Crash

Over a thirty-six hour period in Los Angeles, a grup of disparate people's lives combine as they deal with the tense race relations that pervert life in the city. The ''playes'' are: the Caucasian district attorney, who is always using race as a political card; his Caucasian wife, who, having recently been carjacked by two black men, believes that her views of black is justified and cannot be considered racism; the two black carjackers who use their race and take advantage of it; a black film director and his black wife, whose wife believes her husband doesn't support their black background. There are some other characters, but they are not that important. I really liked the film because is a drama that makes you wonder about life, specially about facts and coincidences in our lifes. If I were you, I wouldn't keep going without watching it!! In fact, I'm wishing to see it again soon!! The film of the coincidence. The film of the fate. This film made me wonder how much decision we have on our future, or is everything already defined? Is the path of our lifes already design before we are born? Is there there an unanswerable fate we cannot change? . This film shows us that coincidence doesn't exist. Everything is already planned. Surprising facts come to us as hope, but they aren't. In the film every family had his own story and path, but in the end them all where part of the same big one. That's why, perhaps, from the moment we are born we have unconsciously designed what are we going to do and be in our life. Anyway, we have to enjoy it, because I still believe our life is design while we live, the decision we make along our life are the ones that actually design our life. However, there are some moments and situations that make me wonder if what the film shows is actually true, because, after all, life goes round and round millions of time, what makes difficult to guess where we could end up, but when we arrive there we sometimes beieve we knew we were. Anyway, life is a everywhere path.

CRASH

Crash is an American film, the latest we have seen, I only see a part of the film because i was absent to one of the classes because of the exams. Now i finish my exams and i want to see the end of the film.

It takes place in Los Angeles, and it teach us one of the main problem in our society, racism. There are many different characters in the film but they also have a relationship. The action of the story takes place in only few days, but at this time their life change completely. Police found a dead body murdered and  people of different nationality and places of  LA have to meet , between those people a lot of problem come up because of their ideal and thinking, politics, religius...I think that until now it have being a good movie and it show us a very comprehensive view of how we see each other. Clearly there is much to learn before we can call ourselves civilized. I recommend because it teaches us a lot of and is a wonderful film wich has won three Oscars. I will see it for sure!

CRASH

Crash is the latest film that whe have seen, but i haven't seen it completely because i didn't came all days to the class because of exams or things like that, but i will explain more or less who i feel with this film and what it is about.
It takes place in Los Angeles, USA. There are lot of problems in the society and people views of how the country is and the differences between people and people thinking. There are also much differences between differents races.
So, one day, police found a dead body that was brutally murdered. This fact was the reason of the "meeting" of some people from differents places of Los Angeles, and then there took place lots of differents between then, like a crashing "crash". A police, his young partner, a woman who worked in White House, an iranian and a cople of africans. Between those people had came up some discussions and problems with religion and politics, that show us how the life in Los Angeles is.
I think this film is very good, and it shows us how people life there and how problems in society and in a country can affect so much people.
I really want to see it completely, because my partners say that it is a very good film and so impresive, so a i don't recommend it now, but i will do it for sure!

Crash review

Crash is note the type of movie that you usually watch at the cinema; it is not the story of a protagonist who has a problem and tries to solve it. Crash hasn't got just a main character, it has about ten protagonists and each one ahs his or her own story, which ends "colliding" with the other nine.
Hour protagonists represent the main stereotypes that American population have: a racist policeman, an Arabian who is considered a terrorist just because his origins, a rich black people couple, two black friends who are robbers, a black policeman, and some others. Despite all the violence, disdain and crime shown in the movie by some of the protagonists, remorse also appears as a main topic of the film. For example, the racist policeman humilite the black couple, as he wanted to take it out on some after a bad day, resulting of the balck couple to piss off one with the other, and the next day, as a consequence of the fight, the woman has an car accident, and the policeman who was in the area during the accident has to sorry her, as he needed to be taken out of the car, but she didn't want himt to touch her. In the end,  she takes the apologize, and he's able to take her out of the car that was about explode. Laso, during the night, his husband apologize to her for the fight.
We could say that all the film is follows that structure, just changes a little depending on the story.
I liked the film because of that, you don't know what is going to happen when two or more of the stories collide, it may die someone, or someone may redeem. Also, the plots catches you almost since the beginning of the film, as it starts with a lot of "drama action" (if we can call it like that). To finish, I'd like to say that it also shown how real life really is, more or less, as some people still have that old thought of superiority just because they're white, or that all Arabians are terrorist; the world still use old sterotypes, when they shouldn't.

