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Mary Queen of Scots
(2018)

One of the worst queens in Europe
Period story of one of the worst queens in Europe, sadistic like her father who also persecuted Catholics for no reason and of course also fond of cutting off heads. Dark photography for an unbalanced script and cheap TV movie performances; The costumes and makeup are saved, in part, but not for two Oscar nominations. The turbulent times were conducive to intrigues and life was worth little from her birth due to illnesses, therefore, it is commendable that Isabel remained on the throne for 45 years. The time puts everyone in place. Mary Stuart has been most respected by history. You judge.....

The Man from Earth
(2007)

It's not credible
The high average score of this film is surprising, due to the suggestible audience, demonstrating its low intellectual capacity. Disappointing plot, with an ending that insists on the implausible, except that the main character was part of a science fiction script. And this is not the case, because he insists that he is a mortal human being (or so he believes); In another way, that of a game, it would be an interesting philosophical reflection on immortality, consciousness and human relationships, through time, parallel to civilizations, advances in science and culture. There is an exacerbated contempt for Christianity, especially Catholicism. Errors in all disciplines. Assuming that you can live 14,000 years without dying from serious injuries, mutilations, accidents of all kinds, no matter how many cells regenerate... and why does their growth stop after 35 years? Obviously, to justify being the figure of Jesus Christ; He failed to say that he was the progenitor of many other historical figures, with an unrecognized father. Being born as a Paleolithic and coinciding with Buddha and Columbus and Van Gogh! It seems like the last straw to me. In the Simpsons, he is surpassed by Homer (who has even been an astronaut). The final absurdity is that the psychologist is his son, who despite his father leaving home and being very young, does not recognize him from photos. His lack of humanity and empathy is devastating, although it is true that he knows how to stop at a given moment, in the face of the demands of his "son", over whom he does not cry a tear, in the face of his death. . A shame. Note 5, because it is entertaining.

Murphy's War
(1971)

Impossible but moralist
Another IIWW movie in which the Germans are the bad guys, stupid and of course lose in an impossible story. For a German submarine sea dog who survives the war, and sees this film and others, it must be very sad to see the lack of historical rigor, zero respect on the part of cinema, given that they fought on the wrong side but they did it for his country with the same heroism as the "good" victors. Although implausible (a submarine never submerges to run aground, it simply sets off on the surface) the ending is moralistic: extreme revenge leads to self-destruction. A shame, because the production and interpretation is remarkable.

Knock at the Cabin
(2023)

The most absurd film in cinema
The most absurd film in cinema. The most fascinating thing about the scripts is what is not told about what their continuation should be, which makes them implausible. For example, for the surviving protagonist, how can his partner see the future together with his daughter in common? It is assumed that there would be an investigation, accusation of murder and a high prison sentence, since five corpses with violent deaths appear in the cabin that the family has rented. Where do they go with the car at the end of the movie? To tell the police a crazy story of the end of the world? If we think about it, they treat us as brainless with by-products that attack the slightest intelligence. The saddest thing is the comments from users who, with these premises, are able to rate it positively. And for those of us who are Europeans, it really is boring to see how the USA is always the center of the world, so much so that a few of its citizens decide the future of the world without a coherent explanation.

Noche de vino tinto
(1967)

Intento fallido
Film that falls into pedantry and snobbery; neorealism is touched on the side, a herculean task in a censored cinema, that of trying to show the true Barcelona at night of the time, except for a few scenes, such as a boarding house with a mirrored ceiling or some tavern in chinatown. Encrypted dialogues, but good treatment of photography and plans, with a magnificent soundtrack.

Film that falls into pedantry and snobbery; neorealism is touched on the side, a Herculean task in a censored cinema, that of trying to show the true Barcelona at night of the time, except for a few scenes, such as a boarding house with a mirrored ceiling or some tavern in Chinatown. Encrypted dialogues, but good treatment of photography and plans, with a magnificent soundtrack.

Intercambio de parejas frente al mar
(1978)

Unbelievable cinema of the time with the mere excuse of showing nudity
Definitely the cinema between 1976 and approximately 1983 reaches unlikely points, seen from the current perspective, it is even ridiculous. Today it would be impossible to make this film, let alone its commercial distribution, it would simply be for the playboy or porn channel. Although it seems with metaphysical pretensions, it seems one more of many, outside the reality of the Spanish Puritan society of the time, which had overcome the dictatorship only three years ago; any screenplay motive serves as an excuse to show nudity or fictional sex scenes.

Everything and Nothing
(2011)

British egocentrism
Unfortunate BBC documentary with a false perspective from the usual British egocentrism, islands without which the civilized world would not exist. Greek culture and science Arabs and the Chinese and Mesoamerican civilizations are skipped at a stroke. Modern astronomy is not due to Copernicus, Galileo, but to some unknown. Surprise, all Anglo-Saxons! I'm sorry I stopped watching the documentary.

