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Reacher (2022)
Season 1 is good, season 2 feels like Die Hard 4.0
When I saw the first season of Reacher I was really hooked. It was an interesting mix of action, investigation and a mysterious silent main character that could break all of your bones while just looking at you. Jack Reacher also has a marvelous mind (the type of mind that Sherlock Holmes has). The supporting cast was good, and likeable.
The first season left me wanting for more, and I even watched the Tom Cruise films which I havent done before.
The second season however... didnt feel like Reacher anymore. Its full of cliches, one-liners, repetive and clunky dialogue (if i have to hear "You dont mess with the special investigators!" one more time i may loose my mind), obnoxious product placement (a very famous ceral brand sponsors the show, I assume) and the result is very very bland but slightly enjoyable. It felt like watching an 80s or 90s action movie. It evens features Robert Patrick as one of the bad guys! So the mindless 90s action flick feeling is always there.
Reacher is not his own self anymore. You could substiute the main actor for Seagal, Willis, Stallone or Shwarzenegger and the product would be the same. In fact, if you do this the product would be MORE believable, as a TV show like this could be expected from one of those actors.
The first episodes started well and promising, but it collapased as the series went on and specially at the end, where the final episode presents the viewer with such brainless action you feel your intelligence is being laughed at.
If I were to make a comparison I would say the first season of Reacher is like Die Hard 1-3 and the second season of Reacher feels like Die Hard 4-5. The first three Die Hard films are well seasoned, with their ups and dows. The events shown are improbable but believable. The last two Die Hard films are a mockery, where the events are truly unbelievable and the stunts performed by McLain are impossible. Same could be said about Reacher and his mates, who dodge bullets, knifes and cars or when they are hit by one act like nothing.
One of the thing that bothers me is that Reacher always killed using his mind and for a reason. This time, it just feels like watching a serial killer on steroids. His reason is not justice; its vengeance. Mind you that on the first season his reason was also revenge, but this time a lot of the deaths seem a little excessive, over the top with gore and details, and not fair at all. If you like that stuff or dont mind, the second season is full of it.
At the very end it made me feel very conflicted. I WANTED the police to capture Reacher and his colleagues because I just felt like they were clearly above the law and everyone just was okay with it. I dont think its a very good sign that you end a season with the viewer wanting to see the protagonist behind bars. The main characters just get away with it because the people they killed were "bad". There is a feeling of impunity, and not like the first season where there was a feeling of ugly, alternative justice. Ive seen a ton of movies and shows like this. It reminded me of Paul Kersey and the Death Wish saga. But for Paul, there was always an emotional component and loss. Reacher just feels like an emotionless, revenged filled invulnerable psychopath who will not and cannot be stopped.
I have seen films like this and enjoyed them. But as I said, i expect this from Rambo. Reacher is not Rambo. Reacher was his own special character with his own special traits. Where did he go?
Lastly, this season made me a little worried. Entering 2024, i would expect shows to learn from the past and progress. This just felt like going backwards, and not in a good way. Making this feels like a step in the wrong direction. I will not see Season 3, and for your own mental sake i expect you to not see it too.
Mickey: The Story of a Mouse (2022)
Pretty surprised
When I watched this doc I had no expectations whatsoever. I expected to see a celebration of Mickey as a company mascot and cultural icon, and nothing else.
I was actually surprised that it touched some subjects that would be considered "controversial" for Disney, like referencing Mickey as a punk and counterculture icon, his 80's-90's-early 00's corporate era and even Mickey in Vietnam. Its always good that a documentary that is made for higlighting the best moments of its subject also takes time to show some of its worst, for contrast.
A good watch if you like to see what the little mouse has meant for people all around the world for almost 100 years now.
Blow-Up (1966)
Worst piece of garbage I've ever seen
I'm not a film critic. I'm also not a casual viewer. I got the chance to see this in a cinema in 2018 and I must say it doesn't hold up at all. Actual plot? Character development? Common sense? None of this are to be found.
Art is supposed to create a feeling in the viewer. The only feeling that arose from my insides was of complete boredom. I don't mind a movie being philosophical, but this does not made me think at all. I was simply unable to connect the dots because I believe the makers of the film have intentionally made it uncomprehensible. The only emotion I got? I was expecting David Hemming's character to bump his head on the wooden beam that was too low in his messy studio. But they didn´t even give us that pleasure.
I have seen Dali´s paintings which made more sense than this "movie". Hell, "Un Chien Andalou" doesn´t make sense either but atleast it has a little of shock value and historical importance. This? This is utter garbage. If you want to see what the 60's were like you can literally watch other movie made around the same era. I even gave «Batman '66 » a higer rating than this, so just guess how boring and bad it can get to be.
A movie that begins in the absurd, goes nowhere and ends in more ridicule. Avoid this snobbish trash and go watch a real film with actual consolidated elements.