The Secret Agent

Considerably better on a rewatch not having to follow the story and just living in recife alongside armando and the community he found himself in. Appreciate the music even more. Lightbox!

wtf is this

A film that makes me (like “I’m still here”) reminisce of a time that I never lived. And what’s so interesting about that is that the awful events happen in that time and the happy/closure events happen in present day.

The difference in color between present and past is insane, the past, vibrant, colorful and exciting. The present, muted, clinical and boring. That is genius.

The story is exceptional, and a film that is 160 minute long and makes it feel like a 90 minute film, that’s genius in pacing.

Performance wise, Wagner Moura is making me question my Oscar top pick, I’ll leave it to that

3/10

This was an okay watch - I loved the backdrop of Recife in the olden days and how the colour grading was done well but the story did fall short. When I saw the part 1, 2 and 3 - I assumed that there will be a momentous buildup but there wasn’t 🫠😫

8.3/10

Wagner Moura como sempre, representando a atuação brasileira. O filme tem um bom enredo e um visual memorável, uma mescla de Tarantino com Kubrick. Infelizmente senti a atuação muito distinta, apenas o Wagner consegue transmitir de forma natural.