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Opa! Um rave nota A para Munique do Hollywood Reporter! smiley1.gif

 


 

By Kirk Honeycutt

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Bottom line: A mesmerizing, richly nuanced inquiry into Israel's revenge of the Munich massacre of its athletes.
Steven Spielberg successfully enters Costa-Gavras territory with "Munich," a thought-provoking, highly charged inquiry into the political, moral and historical ramifications of terrorism and the effort to combat this scourge. While "Munich" does not lack for action and intrigue -- indeed it brims with it -- Spielberg deliberately mutes the tone of these events so the film can address the ethics of counterterrorism, in this case assassinations.

The problem faced by Universal Picture, which co-produced the film with DreamWorks and will distribute, is twofold: On the domestic side, the company must market "Munich," a film without stars, as a Spielberg film, yet it's the least Spielbergian film he has ever made. Secondly, overseas marketing must counter suspicions that a controversial film about terrorism made by an American Jewish director will have an anti-Palestinian bias. It doesn't, but we're talking about perceptions here.

The film mostly concerns the aftermath of the terrifying hostage taking and murder of 11 Israeli athletes at the 1972 Munich Olympics. The story, written by Tony Kushner and Eric Roth (based on the book "Vengeance" by George Jonas), follows the somewhat fictionalized efforts of a secret team of five Israelis stationed in Europe to track down and kill 11 Palestinians suspected of planning the Munich attack. The Munich event itself is doled out in dark, gritty flashbacks throughout the movie, but these are seen as a recurring nightmare that drives and haunts the unit's leader.

Eric Bana plays Avner Kauffman, a Mossad officer and former bodyguard to Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir. He is personally selected by Meir (Lynn Cohen in a fine impersonation) to lead the assassins. So great is the secrecy that he must resign his position, virtually abandon his pregnant wife (Ayelet Zurer) and operate beyond the knowledge and supervision of his bosses, particularly the morally equivocating hard-ass Ephraim (Geoffrey Rush).

The team is a surprisingly motley crew. Grimly determined South African hit man Steve (Daniel Craig) is maybe too eager to kill. Meticulous Belgian toymaker Robert (Mathieu Kassovitz) has the task of assembling bombs. The German-Jew Hans (Hanns Zischler), whose cover is an antique dealer, proves an excellent forger of documents. Cleanup man Carl (Ciaran Hinds) must worry that targets are clean and no collateral damage ensues.

At first, the movie takes place in the familiar movie world of international intrigue and revenge melodrama. Gradually, though, an unease fills the scenes of the team shadowing and liquidating their prey. The victims are not what one might expect: a scholarly writer in Rome, who translates Arab literature into Italian
a dignified professor in Paris, living a comfortable bourgeois life with his family. The realization hits some of the killers that no one has seen one iota of proof that these targets had anything to do with Munich.

Certainly, no one today needs reminding how government assurances and intelligence can prove woefully wrong if not disingenuous. Indeed a new book about Israel's revengeful response to Munich claims the Israelis largely got the wrong men.

"All this blood comes back to us," complains one assassin. The unintended consequence for these men is that they are now haunted by their own bloody deeds. Worse, with these illegal acts, one argues, Israel loses its sense of righteousness. How can anyone now tell them apart from their enemies?

There is even another price. For every death, Black September, the terrorist group behind Munich, strikes back with acts often more horrific, at least in terms of body count, than Munich. Finally, the hunters find themselves among the hunted as members of Avner's team are killed one by one.

Political context comes in a telling sequence in which Avner, in his pose as a European communist, discusses the Palestinian issue with a Palestinian terrorist, who is unaware of Avner's true identity. In this calm discussion, it becomes evident that two tribes claim the same land with equal passion and that each has genuine grievances against the other. Each is willing to answer acts of violence with more acts of violence, perpetuating a deadly cycle that will never cease without the intercession of peacemakers, a group in short supply in the Middle East, then and now.

