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Kookie (2016)
Well made and creepy but........
SPOILERS.
As a parent I couldn't help but pick the story apart.
why was the child left to watch horror films all day?
Why did the mum bring a demented looking cookie jar as a deterrent to the child and create a horrible story to scare the child.
Why did the mum not put the jar out of reach? There was nothing else laying around the immaculate kitchen not even a toaster, but she decided it was apt to leave a horrible cookie jar in the middle of a beautiful table. It looked so out of place.
The chemistry between the main actors wasn't there so it never felt like a mother and daughter relationship.
Yes the lighting and camera were good but the horrible choice of setting and characters took away from what could have been a genuinely original and creepy short film.
Overall I found it frustrating to watch.
A Quiet Place (2018)
Very boring and characters are dull
I get why they are not making any noise. But when ever you watch other post apocalyptic movies the characters at least attempt to figure out how to properly defend themselves. The ending was almost as frustrating as the book of eli. I watched it all in the hopes it would get better. Spoiler alert (it doesn't) no character development and no obvious chemistry between them so it couldn't feel sorry for any apart from the child they let down at the start. One of many stupid decisions made surfing the film. Realistically it's a 4 or 5 out of 10 but there are so many 9 and 10s reviewed it gives people (myself included) the idea that they are not going to regret watching this.
Rambo: Last Blood (2019)
This is RAMBO
A wonderful conclusion to the series.
Not 10 out of 10 but I wanted to get the rating up. This is easily a 7. If you want story, forget it. This is what Rambo fans want, violent, in line with the others and definitely nothing short of brilliant.
Detectorists (2014)
Subtle, easy going and well witten
This was recommended to me by a colleague who stumbled upon it by mistake. And we both agree what a happy mistake it ended up being.
My wife and I couldn't get enough of this program. The characters are believable and you don't need to appreciate metal detecting to watch it.
In fact you could insert any hobby and it would achieve the same thing, it merely acts as a background activity, something they do when they are not working or having to deal with their own problems. And that's what makes it so endearing to me. It is natural and the cast are perfect.
I can't recommend this enough and the 30 minute lengths are just right. I really hope they bring back more, even it is just a one off special so we can see what happened with some of the characters.
Toy Story 4 (2019)
Overhyped and very disappointing.
I actually would rate this as a 4 or 5 star film but I want to bring the rating down since many have rated it as 9 or 10.
Toy story 1, 2 and 3 were all 9 star films and the shorts were great additions to the franchise.
I loved them all and was super excited for the fourth installment even though the third ended perfectly. Boy was I disappointed.
One thing which grates on me is the fact that woody and buzz gain new phrases in each film. (I doubt there were patches for updating the voice boxes) but the characters which have been built up for over 20 years were destroyed in this film. Buzz became a thoughtless golem, Jessie sat back and did nothing, all the other usually strong supporting characters were limited to droll one liners and woody was just pathetic. Bo Peep was built up far too much and was really just a shallow typical rebel stereotype.
Overall there was just far too much taken away from the original 3 films that even the few positives, great animations and superb direction and editing. To justify the creation of this needless entry into what was the perfect trilogy.