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The Fall of Minneapolis (2023)
Biased nonsense
From the jump, the documentary wants you to believe Floyd deserved what happened to him. From the way his prior record was brought up to how Thomas Lane approached his car with gun drawn over the matter of a $20 bill (which why a cop would be called in the first place instead of telling him "no thanks" is beyond me).
The way the documentary moves is that it omits a lot to make its point. No differing opinions, nothing stated that isn't just that. The "documentary" wants you to indict Floyd and see the whole thing as an example of a city out of control.
One of the greatest tragedies of the right wing of the U. S. is that they know that fear sells. If you aren't scared or worried, you don't spend your money or give them your power. And, if you aren't afraid of a certain class of citizen, then you might not let oppression behavior continue.
The Floyd incident comes out of a time where the country was locked down, so tensions were higher, and there was a growing resentment among the masses, who were being treated poorly for a long time and watching the upper classes getting away with it. If you look at the areas that where the riots occurred, it wasn't a vibrant, thriving part of town. It's what was left over in an industrial district that was redlined and racial disparity forced reliance on whatever they could get, except upward mobility. You can see it in the way Floyd was talked to or, like I previously stated, was called the cops on over the possibility that a $20 bill was fake.
But this documentary wants you to believe that police should be felt sorry for. Just look at, in recent years, the attempt to get them more visible respect, all the while average citizens know they don't solve crime, don't prevent crime and throw around their power to remind the citizens who controls their world.
The documentary frames the police as the victims and the citizens as out of control. To say that this product isn't just a part of an agenda is laughable.
Top Gun: Maverick (2022)
Maverick, super hero
With all of its faults, at least the first Top Gun has some grounded moments.
This sequel, if you can really call it that, makes Pete Mitchell into a superhero with all the perfect cliche moments.
While one can find the movie charming, as a sequel to a film about someone learning to get over themselves, this is more of a swashbuckler movie. From overly convenient plot points to the necessarily willingness to suspend disbelief. There are moments in the movie where I shouted to the screen "that wouldn't happen."
Entertaining, yes. A billion dollar global phenomenon? How? Why?
Glad I rented it but will, more than likely, never watch it again.
Special Unit (2017)
Torn
So I've been a fan of Titus since watching his shows and stand up, which are honed, finished products that have audience input that make them, when put to film, really good.
But what seems to happen to this film is that, with a low budget and possibly too little input, it's an okay film with funny moments rather than a coherent piece of filmmaking.
I think it really helps if you give characters a reason to exist. If I believe there is a story behind their behavior, it's a lot easier to understand their motivation. Other than a few moments, I couldn't understand why I'd want to care what happened to this group of people, and I really wanted to.
The Phantom (1996)
What could have been
It looks good, decent visuals. The biggest problem is nothing in this film points to why he's dress up as the Phantom. I guess he's acrobatic? Good with pistols? I feel like this movie missed the point of being the Phantom.
Blind (2016)
Paycheck movie
Either the actors owed a friend a favor or they needed to pay some unexpected bill.
What a wasted cast on a first draft script, at best.
Either way, this could have been good if someone spoke up and tried making it a story worth caring about. Instead you get some heavy hitters with nothing to play with.
The Greatest Showman (2017)
Beautiful but hollow
After enjoying the spectacle of it all and enjoying the music and acting, I can't think of a single character who I cared about. Only for the briefest of moments did I care about the opera singer but everything else was just so shallow.
Underworld (2003)
Hunk of cheese
While the idea was really neat and I found myself longing to see the fully-formed body of the skeleton vampires, I thought the movie was all over the place,
melodramatic lines and confusing to the viewer. Giving back story to everything seemed rushed, as if I was supposed to know these things already. The dialogue made me sick at times, making me feel like I was watching a soap opera that just so happened to be about Vampires and Lycans.
Way too pretentious. Stay away.