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The Upside (2017)
It could have been much worse
Do you know one of the most popular French films? So this is almost a frame-by-frame reshoot.
Surprisingly, somehow it did not work to vulgarize and spoil the film, despite the country of origin.
The new duo is literally 50-50. The half who is the nurse responsible for humor is definitely better in the original.
But the second half turned out better in the remake. I love Cranston more.
Of course, there are small differences in the details, but again, this is literally the same movie.
You can see if you are familiar with the original and managed to forget it, and if you did not look, which is strange, then run to fix it!
Rien à déclarer (2010)
Dany Boon pleases with a good comedy again
I'm getting older and I'm looking at French comedies more and more often.
Not so long ago I watched something similar with the same director and actor in one of the main roles.
Well, as usual, there is almost nothing to say. The film is short and funny. What else does comedy need?
Someone might say that a good comedy also needs an interesting plot and half of the film should be devoted to drama. To which I will answer: She doesn't need it.
If a comedy is funny, then it's a good comedy. That's all!
Although the plot here is really interesting. By itself, it's simple, but that's how it plays out and how all the jokes fit into it. This is very well done.
Igry (2024)
Well, Games are a passing series that exists in order to score free space in the release schedule for the year.
The finale premiered on Friday and we need to tell you something.
The atmosphere, the style of shooting and editing. That's what the team did with a bang, but what happens to the other aspects?
Actors seem to play and do not cause complaints.
Plot.
There is a main storyline, which is actually about the fact that deadlines are burning, they don't have time for anything, the games are in danger of disruption and in general everything is very bad. I didn't hold a candle, but everything looks very strange and far-fetched.
There is a storyline with Afghanistan, which exists for the first 3 or 4 episodes, and then it seems as if it did not exist.
There is a prostitute's line, and then they take her to work and as if she had no problems.
There are lines of athletes. At the beginning of the series, there was a feeling that each episode would reveal 1 athlete, but in the end, only the weightlifter had enough time, and the rest simply did not have enough time, so somehow it was all the same for them.
As well as the love line and the damn KGB. Where without it?
It turns out an incomprehensible vinaigrette of everything at once. In the end, all the good guys are good, and the villains are punished, but absolute indifference does not leave them alone.
It seems that if the author had had a little more time, they would have been able to create a folding and integral work, but it did not work out.
I could advise you to watch for nothing to do, but a new Trigger season starts on Thursday, so it's better to wait for it.
Well, Games are a passing series that exists in order to score free space in the release schedule for the year.
The World Is Not Enough (1999)
Mediocre
Now it is simply impossible to watch such a thing without tears and physical pain.
There are definitely a couple of funny episodes and some good action scenes in 4 movies, but it's >8 hours long overall.
And after all, what is most funny is that such old films, which are supposedly classics, have fans. It's a pity, of course, for people without taste.
Maybe the time was different, or maybe there were always bad movies and there's nothing to be surprised about.
It is very lazy to write about all 4 misunderstandings, so in the end I will say that the first 2 films are still watchable. As they say: under the beer. But the stupidity of the last two + graphics is straight from the spy kids in the latter...
It's a shame.
Die Another Day (2002)
I didn't like it even when I was a kid
I didn't like it when I was a kid.
Now it is simply impossible to watch such a thing without tears and physical pain.
There are definitely a couple of funny episodes and some good action scenes in 4 movies, but it's >8 hours long overall.
Even the worst movie with Craig, namely Quantum of Mercy, crams all 4 parts at once.
And after all, what is most funny is that such old films, which are supposedly classics, have fans. It's a pity, of course, for people without taste.
Maybe the time was different, or maybe there were always bad movies and there's nothing to be surprised about.
There is still one big plus, and this is the opposition in the form of Born. It seems that special agents are also there and the release time is the same, but for some reason Bond does things right in his pants, and Bourne reinvents the genre and remains the best in the flesh until the release of Skyfall.
