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“I wasn't really interested by this flick but, if I remember correctly, a colleague of mine had the DVD, so I thought I should give it a try. Honestly, it is really beyond me why this movie gets such good ratings here on Listal and on Imdb. I mean, it is not really awfull but it is really damned average, that's for sure. Personally, the biggest mistake they made was to put an American as the main character. Maybe it does work for the American audience and helps them identify with him but it didn't work for me, that's for sure. It felt really superficial, a phony way to add an American element in a story where it absolutely didn't belong. Honestly, I don't think Elijah Wood should be blamed, he is a decent actor and gave his best shot but it was obviously a bad idea. Furthermore, they try to” read more
“O filme roda em volta da personagem Matt Buckner, um universitário acusado injustamente de atos ilícitos (Ter cocaína em seu armário) e por isso é expulso de Harvard, onde estudava e que decide ir para a casa da irmã, em Londres. Lá ele conhece Pete, irmão do seu cunhado Steve, marido de sua irmã, e é apresentado por ele ao futebol e ao universo violento dos hooligans.
O filme retrata cruelmente o difícil mas animado mundo hooligan inglês, realidade que ao contrário da mensagem exagerada do filme (pelas falas de Pete), é um mundo essencialmente e culturalmente britânico e não europeu generalizado, visto que as Firmas hooligans são muito raras fora de Inglaterra, sendo que fora dela predominam as chamadas claques Ultras. No filme, a Firma onde é inserido Matt apo” read more
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The Evolution of Elijah Wood