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| Batman dando uma dura em Thomas Shelby |
1. BATMAN BEGINS (USA, 2005) - This film easily represents the best live-action incarnation ever seen of the Dark Knight, borrowing heavily from both the comics and the Dini and Co. animated series. This is a hard, fast, driving, heartfelt epic that draws you into the character of Bruce Wayne and makes you part of the story. Batman doesn't play second-fiddle to the villains here like in the other films. It's his movie and that's the way it should be. From the very start, there is a nice chemistry between Alfred, the butler (superbly played by Michael Caine) and Bruce Wayne (excellent job by Christian Bale). The humor is of the gentle kind, almost subtle in its implications, and it sets the stage for the more realistic flow of events to follow. The story is forcefully presented with magnificent visuals and eye-popping sets that all have a realistic gleam and are yet stylized enough to give credence to the fact that this is all based on a comic strip character. Kate Holmes is the weak part of the movie, uninspiringly playing her role.




RETRATOS DO AMOR (PHOTOGRAPH, Índia, Alemanha, 2019) – Mais um mergulho na cultura indiana revelando a aproximação de um fotógrafo de rua e uma estudante de contabilidade. O filme acontece em silêncios sensíveis, conduzidos pelos olhares dos protagonistas e pelas injunções da cultura de um país ainda profundamente atrelado a rituais de um passado muito pouco liberal. No fundo, é comovente como os dois personagens principais se esforçam para entenderem um ao outro. Another plunge into the Indian culture revealing the encounter of a street photographer and an account student. The movie happens through subtle silences driven by their eyes and the cultural injunctions of a country deeply linked to a not so liberal past. Photograph is a film that thrives on silences, and it is beautiful to acknowledge how, at times, they overcompensate for the absence of words. What may make you cry is how the characters engage in the dance of trying to understand one another. 

O DESPERTAR DE UMA PAIXÃO (THE PAINTED VEIL, USA,
China, 2006)
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