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Jeff, Who Lives at Home (2011)
A Delightful, simply delightful film
Jason Segel is one of my favorite actors, just for the levity and warmth he brings to any film he's in but this is my first time watching a Duplass brothers' film I have ever seen. Within the first few minutes, I am intrigued and curious. The characters, especially the one portrayed by Ed Helms, are believable and developed so well they sort of take on significance away from or outside of the story and its conflicts.
Without giving anything away, this is a really great film about trust, communication, and following your heart. It is definitely on my list of favorites and I will be watching other Duplass films.
Dark Skies (2013)
Left much to be desired.
Scott Stewart's work is really lacking in execution to me. Legion and Priest were both really nice concepts but they were not brought to life in a way that captured or kept my attention, or rather, just as Dark Skies, they left much to be desired.
In this film, we avoid the dreadful build-up and anxiety, and we jump straight into the oddities, which is a great thing as most of the screen time in other sci-fi films is taken up be long-winded scientific explanations that turn out to be false. Another good thing is that this film isn't about some made-up conspiracy that's hard to swallow, no, it's a documented experience many Americans have had, and something the US Government is had has been heavily involved in...so there's a great reality factor there.
But, this film is lacking something, just as all his work is lacking in some area. The acting is solid, the story is okay, but something is missing.
Perhaps it's the patchwork revelation of "the signs were right in front of you," and "you should've known all along." Or maybe its the fact that he employed a series of mini-flashbacks to explain the ending...which leads one to believe that his plot development was off a little. I think what was really missing was any real conflict. Yeah, that's it. There was no solid, actual conflict.
The encounters, the actual climax, none of that presented any real tension or suspense or just plain old conflict.
I liked this movie and I don't think I wasted my time by watching it. Nope. I enjoyed it. I just wouldn't watch it often.
Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014)
a dead installment of an already dead franchise
I will be brief. I have found flaws in all the Transformers, be it superfluous plot points, demeaning sexism, or the bombardment of metal on metal combat that never seems to solve anything, these movies are all really a farce but the point is, as someone who loves the idea of Transformers, the old-time comic Transformers, this was a rip-off.
Bumblebee's character has TOTALLY changed, I don't like it. He is depicted as childish, immature, and petty. The "plot twist" was so obvious. There is no character development. As usual Wahlberg's performance is shallow and hard to believe. The whole super hot skinny blonde promiscuous troubled teen bit is so played and the relationship between her (the chick from bates motel) and wahlberg is a hard pill to swallow.
the action was spotty as best. at one point, we focused on the human jumping roof-tops and only caught side glimpses of the autobot/decepticon battle going on RIGHT FREAKING THERE! also it is not worth seeing in imax 3d. Just not. And yeah, by the time you realize that he's discovered Prime, you already have lost interest in the film. it was a waste of time and honestly shia did a WAYYYYYY better job!