Goya's Ghost
From the title I was expecting a more art-centric movie to appease my inner connoisseur *french prentetious laugh* but the tidbits here and there were more than enough. It's main theme per se is the powerhungry(mad) establishments of the time and, although having some highly unlikely twists (her father's reaction at the dinner table), with the suspension of disbelief full on, it ended up being an entertaining as hell movie.
Hmm.. now that I think of it, the 1st half of the movie was set around the French Rev. so the unexpected reaction, even tho in Spain, was not so unthinkable of that zeitgeist (?) but I digress.
How the daughter looks like is a bit, hum, cheesy and the main "villain" is no Salieri (more along the lines of Cuckoo's nurse) but, all and all, it gets my seal of approval. Oh, and Natalie Portman gets turned into a lizard.
Strange Days
Haven't seen this one in a (long) while; hasn't aged well at all. Bleh.
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