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Sunrise (2024)
Not a vampire story
I like how they describe this in the description as a spine, chilling, thriller, it is not that at all.
Too many flashback sequences for my taste
The story seems to not be very cohesive and is a little confusing at times Period
The acting is pretty good and believable.
Definitely a film from this time era, because it's all about the racism.. It could've been the usual folks that live in that town against any outsider no matter who it is,
And was a voodooism or vampirism revenge trying to do what's right it was just all over the place.
Very predictable in the way the characters behaved.. . Visually and the direction of the film is OK it's just really really slow..
I did like his comment of when change comes your way. How are you going to embrace it.
Too confusing mostly. A lot of imagery thrown about.
Prime Suspect (2011)
Not seeing the appeal
Just started the first episode of this American version to the British TV show prime suspect.
I want to go and watch the British version to compare it to to make a total decision
Acting seems good and casting seems to fit.
Why is everyone so angry towards each other and mean.
Guess I just don't find the one female lead likeable.
Wrong address? Come on! Was she driving the wrong way on a one way? Hitting another car head on? Another come on moment for me. Chasing the guy, beating happening. At least her face was cut and bruised a day later.
They hate her because she is a woman? Can we get a new story line on things?
Maybe she is trying to have the mean Kojak kinda cop.
Don't Say Its Name (2021)
Not a 100% rating movie
Acting not very good. They seem too stiff and not believable.
Not enough character building for any of the characters. What do we know about them or why do want to care if they are sliced and diced by the spirit killer.
Basically it the same story of the big corporations wanting to take over or say they are doing it to help the locals. In reality it just doesn't what big guys do.
Also side story of the person in the truck.
Too much dead space with boring conversations.
Why would revenge spirit go after a teenager who has nothing to do with nothing except wanting a job. (At the wrong company I guess)
If the revenge spirit wanted to stop this company, go after CEO not some menial employees.
Once it attacked a non company person, then the avenging of wrongdoer is just a murderer
Special affects are just ok, nothing. Just Not worth the time.
Warrior Nun (2020)
Guess I just don't see it.
I am not getting into this show. Our main character Ava to me seemed so irritating to me. Just to annoying and just too teen agy.
I do see this is somewhat Buffy meets the exorcist (someone had mentioned this in a review. It definitely gives off the Buffy vibe. Young girl has supernatural powers from a higher power. The training involved, tried to make her likable but didn't seem to hit the mark for me.
It seemed to take her so long to see what was going on and what the Halo was what the importance of it.
To me it just seemed too slow and boring.
It's ok, just I don't think it is as good as all to 10 star reviews .
Doctor Sleep (2019)
Boring slow
I am not seeing how there are so many great reviews for this movie. It seems to be slow and not very coordinating, like what the heck is going on?
Doesn't seem to really explain what they are or are they connected to the overlook and how, and what's with the train?
And I'm just not feeling it with the characters, it doesn't feel like I am able to connect with any of them, to have that empathy for the hero or the villain.
And the little girl has no idea of the entities that she may be dealing with.
I don't think that this movie necessarily had to be even connected to the shining, it could've just been a suspenseful thriller movie on its own with these weird creature like beings.
It just moved too slow for me, and with them trying to be all special affects , which really wasn't that great. Floating dreamlike state, been done before.
Was glad to see kid got some hits in on hat lady.
We are supposed to feel sorry for murdering creature who is dying? I mean really?
And bringing all the ghosts from Overlook, it just seemed too lame for me. Perhaps they were tying to bring closure for the Shining
To each his own. I am sure a lot out there loves this movie.
Malignant (2021)
a lot of "oh, come on" moments
All in all, its worth a watch, I just hope they do not do a sequel. Really, what else could they do, it really wouldn't make sense, unless someone can come up with an original idea.
SPOILERS BELOW:
The first "oh, come on!" when she gets slammed against the wall, but is explained later, so maybe not so "oh, come on" after all
I did like the camera angles used and some of the special affects were interesting,
Some of the acting was a little flat and not genuine, but for the most part ok.
At first it seemed like this was kind of like a horror version of drop dead Fred, but not really. I did like the twist of the "villian/entity" this was not something you have seen in other films, so that was different and not something that I thought would have happened
That one chase scene with the police officer Kokoa was a bit too long - just a little over the top - like "oh, come on!"
The movie seem to jump around a bit, which I am not a big fan of that.
And why would a sister go to that place by herself another time to say, "oh come on!"
the cops wouldn't put her in a general holding cell like that. But I see why they had to do that, so it would prompt that needed scene of blood and gore. Which you got to have that in horror films.
One thing I was happy about in this film is that they at least made the sisters with different color hair. Because in a lot of movies these days, everyone looks so similar with the plots and the characters are so dull or not interesting you can't tell who is who. Which makes it difficult to tell what is going on sometimes!
Castaways (2023)
Not a typical apocalyptic movie
Are there any good movies that came out of 2023?
The trailer, like most trailers, makes it seem more intriguing than it is.
This should be characterized as a romantic adventure dramatic movie.
Pretty predictable in what happens. Especially for 2023 only because there are tons of these movies now that portray a woman as the hero and the one that saves the day. Which is fine, women can be badass as anyone. But the Acting is flat and dull. And for being stranded on a deserted island they till look hot and are accessorizing their outfits with jewelry .
It just fell short, the characters are jut not that interesting, too boring and maybe more believable if the mom who was said to be the survivalist type to head the group, but that would have ruined the romance part of it. Which for whatever reasons people feel is ended for a Thriller/horror movies.
