Warrior (2011)

Let me be clear about one thing first, this is by far the best wrestling movie I've ever seen. This movie has some of the most intimidating and breathtaking fighting scenes that you cant get to watch in real fights. When the fight commentator confirms that 'Tommy Riordan definitely is real', I figured this really hyped up Gavin O'Connor movie Warrior definitely is real.

Daron Aronofsky's The Wrestler (2008) was the fighting movie of my mode with more of life, emotions than the fighting, Micky Rourke acted his best in that Oscar nominated movie. Paddy Conlon reminded me of that old fighter re-entering his life with a lot of difficulties. After awhile Tommy and Brendan Conlon  and their twisted relationship resembles another two brothers in The Fighter (2010). But none of them mentioned above are worthy to be the epic one, Warrior, I would say has everything to be remembered as the finest wrestling movie ever made.Although there is a lot of cage in this movie but for me, the story is beyond the cage. I have no say about that war hero part, I think everybody knows that the Iraq War is no heroic war to be fought. People of America need to fight a greater war than that. 

The last fighting scene tells us too much about brotherhood, about family and about Integrity. I saw the scene as a conversation between two brothers who's passed a long time not seeing each other. When you have a brother who's angry as a mad bull, strong as a lion and not realistic at all, you gotta tame that bull down, sometimes in a cage trapped in an even bigger cage of this world. They both won the fight, more precisely the war, together coming out of the cage as warriors.

I'm happy that Tom Hardy is the villain in Christopher Nolan's next Batman movie The Dark Knight Rises, because after Heath Ledger set the standard too high doing The Joker in The Dark Knight, I would be really dissapointed to see someone any less charismatic and talented as Tom Hardy. He is the iconic beast with strong instincts and superficial fighting style but unfortunately a very mentally twisted and lonely fighter here. Joel Edgerton, on the other hand a high school Physics teacher trying to get the money for his family. Eventually both of their egos and clashes fall apart in the ring and all that remains is a pure classy drama of brotherhood. Extremely glorious performances from every major character.

The movie is tight enough to make you not to do anything during the playtime, dialogues are few in quantity but full of wisdom and quality. About the soundtrack, beside all the well suited sounds in the fights, the last song I believe is a post rock explosive which burst out with joy and glory at the end, nothing could be more appropriate than that. Overall, very good time watching this cult masterpiece. This is the story of the fight of our time.

El Aura

El Aura

A deluded taxidermist plans the perfect crime.This one sentence plot in IMDB provoked me to watch this 2005 film by Argentine director Fabián Bielinsky. Despite all the high expectations, this movie managed to make a good impression on me. It's the first one i watched among the works of this director and planning to watch Nine Queens (2000) and Criminal (2004). The lead actor,  Ricardo Darín was unknown to me before I watched The Secret In Their Eyes. An epileptic taxidermist turns into the mastermind of a perfect robbery, the story itself is enough to make this movie severely interesting, a purely dreamy soundtrack and splendid frames of mountainous landscape are addition to it's patient audience. Portraits of different characters and the calm way of storytelling goes on simultaneously to prolong the waiting time of the audience to the happening part. To me the most interesting part was breaking the barrier to be capable of killing any living thing, very well acted by the renowned actor. Another significant thing to mention is the short journey to church and the conversation between the lead and Diana, their return part was also is a strong exhibit of director's unique storytelling style. Compared to the first half, most happening events happened very fast in the second one. Last one thing I want to mention is director's emphasis on the details, just what needed to mix the epileptic melancholy to a thriller. I liked the name of the movie from the start and seeing it, everyone who will watch this movie will remember the name.

Movies to watch right now (if I could)

 As I gradually lured into the world of dark and apocalyptic taste of movies, soon I realized the reason behind the list of massive amount of works done by directors from different countries all over the world I have to watch. Every once in a while I discover a jem from the generosity of movie bloggers in the ocean of this vast wave, Internet. So, from now on I'll keep records of what i discovered, what made my world destroyed and specifically what movies are shaping my senses of cinema.

Once Upon A Time In Anatolia

I am really feeling embarrassed and ignorant discovering this contemporary great artist Nuri Bilge Ceylan of Turkey. I have spent my fair share of time discovering the true beauties of South Korean film-makers and middle-eastern ones as well, But never been so astonished finding out this one. Can't Wait.

Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives

I'm not really a fan of Cannes Festival branded movies but right now I'm really desperate to see this one. A 2010 masterpiece made by Apichatpong Weerasethakul, another Thai genious film-maker that I didn't know of and again so excited to introduce myself to another world of thinking.

Good Bye, Dragon Inn 

I smell a nostalgic story and a pure artistic work of a chinese/Taiwanese director Tsai Ming Liang, reminded me of the surprise I got when I reluctantly started to watch Yi Yi, a 2000 masterpiece of late Edward Yang. It was undoubtedly the best film coming from that region. Hoping to see something close to that, keeping in mind that one cannot expect to watch a work like Yi Yi twice in a lifetime.

 

Elena 

Latest work of Andrei Zvyagintsev, Director of The Return (2003), one of the few movies that changed my idea of movies. The storyline and unique photography both impressed me so much that i consider this movie as a standard of film-making. I'm not sure whether this one going to be that good but still i gotta try.

 

Tony Kaye's new work has brought Adrien Brody in the limelight again, Detachment (2012). Only seen the trailer, hoping to see a great movie with societal insight like American History X (1998) and also a mind-blowing piece of acting from Brody. The Pianist (2002), The Jacket (2005) and The Darjeeling Limited (2007), these three are my all time favorite and so is Adrien Brody. Lately he hasn't done anything significant like those mentioned, maybe this is his return.

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