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Irish Wish (2024)
Lindsay Lohan carries this film
Our family just watched this. There isn't very much Irish about this except for the beautiful scenery. Lindsay Lohan excudes a natural warmth, even as a submissive people pleaser. I would love to see her in something gritty and meaty, she needs to find her own Pulp Fiction. I've never been distracted by wardrobe choices before but the costume designer is obsessed with checks and stripes which look really horrible. Every outfit on Lindsay and the cast was so dowdy, multicoloured, stripey and like a bad 80's choice. Not to mention the final wedding dress for Emma..so ill fitting and ugly. Nothing anyone wore made sense. Irish people just aren't this backwards and dowdy with fashion. Anyway, we liked seeing Lindsay Lohan again. Hope it is onwards and upwards for her.
Mytho (2019)
Good story but annoying French male/female stereotypes.
French films can be tiresome for the character stereotypes they keep portraying. While the plot in this series is well written and very interesting, are we really expected to believe that this unattractive, whiny, hairy dad, with absolutely no job prospects can attract the gaze of 3 (so far) beautiful women who all seem to want to sleep with him? It is so unbelievable it nearly spoils the series. All I could think of was EEEWW anytime one of the ladies kissed him. I really had to put that aside to try and joy what is otherwise a funny but also dark story. Once you can do that it becomes quite interesting.
Amsterdam (2022)
Smart, clever and informative. Also... a bit gory!
People have such poor attention spans these days- thanks to a steady diet of Marvel and other action shows that when they have to pay attention to a movie like this, they can't. This is an intelligent 'whodunnit' story ( forget comedy) that unfolds as it goes along , it just needs a little bit of patience. Christian Bale shines as the eccentric Doctor, and Margot Robbie is riveting as the Nurse. It's not a 'comedy' but does use dark humour well. There is a difference. The story of vested interests, political interference, bribery and corruption as as pointed today as they were back then. The movie also doesn't step away from how badly black people were treated in the armed forces and society in general, and it also shines a light on the the uncomfortable role the medical profession played in the suppression of so called 'hysterical' women. It's a warning about fascist dictatorships, and the price of war, that may leave many people uncomfortable. We loved it, enjoyed the dialogue and didn't find it hard to follow. Perhaps stay away if your favourite films are based on fictional superheroes.
War of the Worlds (2019)
OverKill: They needed one man dead but wiped the entire human race instead.
I don't think I'm a stupid person but I always find time travel plots to be hugely problematic and this one is no exception. Basically the 'aliens' are returning back in time to prevent a virus from being released which is decimating their population, and the virus is being released because the aliens have returned back in time and invaded earth. So there's that fundamental circle. Secondly, if the virus is just being released by one guy, why kill and hate the entire human race? If the aliens (who are in fact human) need medical treatment, respond to painkillers etc, why decimate the entire hospital/ pharmacy system? Why kill all the babies if you need baby stem cells? And why kill all the humans who are actually pretty good at making babies if you need babies? If they needed roads, why did they choke the roads up with cars? If they needed light, water and food why decimate electricity, drinking and food supplies? Why are they so disorganised? For the love of Mike, why didn't you alien/ humans just come back in time and calm the f@@k down and assimilate? No one would have known and you could have all happily lived in a hippy eco village somewhere in the mountains and grown your own crops. Nothing is making a lot of sense to me at this point. Now for the characters, who despite some fine acting, are all a bit, well, neurotic and unpleasant. Gabriel Byrne practically stalks his ex wife, which works out well for her in the end because he saves her life. Shame about the husband, oops! ...hmmmm. Then there is a little issue of medical consent, forcibly trialling a virus on 17 year old Emily. Eeew. Couldn't he have at least asked? She seems pretty switched on, at and the end of the day, it will keep her and her family alive. Next Jonathon. Yes you. Nearly has an affair pre invasion, but doesn't, determined to fight his way back to his wife and two kids. Only to have a dramatic reunion with his wife, the woman who has fought to keep his children alive, and then promptly dump her a$$ straight after hugging her, for the French side chick who was his travelling companion. Nice!!! I'm starting to cheer for the aliens at this point. So some of the lead dudes are pretty damn fundamentally unlikeable at times. But overall the biggest dilemma is just that the invaders are supposed to be smart enough to time travel, but dumb enough to blow everything they might need to smithereens. Couldn't they have just teleported in a lone assassin?
The Imperfects (2022)
This show warms up and takes off.
I think what I liked about this show was the balance of humour, action, drama and the diversity of characters. Rhys Nicholson was an interesting choice for the scientist, and took some getting used to being young looking and clearly queer, but so awesome to see a scientist play against type. By about half way through he was delivering some of the best laugh out loud evil lines along with challenging us to feel sympathy for this 'damaged goods' scientist. Do we love him or do we want him dead?? Will he prove to be mostly evil or not? I loved it and want to see more of Rhys. Tilda as 'Miss Bossy' was slightly annoying at times, her screeching was hard to listen to. Other times she was great. I found I just wanted to give all the characters a kick up the bum and to stop being SO whiny about their powers, so in this respect I totally agreed with Dr. Sarkov, they needed to get over themselves. It was all good fun, entertaining, I would like to see the characters wield their powers more fully and frequently.