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Somebody I Used to Know (2023)
Finally a new take on this storyline!
Hollywood has become a Ford factory assembly line of movies with the same plot for every genre. This was a movie that I thought I knew the ending to before even watching but to my surprise I was wrong in the most interesting way. This was such an easy watch and the plot was more interesting as I watched it. The humor was good bit great but I laughed quite a few times. It was a dramedy that got so much right. I give it such a high rating bc it finally did something new and it worked. We're in a period of remakes and cut/paste romantic comedies. This movie was so refreshing and finally ended in a way that didn't make women look like blood sucking vampires for love. This was a good movie that could have been tweaked to be great but overall a good watch!
Profiled: The Black Man (2022)
A love letter to victimhood
I have never been so proud as I am to see so many black men pushing back on this documentary once again highlighting them as perpetual victims to the world. It's gotten old. Not every black mans story needs to begin and end with his proximity to victimhood. It's hard to take a documentary seriously that tries to debunk so many statics easily accessible by anyone with a smartphone.
She wants us to believe racism is what caused a old white woman to refer to Jay-Z as a gangster rapper when he first met Beyoncé. Maybe the 20 years of rapping about being a gangster, selling drugs, degrading his own women and robbery had something to do with her perception? Racism has become a catch all excuse for forgoing personal responsibility and she's promoting that..on film??
We all love Tina but no. This documentary/mockumentary wasn't all bad. I love seeing stories of happy and thriving black men but the gaslighting to portray these men as the rule and not the exception is just false. Episode 3 needs to go down in the books as one of the biggest gaslights to lived experience in history.
Mr. Mayor (2021)
Turn your brain off comedy
The number of times this made me laugh out loud surprised me. It lightly picks fun at our current political climate while not taking itself too seriously.
Sylvie's Love (2020)
A love story?
This movie reminds me a lot of The Notebook but without the character development and intricate plot. It's hard to watch a movie trying to sell dysfunctional behavior as romantic. There are ways to make a flawed character likeable and this plot just doesn't get it right.
I love a good anti-hero as much as the next person but...here's where the spoiler comes in...on what planet do you want to root for a guy that abandons his family just because he's embarrassed? I didn't. The plot never addressed either character really examining themselves and their faults. Self realization is what makes you want to root for a character. Calling this a love story is a stretch. I want my two hours back.