One fascinating aspect to the group's tracking down targets is their total reliance on a shady French contact, Louis (Mathieu Amalric). He along with his deceptively affable father (Michael Lonsdale) are equal-opportunity buyers and sellers of information. It takes awhile for Avner to realize that nothing prevents this charming family from selling out his team.

Spielberg stages the killings to maximize suspense without resorting to elaborate cinematic tricks. Killings and gunfights are messy, even botched. Characters are ordinary mortals with little emphasis on heroics. Avner's primary concern is a wife and daughter, whom he has spirted out of Israel to Brooklyn so he can visit them occasionally.

Locations in various countries are kept matter of fact rather than exotic. Cinematographer Janusz Kaminski's smooth, retro style moves the film into darker, more disturbing colors as the killings continue. Designer Rick Carter never shows off period details. Michael Kahn's editing builds suspense in the individual sequences in a Hitchcockian manner as John Williams' muted score quickens the pulse.

The film ends as two men part ways in Brooklyn. The towers of the World Trade Center
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Não acho aina que Munique tenha perdido o buzz, apesar da crítica negativa da Variety. Como a concorrência não está lá muito grande, é muito possível que ele seja indicado e ainda vencedor, afinal estamos falando de Steven Spielberg. No entanto, ainda aposto na vitória de Brokeback Mountain.

King Kong levar o Oscar? Acho dificílimo! Indicado tenho certeza que será, e Watts também. Deve até levar uma penca de Oscar técnicos. Mas as categorias principais devem ser entre Brokeback Mountain e Munique.

O que me surpreende, é essa queda do buzz em cima de Mrs. Henderson Presents. Parece que Hoskins e Mrs. Dench não estão mais com essa bola toda. Tô preocupado, pois acho Dench uma extraordinária atriz.

E esse Terence Howard está me deixando com uma pulga atrás da orelha. Tô achando que leva uma indicação, pelo menos de coadjuvante por Crash. A não ser que a Academia o dê indicação dupla.

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Eu acho que a esse ponto do campeonato já dá pra colocar King Kong praticamente como certeza entre os indicados a Melhor Filme. Com as ótimas críticas que está recebendo e com a grande bilheteria que o filme irá fazer, a Academia não vai conseguir deixar de indicá-lo.

Mas de qualquer jeito, nunca que King Kong vai ultrapassar os números de Titanic na bilheteria, se acontecer será muito improvável.

 

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Só para competir com o Ronny ' date='smiley36.gif .

Novo King Kong mescla velha história de amor com nova tecnologia

Que bom que a rabugenta da Isabela Boscov gostou do filme .Um outro rabugento , o REF , também gostou do filme .

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Pra mim Boscov está no limbo emtre os criticos, principalmente depois das criticas mediocres de SW e GdM.

"A batalha espacial foi muito escura."

Como alguem pode ter a (in)capacidade de escrever tal coisa em das maiores revistas do Brasil.

Infame.

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Só para competir com o Ronny ' date='smiley36.gif .

Novo King Kong mescla velha história de amor com nova tecnologia

Que bom que a rabugenta da Isabela Boscov gostou do filme .Um outro rabugento , o REF , também gostou do filme .

[/quote']

Pra mim Boscov está no limbo emtre os criticos, principalmente depois das criticas mediocres de SW e GdM.

"A batalha espacial foi muito escura."

Como alguem pode ter a (in)capacidade de escrever tal coisa em das maiores revistas do Brasil?

Infame.

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Olhem essa:

"Ledger e Gyllenhaal tornam fisicamente palpável essa história de amor angustiado. Ledger desaparece de maneira mágica e misteriosa sob a pele de seu personagem flexível e sinuoso. É um grande desempenho cinematográfico, tão bom quanto o melhor de Marlon Brando e Sean Penn.smiley3.gif A dor e a decepção sentidas por Jack, que é mais delicado e mais assumido, registra-se constantemente nos olhos tristes e expectantes de Gyllenhaal, que parecem dólares de prata." (grifado)

...

