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Good Kids (2016)
Complex, touching, some rough edges, but well done
This movie is really a lot more than just about the relationship between an older brother and younger brother. Of course, it centers around this relationship, but it really probes the depth of human pain that results from promises unfulfilled and dreams dashed. What seems sunny and clear is in reality often obscured by a clouded human nature that celebrates self before others, and these clouds are not easily dispelled. What really is love? How is it authentically expressed? How is it so easily betrayed? What are the real-life consequences of vengeful actions? All these--and more--are explored in this short but insightful story.
Yes, there are some rough edges. The audio level sometimes varies inexplicably. Certain scenes require a modest suspension of disbelief. These rough edges, however, do not detract from the fact that this is quite a good movie about fundamentally good kids in a world that challenges even the most mature adults.
Deadpool (2016)
One of the dumbest movies I've seen in a long time!
Okay, if you like lots of sexual innuendo--and more than innuendo, and if you like hearing the f-bomb splayed blatantly throughout, and if you appreciate hearing the name of God and Jesus profaned gratuitously, and if you delight in scenes of bloody violence laced with snide remarks--if you like your movies with these traits and others of equal inanity, then you will like Deadpool.
I don't like these things, and I hated this movie. Just so you know that I'm not a total prude, I can accept all of these in story lines where they make sense in context. However, in Deadpool they ARE the context, and there is really only one story line.
The one (barely) redeeming quality is the lesson about seeing through the tragedy of ugly wounds to the human that lies beyond, but in this case that human is as ugly as his wounds.