It is very lazy to write about all 4 misunderstandings, so in the end I will say that the first 2 films are still watchable. As they say: under the beer. But the stupidity of the last two + graphics is straight from the spy kids in the latter...
It's a shame.
Incendies (2010)
1+1=1
Villeneuve is now one of our best visionaries and a master of script selection, and some 14 years ago it was this picture that raised him to the level of talented directors.
You can, of course, get to the bottom of the logic of the film and ask why they didn't open these letters right away, but then the magic of cinema collapses and it's not interesting to watch further. I say this as a person who has watched the film 2 times in a row just because he wanted to.
In fact, I described the only drawback of the film. Otherwise, there are only advantages.
This is a very high-quality work that touches on the theme of war and explores the intertwining of human destinies.
It is more interesting to observe the mother's story than the children who are in search of relatives. Just because there is more drama there. People are being killed, burned and tortured, and children are wandering around and finally adding one thing to another.
The finale is my homage. You understand everything together with the kids and just sit with your eyes bulging.
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (2024)
Burton has no bad movies and this picture is no exception
Everyone knows at least one of his works and now a new one has been released, and even a sequel! The last time this happened to Batman was about 30 years ago.
Fans definitely don't pass by, but how is the film able to attract a casual viewer?
The film is quite simple and dynamic in terms of plot. Here is a representation of the heroes, their problems, as well as the villain. Then actions, actions and more actions and the finale. You don't have time to get bored.
Of the pros: the cast, humor, directorial style, but there are actually no cons.
A rather low rating is simply due to the fact that I am not an ardent fan of the film + a passing one. If you don't watch it, you won't miss anything important, but nevertheless it is original and good in its own way.
P. S. An interesting fact: the film is more popular among the female audience. Unless, of course, the data provided by the cinemas is not lying...
Toy Story 3 (2010)
A masterpiece
Yes, I understand that everyone watched all the Disney cartoons and Pixar in particular as a child, but!
Who would have thought that after reviewing the film after 14 years, he would like it many times more?
If earlier toys competed with each other for the right to be in charge, now they are all forced to literally fight for their existence in an attempt to get out of this kindergarten.
All the motivations are spelled out, the plot works, and the head of the antagonists is really scary.
Well, what's the ending here?! Well, how not to cry over such a miracle.
In general, it is an ideal example of a good cartoon that both children and adults like.
P. S. You will be surprised to find out who is voicing Ken.
Krasnyy 5 (2022)
Waiting for the second season
It's a surprisingly good series, even though the first episode was launched with skepticism.
It's mostly a comedy. All the storylines in the plot of the series separately and in the whole season, as well as the love line, are very so-so.
The villains are new every episode, although the abilities of 6 \ 8 are the same. It is not clear why this is so, but already on episode 4, the screenwriters surprise with impotence of originality.
Another of the disadvantages is a degenerate child, whose game is simply impossible to watch. Fortunately, there is not much of it here and all this mess can be rewound.
But one of the advantages is the three main actors and the various humors that they generate throughout the series.
A simple series for a couple of evenings.
The Breakfast Club (1985)
Classic
You've definitely seen, if not the original poster, then one of the variations from other actors from other films. It has been repeated quite often and is being repeated.
And the movie is just a movie. The kids are sitting at school and talking about all sorts of things. They get a little naughty and eventually figure out their problems and answer for themselves the question of why they were left on a day off at school.
The classics of dramatic films about teenagers, but there is not much drama here. Still, it's more of an easy and often funny picture.
Plus, it's also chamber music, and such things are not very popular, so you can watch it.
Kinds of Kindness (2024)
But it could have turned out to be good feature films.
3 unrelated stories, and only the actors and the creators are common, which is logical. Each story is +-50 minutes long, which results in a film with a total duration of 2 hours and 44 minutes.
1 story.
I liked the idea and the game of Jesse Plemons the most. I was wondering how it would end and was very surprised that it was only 1-3 stories. Yes, I haven't watched the trailers or read the description to be surprised by such things.
2 story.
