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Short, independant flick reviews! Read about it, before you watch it!

Gomorra - read b4 watching

Short movie critic: A way too long movie about what the title says, the Italian mafia – disappointing :-(

The Plot: A conscienceless ass is making money out of dumping toxic waste anywhere he can, some kids steal mafia guns and dream of a bright future as kingpins, some other ones change sides in the ongoing mafia wars and sell out their friends. In my opinion there is barely something like a real plot in Gomorra :-(

Flickcritique says: Maybe it’s just me and a certain lack of understanding for Italian movies but most of the time I thought the movie was a bit naive, too long and kinda boring :-( It lacks an ongoing plot and a main character. Some of the dialogues a just trivial and appear a bit posed. I like mafia movies and I am kinda fan of Italian cinema but Gomorra did not convince me and I can not recommend it :-(

I’ve been thinking of similar movies that I’ve watched…There is Goodfellas (1990) and Casino (1995) but either of the are really similar, since these are American mafia movies… not sure I can compare Gomorra to anything but since it’s not worth watching anyways I can live with it ;-)

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November 8, 2008 | Filed Under crime 

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2 Responses to “Gomorra - read b4 watching”

  1. elfo on December 4th, 2008

    if you are looking for a mafia movie..forget it! First of all this is about Camorra, not Mafia (if you read a little about the two of them you’ll see how different they are) and this is not a fancy american movie, don’t get me wrong I love american Mafia movies, but as far as cinema, italian and american have always represented different Mafias. This movie follows the italian cinema pattern of representing reality..this is the real Neaples, this is the real Camorra..if you wanna see the truth, watch this movie.

  2. flickcritique on December 4th, 2008

    I guess you might be right elfo, thanks for pointing this out. After all, I almost feel like there was bits and pieces of the plot that got lost in translation, too.

    And as far as it regards Naples, I could not agree more. The reality if witnessed there was as hopeless as in the movie :-( I guess the movie did not meet my expectations exactly but for people familiar with the topic or those who have lived in Italy it gives more then to me.

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