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eamonnoconnell
Reviews
Air (2023)
It's ok
So A list actors are usually A list actors for a reason, and they all deliver fine if smug performances but what irked me greatly was how self conscious and pathetically self congratulatory the script was.
Failing to to construct a narrative that would convey the gravity and magnitude of the story, the script writers decided to instead continually remind audience oh how they should feel through patronizing dialog.
It was like a sitcom with canned laughter. How many times were we treated to a deep intake of breath before hearing "it's Michael Jordan" with a tone of awe. It was contradictory to what we learned from the story, he was the number 3 pick in the draft, and was only that high because he made a particularly important shot, yet everyone feted over him like they were in 2023 not 1984.
The Tomorrow War (2021)
200 million movie for a B movie?
Did anyone watch this before handing over 200 million for it, or was it sight unseen? They overpaid by about 190 million.
Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey (2020)
Best Xmas movie of 2020
This movie was surprisingly good. Forest Whitaker, what an actor, what a singer.
I'm not into the kind of shove it down your throat identity politics coming out of the US these days, so i was a little apprehensive at before putting on this almost all black casted movie. There is not much on Netflix these days, so i have it a whirl, and it really did not disappoint. The singing is great, it's funny in spots, Forest Whitaker showed he has still got it, touching near the end, and the Buddy 3000 had my kids jumping up and down with excitement. A multiple better than Christmas Chronicles 2.
With all the lazy garbage on TV these days, where half the producers seem to put their feet up once they have come up with a good premise, this movie is worth a shot!
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (2017)
Season 2 - they've gone and made it better
Everything in it is great: the acting, the comedy, the script, etc. but my favourite aspect of season 2 are the worlds we are allowed to enter. I can't help but think of Wes Anderson when I am blown away by the different worlds we are pulled into. There is so much detail, so many layers, so much depth, and color. From Paris in the 50s, to summer in the Catskills, to the New York art scene, each is a work of art.
Chapeau to those behind the camera.
Everything Sucks! (2018)
Nineties Nostalgia
For those who were in school in the nineties (or even a few years either side) this little gem will trigger some heart warming emotions. Whether it works for other generations of viewers I cannot say.
The show is well made, well acted, but for me two things really helped to make it work so well:
1. The soundtrack; each episode is associated with a different iconic Band/Singer from the nineties. Is there a better way to get that nostalgia feeling than listening to the soundtrack from your youth?
2. The significant share of the screen time given to the parent characters. The parents are us now, and the children are us then. The children have an exciting world ahead of them, for the adults the world of possibility has been replaced with a more mundane reality where they reflect on the little regrets. It works so wonderfully well, as we readily identify and connect with both the older and younger characters.
Step Sisters (2018)
Concieted, self conscious and irreverant
We didn't manage to sit through the whole thing, but of what we saw not much more than a bad MTV video. There was a time when the Netflix badge was a mark of quality. That day has long since past though, and suffering through movies like this makes you wonder if Netflix risks damaging its brand through association.