Episode 1.1: Volver
Written by Coldguy Thursday, 06 August 2009 23:08
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08.06.2009 - 19:22 | Wazaraku
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08.06.2009 - 22:27 | Coldguy
I have not seen a Chillean movie. Know of any good ones?
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08.20.2009 - 17:50 | KINGQuimeraMirageman= a chilean super hero like spider man. He wear a blue mask, and he fight with his fist.
Coronación: Is about a old man living whit is mom. He is in love whit the nany, she is to youg for him.
Machuca: Is about a boy midel rich and he make a friend with a poor boy in the school. The time when the presindet Salvador Allende is til alive.
B-Happy
Malta con huevo
El chacotero sentimental
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08.06.2009 - 19:36 | Tjhom
Great first vid! I look forward to more! Moar!!!
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Damn nothing says mother/daughter bonding like killing your father and getting rid of the evidence! Nice Review, but honestly, (and please don't hate me) I think your pacing can use a little help. I'm looking forward to more vids though!
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[quote=Raziel555666]I think your pacing can use a little help. I'm looking forward to more vids though![/quote]
Well it is my first go so I wrote what I did and then tried to get the flow as best as I could. However thanks for the input there I will try to improve upon it for the next one
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I agree that the pacing needs work. Clips from the movie dragged on for too long and I don't think you put enough of your own opinions into it. The sound quality also seemed to take a hit near the end.
Still, this is a solid first entry and I'd love to see the series continue.
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08.06.2009 - 20:55 | J_Conrady
Where's the emoticon for "i want to have your babies?" ^_^ With you and Film Brain, I feel like I'm with people I would hang out with outside the internet, have a few beers and talk about film. Keep up the great work.
Almodovar is one of the best filmmakers out there today with works of such vivaciousness yet he somehow weaves in a sense of subtlety and craftsmanship to it all. Although not entirely a thriller, it still has that aspect and I can't help but say that the best thrillers out there today are coming out of Europe, no question. It's his style that I love, which has the vividness of Jeunet and the storytelling of Billy Wilder all rolled into each other.
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08.06.2009 - 20:19 | jnywest
I realy liked the whole concept of this series.. I say go with it!!!
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08.06.2009 - 20:22 | Deimos1984rd
That was awesome, can't wait to see more.
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08.06.2009 - 20:24 | Phelous
Haha nice randomness with the opening.
I loved, "Well you didn't ask but I'm going to pretend that you did."
Looking forward to more of these for sure.
Paco kinda reminded me of Adam Sandler.
But at least he's been funny... at times. Paco wasn't as much, till he died.
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It's good to see a review of a good movie for once. I do like bad movie reviews for laughing but a review like this is kind of refreshing.
Keep up the good work ;)
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08.06.2009 - 20:29 | CondorelThat was great... well it was good. I expect some polish will truly make this series shine.
If you're looking to do something a little more light-hearted, have you ever seen (or heard of) 'Les Boys'?
It's a Quebecois hockey movie, nothing genius or anything, just a feel-good sports flick. It's also the highest-grossing French Canadian film ever made - it did better than most English Canadian films ever has for that matter.
Anyway, thanks for the show.
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08.06.2009 - 20:41 | gbusBuena peli. Prefiero Hable con ella.
Keep it up, it's a funny idea, in lots of ways. :D
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Love it! (of Course!!) and can't wait to see more foreign reviews ^_^
oh and nice touch with the SAP *wink* :D
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08.06.2009 - 21:06 | blitz013i dont care what people say the star wars prequels were all classics
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08.06.2009 - 21:17 | lukurefreshing
review "La teta asustada" (the milk of sorrow) please
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08.06.2009 - 21:39 | the mex
excellent review Coldguy, 5 stars amigo. :lol:
esta de almodovar esta bien, pero pero yo ubiera escogido tacones lejanos o la mala educacion
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[quote=luku]refreshing
review "La teta asustada" (the milk of sorrow) please[/quote]
That's a fail translation of that movie it's supposed to say "The Frightened tit" :D
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08.06.2009 - 22:16 | The Brit
Interesting (Or should I say Interesante, yeah I did GCSE spanish) review series. I personally have only seen one foriegn language film, La Haine (French), but it was really quite good, gritty with a nice twist. When you say foriegn delecacies do you count British films? We have made some good ones.
