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Kinds of Kindness (2024)
meh
Well I guess I'm getting tired of Emma Stone, an actress who rarely changes her expression, being as you only has one dopey starey eyed look and a monotone delivery, yeah yeah I know it's now en Vogue to say she's great give her awards didn't she just get one was it for a movie with this same director who is so avant-garde oh so want to be cool that most of the want to be cool people think it is cool and go right along with it unknowingly not knowing they aren't really cool the director nor Emma Stone nor the viewers who think this is good, how do they call it unnecessary gratuitous stupid sex scenes and it's all supposed to be dreamy I know I get it I want to be cool too just like you, this does not deserve anything more than a five although I'm giving it a four, yeah yeah famous actors new avant-garde new age new wave woo woo director woo woo woohoo, it's long it's multiple stories with the same actors but you're not really sure if they've changed stories are not because they're all unconvincing and displaying the same affect regardless of their roles, they all need to quit and work at McDonald's.
Jackpot! (2024)
terrible
This movie is just a paycheck for the two main actors I guess, what a travesty, aquafina, that's what speech to text calls her, better than a made-up name I think anyway, and I have to use up these characters, where was I?, I tried to watch this for a while, and then I bailed, as will you, unless you listen to me, and avoid it in the first place, it's not really funny, the action is not great, I don't know what people are thinking, oh, that's right they're not thinking when they make movies like this the rider the director the producers the actors, the don't know this is a flop?, avoid it!, ciao.
It Ends with Us (2024)
give me a break
I just knew when I got here that this stupid movie would have some kind of high rating, because this is what people like?, what's wrong with you all?, do you need to have your heads examined?, I'm pretty sure you do, the first conversation between the girl and boy, on the roof, is so contrived and so impossibly nonsensical because nobody talks like this, nobody who meets each other has a conversation like this, only in a bad movie!, which reminds me, this movie is terrible, whatever might happen as it goes along, it can't overtake this first scene where I stopped, if you like this, I guess you like daytime soaps?, do yourself a favor if you have a brain that works, don't watch this pablum.
King Coal (2023)
yawn, oh, and most important facts mia
Although it's nice to see some homie country folk, all of my people are from Eastern Kentucky and my grandpa was a coal miner who had black lung, there is almost no truth to this documentary, it shows some people and some reminiscing and talks about coal mining a little bit, but there's no truth to this!, how dangerous it is?, yeah, everyone knows that, that it's a part of all these people's lives and has been for generations?, yeah, everybody knows that, what's missing is the part about why we need to stop using coal because of the health dangers to the miners, which are skipped over entirely, and most importantly, the whole thing about how bad it is for the environment!, and how many hundreds of thousands of people die because of burning coal!, yeah, skip this slanted viewpoint, which never really makes a point.
Daddio (2023)
puhlease!
This movie if you want to call it that that would be quite an exaggeration being as it's kind of like a play if you will is a yawn fest, I like Sean Penn, but I guess you have to be a fanboy to like this movie, for those people who are suggesting it is deep or some kind of reflection about meaning in society or the world, give me a break!, I guess it starts out okay, the basic premise, but then it gets lost in Sean Penn's diatribe, it is not deep, it is not revealing of anything insightful about human nature, it's terrible!, and yes, he does become terribly insulting and the character that is is supposed to know things, it's just trite BS, avoid at all costs!, I stopped after 30 minutes or more and there's no way you could pay me to keep watching this schmuck fest.
Troppo (2022)
four stars for Australia
I watched season 1 of this, it was background fodder, now I've watched two episodes and I'm about 10 minutes from the end of the 3rd episode of season 2, I quit!, I can't believe this has a 7.2 or 7.4 or whatever that's freaking ridiculous, I guess the lead actor has this gruffy voice he puts on which gets old, and he's always constantly dirty which makes no sense, but what's really starting to grate on my nerves in fact I quit I give up now, is the girl the lead actress and her boo hoo hoo hoo PTSD story where she can't get in a car it just gets old man every other episode or every episode we get some of that I understand it I'm tired of it, and she has this histrionic, hysterical, look up the root meaning of the word hysterical haha, screechy voice and all the stupid tattoos yeah I said it stupid tattoos, I can't understand how anyone could ever possibly like her in the show that is the character, hope she's not like that in real life!, it's just overbearing, and maybe the outback tropes, the kind of weird hillbilly Australians, really?, enough, I wouldn't put any time into this if I were you.