Crash by Elena Morillo

Crash is an action film which is about different people's life. All those people are related in a way that it's unknown until the very end. It starts with and accent, and then it goes back in time.

The protagonists from the stories are very different. There is a mexican father, a muslim owner of a shop, a racist policeman, a new policeman, a rich one, a tv producer and his wife, a black policeman, two black thieves...

Racism and violence are the main issues of the movie. The tv producer and his wife are humiliated by a corrupt policeman, the muslim shop owner has her shop stolen, the mexican father is threaten, the thow black thieves steal a car.... But redemption does exist, and the movie also shows how the corrupt policeman apologizes to the wife of the tv producer and helps her, how one of the thieves don't want to steal, how the rich woman realizes that her only friend is her maiden, how the muslim tries to kill the mexican father, and thinks he has hurt her daughter and realizes that his behaviour wasn't good...

I think society is full of stereotypes and labels that are difficult to change. This movie represents what's going on in the collective mind of society and how difficult is to change it.

Cassandra's dream

Two London brothers are hard-up for cash, and both have girls to look out for, too. When rich Uncle Howard comes to town and agrees to help them out, he admits his finances are under investigation, and he asks them to do him a favor and "take care of" an old business relation to keep his trouble under wraps - he says that they're family, and since he always takes care of them, the least they could do is help him out this once, as they're the only ones he can trust. The film follows their struggle with the immorality of this request and how each brother chooses to deal with it.

Cassandra's Dream Review

Ian And Terry are two brothers who, despite their bad economical situation, acquire a sailing ship named "Cassandra's Dream", hoping to be able tu sail with it on weekends. Unfortunately for them, and  as a result of Terry's gambling addiction, their economical situation get worse. However, before all is over for them, their rich uncle Howard comes to celebrate his birthday with them and their parents,  so they ask him if he could them lend some money, and he accepts, but only under one condition: They have to commit crime and kill a man who could send him to jail.

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I liked the film, to be honest, at least until its ending. The end of the film I would say that it is one of the worst ending I have ever seen. I don't like the way Ian dies, it just doesn't seem like a real death to me. But, apart from this part, the rest it's really good, Woody Allen shows us that he's still a good director.
The parts I like the most are:

• When Ian looses his temper in the boat, starting to fight with terry and asking him angrily why he is just unable to let them go. I like this part because it shows Ian's real thoughts about his brother, and also because if I were him, I would loose my temper even in a worse manner, because I couldn't be able to kill my brother, I'll just get angry with him and try to convince him of forget about it.
• When they decide to kill the man. I my uncle told me to kill a guy, I wouldn't know what to do if someone ask me to kill anyone for money, I think that I would have to be too desperate to accept, just like Ian and Terry.

To finish this review, I'd like to say that I kind of identify myself with Terry. If i had to do what they did, I think I would be like him: not able to sleep, be very stressed, having drugs all day... I just couldn't take it, kill a person it's something that goes further than I do.

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Cassandra's Dream

The movie, Cassandra's Dream is about morals. Like humanes, we tend to face our selfish desires instead of looking outside our little bubble and wonder wether what  we do is right or wrong. The two brothers of the story haev to  face a strong decition in their lifes. They need to kill because of his uncle. Family, represented in the film as the union between a group of people who don't really have anything in common but blood, need to do something they don't want to do in purpose to obtain the money they need for different reasons. One of them spends his money and time gambling and the other one is too ambitious. He wants to be rich and famous, and most of all, succesful in life- instead of being stuck in a restauran like his father-.

Money rules the world. It's unthinkable to be happy without money. It's said that money doesn't give happiness, but it certainly helps-  . The question is... what would you do for it? You need to have limits. Your freedom mustn't harm other person's freedom.  And here is where morals have tpo be important. They limit your actions. Killing someone for money is destroying what you are and  what you think. 

