The beast of the Southern Wild

Yesterday I did something I haven't done in a while... Watch a "deep" movie. 

Well... technically, we saw 2 films

The first one was "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty".

I wish I had more to say about this film. A lot of people like to either hate it or love it. I've read and seen people being really opinionated about it. 

I like the film, its a nice innocent film where Ben Stiller is just being himself in a very special way. Something that I liked was the music... 

Listen to this one song... it's like a perfect workout song. 

Maybe later I will talk more about this film, cause I did end up having a great conversation about the deeper meaning of it. 

But that will be for another time. 

This time I want to talk about this movie. "Beasts of the Southern Wild"

Here is the trailer 

Just from the trailer, you can tell that it's one of those films. One of those films that don't follow the normal structure of three acts to tell a story... But rather a film that by the end of it, you just sit there and try to think what just happened. 

Movies like this are very dangerous... They tread a fine line between entertaining film and a movie that is meant to create thought. A dangerous film, because, if people don't see it in the right light, it can be seen as a bad film. On both ends... Because as an film of entretainment... it will not be entretaining enough... and as a deep film... it will be too much of a commercial blockbuster to create a deep thought. 

So, it can get caught on a limbo. But, of course, people will not understand what I said in the previous paragraph... so let's just try to not understand it, and accept it.

But this movie brings a good subject to talk about in film. 

The entire range of films that are made for thought is always a set of movies I try to stay away from. Not that I don't like them. And because of this, I am probably missing a good deal of great movies out there. 

But the reason I avoid these films is because I am the product of J.J. Abrams and Michael Bay and the one guy who made the 1999 Godzilla film.

It's all about action and explosions. I like the thrill of Jason Bourne driving a car through the city while the bullets are whizzing by his hair. 

This is not something I am proud of. It has taken me a while to actually get into the films that are not action or thriller or all kinds of horror. Films like Beast of the Southern Wild, are creating (for me) a bridge that I can cross from the realm of Marvel films (which are not bad) to a place where cinema is more than just a medium to tell a story, but a medium to send a message to people about a certain subject. 

I am proud to say that I enjoyed this film alot... and from now on, I'll try to dive deeper into a realm of cinema that I haven't explored yet

That is all I have to say about that 

First things First: Source Material

To be talking about the subject of movies... one has to understand them. One has to look deeper. One has to study some sort of pattern to see what kind of movies are good and what kind of movies are just plain out wrong.

Thankfully, I've had my sources.

My opinion of movies has grown due to these people. These people have taught me what to look for in movies. 

These are the people that have seen movies in ways that no one else has. Some of them are pretty famous. Others are not. 

1) Siskel and Ebert (R.I.P.)

Oh. These guys are the best. 

I've stayed up until 3 am watching review after review of their films. These guys know how to analyze a film and know how the film industry works. If they see a bad film, they are not afraid to call it out on it's B.S. 

Here is an example. 

Long time ago, there was a movie called North (Starring Elijah Wood) Here's the trailer:

Pretty bad... Of course... I never saw the film. But, what got me interested in it was what these guys said

Now... of course.... this is just one example... But what they say about films is pretty good. They have no limitations on what they wanted to say. I started to see films different because of these guys. 

These guys created a very professional (but blunt) way of looking at films. Not pleasing to other people... but with defining terms and having a strong stand on what you believe. 

2)

The nostalgia Critic

 This guy is frikking amazing. 

Sure, he swears... ALOT. But his opinion is the one I have in high value. He sees films in a more comedic way, but also very real. How they affect the audience and how the film works within itself. 

He reviews bad movies. His stuff is pretty good. I really respect everything he says. I suggest you check him out, but only if you are comfortable with swearing... ALOT of it. 

3) My own brother.

My brother is a very straightforward man. But the thing I learned from him was to look for the hidden things. 

He once told me all the things that went wrong within the Desolation of Smaug movie... in one scene...

When he said that... I was amazed... 

I never looked at that one particular scene like that. He saw it in such a way that no one could have done so.

Last, but not least My faith

Yes... faith is a critic. A harsh one. To have a catholic faith and to be a movie critic is very hard. You have to know what you believe so that you can look at the film in a certain lense. Does it make sense? What kind of message is it bringing to the masses? How will this affect the thought process of millions of people who watch it. 

Being a Catholic and a cinephile (Person who LOVES going to the movies) is a very hard thing to do. But it is a challenge that I've always loved.

So... those are my sources of inspiration. 

A lot of my comments are going to sound the same or some jokes might get repeated. But that is because these people helped me create a very solid opinion on a film

I still don't know what kind of movie I will review first, but hopefully, it will be a good one.

A movie blog... gee that's original

Hi...
My name is Mauricio Carranza...
I've been an avid movie watching/game playing/LOTR enthusiast/GEEK since I can remember.
For the last few years, I've been developing something that many people think that is very dangerous... an opinion!!!

Yes... I have my own opinion about film and cinema.
Granted... I've never studied cinema... and, in some cases, my opinion about certain movies is just plain wrong... I like movies that I shouldn't like... and dislike films that I should love...

Well, I decided to start a blog, because my facebook statuses about films were getting too long.

So, this is it..
A blog about movies...
past/present/future...
I will talk about it... and try to be as unbiased as I can

I will fail.

Well. If you all have some sort of movie request you want to hear about and know what I think... tell me...

cause I know that you all are craving for my opinion

Bye