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Making Something Great (2021)
The trailer gives it all away
The trailer actually shows the build up, the spark, the controversy and the make up. Don't waste 90 minutes when you can waste just 2. Who cuts this nonsense together?
Tenet (2020)
Absolutely no plot!!
This movie is shot beautifully and the actors do a great job with what they've been given. However, the story tries a little misdirection, if we distract them with a confusing concept of reverse entropy sent back through time, maybe they will ignore the gaping plot holes.
Spoiler alert: the Russian is trying to end the world because he's dying. Fine. But who in the future would have a vested interest in helping him do that? How do they know where he's burying these munition dumps? Clearly it's not himself in the future because he's dying, remember? The only Easter egg you're given is that the protagonist recruits Neil in his future, Neil's past. But what motivation would he have to help the Russian? If it is him, why did he sent Neil to help stop the Russian? I can't imagine a scenario where that would be the case.
The other big issue is that the technology was invented in the future. Makes sense. In the same future they have also invented time travel, but only for objects. Going off the rails a bit, but ok. At no time did a future good guy think to send written instructions to help stop the bad guys? How is future protagonist communicating with Neil? How does either technology work?
A lot of these reviews talk about having to watch it again. Sure there are some hints that Neil helps out in the opera house or that the protagonist is fighting himself at the airport. But none of that fills in any of these holes in the story. And I'm not going to spend another 2.5 hours on foreshadowing, I want explanations!
If this were a cop show the Russian would be a street dealer and the future person would be the supplier. What satisfaction would there be if the movie ended after taking out the spiteful meth dealer? Very little. You want to know who's producing the meth, their method of cooking fancy new meth and how it's being distributed.
I'm usually a big Chris Nolan fan, but this was a big swing and a miss.
Freddie Mercury: The King of Queen (2018)
Don't bother
Thought this might be a nice doc with a lot of musical asides. But there's very little information, mostly just the opinions of a few select, largely unknown, "insiders". And the speaking of Eric Hall, formerly of EMI, was so slurred and incomprehensible, I had to turn this off after about 25 mins. Did the producers not watch this before releasing it?
Justice League (2017)
Awkward dialogue
Did Lois Lane actually just tell a guy who had just been dead and buried for months that he smelled good? Did Bruce Wayne actually say his super power is that he's rich? The writers (or rewriters) of this screenplay tried so hard for clever one liners, most of the characters come off as cocky.
I just hope Zach Snyder's version cuts out all that garbage not just the CGI mustache removal.
Blindspot: Mum's the Word (2018)
Terrible costuming
The story went where it was expected to go. But whomever is in charge of costumes and makeup should be fired. Their cover for the gala was to have Jane and Zappata wear wigs that weren't fit for a high school play, those would stick out like a sore thumb. Top that with their dime store hooker make up and they're clearly not supposed to be there. Who signed off on that garbage? They should probably be fired too.