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Jurassic City (2015)
Honestly, just don't.
I only gave it about 3 minutes. That was still 3 minutes of precious life it didn't deserve. If you want to see just how rock-bottom a production can be, then this is the one for you, I suppose.
Portrait de la jeune fille en feu (2019)
Wonderful
Simply, the acting was fantastic. I am not such a talented critic that I am going to try to opine on other technical aspects of the movie but I can safely say this was one of the best movies I have ever seen.
It was believable. All those involved made something intelligent and real.
1917 (2019)
And I thought the era of bad guys can't hit, good guys always hit was over.
Frankly, the movie was assinine. Childish. Pathetically unrealistic.
The Germans can't shoot anything, accuracy is only for the Allies. The writing was so cheesey it boggles my mind anyone wrote this in the modern era. It's more like a terrible 50s movie. It even has one of the most cliched tropes in movies: our protagonist escapes all the enemies by jumping into the river. Someone needs to grow an imagination.
If you're not an intelligent adult, you might find this compelling.
The Lighthouse (2019)
Great dialogue, lousy plot.
Simply put, I thought the dialogue was rich and the acting was credible. The plot, if you can call it that, consists of a personal dynamic between two isolated individuals that starts off distant and deteriorates with time. One, or both, are suffering a psychotic break. As the movie progresses, it is difficult to determine what is real, or whose perspective is more real. It remains vague enough, and it is drawn out for so long, that by the end of the movie, I found I didn't care anymore.
Despite great cinematography, rich characters and I have to repeat, excellent dialogue, I was exceedingly glad to get out of that theatre when it was, finally, over.
A Black Lady Sketch Show (2019)
Hilarious!
I'm usually a fairly indifferent consumer of sketch comedy. Even the best shows, and I'm old enough to go back to SCTV, usually only bat 50%, meaning half the sketches are going to give me a wry smile at best, but aren't really going to land a chuckle. This show is the best sketch comedy I've seen. I am not a sophisticated critic, so I can't explain why it appeals to me, but I'd say 80-90 % of the sketches were hitting their mark for me.
Above Majestic (2018)
This isn't a mockumentary.
Salther is a QANON conspiracy theorist, amongst other things. This would be a hilarious mockumentary, except that he intends it with no irony.
Above Majestic (2018)
This isn't a mockumentary.
Salther is a QANON conspiracy theorist, amongst other things. This would be a hilarious mockumentary, except that he intends it with no irony.