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Nebesa (2021)
This film is art, and therefore excrement
When contemplating contemporary art, there is an ongoing race to the bottom of the barrel, and this fine piece of art is already there. It is as art as it gets.
That aside, it fails to portray the beauty of poverty in its simplicity as Kusturica does. Instead, the poor are portrayed as under-humans worthy of despise, and capable of improving their condition only through devious arts.
Dragojevic hates the poor. For him being poor is not just lack of resources, but a mental condition. The poor are capable of consuming the art only if it contains a nutritional value. Which brings us back to the bottom of the barrel thing: this kind of art is repulsive to all senses, and therefore should not exist.
Nope (2022)
Is it any good? Nope
It is slow, boring, and disconnected.
At first it seemed to me this is going to turn into another political piece, but oddly it didn't. Problems with Nope are in other places.
Many scenes are just - bam - came from nowhere, and with no purpose. Guess whoever made the final cut was either very frustrated or stoned.
Cast was OK. Some characters are a bit over the top, but I can live with that.
Audio effects were bad. No electronics audio of today works that way.
Visual effects were fine. Mostly.
I love a good SF, and this one has a potential for opening a new genre, but it was so poorly executed that my final score is only 2.
Svart krabba (2022)
Stooooopid
It is slow, meaningless and boring.
Wars are mostly pointless. That said, this is not just pointless, but not convincing, super woke, and above all stupid. You can almost feel your IQ dropping as you watch the film.
Watch it if you are a Noomi's fan, but otherwise pick something else.
Animaniacs (2020)
Wokemaniacs
Perhaps a month ago I thought - whatever happened to Animaniacs, and here they are. Woke as woke can be. Not funny, and barely watchable. All the good stuff from the old Animaniacs is reused, but toned down with a woke factor.
RIP Animaniacs.
Article 15 (2019)
Watchable propaganda
In spite of the whole film being a poorly disguised city leftist propaganda, the execution is quite OK. In reality this is a ambulance chasing story, but a story nonetheless. Perhaps a fairytale for nowadays elites.
Cosmos (2019)
I'd give it a 10 but...
Everything apart from the melodramatics was perfect. Including the stargazers saying - don't spend the last penny on a telescope - spend it on warm clothes. But the music and melodrama spoiled it a bit.
Hope there are more films like this. Real deal without playing sciency stunts to please dropouts and flunkers. Yeah. Please more.
Instinct (2018)
Coping with woke 101
Well... it was not what I expected to see after the first 15 minutes of watching. I kinda expected reverse homophobic woke extravaganza, and ... it did not happen.
It turned into a fun to watch series, with healthy characters. This is perhaps the first show where a gay couple are presented as normal caring people involved in their reality, and not imposing it onto others. Just like real people do. Bravo!
There were writing problems, and a few threads were lost on the way. But that did not make it less watchable.
For example... A spoiler follows...
The lead character is a Serbian (also in real life), and it was used in a brief scene where she speaks fluent Serbian, but that was it. But neither her character, nor her family background suggest Serbian connections. A mistake? A tribute to the actor's roots? Doesn't matter - it was OK.
Anna (2019)
Technologically grossly inaccurate, timeline jumping all over the place
But a kinda fun. I suppressed my urge to notice all the inaccuracies because it was fun to watch. The only thing that actually bothered me was the timeline. 3 months earlier, 6 months later. Tedious. A bad trip of editing.
Clara (2018)
So this is how laypeople see science
I have not much to say about the film, except it is deeply insulting my inner scientist. There are precious few people in science that manage to sift through being this awkward. Nor there are stars in science as presented near the end of a film. At best you get a joke of a science impersonation, like or Al Gore, or the science sellouts like Brian Cox. Such stars represent science just like Larry Flynt represents romance. For this reason I'd put rating "R" so that young generations do not go astray, and waste their lives chasing something that isn't there.
Chilling Adventures of Sabrina (2018)
Feminist intersectional misandrist racist satanist melodrama
And the title says it all
Feminist intersectional misandrist racist satanist melodrama
Annihilation (2018)
Slow, predictable, stupid, awful, total garbage, hate it
I'm seriously placing everyone in this film to the black list.
This should stop.
I'd give it -10 if possible.
If you watch this crap, make sure nothing that can hurt you physically is within your reach - it is that bad.
Only 2 other films rank this low in my little black book: The Mystery of Oberwald, and Gravity. There are a few unworthy contenders, but so far this one is the worst of the awful.
