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Matt Rife: Natural Selection (2023)
least funny, most offensive
In 1 hour, Matt Rife managed to make almost every offensive joke in the book. He made comments about domestic violence, the elderly, children with special needs, religion, race, school shootings, homosexuality, pedophilia, obesity. I was surprised at first that there was no jokes about suicide, but I just needed to wait until the end. Some of this would have been fine, I guess, if it was at least funny. But no. Then, you know the bar is low when you are pleasantly surprised there were no rape jokes. Great. Also, for a man with 3 sisters, he seems to have no understanding of or respect for women! Matt Rife comes across like a narcissist. Overall would not recommend this to anyone!!
Berg-Ejvind och hans hustru (1918)
best silent film i've seen yet
On my continued journey through silent film from the early 20th century, this is my favorrite one yet. I found the changing colors much less distracting, and at points even felt like the colors added to the tone of the scene. I particularly enjoyed the costumes in this film, and found the plot much easier to follow than other films of this category. I enjoyed seeing a strong female character, unlike in 'A Man There Was'. There are both laughs and cries throughout this film, and the ending I thought was beautiful. The title cards consisted of more dialogue than I'd seen in previous films, which helped to make the plot more understandable.
Terje Vigen (1917)
perhaps i missed something
While I personally am still a novice when it comes to early 20th century silent films, this one missed the mark for me. I found the color changing scenes (through no fault of the production team at the time) to be distracting and thought it took away from the overall vibe of the film. I also found the plot difficult to follow, and perhaps I would have enjoyed it more if I had a better understanding of the context in which the film is set. I did, however, enjoy the text included in the film (I think these are called title cards) which helped break up the film into smaller sections and explain some of what was going on during the film.
Ingeborg Holm (1913)
heartfelt silent film
Beautiful background music added to this Swedish silent film from 1913. This is first silent film I've seen and I didn't know what to expect. To my surprise, I was able to stay engaged for the full 73 mins and ended up enjoying the style in which the film is presented. The story of a widowed mother tugs at your heartstrings and is a bold commentary on the treatment of lower-class individuals (particularly women) at the time. Would recommend this film to anyone interested in deepening their understanding of European film from the early 20th century. I would not recommend this film to anyone looking to tune out to a relaxing (somewhat short) film.