Where do we stand in a society where we need money to life? Isn't love important? Isn't friendship important? We lose what we are. Humans are humans because we think before we act. We are humans. We feel, we think and we are empathic.  We have the ability to put into someone else's shoes.

What's the point of having money when you lack of people around you? Loneliness is as bad as poverty.  I believe  it's better to be poor and be with people than being rich and lonely.

Besides, regret is acid, and corroes your soul slowly. Before you notice, you are numb, empty inside. Nothing matters because a part of you, a very important part of you, has died in the moment you take away a life. You sort of pass away, and you don't notice it until it's too late.

Nevertheless, your morals are questioned once family comes across. Family is our everything, or so we have been told. When there's nothing left to hold on, family is there to support us and gives us strenght. But should we do anything for our family? In my opinion, you have to trust in your family as long as it benefits you. Family should want the best of you, and everything for anything, not just for favours. You give and receive, but when you give you don't expect anything back, and I think that's the pillar of the family concept.


Love, clearly all over Woody Allen's film, plays a funny and tricky role. I think love rules the world, but this is just my point of view.  The two brothers have their girlfriends and they used them as a excusde to get the money. It's a preassure on them that  makes them decide on killing that man.

But the epic thrilling, yet necessary ending is the aswer to all the questions that the film may raise.  The death of the two brothers, in threir boat, their dream, is just flawless. It's like a waking up call after the film. It's the penalty after living without caring about someone else's life.




Elena Morillo García

Cassandra's Dream

Written by: Woody Allen
Filmed in: the UK
Released in:-2007-Europe
                   -2008-US
THE PLOT
Cassandra's Dream is a film that tells the story of Ian and Terry. They hadn't got much money but they could get a boat called Cassandra's Dream. After that, Ian met a beautiful actress called Angela, and he started being interested about her.

His brother had game problems.That's why they became ruined.The arrival of his uncle Tom served as a great aid, but every side has its cross. Tom made him kill a man who was trying to make Tom go to prison because of corruption. Finally, Ian decided to kill the man, but Terry didnt want to. They definitely did. As Ian wasnt feeling safe because he could go to prison, he planned the murder of his brother but in the end Terry killed Ian accidentally.

MY OPINION

I really like actions movies, and I liked it too. I liked it because it is not predictable, i would never think that at the end it was Ian who was killed by his brother.On the one hand I I believe it is a little bit sad, but on the other hand, it doesnt look like it happened in the film, it doesnt look real.

To sum up, i would say that this film is very dramatic. I recommend it to everyone who likes moving films.

Changeling

Los Angeles, 1928. A single mother returns from work to find her nine-year-old son gone. She calls the police deparment to initiate a search. Five months later, a boy is found who fits the description; he says he's her son. To fanfare and photos, the LAPD reunite mother and son, but she insists he's not her boy. The police dismiss her as either a liar or hysterical. When she joins a minister in his public criticism of the police, they in turn use government power to silence and intimidate her. Meanwhile, a police goes to a dilapidated ranch to find a Canadian lad who's without legal status; the youth tells a grisly tale. There's redress for murder.

In my opinion,is a good movie that teach us how was the society of that time and the abuse of the police that happens as a way to get publicity and social support.In those days it was mandatory to submit justice if you don`t you could end as the collin`s mother.Is admirable what she did to find her son, she never gives up, looking for people that can help her, struggling alone without the help of the police.The film is based in real events, is one of the most intrigate anda interesting film i never seen.On the contrary, the only thing that i don`t like is that the film is very long, but in general is an excellent movie!

The Exchange - Film review

Los Angeles, 1928. Christine Collins (Angelina Jolie), who works in a telephone exchange company, lives in her own with his nine years old son Walter. It was a typical weekend for the family, so Ms. Collins went to work as usual, while her son waited her at home so in the evening they could go to watch a film. At the time she was coming back, she unfortunately looses the street car that should carry her home. When she arrives there, already night time, she realizes Walter is not in the house. She quickly starts to search for him in the neighbourhood, but she can't find him. She  then call the police to inform about the disappearance, but she's told that they cannot do anything until twenty-four hours has passed since the boy got lost. Passed that time, she goes to the police station so she's able to make known that her son's disappeared. Weeks later, L.A. Police tell her they've found Walter, and when mother and son are about to rejoin, she denies the boy they have found is her son. From that point, Christine Collins start to investigate where her son really is and unmask the corrupted Los Angeles Police Department.