People that gave more than 1 to this garbage should seriously consider head FMRI. Something is seriously wrong with them.
OtherLife (2017)
A bit gloomy visual candy and a perfect sci-fi with a story
Finally a good film void of daily politics! At first I thought - boy this will be a bore. But it wasn't. It picks the pace till the very end. Suspense and no predictability - when did you last see a film done this way? And the story was worth it. And the montage was perfect. And the mood. And the visuals. A bit on the gloomy side, but vivid and pleasant in a kinda Gothic way.
At a moment I had a wha!? But it turned to be well placed. A glitch.
Anyway, it was a joy. If I say any more about what's in it, it will be out of place, and only a fragment. It should be enjoyed as it is.
Salvation (2017)
Meeting Neil deGrasse Tyson is on a bucket list
The show is OK, it has a well balanced action and quasi-science, and unhealthy dose of quasi-leadership, and quasi-politics. I watched it all (1st season), and decided, fine, that was it. I'll make my own decision how it ends. Enough was enough.
It is a progressive vision of how science and politics work. There is a beloved techno-leader with many more virtues than apparently Melon Flask has. There is also an undercurrent of a negative force in politics. And there is a young MIT student that has meeting Neil deGrasse Tyson on his bucket list - you can't get any more progressive in quasi-science than that.
It was not a progressive world view that bothered me, but the prospect of milking only 5 months worth of events in a 10-season series. For me it finished. Period.
What Happened to Monday (2017)
101 on how to survive a progressive utopia
I'm still in doubts how this film actually happen. It is set in an Orwellian future with all progressive agenda cranked to 11. Except one, there is no functional feminism. Some cows are too sacred, even in a mockery of progressive utopia. Story and action are easy to follow, if not too easy, but OK. The message... not so much. I'd say Hollywood is struggling denouncing Orwellian side of its own. It would seem to be much easier attacking some right-wing ideology, but then again, Hollywood's vision of the right wing is equal to the Orwellian left wing utopia. So in short, this is the closest to the progressive future one may get without waiting for it to happen. A bit dumb, but OK.
The Space Between Us (2017)
Soros funded soap opera, so what did you expect?
All spacey cringes fail miserably at physics and this one did not disappoint either. And the roles are painfully obvious. Nathaniel Shepherd is no other than Melon Flask. And the idea that low gravity turns you into an oaf is all seen before. Hope Asa Butterfield will become more than that. And the story is all but unpredictable. Too much like Gravity, but with a romantic twist. Splenda/saccharine kind of sweet.
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It is a watchable film, but I grew tired of this sort of sloppy.
Shivaay (2016)
I liked it very much, it has a positive fatherly figure in it
I like action films even when they are shallow. Shivaay is simple and predictable, frequently too dramatic, but not at all shallow. It is about fatherly love, and precious few titles of lately speak good of dads and fatherly figures in our lives. 2016 gave us two such films. One is action packed Shivaay, and another is a brilliant Hunt for the Wilderpeople. Even though these two films can't be any further apart in cinematic terms, they are both speaking fondly about fathers in our lives. I enjoyed watching them both.
Legion (2017)
If it gets any slower, it'll go backwards
Boring, slow, and pretentious. That's about it. I tried, and tried, and tried some more, but that's it. I'm not watching it any more. I've lost my patience. Complete waste of time. It is going nowhere. IMDb says I have to put at least 5 lines, which makes no sense - I said everything one needs to know about this slow agony in the first line.
Captain Fantastic (2016)
SJW fantasy, with a family portion of cultural Marxism
At first I gave this film a 4 for effort. But in retrospective - no. If possible I'd give it a zero. It is awful. It has a saccharine kind of sweetness in it, and a bit of kumbaya campfire spirit for decoration, but otherwise it reeks on everything that is wrong in nowadays society. And I mean everything.
Full frontal male nudity, in a supposedly a family film? Dear feminists, it is just wrong. It serves no other purpose but to pamper some 3rd wave hag's feelz.
Communism? Marxism? Maoism? Maoism is the best? OK, full marks on honesty.
And Namibia? Why Namibia? There is nothing to fix there. Even GDP is comparable to some European countries. Ah, sure, feminism is strong over there, that's why.
Mars (2016)
Cluster funny-business
Two is for the effort.
The story is thin as a molecular cuisine. It circles around the con artist Melon Flusk and the idea that money equals invention. Saying more about the plot would be giving too much credit.