One of the first scenes is almost the funniest in the whole movie. Although the idea is cool, even with a hint of a thriller, it ends with literally nothing, so everything is good here except for the development of the plot.
3 story.
That's where I honestly didn't understand. I watched it to the end and still didn't understand. It seems that the meaning is clear, but somehow neither here nor there. It's like they invented it and added it for the quantity.
If you try to sum up the results as a whole, it does not work. It remains only to praise certain details in certain places. Only suits and Defos are always good. Everything else is failing somewhere.
I recommend watching the first 2 parts. And you will spend little time and there is something to see there.
The Tree of Life (2011)
A masterpiece
I don't even know what to say. The description from Kinopoisk did the best job and in fact it is better not to state the essence of the film, but I will try.
I don't know what kind of movie magic started happening literally from the first minutes after watching it, but the movie is something.
It was as if I had experienced all the positive emotions from cinema over the past 6 years. And maybe not only from cinema.
It was as if he had returned to a good, long-forgotten place and walked through it as if for the first time.
And this is with a rather sad story and thoughts hidden inside the work.
If you try to evaluate +- objectively, then the film is weak in the scenario, the actors play the best and even the heart is squeezed by some scenes. The amazing shooting of the actors combined with nature and something like space was also there.
The theme of family, growing up and accepting yourself. That's what this movie is about in the first place.
The Lion King (2019)
Considering what Disney is releasing now. It was a good remake.
I don't feel nostalgic for the original, like for the rest of the old Disney cartoons, but I recognize its quality.
It's just great for kids! And the animals are beautiful and the kids like songs and there is a place to cry.
And now I've read the remake, so to speak. In fact, this is the same cartoon, only made using computer graphics entirely.
That's why it's even funnier to see how the same Disney assigns the second Puzzle to the highest-grossing cartoon, although this is not the case.
Well, what about the Lion King?!
If you want to review the original, then it's better to familiarize yourself with the remake. New emotions, and the picture alone is worth a lot.
But if you've watched both the original and the remake, it's better to give preference to the original anyway, because it's half an hour shorter with the same plot.
You can also watch the remake in the original because of the rabble that was recruited for voice acting. It sounds funny.
Univer. Novaya obschaga (2011)
Not the worst, but the continuation is too long.
Univer. Novaya obschaga (2011-2018)
Watched all the missed episodes and decided to write a little bit anyway.
Season 1 is not bad. The trio of old characters drags as best they can, but the further they go, the worse it gets. In the end, almost everyone was replaced by 2 times, in the last season someone was returned and barely made a +- norm ending for this outrage.
Univer: 10 years later (2021)
Changing the shooting style, reducing old characters and adding new ones. Plus, there were a scanty number of jokes. There is some kind of family drama in every couple and sadness is longing.
Univer. 13 years later (2023)
Surprisingly, it's not bad. Eduard is just in solo + score to everything unintelligible. Even the thriller was dropped off in the last episodes. Surprised so surprised.
Calls (2021)
It's just something unique and unusual
Not a recommended series.
9 episodes from 13 to 20 minutes, in which only graphics are from the video sequence. And beautiful. Different waves with fluctuations. This is the display of calls and dialogs.
Scripted, only the last 2 episodes are somehow related to each other. Structurally, they are all about the same thing. Calls from the past to the future or vice versa, a tense situation from the middle of the episode and an abrupt ending.
Not all episodes are interesting, the series does not have a finale, and there is nothing to watch here, at least. The graphics, of course, are interesting, but by the second hour they are already boring.
It's just something unique and unusual, so it deserves attention.
You can also hear familiar voices here. If you have previously watched movies / TV series with their participation in the original. If not, then there is no point in including the original soundtrack here either.
The dubbing, by the way, is not bad, so why not listen?!
Mayor Grom. Igra (2024)
People who rate garbage higher than 6. Does your head hurt?
4 months of waiting and the film was watched.
More characters, more timing, more screenwriters and more...
