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The Holdovers (2023)
A Hard Movie to Pull-Off
Although this movie isnt the funniest out there, its a hearty and full movie nor is it easy pull a comedy and heartfelt drama like this today with a two hours long running time. The movie builds characters that are very well known to the movie-goes, the sour and strict teacher, the undisciplined problem maker and the hated schoolmater. But it builds the film around these character with mastery and allows for new emotions to come up, so it is not a repetition of the old trope. That is why i think this was a particulary difficult film to make- there were so many things that could go wrong but the film stands on its feet and creates its in scenario relationships with resepct and a renewed curiosity. That is why i give this film a 9/10 for pulling off a difficult feat.
Youth in Revolt (2009)
Hearty, Authentic and Super Fun
I turned this movie on so i could distract myself while reading a book and putting myself to sleep but it clicked for me from very early on, the effort put into the travel stop motion montage and the awkwardness of Nick Twisp felt authentic and very relatable to me. I laughed so many times through out the film, the characters are super authentic and i dont know about the book but this film is a perfect stand alone movie. I related Nick's struggle to be himself; surprisingly it has touched a lot of the issues men go through and keep the wounds from... The last sentence from Nick: Nick Twisp was enought, hits home. What more can i expect from this movie? Was it at times too fast and dreamy yes it ways, before i got a grip of the film i thought some scenes were dream scenes but quickly it makes sure to clear any doubts that whatever is happening is happening. The characters are so fun, the indian friend, the familiy, the mother, Trent, all of them! I might even have to check the films and you know want i may need to realize my darker side but wait a minute didnt Nick realize just himself is enough,, and he doesnt need a twisted darker French side? He did! So the lesson: being yourself is enough, you do not need to be someone else! Well how true is this? Nick really took big steps he may not have, commit crime, would he do it without being controlled by his darker side? I doubt it, so a little bit of both, daring and heartiness played parts in Nick's twisted fantastic story. 9/10 (and i am a tough reviewer with high standars, and i dont dish out 9s and 8s easily, but this movie touched me, made me laugh throughout the film!
Leave the World Behind (2023)
captivating story and cliffhanger finale
I enjoyed lack of explanations throughout the film. Surprsingly having no explanations made it fun to follw and lack of it made the events more exciting to watch. What was important was right on the screen rather than lazly stuck behind an explanation. I was angry to see Hawke's name was 3rd on the credits, i consider him more famous that Ali. Yet however captivating the film was, i found the finale to be lackluster. Why? First let me tell you the meaning i got out off of it, the world is a sad place, and its crumnling down, the enemies we look to find outside are among us and around us. And to sedate our anger, and to disguise our doubt and fear we turn to entertainment, first we have the other because of irrelevant things such as color then language etc till we find ourselves killing each other. The story is very telling but after the exposition i expected a greater tying end which i didnt find, maybe it should have been obvious from the lack of explanations we got. But i sense, the chapters and the content is meaningful in that it points a current phenomena that we are experiencing in the States.
The Shipping News (2001)
The Man, Our Spirit and the Nature
Iti s a sweet, thoughtful and introspective film, in which magic and a small town's reality meets with man's spirit. I left the film inspired and this, if a film can do anything, must be the greatest achievment for a film. The actors felt in place, though at times their accents might be heavy, and i was througly enjoying this small town's memory, full of fortune and misfortune. I think this is a very rich story and it wasn't lost or bogged down but every scene had one thing in it that reemed the story and proggessed the narrative. I felt connected and i felt wonder in the scale of this story. With the great setpiece of nature, The Shipping News, is an inspiring and heartwarming story.
Against All Odds (1984)
Makes Only Little Sense
It makes no sense that a football player has to do a private eye's work. This movie overall makes 0 sense, its silly and stupid.
Terry tracks Jessie down to Mexico, where he falls in love with her. However, Jake is not going to let Jessie go easily. He sends his henchmen after Terry and Jessie, and even tries to kill Jessie himself.
In the end, Terry and Jessie are able to overcome Jake's obstacles and find their happily ever after. However, their victory comes at a price. Jake is killed, and Jessie's mother, Lily Wyler, is arrested for her crimes. Terry and Jessie are left to pick up the pieces of their lives, but they know that they will always have each other.
Against All Odds is a neo-noir thriller with a great cast. Jeff Bridges and Rachel Ward are both excellent in their roles, and James Woods is suitably menacing as the villain. The film is beautifully shot, and it has a memorable score by Bill Conti. Against All Odds is a classic neo-noir film that is sure to please fans of the genre.
The Whale (2022)
A Weird Slow Burning Candle with a Strange Secent
NO SPOILER REVIEW:
I wasnt impressed with this film, not at all, and disappointed that in the first half i felt it was shallow. Second half, built on what was put forward in the first- and things that had no emotional quality slowly started feel heavier. By the time it reached its final movement, i was crying. The relief i felt in the end was similar to his relief.
