Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!
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Movie Reviews of Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!
Movie Review: THE BEST
Summary: 5 Stars
One of the best Almodovar's and Bandera's films.Movie Review: Antonio Banderas was Irresistable!
Summary: 4 Stars
This is the fourth film by Almodovar that I have seen, and it's also the first Antonio Banderas' pre-crossover to Hollywood movie I have seen. It's level of sexual theme is as provocative as his latest Bad Education. It's got more appeal to female or straight audiences. Antonio Banderas was so hot and sexy more than 10 years ago! He had some very stimulating love scenes with Vicoria Abril.
Antonio played a mentally unstable "sociopath" named Ricky who just got released out of an mental institution, and he headed to a movie studio to track down an ex-porn actress/prostitute(Marina)played by the sexy and gorgeous vitoria Abril. He had a one night stand with her years ago, and he's obsessed with the idea of becoming her husband one day. He kidnapped her from the studio where she was starring in a B-movie for a renowned director.
Naturally, he had to tie her to the bed all the time, since she resisted him romantically and sexually at first. He will spend days tryinng to manipulate and convince her to fall in love with him at whatever cost. How can she not be moved and tempted by a crazy and hot guy with a big heart reserved for her?
This film was a good erotic thriller with a very unique style and the occasional imaginery sequence was a trademark of most of Almodovar's films. I didn't find this movie to be emotionally impacting like All About My Mother and Talk To Her, but it's more fast-paced, and Antonio Banderas was at the top his game!
Movie Review: A loving kidnapping drama...
Summary: 4 Stars
Ricky (Antonio Banderas), a newly released mental patient, enters society with hope of building a family after have convinced the woman in his life that she loves him. This woman is Marina (Victoria Abril), a former heroin addict and porn star, that is filming a horror film with a director who has recently suffered a severe stroke. Ricky enters the film studio and retrieves Marina's keys, which he uses when he breaks into Marina's apartment and kidnaps her. In doing so Ricky wants Marina to get to know him and fall in love with him as they have had a brief affair once before, which changed Ricky's life.Pedro Almodóvar knows how to make the absurd feel authentic and in this story he does it well as Marina and Ricky get to know each other. The story is planned down to every last detail as both characters have some heavy luggage from their pasts, which serves as a solid foundation for them to relate and understand one another. Almodóvar uses vibrant colors that improves visual representation of the likes and dislikes between Ricky and Marina as it expands on the audience's understanding of what is going on. There are also several interesting shots that are out of the ordinary as they draw attention to the characters and develop the persona around the characters. Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! fades away from the silver screen with a good cinematic experience, which can be pondered over a glass of sangria.
Movie Review: LOVE AT FIRST KNOT
Summary: 4 Stars
Pedro Almodovar likes to shake and shock his audience. So, in TIE ME UP ! TIE ME DOWN !, we have a Victoria Abril giving up underclothes in her everyday life, the same Victoria playing in her bath with a little suggestive toy. We are also dealing with a doctor offering drugs to her patients and with an obsessed director in a wheelchair. But, curiously enough, we are not shocked at all.We are not shocked because TIE ME UP! TIE ME DOWN is a movie about innocence. Antonio Banderas can steal cars, buy drugs and even kidnap Victoria, we forgive him because he does it not for his own sake but only to please Victoria Abril he's madly in love with. And the drug addicted and ... star Victoria does finally have a golden heart and will cry when Antonio will come back with blood all over his face after a fight with Rossy de Palma's gang.
Victoria's sister, the assistant producer of Francisco Rabal, has the difficult task to impersonate reason and reality in this fairy tale for adults I've liked a lot. Too bad there is only a trailer as bonus feature with this Anchor Bay DVD.
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Movie Review: She really played hard to get
Summary: 4 Stars
Tie Me Up, Tie Me Down is my favorite of the unusual but compelling Pedro Almodovar library. It's probably a terrible movie for stalkers to watch because it works out better than their best dreams. Then again most kidnappers lack the verve of Antonio Banderas. The object of his captivity is quite a girl and the consummation scene was well overdue. If you are anxious to see a kidnapping movie with a romantic ending, this is your picture. After seeing this film it dawned on me why Almodovar's films have their own feel. I don't think I have seen a gum wrapper or faded paint in any of his films. Everyone seems to live in renovated apartments and work in offices with modern furniture. Both his cinematography and art direction are so crisp and clear that you can smell the wet paint and imagine the crew behind the camera wiping their hands in mineral spirits. I wince at the thought of his characters eating something, because it will get crumbs on the floor. Luckily the characters seem to think of this before me.