Changeling, up to now is one the best film I have ever seen, to be honest. It shows how L.A. Police was during the 1920s, a corrupted Department that if they couldn't get the things they wanted, they would get them using the force. [From now on, spoilers begin] When Christine denies that the boy they've found is her son, they start to put pressure on her to not deny that the boy is her son. Despite it is obvious that he's not her son as he is smaller than Walter was before he disappeared and that boy is circumcised while Walter wasn't, they send doctors just to tell her lies trying to convince her. I like how she does not care about what the police says, she knows she's right and the Police is wrong and they don't want to admit it. The pressure they put on her increases as she does not stop, so the policeman in charge of the investigation, Officer Jones, send her to an asylum. Meanwhile, in another investigation, some policemen captures a Canadian teenager who is illegally in the U.S.A.. This teenager has a black past on him: he says that his cousin, the person he was living in and owner of the farm where he was captured, kidnap children and kill them. The policemen show him some photos about disappeared children to see if he recognizes any of them, and he does. To see if he is not lying, they took him back to the farm, and ask him to dig up where the corpses are, and a few shovelfuls later, some human bones appear. This part is very shocking as when the policemen see the corpses ask the teenager to stop, but he doesn't, he's actually crying as he has killed some of the boys there and he's regretted. This make the investigation about Walter Collins to reopen, and tons of people start defend her, even a prestigious lawyer. The killer is captured, and she's taken out of the asylum. After the trial, he's sentenced to die. We see how he is going to be hung, and despite he's crazy and he killed all the children, he is actually scared of death, as he starts to act with hysteria. He ask to the witness to pray for him, but no one does it. This part is very dying for me, as it shows how people behave during the last minutes of their life, when they know they're going to die. Few days later, another trial occur, in which  Officer Jones is accused of corruption, and he looses the trial, loosing his rank and job. Also, another few women who were in the asylum because they did the same as Christine are released after the trial. Some years later, the police find a boy who was kidnapped by the killer, and says how him and two other boys escaped, being one of them Walter. he actually confess that he's alive thanks to him, but he doesn't know where they are now, or if they were captured again. Despite all the evidences, Christine did never give up and continued looking for his son. [Spoilers finish here]


What I like of this film is the effort shown by Ms. Collins: she does never give up, she did never stop fighting the police despite she was tortured in the asylum and all the people lied to her. That's what I call mother love. And this bring hope to people, as this is based on a true story, showing that there's still people who do whatever it takes for the one they love.

Inception - Film review

Inception is one of the weirdest films I've ever seen. It's very difficult, almost impossible, to tell anyone its plot, they only way they could understand it would be by watching the film.  The film is basically about dreams. Dreams are caused by the sub-conscience, so most of the people does not understand them. But it is possibly to create a dream, and Dom Cobb (Leonardo DiCaprio) and his team can. This is the only thing I can explain without confusing you, readers.
[Spoilers start here] I actually liked the film, but it really hard to understand, as the special effects and the plot are very complicated. There are some parts, as the end of the film, that are the best and the worst at the same time. The end shows how Cobb, after achieving what he was asked to do, can return to the U.S.A., and he is able to see his children again. The only way he can know if he's dreaming or not is by spinning a little spinning top that, if he's dreaming, it spins forever, and if it's real life, it will stop. We can see how he starts spinning it, but his children distract them and when the spinning top starts to balance, the film ends, so is the viewer who actually decide if he's dreaming or not. This is a master piece for me, but it annoys me a lot, as I cannot decide if he's dreaming or not. I try to guess it being logical, but I just cannot decide. [Spoilers finish here]

CHANGELING

Changeling is a 2008 American drama film directed by Clint Eastwood and written by J. Michael Straczynski.Based on real-life events in 1928 Los Angeles, the films stars Angelina Jolie as a woman who is reunited with her missing son (Walter) - only to realize he is an impostor. She confronts the city authorities, who vility her as an unfit mother and brand her deslusional. Changeling explores female disempowerment, political corruption, child engargerment, and the repercussions of violence.
my opinion
What i most enjoyed about this film is how it makes us think in what we really want and what we must do : not stop till we get our goal.
We must have our ideas clear and forget about people thoughts. I loved how the mother fought and fought to try to get back his son. It is really sad to see how a mother looses her son, and how people think she is crazy and the film is based on real- life events. That´s why i didn´t like some scenes of the film.
Conclusion
Life is hard, and everyone has problems . Don´t give up and try to get your goals as the mother did.