Este é um parágrafo da crítica do The New York Times, assinada por Stephen Holden, do filme Brokeback Mountain.

 

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Olhem essa:

"Ledger e Gyllenhaal tornam fisicamente palpável essa história de amor angustiado. Ledger desaparece de maneira mágica e misteriosa sob a pele de seu personagem flexível e sinuoso. É um grande desempenho cinematográfico' date=' tão bom quanto o melhor de Marlon Brando e Sean Penn.smiley3.gif A dor e a decepção sentidas por Jack, que é mais delicado e mais assumido, registra-se constantemente nos olhos tristes e expectantes de Gyllenhaal, que parecem dólares de prata." (grifado)

...

Este é um parágrafo da crítica do The New York Times, assinada por Stephen Holden, do filme Brokeback Mountain.

 

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A primeira vista pode parecer exagerada esta crítica! Mas se ela tiver um mínimo de verdade, as minhas totais expectativas quanto a vitória de Philip Seymour Hoffman, podem estar com os dias contados.

Guidon é que está jogando suas fichas em Ledger!smiley36.gif Mas será que ele leva mesmo? Começo a achar que sim!

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Um trechinho da critica do Kris Tapley para The New World:

poster.26.jpgIt isn’t saying much to call The New World Terrence Malick’s worst film. The man has only committed four of his visions to celluloid, so something is bound to wind up last to cross the finish line. But let me make my opinion clear enough by stating that The New World is one of the worst films of the year.

Now that the shock and awe are out of the way, let me explain the reasons this film flails about like a pathetic film school thesis gone terribly wrong.

 

 

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Só para competir com o Ronny ' date='smiley36.gif .

Novo King Kong mescla velha história de amor com nova tecnologia

Que bom que a rabugenta da Isabela Boscov gostou do filme .Um outro rabugento , o REF , também gostou do filme .

[/quote']

Pra mim Boscov está no limbo emtre os criticos, principalmente depois das criticas mediocres de SW e GdM.

"A batalha espacial foi muito escura."

Como alguem pode ter a (in)capacidade de escrever tal coisa em das maiores revistas do Brasil?

Infame.

Isso é muito subjetivo, rapaz. Voce gostou dos filmes, ela não, e parece ser bem por isso que voce odiou as resenhas dela...

Eu não raro discordo da Boscov, mas em relação a GUERRA DOS MUNDOS e a STAR WARS, concordo plenamente. O que tem de incapacidade denotar que determinada cena é escura ou imprópria?

Vamos tentar manter a imparcialidade, boys!!!

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Coloco aqui também uma lista atualizada das datas e links dos principais prêmios da indústria e dos criticos:

Dec 09' date=' Washington Area Film Critics Awards Nominations
Dec 10, LAFCA AWARDS
Dec 11, New York Film Critics Online Awards
Dec 11, BFCA noms
Dec 11, AFI AWARDS honorees announced
Dec 12, New York Film Critics Awards,
Dec 12, NBR noms
Dec 12, Washington Area Film Critics Awards
Dec 13, GG noms
Dec 17, Satellite Awards
Dec 17, Los Angeles Film Critics Awards
Dec 19, LVFCS, Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards/The Sierra Awards
Dec 20, Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards

Jan 3, Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards/The Loutzenhiser Awards
Jan 4, PGA and WGA noms
Jan 5, SAG noms
Jan 5, DGA noms
Jan 9, BFCA awards
Jan 9, VES noms
Jan 9, OFCS noms
Jan 10, NBR awards
Jan 13, ADG noms
Jan 13, AFI AWARDS 2005 luncheon
Jan 13, Eddie Awards noms
Jan 16, OFCS Award winners
Jan 16, GG Awards
Jan 18, BAFTA noms
Jan 22, PGA awards
Jan 26, CAS noms
Jan 28, DGA Awards
Jan 29, SAG awards
Jan 31, Oscar noms