We Grown Now (2023)
one of the best movies I've ever seen
This is a sleeper, is a story of childhood, of best friends, of family, of history, of life, of circumstances, of inequality, of color, of what it is to be real people, real good people, the best and the brightest, of struggle, of survival, of success, of meaning, of growing up, of innocence, of happiness, sadness and of sheer joy, the young actors are great!, their display of emotions is remarkable, pure, there is nothing to not like about this movie, it's about bringing out the best in us despite what life may bring, it's about hope, about the simple dignity of who we are as people, Eric and Malik exist!, WE EXIST!
The Great Lillian Hall (2024)
a head scratcher
I appreciated this movie until the end, I'm not spoiling it really by saying that the ending was unrealistic, you judge for yourself, excellent acting by all, a story about something in life no one wants to face as neither did the great Lillian Hall, my father had dementia and maybe I will to someday as did my grandfather before him, so believe me I can relate, it's a terrible disease, and maybe, just maybe, with appropriate measures one may lesson it's onslaught, yeah let's call it that, so everything was going well in the movie and a realistic portrayal until when?, until the very end, it's the ending that made it impossible, how do you make on impossible good ending about an impossible bad disease?, maybe by trying to focus on what is good only?, it still leaves me with a review of a 6, yep.
Kübra (2024)
gets better and better
This is an excellent series, well worth it, when it started I wasn't sure where it was going, let me say maybe probably you won't be sure either when you're watching it, it really opens up into a fantastic set of circumstances I didn't expect, call me goofy but I didn't see it coming, anyway, I'm not religious, at all, enough of that, this has a religious theme to it, but it's a little deeper than that I believe, something about a kind of wonderful power within us to appreciate the world or to make of it what we may, in his last interview when asked did he believe in God Carl Jung said it doesn't matter what I believe, what matters is that most people in the world do and base their lives and decisions on that, yeah, this is a captivating and well acted and well filmed series, I just watched season 1, and I'm excited to see season 2 now, I highly recommend it even though you don't even know who I am haha, go for it give it a chance and you'll see that it's damn good!
Dispatches from Elsewhere (2020)
give me a break please
The creator the writer the actor all the same dude he's been in other things where he's sometimes funny unfortunately this time there's nothing funny about this trite nonsensical goofiness and there's no way I'm going to watch more than 15 minutes of it maybe I didn't make it that far for which other people will slam me of course but you know what don't give this anymore thought just skip it there are so many shows and movies that are too cute by half is that what they say it's just dumb there's no reason for anything even if they try to develop a story which I find difficult if not impossible there's no reason for any of whatever is happening and the emotion from the creator director actor dude name intentionally withheld is ridiculous because there's no reason for any of it and by reason I mean reason as in none see my pretend whimsical nonsense is equally nonsensical, thank me in the next lifetime for warning you away from this trite pretentious nonsense.
The Veil (2024)
yawn is right
What were they thinking?, I will never be ceased to be amazed at the TV shows and movies which get produced, such as this one, the critics are correct Elizabeth Moss made a stupid mistake taking on this role, oh is her name spelled with an s?, maybe, her acting if you want to call it that in this is terrible, it was very good in the handmaid's tale to be sure, and then suddenly she can't compel the character in any way, yes people are right the British accent is corny and kooky sounding and ridiculous, surely she knows that, if she doesn't realize it and doesn't know it then she's nutty to be sure, also the lady playing the opposite lead the isis terrorist, the big giant lips from some insane big giant lip procedure are so ridiculous as it always is, what is wrong with women who do that with the crazy lip injections?, why would they even consider it looking at how it always turns out?, anyway it's just a big giant fish lip distraction, it all is a crazy story that does not compute on so many levels, skip it!
Beacon 23 (2023)
stupider and stupider
I'm now into episode 4 and regretting it immensely and about to give up I've given it too much of a chance I think I'm going to give up with 10 minutes to go in episode 4 because I could care less what happens, now people write these stories and they think they're writing something interesting or catchy or some science fiction something or other but they get an idea that's probably more like a joke that falls like a lead balloon and their idea can't take off it has nowhere to go and there's elements of something that could have been cool I guess I'm not so sure, also there is an actress first name Noah who plays a male and as soon as you see this person it's quite obvious it's a skinny girl with a haircut who has to wear a tie in the scenes so that you can know the character is a male even though every part of your psyche is screaming out that's a girl that's a girl then oh my God I'm saying the wrong thing because I'm not allowed to say that I'm not supposed to say that a girl who has decided she's a boy isn't really a girl right, and you know what that's not me I think people should do whatever they want and be whoever they want and act however they want, except one thing, I can't see it, in these instances I can't stop seeing the actual biological female in front of my eyes and then the voice so yeah the voice is clearly 100% a young girl, so whatever they want to be fine, and whatever name they want to give themselves fine, but it's just difficult for me to willingly suspend disbelief, because that's all I'm left with is not believing it, ymmv, anyway the silly show is here there and everywhere, I would skip it, 5.7 at this point in time is too much for it, I hope my 2 brings it down to where it might oughta be.
