All Forms of Art

Fractured is a psychological thriller told from Ray Monroe's point of view. Ray (Sam Worthington) travels across the country with his wife and daughter. One quick stop in the journey, and tragedy happens.  From that moment on, we follow his doubts and fears, dragging us into a spiral of madness, disorientation, and paranoia. Predictable The main issue I notice in the plot is that it feels completely predictable. It’s an interesting story, but, at least by the middle of it, you already realize what happened. It is not an original or surprising story. You can see others of the same sort in many different movies. Just the context is slightly different. Emotionless I like emotion. I want to watch a movie that makes me feel something. This was not the case. Sam Worthington is fairly convincing in his role, but something is missing in the film. I felt some lack of emotional connection. In a story like this, you expect to suffer with the characte...

The available time to read is, unfortunately, much less than I would like to. Yet, I try to read every day, even if I can only read a single page at a time.  This time, I chose something in my first language, written by a renowned author.   Fancy writing, poor content I’m not the biggest fan of Portuguese literature. You may find it odd. It would be expected that we would quickly identify with our country, culture, and language. Unfortunately, what I see in Portuguese literature most of the time is a whole lot of beautiful words and fancy sentences, with little ability to make us dream.  Beautifully arranged sentences and highly educated words seem more important than the story itself. It lacks the fantastic ability to transport us to other worlds, to make us live what we are reading, or to feel what the characters are feeling. Despite that, I try to stay up to date on what’s new or considered a ‘must-read.’ I must say, however, and with g...