The Visitor (2022)
Not unusual
Well, the story lie has been done many times before.
Are toads supposed to be evil? What was that for?
I just dont like when characters behave in a not normal behavior,
She goes to the doctor alone I guess just so he can answer the phone and say "yes, I'm alone"
Typical creepy towns people, evil dobbelgangers. I think seeing photos of "you" from the past would invoke more of a reaction.
Maybe his wife could not accept he has some mental issue he is dealing with or she is in on the devil worship thing going on.
I feel they were trying for a "Rosemarys Baby" - it didn't quiet make it.
The acting here is flat and convincing -
Robert gets this phone message from Mr Braun - implies that he is just why didn't he call back immediately? That was very predictable for sure.
The whole "our father" implying they are related part is just kinda not right.
And the ending - jeez, typical weird gross satanic stuff - then all that is left are the evil town-ies to fulfill their evil prophesy.
The Consultant (2023)
They bill this as a Comedy??
Well, this is NOT a comedy. Perhaps this could be considered a Dark Comedy. But even then it is not that good of one.
There is not much of character building or a feeling of empathy with them for the most part.
Christoph Waltz is the best part in this series. They don't go into enough of who he is or where he comes from.
Craig and Elaine, I don't think i even like them.
I am not sure what this series was even about. This happens a lot it seems in some series. Episode after episode nothing seems to happen, answers are not given. Much the same, just different episode.
Was it supposed to be a dark look into corporate world?
Binge all at once to get it over with or maybe look for something else.
Lockwood & Co. (2023)
Jury is still out - waiting to read the books
I feel this is a modern version of ghostbusters, revisited. I find it interesting enough to watch all the episodes. The characters are compelling and interesting which i feel like I want to know who and what they are about.
The parts that irk me, is some of their behavior. Maybe because they are young people, (and I am an older person) they seem to behave snotty or like irritating to one another.
A big pet peeve of mine in watching tv/movies is when you have a team, of, detectives, doctors or whatever, and they are working on something, inevitably one stumble across something or something happens to them but they DONT say anything to others. Even tho something weird is going on - that could be on me though, something that only sees to bug me.
Worth watching though, I would like to read the books too for comparison.
Frozen (2010)
Not worth the time
I just don't like the fact that if they hadn't have tried to get away with something in the first place they would never be in that situation.
I know this happens a lot. Sometimes you don't really realize that are getting in that situation but in this case they knew what they were doing was wrong to begin with and they thought that was okay.
It Makes the characters not that likable and the feeling like meh who cares if something does happen to them.
Hard to feel that sorry for them.
Was the equipment maintained at all? Not logical.
I think the frostbite would have been a whole lot worse than what they had .
Station Eleven (2021)
Should've been a movie, not a series
First episode seemed promising. The main characters in that episode were interesting, and I wanted to see where they would end up, and if they survive. But couldn't get past the second episode. I am not a really big fan of the back-and-forth time jump. It just makes things so so confusing. To make references about a certain thing then it jumps back and you don't know was that something that's going to happen or was it a ploy to get out of the situation? It just to me does not make sense when they go back-and-forth like it. It didn't seem like too much was even happening. Just a bunch of miscellaneous things.
I'm going to try to give it another shot here but, it doesn't look too promising for me, not my cup of tea, I guess.
The Irregulars (2021)
Not for a true Sherlock Holmes fan -
I am trying to find a reasons to keep Netflix subscription.
This show is just ok. I heard this was from a graphic novel. I have not read the graphic novel so I am not sure how true it is to that. As far as a tv show goes, I'm not thrilled with the character development. Their actions don't seem logical, and are sometimes mean and belligerent. It is like they are all working on their own and not as much collaborative effort.
The music does not match the setting of the time period. But then again the age demographic maybe a lot younger than I am.
Give it a few episodes to see what you think - i got just thru the 2nd episode :( decided its not for me.
Nancy Drew (2019)
Title should have been The New Nancy Drew chronicle
The slightly different title capitalizes on the original series but totally different.
The jump scenes and occult supernatural story lines seemed too forced and predictable . Trying to make this seem more intense than it is.
Sex scenes are just gratuitous to get the more edge rating, does not add to story line or character development.
Nancy seems too much like snotty young person at times. Perhaps it fits the demographics they are targeting.
Characters seem to be not very memorable.
The show is just ok, and leaves not much room for holding much interest for the long haul.
Black Mountain Side (2014)
Meh;
It felt like this was The Thing meets Aliens.
I will say I thought the acting was good. Conveyed the pain and torment they were going through. The Typical dynamics of a group in this sort of movie..
The story itself is just not that strong. Is it real? Not real? Aliens? Old forgotten gods? The ending...was lack luster. It made me feel I did was my hour and a half was wasted.
I would say watch it, but don't expect too much.
See (2019)
Too many questions,
I have a lot of same questions as others here. How did humans revert back to savage behavior. Why is sight so wrong.
What's with the queen and how she "prayed". I felt this was just put there to add "sexual content" that really wasn't needed to add to story.
Not much to choose from on Apple+
Not sure how Apple could think so little content can get people to subscribe.
What We Do in the Shadows (2019)
funny and worth watching
I didn't think I would like the "mockumentary" but found it well written, and just fun to watch. The acting was believable, characters are likable and the choice of actors was really good. Story lines seem to work
Time is short here on earth so I am a big binge watcher and usually fast forward through a lot of things because they are really boring or just too stupid. Not this! I am looking forward to watching the next season!