Wrestling Ernest Hemingway (1993)
a great old movie
Two master actors doing what they do best, inhabiting their characters and imbuing them with emotions and the reality of two men's lives, it's worth watching to see how movies used to be made, sure, some movies do it still, but not too often, yeah, it's a familiar storyline but it's... well it just goes to show you something about humanity and people in a way that covers all the bases so to speak dang I have to write $186 more characters oh now it's 150 47 43 41 40 okay going down why do they make us do this when all we want to do is say what we want about a movie it's a silly rule and they should get rid of it, and you should give this movie a chance, peace out.
Sugar (2024)
big nope
I really like Colin Farrell, this show is a preposterous slog, it's a snoozefest, the dialogue between him and the girl is absolutely nutso, once again someone wrote a whack fake noir story where I guess we're psychic and are supposed to know about some ludicrous, yeah ludicrous and preposterous storyline with the two barely making sense because we don't know how they know each other but oh that's supposed to be cool and the relationship can't be taken seriously in any way shape or form, ho hum ho hum deedely dumb!, the girl with the supposedly cool nose ring can't get across the role, yeah but what is her role anyway and why is sugar ha funny that's the whole show the name and Colin Farrell's studly face because apparently he forgot how to act too maybe the girl left him void of spirit, this.show.has.no.spirit.nor.soul oh me oh my oh, pass on it, I couldn't get through the first convo between she and he because who cares?, believe it or not my meandering pseudo review review is more interesting, argh said Charlie Brown.
Addendum - apparently someone doesn't like my review but read some of the pro reviews online... they, uh, agree with me and I with them about this show being a miss!, of course some people like it, such is life, why disparage me as having problems because I didn't like this show?, peace out.
Broken (2012)
broken broke my brain
What can I say about this movie except that it's all good acting and somehow it's a story but I'll tell you what it is the saddest story you've ever seen it's so sad how sad is it that my recommendation to anyone who reads this review before they might chance upon watching this movie is don't watch it because I'm sure the world is full enough of super sad stories that are enough to break our spirit and so no matter what the end as I watch the last couple of minutes of it I'm not spoiling anything but despite the good acting and possibly good script it doesn't matter because it's so sad and pitiful you should just skip it please skip it and watch something uplifting instead of downright depressing like the state of the world we live in now who needs more of that you don't take my word for it.
Mephisto (2024)
ugh more artsy fartsy nonsense
This movie does not deserve such a long review it's silent I guess it stays silent I had to give up on it and presumably if you read the description of the movie you understand more or less where it's going my words now are probably boring you to death the same way I felt when I started to watch the movie these days so many actors or actresses or artists or directors or producers or movie makers think they are making something so deep which deserves our attention this is not an example of anything that deserves anyone's attention it is pretentious and it seems these movies where they speak Castilian or Spanish whatever it would have been if they were speaking are some attempt to be artsy fartsy they succeeded at least as much in that skip it do your laundry or clip your toenails instead it would be much more interesting than this try again everyone involved in this movie the expressions on the girl's face are just ridiculous over acting.
A Green Fever (2023)
sorry
It's really difficult to write as many characters as I must to review this here movie called a green fever because it's a movie where nothing is happening that is to say the story is nonsensical the actors seem very amateurish as does the script the orange Volkswagen in the beginning is cool but there is no character development and the weird music to add tension keeps going on and on it's as if this movie is a spoof of something maybe people in Lagos can understand some meaning which brings me to another point some of the actors lines are garbled as in I can't understand them their accent is thick oh well keep trying and write a better story next time one that is interesting anyway sorry to poo poo your movie I couldn't finish it tootaloo.
Ta fang jian li de yun (2020)
not very good
Hey it's an artsy fartsy Chinese movie, I lived in Hangzhou once, here we are again, a movie that lets you know nothing whatever about the cool place, and guess what, basically nothing whatever about the characters either, a girl goes here, goes there, lots of shots of her plain face and expressionless eyes, tons and tons and tons of shots of her smoking, of everyone smoking, she has sex once, with a kind of boyfriend who tells her he loved someone once before but can't love anyone now once was enough, and it goes on and on from scene to scene this girl's plain face, definitely not worth shooting a whole movie over!, do yourself a favor, skip it.