It's very difficult not to break up and start praising all parts of the film.
To begin with, the presence of people without acting education in the cinema is cool!
Secondly, the film has 6 screenwriters (like TV series for 100+ episodes), only they most likely sat in a room and ****** each other instead of just taking the original and adapting it to the cinema.
Although why is this necessary if you can add memes (literally, the characters in the film talk with memes that are from 4 to 10 if not more years old)
Well, it was and it was. What's to mumble?
So if a plot or revealed characters were attached to these jokes. At least one? Please?!
No. Go eat *****, dear viewer.
Almost 3 hours are not enough for the film to give at least something interesting.
It is clear that the film is trying to squeeze something out of itself, but this one looks like a set of blanks molded into one big pile at the end.
And in general, somewhere in the middle of the film, I caught myself thinking that the film looks torn. It's rare for me and it's not good.
You can also praise it. There are few graphics in the film and it is good. The budget just went for it. And in general, the film looks fast and not too boring.
But, *****, 2.5 hours. I will name at least 30 films that run longer and are more interesting to watch.
In short, incompetent people tried not to ****themselves 2 times. ****** up the first time in covid, ****** up now. It's amazing that even without competition, no one needs this *****. Secondary garbage. Secondary from secondary. Garbage.
Univer (2008)
Good old TNT
Let's start with the fact that someone has definitely eaten too much and scores below 6 points are a crime.
What distinguishes a bad sitcom from a good one?
In a good one, there is something to laugh at and the relationship of the characters is not annoying. Everyone will meet everyone, in the end they will be reborn and a happy ending.
Are there any of these components in the series?
Yes! A lot of funny, and just funny episodes.
Watching episodes that I haven't seen before, which is about 150, took me about 3 weeks and if you alternate watching with something else, you definitely won't get bored and won't have time to get bored.
All 5 seasons are at +- one level. There are no drawdowns even at the end, and this pleases.
To be honest, I don't really want to recommend watching it, because there are a dozen better comedy series, but you can completely review a couple of episodes and get nostalgic.
Brawl in Cell Block 99 (2017)
Good fights and an interesting plot
As they say: the male half will appreciate it.
The plot, though simple as two pennies, but a couple of plot twists can surprise.
The fights, although they begin only in the middle of the film, but how juiciously they are staged. Bones break and heads flatten. It's just delicious.
A separate plus is Vince Vaughn, who after True Detective stopped acting only in comedies and pleases fans with such films.
The film runs for more than 2 hours, but they fly by very quickly. It's interesting to watch. The finale is my homage!
In general, if you like movies about prison, bandits and well-staged fights, then it is not recommended to skip this movie!
Twisters (2024)
A good entertaining movie
This is a sequel to the 1996 film, but I'm not going to talk about it, because it's garbage.
The new film has nothing to do with the original. It's just that people are resisting tornadoes here and there.
A good mix of practical and graphic special effects makes the action look decent. Everything flies, breaks down. It's interesting to watch.
2 hours could not consist only of a demonstration of tornadoes, so they brought drama. The actors, especially the couple of main characters, act out their roles and the chemistry between them is also interesting to watch. The balance between entertainment with the destruction of everything and chatter is maintained. You don't have time to get bored.
The only thing I didn't like was the final mix with the hurricane and the music was too bland. It could be more interesting and add tension.
I am glad that not only cartoons collect money at the box office and such a seemingly simple disaster movie was liked by the audience.
The Instigators (2024)
Which streaming service is next?
Doug Lyman spoils the audience with a movie for the streaming service for the second time in a year!
And again, it turns out something in between, but not without interesting details.
Almost all the actors are familiar faces and this is a plus. The main duo looks organic. Again, it's nice to see Casey Affleck.
There are chases. There are explosions, or rather as many as two. Chases on different cars are also available.
Well, the humor that Casey's character is responsible for is also not bad. It smiled.
As a result, this is, of course, again a passing film for streaming, but still good enough to spend an hour and a half of time watching it.