I found his acting to be superb, he told alot through his eyes. Kids were alright and his friend too. I found them nothing of the extraordinary. Yet I feel Brendan Fraser has given justice to his make-up and fat suit. Moments of penetrating emotions of shame, guilt and sadness were available in the film.
Elle (2016)
Past Sins Stick on to Us
Michele is burdened by her past. His father a serial murderer in jail yet his sins weigh on Michele, so much so that she has very little self-esteem, she accepts whatever terrible behaivor is done towards her and she finds a way to accept them all meanwhile enjoying it all even though she recognizes maybe partially what she is going trough is sickness. She enjoys being raped and invites her rapist back in, she enjoys the thrill and enjoys the act of killing. She kills herself by being raped and then kills her rapist by luring him in. Then she kills another person's relationship by cheating on her with her husband. Her life riddled with stupid, mind-numbing relationships. Each person in her life seems to be lost in their world, only caring for themselves while not acknowledging the damage they are doing to each other.
Her son seems to be guided by forces that are irrational, so much so that he refuses to see that the son he think as his is a black coloured boy.
No one takes appropriate action, maybe only affection is from her rapist.
And rapist's wife a god-loving church-going beauty knows and allows her husband to rape other people. Hypocrite is what she is. But Michele is not a hypocrite, she accepts the must refutable side of one's own, sex and desire to the feared.
The Banshees of Inisherin (2022)
The BANSHEES of Inisherin
Mcdonagh got something with arson. In addition in this film, one's disallowing himself to the practice of art is interesting because Colm doesnt seem to be happy playing the fiddle rather when he has no finger he is joyful orchestrating the group. Padrick, has lost all of his friends, colm, his sister and the donkey so he is furious. What started as a joke turned into and existantial crisis.
Colm does not want to be insignificant and Padrick wants no longer to be nice. But Colm also doesnt want to play the fiddle and Padrick doesnt want to give up being nice.
What about Dominic? What happened to him, he took his own life maybe, he was way too troubled to begin with, he had no friends at all. His father abused him, sexually and physically, and the girl he loved refused him and what did he have left. The hook on a stick was to pull him to the shore, so it turns out.
Shibon maybe she is the only true survivor of this stroy, but it is interesting that when she left the island, the war seemed to stop. What did this signify? Why Shibon's departure coincides with the end of the war. Or is it that by burning Colm's house the war between Padrick and Colm ended... For Padrick as long as Colm is alive the war wont be over but shall we take his word for it, does he not love his friend more than anything else or did he really change as sa person, gone over the ege and no longer can love Colm, even if Colm wants to love him, I doublt Padrick will be able to love him, so its a loss for the both sides JUST like the civil war. It was better when we were both killing enlishmen.
Y tu mamá también (2001)
So Real, So Dirty
Y tu was one of my favorite films going into university in Canada, it lead me to write an essay on this film in film class, i compared dazed and confused and this film and concluded that while dazed has no place for homosexuality and other parts of the spectrum, y tu mama tambien is rich with down-to-earth sexual tension and sexual dimensions. You can't find this richness in dazed on confused, which is a movie that i like very much, still it feels fabricated and one-dimensional or way too american (regardless of what is going on behind the scenes).
Y tu is very dirty, it gets in the mud and rolls around. You leave the film having explored and having seen the darker side of yourself, that very self you had to deal when you are a teenager. I find this film to be one of the stronger road and coming-of-age films.
Crash (2004)
This could have been a high-school film project
The first part of this film seemed to me oddly written, not enough depth and too much poke in the eye racism, something a 15 years old would write in a film class in order to raise awareness about racism. I can see the appeal for the American people, i doubt films that are so upfront about racism is rare and this is one of its allure. I think it does a good job to show how everyone is in on this racism scheme, from the politician to the guy on street to the policeman. Not all the innocents are save nor all the criminals are punished and so goes life, with manipulation, struggle and hurt and loss.
Six Shooter (2004)
A Strong and Crafty Short Film
Mcdonagh has his unique way of letting in the absurd and inconsistent, he creates an emotion but always lets in a character that is not in that mood or feeling, such as the murderer teen in this film or the scene with the doctor. The young teen is great at creating a tension, and the rest of the crew are good enough to carry the film forward.
I like seeing father and son take part in this film, i found it joyful to see them act together.
Overall i think its a fun half an hour film which fits enough in half an hour, but where i would want to improve is the ending i think everything goes well till the reveal the boy is the murderer but i didnt see the old man shooting himself, it didnt seem to me he was in a suicidal mood.
Dead Man Walking (1995)
Have Cried Many Times
As the credits rolling i am writing this review,
nusret and eddie are my loved vocalists and i feel connected to this film from that side as well.
