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Argylle (2024)
Too long, but the first half is good entertainment
The film begins strong, but then it somehow slips away and it gets bad.
Why does Ellie see Argylle in herself as a reflection on the mirror, but also in other people? It's like it tries to hint on to the conclusion that she is Argylle, but fails to do it right.
And then the effects, sometimes it's so bad it becomes sad.
The scene with the colorfull smoke granades in the hallway reminded me a bit of the hallway scene with Harley Quinn in "The Suicide Squad", which was perfect, but this one falls short by a far stretch. The characters look fake and everything looks like it came out of a little too old CGI machine.
I think this movie would have been a lot better had it been R rated and cut to be like 15-25 minutes shorter.
Also the last fight on the ship with the upload? Come on. Ridiculous.
Ett sista race (2023)
falls in the gap between good and so bad it's good
First some good things. Johan Glans was great as always, and some other actors did a stellar job. I did actually laugh sometimes, especially the combination of TT (Jonas Karlsson) and Steffe (Ola Forssmed) was great. The film work on some of the Car scenes was great.
Now some bad stuff. While filmed well, there actually only a few interesting overtaking maneuvers, most were dull and pretty much all the same. The first few times were ok, but when the twentieth time flicked by on the screen I really wasn't interested anymore. I think filmmakers need to remember that it is ok to make a 80 minute movie.
The plot. Some plot points were just completely ignored. Charlie making out with "the Porsche girl" (has no name) was a good idea, but then eliminating her in the race 5 minutes later? Why? That just killed the whole Charlie story line and it felt like they just forgot about it. They had too many characters and it felt like they didn't know how they should use them to fill the gap created by a weak main story line. The Tesla was funny at first, it was clear from the beginning that they would play into the "runs out of power" idea, which is fine, but then the driver got eliminated because he didn't notice the police coming, unnecessary. Charlie getting eliminated for no good reason, just why? Why not make it more interesting then that by letting him finish and give him a last scene with Hanna where he realizes that he is stupid? And the police? Why just have her car explode? There was so much more potential there.
The drone work. Some shots were nice, but by the end it felt like they thought that they had already booked a drone operator, so they might as well use them, even though there was no good reason to do so.
The map. Nice to show where everyone is, but it was pretty much always the same.
I can and do enjoy movies with weak plot lines, especially if they are visually pleasing, include good action or are funny, but this funny was rarely funny, which is not enough.