I wish they would give Lyman money as soon as possible, a normal script with actors and let him already shoot something expensive and rich for cinemas, otherwise you can get bogged down... That's all.
Borderlands (2024)
The potential was there. The result is deplorable
Is this a cool new video game adaptation?!
No, no and no again!
But what potential could there be...
But it just so happened that the film had a modest budget, even taking into account the reshoots, so it is cut, crumpled and looks like a cut of episodes from which they barely tried to glue something whole.
It didn't work out.
But it was possible to make action episodes more expensive, add humor, for which the game series was famous, and so the film would have come out at least at the level of a passer with a score of +-6 points, but it did not work out.
It seems that the actors are cool and it is clear that they tried. After all, the atmosphere on the spot and the locations, although they do not shine with scale and high cost, but they are recognized and it is pleasant.
Even the music is well chosen, but the scenes are with her... Well, it's not good.
It is not clear for whom the film was shot. Fans and even people just familiar with the series will spit, and the casual viewer will simply not understand anything about the plot. He will have to hope for humor and explosions with chases, but here it is a complete disappointment again.
Even Eli Roth didn't help, but he could bring horrors from himself with funny jokes in the most unexpected places.
Beau Is Afraid (2023)
An amazing adventure
I watched this miracle on the release and guessed right with the company + Joaquin's advice turned out to be a useful thing. Of course, it cannot be compared with the author's previous works. The film is simply different, but this does not mean that the film is bad.
The scene with the chandelier seemed funny to me and it would be interesting to hear someone's opinion on this, because the person with whom I watched the movie at that time did not appreciate it. What if something is wrong with me?
The work goes on for 3 hours and if you do not catch the mood of the film in the first 15-30 minutes, I think there is no point in watching further. And really not for everyone.
In general, the whole film is full of some kind of surrealism and sometimes looks like a child's fantasy, then a nightmare. Mood swings and transitions from obscure blackness to humor are amazing.
The film gives you a lot of emotions and if it still catches you, it won't let you go until the end credits.
Trap (2024)
It's interesting to watch
Well, this is already a typical Shyamalan. This time I was able to surprise not only with the ending, but also with the plot as a whole. He also invited a good actor to play the main role, which makes the film look even better.
Most likely you haven't seen his past works, but I liked this one the most since Glass (2019)
It's interesting to watch. You don't think while watching that it's a movie because you're passionate. That's cool!
An interesting detail: the maniac gets all the problems from women. It would be interesting to develop this idea, but somehow I'm too lazy.
I would like to see Josh Hartnett in a big movie more often!
The Leftovers (2014)
Every season is getting better and better
Do you like LOST or Dark? Here, of course, the plot is not as overloaded as in the first and not as interestingly twisted as the second, but I definitely liked the LOST one more.
The first season is not as interesting as the other two, but it fulfills its tasks. Introduces all the characters, allows you to get into them, and also creates enough questions to continue watching.
There are quite a lot of plot twists and perhaps a bit too much with incomprehensible events in season 3, but it's better than if the authors stretched the series for another couple of seasons.
Quite an interesting and concentrated story. Fans of an ordinary human drama may not be deterred by the mysterious and mystical part of the plot. The balance is maintained.
American History X (1998)
Is it never too late to start over or is it too late?
The colors of the film
Black and white scenes change colors depending on the time of the action.
Next, about all this in more detail, mixed with a retelling.
In the first color segment, you can guess the ending if desired. Especially if you know the slogan of the film.
In the first 15 minutes, thanks to only 1 scene with the young main character, the viewer is explained how he came to such a life. And if we ignore the fact that killing people for any reason, including because of belonging to a particular race, is bad, the hero can still be understood. After all, he was broken, and in such a state it is easy to succumb to not the best beliefs.
Sometimes the transition from a color picture to a CB takes place in a certain iconic place for the characters. This is the first time this has happened on the playground, where white people used to play, but in the present time those guys have disappeared.
