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Who Is Jose_Ortega and Why Is He Saying Those Terrible Things About Me?
Name: Jos� Roberto Ortega Ocampo.
Age: 21.
Date of Birth: 14.05.86
Nationality: Mexican.
Sex: Male.
Live in: Mexico City
Occupation: Student (International Business).
Hobbies: Movies (obviously), Reading, Watching TV, Learning other lenguages (English, French & Italian).
Favourite Writers: Gabriel Garc�a M�rquez, Jos� Saramago, Ernest Hemingway, Miguel Delibes, Tenessee Williams, John Steinbeck, Carlos Fuentes, Pablo Neruda, Xavier Velasco, Juan Rulfo, Gustavo Adolfo B�cquer, Mario Vargas Llosa, Isabel Allende, Jorge Luis Borges...
Favourite Bands/Singers: Norah Jones, Caf� Tacvba, Aimee Mann, Rodrigo y Gabriela, John Mayer, Alicia Keys, U2, Aldebert, Supertramp, The Beatles, Bob Dylan, Fred Astaire, Frank Sinatra, Alejandro Sanz, Gretchen Wilson, Simon & Garfunkel, Dixie Chicks, Elliot Smith, Rilo Kiley, The Postal Service, Jack Johnson, Tim McGraw, Yeah Yeah Yeahs...
Favourite TV Shows: Friends, Grey's Anatomy, Heroes, Scrubs, Coupling, 24, My Name is Earl, Weeds, Frasier, Will & Grace, How I Met Your Mother, Everybody Loves Raymond, Malcom in the Middle, South Park, The Simpsons, Huff, The Sopranos, The West Wing...
Previous IDs:
Jose_Ortega
jroo86
My DVD Collection: http://jos-ortega.dvdaf.com/owned (I accept some of them are on VHS)
My Vote History: http://www.imdb.com/mymovies/list
Top 111 (Only films with English Dialogues)
1. Casablanca (1942)
2. Midnight Cowboy (1969)
3. Schindler's List (1993)
4. Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
5. Sunset Blvd. (1950)
6. The Apartment (1960)
7. A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
8. It's a Wonderful Life! (1946)
9. The Godfather, Part II (1974)
10. On the Waterfront (1954)
11. High Noon (1952)
12. The Godfather (1972)
13. 12 Angry Men (1957)
14. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
15. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
16. Some Like it Hot (1959)
17. It Happened One Night (1934)
18. The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
19. Beauty and the Beast (1991)
20. City Lights (1931)
21. Vertigo (1958)
22. To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
23. Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
24. Wuthering Heights (1939)
25. Singin' in the Rain (1952)
26. Grand Hotel (1932)
27. All About Eve (1950)
28. Manhattan (1979)
29. The Last Picture Show (1971)
30. Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)
31. West Side Story (1961)
32. Stagecoach (1939)
33. Chinatown (1974)
34. Amadeus (1984)
35. American Beauty (1999)
36. Unforgiven (1992)
37. The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
38. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
39. Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961)
40. Brokeback Mountain (2005)
41. From Here to Eternity (1953)
42. Network (1977)
43. Magnolia (1999)
44. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
45. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958)
46. Sunrise (1927)
47. The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
48. Mystic River (2003)
49. Kramer vs. Kramer (1979)
50. Gone with the Wind (1939)
51. Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
52. A Clockwork Orange (1971)
53. The Wizard of Oz (1939)
54. Annie Hall (1977)
55. Nashville (1975)
56. Raging Bull (1980)
57. North by Northwest (1959)
58. The English Patient (1996)
59. The Lion in Winter (1968)
60. How Green was my Valley (1941)
61. Rebecca (1940)
62. Arsenic and Old Lace (1943)
63. Taxi Driver (1976)
64. Lost Horizon (1937)
65. Modern Times (1932)
66. The Hours (2002)
67. Fantasia (1940)
68. The Defiant Ones (1958)
69. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
70. The Graduate (1967)
71. The Maltese Falcon (1940)
72. The Diaty of Anne Frank (1959)
73. Citizen Kane (1941)
74. Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)
75. Missing (1982)
76. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
77. Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
77. Tom Jones (1963)
78. The Green Mile (1999)
79. Romeo and Juliet (1968)
80. Sleeping Beauty (1959)
81. Midnight Express (1978)
82. Great Expectations (1947)
