The Dreamers Reviews

The Dreamers review

Posted : 2 months, 1 week ago on 11 February 2024 02:39

(MU) De los mejores homenajes a la cinefilia clásica, la de Langlois y la nouvelle vague (aunque no al cine que estos realizaron, necesariamente), con provocación erótica romántica incestuosas. Ahí está la revolución más que en la calle aunque confluyen simbólicamente....

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The Dreamers review

Posted : 2 years, 3 months ago on 2 January 2022 12:38

The Dreamers I found to be a very cheesy movie. Sure, I liked the aesthetic, but apart from that there was few I actually enjoyed about this film. I thought the majority of the dialogue was awfully cringe and all that this movie was trying to make the three protagonists these fascinating, interesting characters that were so different from society, when really, they weren't and that attempting display utterly failed. I also found it quite boring too, as I do with most of Bernardo Bertolucci's films. Look, I love him as a director and treasure some of his more decent work, but seriously, some of his movies are lengthened out when they could just get to the core point much more quicker. The Dreamers is just so. It didn't help that there was basically incest, which, after seeing La Luna I wasn't surprised at, but by the way 11-year-old me saw it, it seemed normal! That just makes it even more strange, as if that type of relationship is something Bertolucci fantasises. Gross.

Yet, despite the fact I found many flaws within this film, I enjoyed the conversations between some of the characters and found it to be actually quite decent and understanding. Understanding I put an emphasis on, because I watched several films like this when I was younger and didn't understand them at all. This one, I did...in some way. I still think it's worth a watch if you're interested in culture or just books in general. Anyway, I'm sure my feelings for the Dreamers will change over time as I'm rewatching it this year, and my mindset has changed a lot since viewing this film, aged (as said) 11.

4/10
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An average movie

Posted : 7 years, 10 months ago on 27 June 2016 08:10

When I heard that Bernardo Bertolucci was coming up with a new directing effort, I got pretty excited. I mean, sure, it had been already a couple of decades since he had released a great movie but the guy had such an impressive legacy so I was really eager to see this movie and I even went to see the damned thing in the movie theater when it was released. For this come-back, Bertolucci decided to make something smaller, something more intimate than some of his previous work, but even though it was an interesting approach, I’m afraid it rather backfired since the whole thing had such a small scale and therefore it had little impact. It’s like the characters themselves, they tried to make you believe that they were some very interesting individuals with some fascinating thoughts but I wasn’t really convinced. It’s like showing them naked and being promiscuous, it was maybe groundbreaking in the 60’s when the action was taking place but in 2003, it was nothing really new. Still, it was pretty neat to discover a very young Eva Green who not only looked quite gorgeous but who was also really talented. To conclude, in spite of its flaws, it was still a decent watch and I think it is worth a look, especially if you are interested in Bernardo Bertolucci’s work.

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