Love and seperation so hard on me, and i cried so much when Poncelet had to say goodbye, a life is taken away from their loved ones, i feel so touched and connected to the human life, human is human and whomever takes life in what condition is a killer.
I cried so much for Poncelet, his tried soul and the love sister gave to him, i cried for his mother and innocent brothers, i cried for the hate in the victim' parents and the life they have to continue carrying the weight of their loved ones murder.
My heart goes to victims and perpetrators all souls killing are souls burdened.
An Education (2009)
Superb acting, worrying story
Peter did a great job playing the creepy articially charming olderan and carey was very convincing with her smart highschool girl with high ideals. I had seen this film before but somehow forgot i did and rewatched it again, the topic is so taboo and anxiety arising in me that the plot always interests me from the day i knew this film existed i was interested in the story.
I feel sorry for the girl in the story, innocence is a veil and she cannot see through the man's lies and malice, and the false life they are living inside is not seen by her.
Alas her family buys into his charm as well of her school life goes away. I was touched when she said "many young girls are charmed by charismatic old men but where were you when my life was being stolen". Similar thing happened to me, my family wasnt there for me when i was having troubled time in Canada while i was studing there and i wanted to go back. No one said my boy stay there you are in a prestigious school and in a great country we will come and be there for you till you feel better. Instead they did what was economical for them, to call me back home which i did. Well i feel sorry and feel in her shoes, parent should protect a child when it suits them, parents has to have principles that go beyond easy means, they must have greater values that stand beyond their well-being likes and dislikes.
Dunkirk (2017)
Dunkirk - shallow and vague
I think the film is so wide, it didnt feel important and deep. It was everywhere at the same time. For me this can be a double edged sword and in this case i felt that the sharp end hit the film and gave a visually stunning film and an ensemble cast yet emotionally shallow, ineffective movie. I wish we had more time to focus on singular subjects to understand the depth of the war, i couldnt find myself feeling the character or i didnt feel aroused by the cormadery that is presented in the film, I am Nolan and this film for me is too much of Nolan's bad qualities and too little of his good. Yet the subject matter calls for a step back from Nolan main approach and asks him to reinvent himself which he refuses to do.
The Door in the Floor (2004)
Seen it twice -the Door in the floor
The Door in the Floor aroused my fantasy... I found this movie so exciting, i placed my self in that young student's shoes! How fantastic would it have been to make love to an older beautiful women who was wife to my teacher!
This film gave me a desire to live life more free, reckless with cool and class and art. All the qualities i want to have i found in Bridges' character. That's why i saw it twice in a row, in second viewing i wasn't thrilled as the first time, events felt rushed and scenes felt not quite connected to each other but this can be outcome of the second viewing rather than films short coming or my second viewing highlighted the shortcoming of the film.
In the end, i think this film is interesting and beautiful. I found encouragement for changing my lifestyle on which i am working. Acting is beautiful, women and men in this film are beautiful. Script could have been better yet it introduced me a different side of sex and marriage.
Fearless (1993)
Fearless
I liked the premise so i watched it, in addition i like Bridges. I think the premise is more interesting than the film. I think the main character wasn't developed enough in the lines of his experience's impact. I think i did not feel the severity of his change, although his actions were depicted as severe i didn't feel this feeling, i didn't feel it was conveyed to me.
Bridges is one of my favorite actors. I feel, whenever i watch one of his characters, i want to be him. He is cool charismatic, interesting and confident. He brings his class to the film and more than anything his presence what makes this film sufferable for 2 hours. This word is strong yet without him involved in this film i wouldn't watch it and with his involvement this film becomes more than sufferable, becomes enjoyable. Nevertheless, i think this is a movie falls short in its emotional impact.
Bridges struggles to integrate his emotions from the experience of the crash and things doesn't make and make a lot of sense for him at the same time. When he nearly dies again in the end, all of his experiences emerge as one and he finally understands he is alive, dropping of his previous statement "we are dead", "we are ghosts". His second death, brings him back to life. He intentionally decides to die, somehow the fruit was not allergy inducing but became so for the last scene, i think when he was about to give into normalcy he decided to kill himself. I think this film struggled to show the breakthrough he had, or he struggled to have. I felt stuck in the movie, while i tried to be emotionally affected, i could not. I think this might be related to that the film was very limited in showing how it affected his personal relationships with more than his spouse and a friend. Also i think i needed to see a closer look into his psychology which film didn't deliver in my opinion.
Bones and All (2022)
Bones and All
I went into this film without knowing what is was abut. I knew there was teen drama and Chalamet was in it. Cannibalism caught me by surprise, the surprise and intrigue when on for a while yet by the end i was not interested in it.