83. When Harry Met Sally... (1989)
84. The Usual Suspects (1995)
85. Top Hat (1935)
86. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
87. A Place in the Sun (1951)
88. The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985)
89. The Piano (1993)
90. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
91. L.A. Confidential (1997)
92. Trainspotting (1996)
93. Fiddler on the Roof (1971)
94. The Third Man (1949)
95. The Night of the Iguana (1964)
96. Ordinary People (1980)
97. Gladiator (2000)
98. Double Indemnity (1944)
99. Marty (1955)
100. The Ox-Bow Incident (1943)
101. Doctor Zhivago (1965)
102. An Affair to Remember (1957)
103. The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
104. Shakespeare in Love (1998)
105. The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
106. The Philadelphia Story (1940)
107. The Deer Hunter (1978)
108. All the President's Men (1976)
109. Mister Roberts (1955)
110. The Birth of a Nation (1915)
111. M*A*S*H (1970)
Top 25 Foreign Lenguage Films
1. Ladri di Biciclette (Italy, 1948) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0040522/
2. Nuovo Cinema Paradiso (Italy, 1989) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095765/
3. La Nuit Am�ricaine (France, 1973) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070460/
4. Los Olvidados (Mexico, 1950) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0042804/
5. La Strada (Italy, 1954) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0047528/
6. Gervaise (France, 1956) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0049259/
7. Viskningar och rop (Sweden, 1972) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069467/
8. El Laberinto del Fauno (Mexico, 2006) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0457430/
9. Moskva slezam ne verit (USSR, 1979) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079579/
10. Rash�mon (Japan, 1950) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0042876/
11. Ostre sledovan� vlaky (Czechoslovakia, 1966) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060802/
12. Jungfruk�llan (Sweden, 1960) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053976/
13. Hiroshima Mon Amour (France, 1959) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052893/
14. Hable con Ella (Spain, 2002) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0287467/
15. Viridiana (Spain, 1961) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0055601/
16. Les Quatre cents coups (France, 1959) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053198/
17. Le Fabuleux destin d'Am�lie Poulain (France, 2001) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0211915/
18. Fanny och Alexander (Sweden, 1982) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083922/
19. Z (Algeria, 1969) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065234/
20. Dersu Uzala (USSR, 1975) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071411/
21. Les Parapluies de Cherbourg (France, 1964) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058450/
22. Como Agua para Chocolate (Mexico, 1992) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103994/
23. Der Himmel �ber Berlin (Germany, 1987) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093191/
24. Mar Adentro (Spain, 2004) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0369702/
25. (TIE) Ran (Japan, 1985) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089881/
25. (TIE) Fa yeung nin wa (Hong Kong, 2000) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118694/
Top 10 Directors (Films in English)
Woody Allen
Frank Capra
George Cukor
John Ford
Alfred Hitchcock
Elia Kazan
David Lean
Orson Welles
Billy Wilder
William Wyler
Top 10 Directors (Films in Foreign Language)
Ingmar Bergman
Luis Bu�uel
Vittorio De Sica
Sergei Eisenstein
Federico Fellini
Emilio "El Indio" Fern�ndez
Akira Kurosawa
Roberto Rossellini
Carlos Saura
Fran�ois Truffaut
Top 10 Actors
Marlon Brando
Richard Burton
Dustin Hoffman
Jack Lemmon
Paul Newman
Jack Nicholson
Peter O'Toole
Laurence Olivier
James Stewart
Spencer Tracy
Top 10 Actresses
Anne Bancroft
Bette Davis
Catherine Deneuve
Audrey Hepburn
Katherine Hepburn
Deborah Kerr
Vivien Leigh
Shirley MacLaine
Meryl Streep
Liv Ullman
If Oscar Were Perfect...
