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I Care a Lot (2020)
Is there a single good Netflix movie?
I just cannot wait for Netflix to finally go bankrupt because these completely uninspired idiotic movies that have no value and nothing to say finally need to STOP. I have never seen a single movie of theirs that just went through with the idea the makers seem to have pitched. It all just derails into an incredibly stupid apology to shoot generic scenes with characters everyone hates. Just watch John Oliver on Guardianship instead.
Gerald's Game (2017)
Feels like there is a layer too many to be fulfilling
First off, I haven't read the book, so this is about the movie only and please do note that everything after this will contain spoilers.
Initially I was very sceptic about the movie but I thought the premise was interesting, so I gave it a shot. It definitely had its moments if you're into metaphors and subtle comparisons that form a red line. Be it dog eat dog world or the fact that the power dynamic between the main character and the dog is again the same as between her and her father or her husband after him. Up until the escape that creates this neat little exploration space where the female role in society is ultimately becoming a woman's personal hell, symbolized by the blood red eclipse and the girl and a woman separated by a well, which is also described in such a way it would fit the assumption that it does in fact resemble the time a girl becomes a woman, getting her first period.
Ultimately you could say that the second a girl becomes a woman she is subjected to the male hunting instinct on a very primal level, and like all heroines she again needs to pay the toll in blood to not mature in terms of body but this time in terms of mind to free herself from the shackles that she never really took off, which is of course true for a lot of women.
If that had been the movie, the somewhat eerie music together with the nice imagery of the eclipse would have worked in my mind. Had it ended with her crashing the car, I think I would even go as far as to say that it is a decent take on the subject which makes for a somewhat pleasing watch.
Unfortunately, the movie didn't stop there. Instead, we are introduced to this weird fella who also looks more than ridiculous in the later scenes who apparently really is a necrophiliac and a complete maniac. At that point I felt like Marketing called and asked to introduce some sort of character you can make an action figure of and that was the best way they could pull that off. In my mind, this character adds simply nothing to the entire movie. Instead, it's even detrimental to that world building I mentioned earlier. We suddenly see this bad guy who does so many twisted and wrong things, which somehow manages to detract from the importance of the bad male behavior explored early in the movie and that managed to make a good point. And not only that, it also works completely different to the ubiquitous power dynamic - the visitor never really takes advantage of her. What was the point in including him then? He really didn't do anything of note. The end is then, as it is often the case, the cherry on top. A completely needless moment of being sassy to show how tough our main character has grown through overcomimg the obstacles against all odds, which then doesn't even line up with the aforementioned power dynamic properly.
I think it was a palatable watch but simply due to the ending I wouldn't recommend it to anyone.
13 Sins (2014)
Incredibly idiotic twist on an actually interesting premise
Some people here have never seen a movie it seems. How is this a brilliant movie?!
This is one of the ones you watch in its entirety because it's so provocatively bad. It does not only not make any sense in itself and is very inconsequential on top but literally everyone in it lacks any sort of common sense, too. It's very unsatisfying. I would not ever recommend it to anyone, although I do sometimes host a trash movie night where we watch infuriatingly bad films that make you scream at the screen what an actual, thinking person would do instead in complete disbelief. For that type of entertainment, it's a good contender, if that's your thing go ahead. 7/10 for ridiculing it, 3/10 as an actual movie and that's generous on both those numbers.
Bully (2001)
Generally pretty try-hard, but I could only get my hands on a dubbed version
To keep this review relatively short, I'm just gonna say that at least in the dubbed version, which of course takes away from the performance of the actors, the mood seems to be pseudo-extreme throughout the movie. There are too many shots that try to provoke the viewer and fail to do so. This wears off rather quickly as well. Maybe 2013 is just too progressive in comparison to 2001. There are better movies and series that explore the transformation of a normal person into a bad guy. Wouldn't really recommend (anymore?), only if the OV significantly improves the quality of the dialog. I might give this a second try, though, because this dub seemed to be especially awful and I would like to compare the versions.