Hi, I'm gonna do Invictus' review, the last movie that I saw.
1. Who is your favorite character from the film?
I think I absolutly prefer Morgan Freeman role in this movie, c'mon just hear his voice it is badass. But in general I didn't like the movie. Ok, it's a Hollywood movie, it's fun to watch, but if you want to know about apartheid and racial issues on South Africa this is not your movie.
2. How does this film compare to all the other films we have seen in class?
As I said it in the first answer this is the most "Hollywood-like" movie. You can see Morgan Freeman, Matt Damon on the film, like huge names. Also I think it's the most white-washed film that we saw.
3. Would you considered this film a educative film and would you recommend it to someone? Why/Why Not?
C'moooon after spectacular films that we saw in class like "Long Walk to Freedom" or "The Bang Bang Club", Are you serious???? As I said befooore, like ten times, Invictus is a Hollywood movie you can't expect a very "deep" point of view. If you wanna have fun watching a movie, Invictus is ok, but you can't expect learning a lot about apartheid watching it.
jueves, 11 de julio de 2019
martes, 2 de julio de 2019
The bang bang club (Review)
1. In general, what did you like and dislike about the film?
I know it sounds weird but I really liked the toughest parts, like when the protagonist took a photo of that burning man. When I watched that I was thinking about the ethical responsability that we have as journalist and film makers. What we can show to the world? Everything?.
I think until now this is my favorite movie. It was so intense, like all the brutality inside black population, and the job that journalists have to do.
2. How does the film make you think about your future role as journalists and film makers/producers/creators/directors?
As I said it before, through all the movie I was thinking about the ethical role that we play on media. Can we take a picture of a starving boy while a vulture is watching him, and do nothing about it? Are we more humans or more journalists?
3. In this film, and various of the other films, we have seen how black South Africans went to vote massively in April 1994 to seal the downfall of the apartheid system with the electoral triumph of Nelson Mandela and the ANC, now more than 20 years later, we see many of the problems originated during the apartheid are still present such as land inequality, class inequality, unemployment, etc.
How have the dreams from the anti-apartheid struggle played out since the ANC has been in power?
Yeah really difficult one. I think that when you run a country you can't expect that all of your dreams come true. Per example it's difficult changing the whole global economic system, but you can do little changes inside your country, like increase company taxes.
South Africa has improved a lot of things, but they have to try harder on internal things, like land inequality or equal salaries between black and white people.
I know it sounds weird but I really liked the toughest parts, like when the protagonist took a photo of that burning man. When I watched that I was thinking about the ethical responsability that we have as journalist and film makers. What we can show to the world? Everything?.
I think until now this is my favorite movie. It was so intense, like all the brutality inside black population, and the job that journalists have to do.
2. How does the film make you think about your future role as journalists and film makers/producers/creators/directors?
As I said it before, through all the movie I was thinking about the ethical role that we play on media. Can we take a picture of a starving boy while a vulture is watching him, and do nothing about it? Are we more humans or more journalists?
3. In this film, and various of the other films, we have seen how black South Africans went to vote massively in April 1994 to seal the downfall of the apartheid system with the electoral triumph of Nelson Mandela and the ANC, now more than 20 years later, we see many of the problems originated during the apartheid are still present such as land inequality, class inequality, unemployment, etc.
How have the dreams from the anti-apartheid struggle played out since the ANC has been in power?
Yeah really difficult one. I think that when you run a country you can't expect that all of your dreams come true. Per example it's difficult changing the whole global economic system, but you can do little changes inside your country, like increase company taxes.
South Africa has improved a lot of things, but they have to try harder on internal things, like land inequality or equal salaries between black and white people.
domingo, 23 de junio de 2019
Cry Freedom Review
1. Who was your favorite character from the film? Why?
For me, the best character was Steve Biko , because he represented differents ways to fight agains apartheid. I like the fact that South Africa's movements against racism and apartheid inspired itselves from Black Panther party. Everything is conected. I also liked the fact that Biko knew that armed struggle was necesary, but he didn´t practice that, so Biko you are cool.
2. What was your favorite scene from the film? Why?
I think my favorite scene was when Woods went to morgue and saw Biko's body. It was intense. Also I like when Woods and his wife, Wendy argued on that beach, I could imagine myself in that situation, like a beloved persons for you has to make a hard decision, but you don't like it.
3. How does the film differ from the other films? Use the article from The Guardian to help you
I think the main difference is when the movie was filmed. For me that factor make a huge change. As we said it in class, when Cry Freedom was filmed apartheid in South Africa didn't ended yet. So this film was more political than the other ones, it was like "people this shit is happening in this moment, open your eyes".
