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Made in Dagenham (2010)
What happened to the men?
This film tells the story of the Ford Machinist Strike of '68 in the UK. A huge moment in the march towards achieving Equal Pay in the workplace. However, it just felt a bit flat.
I really liked Rosamund Pike's character and felt that she should've been used and developed further.
It was a movie that reminded me of classics like Brassed Off, The Full Monty, etc. However, where they succeeded, this felt a bit flat in areas. Every male character appeared either inept, daft, dimwitted, or lacking any emotional depth.
Bob Hoskins was there to impart his trade union wisdom upon the women of Dagenham and that was most welcome to see at least one capable male character. The Ford executives just seemed like they were living in a bubble and had no clue on how to negotiate and I find this difficult to believe.
Bill & Ted Face the Music (2020)
Totally Non-Triumphant
This movie felt like it was written by people who neither loved the original films, nor cared to even watch them. It was heavily politicized and the storyline was fractured with little connection to anything remotely comical.
Even the Grim Reaper, The Doc of Shook, the Duke of Spook, who i always felt was a hilarious addition to Bogus Journey, was incredibly weak here and his accent was way off.
Seeing 50 year old men behave like teenage stoners just didn't work... why not bring back Bethoven like in the original instead of Mozart? Where was the metal and rock influence? It was gone... Who the hell is Kid Kudi and why was he even in the last song? What did he do?
The actors playing the daughters are both really good in other projects i've seen them on, but in this they felt like carbon copies of Bill and Ted from the originals and again... it didn't work.
This movie gave me serious Ghostbuster Reboot vibes and that is the worst thing I could possibly say about any movie ever.
As far as I'm concerned, Bill and Ted ended perfectly in Bogus Journey, and yeah the Reaper really did win the Indy 500 - who knew he could run so fast?
Watership Down (2018)
Surprisingly Decent
Heard the awful reviews and thought I'd check it out. While it was quite hard to tell the rabbits apart and the CGI was weak, I really enjoyed the more complex story and the voice acting was first class!