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True Detective: Night Country: Part 6 (2024)
Thank the good Lord it's over
To be honest only the memory of seasons 1 and 3 got me to endure this torture.
So many flaws...so many miserable side stories...so many plot flaws...this last episode has so much going against it that makes our brains hurt. Either sitting 2 feet apart on a silent cave and screaming to each other, or getting the pulse of someone that's contorting in pain, so many What? Moments that I really hope those writers, editors, anyone that might have been professionaly involved in this, get theirs ears pulled.
I'm not even getting to the final twist or how it led to it. I'll skip that and focus solely on the general trainwreck that was this season.
Gets a 4 for the nice photography and audio editing.
True Detective: Night Country: Part 4 (2024)
Falling
Season started with an episode 1 with solid 8, very promising. Episode 2 kept the above average 7, episode 3 was a hand full of nothing and still pulled out a 6, now I finished watching episode 4 and realized it's spiraling down. This episode is a 5 counting on the cinematography alone since it was dreadful to watch until the last 5 min which is not nearly enough to compensate the previous hour wasted on nothingness. Just a bunch of shortcuts that ironically took the longest path to get us nowhere and leave us with nothing.
I know every season has at least one episode of - as we say in country - "filling up the sausage" and I honestly hope this one was it, because in all truth I cannot bare another hour of this.
Episode 5 needs to be at least as good as the first two otherwise I'm done.
All of Us Strangers (2023)
Reviews finally tricked me
When you see a solid 8 with 10k votes you really expect something special. Except when it comes from jumpers movie market where the locals vote in a rampant way to get their own up the charts.
Probably something similar happened with one and honestly I felt deceived.
Can't say it's bad. Story is refreshing, nicely shot, good cast...but on the other hand it just lacks pace, most people will get what's going on about 20min in and there's no twists or turns to make one feel trapped in the same 20min loop 5 times in a row. It just became boring, excruciatingly boring. Acting is solid yet it didn't quite cut through transmitting that loneliness, depression, sadness and regret. I know where the movie was trying to take us but it never got me onboard.
May December (2023)
Keeps you uncomfortable
Still not uncomfortable enough to look away.
This is one of those movies that gets to your nerve, and I'm sure anyone who's seen it will likely love it or hate it. Sensitive matters have a way to disarm us, leaving an itchy sensation, especially when a movie is well directed and performed, such as this.
I knew nothing of the story, just came in blank trusting you can't go wrong with such an amazing cast, and it payed off!
Julianne Moore is amazing...she effortlessly plays the good cop bad cop vibe and builds up the tension and the drama.
Natalie Portman, well one of the greatest, she just doesn't know how not to deliver. Great acting!
Movie is slowly paced and could be slightly adjusted while edited to better trim the unspoken parts, sure, still the building tension getting through a very well shot, and directed movie, compensate the less fulfilling moments.
Very well performed, well made, and leaves you thinking a bit after.
7,5/10.
There's Something in the Barn (2023)
Can't say it's good
Can't say it's bad.
The plot is very flawed, the acting makes no sense in most parts. It was classified as a dark comedy, horror and fantasy film. Only the fantasy part was kind of right, and even there is mostly due to the elfs reference than any fantasy at all. In the first half of the movie you get the feeling that the elf's are fast and hard to see, that would fulfill the fantasy part, then they slowly grade down to children in costumes moving slow and ultimately incapable of putting up a fight. That makes the whole thing kind of pointless and nonsense. I felt deeply diving into the "if only the remote was by the couch..." state.
Can't say it's bad either. It's a nicely shot flick, with nice landscapes and good pace. But still fails being horror, fails being comic, just...a regular Sunday afternoon nothing else to see and it's already on kind of movie.
The Creator (2023)
Solid sci-fi
Lovely visuals and effects. CGI is top notch and makes you want to recap in a bigger and bigger screen. Thumbs up for the sound track and audio editing.
Ok performances and a not so ok script. The plot was promising, not fresh, but it had room for something new. Didn't happen.
For a movie on today's duality on weather we should embrace AI, I certainly hope if we indeed build super advanced robots we won't program them to have bad equilibrium, bad aim, bad judgement on logical and practical subjects, I mean... This movie portraits super robots like average humans. And don't get me started in the overacted spread of emotions...by the "robots"...
Technicalities aside, very entertaining overall 7/10.
Martyrs (2008)
I don't believe in 10/10 but...
...when there's a movie you've seen 10y ago and is constantly brought to memory, that's gotta mean something.