For me, the best character was Steve Biko , because he represented differents ways to fight agains apartheid. I like the fact that South Africa's movements against racism and apartheid inspired itselves from Black Panther party. Everything is conected. I also liked the fact that Biko knew that armed struggle was necesary, but he didn´t practice that, so Biko you are cool.
2. What was your favorite scene from the film? Why?
I think my favorite scene was when Woods went to morgue and saw Biko's body. It was intense. Also I like when Woods and his wife, Wendy argued on that beach, I could imagine myself in that situation, like a beloved persons for you has to make a hard decision, but you don't like it.
3. How does the film differ from the other films? Use the article from The Guardian to help you
I think the main difference is when the movie was filmed. For me that factor make a huge change. As we said it in class, when Cry Freedom was filmed apartheid in South Africa didn't ended yet. So this film was more political than the other ones, it was like "people this shit is happening in this moment, open your eyes".
viernes, 7 de junio de 2019
Catch a Fire
1. In general, what did you like and dislike about the film?
I like the fact that the movie ain't about Mandela's struggle or his life. I know that Mandela was the most relevant person on this fight, but I also think that we have to know other names, like Patrick Chamusso, Winnie Mandela or Samora Machel.
As always I love the black culture in the movie, I love the music and I love when they talk in other languages. I also like the relation between Chamusso and the little kids who played football.
I think it's my favorite movie too, I can't say what I didn't like.
2. Who was the character you like the most and the character you liked the least in the film? Why?
For me, the best character was Chamusso, I said it before I liked the relation between he and the kids, but I have to accept the fact that he was a horrible husband.
The worst character, well is obvious, Nic Voss, oh how I hated that man. But I liked the fact that he created his "worst" enemy, when he got Patrick in jail.
3. What was the role of Samora Machel, the FRELIMO, and revolutionary Mozambique in the struggle against the South African apartheid? Use examples from the film and the biography of Samora Machel
Machel was important because he could liberate Mozambique from the portuguese people, when he liberated his country he helped other nation in the armed struggle against apartheid, like South Africa.
With his help, other nations who were fighting agains apartheid could organize itselves, in Mozambique's territory.
I like the fact that the movie ain't about Mandela's struggle or his life. I know that Mandela was the most relevant person on this fight, but I also think that we have to know other names, like Patrick Chamusso, Winnie Mandela or Samora Machel.
As always I love the black culture in the movie, I love the music and I love when they talk in other languages. I also like the relation between Chamusso and the little kids who played football.
I think it's my favorite movie too, I can't say what I didn't like.
2. Who was the character you like the most and the character you liked the least in the film? Why?
For me, the best character was Chamusso, I said it before I liked the relation between he and the kids, but I have to accept the fact that he was a horrible husband.
The worst character, well is obvious, Nic Voss, oh how I hated that man. But I liked the fact that he created his "worst" enemy, when he got Patrick in jail.
3. What was the role of Samora Machel, the FRELIMO, and revolutionary Mozambique in the struggle against the South African apartheid? Use examples from the film and the biography of Samora Machel
Machel was important because he could liberate Mozambique from the portuguese people, when he liberated his country he helped other nation in the armed struggle against apartheid, like South Africa.
With his help, other nations who were fighting agains apartheid could organize itselves, in Mozambique's territory.
miércoles, 5 de junio de 2019
GoodBye Bafana (sorry hehehe)
Hi teacher, sorry but I just remember my password. So, sorry again
Here is my review
1. In general, what did you like and dislike about the film?
For me, what I liked the most as alway, is the music in the film, I love when characters sings in other language and also I like that you can understand nothing about what are they singing but you can feel what are they singing. But not everything is gold I don't like the fact that this James Gregory is like "the good guy" and I don´t think so.
2. Who was the character you liked the most and the character you liked the least in the film? Why?
I don't remember many characters because I watched this film long time ago hahaha, but as I said earlier I didn't like James Gregory's character, also I hated his wife (I don't remember her name).
3. How do the versions of James Gregory, Nelson Mandela, and Winnie Mandela compare between Goodbye Bafana and Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom?
I think GoodBye Bafana's version of James Gregory was more complete, obviously because he was the main character. Also I remember phisical diferences between that two versions of Gregory, Bafana's version was thinner.
In the case of Mandela, I prefer Long Walk to Freedom's version, It's deeper than the other one and for me Idris Elba did a better role.
Winnie Mandela was a lot more important in Long Walk to Freedom, it was a very revolutionary woman with a huge role in the film, as Mandela's wife but also as a leader.