Charater Sully was very interesting, his character opened mysteriously onto us as a dark and experienced eater, yet i believe his interesting character was misused. Finaly moments of the film with him trying to kill her, i wanst excited or afraid, his character for me much more interesting than a creep who follows her. I felt let down by the violent end.
Other characters they meet on the way were interesting. Chamalet was a fun character and i found this film rich with emotion, yet i didnt feel tied to their romantic feelings, i rather enjoyed the comradery they shared.
Music felt repetitive and that single note that plays to start the whole soundtrack feels off at time. I think this is an original movie with decent acting and curious, enticing moments.
The Menu (2022)
The menu
The Menu is a relatively original film, it doesnt introduces new filming perspectives but it has a screenplay filled with messages within messages. Slowik is a chef who runs a prestigious concept restaurant and only few can dine here. For this dinner, he has different plans, his plan for tonight includes every guest dying. During the evening his plans are revealed to the guests and each revolt in their own way, while one doesnt, he already knows he is going to die. We go through memory, pain, success and discipline. Finally only one survive, the hooker the guy who knew he would die brought with him... She finds a way into Slowik's emotional depths and touches him in a way that allows her an exit from the restaurant, she watches everyone die while she bites on her hamburger on the boat.
I think for me the interesting side of slowik faded away as the film progressed because it became to much about what he is doing than what and who he is. This movie is well made and entertaining with an original screen play. I find this enough to rate it 7. I laughed plenty of times during the film, i think it has humour that is well delivered and rightly times.
The Wrestler (2008)
The Wrestler - Review
Randy is a man passinoate about wrestling, its his life, his whole life. To him, it the most important thing to wrestle and when his love is taken away from him because of health issues he first seems to take it well but losing his child, failing her child -because he had sex with a woman who was as old as his daughter and consequently missed dinner date he had with his daughter- his normal life without wrestling causes him distress and he cannot take it anymore and goes back to wrestling. He leaves behind also the woman he loves so much but couldnt get. When she comes to give herself to Randy, Randy chooses wrestling over the woman whom he desired so much. Randy knows he shouldnt wrestle, his heart cannot handle, he is too old, he will die... Yet he goes on to wrestle -maybe one last time- and the girl he loves follows. He makes clear to her: i belong on the ring, amongst the crowd and their cheer... He leaves her and goes on to wrestle. Film ends with his iconic Ram Jam move, filming an empty square, we hear the crowd go crazy -thats Randy's passion.
Its the story of a man who loses everything because he sees nothing but wrestling his identitiy as Randy has overcome, the lover and the father. He is a man with no love but the love of the fans and that is fading as well. His heart is giving in too, he will not survive much longer. His heart gives warning signs already in his finale match and the film ends before we see the consequences of his final math, maybe and probably he had another heart attack., But his heart is already empty but wrestling. All the women in his life left him- and he left all the women for wrestling. Its a man who wins nothing but the wrestling and in that he has a losing hand.
Bloodline (2015)
This Should Have Been One Season Only
The first season of this show is so powerful, groundbreaking well made and complete it requires no second or third seasons. It is a stand alon, in fact when i had finished the first season back when it had first released i thought i said goodbye to the series it was over the story was told only to see a second season years later. I wasn't even looking for it because i think it doesnt need one. I think the first season defines this series and the rest is a stretch and i hardly remember anything that happened after the first. Watch the first and leave it. MY SCORE IS FOR THE FIRST SEASON, and for me the first season is a stand alone limited series.
Sicario: Day of the Soldado (2018)
Mediocre
For me the original is a classic but this film is mediocre not because it is a successor but because it is slow, sloppy and its story is uninteresting. I wish they never made this B class movie.
The Bear (2022)
Grit and Grit
Although the ending of the last episode did not live up to the grit it presented for me, i enjoyed the series' first season and watched in awe the pen ultimate episode. This is a bingable quality show.
Ema (2019)
Unexpected, Beautiful and Sensational
I saw the film a few hours ago, my impressions are fresh;
I think actors did a good job giving away the weirdness of the movie. I think the director had intended to make the film feel malevolent and weird and i enjoyed it. Sexually i was aroused and the sexual freedom the film provided made me think.
I think its as beautiful and fun and engaging movie. I think as there is great strength in the movie there is great weakness too. Since the director is trying to do something new he is stepping forward and leaving a side of him vulnerable. So the style acting and the story is kinda interesting but i think at times meaning had been non-existent. But that comes with the territory of making a new movie a new style and trying something new.
Severance (2022)
I like it so far
2 episodes, what i like is the ins and outs maybe the complexity and the ethical implications of the process which makes the series interesting for me.
Euphoria: Stand Still Like the Hummingbird (2022)
Lack of Psychology
We see alot of action but the psychology of first season lacks in this episode so i didnt find this episode interesting.
Thats why i gave a 7 and Rue is my least favourite character i lik nate and jules and the other new brother.