It´s summertime and you´ve probably wondered
what´s on at your local cinema because when the day is a scorcher, a cinema
turns out to be one of the most welcoming places in the world.
This summer we have a wide range of films that
cater for cinemagoers with very different tastes. If you are interested in love
relationships, you can watch Before
Midnight or Writers / Stuck in Love whose title also tells us
that the plot of the film is related to being a writer. Besides, the soundtrack
of this film is really remarkable. Before
Midnight stars Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy and takes us to the beautiful
scenery of Greece
to tell the story of Jesse and Celine, a story which started two decades ago
when the protagonists met on a train bound for Viena. This film may be regarded
as some sort of trilogy together with Before Sunrise (1995) and Before Sunset (2004).
One of the best films that has also been
released this summer is The Best Offer,
a film directed by Giuseppe Tornatore who became very famous in the late
eighties thanks to his beautiful film Cinema
Paradiso (winner of the Academy Award and the Golden Globe Award for Best
Foreign Language Film in1989). On this occasion Tornatore, who has also written
the script
of The Best Offer, deals with the
concepts of art and beauty and the role they play in human relationships. The Best Offer is an enjoyable film that
reminds the viewer of old films and enables us to learn about human nature by
teaching us that that “there is always some authenticity in every fake” or, at
least, there should be so that all of us can be happier.
Another film that is worth mentioning is The Green Bicycle, which was released at
the Venice Film Festival last year although it wasn´t in the main competition.
This film is claimed to be the first one to have been entirely shot
in Saudia Arabia and has been directed by Haifaa Al Mansour, the first female film-maker
in Saudia Arabia, a kingdom where cinemas are illegal. The Green Bicycle tells us the story of Wadjda, a ten-year old girl
who just wishes to ride a bike to race against a male friend. But in a
conservative country where women are deprived of basic rights which are taken
for granted in Western societies, her wish clashes with the social barriers and
taboos that Arab women face in their everyday lives.
If you are
interested in this inspiring story, you can watch this video and learn more
about this film.
All of these films offer you the opportunity of
watching good stories which are also very entertaining. However, you may be
interested in a different type of film because you just want to kill time or
because you really enjoy the so-called commercial cinema; don´t worry, as I
have said, this summer there are films for every type of viewer and that´s what
makes cinema so special: it appeals to very different people because it deals
with diverse themes, stories, styles and genres. So, if you feel like having a
good time while you are told a story of a hero with superpowers, TheWolverine 2 is your film. In this
film Hugh Jackman reprises the role of the Marvel Comics
character Wolverine in an attempt to garner
the same critical acclaim and financial success as on previous occasions.And if
you´re into sci-fi
films, Elysium can be the right
choice for you. The story is set in the
year 2154 when the population of the world is divided into the wealthy, who
live in a man-made space station, and the rest of the people who live in the
polluted and apocalyptic Earth. As usual, sci-fi films or novels envisage a futuristic
scenario but in doing so they aspire to depict our present-day situation and
the dangers that it entails for humankind.
Have you
seen any of these films? What do you think about them? Would you like to suggest
watching a film which has been released this summer? Why would you recommend
it?
