Brazil

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Donathan T An all-time great. No other movie is like this one - terrific special effects, terrific actors, terrific soundtrack, terrific setting. Hits on all marks. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 03/20/25 Full Review Garrett B Visually striking and great performances, Brazil is one of the most finest films in cinema history (and a surprising twist ending). Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/15/25 Full Review Kevin P A severely underrated dark satire that retells George Orwell's 1984 with a post-modern lens in the hands of Monty Python's Terry Gilliam. So much great commentary being shown rapid-fire with all the detailed sci-fi Orwellian urban landscape and surreal imagery. The titular jazzy cover version of Brazil is so catchy and it's no wonder it's still being used in so many movie trailers to this day. Plenty of great performances that are mostly either very deadpan or very serious (sometimes both) that give the movie a unique uneasy vibe, like everything wrong with our ever-increasingly apathetic, materialistic, dysfunctional, dishonest, and invasive modern world. Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 12/13/24 Full Review Isa B An excellent satire on how unnecessarily complicated government can be. Sam Lowry is a low ranking bureaucrat with little-to-no ambition. His powerful mother is constantly pushing him to move up, while Sam is content to live in his dreams. One critique I have with Brazil is it's unnecessarily long. It could stand to lose 30 minutes or so, mainly of the dream material where Sam is sword fighting that monster. I found that to be a bit excessive. Had it been a bit shorter and more to the point, I would give the film a higher mark. Don't get me wrong, Brazil is a very good film just the way it is. Though, in my opinion, there is a great film in there, just not this edit. I still definitely recommend it. 90/100 Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 12/01/24 Full Review Alejandro E If the idea was to adapt Orwell's dystopia -1984- then the result is as close as possible. Set in a bureaucratic tyranny, the story looks like a madman's dream, and fits quite well into the fiction genre. Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 10/18/24 Full Review Mequias F A wonderful criticism of modern bureaucracy, “Brazil” underscores the need for humanity and reasoning to accompany the soulless and heartless machine we are running. Believe it or not, Capitalism has a place for the consumer; one of respect and consideration; one where the client is correct, their needs are tended to, and all parties profit from it. Have you been to a McDonald’s recently? Doubtless their servers have made a mistake or two in your order from time to time. If you report these errors to their management, they tend to immediately replace your purchase, for free, and apologize. Charity does exist in business and can even lead to more profit. Brazil’s absurdity magnifies the issues of paperwork and administrators, but not as excessively as you’d imagine. Many working people are incredibly detached from reality, and are desperate to return to human nature (or to a semblance of reason and security). It’s no surprise, then, that the heroes of this story are those who calmly defy the current order. In contrast, the film also presents incredibly immature people in positions of incredible power, demonstrating the immense harm they can do if not confronted. After all, the protagonist has the mental development of a fifteen year old, exactly like so many of our current day politicians and celebrities! Brazil’s brilliant use of props, environments, color and lighting allow us to detach from existence, while still delivering an entertaining, deeper meaning regarding our reality and the people in it. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 09/15/24 Full Review Read all reviews

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