2007
Picture: Atonement
Director: Ethan Coen & Joel Coen, No Country for Old Men
Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis, There will be Blood
Actress: Julie Christie, Away from Her
Supporting Actor: Casey Affleck , The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Supporting Actress: Saoirse Ronan, Atonement
Original Screenplay: Juno
Adapted Screenplay: There will be Blood
Best Foreign Lenguage Film: 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days - Romania
Best Animated Feature: Ratatouille
Best Original Dramatic Score: Atonement
Best Original Song: "Falling Slowly" from Once
Best Cinematography: The Assassination of Jese James by the Coward Robert Ford
Best Film Editing: American Gangster
Best Art Direction: Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Best Costume Design: Elizabeth: The Golden Age
2006
Picture: Pan's Labyrinth
Director: Alejandro Gonz�lez I��rritu, Babel
Actor: Forest Whitaker, The Last King of Scotland
Actress: Helen Mirren, The Queen
Supporting Actor: Jackie Earle Haley, Little Children
Supporting Actress: Cate Blanchett, Notes on a Scandal
Original Screenplay: Pan's Labyrinth
Adapted Screenplay: Little Children
Best Foreign Lenguage Film: Pan's Labyrinth - Mexico
Best Animated Feature: Cars
Best Original Score: Pan's Labyrinth
Best Original Song: "I Need to Wake Up" from An Inconvenient Truth
Best Cinematography: Pan's Labyrinth
Best Film Editing: United 93
Best Art Direction: Pan's Labyrinth
Best Costume Design: Curse of the Golden Flower
2005
Picture: Brokeback Mountain
Director: Ang Lee, Brokeback Mountain
Actor: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Capote
Actress: Felicity Huffman, Transamerica
Supporting Actor: Jake Gyllenhaal, Brokeback Mountain
Supporting Actress: Scarlett Johansson, Match Point
Original Screenplay: Match Point
Adapted Screenplay: Brokeback Mountain
Best Foreign Lenguage Film: Paradise Now - The Palestinian Territories
Best Animated Feature: Tim Burton's Corpse Bride
Best Original Score: Memoirs of a Geisha
Best Original Song: "A Love that Will Never Grow Old" from Brokeback Mountain
Best Cinematography: Brokeback Mountain
Best Film Editing: Crash
Best Art Direction: Memoirs of a Geisha
Best Costume Design: Memoirs of a Geisha
2004
Picture: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Director: Clint Eastwood, Million Dollar Baby
Actor: Jamie Foxx, Ray
Actress: Imelda Staunton, Vera Drake
Supporting Actor: Morgan Freeman, Million Dollar Baby
Supporting Actress: Natalie Portman, Closer
Original Screenplay: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Adapted Screenplay: Sideways
Best Foreign Lenguage Film: The Sea Inside - Spain
Best Animated Feature: The Incredibles
Best Original Score: Finding Neverland
Best Original Song: "Old Habits Die Hard" from Alfie
Best Cinematography: A Very Long Engagement
Best Film Editing: The Aviator
Best Art Direction: Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
Best Costume Design: Troy
2003
Picture: Mystic River
Director: Peter Jackson, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Actor: Sean Penn, Mystic River
Actress: Naomi Watts, 21 Grams
Supporting Actor: Tim Robbins, Mystic River
Supporting Actress: Ren�e Zellweger, Cold Mountain
Original Screenplay: Lost in Translation
Adapted Screenplay: Mystic River
Best Foreign Lenguage Film: The Barbarian Invasions - Canada
Best Animated Feature: Finding Nemo
Best Original Score: Big Fish
Best Original Song: "Time Enough for Tears" from In America
Best Cinematography: Cold Mountain
Best Film Editing: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Best Art Direction: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Best Costume Design: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
2002
Picture: The Hours
Director: Stephen Daldry, The Hours
Actor: Adrien Brody, The Pianist
Actress: Julianne Moore, Far from Heaven
Supporting Actor: Ed Harris, The Hours
Supporting Actress: Meryl Streep, Adaptation
Original Screenplay: Talk to Her
Adapted Screenplay: The Hours
Best Foreign Lenguage Film: El Crimen del Padre Amaro - Mexico
Best Animated Feature: Spirited Away
Best Original Score: The Hours
Best Original Song: "Father and Daughter" from The Wild Thornberrys Movie
Best Cinematography: Road to Perdition
Best Film Editing: The Hours
Best Art Direction: Gangs of New York
Best Costume Design: Chicago
2001
Picture: Gosford Park
Director: Robert Altman, Gosford Park
Actor: Russell Crowe, A Beautiful Mind
Actress: Sissy Spacek, In the Bedroom
Supporting Actor: Jim Broadbent, Iris
Supporting Actress: Kate Winslet, Iris
Original Screenplay: Am�lie
Adapted Screenplay: In the Bedroom
Best Foreign Lenguage Film: Am�lie - France
Best Animated Feature: Shrek
Best Original Score: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Best Original Song: "Until" from Kate & Leopold
Best Cinematography: Am�lie
Best Film Editing: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Best Art Direction: Moulin Rouge!
