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As Above, So Below (2014)
Budget version of Tomb raider
The original twist is that budget Tomb raider is being filmed by a documentary film maker with an incredibly stabile hand and amazing microphones that only pick up selected people's voices. Nothing original. Low character knowledge, clumsy dialogue designed to take this cheaper version of Tomb raider story forward.
Childish romance inserted by force to keep the viewer interested while story goes on with fact errors and clumsily invented little storylines.
My favorite is when the guy translates ancient Armenian into English- and it just so happens to rhyme quite nicely in English. Who knew Armenian and English were so closely related?
All the people who are experts in their academic fields are sexy, young people wearing nice clothes and heavy makeup. I also wonder who edited the takes that the documentary maker "films non-stop".
The Night Agent (2023)
Entertaining but ridiculously predictable
A binge series on a rainy day when you at times let it run in the background while doing choirs. Zero character logic and childish character build, as if the writers have never met human beings. Some things are refreshingly unstale for an American production, though. I suppose this is all the next generation is able to build.
Some of the dialogue is good, but most of the character build is based on some childish disney character book on what different characters look like. The main villain is obvious from the beginning and can be spotted by their physical appearance. Well, this is obvious to anyone who was born before 1995.
Smile (2022)
So predictable it's a joke
Everything is so very predictable it's a joke- nothing is original. The initial idea was good- but that's not enough to make a good film. The sound design was not good nor the foley, the music wasn't convincing, the acting was poor and the character development was even worse. And the upside down drone footage was out of place even though it was intended to serve as a special effect to make the audience uncomfortable. It was wasted and clumsily forced into the movie, together with all the other "surprises" that were so predictable it wouldn't even pass though as a 80's b-roll.
If you have watched any 5 horror films from the 80's or 90's- you've seen everything there is to see in this film already. The last hour felt like an eternity.
Keep Breathing (2022)
Written by some boy who knows nothing of survival and nothing about women
So the hero who keeps calm in stressful situations.. needs to ask an unconscious man "what should I do now..?".
She also needs to put her shoes on (???????) before entering the water to dive 10 meters down to a plane (without needing to equalize, obviously). Why she keeps wearing the same pair of tight jeans and how on earth they keep dry in water and 10 minutes after coming out of water is a mystery to me.
The ultra sound pic seems so clearly like something one of the men on board the plane would have- but knowing that it's made by ignorant hollywood #metoo boys- it must be the woman's. Because no man could ever have anything to do with reproduction in America/Canada, right? So it must be the woman's. And that must be how she gets her ultra strength that she wastes by being ultra dumb (survivalwise)- cause lord knows women are no human beings that can think for themselves (whoch is why she has to ask the unconscious man what to do next...).
And why drug lords would ever light heartedly just pick up some girl at the airport into their private plane because she says she's a lawyer.. man... the story is beyond ridiculous. It's anti-human.
The three stars is from semi-original idea (in today's World, at least) and some pretty shots, even though I can see the territory they filmed in is quite occupied and not wild at all- but that's only because I'm from culture that knows wilderness.
Peaky Blinders: Gold (2022)
Quite a historical error in a detail
Quite a miss to not know where the history of the Molotov cocktail- which DIDN'T EXIST in these times yet.
The mentioning of the Molotov cocktail in this episode is an error that anyone with a rudimentary knowledge of European history should be able to avoid. Perhaps the writers are getting sloppy or like Heathrow- it's "difficult" to come back after covid.
Invisible Heroes (2019)
A very Finnishly accurate production, but Finns rarely do bad productions
This is a hard core humane series, very much worth watching as character building in historical series are usually quite weak.
Finns are on the other hand very good at character building in serious productions, unlike their Swedish neighbors, who are better at making mainstream entertainment productions suited for easy watching.
So it's absolutely NOT an action series although it's made in the Nordics. The Chilenian history is familiar in Finland and these events are well represented in the series.
La revolución y la tierra (2019)
They had all this potential and then decided to waste it
The documentary is really great- IF the entire population of Peru consists of 96% male.
If it only consists of 95% men, the documentary loses a bit of credibility already..
BUT- if the population in Peru is about 50/50 then this might aswell have been told by Brits. Or- the title could've included "as seen only through the eyes of the male population".
The femme-washing that takes place at the end with these carefully selected female activists on the side in modern times only makes the whole movie look worse. You don't balance out biased content by last minute hop-ins. It's sad, because they could've made this into a great documentary (very nice angles and color grading). Now, it just gets boringly one sided and nigh believable.
Estonia - funnet som endrer alt (2020)
So.. what exactly is the truth..?
What complete and utter shait. No proof of anything and no thing to back up any claims either. This is an utter breach of journalistic ethics.
The boys made up the title before actually starting with any research or filming. This becomes a bit of a problem when there's really nothing to tell. So one must make up remarkable conspiracies and unbelievable fairytales to entertain.
And entertain they do, because people buy to watch entertainment- because this is entertainment, not journalistics. The sad thing is, many people tend to forget the difference between a remarkable story and truth. A rule of thumb is to think: "remarkable stories require remarkable evidence".
This sci-fi story calling itself a documentary doe not give evidence, let alone explanation.
Donbass (2018)
It's a war- not a "conflict"
It's a true glimpse into how modern war is being waged on Ukrainian soil. These are prime examples of how media and false news are being used to spread propaganda. What's not new is what war truly does to people. How it changes them. How humans desperately try to adapt to a desperate situation.
The movie is very accurate and chosen to show only one side of the Donbass are on purpose (you can't squeeze all into one movie). It SHOULD raise questions about "how come I've never heard of this.?" in your mind. Maybe media in the west has deliberately chosen to neglect this particular issue. Why?
All western countries bordering to Russia, however, follow events in Ukraine- and can varify the autenticity of this movie.
To Ukranians- make sure you have a friend next to you to have a drink with afterwards.. you'll likely need it.