Feb 4, WGA awards
Feb 11, ADG awards
Feb 15, VES awards
Feb 19, Eddie Awards
Feb 19, BAFTA awards
Feb 25, CAS awards
Feb 25, CDG awards
Feb 26, ASC Awards

Mar 4, Independent Spirit Awards
Mar 5, Oscar awards



Movie Industry Awards

ACE, Eddie Awards, American Cinema Editors
www.ace-filmeditors.org/n...eHome.html

DGA, Directors Guild of America
www.dga.org/index2.php3?chg=GA

SAGA, The Screen Actors Guild Awards
www.sagawards.org/

BAFTA, British Academy of Film and Television Arts Awards
www.bafta.org/

Oscars, Academy Awards
www.oscar.com/

AFI Awards, American Film Institute
www.afi.com/tvevents/afia...fault.aspx

ADG, Art Directors Guild
www.artdirectors.org/awards.php

PGA, Producers Guild of America
www.producersguild.org/

ASC, American Society of Cinematographers
www.theasc.com/

WGA, Writers Guild of America
www.wga.org/

CAS, Cinema Audio Society
www.cinemaaudiosociety.org/html/cas2005.html

CDG, Costume Designers Guild
www.costumedesignersguild.com/

VES, Visual Effects Society
www.vesawards.com/



Critics Film Awards

Satellite Awards – The International Press Academy Awards
www.pressacademy.com/

NBR, National Board of Review
www.nbrmp.org/

BFCA, Broadcast Film Critics Association
www.bfca.org/

Golden Globes, Hollywood Foreign Press Association Awards
www.hfpa.org/

Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards
www.cinemaclips.com/PFCS.htm

Boston Society of Film Critics Awards
(Still looking for the addy at Internet, who knows please, help)

Chicago Films Critics Associaton Awards
www.chicagofilmcritics.org/
No dates announced yet

Dallas-Forth Worth Film Critics Association Awards
www.dfwfilmcritics.com/
No dates announced yet

Florida Film Critics Circle Awards
www.floridafilmcriticscircle.org/main.html

The International Cinema Society Announces Awards
I don´t have the link, need some help in this one too!

INOCA, The International Online Cinema Awards
I don´t have the link, need some help in this one too!

Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards
The Loutzenhiser Awards
www.kcfilmcritics.com/

LAFCA, Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
www.lafca.net/

London Critics Circle Film Awards
criticscircle.org.uk/
No dates announced yet.

LVFCS, Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards/The Sierra Awards
www.themovieguys.com/lvfcs/
No dates announced yet.

National Society of Film Critics Awards
No addy yet, so also no dates to inform!

New York Film Critics Circle Awards
nyfcc.com/
No dates announced yet!

OFCS, Online Film Critics Society Awards
ofcs.rottentomatoes.com/

San Diego Film Critics Society Awards
sdfilmcritics.cinephiles.net/
No dates announced yet!

Seattle Film Critics Awards
Still don´t have the addy!

Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards
Still don´t have the addy!

WAFCA, WASHINGTON (D.C.) AREA FILM CRITICS ASSOCIATION
Still don´t have the addy[/quote']

Para atualizar!

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'Narnia' Rivals: Adults Only?

 

 

 

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No one doubts that Disney's The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

will be the big winner at the box office this weekend. The only

question is, how big? Studio executives are hoping that at the very

least it will show that audiences will flock to theaters despite higher

ticket and concession prices, more advertising, and more rude behavior

-- all of the things they've blamed for this year's 6-percent fall-off

in box-office revenue. The only other film opening wide this weekend is

Warner Bros.' George Clooney starrer Syriana,

which has received generally outstanding reviews but is not likely to

make a big impact on the box office. Two other films being touted for

their Oscar worthiness are also opening in limited release this weekend

-- Sony's Memoirs of a Geisha and Focus Films' gay cowboy drama Brokeback Mountain. Both films are premiering not only in the usual locations of New York, Los Angeles, and Toronto but also in San Francisco -- Geisha, to attract that city's large Asian population and Brokeback to attract its large gay population.

