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Turtles All the Way Down (2024)
Not horrible, not great
Despite the film not staggering our eyes with extraordinarily amazing cinematography or oscar-worthy acting performances, it manages to showcase passable performances and some not half-bad shots.
Unfortunately the movie itself struggles to engage its audience due to a lackluster plot. It fails to deliver a compelling story, leaving many unanswered questions lingering.
What stood out for me was the disproportionate focus on Davis and his family. It gives the impression of inflated importance, detracting from the broader narrative.
Also I hated the ending.
Overall the movie is a mediocre effort that may entertain momentarily, but ultimately fails to leave a lasting impression.
A Quiet Place (2018)
Let the acting do the talk
First horror movie I've seen in a while, and by no means was I disappointed.
A movie without basically any dialogue is very different to watch compared to almost any other movie. If you don't have any dialogue in a movie, the acting must be perfect then, don't it? The acting was absolutely astonishing, even by the kids. There weren't that many characters, but to have over half of the characters portrayed by kids is wild. I'm not saying that was a bad decision though, the acting was close to perfect by them.
I can't really say the movie was lacking anything, except for the dialogue of course. Heh. It definitely was also made as a first part of a movie franchise, the ending wouldn't have been like that otherwise obviously.
The plot itself was alright, but it had some very very unrealistic situations even for an apocalyptic world. For example, I don't think you would want to have a baby in the middle of an apocalypse, where any sound kills you.
Other than that, the movie was very enjoyable. Definitely need to watch the other part if you've seen this one. Have to watch it myself too, probably tomorrow.
Edit: Forgot to mention, the movie had awesome cinematography!
The Game (1997)
Peak Michael Douglas
The most important thing in this film is in my opinion it's meaning. You might be rich and have a luxurious lifestyle, you might be able to buy and do basically anything, but will you?
Michael Douglas delivered a fantastic performance as an average boring businessman, whose life took a big turn and transformed from boring to a complete thriller. We all were probably a bit confused at the end when we realized what had happened. Personally I didn't expect that at all, and I think that's a great thing.
No doubt a great film with a great meaning. One of Fincher's classics. Happy I watched this.
Memento (2000)
A great puzzle-like movie
This is my first ever review on IMDb. I'm not sure if this review will be any good, but I'll try my best.
First of all, what a movie. Great actors, great director, a great overall performance.
What I liked probably the most is that the movie progresses in a brilliant way. The further you are into watching the movie, the more you want to know the actual truth of who killed Leonard's wife. But as much as you wanted to know the truth, you just can't figure it out. You must go on and on until the very end of the movie, before you realize that Teddy (or John G) might've not been the bad guy after all.
It's a Christopher Nolan movie so a big twist was probably expected by many people who has seen his other work. The twist definitely didn't let me down though!
Overall, it's a great puzzle-like movie that makes you use your brain a bit more than usual. Arguably, I would say this is Nolan's 4th greatest movie after The Dark Knight, Interstellar and Inception.
I think I did well for a first review, hopefully many more to come in the future.