Bajo un manto de estrellas
(2014)

First time in modern Spanish cinema that Republicans are the "bad guys"
Surprising film with little-known or non-professional actors and with a low budget, which represents a historic milestone in the Spanish audiovisual industry for being the first time in more than 40 years of democracy that the persecution of religious, including their murders, by Republican side during the Spanish Civil War. As it could not be less, its media distribution was limited and has gone unnoticed. My congratulations to its producers and the entire production.

El ministerio del tiempo: El laberinto del tiempo
(2020)
Episode 2, Season 4

The best. Hilarious and emotional.
Hilarious and emotional. One of the best storylines in the series. Excellent script with great performances such as Almodovar or Felipe IV. Impossible not to get excited in the tremendous finale.

Apollo 11
(2019)

The first time and the first film
Everything is big. Since childhood, the memories created by the experience of the feat transmitted by my father, reach the 50th anniversary, after years of video and images, a few pieces of a puzzle, often viewed but without completing the picture of the greatest feat of the humanity. Now, the cinema definitely honors that achievement with a film that gathers the facts as they were and as they were never seen with a chronological script of the event from the prolegomena of the takeoff, for the first time the complete landing on the moon, until the return of the heroes. Remastered the frames of the thousands of hours of film tapes and added the dolby sound and an epic electronic soundtrack, but without hindering, we have not a documentary, but a film according to a script with a knot and end, detailed on screen with understandable technical data and overprinted times. The initial image without voiceover with the transfer of the launch pad on the caterpillar base leaves you ... wow! This is big! And you don't get out of your seat anymore. Please do not miss it. Really, he deserves some Oscar and not necessarily the best documentary.

Apollo 11
(2019)

The first time and the first film
Everything is big. Since childhood, the memories created by the experience of the feat transmitted by my father, reach the 50th anniversary, after years of video and images, a few pieces of a puzzle, often viewed but without completing the picture of the greatest feat of the humanity. Now, the cinema definitely honors that achievement with a film that gathers the facts as they were and as they were never seen with a chronological script of the event from the prolegomena of the takeoff, for the first time the complete landing on the moon, until the return of the heroes. Remastered the frames of the thousands of hours of film tapes and added the dolby sound and an epic electronic soundtrack, but without hindering, we have not a documentary, but a film according to a script with a knot and end, detailed on screen with understandable technical data and overprinted times. The initial image without voiceover with the transfer of the launch pad on the caterpillar base leaves you ... wow! This is big! And you don't get out of your seat anymore. Please do not miss it. Really, he deserves some Oscar and not necessarily the best documentary.

El abominable hombre de la Costa del Sol
(1970)

Costa del Sol
The Hotel Don Pepe in Marbella, appears, first of five stars of Andalusia,

1898. Los últimos de Filipinas
(2016)

We have no remedy
My assessment is purely for technical production. Still with nausea, I describe in my language the pain of seeing with what ignominious discredit relates a real fact of Spanish military history of great value and gallantry, of academic study in military schools like West Point, not in vain its motto is " duty honor and homeland. " The Americans perform El Álamo (1960), wrapped in the soft melody of Green Leaves of Summer and "we" a milestone that dishonors those who died for their country and, above all, the truth as it testifies to those who they survived. I see with stupor a drug addict missionary, a cowardly captain, a deranged sergeant and a paranoid lieutenant without command. All crazy. The truth was the overcoming with stoic determination of a siege, the rationing of food and weapons, the commitment of officers and troops without falling for the deceptions of the Filipinos. In effect, there was an honor guard in the capitulation, not for the "four hundred years", but for the impression caused in the victors and for the integrity shown by the besieged. What can be expected seeing how we polarize daily life. We have no remedy.

Little House on the Prairie: To See the Light (Part Two)
(1980)
Episode 11, Season 7

The broadcast of this episode was interrupted by the news
The broadcast of this episode was interrupted by the news, that night, John Lennon was shot at the entrance of his apartment.

El Dorado
(1988)

Saura and the conquest
In the conquest of America, saved more than this gem that reveals the misery, violence and sacrifice, but also the epic adventure .An excellent cast,highlight the Antonutti actors as a martial Aguirre ranging from sanity to madness caused by the feverish lust for gold and embellished by a tangled grandeur and endless forest, well intrigues existing between the characters as Eusebio Ponzela (Guzmán),Lambert Wilson (Ursúa) and José Sancho (La Bandera). Saura mark time creating an oppressive atmosphere that surrounds with men about looking for anything. Do not miss the occasion to see this movie.Thousands of adventures to exploit in particular by the American industry.It is possible to imagine a big budget Spielberg.

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