Here is my review
1. In general, what did you like and dislike about the film?
For me, what I liked the most as alway, is the music in the film, I love when characters sings in other language and also I like that you can understand nothing about what are they singing but you can feel what are they singing. But not everything is gold I don't like the fact that this James Gregory is like "the good guy" and I don´t think so.
2. Who was the character you liked the most and the character you liked the least in the film? Why?
I don't remember many characters because I watched this film long time ago hahaha, but as I said earlier I didn't like James Gregory's character, also I hated his wife (I don't remember her name).
3. How do the versions of James Gregory, Nelson Mandela, and Winnie Mandela compare between Goodbye Bafana and Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom?
I think GoodBye Bafana's version of James Gregory was more complete, obviously because he was the main character. Also I remember phisical diferences between that two versions of Gregory, Bafana's version was thinner.
In the case of Mandela, I prefer Long Walk to Freedom's version, It's deeper than the other one and for me Idris Elba did a better role.
Winnie Mandela was a lot more important in Long Walk to Freedom, it was a very revolutionary woman with a huge role in the film, as Mandela's wife but also as a leader.
domingo, 14 de abril de 2019
First Blog (Best blog)
Hi people, today I'm gonna talk about the legacy of Nelson Mandela and a film that I watched like one week ago. But I have to answer some questions so, here we go.
1. In general, what did you like and dislike about the film?
I almost like everthing about the film. I think it's an excellent movie because show to us very differents points of view of the same problem (apartheid in South Africa). For me every single actor and actress did a perfect job roling his or her character, like Heimdall (bad joke) as Mandela or Naomi Harris as Winnie Mandela. The film get me trapped all the time, and I'll admit that at one point I was near to the tears. I loved when characters talked in Africaan and I loved the music.
2. In your own words, how would you compare the "various Mandelas;" the ones from the article and the one from the film?
For me, we can see "various Mandelas" because is the natural evolution of the human. When we are young blood we are energetic people but when we get olders that energy disappear. So I think the movie tried (and did it well) to show us that evolution. Of course that evolution is different to every single person, we can see it on Winnie Mandela, she was not too much younger than Mandela and she had the same energy than younger Winnie.
3. What was the role that Winnie Mandela played in the film? Think about the contrast between her and the other ANC members.
I think Winnie's role was huge, she was more radical than Nelson. For me Winnie meant other point of view on the same problem, she was another way. The ANC in it's beginning was like Winnie, radical, energetic, but when ANC's members get older, that energy vanished.
4. How do you compare the role of Nelson Mandela and the African National Congress in the struggle against the apartheid and in the post-apartheid South Africa to the Concertación and their role in the struggle against Augusto Pinochet's dictatorship and in post-dictatorial Chile?
For me as I said it in class, here in Chile we don't have a big revolutionary icon like Mandela in South Africa, I think in Chile we can see movementes, political parties like Concertación, but we can't see a name, maybe some littles figures like Ana Gonzales.
1. In general, what did you like and dislike about the film?
I almost like everthing about the film. I think it's an excellent movie because show to us very differents points of view of the same problem (apartheid in South Africa). For me every single actor and actress did a perfect job roling his or her character, like Heimdall (bad joke) as Mandela or Naomi Harris as Winnie Mandela. The film get me trapped all the time, and I'll admit that at one point I was near to the tears. I loved when characters talked in Africaan and I loved the music.
2. In your own words, how would you compare the "various Mandelas;" the ones from the article and the one from the film?
For me, we can see "various Mandelas" because is the natural evolution of the human. When we are young blood we are energetic people but when we get olders that energy disappear. So I think the movie tried (and did it well) to show us that evolution. Of course that evolution is different to every single person, we can see it on Winnie Mandela, she was not too much younger than Mandela and she had the same energy than younger Winnie.
3. What was the role that Winnie Mandela played in the film? Think about the contrast between her and the other ANC members.
I think Winnie's role was huge, she was more radical than Nelson. For me Winnie meant other point of view on the same problem, she was another way. The ANC in it's beginning was like Winnie, radical, energetic, but when ANC's members get older, that energy vanished.
4. How do you compare the role of Nelson Mandela and the African National Congress in the struggle against the apartheid and in the post-apartheid South Africa to the Concertación and their role in the struggle against Augusto Pinochet's dictatorship and in post-dictatorial Chile?
For me as I said it in class, here in Chile we don't have a big revolutionary icon like Mandela in South Africa, I think in Chile we can see movementes, political parties like Concertación, but we can't see a name, maybe some littles figures like Ana Gonzales.
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