Best Costume Design: Moulin Rouge!
2000
Picture: Almost Famous
Director: Steven Soderbergh, Traffic
Actor: Geoffrey Rush, Quills
Actress: Ellen Burstyn, Requiem for a Dream
Supporting Actor: Joaquin Phoenix, Gladiator
Supporting Actress: Julie Walters, Billy Elliot
Original Screenplay: Almost Famous
Adapted Screenplay: Traffic
Best Foreign Lenguage Film: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon - Taiwan
Best Animated Feature: Chicken Run
Best Original Score: Gladiator
Best Original Song: "A Love Before Time" from Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Best Cinematography: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Best Film Editing: Traffic
Best Art Direction: Gladiator
Best Costume Design: Gladiator
1999
Picture: American Beauty
Director: Sam Mendes, American Beauty
Actor: Kevin Spacey, American Beauty
Actress: Hilary Swank, Boys don't Cry
Supporting Actor: Michael Clark Duncan, The Green Mile
Supporting Actress: Angelina Jolie, Girl, Interrupted
Original Screenplay: American Beauty
Adapted Screenplay: The Cider House Rules
Best Foreign Lenguage Film: All About my Mother - Spain
Best Animated Feature: Toy Story 2
Best Original Score: The Red Violin
Best Original Song: "Save Me" from Magnolia
Best Cinematography: Snow Falling on Cedars
Best Film Editing: The Matrix
Best Art Direction: Sleepy Hollow
Best Costume Design: Anna and the King
1998
Picture: Shakespeare in Love
Director: Steven Spielberg, Saving Private Ryan
Actor: Ian McKellen, Gods and Monsters
Actress: Gwyneth Paltrow, Shakespeare in Love
Supporting Actor: Ed Harris, The Truman Show
Supporting Actress: Brenda Blethyn, Little Voice
Original Screenplay: Shakespeare in Love
Adapted Screenplay: Gods and Monsters
Best Foreign Lenguage Film: Life is Beautiful - Italy
Best Animated Feature: AntZ
Best Original Dramatic Score: Elizabeth
Best Original Musical or Comedy Score: Shakespeare in Love
Best Original Song: "Iris" from City of Angels
Best Cinematography: Saving Private Ryan
Best Film Editing: Saving Private Ryan
Best Art Direction: Shakespeare in Love
Best Costume Design: Shakespeare in Love
1997
Picture: LA Confidential
Director: James Cameron, Titanic
Actor: Djimon hounsou, Amistad
Actress: Judi Dench, Mrs. Brown
Supporting Actor: Robin Williams, Good Will Hunting
Supporting Actress: Kim Basinger, LA Confidential
Original Screenplay: The Full Monty
Adapted Screenplay: LA Confidential
Best Foreign Lenguage Film: My Life in Pink - Belgium
Best Animated Feature: Anastasia
Best Original Dramatic Score: Titanic
Best Original Musical or Comedy Score: Anastasia
Best Original Song: "My Heart Will Go On" from Titanic
Best Cinematography: Kundun
Best Film Editing: Titanic
Best Art Direction: Titanic
Best Costume Design: The Wings of the Dove
1996
Picture: The English Patient
Director: Anthony Minghella, The English Patient
Actor: Geoffrey Rush, Shine
Actress: Emily Watson, Breaking the Waves
Supporting Actor: Edward Norton, Primal Fear
Supporting Actress: Juliette Binoche, The English Patient
