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Leviafan (2014)
Grotesk, unrealistic and just sad
The film is a weak attempt to picture Russia as hell on earth. The director Zvyagintsev simply used the anti-Russian moods spread by western media in order to gain popularity in the west.
The characters act unnaturally and do things which people just don't. People do not act like this. They might be bad and corrupt but they if they want to evict you the would never come to your house and call you an insect - what for? The mayer would never obey a priest. The influence of church is so much exaggerated in the movie...
The man just had a bad cheating wife. His friend lawyer and the mayor just act inadequately.
By the way, it is plagirised from Dogville.
Relatos salvajes (2014)
What a wonderful idea!
I went to see this movie hoping to get a brake from Hollywood production. And I did. It was amazing, one of the best movies I've seen on big screen in 2 or 3 years.
Plot consists of different stories which all have one thing in common: they are about revenge. Every single story starts rather boring. At the very beginning I was thinking "What's so wild about it? It is just lame" and by the end of the intro I was like "Holy God! No, they did not just twist it like that! OMG!"
And it gets better. A true masterpiece. I am from Russia so for me it was rather interesting and surprising that Latin America is so similar to Russia. The views, the behaviour of the people, the insanity - all like at home.
You won't regret seeing this movie. Don't take your kid or your grandmother though.
Paddington (2014)
Nice kind story for kids
I went to see this cartoon with my girlfriend, because we thought that it was from the creators of Ted and that hence it would be hilarious. But the cartoon turned out to be just a kid story.
The story begins in South American jungle, where a British adventurer meets a couple of talking bears. At once they become friends. Many years later the bears' nephew launches upon a journey to London (because his uncle dies and his aunt is going to home of elderly bears) in a quest to find the adventurer. The little bear gets lost on the Paddington station (That is why later he was given the name Paddington), but a nice-looking family picks him up and helps him in his mission. Turns out, that the adventurer had been expelled from the geographical community when he returned from the jungle because he did not bring any trofeys from his journey (like stuffed bears) and that his daughter is now on a quest to correct her father's mistake by killing the little bear. Of course, the good prevails in the end.
I personally enjoyed the plot though. It is thought-through and is surprisingly original for such cartoons.
I would really recommend you to watch it with your kid, for all the kids around us were amazed. They were laughing and yelling etc. Beautifully- drawn, this cartoon is only of interest to kids of age 12 and younger.