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The Watchman (2016)
Spoiler Alert***
I loved it! I found the length of the episode/movie to be just right. As someone else mentioned it could be part of a mini-series, and I would love to see a collection of dark/noir stories all along the same line. I thought the cliffhanger ending was perfect, not knowing exactly what was going to happen. To me, and maybe I just don't pay enough attention, but I thought he was happily married throughout the entire story until the end when he saw the "other" man walk in to what I assume was his former family home at which time he took off his wedding band and left it on his desk, as if he was finally coming to terms with reality. Lots of hidden gems in this, and all in a reasonable amount of time.
Dark Was the Night (2014)
Loved it!
I really liked this. I appreciate watching a good supernatural/folklore mystery thriller - whatever it was - that didn't have sex and foul language in every other scene. I am not going to complain about some language, but when every other word is the f bomb, it really gets old. I thought the acting was excellent and it was very thorough explaining the back stories of the different characters. You weren't left wondering why Donny (Lukas Haas) came to the town or the tragedy Paul (Kevin Durand) was suffering through. I even liked the end, though some reviewers seem to disagree. I like to watch a movie and just enjoy it, and it seems like a lot of the reviews were just a little too critical.
The Silence (2019)
Much better than A Quiet Place
Though this seems to be a recurring story, I thought it was done much better than A Quiet Place. Neither movie was as good as a decent zombie flick, it still has you sitting quietly at home, waiting for someone to make just one peep and then boo! Someone gets eaten up by the creatures based on the Pitch Black flying monsters!
Level 16 (2018)
Great movie to watch alone
This may have an obvious storyline, but it is a great movie to watch when you are bored, alone, and don't want to feel cheated out of the hour plus you spent watching it.
The Wind (2018)
Excellent portrayal of Frontier psychology
I thought this was an excellent movie that makes you sit back and contemplate how many young women did literally go mad when left alone and isolated. Just because mental illness is just being recognized in the last 100 years, if even, this movie does an excellent job of showing how misunderstood and common it may have been in the time period. It does an excellent job of showing how isolation, false information and lack of any education regarding this 'madness' probably affected so many people when left to their own uncertainties. Really makes you think and feel.
A Vigilante (2018)
Utterly Disappointed
I can't help but feel offended by this movie. This needs to have a warning for people who actually are in a domestic violence/abuse situation. Most of us don't have a "rich" husband and expect to be rescued by another abuse victim. Abuse and torture come in so many forms that this movie barely touched on what so many people go through. So many people come out of an abusive relationship damaged so badly that they can't function even after leaving the relationship. They are so desperate for help, and this movie is like expecting Bruce Willis to show up to anyone's house in exchange for a plate of spaghetti and rescue them. It didn't touch on the fact that so many spouses are victims of sexual abuse in their marriages, or the fact that emotional abuse can happen to people who never get hit. I am in no way saying one type of abuse is worse than another, but short of her breathing, panting, and having anxiety attacks, no one actually rescues these victims in the manner portrayed. This movie would really have touched home if instead of her fighting for victims freedom, they could have explored the damage and triumph of recovery from her abuser. And I don't mean three shots of her crying in group therapy, but maybe some examples of how the woman in the first 5 minutes of the movie actually went on with her life. The idea of beating a husband into signing over his house, money, and job is only a dream for so many. Leaving an abusive relationship is more times than not a much longer struggle. Especially with children involved. It is expensive for the victims, something that can take years, if ever, to recover from. I am sorry for going on and on, but I think that this movie is offensive, only touching on a few extreme cases while it does not depict a majority of the cases in 'real life'. It does not show any realistic ways to get out of an abusive relationship, which would have made this so much better. I found myself thinking, "Yeah, right. That could really happen.". Almost as if it presents nothing but false hope. The men and women who actually run domestic violence shelters and Hotline are the real vigilantes. The victims who have made the decision to call the cops 8, 9, 10 times and finally don't drop the charges, those people are the vigilantes. An abusive spouse is not always a big, mean man or a drunk/drugged out mom. If this movie wanted to give hope to people, show a few of the phone numbers that you can call across the country to get help. Was very disappointed. And offended.