Original Screenplay: Secrets & Lies
Adapted Screenplay: The English Patient
Best Foreign Lenguage Film: Kolya - Czech Republic
Best Animated Feature: The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Best Original Dramatic Score: The English Patient
Best Original Musical or Comedy Score: Emma
Best Original Song: "I Finally Found Someone" from The Mirror Has Two Faces
Best Cinematography: The English Patient
Best Film Editing: The English Patient
Best Art Direction: Hamlet
Best Costume Design: The English Patient
Top Ten 1996
1. The English Patient 10/10
2. Secrets & Lies 9.5/10
3. Trainspotting 9.5/10
4. Shine 9.5/10
5. Fargo 9/10
6. Breaking the Waves 9/10
7. Hamlet 8.5/10
8. The Hunchback of Notre Dame 8.5/10
9. Sling Blade 8.5/10
10. Evita 8.5/10
Top Ten 1997
1. L.A. Confidential 9.5/10
2. The Full Monty 9/10
3. The Ice Storm 9/10
4. Boogie Nights 9/10
5. Good Will Hunting 9/10
6. The Sweet Hereafter 9/10
7. Mrs. Brown 9/10
8. Amistad 9/10
9. As Good as It Gets 8.5/10
10. Por si no te Vuelvo a Ver (If I Never See You Again) 8.5/10
Top Ten 1998
1. Shakespeare in Love 10/10
2. Saving Private Ryan 9.5/10
3. American History X 9.5/10
4. What Dreams May Come 9/10
5. Elizabeth 9/10
6. Central do Brasil (Central Station) 9/10
7. La Vita � Bella (Life is Beautiful) 9/10
8. Little Voice 9/10
9. The Thin Red Line 9/10
10. Bajo California: El l�mite del tiempo (Under California: The Limit of Time) 9/10
Top Ten 1999
1. American Beauty 10/10
2. Magnolia 10/10
3. Todo Sobre mi Madre (All About my Mother) 10/10
4. The Green Mile 9.5/10
5. The Cider House Rules 9.5/10
6. Snow Falling on Cedars 9.5/10
7. The Straight Story 9.5/10
8. Being John Malkovich 9.5/10
9. The Insider 9/10
10. (TIE) The Sixth Sense 9/10
10. (TIE) Topsy-Turvy 9/10
Top Ten 2000
1. Almost Famous 9.5/10
2. Wo hu cang long (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon) 9.5/10
3. Traffic 9/10
4. Quills 9/10
5. Billy Elliot 9/10
6. Amores Perros (Love�s a Bitch) 9/10
7. Gladiator 9/10
8. Requiem for a Dream 9/10
9. Memento 9/10
10. (TIE) La Lengua de las Mariposas (Butterfly) 9/10
10. (TIE) You Can Count on Me 9/10
Top Ten 2001
1. Le Fabuleux destin d'Am�lie Poulain (Am�lie) 10/10
2. Gosford Park 9.5/10
3. In the Bedroom 9.5/10
4. A Beautiful Mind 9/10
5. Mulholland Dr. 9/10
6. Moulin Rouge! 9/10
7. The Man Who Wasn�t There 9/10
8. Monster�s Ball 8.5/10
9. The Others 8.5/10
10. El Hijo de la Novia (Son of the Bride) 8.5/10
Top Ten 2002
1. The Hours 10/10
2. Hable Con Ella (Talk to Her) 10/10
3. Road to Perdition 9.5/10
4. The Pianist 9.5/10
5. Far From Heaven 9/10
6. Bowling for Columbine 9/10
7. Adaptation 9/10
8. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers 9/10
9. Gangs of New York 8.5/10
10. (TIE) About Schmidt 8.5/10
10. (TIE) Chicago 8.5/10
10. (TIE) El Crimen del Padre Amaro (The Crime of Father Amaro) 8.5/10
Top Ten 2003
1. Mystic River 10/10
2. Lost in Translation 9.5/10
3. In America 9.5/10
4. 21 Grams 9.5/10
5. (TIE) Big Fish 9/10
5. (TIE) Good Bye, Lenin! 9/10
