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Chernobyl (2019)
Thought it would be too depressing..instead it was gripping
Originally I didn't want to watch this thinking that it would be too depressing and sad. Then I heard someone give it a good review and thought OK I'll try it today and I was hooked. I binge Watched whole season one in one day lol! Super informative about how nuclear reactors work, don't and how the State can distort the truth (specially in Russia) when they don't want to tell the rest of the world about a f-up. What this movie showed me is that it happened in Russia BUT it could've simply happened anywhere there is a lack of understanding, training, $$ and commitment to follow protocol.
A Wrinkle in Time (2018)
Solid 6.5 stars, room for improvement
I didn't read any of the reviews on this site before seeing the movie nor did I read the book so I'm not one of those people that are butt hurt the movie doesn't resemble the book. In a sense I had a clean slate with the story line and even with that this movie was a bit boring. It's always a tell tell sign when the person you are with falls asleep during the movie. I myself started to when they were in the 'dark' area towards the end of the film. It's one of those films you are just waiting...and waiting..and waiting for the story line to take off and suddenly you realize you are 1/2 half way through the film and this is it...as good as it's going to get.
For me the biggest disappoint was the special effects. Being a Disney film (budget) I expected "Avatar" like special effects and except for one flying scene the rest of the movie looked like it was filmed in someone's living room with cheesy backgrounds. I think this is why people think the acting is bad, it's not, it's cheesy at times because of the script and the movie is not very believable because it looks so cheaply put together. A lost opportunity.
Downsizing (2017)
Ok NOW I understand some of the poor reviews
I'll keep this short. I now get why some people didn't particularly care for this movie. First, it's a bit depressing lol and maybe a lil too real like the selfish spouse. Secondly, they had a few plot fails for me like they never really explained why someone would make themselves (or maybe it was forced on them?) small so that they could still be miserably poor and clean houses. Were they promised something and then got screwed by the rich? Who knows. Wish they had at least attempted to explain that. They talked about the Israelis turning Palestinians small which we are left to assume was against their will ...nice lil jab there btw ;) The other thing that was weird was his 2nd love interest... that didn't seem believable. The way they interacted and hooked up reminded me of a bad porno with a cheesy plot twist.
Unlike others I did like that they brought up some social and environmental issues which we rarely hear about in movies. If they had fixed the 2nd love interest I probably would have enjoyed this movie more and given it a higher score.