Blackfish Movie Review + Update

This documentary is quite interesting more because of esthetic reasons thus boosting the information it provides.

When it comes to a documentary I try to think about what the director wants to tell us and picture the story they are telling has if it was a fictional work how it would measure up, I gotta say that it manages to fulfill the number one but not so much the number two but I can't blame the film for it. Seaworld is a big park with plenty of tourists from all over the world coming over to see the great Killer Wheals in their glorious trained spectacle, the movie basically tries to shawn light into the behind the scenes of the spectacle, the history behind the park, the animals and some of their ex-trainers.

I think is very smart how the movie decides to pick a moment so powerful and very serious moment like the death of one trainer by Tilikum (one big male killer whale), the entire movie is centered on not only on the whales's nature, habitant, behavior towards humans (both in the wild and in confinement) but also of their trainers, how they work with the whales, what is it like, explaining the bond they share, etc... Blackfish is indeed a highly informative documentary about the nature of these mammals and also how humanities own desires can drive to the destruction of nature; all learned by the story of Tilikum.

The editing in this movie is extraordinary, the clips the filmmakers putted to make their points are spot on thus conveying exactly the kind of information us has viewers should get out of the movie to understand what the creators are trying to tell us... however the problem with the movie is it's the lack of unity in the information conveyed; I know that not everybody is going to get what is going on in a movie the same way has somebody else, but the point I am trying to bring is that because of it's unbalanced way of conveying information it leaves plenty in the air for a long time leaving a lingering question with no answer until much later and by the time it comes it may have slipped the mind of some people... for me it was quite distracting, is almost like the movie has so much to say but is not organized in how it conveys that information.

Blackfish is a very well polished documentary with very well focused directing, interesting information delivered and great editing making it one of the most informative documentaries about man and nature, I highly recommend checking it out if you can.

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Few... with summer finally over I can get to work in peace jeje... it's been quite relaxing I'll admit but it's time to get things back in working order has well has get back into drawing to get my skills back into shape.

Next on the blog will probably be that long over do Photoshop post, if not I'll probably be making another series review...

Thank you again guys for reading, I know the contend has been coming in slow but I hope to be able to bring more reviews and have more updates coming

Stay tuned!

Fantastic 4 (2015) Movie Review

The best way for me to talk about this movie is by talking about my experience in the theater with friends, so just chill and read this story:

So this friend of mine says "Hey I wanna go to the theater to watch Fantastic 4", I was aware of the films reception but I still wanted to check it out not because I was in anyway interested but because I just wanted to see how my friends would react to it... I did coddled them into watching it before but not forcing them at all.

So we go to check it out later that day at like 10 pm to see the movie, I get there early to buy the tickets, we go in and the first thing I notice was how perplexity empty the place was... I knew that could´t be a good thing but I wasn't quite ready to laugh at the absurdity of it just yet; has you probably guessed the company I brought there wasn't quite that into movies like I am, the main reason we were there was because THEY wanted to see it... If it was up to me I probably would have watched it alone later or wait for a DVD release.

Anyway we sit there and the movie begins, I yawned... a lot... the movie was painfully boring, with drawn-out scenes that lead nowhere, the action scenes were a joke, bad acting and unfocused directing made this movie a total chore to watch... is almost like nobody involved cared about making a good movie at all, what happened here? Well I guess with just saying that nobody in my group liked the film is enough to say it wasn't very good, the moment it ended I felt a simultaneous face palm by everybody around me and all I could do was laugh... everybody started to complaint about everything wrong with the movie, so much that the moment they asked for my opinion I had nothing left to say at all.

Fantastic 4 was not good, I can say I liked the final battle against Doom for the little it lasted has for the movie itself was completely devoted of any kind of fun action to distract from the unfocused writing, I can´t believe that the movie went on for so long and having so little happening... I mean with that amount of run time it should have been enough to have the characters developed (well developed) and then having them discover their powers by doing heroic things, saving people and stuff... and if you want to have them working for the government when they are learning, fine do that but show us their struggle, what they are going through not jump cutting events out... save that for stupid things not for relatable moments.

I cannot recommend Fantastic 4 to anybody... if you want to watch it than I salute you my friend, you are very brave I suggest bringing friends or family along, I bet it´ll make your movie experience better!

Inside Out Movie Review (Retackled)

This is going to be an extended look at the story of the film Inside Out; unlike my first review I will give full spoilers for the entire film, so if at this point you haven´t seen the movie yet, I suggest you do before reading, If you want a spoiler free review feel free to check my previous review of the movie:

In my first review of the film Inside Out I seemed negative with the majority of the issues that for the most part are just annoying and takes away from my immersion in the story; I still feel like according to the movie itself, Riley is a robot and all the other humans are robots... however I can´t take it out on the whole movie because of that fact has the movie has a whole has plenty of effort, creativity and care to make something good.

The beginning of the movie is well thought but not well executed, allow me to explain: the film´s start is the birth of Riley with Joy being the first emotion she "gets", I guess the movie had to start at some point in the story but I feel like the only reason why it did was to establish that Joy does not like Sadness... is so bold that it pretty much left no room for the imagination; it basically stablished very early on "this characters are gonna get along by the end" (I think Pixar does very often in it's films), I may be in the minority by saying this but it's how I feel about Pixar's formula witch they have abused since "Up".

Joy is pretty much the only character with any kind of depth to lash on to has she is the only one with an arc (and a good one to be fair), the rest of the emotions particularly the ones who stay in HQ (Disgust, Fear and Anger to be more specific) don´t, witch is a shame because the characters and their personalities are actually kinda cool... I can't think of any characters who weren't unlikable (except for maybe Riley's "imaginary friend" character), the problem lies in their lack of focus by the writers side where they pretty much give no focus to this characters aside from their stablished personalities.

The point of the story is to talk about growing up and how this affects people particularly when moving to a brand new place... and has someone who has had to move and live in different countries I know all to well how difficult this can be, having to adapt to a new place with new people and in some cases a brand new way of thinking and culture... that the movie shows well from Riley's POV, is not so visible from the emotion's though, it would have helped if in the movie Disgust and the other's who remained at HQ did the best they could but the writers one dimensional interpretation of the characters forbid such a think; example? take a look at the scene where Riley is having dinner with her parents, Disgust is supposed to try and make Riley act like Joy would, but instead her response is bunkered with a brats answer, I am not trying to say that Riley should act exactly like joy would, but there are many ways around it and this would have also been a great opportunity to give Disgust more character development; is almost like the writers didn't saw the potential they had.

I am sounding way to negative again I know, but why am I you ask? well because the movie is already being praised everywhere by everybody... and I think that looking at the flaws of something helps us see all the right angles instead of just remaining comfortable with what we saw and keep in mind that I did liked this movie and if for some reason you decided to read this without seeing the film I suggest you do, who knows? you may notice something I didn't.

After so much negativity I want to end on a high note... Inside Out is one of Pixar's best work since Up, the creativity and imagination put into this movie is a testament to the work this guys put into their projects, the characters are great, the management of the idea is very good is a soft look into the complexity of human thought in a way many of us can somehow relate; and for this reasons and more Inside Out is worth the watch, even with all of it's problems.

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Sorry for the long delay on content people... but this summer in particular has left me with very little room to work on anything. I hope you like this review, I think I have manage to cover the essential issues I particularly have with the movie.

Hopefully I'll be able to get back on perfect track with the content on the blog.

Stay tuned!