It hit me the first time I saw the trailer, something was captivating about this movie even though not only people refused to go with me to watch but also the dreadful reviews I received.
Caramel is what is referred to in the Middle East as a waxing method used in beauty salons. It has the same color and texture as the caramel we eat and in the movie its literal translation in Arabic is “Sugar”.
It might be a dream, one hell of an imaginary head, or someone’s escape to better world. But to me, it was all true and made perfect sense. Not one single moment I doubted the truthfulness of what was going on.
This movie is not a blockbuster movie and I do not remember if it was ever in theaters… you will just have to go dig the shelves of some DVD store to find it.
Didn’t these filmmakers get bored with this idea: The assassination of some political figure and the false accusation of an FBI or CIA or whoever insider and the deadly struggle to find the truth….
A movie about drugs, love, agony, & family ties …what a combination! You will think. To start with, this movie is a true story… we have here a biography but with a director’s (Ted Demme) full mindset flexibility for delivering this story to the public.
“Tom Hanks, Such a great actor!”… Everybody knows that, everybody says that, but this movie in particular is just something else; it is only Hanks… all by himself! Human appearances is quite extinct, just in the beginning and towards the end…
I’ve always heard people talking about an all times classic, and I always though… what kind of movie could be named “Ghost”; is it a scary movie, a thriller maybe?… is this really the movie that made Demi Moore become every man’s dream?… and who is Patrick Swayze?
This movie just mesmerizes you all along its graphics, visual effects, choreography & art direction… and since I am a big fan of musicals… this is a stunning success.
You always hear people doubting Leonardo Di Caprio’s performance: he has got the looks and that’s it, well in this is movie you should check him acting before he got rich & famous… the beginning of it all!
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Watch or Skip is a blog about movies that have been daised "Mentally Digested" & reviewed, something I always wanted to share with my fellow Filmoholics.