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The Immaculate Room (2022)
Shallow characters, predictable story
From the first moment the characters are shown, it is clear they have nothing in common and arguments are going to be all over the place. Kate and Michael depict two opposite ways of dealing with the Room. The two main characters seem to live two parallel lives, which never meet. Why did the director write these? Just to show two opposite characters within the Room? Michael and Kate learn nothing from each other. They do not grow or develop.
The characters and their stories are not well explored or developed. When they receive outside messages, we still feel like we don't know the characters.
Why is Kate so upset about her father? Instead of empathizing with her, the spectator feels confused. Showing Kate have a breakdown in bed does not really help in making us feel for her. Dialogs between Kate and Michael are shallow, pointless, they do not lead to the next point of the story. Why does Michael's sister not like Kate? This is never developed.
Kate and Michael's feelings, thoughts, fears, doubts are not particularly developed or heartfelt. Michael appears to be constantly high or lost in space. Kate appears to be OCD, forcing herself to play the good soldier.
The rest of story is predictable: Kate trying to be the good soldier, Michael being the rebel one. Treats are predictable, like Michael receiving a woman and eliciting feelings of jealousy, anger, frustration. The psychedelic/acid trip scenes are a desperate attempt at luring in a certain type of audience, or perhaps at appearing in tune with modern times.
The rules of the Room are available on the monitor, but they are not developed well. The final argument between the two is predictable, boring and not particularly memorable.
What was the message of the movie? That people are willing to kill each other for money? That people eventually go crazy and start hating each other after isolating for too long? That human kind really is selfish, brutal, primordial, fragile? If so, these messages were not conveyed well. At the end of the movie I did not particularly feel for the characters, did not empathize with them, did not take away any special message or new revelation.
I found THX 1138 much more interesting.
Luck (2022)
Poor character development, cheesy dialogs
The first 5 minutes were promising, as we are shown typical Pixar sequences (getting ready in the morning, working at the dept, chasing the cat). After we are taken to the magical world, things start getting more Disney.
The characters talk too much, dialogs are superficial and not particularly funny or interesting. The development of the story is kinda predictable. The characters are hardly memorable, many scenes and sequences add nothing to the story and are typical of Disney.
I am not sure what the final message of the movie was, but the dialogs towards the end are cheesy and cliche'.
Perhaps it would have been more interesting to develop the story in the real world.
Top Gun: Maverick (2022)
Typical Hollywood, predictable and pathetic.
Poor character development. Poor story. Bad copy of the first movie with soppy scenes of the old times gone. Flashbacks fail to make us feel anything. Nothing is developed, therefore the viewer cannot empathize with the character, or the story, or anything at all. Predictable and pathetic.
Watch only if you like to see planes, jets, motorcycles and cars.
Stranger Things (2016)
Started well, got ruined in season 3
Season 1 - Good. Interesting story, great cinematography, good tension leading from one episode to the next. Loses it a little bit towards the end of the season where things just take too long, unnecessarily. Some good actors, some not very good actors. Despite the overused '80s theme to lure '80s kids to watch it, it is still enjoyable.
Season 2 - Washed out version of season 1. Everything is weaker: plot, characters, less suspense.
Season 3 - Poor. Very poor if non-existing plot, dialogs lead to nothing. Characters are shallow. They have lines that do not add to the overall story nor contribute to build interesting characters. Most characters are superfluous, we could remove them from the story and nothing would change. Season 3 is plagued with the latest left-wing politicized themes: diversity. Lesbians and gay, black female characters who are educated and smart,cheesy '80s music and again overused '80s themes, songs, icons and games. Shame as it could have been a much better show. Not looking forward to Season 4.