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Rescue 911 (1989)
As a child, this show used to scare me but as an adult now I understand why
Rescue 911 was a very surreal and scary show when I was growing up. Oftentimes, events and situations occur without any sort of explanation and being sudden and serious. As a kid, I didn't quite understood exactly why that was and felt that emergencies can happen without warning and that there's nothing you can do about it.
As an adult, now I understand why a lot of episodes were so scary as a child. The show leaves out a very large chunk of details and I never noticed it as a child, but this show is rather political.
For example, nearly every gun related incident generally make it sound like gun shots are very serious and sudden and without warning. In one episode, victims were shown taken to a hospital, with no backstory other than they were shot, and somehow were talking and then suddenly died for no reason. Other times, a rapist enters a house where a woman with no firearm training, tried to learn to shoot in a few seconds where the criminal was able to overpower her. After the episode, she came on to say she gave her guns to the police and told people don't worry the police will help you more so than any gun would. Seems to be very political to me for the time.
Other episodes involve similar absent of information that would make more sense. For example, in one segment a man entered a woman's apartment and her child called 911. It was very obvious from the way it was explained that the woman was being actively assaulted but yet the way it was narrated was as if nothing was going on and things were very casual. As an adult I understood what was going on but as a kid, there's no way I would understand.
Some episodes leave out very critical details that involve things like seizures, bleeding, drug uses, etc that all leave out some very critical detail that would make a big impact in the presentation and understanding of the events unfolding.
Meet Cute (2022)
What kind of message is this telling young singles?
This movie is about Sheila meeting Greg. Sheila discovers a time machine where she can travel back 24 hours and she repeats the day over and over because she meets Greg. The story is how Sheila tries to make their first meeting just perfect but she never gets it right and the night always end with Greg leaving and Sheila having to repeat the day again.
With that in mind the movie goes on deeper and we find that Sheila has a rather bad life. She wants to actually kill herself but when she finds Greg suddenly she wants to live. I feel this movie is a bit weak in how the love builds up. Sheila had an unhappy life and the only way to "cure" it is by meeting a guy, who she has no idea about other than she feels right with him. As the movie goes on Sheila learns more and more about Greg and tries to fix those things to make sure he is just perfect for her. Sheila wants to live a great life but only if it is with the perfect someone and if not, then she's going to end it all. Matter of fact the conclusion of the movie is where Sheila is about to jump from the bridge but Greg having to come and save her and promises a fulfilling life.
With that said, I feel the message of this movie is poor. That you're only complete and happy only if you finally meet someone. Had Sheila discovered that her happiness solely depended on herself and that she should not put that happiness into someone else, then this movie would have made 10 stars just perfect. I feel that the movie is weak because it says the only way to be happy is only if you meet someone. That is such a poor and weak message that will only result in more unhappiness.
All I can say is if you're a young woman, and you're single and you're watching this movie thinking your life will be so much happier and better with the perfect match, then let me say that is not the right way to feel. While having a companion will be a great thing in your life, I feel that your own self-worth and happiness come from yourself. Don't let others, especially a romantic partner, tell you how you should feel or that you're only complete and happy when you are with them.
Don't Worry Darling (2022)
Interesting storyline but severely flawed
This movie is a slow build up of a mystery that gets uncovered by the main character. At the end of the movie, the mystery is revealed but at the same time a lot of the characters used up to that point don't quite fit into the story. Overall I really liked the story but felt that many aspect of it is flawed to really say the story concluded in some meaningful way.
So it seems like this movie is about frustrated men who end up putting their girlfriends or wives into this simulator. The idea is you have this nuclear family set in the 1950s era when husbands would have jobs and the wives would stay home and maintain the house. The men go out, they come back and have a great time. The wives are brainwashed into believing they are nothing more than a housewife and they're blissfully happy about it.
One day the main character sees an airplane crash and she goes to investigate it but find out some sort of mysterious item. From that point, she questions the life she's in and begins to find out that she's living in a simulation and she's being held against her will. At this point, I felt the story sort of crumbled in terms of various characters and what they are used for in the story. For one, the main character had a friend who in the end revealed that she voluntarily put herself into the simulator because she can live the life where her children are still alive. However, earlier in the film, the main character had a friend next door who ended up killing herself. Why did the main character's friend suddenly revealed the truth to her but not to the other woman who was obviously in the same pain as the main character? And not to mention suffered extreme torture because they had drugged her repeatedly.
Then there is the whole airplane crash that doesn't quite make sense either. Why did an airplane crash in this simulation? Plus back in the "real world" the main character appears to be a nurse or a medical person. Wouldn't the people at her job, that she worked 30+ hours at, become worried that she's not coming in or suddenly decided to quit?
