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Bull (2021)
If you don't care about the revenge-seeker, it's all a bit pointless.
I don't mind extreme violence, but I like a little bit of reality and maybe some intriguing plot. This movie is just an excuse for a series of brutal scenes. That's great if that's all you want. The main character just kills people willy-nilly, sometimes in public, and just walks away. Of course, there's certain people he can't kill, like an elderly man, until the maybe (?) the end because, you know, movie rules. (No spoiler here, I haven't seen the final 20 minutes yet, but I can't imagine there's some huge leap in quality.) He lets some people push him around for, well, movie rules, ya know, while he kills others like it's really no thing. It starts to get quite silly. Most of the situations are fairly unbelievable. The main character is just as big of an as---le as anyone else in the film so I'm not rooting for him, not sympathizing with him, and don't really care what happens to him. That's the movie's biggest flaw. I really couldn't care less. That's why, as exciting as some of the violence might be, it's all rather pointless. I love, love revenge movies. But, you've GOT to relate to the person getting the revenge. It doesn't happen here. It's just the usual ultra-violent revenge movie tropes done much better elsewhere.
The Car (1977)
Great 1970's drive in suspense with a killer car.
I first saw this movie as a child and considered it terrifying. Now I recognize it as typical 1970's drive-in horror. A great B film with a black car terrorizing a small town. The action is tight, but some special effects are quite dated such as obviously sped-up film during chase scenes. The sound effects are effective and all the characters take what's going on very seriously. I always thought it ruined more modern horror movies when characters are sarcastic and wise-cracking constantly.
I had been searching for this movie for years in the VHS era. It was finally released by Anchor Bay in 1999. It's a grainy transfer, but the best that's available.
SPOILER: Don't expect a motive to be revealed for the car's actions. This car comes into town, kills people, and is blown up with no background or reasoning resolved.
Sordid Lives (2000)
Some terrific moments, but bogged down in places.
The best moments are with Leslie Jordan and the scene with the women meeting at Beth Grant's character's house. Then there are the interview scenes with the returning son and the bizarre "Thelma & Louise" scene with the women pulling guns on the men and making them cross-dress. These scenes could have been shorter or left out altogether.
The storyline is a bit odd considering Brother Boy has been locked up for years (most as an adult), solely based on being a cross-dresser? Suddenly, after 20 years the characters feel guilt? His reason for incarceration could have been better written.
With all of the minimalist blocking, you never forget you're watching a movie based on a play.
A Charlie Brown Christmas (1965)
First half is great, second half is too preachy. Great Pumpkin is better.
The first half of this Christmas Special is wonderful. I remember watching as a child and it is usually part of our Christmas celebrations. Unfortunalty, the second part turns into a sermon with yet ANOTHER "True Meaning of Christmas" preach. I am sorry, but Christmas has always been a holiday made up of several different celebrations over they years, some even before Christ came into existence. Therefore, there is no true ONE meaning of Christmas. Why can't people let each family decide what their own TRUE meaning of Christmas is? (Especially since, by all accounts Jesus was born in May). If you want a Charlie Brown Holiday special for EVERYONE that is delightful, I suggest "It's The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown". It's still the best, and you don't have to listen to a four-year-olds opinion of the "true" meaning of Halloween.
An interesting note: The whole plot centers around the over-commercialization of Christmas, yet when the special first aired, it included a Coca-Cola commercial as part of the program!! It has since been edited out, and you can even tell the crude edit right after the Opening song. Hmmm....Christians not practicing what they preach!