Movies of thr week 31/03/2011

                                                                      LIMITLESS


starring:» Bradley Cooper» Robert De Niro» Abbie Cornish» Andrew Howard» Anna Friel

director:» Neil Burger



duration:105 minutes

One author (Bradley Cooper) thrash the streets looking for something good in life. The book has been delayed, she let go of him and rents outstanding. He meets an old well known and they do not have anything better to do the following in a pub. There, the guy will reveal a great deal of craftsmanship and cunning that is in possession of a drug in pill form, which increases the utilization rate of the brain by 20% to 100%. Although he finds attractive as an idea, the loser is not convinced, but puts the pill in his pocket. Not having much to lose, just before reaching home, try it. The result is exactly as you had described the dealer. A wave of superhuman potential wells in a joint head with the use of the drug can write a book a week to remember every little information you have received throughout his life and get rich ...

In principle this is a fantastic idea. They are smart, enthusiastic and attractive utopian, since it is something that perhaps every human being is a fantasy. Reminiscent of little «The Matrix», when he realized that Neo is the chosen one. He began to see things as they really are. So here. The Eddie acquires a lucidity that allows it to 'read' everything in seconds. But nothing is offered generously without asking in return. The dimension of the prone man easily blown addicted, makes its appearance and lands the hero and the audience. Through the unlimited possibilities of the man remains a fragile creature. A creature who insists on seeking help from anything to overcome the built himself. Eddie's addiction and the constant increase of the dose, except greed, confirm and can not handle a situation beyond his or her, a situation with the help of a pill seems easier, but ultimately it is not. Causes both good and bad.

So what do you do when you can be 'the chosen one? Power and money are the options. Maybe they all asked. Maybe not. In the film the man is what it ever was. Hunter. With or without a pill, the objective remains the same. The method of changing. A man acquires power and the others want it for their party. And the claim. The utopian approach becomes increasingly realistic until the end confused and not knowing which way to go. The script has a great understanding of human factors and puts him under a microscope by a method that offers the transcendence and risks. When you need to show an effect, whistling casually and says' your own conclusions. " It is perhaps the only thing we kakofanike - along with some long parenthesis in the narrative - and forced us to say that the film has more potential than that ultimately shows.

But it did no crime. As mentioned earlier, this is an excellent idea. The ambitious and directed by Neil Burger, the imaginative time traffic and the use of beautiful effects, gives the exact form of the match and the main actor Bradley Cooper is unexpectedly good at interpretive approach. So any 'slips' is not so important as to compromise the overall picture of the film.

The «Limitless» initially seem to fit the title. Later proves to have a limit but this limit remains high and the compensation of the viewer only good can be described ...



PS The Abbie Cornish is just beautiful ...



                                                         BATTLE L.A

Starring:» Aaron Eckhart» Ramon Rodriguez» Will Rothhaar» Cory Hardric» Jim Parrack

director:» Jonathan Liebesman


duration:106 minutes

 The epikelefstis Michael Nantz (Aaron Eckhart) has just returned from Iraq after his participation in a mission that went wrong. He has requested his removal from the army which is accepted by his superiors. But the dismissal has to wait, as the petty officer in a battalion is ordered to leave and take his place on one last mission. The news reports speak of a meteor shower, but as time goes by proves that this is a massive alien invasion. The battalion moved to the battlefield in order to save time disguised in a number of civilians has been caught in a police station, before the airline companies' scan of the area. The last mission to epikelefsti is the most difficult of his career ...

Alien invasion. Again?. Maybe something to say some before attending the «Battle: Los Angeles». The truth is that the trailer appeared to be the common points that would have to «Independence Day». Indeed. A first reading of the film could summarize the analysis of the sentence: "The« Independence Day »with better visual and sound effects. But as always the first reading can not draw a complete picture. The film Jonathan Liebesman has several elements worthy of reference and a visit to the details could change some data first impression ...

The Old School is dominated by state. The faceless aliens presented, with the indifference surrounding beings without emotions to dominate. Even the reason for visiting the planet mentioned hypothetical and not particularly concerned. What they are people who have families, memory, losing family and the dead to remember. The ingenuity and emotional intelligence, the fellowship has particular importance is again the elements that make people distinct and of course the good guys. Of course it is missing (how could it) the emergence of individual soldiers as human beings and the ideal of battle, a battle given by the elite or if you prefer the ability of a race, the human who has a history of more than the rest. We can not say we expected something different. And although sometimes most of these elements have an excess, make us a favor and stay behind the scenes of battle and not intruding on it.

There the representation is clearly more modern and spectacular, the effects are very well crafted and the scene several times to resemble video game. The masterful use of the camera increases the anxiety and stabs the eyes of the viewer screen, which, apparently, was betting the director. If we add to all this and the interpretation of Eckhart is better than the actor who has saved the world quite a few times (Will Smith), then the «Battle: Los Angeles» is rather more positive than negative ...

For fans of the genre is hard to be disappointed. It is certainly not «District 9», or «Mars Attacks!», But the spectacle offered is quite rich. A pleasure spent.