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Poor Things (2023)
Total ambivalence
It was so hard for me to decide on a rating for this film. I almost stopped watching before it was half-way through. But I forced myself to continue, and was glad I did. For the first half, I give it a 5. For the second half, I give it a 9. Hence my score of a 7. I am recommending this picture, as long as you can plow through the drudgery of the first half. The special effects are very good, being quite steampunky. The first third or so is mostly in black and white. While I don't mind b&w, in this case it enforced the dreariness of the story-telling. But the color of the remainder of the film was most striking. Again, a 7 plus or minus 2 points.
The Lost City (2022)
You'd be better off watching "Romancing The Stone"
The opening scene reminded me of "Romancing The Stone" with Kathleen Turner and Michael Douglas, and as such, I couldn't help but compare "City" to "Stone" although this film. My verdict is that "Romancing The Stone" is funnier, better acted, and a just all-around better movie.
John Wick: Chapter 2 (2017)
Boring shoot 'em up.
Shooting, shooting, shooting, shooting, shooting, and more shooting, shooting, shooting. Every pro misses, Wick never misses. Absurd ending. No plot development, because there is no plot - outside of "me against them". I liked the first chapter, now I don't know if I want to see chapter 3.
Sherlock (2010)
The worst Sherlock Holmes series ever created
Conan Doyle would roll over in his grave if he saw this incarnation of his creation. His Holmes was clever, suave, sophisticated, classy, and , above all, a gentleman. This version of Holmes is arrogant, bitchy, impatient, and snotty. A more unlikeable Sherlock Holmes has never been portrayed. I have always liked Benedict Cumberbatch, and he is only doing what he is paid to do - to be the Holmes the writers and director want him to be. However, I am disappointed that he must feel the need to prostitute himself to be whatever his employers want him to be, even if it means to sacrilegiously disrespect one of the greatest literary figures in fiction.