Let's be realistic.

Fresh and Exciting

There's no way I can possibly love it entirely but I just think its ridiculously bad, but enjoyable at the same time.

The movie really just wants to entertain people.

While investigating violence for her thesis, a young female student learns of a snuff movie making ring and, I guess, tries to expose it. This is one of those movies that is completely scenario driven. Alas, the scenario makes no sense and feels like it was written by a way too ambitious but ultimately talentless writer. Super far fetched contrivances just go on and on for hours, losing the viewer as a result. This is a typical B-movie that stands out only in the filming department apparently confusing a few people into thinking this was a work of art. It shouldn't take more than half a brain to figure out why this is obviously not the case. 1/10

Another brilliant film by the director who brought us such others as 'the sea inside, with the brilliant directing and story again from one of his films, using his own name in the film, (floppy disk) entries and other really advanced techniques like the mirror scene.Brilliant acting by all of the cast and of course by Eduardo Noriega. Well worth all of its awards especially its Goya awards, and one of the truly great films by a great director, Amenabar always excites and draws a truly suspenseful and meaningful plot to the table with carefully selected dialogue and choices of shots, one for all to see, and a clear 8/10.

Wow, this one was good. Written with the precision of a tree surgeon and paced like a treadmill with the button stuck, this movie is like a sledgehammer blow to the face that keeps feeling numb the day after like you've been in a horrible fight. Or something. If I'm allowed to throw in a fun fact, Alejandro Amenabar named one of the victims Castro because that was the professor that kept failing him in film school. The subject in question was screenplay. Seeing how he handles the suspense in this movie so brilliantly, he must have not cared and handed it in with typos and crap. I know I do. The actors play their parts so well I ended up caring for the characters on a personal level. I can't even remember the last time I achieved that. Anyway, not wanting everybody to die in a movie makes a highly effective thriller, near impossible to make, but I can only assume so rewarding when things fall into place. This movie is good to the point that my unstructured ramblings can't even do it justice.

These days, thrillers and mysteries have insane twists just for the sake of a twist, often times resulting in the ridiculous. Thesis is not such a film. It keeps the viewer guessing till the end, and when the truth is revealed, you want to say, "I knew it was that person," but you honestly can't, because you never are able to fully make up your mind.I liked "8mm" and I realize I am in the minority. I think the premise of the existence of "snuff" (films of real murders made by the murderers for profit)is an intriguing one. Especially considering that the FBI insists their existence is a myth.Thesis is about Angela, a student who, while gathering research for her thesis on violence on film, comes across a snuff film. She shows it to a fellow student, and before long, both find themselves in the thick of a conspiracy that might involve faculty of the school.I fell in love with Ana Torrent. Her portrayal of Angela is believable and excellent. What I thought was interesting is how she demonstrates a subtle, yet dark interest in the death she witnesses. It is never spoken, but she is obviously drawn deeply into her research.Fele Martínez who plays Angela's schoolmate is sleazy, but slowly you can't help but start to become fond of him with all his cynical humor and quirkiness.Thesis, above all, is a social commentary on public obsession with death and its coverage by the media. Its theme, "Movie makers give the public what it wants," begs the question: who is asking for the violence? The public or the media...