Richard Ayoade did it again

The Double (2014)

L is for Lolita

AND for Léon: The professional.

The year is 1994. A twelve-year-old Natalie Portman plays a girl who sets out to avenge her four-year-old brother's murder. She meets Léon, a hitman, and ask him to teach her to do his work. 

With the pass of time, Mathilda (Portman) started having feelings for Léon. I couldn't stop myself from thinking of heart-shaped glasses... yes, Lolita. 

Well, Lolita was the opposite; the man felt in love with her and for her everything was like a game. In Léon, the little girl felt something for the guy and he wasn't sure how to face it. However, I felt the same watching both movies: The uncomfortable sensation of seeing a younger girl being with an older man (and not like 3 years olders, much more) and the huge expectation of know how it ends. 

Lolita, the movie, is more cheeky and daring than Léon but both of them are worthy of watching. To be honest, two of my favourites.

Here's the poster of the original Lolita (1962). As you can see, that's why i mentioned the heart-shaped glasses.

PS: There is a newer version of Lolita, from 1997.

Rainy saturday

THE WORST. There is something I really hate about this kind of saturdays. Like: I spend the whole week thinking on what I'm going to do on saturday, for this? 

As I don't have anything to write about today, I'll do it about 5 reasons to watch Submarine, one of my favourite movies:

1. The soundtrack: It's so nice to watch a movie while Alex Turner is singing most of the time.

2. British humor: I don't find the american humor too funny, so it's refreshing to hear a different type of jokes. I found Submarine hilarious, without being stupid or exaggerated.

3. It's realistic: All of the actors look like normal persons, i mean: a teenager looks like a teenager really looks in school, a teacher doesn't look like Kim Kardashian, etc. 

4. Craig Roberts, principal actor: I don't even know how to explain it, but his work is great.

5. ''Submarine isn't an insipid teen comedy. It flaunts some stylistic devices, but it doesn't try too hard to be desperately clever.'' Roger Ebert, film critic.