 

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Olhem essa:

"Ledger e Gyllenhaal tornam fisicamente palpável essa história de amor angustiado. Ledger desaparece de maneira mágica e misteriosa sob a pele de seu personagem flexível e sinuoso. É um grande desempenho cinematográfico' date=' tão bom quanto o melhor de Marlon Brando e Sean Penn.smiley3.gif A dor e a decepção sentidas por Jack, que é mais delicado e mais assumido, registra-se constantemente nos olhos tristes e expectantes de Gyllenhaal, que parecem dólares de prata." (grifado)

...

Este é um parágrafo da crítica do The New York Times, assinada por Stephen Holden, do filme Brokeback Mountain.

 

[/quote']

A primeira vista pode parecer exagerada esta crítica! Mas se ela tiver um mínimo de verdade, as minhas totais expectativas quanto a vitória de Philip Seymour Hoffman, podem estar com os dias contados.

Guidon é que está jogando suas fichas em Ledger!smiley36.gif Mas será que ele leva mesmo? Começo a achar que sim!

Comparar a atuação de Heath Ledger com Penn e Brando?smiley3.gif

Que ousadia hein!

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Pelo menos Brokeback Mountain começa a trilhar um bom caminho de público.

 

BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN
 
5

$191,543

-- / $38,309
$191,543 / 1

Essa é a impressionante arrecadação do filme na estreia ontem nos EUA. A méda por sala é 6 (seis) vezes a média de sala do filme Cronicas de Nárnia, maior arrecadação do dia.

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Dec 09, Washington Area Film Critics Awards Nominations
Dec 10, LAFCA AWARDS
Dec 11, New York Film Critics Online Awards
Dec 11, BFCA noms
Dec 11, AFI AWARDS honorees announced
Dec 12, New York Film Critics Awards,
Dec 12, NBR noms
Dec 12, Washington Area Film Critics Awards
Dec 13, GG noms

Semana movimentada.

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Só para competir com o Ronny ' date='smiley36.gif .

Novo King Kong mescla velha história de amor com nova tecnologia

Que bom que a rabugenta da Isabela Boscov gostou do filme .Um outro rabugento , o REF , também gostou do filme .

[/quote']

Pra mim Boscov está no limbo emtre os criticos, principalmente depois das criticas mediocres de SW e GdM.

"A batalha espacial foi muito escura."

Como alguem pode ter a (in)capacidade de escrever tal coisa em das maiores revistas do Brasil?

Infame.

Eu não confio muito na Boscov , já disse aqui várias vezes .Além disso, para mim a melhor opinião é a minha mesmo ...<?:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />

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Com certeza , Ronny . smiley20.gif

Só quis dizer que mesmo que nós acompanhemos as críticas até para ampliar nosso conhecimento a respeito do cinema , no final das contas , devemos seguir o que realmente acreditamos e gostamos nos filmes , a despeito da maioria dos críticos e do público ter um posicionamento contrário ao nosso  .  

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Com certeza ' date=' Ronny . smiley20.gif

Só quis dizer que mesmo que nós acompanhemos as críticas até para ampliar nosso conhecimento a respeito do cinema , no final das contas , devemos seguir o que realmente acreditamos e gostamos nos filmes , a despeito da maioria dos críticos e do público ter um posicionamento contrário ao nosso  .  

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Pra mim o Oscar já é delesmiley36.gif

Brincadeira' date=' mas hj acho que ele leva.

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Estou tentando aceitar a vitória dele, q será o ator mais jovem a receber o prêmio (se levar), mas minha torcida ainda é por David Strathairn, gosto do seu trabalho há tempos, mas se não for ele, q seja o Ledger. Pelo trailer, me impressionou muito.

 

Alguém já sabe com q nome esse e outros filmes virão pro Brasil?

 

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