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Darby and the Dead (2022)
The ending made me so mad
I like to watch idiotic stuff while working so that I don't have to really pay attention. This movie was dumb fluff which was expected. Darby could see and assist dead people in crossing over. Her former child friend/high school nemesis dies and forces Darby to help. Darby is pushed out of her comfort zone and her life is turned upside down in the process. Character growth, yadda, yadda, yadda. Typical teen drama. That was fine. The thing that made me so angry was that Darby has these long term friendships with dead people. She lost her mom at a young age and never knew if her mom stayed around the mortal realm. Her mom shows up in the last few minutes of the movie before crossing over at the end. WHAT??? This woman could have been in her life for YEARS. Could have let her daughter know life was going to be okay, could have guided her along the way, told her she loved her. I ended up being so dang mad about a movie I didn't even really want to watch in the first place.
Harlem (2021)
Hoodrats in Expensive Clothes
Harlem born and raised so I was looking forward to watching this. I didn't make it past the first 15 minutes. They crammed so many stereotypes in already. I'm honestly offended. Loud, rude, trifling women who may be successful but are overcompensating in a struggle to gain status as bad*sses. I was hoping for Black Girl Magic and got Black Girl Tragic. Cursing out potential business partners, being jerks in movie theaters, and treating restaurant workers like trash is not funny. And don't get me started on Angie and her freeloading self. She is the absolute worst. The heavier, darker-skinned, "sassy" friend trope is so played out. I wish they had respected the actress enough to write her role differently. My friends and I don't behave this way and these are not the kind of women I would want in my circle. I don't see myself becoming invested in their lives as they are so unlikeable. Very disappointing since I was looking for something new now that Insecure has ended.