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The Shallows (2016)
Best seagull in a supporting role
Less Jaws, more Gravity, with Blake Lively thinking her way out of a tight spot.
I don't think the bikini bits are gratuitous. Watch any surfer film with women. It's just what they wear. Passes the Bechdel test.
A shade under 90 minutes, which is remarkable these days.
Pompeii (2014)
Awful, awful movie
Princess Bride, but played straight, with no self-awareness or humour. "My name is Milo. You killed my father. Prepare to die!".
Avoid. The fight scenes are entertaining, but so prolonged that one is taken out of the movie to think "Yeah, but there's no way he'd be able to *keep* fighting for this long".
The whole audience (in Paris) laughed at the final utterly ridiculous frames. This was meant to be poignant/heartbreaking - like Titanic. The audience by then just wanted it to be over.
There are a few wooden performances, but I suspect it's hard not to be with this script and direction. Even so, Sutherland should be ashamed of his showing in this. He must just have been counting his pay the whole time.
Also: 'Milo' the Celt ?? How about using Celtic name?