As an aside, I always wonder why modern society uses the America's 1950s era nuclear family as a way to suppress women into liking a modern 2000 era man? I think while women were somewhat restricted in that era of America, I don't think they were "forced" or "trapped." I also don't believe men of that era would want their wives to feel "forced" or submissive to fitting into this housewife role. My grandfather was at his prime during this era and I don't think he would necessarily be against it if my grandmother decided to not be a housewife but it is understandable that women were expected to fit into this housewife role.
So overall the movie's story is a bit flawed. I felt that the storyline is missing an overall point or conclusion to it that would bind everything leading up to the ending.
Assault on VA-33 (2021)
Have you ever been to a bullfight?
Goodness where to begin? I think this movie was made by someone who knows nothing about the military, nothing about firearms, nothing about police, and absolutely nothing about the VA.
Every part of this movie is hilariously bad. The part that made me laugh is when the police came to the hospital they had this huge van and in the van they had the weather channel up. Why are they looking at maps and weather? Then the sniper on the roof decides to ditch his rifle for a machete only to be killed by a gun. Then the main bad guy non stop says he's gonna kill this, that, everywhere, everyone. He acts sophisticated but ends up sounding silly.
The main bad guy is supposed to be like a sophisticated villain but as soon as he said, "have you ever seen a bullfight?" I burst out in laughter. I feel like they probably had to redo that scene multiple times. He didn't ask that question just once in the film but twice. It's probably the craziest thing I seen in a while.
Overall a bad movie but pretty funny.
Jojo Rabbit (2019)
Loved this movie
This movie came as a bit of a surprise for me. It's very similar to Life is Beautiful, at least on the emotional impact of the film.
The movie starts off very silly. As a matter of fact, I was about to turn it off thinking it's a movie that makes Hitler look like a funny man. But as the film went on, I was taken aback. The emotional impact of the movie is significant where you just want to jump in there and save the characters yourself to set things right. I think the movie done a wonderful job at illustrating what Nazi-era Germany must have been like at the start. The main character Jojo very much believes in his country and their mission. So much so, that even his mother helps him out to make sure he keeps this idea going. She tries to make it appear innocent, even getting the local Hitler-youth Captain to play along with Jojo's ideal about Germany. Then, when Jojo realizes his mother is hiding this Jewish girl, Elsa, she even plays along with Jojo realizing that he isn't a bad person and later on Jojo realizes Elsa, the "evil" Jewish person isn't so bad despite having to author a book on the evils of someone who is Jewish. In the film, one of the great mysteries is Jojo's father. Jojo's mother obviously really misses her father, and the local youth Captain seem to know Jojo's father. Jojo's mother made Jojo believe his father was a heroic German soldier who died protecting Germany's ideal but as the movie went on, we learn that even Jojo's father is more than just simply what was described to him. Jojo's imaginary friend happened to be Hilter himself and by the end of the film, even his imaginary character falls apart but still shields Jojo from the true evils of this world. At first, it seems like a bad idea, but we learn that everyone is trying to protect Jojo, even when Jojo realizes the evils of this world, he's shielded from it.
By the end of the film Jojo realizes everything himself and realizes that it is all a sham. Even Jojo's imaginary Hitler friend ends up defeated and Jojo realizes his one true partner left in this world, Elsa is worth going back to reality of things. Jojo lost everything and everyone who shield him in the end except Elsa and they're both know what is right now.
It's really a great film. I really felt a lot of great emotional parts that flows very well. The "comedy" aspect of it is so ridiculous that it plays very nicely into the overall film.
Shadow in the Cloud (2020)
I felt this movie could be a bit more powerful
I agree with a lot of reviews that state our heroine is one tough gal. She starts off very confident, able to get on the all-male crew, tell them that she's on a top secret mission, and on top of that she can talk on the same level as them so they know she's not to be messed with. She's also very tough in terms of protecting her baby from the evil gremlin. She's ready to attack, even climb an airplane, shoot down airplanes, and do even worse to make sure her baby is safe. By the end of the film, she's very sure of herself. She could chase down the nastiest of monster that can rip apart airplanes and beat it to death if it came between her and her baby.