So Mars... a desolate place you venture to in your inadequate propulsion vehicle, designed to run out of fuel precisely in the middle of nowhere, just like a Tesla car in the middle of a desert.
Acting is hard on a heroic/emotional side. You can't beat millennialism out of millennials. They are born that way. I'm afraid we'll have to wait for 5 odd years to see some real acting. This does not work. Period.
Sciency stuff is left to the flimsy hands of Neil deGrasse Tyson. You now the very opposite is true when he says it. If they flew in Brian Cox, or David Attenborough, you'd know Mars is screwed because of climate change. This way you know it is done for, but reasons are foggy.
Overall this series is not entertaining, it is poorly acted, bit confusing, revolves around new money Socialists, and their ideology.
Zootopia (2016)
PC-topia
There is no nice way to say a truth about this film.
It is a PC on steroids story of a cultural Marxist PC-topia.
I give it a solid 4 for the effort to camouflage it all into a cartoon. Sly Disney, dumb viewers.
Otherwise, Zootopia is an animated buddy-cop comedy mystery film directed by Byron Howard and Rich Moore, screenplay by Jared Bush, Phil Jonston and on the main voice-role stars Ginnifer Goodwin, Jason Bateman, Idris Elba, Jenny Slate, Nate Torrence, Bonnie Hunt, Don Lake, Tommy Chong, J. K. Simmons, Octavia Spencer, Alan Tudyk, and Shakira. Zootopia is a place where all animals, prey and predator live in peace and harmony.
Suicide Squad (2016)
Nearly as good as the new Ghostbusters
Complete waste of time and money. I was compelled to get away, but now that I didn't, I'm qualified to review it.
Flat characters, checked.
Overacting, checked.
Predictable, checked.
Watching fatigue, checked.
No photography, checked.
Downright stupid, checked.
Bad CGI, checked.
OK, music was OK, but only playing for a few short times, and perfectly missing the point. Save yourself, time, and your money for something decent.
Rampage: President Down (2016)
Progressive leftist propaganda
Action and violence seem beyond the point after a protagonist, a bad guy, recites the entire progressive world-view as his motive to kill.
Otherwise I'd give this piece of garbage a solid 7 for action, and well spent low budget. But the magic was spoiled after the climate change and gun control tirade.
The funniest part, the riots that are motivated by a same Marxist following are declared right-wing extremists. Tell me about deliberately missing the point.
So as an aftermath - what did I learn after watching this litter? Don't trust people peddling Marxist ideologies.
Hunt for the Wilderpeople (2016)
The best film I saw in a decade
OK, I'm not living under a rock to give such a bombastic title. It most certainly is THE BEST film I saw in many years. Trumps Hollywood at every level imaginable. After initial shock of amazement, I also read a book. It is even better than a book because the melodramatics are stripped to a bare minimum, so the fun is not spoiled by it. It is there, but only just. Great intervention in a script. This film is fun. It is brave and sincere. Even Taika appears for a short role. It speaks of freedom and integrity in a way that it is also fun, but serious, and then fun again. It is easy to identify with the characters, although it is unlikely you'll ever even meet anyone with such lifestyle. In short - I'm amazed. I had great fun.
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 (2015)
I had more fun watching paint dry
I want 2 hours of my life back! It was tedious, linear, uneventful, predictable, and dialogues often scrambled. This is not the worst film I ever saw, but I've seen lots of films, and this episode is perhaps the 4th worst ever. From top of my head I can name a few more bearable things. Say, IRS. I mentioned drying paint before. Even hangover can be more fun. Or toothache. Walking the streets alone, minding my own business is immensely more fun. To spare myself from future torture, I'll make sure to check the IMDb comments first, sorting them by the "hated it" criterion. Why suffer? I just hope my comment will save at least one person from suffering.
Spectre (2015)
Cute B action with nice musical scores
James Bond is drawn to a criminal organization Spectre to meet a mastermind with whom he has long lost history. Not much goes on between the beginning and the end. Boring, boring, nice music, boring, a building collapses, nice music, boring, the end. Here is your spoiler.
Daniel Craig is James Bond once again and in far worse shape than before. M is a sorry boss character aghast with expansion of electronic surveillance (?) while Christoph Waltz is a half wit genius running a huge organisation by means of looking stupid. Action scenes are akin to a melodrama, with exception that more of it goes on in a regular chick flick. Bond girls are a relaxing view, but rather useless on their own right.
It is music that keeps the fabric of this Bond together. Nothing else.