A fairly simple detail, but therefore no less interesting.
The picture was black and white when the main character had just left the prison walls, but when he was at home, the picture became colored.
Color= real, but then why was she black and white when she was already out of prison? Apparently, when I came to the house, all the old things were left behind and life stopped dividing into black and white. Down with racism and long live a bright future!
It is also possible to notice another main character, because he does not come out of prison with a bald skull, and also does not express approval to his brother, who got a Nazi tattoo and reported that he had become a full-fledged member of the gang.
Funny detail: the place of work of the protagonist's friend
It's ironic. What else can you say?
+ a funny detail: a friend does not eat black candies. Although he then falls asleep with half of them from the bowl into the bowl
It is easy enough to get into the monologues of the main character, because he almost always operates with facts and examples with ideas that are easy to believe.
The only thing worth it is the scene of a family dinner in the 2nd quarter of the film. The growing tension among the characters, which reaches a peak during the discussion. I can't find the words to describe it in more detail, and I don't want to, because I don't want to spoil the impression. The word CINEMA. That's what comes to mind when you see something like that. Looking ahead, the movie is too cool, and one of the reasons for its coolness is this scene.
During the first time after serving time with a girl, the viewer is told in plain text that the hero has changed and does not want to have anything to do with his past life. He wants to go far away, but the girl does not agree. She says she knows him and it's not him. To which the main character replies that she knows nothing about him.
The turning point will be shown a little later, but for now the viewer can only guess what happened in prison that changed the hero so much.
So that's how the first half of the movie goes. Let's move on.
Finally, we move on to the prison. The first year passes quietly, but then he notices that his fellow party members do not adhere strongly to all the rules in ideology. A conflict is brewing and eventually the main character even sits down to eat separately from them.
At the same time, while working in the laundry, he makes friends with a sworn enemy. At first, he doesn't even talk to him, but from scene to scene he tells him more and more, it all sounds like conversations between people between whom there can be no enmity.
During the same conversations, the main character learns that his friend received 6 years for stealing a TV, while he received 3 for a much more serious crime.
Then there is a story to the younger brother about an event that still changed the hero a little and a dialogue with the former teacher, who eventually, talking about the younger brother, asks the question: Have you done anything to make life better?
And having received the answer: no, the plot seems to be starting to move in a good-natured direction. The younger brother now knows why his brother has changed and together with him cleans his room of all paraphernalia. Everything seems to be going well, but is it until the end of the film?
In fact, there are still a few minutes of peaceful life, a scene where a policeman with a brother teacher asks the main character not to leave the gang in order to change it from the inside and try to do something. To which the answer turns out that you need to take your brother to school and return in half an hour.
The climax.
Well, the final of junior's essay under the beautiful views of the ocean at sunset. Yes, my brother wrote an essay about his brother and how he influenced his life.
The essay came out well, judging by the film. All flashbacks, not counting the prison, are reflected in it. The ending is in an essay with faith in a better future, but, unfortunately, we return to the slogan of the film, from which it becomes clear that one brother is responsible for the crime, and both are responsible for the punishment.
Did the main character do bad things? Yes.
Has he tried to change himself and the lives of his loved ones? Yes, too, but it was too late.
Generally speaking, returning to the character who killed his brother, I can't understand why he did it. Yes, he was a gang member, but there was no personal conflict apart from the first meeting.
Probably, the role of depersonalization of the killer has a role here. It's just that all the bad things that the main character caused to another race poured out on his brother. It's not entirely logical, but given the premise of the film, it's as if there could be no other ending.
Some kind of retelling came out, so we need to touch on a couple of details.
The main characters are called Edwards, and if this role is the best in a minor's career, then I would argue with Northan. Although I like Fight Club more, but still yes. Both guys have the best film in terms of acting.
The music here is great. Perfectly conveys emotions, fits perfectly and creates the right tension.
This is a classic movie and everyone should watch it. Modern cinema is too toothless and very rarely gives so many emotions. But I was the one who reviewed it!