kewltodamax Reviews

Christopher Robin (2018)

The woozle winslow efficiency solution

[9/10 · 1 November 2018]

I was expecting to find an unrealistic answer to the premise of Christopher Robin's entire conundrum of adulthood life. The whole premise of this movie's plot starts off with the protagonist's efficiency problem to cut costs. That leads to him not being able to spend time with what's most important to him, his family, that makes him too stressful, that leads him to lead an unhappy life, that makes him forget his friends, that causes him to appear less loving to his wife ....yada yada yada,

So the entire movie boils down to his solution at the very end. At first, it felt too simplistic, too childish or shallow, uninspiring and rather impractical. Truth be told, the way the script and characters handle it was a little too bubbly or not relative to the characters realistically. It all seemed to have popped out of nowhere and felt a little too dry and without depth

I urge you to look a little deeper. If you have knowledge of the current industrial and investment depression that resulted in recent downfalls of major corporations from general motors to ford industries, you will see the correlation in real life terms. It was the very same reason that the government had to bail out these corporations for they have almost filed for bankruptcy, especially under the strain of economic depression. They were cutting their workforce but increasing efficiency without increasing pay and without reducing work time. In the end they had no workforce to sufficiently sustain a healthy product output that would sustain profit and nearly went bankrupt. This happens to all greedy corps when under pressure and spread out stakeholders and shareholders, especially when they go public

The answer lies in the rather greedy brilliance of Henry Ford. He was the first CEO to have given two holidays to his workforce. He realized that if people had more holidays, they would have more time and more money to pay for a car that would be used during these two days in a week and therefore more likely to buy and use said cars. This are all actual solutions that have happened in actual human history and made those companies one of the largest of their time.

To normalize Henry Ford, he actually did it for profit and had no intention of being the sort of guy that thought of humane solutions or deduce social responsibility, However, his profit and efficiency solution had a unique side effect that made him billions whilst being an activist for socio-economic policies.

Since I based my entire review on this solution and the solution was based of real life history, I give a 9/10, missing one for how in depth or realistic they could have churned the plot from the script based of the solution.

Still, the ending though predictable, used realistic true to life events, based of imaginary childhood characters are a much needed asset to today's children-to-adult family movies industry and I hope to see more of this kind of stories in the future

Adam Ruins Everything (2015–2019)

Joins the ranks of Infotainment heavy hitters, Bullsh*t, Jon Stewart and Bill Maher

[10/10 · 8 February 2017]

We need more shows like this enveloping the world in different countries, different languages and ease of accessibility.

Whether true or false, sources are shown, opinions are given and entertainment is produced. In the end, we are all the wiser and happier for it. Adam does it with the grit of a left wing kick but the uncanny drive for the right wing punchline.

After Jon Stewart proved Infotainment had better systems (from producers to cast to writers) to provide the raw details of any info journalism to their viewers, many seek shows like this because mass media isn't what it was when it was born, professionalism no longer applies with that many surge of events happening everywhere in the world. This is why we need shows like this because they are not barred by professional liabilities yet they stay true to what journalism should be. Ironic isn't it?

Keep up the good work Adam, I hope to see Season 2 soon :)

Demolition (2015)

Demolition brings home melodrama down to earth

[9/10 · 23 June 2016]

Demolition is first and foremost a drama, its intended purpose a melodrama. Not so different from the likes of 'Her', 'Mr. Robot', 'Dexter'. However, its approach is towards the now professional ground, from doctors, lawyers, politicians, investment bankers...the story is the same, there is a gloaming melancholy to the portrayal and projection of the male mind...one that is so stripped of their emotion due to their profession, the more they evade it, the more pervasive it becomes.

In that aspect, Jake Gyllenhaal was the perfect match for this kind of projection bringing the head down to earth first, from roots to stalk to leaves, slowly blooming each emotion as it floods back. It is true, Mr. Gyllenhaal's facial features may appear as if a zombie puked on it but that's his genetic feature, however what he makes up for its cracking that facial skin and expressing a myriad of different emotions, each one timed to a rhythm that can mix and match. That means less emotions to deal with at the beginning and then more complex as it ends. To me that is the most brilliant tactic in using an actor to its perfection.

Its hard for males to see this at a lofty place, they can't accept males to be so emotional about something that seems petty but when you've got nothing to lose, what is petty? For females, well, they can't understand why a man can go so down the path of an emotional sinkhole and be fine with it but the simple answer would but, what would you do to keep an image and comfort for yourself? Aren't all work especially professionalism requires the stripping of some emotion? And how will that play out long term?

That's why to me, the story seemed like a happy ending. Davis lost his bearings actually, demolition was a story about 'demolition', destroying his life. All he did in the movie was slowly gonna eat him up later because the entire movie was him in the entire stage of grief. Denial, Anger, Bargaining (With Karen), Depression, Acceptance but he did accept and reached the last stage. That means he got his bearing back, that means now, his back to kid stage one with emotions and professional experience and he'll move forward later on.

My only grip, one that I minus one point was inadequate plot lines for that finish touch, it feels a tiny winsy loss in a few plot holes like the ending feels mashed up quick, probably a budget thing but I'd prefer it a little more stylized to plots than image suggestion, it is after all a melodrama. Also the plot didn't feel romantic as much as it is a best friend with/without benefit and I wouldn't catalog that as romance just yet neither were they gay scenes where love was directly projected. This was love from a societal point of view or a global kind of view, a family point of view, and I wouldn't categorize that as romance either...

Overall, its a masterpiece to the user end it was directed at. Both those who are slowly losing their emotions and those that have just regained them of those professionals, can relate to this movie in ways that is not only beautiful but endearing. It's a cruel world after all...

Complications (2015)

Good pace, Intriguingly abstract moral ideals, dry ending, bad title

[8/10 · 3 September 2015]

To be honest, I believe its title to be its failure. Like the writers and producers just went along with it after script editing without rechecking its connections.

M.D. Vigilante or something that would bring it the show's class would have been better. Complications for one would be too complicated to search in Google as it is a common word not only in general but medical terms as well. It's flair would have been lost to the fray.

On the show, I believe the first season was setting up John to be a continuous vigilante throughout the series and getting better and more determined at it, flowing his PTS syndrome into a more less symptomatic more driven goal that would flourish into a probable "Prison Break" like or otherwise "The Company/E Corp" face off i.e. International Cooperation/Multi-conglomerate Company.

So to be hard driven into this situation and molded by the plot in the first season to me was a very good start. For first seasons, I'm rather withdrawn with how the cast plays their characters because I believe most things in life are work of progress so it would not be a surprise if they seem too dry at this point. There was no plot to submerge them into a character that would be growing yet.

As with many first seasons, most things revolve around the main repeating casts and the play with Gretchen and john was masterwork for a first season. I especially love that they added scenes in John's psychology where he back and forth himself towards explaining what the entire first season was about, "Killing the cancer's source". The ideals presented in this form was admirable.

It is just that I would remain with this remark until if season 2 was also dry with each of the character they have ensemble into the web around John. So I say give it a shot for Season 2 because Season 1 did keep me wanting for more, not sort of like GoT or other high production types but because of its "Hannibal" like appeal of character interchange of abstract moral ideals.