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I rarely leave reviews but this movie is painfully bad. This is something common in most European movies, in order to compensate for the lack of talent and story they will use many disgusting elements for shock. The movie fails to give any kind of context on what happened to Spain that it ended up like that and proceed with the most illogical plot ever. The woman floats in a cargo container then gives birth naked during a storm in a medically impossible yet very disturbing and disgusting way, then she defecates inside a plastic recipient, eats her umbilical cord and her faeces from the very same plastic recipient and attempts to fix the bullet holes inside the container with electric tape. Then the rest of the movie is that baby screaming non stop, the woman eating raw fish and cut open the muscle of her leg with rusted metal yet not bleeding to death or getting septicemia without antibiotics for 20 days. Somehow she still have cell service in the middle of the Atlantic and instead of calling the coast guard who could track her phone she keeps talking with her dying husband waiting for him like he would somehow be teleporting there. Then the container is attacked by whales for some reason bcz that's what whales do. They clearly never consulted with any survival expert, zero attempts were made for solutions, instead of using the sweaters and the TV boxes for a sail and use the phone compass for navigation (which she throws away hysterically and cracks the screen) or use the wooden boxes as a backup boat, or make a water condenser or 100 other things she could've done since for some reason she didn't wanted to use the phone to call for help. Instead she simply waited for the thing to sink crying to her narcissistic dying husband on phone until she gets rescued by an Irish fisherman. This among lots of other impossible things such as a container floating for a month, a phone battery which lasts a month etc, even a 5 year old would laugh at this movie, unfortunately you can't even laugh at it because it will turn your stomach during the first half.

This one was absolutely amazing! I had to look after my little cousin during this Christmas so I was looking for some Christmas cartoons for him to watch, it was kinda hard because most of them nowdays are full of woke garbage, sexual stuff and propaganda, but then i came across this one and watched it with my cousin. This is a great animated movie for children, the story is incredible, the animation is great and above all is non-woke and safe for children to watch, is just pure Christmas vibes. It also explains the origin of santa and the plot was very interesting, encouraging people to act better towards another and to have moral values.

In my opinion is a wasted opportunity. I've seen the movie 10 years ago and I've been re-watching it recently. First of all, the movie does a great job at the aesthetics amazingly portraying the 1933 Paris, it gives you that good old warm European vibe which is quite unique, is a simmilar vibe with The Grand Budapest Hotel or The Magic Compass. Another bonus is that the movie since was made in 2011 is not woke and portrays 1933 Paris how it was supposed to be, and I love that. Now the cons: It had a lot of potential but unfortunately all of that was wasted, the characters are kinda boring, fake and they doesn't make you invested emotionally and they don't feel attached between eachother. To be honest I found myself more invested into the police officer Gustav and the flowers lady from the train station and their love story, even tho they are non-important characters their background made you invested, how the officer got wounded during the war during the Battle of Verdun and how the lady lost her brother there..etc Also when she puts the flower on the officer's uniform button makes the connection feel authentic and warm. On the other hand, the main characters feel kinda cold and disconnected from eachother. They don't act naturally or even show genuine emotions. Also, you can't get attached to them because the lack of background. We don't know how and why Hugo's father died in that fire (they could've at least made him so that he died in WW1), we don't know what's the deal with his uncle and why he's acting rude and what even happened to him, did he died? Or what? Also, that machine thing until right before the end has literally zero background just that was found in a museum basement and that girl has the heart shaped key for it (even tho he could've literally use heart shaped piece of wood and a screwdriver to use it as a key), we don't know what happened with Hugo's mother just that she died in London, we don't know what happened to his father's shop after his death, Hugo was just taken away in the middle of the night, and he didn't even cried or have any emotion when heard the news about his father's death he was just staring at his drunken uncle...etc I believe they could've made an amazing movie if they would've actually invested more into the characters and their backgrounds. Conclusion: Aesthetics and vibe 15/10 Storyline 5/10