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Silo (2023)
Great but fails to deliver
During the current sci-fi dearth I was a little desperate and decided to give this a try, even though I'm not a fan of the claustrophobia genre.
It's well scripted, well acted, well filmed, well directed, well cast. Everything is great and it's definitely watchable BUT... it fails to deliver.
It starts with much mystery and as the season unfolds with more bait and switches than you can shake a stick at, the big reveal in the season finale was... wait for it... nothing! Niente, babkis, de nada, rien, diddly squat.
None of it makes the least bit of sense. I lost the plot, or they did, either way I'm left just not caring.
The Little Things (2021)
Worth it
This movie is worth watching for the soundtrack alone. I gave it an eight out of ten. It might have been a seven if it wasn't for the soundtrack and for the fact that it's hard to find a decent movie out there at the moment.
There are loads of reviews on here that will tell you what it's about. They point out pacing problems and various things that don't quite fit the usual mould... but that's part of this movie's charm - it dares to be different.
Primarily this is a character study. There's an interesting twist in the plot but not in the usual bait and switch way - it's really quite unique. Without any spoilers I can say that there are no heroes in this story. It's well-written, well directed and flawlessly acted.
I'm old and as a result movies feel very repetitive to me in general; the same tired old tropes rolled out ad nauseam. I'm easily bored by all that. This film did not bore me.
2067 (2020)
Stupid, stupid
The whole premise of this movie is just nonsense. I mean there's fiction and fantasy but then there's stuff that just can't work. Like a movie where people have sunflowers for heads. Just stupid.
Synthetic Oxygen - that's the premise of this movie. The people are dying because they can't breath synthetic oxygen. That's just a fundamental misunderstanding of basic high-school chemistry. How does idiocy like this get produced?
The screenplay is puerile; "Our entire lives have led us to this moment." Yup, true of every moment in every life, genius. So big idea here is that the future contacts the past (which is our future) in order to save the past. Just think about that for a minute. Let me spell it out for you in case you've been mesmerised by Hollywood's current spate of inept writing - if there's a future then the past doesn't need saving.
The best quote from this movie: "I can't explain this", 'nuff said.
Three Thousand Years of Longing (2022)
Glorious! Just Glorious.
This is movie making at its finest! It's not easy to find a good movie these days. This one ticks all the boxes for me. This is a drama of the heart but it is also an engrossing story with interesting twists and turns. It's beautiful to look at and thoroughly engrossing to watch.
How anyone gives this less than a 10 rating is beyond me. I notice one featured review which said, "I was expecting a fast-paced, light-spirited, fun romp of visual extravaganza and witty dialogue" - why would you expect that from a film titled, "Three Thousand Years of Longing"? That's like expecting "The Godfather" to be a comedy. It's just a laughably absurd expectation. So if that's what you're expecting, go watch something else.
The title tells you what to expect - it's an intense movie about longing and magic set across a vast span of time: expertly written, imaginatively directed, and brilliantly acted.
Alien Code (2018)
Don't waste your time with this.
What a lot of drivel. The acting is ok. Pity the actors had such a lame duck to work with. Pity because the concept isn't bad, they just missed every opportunity to make it interesting. The plot doesn't make sense. Spoiler alert: the dude meets the alien that gave him a deadly tumour and doesn't even ask the alien about the tumour.
The Shield: Fire in the Hole (2004)
End of the line
As far as I'm concerned they ruined the franchise in this episode by losing the money. Boo!
La leggenda del pianista sull'oceano (1998)
Best movie ever
This is my favourite film of all time. 'Nuff said.
... but it's a review so here's more...
Why is it my favourite film? Because it touches all of life, in the most poignant ways possible. It's a story about astral travel, about the power of one's environment over one's mind, of the power of friendship, about deep commitment, about the very best of jazz music improvisation, about the triumph of spirit over all, about the alluring voice of the sea and the challenge of facing change, about the grace of accepting one's true nature despite societal pressure. All without ever leaving a single location.
This is an incomparable movie. If I could give it 11 stars I would.