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IO (2019)
The many hairstyles of Margaret Qualley
The movie has the kind of important sounding pseudo intellectual dialouge that seems to be a staple of these types of movie, where the director has "a message".
The message here? Climate change is bad (mmmkay?).
I was distracted throughout the movie, when every new scene had Margaret Qualley's hair in a new style. I'm not trying to be sexist, every new scene literally has a new hairstyle.
There's even one point where I'm not sure if it's a genuine editing mistake or what. The new(?) scene is in the same setting with the characters in the same places with the same plot, but the hair is different. You tell me.
All in all, I can't recommend this.
Unthinkable (2010)
Torture porn
SPOILERS ABOUT THE ENDING!
This movie apparently exists for one purpose: To show a man being tortured. That's it. There seems to be no other redeeming quality.
Sure, it tries to present characters as for and against torture, but the exercise is ultimately pointless. The movie doesn't even have the courage of it's convictions.
Either torture works, or it doesn't. Even the protagonist (Carrie Anne-Moss) gets to slicin', when she sees it has an effect, but at the very end, the movie puts a stop to torturing children. And? Is that supposed to be some moral high ground? That we torture adults willy- nilly, but we stop short of children? Pathetic.
I'm not saying that I want to see children tortured, but if a movie forces me to sit through this crap, it should at least have the courage to stand by it's convictions!
And in the end it didn't even matter, because the fourth bomb went off anyway. Well, hoopdy- doo!
So what was the point? No wonder this went straight to video.
The Man (2005)
Samuel L. Jackson, anyone?
You'd think that a whole movie consisting of Samuel L. Jackson being Samuel L. Jackson would be awesome.
Unfortunately you'd be wrong, at least in this case. SLJ needs a good script to hang his "schtick" on, otherwise it's just a lot of "bad mofo"-ry and looking menacing without any real substance.
That's the problem with this movie. The script sucks, the characters suck, the dialog sucks, everything sucks. There's no "kick" to the "bad mofo", even when he's being violent. It's just perfunctory, like "I'm Samuel L. Jackson, bitches, you better recognize!" (Yo!)
Eugene Levy is being Eugene Levy. Are we sensing a theme yet?
I've read there were three script writers on this movie. I don't understand what they did.
There's a review of "Attack of The Clones" up on YouTube. One of the segments talk about how Samuel L. Jackson is under used and the clips they use to illustrate that are from this movie. I can't think of any better way to visualize a "lack of Samuel L. Jackson" than this movie, that consists of nothing but.
Avoid at all costs.
Thirst (1998)
Entertaining but not extraordinary
This disaster movie is not like other disaster movies. Other disaster movies tend to follow a very rigid structure and not stray from it.
First we meet the primary characters and we get to know them through scenes of "everyday life".
Then the secondary characters whose "lives will be changed forever" are introduced.
Lastly the "enemy" is introduced. Mostly in the form of the mighty bureaucrat who won't evacuate the city or close the beaches or whatever.
This movie introduces one secondary character and uses tertiary characters for all the "unwashed masses" who are just supposed to die anyway. This enables the movie to concentrate on the efforts of the hero(es) to fix the situation and not have to show a lot of pointless drivel about dogs trapped in rain pipes and children being caught under buses.
Plus, the characters are actually well drawn and the story is somewhat believable.
I was entertained for an hour and a half and that's really the point, right?
The Contender (2000)
Politics suck!
So, after sitting there, watching 1 hour and 45 minutes of a detailed exposé of how politics suck I'm supposed to stand up with tears in my eyes and shout God Bless America?
I think not!
If we look at the movie, the real winner isn't any of the characters, it's the dirty game known as politics. Back-stabbing, red faced liars all of them.
This movie makes me sad. Great characters, great actors, great story and it's destroyed by the 'America rules!' ending.
Tsk, tsk. I'm going to listen to the commentary on the DVD now and hear what the director has to say for himself.
Thankfully I only rented it and didn't buy it.
The Bachelor (1999)
My brain hurts...
Never in my life have I watched a movie where I cared so little for the characters. Never in my life have I watched a movie where I guessed the ending so quickly (in the video store, looking at the cover!). And never in my life have I watched a movie where I actually could feel my IQ dropping.
I mean, what is this? Please!
1 star out of 5 and that is only because of Renée Zellweger. She's just so darn cute ;o)
Storm Catcher (1999)
*SPOILERS* Pure cliche all the way
This movie acted as a reminder to me why I don't like action movies. It was pure cliche all the way.
First, we have the obligatory build-up scene, where we get a little background and how good friends the main characters are. Then we get the family scenes, where it's established how much the main character loves his family.
And then we get the conflict, and the threat to the main characters family. And lo and behold, everything works out in the end.
I just want to comment on one performance, I think stood out. The role Yvonne Zima played as Holloways daughter, Nicole. That girl can act. She has guest-starred on ER many times and I have always been impressed with her performance on that show.
She doesn't have much to work with here, but what she has, she does well.
Leaving Las Vegas (1995)
An impossible love comes to life through superb acting.
A drunk and a hooker, how much more doomed can a love be from the beginning? Yet Nicolas Cage and Elisabeth Shue brings to life this 'impossible' love and makes it glow.
I can honestly not remember the last time I have gone through so many emotions while watching a movie; love, hate, repulsion, anger and pity. This movie has it all. No wonder Nicolas Cage won an Oscar for this movie, because this really is a masterpiece of acting. Elisabeth Shue was 'only' nominated, but in my eyes she should have won one too. It's not often I fall in love with a character, but she made me do it in Cocktail (playing opposite Tom Cruise), and she made me do it here.
I recommend this movie highly. I give it a 9 out of 10!
Parenthood (1989)
A comedy/drama about parenting and the things that come with it
I first saw Parenthood a few years ago, and loved it instantly. The seemingly effortless way, director Ron Howard twines all the different story lines together is a piece of art. Steve Martin shows another, more 'serious' note in his acting. That's not to say he is bad in this movie. Wholly the opposite. I believe this may be one of his best parts. As mentioned before, I saw it a few years back, when I was a teenager and I could relate to some of the problems and situations faced by the kids in this movie. In a way, it made growing up a little less painful. A really good movie, I would recommend to anyone, whether parents, soon-to-be parents, or just thinking about it :)