Changeling

Changeling is a 2008 American drama film directed by Clint Eastwood and written by J. Michael Straczynski.Based on real-life events in 1928 Los Angeles, the films stars Angelina Jolie as a woman who is reunited with her missing son (Walter) - only to realize he is an impostor. She confronts the city authorities, who vility her as an unfit mother and brand her deslusional.

Changeling explores female disempowerment, political corruption, child engargerment, and the repercussions of violence

From my point of view, the film is very interesting because it shows us many things for example that we have to fight for the things that we really love although it's difficult to get them, no matter what the people say or think.

We can see this type of example in the whole film, because it's about a mother that doesn't stop looking for her missing son, the person that she really loves, even knowing it was almost impossible to find him.

On the one hand, I like drama's movies because they always teach us practical things for our life, but on the other hand I don't like them because in them usually appear some horrible scenes, like we can see in this film.

I recommend this film to everyone because surely he/she will enjoy it!

CHANGELING

Changeling is a 2008 American drama film directed by Clint Eastwood and written by J. Michael Straczynski. Based on real-life events in 1928 Los Angeles, the film stars Angelina Jolie as a woman who is reunited with her missing son only to realize he is an impostor. She confronts the city authorities, who vilify her as an unfit mother and brand her delusional. 

On the one hand I like this film because it shows you that life is hard and you must be happy with the things you have. On the other hand I don’t like this film because I don’t usually like drama films.

When you are watching this film you have differents feelings like happiness or sadness.

This film shows us how important is a son for her mother. In spite of  she knows Walter wouldn’t come back. She goes on looking for him.  

The most shocking thing of this film for me is that the film is based on real- life events. It’s shocking because in this film happens horribles things.

My favourite character is the mother because during the film she teachs, us that you must fight for the person who is most important for you in your life.

Changeling

In my case, after having read L.A. Confidential, I think the movie really shows L.A. in those times. Police was famous because of their brutality and use of violence. Eventhough most people knew about this, nobody was brave enough as to inform against it, because the police department could heard about it and put you in jail before you could say a thing. The scene of Gordon Stewart hanging was really shocking for me, you can even feel the agony of feeling your death near. I would say its a good film to watch once, when you see it again, knowing how it is going to end makes it boring because the film has no action scenes. It's something, you know.

Changeling

Fabulous film. I found the atmosphere quite real because by that time the police was known for its brutality and its power, above the politicians.
I believe this film tries to show us that it doesn't matter the way, it doesn't matter our goal, if we really feel and believe we want it and it can be done, we just have to go for it and fight until we got it or until the end, we mustn't give up.

Changeling

In my case, after having read L.A. Confidential, I think the movie really shows L.A. in those times. Police was famous because of their brutality and use of violence. Eventhough most people knew about this, nobody was brave enough as to inform against it, because the police department could heard about it and put you in jail before you could say a thing. The scene of Gordon Stewart hanging was really shocking for me, you can even feel the agony of feeling your death near. I would say its a good film to watch once, when you see it again, knowing how it is going to end makes it boring because the film has no action scenes.

Changeling

Los Angeles, 1928: On a Saturday morning in a working-class suburb, Christine Collins (Angelina Jolie) said goodbye to her son, Walter (Gattlin Griffith), and left for work. When she came home, she discovered he had vanished. A fruitless search ensues, and months later, a boy claiming to be the 9-year-old is returned. Dazed by the swirl of cops, reporters and her conflicted emotions, Christine allows him to stay overnight. But in her heart, she knows he is not Walter.

As she pushes authorities to keep looking, she learns that in Prohibition-era LA, women don't challenge the system and live to tell their story. Slandered as delusional and unfit, Christine finds an ally in activist Reverend Briegleb (John Malkovich), who helps her fight the city to look for her missing boy. Based on the actual incident that rocked California's legal system, Changeling tells the shocking tale of a mother's quest to find her son, and those who won't stop until they silence her.