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[quote=The Brit]When you say foriegn delecacies do you count British films? We have made some good ones.[/quote]
Foreign = Anything non American, I like to keep the scope of my series as broad as possible.
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11.21.2009 - 10:37 | Cowboy
What about some swedish flicks? We have great ones as En Kärlekshistoria (a love story), Farväl Falkenberg (farewell Falkenberg (place in Sweden)) and well, everything Bergman made.
You should really try it out.
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08.06.2009 - 22:26 | The sad panda
hey that was good!
you're all over the place lately man,that's a good thing :D
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08.06.2009 - 23:03 | dakostro
If you want to cover some Swedish movies, I'd be more than happy to give you a list of those.
Btw, I think it's great that you're bringing some spotlight on foreign movies. Broadening people's views is never a bad thing.
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Nice review. You should do review about finnish movie called Raid. It is not the best movie but it was very entertaining.
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[quote=dakostro]If you want to cover some Swedish movies, I'd be more than happy to give you a list of those.
Btw, I think it's great that you're bringing some spotlight on foreign movies. Broadening people's views is never a bad thing.[/quote]
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Fucking Åmål please.
No it's not a porn movie. :D
It's a Swedish movie I had to see at my school and I pretty much loved it.
When they released it in America they had to change the name to Show me love for obvious reasons.
http://en.wikipedia.org/ wiki/Show_Me_Love_% 28film%29
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11.21.2009 - 10:39 | CowboyOh yes please review Fucking Åmål. Classic here in Sweden
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As I said to you in private, this was an awesome start to a series, and I can't wait for more!
Since you've already heard my criticsms, and they're echoed by some of the comments here, it would be redundant to repeat them here, so, I'll just congratulate you on an awesome video, and wish you the very best of luck in future episodes! Need any help, give us a shout!
P.S. Are you going to do any Asian films? Do Shanghai Dreams!
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08.07.2009 - 01:57 | Apostle
I liked it, the runnig gag with the translation is a really good trademark joke for the show.
You should look into some Japanese Revenge movies, they can get really messy. And funny as all hell.
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08.07.2009 - 02:41 | Cferra
Good start to the new series. I'm interested in seeing where this goes. Also, the wiki article was made. Called it Foreign Delicacies as I wasn't sure if you wanted it to be "Coldguy's Foreign Delicacies". Now...hmmm... Why does that Spanish speaking lady sound...so familiar?
Hmm....
It's ThatChickWithTheGoggles isn't it? ;-)
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08.07.2009 - 03:05 | Valdez Leel
Liking the show. It needs a little polish, but its good to see some foreign movies getting a look in.
If you like Pedro Almodóvar, a good film to check out is All About My Mother. I had to have a look at it in film studies and...well what can I say? It's brightly coloured, vibrant, moving, melodramatic genius.
ALSO: Will you be doing any German Expressionist films later on in the series? I would love to get your take on Metropolis and The Cabinet of Dr Caligari.
Oh and its official: You have to do À bout de souffle.
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08.07.2009 - 03:32 | Braeden Orr
Like I said before CG, great video! A little time, polish, and this will be one of the best series on TGWTG.
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08.07.2009 - 04:01 | ZGDK
I think I'm going to like this series... You should review Aguirre, the Wrath of God, talk about insanity.
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08.07.2009 - 04:13 | nitoro81@2:30
were they Mago De Oz??
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08.07.2009 - 04:57 | Roger Otto
Interesting concept you've got here Coldguy. There are a lot of interesting movies outside of Hollywood many people don't really know about. Personally I have somewhat of a love-hate relationship with foreign movies, since some are kind of boring and pretentious. There's one in particular I dislike, I think I'll make a review about it sometime. I'm not really familiar with Almodovar, although I remember quiting Hable con Ella once. :confused: Maybe I should try it again.
If you'd ever like to see something Dutch, you should watch [url=http://www.imdb.com/ title/tt0119448/] Karakter[/url].
I'm Dutch so I could recommend some more, although I do have to admit that compared to other countries Dutch cinema is not really that great.
Are you reviewing older movies too? If so, you should review the French films 'Mon Oncle' and 'Les vacances de Monsieur Hulot' by Jacques Tati. Those films are very entertaining even today.
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i saw this weeks ago in Coldguy's blip channel but i was too lazy to sign up there and leave a coment so i leave it here: AWESOME!!!
i hope to see more movies from others places and in other languages, specially spanish since im from Chile
btw Coldguy, do you have watch any chilean movie?