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Reviews
Love in Country (2023)
War Action LGBTQ Romance
This film is totally unlike anything you have seen before about the Vietnam War. The story feature two men in love fighting a combat mission with a powerful ensemble performance by six young actors. There are strong action sequences shot in rice fields, forrests and rivers. The music is by Randy Miller which drives the thrilling tragic war romance tones. This genre has been done for standard straight romance many times but never featuring LGBT characters. Costumes and weapons are all from 1968 period. Carefully drawn, well acted characters and beautiful photography makes this a compelling, moving experience.
Man of Steel (2013)
This is a Turkey: Too much bang for Its Big Bucks
I wanted to like Man of Steel but I almost left about 2 hours into the movie. Some tasty stuff: some very innovative special effects on Krypton, artistic, new, compelling. The Bad: mind numbing action sequences that were frankly repetitive. Many many of these could have been deleted with no effect on the story. Potential character arcs frequently left undeveloped with the exception of Clark's relationship to his mother/father. Relationship to the villain, to his Krypton father, to Lois Lane, to Perry White all undeveloped. My most prominent memory of this film is the characters standing still and staring up into the sky as scenes of massive destruction played out 50 different ways. Then I watched the credits: multiple Executive Producers all with their own title frames. Too many leaders/cooks in a film's financing and development can leave the food tasteless. This bird is way overcooked.