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Camera Store (2017)
A movie from a bygone era
In the hustle and bustle of this 21st century electric life one rarely reflects on times gone by.
This movie is a rich portrayal of a life lived with and between people, with its moments of purposelessness, morbidity and delight. Not something most people would enjoy these days perhaps but for myself it was a warm breeze laced with memory. And once in a while, we need to remember.
Script: 7/10 - Solid
Direction: 8/10 - Hit mostly right notes
Acting: 9/10 - Brilliant
Wonder Woman (2017)
Am I going crazy here?
Okay, so today IMDb has officially made me question my sanity. Came here today after a torrid 2 and a half hours of watching Wonder Woman and Womder Wimp (Chris Pine) at the cinema fully expecting a score of 6 or below. I would be willing to accept a 7, even perhaps a 7.5 given that these are early days and the ratings usually dip... but above 8! Are you kidding me?!?
This movie is best described as a boring hodgepodge of random sequences smattered with some terrible acting, the pain of which is only lessened by Gal Godot's almost divine beauty which probably had every male in the audience wishing he were Chris Pine (insipid as he is).
To break it down: Story: 6/10: An average and cliché plot told in a very uninspiring fashion with the most obvious of twists and the standard moral dilemmas of the uncomplicated virtuous.
Direction: 3/10: I think honestly perhaps even I might be able to direct a movie about as well as it was done here. Lets have a moment of silence for the art of story telling because somehow, in a frickin 2.5 hour long movie, the director manages to make you feel NOTHING for any of the characters. Literally nothing. Chris Pine dying had about the same effect that that mildly annoying fruit fly that was buzzing around my popcorn did. If anything him dying was as satisfying as watching the fly make its way to someone else's popcorn.
Acting: 3/10: No words. No depth. Nothing.
Script: 4/10: In a world of the quirky quip humor of marvel counterbalanced with the dark grittiness of DC I feel DC tried to play along the edge and came up vastly short. The humor was awkward, tired and almost cringeworthy in places, while the film lost out on the gravitas which (for better or worse) had become the DC hallmark.
Action Sequences: 8.5/10: I'm going to separate action sequences from direction because I feel it has more to do with the cinematographer or the animators. This film had some solid almost live action seeming choreographed sequences. Really enjoyed all parts with Gal and the many amazons swirling and destroying enemies left / right and center.
All in all I feel this film was so encumbered with the shackles of pushing a feminist agenda as well as the general lack of creativity there seems to be at WB these days that it really couldn't deliver anything close to its potential. This has killed my hopes for DC and WB who can only push this as far as their marketing arms can go.
Sorry also don't mean to say all women can't direct superhero films but SURELY, SURELY, this one can't. Gotta call a spade a spade, being PC be damned.
Cheerio. Don't watch it.