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No Sleep 'Til Christmas (2018)
I have a better ending idea.
I misread the description on prime streaming and thought it was two "siblings" as opposed to "strangers" who could only fall asleep when they were together. When they got to the plot point of both having absentee dads i thought it was a fun twist on long lost siblings! Then they almost kissed while singing karaoke of the "fairytale in New york" duet and I had to look it up here.
It really would have been better if they were long lost half siblings and she wouldn't look like a terrible person dumping her perfectly nice, attractive, supportive, sccomplished, rich fiancee.
The best character is the niece and her parents. I'd rather watch a movie about them.
Archie (2023)
Really disappointing.
Two trends in recent biographical films and TV series have worn out their novelty: Nonlinear storytelling and anachronistic soundtracks. In this case it was jumping back and forth through time using the 60s as a framing device to confusingly flash back to a few pivotal periods in his life with no content to fill in the years. It just shoots through time showing random events - seemingly trying to add context to his "present day" behavior by illustrating his past.
He's performing a personal appearance to a crowd. (was this before or after he met Cannon?) Blam its 1961 and he sees Dyan Canon on TV and orders her like a sandwich, he's a very poor child in Bristol being treated horribly by his parents blam back to 1961. He's a pre-teen, a teen, then a full on adult then middle aged then its 1962 again. Two of his other wives are briefly referenced.
The storytelling is painfully detailed about his childhood but skips entirely through his first marriage.
And the music played when he arrived in New york! What the hell was that?
He deserves much better than this.
Dogtown and Z-Boys (2001)
fun for this non-skater chick
I was too young in the seventies to notice much of this movement - aside from vaguely remembering skate parks. I've never been much for the sport either but I did enjoy the music and the fringe-culture aspect of it even in the late eighties.
I do have to say that watching rebellious, lithe, scantily-clad, young teenage boys with long hair doing skateboard acrobatics in the seventies to a good soundtrack isn't a bad way to spend an hour and a half. And I got to learn about something new to boot.
I'm probably not even its most remote target audience but I even watched it twice.
Living Dolls: The Making of a Child Beauty Queen (2001)
This is NOT a way of life in the south!!
I found watching this documentary about child beauty queens quite disturbing. The mentally abusive mother, the neglected siblings and brow-beaten boyfriend who was coerced into giving up his retirement money to fund glittery costumes and adult makeup, the creepy pageant presenter crooning at little girls who are painted up like 25 year old women going out on a Saturday night, five year old girls using "come hither" looks to influence the judges, eighteen month old babies getting hair plugs...yes, very creepy.
However, what I found quite disturbing is the at the beginning of the film there is a claim that these pageants are a "way of life" in the south. Absolutely not true! I grew up in Alabama (not in a trailer by the way) and never saw anything like this. Please do not think this is common in that region..only among a misguided few.
The Ninth Gate (1999)
Wonderful work...only one complaint
Visually stunning work, interesting storyline, characters that aren't flat and predictable. Definitely a mystery for readers.
There's only one issue that gets on my nerves every time I watch it. People handling books that are hundreds or years old would wear GLOVES! They would not SMOKE or EAT around them or stick them unprotected behind refrigerators or inside satchels!!! These books are worth I don't know how much money and these people are manhandling them!!
Like I said, I couldn't get over that one annoying complaint. Otherwise this is a great film.