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Leaving Neverland (2019)
An emotional hit piece at best
I am a big fan of documentaries but this one... I don't know if it even deserves the name title "documentary". I mean, look at a documentary like "Making of a murderer" watching the first season at least, you could tell that it was made by people who believe in the innocence of Mr Avery, but even then, they provided both sides of the story.
This LN thing, is just a 4 hour assault on steroids on your emotions, the filming, the color grading, the score, the editing & narration are all done with a sole purpose which is to drill the director's vision into your brain without allowing you to logically look at the film. This film bet everything it has on the shock value to compansate for its undeniable lack of fairness, balance or factual information. It lures you in and shocks you emotionally to the point that you want to ask yourself "Would I be a decent person to even question these two men"? That's the jackpot, engulfing the viewers in guilt to make them relenquish any critical or logical look at this. I won't get to the bad acting and all that, but I will say that, if you watch this looking for the truth, you won't find it here, what you will get is a manipulative 4 hours film that wants you to look at this controversy through a tunnel vision, Dan Reed's tunnel.
With this technique you could make a propaganda documentary about how Stalin was an angel, with the right footage, the right music and two people willing to sell your vision.
The Loft (2014)
Amazing
I really don't know why people are hating on this film, it is a great watch, full of suspense, makes you think and guess what, it is quite unpredictable, I haven't watched the original, but it does not even matter. Speaking for myself, i paid my money to watch this and i enjoyed it a 100% . Honestly speaking if it wasn't for some hating bad reviews, i would have given this a solid 7/10 but looking at few negative reviews for no reason, i decided to drop in a 10 to compensate for the negative reviews. Some even went as far as saying that they could have walked out of the theater after 10 min! if you are the kind of person to judge a film after 10 min, not 20 or 30, then i don't believe you should be watching them either! peace.
John Wick (2014)
Best action film in years
When i fist saw the trailer of this film i had mixed reviews, I didn't really know what to think of it as the idea behind the whole film sounds childish and i thought the storyline will be very weak, but boy this film topped my expectations. The way Keanu Reeves own this "John Wick" character, humble but really confident, ready to have his revenge at all cost makes the movie worth every minute, and as it goes on and on, the plot gets clearer and clearer. This is one other character I can compare to Jason Bourne after "Robert McCall" from the equalizer. great performance in terms of acting, fighting choreography and visual effects as well, I loved everything about this film, it's a must watch.
Reclaim (2014)
Not impressed
I will give this 5/10 just because, but as a film i did not love this especially the screen writing, the plot of the film was amazing but it was so predictable, and the ending made it worse, again because of the writing. The guy was locked in the trunk of a car with a dead police officer, doesn't realize he has a gun until the very end, despite him banging so hard which can only mean he wanted to get out desperately, therefore there is no way he would have forgotten about the end. Another thing that really put me off is the fact that the little girl was in the plot all along, at her age, she should have known better, and yet when they discovered she was in, they still told her they'd take her home, which nobody in his right mind would... so yeah, great plot, poor writing. Isn't there a TV show with a slightly similar plot?