5. (TIE) Les Invasions Barbares (The Barbarian Invasions) 9/10
8. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King 9/10
9. Love Actually 9/10
10. (TIE) Cidade de Deus (City of God) 9/10
10. (TIE) House of Sand and Fog 9/10
Top Ten 2004
1. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind 10/10
2. Closer 9.5/10
3. Million Dollar Baby 9.5/10
4. Finding Neverland 9/10
5. Mar Adentro (The Sea Inside) 9/10
6. Sideways 9/10
7. Shi Mian Mai Fu (House of Flying Daggers) 9/10
8. Fahrenheit 9/11 9/10
9. Vera Drake 9/10
10. (TIE) Un Long Dimanche de Fian�ailles (A Very Long Engagement) 9/10
10. (TIE) Before Sunset 9/10
Top Ten 2005
1. Brokeback Mountain 10/10
2. Match Point 9.5/10
3. 2046 9.5/10
4. Crash 9/10
5. A History of Violence 9/10
6. The Constant Gardener 9/10
7. Cinderella Man 8.5/10
8. Walk the Line 8.5/10
9. Capote 8.5/10
10. (TIE) Memoirs of a Geisha 8.5/10
10. (TIE) Munich 8.5/10
10. (TIE) The Squid and the Whale 8.5/10
My Top Ten 2006
1. El Laberinto del Fauno (Pan's Labyrinth) 10/10
2. Little Children 9.5/10
3. Babel 9/10
4. Shortbus 9/10
5. United 93 9/10
6. Children of Men 9/10
7. Little Miss Sunshine 9/10
8. Das Leben der Anderen (The Lives of Others) 9/10
9. Notes on a Scandal 9/10
10. (Tie) The Departed 9/10
10. (Tie) Hamaca Paraguaya (Paraguayan Hammock) 9/10
My Top Ten 2007
1. Into the Wild 10/10
2. There will be Blood 10/10
3. Atonement 10/10
4. 4 Luni, 3 Saptamani si 2 Zile (4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days) 10/10
5. Ratatouille 10/10
6. Juno 9.5/10
7. Persepolis 9.5/10
8. In the Valley of Elah 9.5/10
9. Stellet Licht (Silent Light) 9.5/10
10 (Tie). The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford 9/10
10 (Tie). 3:10 to Yuma 9.5/10
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Reviews
El búfalo de la noche (2007)
Too pretentious!
I truly had high hopes with this film, but it turned out to be one of the biggest disappointments ever.
Its visual style tries desperate to imitate "Amores Perros" but it fails. Its director has so much to give, and I expect to watch his next film, because I think he has potential.
So why do I give it a 6/10 when it's pure garbage? Mainly because of the acting, which is great, specially Diego Luna. I also kind of liked cinematography and film editing. And yet, the screenplay is awful, full of corny lines, pretentious and empty, vacuum. What did it tried to tell us?
You never get to know many things, like motivations. It tries so hard to give a message that it gets lost trying, it loses strength. Another treatment of the same story might resulted in a masterpiece, since its main theme (loneliness and the search for one self) is a great issue.
Plus, it is full of unjustified nudity and sex, (***Spoiler***) like scene with Diego Luna and Camila Sodi when all of sudden she begin to undress, I mean, the woman is gorgeous but what was the point of that scene?
Finally, I must accept I prefer this film over some other Mexican films, it might worth watching, but I wouldn't recommend it.