Syk pike (2022)
sick of this movie
I started to watch this movie I started yes I started I really did I started to watch it these words I have just spoken are more interesting than the few minutes yes I'll say it of my life that I lost watching the first few minutes of this ridiculously stupid movie how can it have a seven rating that's impossible it is impossibly ridiculous the beginning of the story the characters are uncool to say the least I have no interest whatsoever and learning anything more about them and the third scene shall we say where the lady gets bit by a bully ha now they're illegal somewhere in England that red blood is so fake and ridiculous and after she goes to help the lady in the cafe where she works the girl that is not the lady all of a sudden she has fake bright red blood all over her face on both sides of her head so stupid so stupid so ridiculous how could I possibly keep watching this oh yeah I couldn't bye-bye.
May December (2023)
self indulging movie and acting
This movie just gets in its own way both of the lead actresses overact and that's a fact and the young man who plays the husband can't act at all he's overacting is just downright pitiful I understand the point of his mopey sad head hanging down stuck in childlike mode supposed to be character but I guess Natalie Portman got him to overplay it and Julianne Moore is that her name her character as she plays it just seems unreal like she can't really make it work not for me and also Natalie Portman her affect gets worse and worse as she supposedly is getting better and better at portraying Julianne Moore's character her diction and enunciation gets more and more stupid, the name or title May December doesn't really make sense anyway even in an artsy fartsy way, to be honest I'm inclined to tell you just skip it once again I watched it for you ha.
Bad Sisters (2022)
funny sweet dark romantic quirky real
I started to watch this once and quit then I came back to it and I'm glad I did it's a really good story even if it takes an episode or show to get going but once it does it all makes sense and the characters are really pretty good give it a chance and I think you might like it it has all the elements of a kind of a who done it with characters that are off color and funny and sad the actresses are all pretty good at what they do and the main foil the bad guy so to speak acts the rule so well you just love to hate him and come to feel along with all of the characters that he's going to get his just desserts give it a shot I think you'll like it.
The New Boy (2023)
ridiculous
So many oh so many movies today start out so poorly that it leaves you with no option but to just give up on the movie the little boy so unrealistically takes to Cate Blanchett for no reason really it doesn't make sense why and for crying out loud there is no Aboriginal Australian kid with blonde hair and super dark skin but more than that the hair is some kind of new age dye job that is so unbelievable from the very beginning the movie is not in the right frame so to speak and within a few minutes it's just goofy none of the other boys say haha he has yellow hair which is dang near impossible I tell you honest to goodness there's no way I could give it more than a few minutes of my time life is too short to watch such rubbish I guess Cate Blanchett is on a roll huh.
Oppenheimer (2023)
a snoozefest
Many people have mentioned some shortcomings such as no mention of the Trinity downwind sufferers who got cancer from this, no showing of The local workers involved they don't even appear on the screen, it's all white faces, and of course no perspective of the Japanese who were slaughtered innocent people who were slaughtered, Oppenheimer was no hero!, for what it's worth I'm sure it has been demonstrated clearly that the bombs didn't have to be dropped despite all those who say it ended the war the war had already really ended, look it up!, don't just read the history of the victors, also the story jumps around way too much, it's like who's who of atomic energy and quantum physics but so what, a snoozefest to be sure, why all the hoodoo?
Limbo (2023)
two because they tried
This is a miserable series about miserable people I guess that's supposed to be the miserable idea of it all, there's something wrong with every person in the series, no one is normal, what a terrible take on Sweden!, I know this is a story I'm going to tell which might get this review not approved, years ago I had a student from Iran who grew up in Sweden, she once said nobody smiles there and that if someone smiles it's because they're either drunk or crazy, now I understand more, the faces the faces of these actors and actresses, egads!, did they pick the most unattractive people they could find?, the furrowed brows the motionless faces the wide eyes the stupid stares, I don't believe it's people acting I think the people decided to do a show like this and put their own personalities into the characters which yikes please show me a cliff to jump off of!, I endured this for you!, I'm your Jesus of the reviewers ha who hath sacrificed himself soeth you don't have to watch this dreadful shlop, amen.
Warrior (2019)
ho hum Bruce is rolling over in his grave
The first day I was in Seattle Washington I visited Bruce Lee's grave!, even though his daughter is one of the producers or the producer of this, it's really not good, so unrealistic in so many ways, as people have pointed out most of the fight scenes are in the dark, very frustrating, and the idea of the Chinese tongs is such a stereotype, Bruce Lee's whole reason for wanting to be an actor was to break the stereotypes!, and this series is just full of them and not just that fake ones, one of the main actresses is Vietnamese!, there were no fake boobs then, and the tattoos?, mostly Chinese never have had those kind of tattoos ever, and the women leading everything?, no way at that time was that even remotely possible, and the clothes the women are wearing all of the sexy leather gear?, absolutely anachronistically impossible, it just kind of drags on and on.