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Ford v Ferrari (2019)
I know nothing of cars or racing, nor do I care about either yet....
To start off, I have always hated racing. Yes, hated. It think it's a ridiculous waste of resources, and boring to watch. I have zero interest in cars - and thus I know absolutely nothing of the history. I knew nothing of this film beyond reading the blurb before I started watching it, so I was very interested to see whether I would like it at all. I did. Despite being so uninterested in the subject, the film got me interested in the story, and especially during the final race I was on the edge of seat not knowing what would happen. Fantastic acting job from both Damon and Bale, usual. They never disappoint. Excellent writing, directing, cutting, sound editing.. A very whole package overall.
To finish off; I am STILL not interested in cars or racing, but this film stands on its own even so.
Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker (2019)
Better than TLJ in my opinion
Look, I didn't *hate* TLJ, but it was definitely a bit of a mess, and ruined a lot of the story progression in ways that I wasn't sure the trilogy could recover from. To my surprise, Rise of Skywalker managed to fix it but it suffered heavy losses in the process; the film feels a little bit all over the place, with scenes being cut short and the plot progressing at a ridiculously fast pace throughout. There are important chunks missing largely due to the loss of Carrie Fisher whose scenes were mostly unrelated snippets worked into the story (and very well done I must say, there just weren't enough of them). If this film had been two films, I think the issues with pace would have been fixed.
TLDR: it's good, and what's not good I blame on TLJ. I will go see it again, as even with the flaws I did enjoy it. The best out of this trilogy is still Force Awakens.
BTS World Tour: Love Yourself in Seoul (2018)
Beautifully shot, excellent show.
Really fantastic - almost felt like you were there yourself. My only complaint was that they had cut out all the talking bits, and it was just a compilation of all the performed songs - amazing, but still, I was looking forward to them so that was a big disappointment. Still 9/10, would watch again!
The Circle (2017)
Awful
Absolutely awful. Awful plot, awful writing, abysmal acting. I'm curious as to whether Tom Hanks, someone I admire greatly, and who actually did a great job acting despite the poor dialogue, even read the script before signing on? Surely not? He and Boyega were great - a testament to their skills. EW was so abysmally bad, It was painful to watch. That's all I shall say. What a mess. Don't waste your time, and especially not your money.
The Space Between Us (2017)
This whole film is just a gigantic plot hole.
Is there anything more infuriating than people who know nothing about science trying to make a film/write a book about science? It seems like they didn't have a single person on board who knew anything about ANYTHING. I'm not even a scientist and I could have come up with a dozen ways to work around all these "issues" that were driving the story onward.
This film is a plot hole after another plot hole, the most infuriating part being that the whole story didn't need to happen.
!!!!!Here come the spoilers!!!!!!:
1. There's no way the mother would have passed the health checks while being pregnant. They're pretty thorough. Not only that, she appeared to be a good 5+ months pregnant when the mission started - absolutely no way in hell no one would have realised (even discounting the vigorous health checks).
2. WTF did they feed the newborn baby? The mother died, and I presume no one thought to pack baby formula for the astronauts to drink.
3. They could have brought the child back when the mission was due to return. First of all, 2/3 gravity isn't a big enough difference to even on its own to cause irreparable damage. I'm certain they could have helped get his body used to a higher gravity by exercising him and making him wear weights or something. Even without all that, they could have simply helped his body and his heart adjust to Earth's high gravity by for example putting him in a freaking water tank, idk. There are ways.
4. He (Gardner) has instantaneous communication with earth, and access to the internet (and presumably everything it has to offer), he's apparently a genius, and he was indeed raised among humans - even if they were only "scientists", rather than "loving parents" who would teach him all about life - yet somehow half the time he's acting like a socially retarded 5-year-old who has never seen even a picture of horse?! Uh-huh. This whole person-from-a-different-time-or-space-is- overwhelmed-by-the-present thing has been done a million times before; it's an old joke, and this time they failed massively.
5. Even though he's now old he could have still done the physical therapy I mentioned earlier. Better late than never!
6. I love how in the beginning of the film they make a point to mention that Earth's resources are pretty much depleted and all that jazz, but then 16 years later they can afford to send a rocket to space just to send a Martian and his father back home. You know how many resources it takes to build a rocket and fuel it? Even if the rocket was part of a mission that was already going there (conveniently leaving so soon after Gardner nearly died), those seats are valuable, and there are no spares.
Alas, that's not even all of it, but those are the biggest, most glaring plot holes that drove me nuts due to the fact that they rendered the whole film pointless.
And all this is ignoring the generally poor story line, shallow character design, crappy writing, and mediocre acting. Ugh.