But there is a fatal flaw to this incredible woman. She can't face her former husband who abuse her, and even more so he could beat her to death if he wanted to. She turns into this defeated woman who can't even defend herself from the abuse of her husband. I feel like this film could had so much more in terms of empowerment of women in abusive relationships. The truth is abusers have a powerful spell over their victims. I known in real life several great women who could do extraordinary things, sort of like Chloe in this film, but as soon as they go home to their abusive husband, they can't escape that life. It takes a lot to get out of a relationship especially if you built it around the idea that your significant other will complement your life and the two of you can go forward to do great things. I feel like this movie could have Chloe face her abuser and on top of that come out strong to escape the abusive relationship. Not only that, put it in such a way that the pressure is on the abusive person as well to show that if you keep doing what you're doing, expect to create a much stronger person that will defeat you someday.
Instead I felt this movie sort of focused on Chloe doing all sorts of great deeds as an escape method from her abusive path. I felt like all those things she done to the monster and plane, could instead be focused on the right person.
I probably missed it but I thought she was in the British airforce and I'm not quite sure they would be attacked by Japanese fighters flying in Europe. So that is one issue with the film that I didn't quite understood.
Horizon Line (2020)
They should make Part 2: Court Line
I believe they should make a part 2 of this movie starring all the original cast and having Harrison Ford as Detective Smith.
The second movie starts right where the first left off. They get on the boat and travel to the Mauritius island main hospital where they are recovering from their ordeal. The detective enters and starts with Sara. He introduces himself, asks if she's ready to explain what happened and she nods yes. So the detective pulls up a seat and she starts with a simple story, "I woke up late to catch the ferry to go to my friend's wedding so I hitched a ride with Wymen and Jackson. Midway in the flight, Wymen had a heart attack and passed away. I had to fly but ran out of fuel and we crash landed near a sandbar and luckily a fishing charter passed by at the same time and rescued us." The detective leans back and looks at Jackson and says, "That's a pretty nasty cut. Did you get that during the crash landing? The rest of your body appears unharmed." And Sara goes, "Oh no he got that when he walked outside of the airplane to repair a leaking gas line with duct tape." And the detective says, "What? He was walking outside in the middle of the air?" And Sara goes, "Yeah, we had to toss out everything, including Wymen to lessen the plane's weight." And the detective walks around the hospital room looking them over and he says, "So you tossed out everything inside the plane including the body of the deceased Wymen and any sort of evidence to collaborate your story about a fatal heart attack?" And Sara goes, "Well no, see we had some rum and then I had to go walk outside the airplane to refuel the airplane so we can have some more fuel." And the detective is taken aback a little and goes, "So both of you walked out the airplane?" And Sara and Jackson nods in agreement. So the detective starts with a story, "You know what I think happened? I think Jackson got drunk, attacked the pilot, and that cut on his arm is from a defensive wound when Wymen had to defend himself. Eventually he overcame the aging Wymen and in a panic, you both tossed out all the evidence including Wymen and then made up this story about him having a heart attack." That's the start of Sara and Jackson ordeal number 2 where they have to go to court and prove their side of the story. It all hinges on finding the sunken airplane near the sandbar which at first nobody believed existed but Sara insist on it and only one person believed her enough to go looking.
I think that would be far more exciting than the first movie. At least from my viewpoint.
Personal Injury Court (2019)
It's fake but pretty funny from time to time
Yes, this is fake. Yes the plaintiffs and defendants are actors and actresses. The award, usually in the hundreds of thousands, tend to be problematic. I would think such high amount would require lawyers and juries to present the case. Plus prior to the court, the judge tends to determine if there is plausible suit before allowing it to go forward. So it's not a one day type of incident unless you're going to a small claims court where the maximum is usually set to 5,000 or so.
Most of the cases on this show involve a one-time incident where the plaintiff enters the defendant's property and somehow gets injured. Such things like getting attacked by an animal, getting hit by something or somehow falling down. Most of the judgement are very simple and too simple for the value of which is awarded. Most of the fitness related cases are obviously fake. Many gyms and facilities make you sign a waiver which is impossible for the courts to assign fault unless the fitness place did something obviously different from just offering fitness. Plus nearly every single house related incident in this show would be covered by your home owners insurance. There is no way they can double sue you after getting money from the insurance company and then in turn to sue you. The case would most likely be thrown out unless you didn't pay for your insurance or your insurance found you at fault and refused to pay.
If you don't believe these are fake, try looking up some of the cases name. There was one episode of a singer doing a stage dive and ending up drop kicking a fan in the back of the head. The singer does not exist anywhere despite the supposedly popularity of the singer having a tour.
Regardless, the show is rather interesting. I like the end where the lawyers come on and explain their opinions on the results. I do believe these are real lawyers but their opinions are based on the fake show. They do have a number listed under their name and they seem to exist but they are all personal injury lawyers.