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Wednesday, November 28, 2007
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** WARNING: This text includes details about the movie "Shooter (Shooter)" and "Beowulf"
** I do not know if it is a fact, or if this is how I am perceiving things recently, but the movie "The Kingdom" (which described in the text above) is not the only one that has left me with a taste of realism that is quite refreshing.
recently saw "Shooter" (or Shooter, in English), Antoine Fuqua, and "Beowulf" by Robert Zemeckis. In both films the main characters are heroes. The plot of the two is somewhat predictable, precisely because the characters take the reins of history are heroes. Yet in both films painful truths are discovered and disgusting, which is worthy of admiration, especially Hollywood productions emerged.
In "Shooter," a former soldier gringo has decided to retire to the mountains after having a negative experience into a mission to Ethiopia, returned to public life on behalf of the government that played a trick. In that story, the truth about corruption and manipulation at the federal government come to the surface and spit. It's very interesting to see how the director has managed to go beyond fiction to leave the viewer feeling that this story is based on fact, or rather, a phenomenon of reality.
In "Beowulf, a Norse warrior fighting various monsters to save a kingdom ... Although the character gets all the glory possible and even becomes king, appears as a man of flesh, bone and heart because he does not feel completely satisfied with his "victory." Moreover, it is aware that his "victory" is a claim in his life, and therefore feels guilty, and nothing worthy of praise that profess their subjects. Is a king with great sorrow and almost no glory, and for that reason, his humanity protrudes throughout history. He is a hero with great physical strength, but also a moral and emotional weak, although able to defeat monsters and win battles, not support the weight of his conscience, and therefore leaves himself.
I pleasantly surprised to see that new gringos directors dare to come out of the schemes of "happy stories" set in Hollywood over the years. It definitely gives you a more interesting twist to the stories told in film.
** I do not know if it is a fact, or if this is how I am perceiving things recently, but the movie "The Kingdom" (which described in the text above) is not the only one that has left me with a taste of realism that is quite refreshing.
recently saw "Shooter" (or Shooter, in English), Antoine Fuqua, and "Beowulf" by Robert Zemeckis. In both films the main characters are heroes. The plot of the two is somewhat predictable, precisely because the characters take the reins of history are heroes. Yet in both films painful truths are discovered and disgusting, which is worthy of admiration, especially Hollywood productions emerged.
In "Shooter," a former soldier gringo has decided to retire to the mountains after having a negative experience into a mission to Ethiopia, returned to public life on behalf of the government that played a trick. In that story, the truth about corruption and manipulation at the federal government come to the surface and spit. It's very interesting to see how the director has managed to go beyond fiction to leave the viewer feeling that this story is based on fact, or rather, a phenomenon of reality.
In "Beowulf, a Norse warrior fighting various monsters to save a kingdom ... Although the character gets all the glory possible and even becomes king, appears as a man of flesh, bone and heart because he does not feel completely satisfied with his "victory." Moreover, it is aware that his "victory" is a claim in his life, and therefore feels guilty, and nothing worthy of praise that profess their subjects. Is a king with great sorrow and almost no glory, and for that reason, his humanity protrudes throughout history. He is a hero with great physical strength, but also a moral and emotional weak, although able to defeat monsters and win battles, not support the weight of his conscience, and therefore leaves himself.
I pleasantly surprised to see that new gringos directors dare to come out of the schemes of "happy stories" set in Hollywood over the years. It definitely gives you a more interesting twist to the stories told in film.
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