Anyone who sees it doesn't forget it. It sticks.
The pure rawness, the neverending pit of darkness when you're just hoping for a little light so you can breathe - not to spoil it - but it doesn't come.
Great acting, ok photography and editing, but your eyes will be halfway shut from the tension it causes, so no need to go over the head with special effects and cinematography. Just a very good movie where acting and suspense is just perfect.
Although I've seen it more than a decade ago, came across the poster in IMDB and still felt compeled to write a review. That's how much it sticks.
Brand New Cherry Flavor (2021)
No boredom here
I love this actress. From the last half dozen years Rosa is an all around from action to drama, from seriousness to weirdness, and capable of performing the best dark humor in style like she's an improved version of Aubrey Plaza. This is why she played this out in near perfection. There's no way to predict where the plot unfolds next. This is a weird story with strange dialogs and crazy characters. You never know what's going to happen next. The only thing you'll realize is that it takes on this beautiful cinematic ride well above the common mainstream series where the story is up for you to puzzle up and come to your own conclusions. And if you don't find any conclusions you'll still be up for a new season, I know I am!
Glass Onion (2022)
One hour to see, another hour to get
Superb cast makes this a must see movie. Daniel Craig put out and amazing performance both goofy and charming, he acts well to glue the whole thing together.
It's ok written, nicely shot and edited. Performances ok throughout.
The movie has two parts, one where you go "ohh I see where this is going" and then takes another hour to get exactly there. This, for a mistery acts as no mistery at all and leaves you wishing for a different twist or...at least a turn, a small one that wouldn't be so "so, they said this is where it was leading one hour ago, and this is where they led...ok".
Good movie nonetheless. Could have been 30m shorter, wouldn't make a difference. 7/10.
Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities (2022)
It's got ups and downs
The Cabinet presentation is a very cool Hitchcock move. I personally like it. Gives us a storyline and credit to the Director of each episode. Now...it couldn't all be amazing. First episode was very cool, although I was expecting something more thought provocative. Got a little colder on ep 2 then came episode 3 which is a masterpiece! Saw it twice and could watch it a 3rd time, easily. It's those kind of episodes that make you endure the rest of the season just hoping you'd find another one as good as that... Unfortunately it didn't came to be. From ep4 to 8 it was all pretty -sorry I'll have to say - boring and predictable.
Overall production, acting, direction is very good, but, man... I know it's supposed to be mainstream but I wish they'd take more risks, taking us to a bit more chills, more unsettling and thought provocative routes, just a bit...it wouldn't hurt the hype.
Those Who Wish Me Dead (2021)
Not half way
Into the score, that is.
The movie builds up pretty vaguely. Introduces characters in a very Sunday afternoon criminal series vibe. Hangs on a few loose pillars and goes fr there. All the characters interactions are boring and Angelina doesn't cut through with the whole feminine Bruce Willis cliché character from the 90s. The action peaked down from the beginning and there are no convincing performances throughout. Of course the dialogue or script if you prefer did not help in the matter because it was boring, far from depicting any sense of reality and the CGI, well let's rebrand it Computer Graphics Initiation.
Somewhere between 4 and 5 out of 10.
An Cailín Ciúin (2022)
It builds
It's a low paced movie where what hooks you up are the expressions, the gestures, the camera focusing on somewhere out of the scene. It's driving us to that young girl's mind. The cast is perfect and the plot, not being something new, gives us a fresh build up in tension, a low paced tension that arrives nowhere and everywhere at the very end. Even if for a tiny bit here or there, I believe each of us will find something to relate to when we were young.
There aren't many movies that can really touch us and have us recommending it, in my case especially not a drama, but this one, this is as close to a drama masterpiece as one can find. Solid 8,5 / 10.
Red Notice (2021)
Sunday afternoon flick
Cheesy plot, light acting, dumb dialogs filled with clichés, it's...an easy movie. Easy to forget, easy to enjoy, easy to hate.
I stand more in the hate part because I really feel if you're over 12 the sheer lack of depth hurts your intelligence, even uf you're just watching it for the jokes and passing time. Quite median, but has rge quality of a big budget so it doesn't insult you further.
Old (2021)
It's been a long time...
...since I actually felt compelled to write: bad casting. Bad, bad, terrible. Nothing and nobody makes any of it credible in terms of dialogs or emotions. Disliked the camera work. Had to push myself through it because...well, it "is" Mr. Shyamalan.
2067 (2020)
B movie that counts more like an A-
Decent plot. Nice pace. Keeps you interested. No fancy special effects but good editing and camera work/photography.
