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Elizabeth Harvest (2018)
They tried...
I really wanted to like this movie. It was beautifully shot, I liked some of the weird coloring and editing choices, the acting was great, I liked the ideas it seemed to be working with. I love that it took the Born Sexy Yesterday trope and turned it into the horror movie it is!
But the movie just didn't work for me in multiple ways. The pacing was weird, I hated the non-linear way the story was told (which I don't always hate in movies), The Elizabeths we're both the best and worse parts of the movie. I get that it was probably part of making us unsettled or disgusted with Henry, but I hated how the most innocent one (the first one we see) is the most sexualized, I hated that the second that you started to like one of them they would die.
I think I get what they were trying to do with Claire, but she was really a nothing character. She did a bunch of stuff before the events of the movie, but was ultimately pointless and came off as stupid and selfish for staying and letting Henry get away with killing Elizabeth over and over again. I very much disagree with the final Elizabeth that she deserved the house/money. Her character was a huge waste of a great actress.
What could have been really a really good movie, was just boring and frustrating.
Night Teeth (2021)
I wanted to like it....
It was uninteresting mostly. Nothing new, which is fine, not everything has to be original, but it wasn't even that fun. It was trying too hard to be cool.
The only part that I liked was the main love story, but that was slow to get to and the end kind of ruined it for me...
The Bureau of Magical Things (2018)
Halloweentown meets Warehouse 13
I love this show! It reminded me of older Disney movies like the Halloweentown series and Twitches, while having a premise sort of similar to Warehouse 13 and other shows where people are tasked with collecting and monitoring weird things.
It is also similar in tone to H2O (which makes sense cause they share a creator), but it feels a little more polished and less cringey (I still really liked H2O!)
The magic system is a little vague and I wanted more answers, but hopefully that'll sort itself out in the coming seasons.
All in all, if you're a fan of the genre, I'd say go for it!
Save Yourselves! (2020)
WTF?
The trailer made this look funny and cool. It was not. It was an hour and fourth five minutes of not-comedy with unlikable leads and no point. Dull and frustrating.
Big Mouth (2017)
Hilarious
It's funny and I like a lot of the characters. It also makes me deeply uncomfortable sometimes and I'm still giving it an 8, so that should tell you something!
AWOL (2016)
I was actively rooting against the relationship.
Couldn't even finish it. Watch if you like watching people make stupid mistakes for people who will never change.
Legacies (2018)
Entertaining
(Caught up to 2x13)
So, I wanna start by saying that I really enjoy this show. Despite some criticisms I have. I never finished either "The Vampire Diaries" or "The Originals" (I do plan to go back and finish them), but I did watch enough to remember the general tone of the shows. "Legacies" is very different in tone to it's predecessors. Even though it sometimes deals with similar themes (loss, grief, control, etc...) it feels a lot lighter. I believe that someone from the show said that they were going for a younger audience and it shows. The speed in which they resolve problems may contribute to that feel. It feels like they are afraid to give anything time. Plot threads, conflicts, even some relationships, tend to feel rushed or clipped.
Sometimes it feels like they forget about certain characters or give a weak reason for characters to not be around (whether that's conflicting schedules with the actors or convenience to the plot, I don't know). I wish some of the writing was more thought out.
I think the show really shines with it's characters. Some of them can feel a bit stereotypical and I wish some had more time to develop, but (at least for me) it's very easy to connect and like the characters, especially the main, Hope.
All in all if you're looking for a fun show to watch that expands "The Vampire Diaries" Universe, I would recommend.
The Station Agent (2003)
Loved It!
I really liked this movie. It's sweet, emotional, and compassionate. I wish it would have had an ending though, it just sort of faded out from a random scene in their lives. I would assume that they did it to show that life is on going and that they may not get happily-ever-after endings, but I would have liked some kind of resolution. I loved the characters. They were well written and you really feel for them and hope that they find what they are looking for. I was so angry for Finn in some of the movie. It has to be hard to feel different all the time. His physical limitations were really shown in the scene with him and the librarian's boyfriend. You could tell he was frustrated that he couldn't defend her the way he wanted to. The teasing he suffered from the random people in the movie was ridiculous. I'm short (4 feet 10 inches), so I have gotten teased for it before. One girl in my school one year actually asked me if I was a midget. I also look younger than I am so I often get comments about that. I do not have dwarfism, so I can only imagine what it is like for people that really do. I hope that (even though he's a fictional character) Finn can find acceptance in his friends and the others around him.