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Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore (2022)
Worth a Watch
It was great cinematography and David Yates always does a good job. I do agree it didn't give you that moment of excitement like these movies do. It fell flat at some point. I understand this is 3 of 4 or 5, hopefully they aren't done. I did miss the Johnny Depp dark humor and sinister nature rather then the typical scary guy in every movie (no offense to Mikkelsen, great actor.) There was also too many story lines going on and an anticlimactic ending. I feel like there's more to come thoigh so give it a chance. I love these movies and they are enjoyable to watch so I hope they keep making them.
Knives Out (2019)
Perfect Cast of Characters
Love Jamie Lee Curtis! Bow down to the queen. Whoever thought this odd cast would just work so well but they do. The best scene is when they are all crying while the will is being read trying to act as if they are so distraught while counting the dollar signs in their heads. It does, at times, get a little too into the woke culture were in but at the same time pokes fun at those people who are rich but act as if they understand the struggle. Good comedy and good movie. This movie is just a little gem and is definently worth watching.
Garth Brooks: The Road I'm On (2019)
🌽🌽 🧀🧀
What a corn 🌽 ball. Omg he must have been bored on his massive state of land and decided to take an old video camera to film himself whispering what he thinks are wise and philosophical little ditties. Why is he dressed like a rugged outdoors guy one minute then look like a mix of Guy Fieri and the 90's Fred Durst the next? Why would he have edited this, with all his millions, on power point? I highly recommend watching this because it's so stupid its hilarious.
Miss Americana (2020)
An Ode to Taylor Swift by Taylor Swift
There are no interviews with any people in her life it's just Taylor Swift talking about Taylor Swift. Taylor Swift filming Taylor Swift. Taylor Swift crying and feeling sorry for herself for any situation that she not praised and told how wonderful she is. She says it herself that she's only happy when she's being praised. I turned this documentary on and almost turned it off immediately. Sitting in her massive New York loft admiring her old journals she wrote music in when she was 13. A look on her face of complete admiration for how wonderful she is. It's scene after scene of Taylor Swift being little, being a teenager being an adult. She cries and almost throws a tantrum that she didn't get any Grammy nominations for her album Reputation. In one scene she is talking with her management team about how many songs are going to be on her next album. After she says 16-20 songs or whatever she sits at the head of the table waiting and expecting, AGAIN, literal applause from them. No one clapped but her mother and she say, "thank you Mom. I was expecting that from" gesturing to her management team. This is the theme of the whole documentary. She is talented you can give her that. Watching her create her songs is cool to watch. At the same time it seems as if she's acting in every part of this train wreck 'documentary.' So it's hard to know if it really is her genuine process of how she creates her music or if it's all set up to look that way. Unless your Taylor Swift I don't know how you could think this doc is any good. So in my opinion I wouldn't recommend wasting your precious time on this earth watching her talk non stop about her struggles of being rich and famous and crying for herself and her desperation to come off as 'genuine.'
Judy (2019)
This is truly Zellweger's greatest performance
That isn't an exaggeration. She truly captures the pain of Judy Garland and how she would still go out and put on a smile and an amazing performance on stage. While behind all of that she was in the throws of her addiction and she truly felt alone. The way Judy loved her children but couldn't really take care of them is so heartbreaking. She really only did the Talk of the Town show for them. To financially take care of them. I watched an interview and she was asked if she wouldn't have been an actress then what does she imagine she would have been. She answers with sadness, "I would have been happily married." Renée Zellweger captures that desperation of not wanting to be alone and all the pain she suffered as a child. The story lacks a defined path but with Zellweger giving you Judy Garland 100% your captured. Sad story of THE child actress who was used for every ounce she could give and woman who was damaged and then tossed away. Def Oscar worthy performance
ReMastered: The Two Killings of Sam Cooke (2019)
Some Fact Changing to Fit a Narrative.
Just wanted to say this about the part about Jesse Belvin. They said someone 'slashed the tires' and killed him. Not true, his driver fell asleep and the driver had been fired by another musician because he kept falling asleep while driving. Don't change fact because it makes your personal narrative, of which you weren't even alive for, sound better. Racism was in the south back then NO DOUBT but don't lie about this man being murdered. Also Sam Cooke liked LOTS of women and prostitutes. Just like Elvis liked underage girls. Let's look at Thurgood Marshall and there is a true fighter of the civil rights who put his life on the line defending innocent black men. Just saying let's not preach too much about a man who had so many sins and turn him into a saint. This man a saint was not