mario_filipe Reviews

The Passion of the Christ (2004)

Shame on you Mr. Gibson !

[1/10 · 23 May 2004]

What a horrible movie! Simply a fanatic view of a story of suffering. It made Jesus suffer more in the movie than what he suffered in the historical reality. Think with me : Would you be able, even to walk, more to carry a cross, after being beaten with such suffering instruments? You wouldn't have flesh or blood to support your body. He exagerated to make his point. By the way, have you understand it's point? No. There's no point, but violence. This is just one example of why this movie has no quality. Even the characters were badly directed. What a waste of time. Gibson was the one who won something, besides the religious fanatics around the world, some millions in the box office, letting the film be released by the Easter, making families go to the movies and being there no more than one hour. It's just one more adaption of what everyone should keep to himself, his faith. Shame on you Mr. Gibson !

Amadeus (1984)

A movie of a genius, directed by another one !

[10/10 · 23 May 2004]

I thought that it would be impossible to make a movie like this one! Peter Schaffer's original play inspired Milos Forman, the great czech film maker, that surprised the world with "One flew over the cuckoo's nest" (1975). The sublime, almost over-human performance by Frank Murray Abraham (the Mozart enemy and secret admirer, Salieri) is one of the keys for the movie success, mostly to it's depth. The perfect sense of timing by Milos Forman is admirable, he knows when to play wich music. All the scenarios: opera houses, palaces, streets, etc., are details absolutely harmonious! One of this classic secret was that Forman gathered "the" team, perfect team work.

We can just admire it, laugh, cry, reflect, most of all, listen to it. See it, it's 10/10.

Thank you Mr. Forman...