gangster/Drama

One of the greatest film of all time, The Godfather is a gangster film. Pure drama , an adaptation of the book by the same name. Have their thrills and great performances.

War/Dramas

War Dramas , even with fictional characters you can told a war epic historical story.

Romance/Drama

You’ll get heartbreak, you’ll get emotional , you’ll just get involve.

Drama/Sci-fi

Visual orgasm. This movie have a slow pace but a visually stunning experience.

Dramedy ( Drama/Comedy)

Films with more drama than comedy.

Horror/Drama

You can get bored. but you can get scared as fuck!

Political Dramas

A historical but just based in politics.

 

Maybe you can get bored but you can appreciate the message, performances, cinematography , production and all the craft behind the making of these movies. Give them a try.

 

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Genre: Comedy

Did we all like comedy movies? Comedians? Comedy in general? We all like to have a big laugh at the theater?   I Do!

From Chaplin Chaplin a man who can make you laughs without saying a world n his films to Jim Carrey who is my personal favorite.  Is good to go to the cinema to be relax and chill. Or in you house watching a movie.

Silent Comedies

(gif from City Lights)

Who’s better than Charlie Chaplin in Silent films. Made in the silent era and I believe that Modern Times (1936 ) was made when audio production begins.

We have also Rowan Atkinson aka Mr. Beans. Who he is the only silent character in the whole movie, and he is really funny.

Is utilizing exaggeration of action , also named slapstick comedy which probably  UK has one of the greatest ever made with Monty Python and The Holy Grail (1987). 

Spoof Comedies

This type of comedy can be really hilarious if you know how to do it and also can be really awful if you don’t.  Actually one of the greatest comedies of all time is a spoof film and I’m sure you have seen it. The name , Airplane! (1980)

Here’s a clip of one of the most famous scene of the movie.

Spoof is like mocking, well the right name is parody. like another example who is a parody to Star Wars. The name is  Spaceball (1987).

And recently the animated films like The Lego Movie and The Lego Batman Movie are kind of spoof, and they’re are so damn fun!

Dark Comedy 

One of my favorites. You can express and talk things that are not that funny in real life and turn it into something hilarious with irony and sarcasm.  The perfect example is Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964). 

Master Kubrick know how to nailed it. Check this clip and you’ll see how relevant and ironic this film it is.

other example of dark comedies are The Wolf of Wall street (2013) , I think The Big Lebowski (1998) are part of of it.

Rom – Coms

Oooh the romantic comedies, I know you girls love them and I know you guys enjoy them too. I liked them. Can make you laugh , fall in love and also maybe cry.

More hybrid comedies: Horror/ Comedy, Action Comedy , etc.

 

A comedy is supposed to make you laugh, have fun and entertain. There can be drama films with comedic elements but it doesn’t mean that the movie is a comedy like for example the recent ” Phantom Thread.” 

I don’t need to talk more about comedies or be more deeper right?

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Film Genres

There’e are thousands , millions of movies made since cinema born. Those movies are also different or similar to one another. Depends.

Movies are made by different styles, and different genres. Even combination of genres. for example: horror-comedy ( sounds weird ah?).  From Documentaries to dramas and action movies in any length, short film to feature film. From original  to remakes and reboot. from indies to major studios productions. Genres is like an identity to the film.

I will be talking in once a week about the different kind of genres. I love every genre they only  have to be a good movie and i’ll enjoy any.

 

Etc, etc, etc…

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well now I have some masterclass lessons with Ron Howard to take so see ya!

 

Oscar Snubs

Today at 9:20 am The 90th Academy Award Nominations where announced. Congratulation to all the nominees.

Here my last post with the official  list : The Oscar Nominations

But now I want to talk about the SNUBS!

Best Picture 

• No Logan? Who get nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay.

Best Animated Feature 

• Why The Fuck Lego Batman is not nominated??? is Better than The Boss Baby and Ferdinand for sure. The Academy hate Legos?

Best Actor

• James Franco – The Disaster Artist (probably for those “Sexual Harassment” allegations)

And Andy Serkis for “War for The Planet of The Apes”, Again.

Best Actress

• Jessica Chastain – Molly’s Game

Best Supporting Actor

• Patrick Stewart – Logan

He was the best supporting actor for months and suddenly lets forget his performance, right?

• Amie Hammer for Calle Me By Your Name.

Best Visual Effects 

• Kong nominated over The Shape of Water or Dunkirk -.-

anyways…

AND NOW……

The most disrespectful act of the day…

How in the world? How did they missed this one? 

WHAT THE FUCKING FUCK !!!

WHERE ARE THE NOMINATION FOR WONDER WOMAN!!!!

How is possible that one of the best comic book movie, one of the best films of the year, one of the best DC films ever made doesn’t even have one nomination???!!!!!

Absurd!!!

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Filmmaker Quote: Saoirse Ronan

” The written word can be powerful and beautiful – but films transport us to another place in a way that even the most evocative words never can. “ – Saoirse Ronan 

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Filmmaker: Paul Thomas Anderson

One of the best in the business.

P. T. Anderson

Name: Paul Thomas Anderson

Born: June 26, 1970

From: California

Education: Santa Monica College, Emerson College, NYU (dropped)

Occupation: Director, Writer , Producer, DP.

 

He Started at young age making home movies with his brother with his father’s video camera. He went to NYU to study filmmaking but he dropped in two days after one professor said ” If anyone is here to write Terminator 2 ; Walk out. Get out the door”. Paul though that Terminator 2 is pretty awesome movie. So he believe it was not a good way to start. with his college tuition refund of 20,000 dollars he made his first short film ” “Coffee & Cigarettes” in 1993.

He made Sundance and after that he made his first feature film “Sydney” later renamed “Hard Eight”. 

Some many professionals and cinephiles thinks ” There Will Be Blood” is his best film and one of the greatest of the 21 century.

• He have been nominated for  6 Academy Awards.
• He made music videos to Radiohead and HAIM.

Notable works: 

• Coffee & Cigarettes – 1993
• Hard Eight – 1996
• Boogie Nights -1997
• Magnolia – 1999
• Punch- Drunk Love -2002
• There Will Be Blood -2007
• The Master -2012
• Inherent Vice- 2014
• Phantom Thread -2017

 

PTA on Boogie Nights set.

Last year P.T. Anderson made his second collaboration with Daniel Day Lewis.

With his wife Maya Rudolph. 

He have directed some music video to Radiohead.

and HAIM.

 

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