[ES-EN] LEO 2023 Film Review

Sin dudas el mensaje es lo más positivo o relevante que tiene este filme, aunque no todo es positivo, ya que tiene aspectos que quizás le hacen una película un poco aburrida:

Música: Me pareció que los momentos en donde los personajes cantaron estuvo de más, perdiendo minutos en la secuencia y haciendo un momento algo lento y desafinado, la música sin dudas fue una característica que me pareció que convierten a este filme como algo pesado.

Historia Plana: Esto más que para los niños nos afecta a los adultos, siempre esperamos que en un filme se complete un ciclo, desde las infantiles hasta las películas de terror, ese ciclo comienza con una introducción y termina en un final, sin embargo, en medio del metraje siempre existe circunstancias de tensión (de diferentes niveles) puede ser un villano o una situación que hace que normalmente el protagonista se encuentre en aprietos.

Si bien ese ciclo se cumple, parece que la narrativa deja mucho que desear en este aspecto, ya que si bien hay situaciones que le imprimen un poco de emoción a la película, estas se resuelven de manera muy fácil, es decir, el filme se centra más en el mensaje (y la música) que las emociones que puede tener el argumento o la narrativa para el espectador.

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Calificación:

7.0 ⭐️

Opinión Final

Si bien el mensaje me parece estupendo, me pareció un filme un tanto aburrido, perdiendo mucho tiempo en canciones con poco efecto en el espectador, quizás sin esas pausas musicales y agregando un poco más de dinamismo a la historia, mi valoración sería notoriamente más alta.

Con eso no quiero decir que sea una mala película, solamente que existen algunos tramos que me parece sobran en el guion, aunque tan solo por contemplar y analizar el mensaje la recomendaría.

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¿La Recomiendo?

Sí, es una película que lleva un buen mensaje y pienso que tan solo eso tiene el suficiente valor para ver un filme, sin embargo, me pareció algo lenta en algunas ocasiones, no sé qué opinarán los demás, todos tenemos gustos diferentes.

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Leo

[English Version]

As I have mentioned before, I really like to watch and analyse children's films, it is not something that comes since I am a father, but from before, however, since I have my daughter, I pay more attention to this type of productions and see the evolution of children's films over time, of course, there is a big change from my generation to my daughter's and it is where perhaps many of us have some conflict with the most recent productions that are focused on the youngest of the house. This time I want to share my thoughts on a new animated film on Netflix, LEO.

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This is an animated story that features the voice of Adam Sandler, which although the younger ones will not be very interested, adults may be very attracted to this feature of the film, as we associate this famous actor many times with laughter and fun, so listening to him in an animated film can be that factor that can attract more eyes to this film.

In my case it was so, together with Francys who is a fan of Adam, told Camila and me to see this film, I had seen some reviews and I thought it was interesting to see it together as a family.

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Film Analysis:

The main thing to analyse is the animation style, which I liked, above all, in the approach of the animals who were the stars this time, a friendly 3D style and according to the story, so it is a positive feature, because with this style it attracts the little ones to see the film.

Plot

It seems to me that this story lacks an exciting literary resource, it is a very flat story, predictable to the point of feeling boring in some moments, of course, I am an adult and my assessment goes beyond what a child can perceive, however, Camila fell asleep in the course of the second half of the film, leaving my wife and I to watch the film.

Analysing the Plot

*The plot can be analysed from two points of view in which good messages for children and for adults are conveyed.

Adults: Firstly, we have Leo, who feels he is reaching the twilight of his life, looking inward, wished to do something more with his life than simply exist in captivity. This may reflect the sentiment of many people who feel some dissatisfaction with what has so far become of their lives.

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What this film is trying to tell us is that in order to feel good about ourselves, it is not only about seeking adventure, riches and those things that we always see as a "source of happiness", we can also help others to give meaning to our lives, Leo was looking for his dreams and suddenly changes his vision and decides to dedicate himself to helping children, something that can happen to us too.

Children: For children the message is very clear, do not talk about or hide your insecurities from the people who can help you, mainly your father, mother, another trusted family member or your teachers. When we are children or adolescents we do not express or do not want to communicate what happens to us, Leo urges us to trust other people so that children can learn from their wisdom and thus improve their quality of life, whether family, academic or social.

It is a very good message without a doubt, because it proposes that children should have special people, but also people who are willing to listen to them when they need it, and make them feel that they are special, but that their problems are probably more common than they think.

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The message is undoubtedly the most positive or relevant thing about this film, although not everything is positive, as it has aspects that perhaps make it a bit of a boring film.

Music: I thought that the moments where the characters sang were too much, wasting minutes in the sequence and making a moment somewhat slow and out of tune, the music was undoubtedly a feature that seemed to me to make this film a bit heavy.

Flat Story: This affects us adults more than children, we always expect a film to complete a cycle, from children's films to horror films, that cycle begins with an introduction and ends with an ending, however, in the middle of the film there are always circumstances of tension (of different levels) it can be a villain or a situation that normally causes the protagonist to find himself in trouble.

While that cycle is fulfilled, it seems that the narrative leaves much to be desired in this aspect, because although there are situations that give the film some emotion, these are resolved in a very easy way, that is, the film focuses more on the message (and the music) than the emotions that the plot or the narrative can have for the viewer.

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Rating:

7.0 ⭐️

Final Opinion

While I think the message is great, I found the film a bit boring, wasting a lot of time on songs with little effect on the viewer, perhaps without those musical pauses and adding a little more dynamism to the story, my rating would be noticeably higher.

By that I don't mean it's a bad film, just that there are some parts of the script that I think are too much, but just to contemplate and analyse the message I would recommend it.

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Do I recommend it?

Yes, it's a film that has a good message and I think that alone is enough value to see a film, however, I found it a bit slow at times, I don't know what others think, we all have different tastes.

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