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No Hard Feelings (2023)
Not funny! False advertising!
Every funny scene (and I mean every one of them) is already in the trailer. The movie, for the vast majority of part, is not funny and instead full of awkward and boring dialogue.
My biggest problem problem, however, is that the trailer makes it look like the next "Superbad," which this movie is very far from. It plays it safe and instead of exciting, daring and funny, is just dull and unfunny for the most part.
It's always surprising that these boring scripts get funded and yet, there are most likely so many better stories out there not being made/told due to funding. I guess if you hire the right cast, you'll get the greenlight to make it even if it's badly written.
Little Women (2019)
Absolutely horrible! Too much and not enough!
What a disgusting adaptation of a classic novel. While I haven't read the book, I've watched the excellent 1994 movie adaptation, and found this movie to be utter garbage.
This director, while having made at least one decent movie before, seems to have no clue here. She rushes the dialogue, cuts from scene to scene too abruptly, and seems to have not done anything beyond a first take (without any rehearsal) of many scenes.
While the custome design and cinematography go a quarter of the way towards telling a story, the rushed dialogue and acting take you right out of the scene.
I'm clueless as to how this jumbled up piece of lazy movie making has garnered so much praise and so many accolades. The only explanation might be that, just as the director herself, those who loved this film are better suited to watching and making tiktok videos and not feature films.
For fans of effective storytelling (that makes sense), I'd highly recommend the 1994 movie version and not this pile of confusion of a remake. Save yourself the constant confusion of 7 year back and forth time jumps (without the characters changing one bit) and don't waste time on this film.
Game Change (2012)
Entertaining and well-acted but with excessive profanity...
First, I know it's not just TV and it's HBO but come on, is all of that profanity really necessary?! I'm not calling for censorship, just that there was no need for all the f-bombs to be dropped. I'm all for artistic choices that film makers make to tell their stories -- no matter how much profanity, violence or sexual content they need to use -- but there CAN be such a thing as using something that serves no purpose, and the story could have done without (in this case, the excessive cursing).
Now that that's out of the way, I have to admit that this is an entertaining and very well-acted movie. The cast do a very good job in every scene and even for those of us familiar with the story, there are enjoyable moments, well-written scenes and even a few surprises. So despite the foul language, I highly recommend this movie. 7 out of 10.
Steve McQueen: The Man & Le Mans (2015)
Very poorly made; profanity-laced movie that was supposed to be about race cars...
Why would a documentary about a racing film and an actor need to be rated TV-MA? I'm not in favor of censorship, but what's the need to use so much profanity in a movie that's essentially (or is supposed to be) about a great actor who loved cars and made one of the greatest racing movies of all time?! He wasn't a gangster or a mobster and when the movie itself, Le Mans, is made for everyone, why then is a documentary about the subject rated for mature audience only?
Maybe I'm dwelling too much on this but that alone tells me that the filmmakers here didn't understand Le Mans or the man behind it, and apparently didn't want everyone to see this film.
Also, just as others have already pointed out, the intro to the movie is so slow and boring, without a need to be so, with very tiny texts that, I suppose, are supposed to be stylish but are not.
Too bad because I was not only looking forward to this movie, but also wanted to introduce my younger brother to the man that made Le Mans, through this movie. This movie is not worth it. One would be better off watching the actual movie, Le Mans, again.
Room (2015)
A movie that feels complete...
Warning: This review contains an overuse of the word "complete."
Rarely have I seen a movie that comes together so completely and is without a flaw from beginning to end. I'm struggling to think of a scene or even a shot that was out of sync with the rest of the movie or that needed improvement. Every shot and every scene is written, acted, filmed, directed, scored and edited in such a complete and perfect way that, honestly, it makes most other movies feel and look incomplete.
One doesn't have to have a degree in film or even attended film school to enjoy this movie, but it was amazing to see my film class lessons brought to life on the screen (especially when I re-watched the movie). From the way "Room" is written and filmed, to the way it's acted and directed, and to the rises and falls and tensions of the story, the movie uses all those elements to present each shot, each scene and eventually an entire movie that feels complete from beginning to end.
As an example, the dinner with Ma, Jack, grandpa, grandma and Leo is full of so much tension and drama and the great William H. Macy gives these subtle looks that say so very much without him saying the actual words. And Ma's/Joy's reaction is equally great not only in this scene, but throughout the movie, in that these little, subtle looks and gestures add up to say so much more than words could ever say.
Another example of this 'completeness' comes in what Jack says to some of the objects in the room in the beginning of the movie, and then repeats them in the end, but in the opposite way. What this means is that the writers, cast and crew of this film know exactly what they are doing, know exactly how to do it, and, amazingly, then set out and achieve what they wanted to achieve, which, sadly, is rare in movies and even rarer in real life.
So at this point if anyone (including myself) wants to argue my point that this movie is "complete," Webster's defines the word "complete" as "having all the necessary parts; not lacking anything."
So in that sense of the word, "Room," to me, is, well, complete!