Actor try. They do their job well. Maybe lack that "big screen charisma" that would probably make this movie Box Office material.
Overall liked it.
The Midnight Sky (2020)
Beautiful CGI...and that's it.
So poor. So poor.
The plot, the pace, the acting, the story, the...almost everything, so, so poor.
I really don't know what to more to say except "yeah, there is George Clooney!".
The Invitation (2015)
Pretty solid
Solid acting, a tone of realistic action, and a background drama makes this movie a great choice for a slow paced night. Raises valid points in the plot, and there is no bad acting to distract you from those thoughts.
Good surprise on nflx!
The Peanut Butter Falcon (2019)
Solid Shia can cut through anything
Somewhat fresh plot, this movie could have taken a left turn with the wrong cast. We've seen Joseph GL and Matthew Mac. performing similar roles and they did a great job. Shia makes this one work, what a solid performance! Dakota otoh could have been just about any other cute actress, she just had to follow Shia's lead.
Great photography, nice directing, good atmosphere makes this one an above average movie.
I do have some criticism on the editing with some pointless flashbacks that could be implied and not just visual, this is a bad shortcut to make a point.
12 Hour Shift (2020)
There's something fresh about this one
Great acting from the two maim characters. This is an excellent dark humored film where you clearly get when they want you to feel the thriller and when they want you to laugh at the improbable.
Took me out quite a few laughs and Bettis acting is superb as always.
The plot is somewhat fresh and unexpected.
Really liked it!
When compared to Netflixish recent productions, this becomes a masterpiece!
Looking for something a bit new and different, see it!
The Silencing (2020)
Above average for the genre
There is really nothing new here, however it is very well executed.
Good directing, good acting, good atmosphere.
On the other hand, "meh" plot and "meh" editing.
The first half leaves you well connected. Slow paced yet interesting.
The second half feels like the editor was getting tired and wanted to get it over with. The first twists are well presented but towards the end it gets pretty fast, thus uneplained and unrelatable.
It wouldn't hurt to add another 15min to the film and develop those last scenes with more thrill. It would change the whole feeling in the afterwatch.
The Devil All the Time (2020)
The cyclical wheel of things
Solid acting, decent photography, proper music/ambiences to set the action and the mood (finger at you nflx productions, the worst movie soundtrack selections in movie history!).
Finish with a compelling story and competent director and we've got ourselves a good movie!
The characters and plot were properly built throughout and that alone helps you bond more with the movie and allow yourself to wait for scenes to develop where otherwise you would feel bored.
Vivarium (2019)
What would you do?
Not the most pacey of sci-fi movies but, hey, it's kind of a thriller.
Very well shot. Plot is fine. Acting was good.
For dystopian film lovers such as I it works.
And afterwards can make you wonder "what would I do?".
Although I'd like to see them -characters- trying harder to crack the surrounding mysteries, even helplessly, that would certainly bring more to the thriller part of it all.
I'm Thinking of Ending Things (2020)
Drags out a bit to much, but thanks anyway...
First, thanks for a movie without brainless plot, pointless characters, void soundtracks or ambiences and XXI century BS clichés for the post-modern. It's really a rarity these past few years.
That being said, this movies fills all the above but certainly drags out, perhaps a bit too much. The director wanted to include a bunch of literature, poetry and depth to the dialogs. We get it. For me was too excessive, borderline boring. Not boring! Just very borderline. Especially on the car scenes.
If I wasn't for that I would give it a solid 8.
Instead can't to further than 6.9. (Borderline 7)
The Endless (2017)
Great plot with catchy atmosphere
While looking for a dystopian thriller to kill time I stumbled on this.
Great surprise!
It's no masterpiece don't get me wrong, but beats by miles the recent Netflixish senseless productions in the genre.
Decent acting, great plot, decent special effects, and - pointing fingers towards recent productions - excelent audio that puts you in that atmosphere of constant restlessness.
Yes, could be a little better paced sometimes.
Overall it is, very much, worth the watch.
Time Trap (2017)
Gets better as it goes
Wasn't expecting much other than a indie or B sci-fi flick.
Starts slow and unattractive, but starts getting better mainly from half way on.
A few dialogs were slow, lengthy and boring, a better editing would have worked since 15min less in the movie wouldn't make much difference in the plot.
Some parts of the script are questionable even for common sense, better plot advisers in the fields of history and physics could make this movie a B side gem.
But overall good entertainment. On the second half of it.