Romanzo Criminale is amazing. I think it is not hyperbole to compare to "the Wire", but the setting in Rome makes it very specific. As Douay-Rheims-Challoner mentions Rome did not have a "traditional" mafia like the Napoli Camorra, La Cosa Nostra of Sicily or the brutal 'Ndrangheta from Calabria - all from south…

I was wondering why it is called "I'm so excited" since its name in Spanish is "Los Amantes Pasajeros". But yes, it is because of the lip-synching scene in the plane.

Gael García Bernal is *really* good, but not flawless. I can hear his accent from center México City when he speaks in "the motorcycle diaries" (as the Argentinian young Ché Guevara), and his Chilean accent slips in and out in "No".

Very good point! In particular Iranian cinema. But if you give a try to Cuban cinema, it will surprise you how direct is the critique and without having to resort to metaphore or poetic images to soften the blow.

Very good point! In particular Iranian cinema. But if you give a try to Cuban cinema, it will surprise you how direct is the critique and without having to resort to metaphore or poetic images to soften the blow.

Yes, Cuban cinema is really sophisticated in general and not at all comparable with situation in China. Tomás Gutiérrez Alea is a good example, whose "Memories of Underdevelopment" is already ambigous and conflicted about the ideals of the revolution few years after the fall of the Batista regime.

Yes, Cuban cinema is really sophisticated in general and not at all comparable with situation in China. Tomás Gutiérrez Alea is a good example, whose "Memories of Underdevelopment" is already ambigous and conflicted about the ideals of the revolution few years after the fall of the Batista regime.

I though that LoEG Century is extremely good, but it holds up better as a complete work, not as three parts. I think it compares very favourably to the two first volumes, and I am not a big fan of Black Dossier either.

I though that LoEG Century is extremely good, but it holds up better as a complete work, not as three parts. I think it compares very favourably to the two first volumes, and I am not a big fan of Black Dossier either.

I was sort of expecting to see reviews of "League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Century 2009" in the reviews. Has it not come out yet in the US? I got a copy in Continental Europe a week after publication in the UK, and that was a week ago.

I was sort of expecting to see reviews of "League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Century 2009" in the reviews. Has it not come out yet in the US? I got a copy in Continental Europe a week after publication in the UK, and that was a week ago.

I agree that the strategy was quite heavy handed. I would compare it to the French revolution, similar to `the terror`. The idea was a full break from the colonial past.

I agree that the strategy was quite heavy handed. I would compare it to the French revolution, similar to `the terror`. The idea was a full break from the colonial past.

It is rather sad that the Cristero war is used as some rubbish religious propaganda film. Not for me to defend the Mexican PRI government - which was brutal with repression during that particular war - but the Catholic Church in Mexico feels like the country belongs to them.

It is rather sad that the Cristero war is used as some rubbish religious propaganda film. Not for me to defend the Mexican PRI government - which was brutal with repression during that particular war - but the Catholic Church in Mexico feels like the country belongs to them.

I also agree that "les visiteurs" is not shit. But part of the problem might be that comedy does not translate well, and that subtitles are not the full story.

I also agree that "les visiteurs" is not shit. But part of the problem might be that comedy does not translate well, and that subtitles are not the full story.

In France…. as in Switzerland, race has not the same meaning (or the same charge) as in the US. Arabs are not a race — it is more like a cultural identity at least seen from here.

In France…. as in Switzerland, race has not the same meaning (or the same charge) as in the US. Arabs are not a race — it is more like a cultural identity at least seen from here.

I also agree that the review seems too harsh. Here in Switzerland the movie has been a great hit, and had great word of mouth. I must confess that I have not seen it yet — and being chided for it by my colleagues— and that the trailer makes it seem "too American". As some commenter mentioned this film is based on a…