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Colossal (2016)
Not really a comedy.
While Colossal is billed as a sci-fi comedy film, comedy is just the hook that they use to draw you in to what is really a clunky allegory about living with alcoholism and abuse. My guess is that Hathaway's character, Gloria, is meant to be the protagonist, but in a weird sort of way, the movie demonstrates the reciprocal nature of abuse that Erin Pizzey noted when she opened the first shelter for abused women. Neither Gloria nor Oscar are good people, and there is no hero in this story, except maybe Gloria's ex-boyfriend, who tossed her out on her keister. So, while it was an okay-at-best movie, it's not worth dwelling on after, as you find yourself wondering if the writer was really solid on what the film's message actually is
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Pyewacket (2017)
Mediocre atmospheric horror film
I see a lot of reviewers heaping high praise on this film and saying, specifically that it's a "slow burn." I'm assuming these reviews are by the cast ans crew's friends and family, because this is a mediocre (at best). You are never given anything to relate to, because Leah and her mother aren't likable or even relatable characters. Just selfish and narcissistic with very little self-awareness. Also, every one of Leah's friends seems to be totally into her, which is just odd, because she doesn't really seem to possess any real redeeming qualities. I'm guessing they didn't have a whole lot of budget to spend on this film, because it looks like something made by college kids. Well, except for the house fire scene. Everything just seems bland and listless, like the writer was horribly depressed and had mommy issues.
Cobra Kai (2018)
Flawless Victory!
It is obvious that the writers, producers and directors of this show loved the original movie and respected the source material. This series is a loving homage to the original movie, but treads new ground, telling the ongoing stories of Johnny Lawrence and Daniel LaRusso from Johnny's point of view. Defeated and disgraced, the arc of his life waned to find him scraping the bottom of the barrel, but fate intervenes to show him a new path -- Becoming sensei to a new generation of karate students. The series also introduces a new generation of teenagers to the story; children and proteges of LaRusso and Lawrence. From ancient grudge break to new mutiny, Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean. Nobody is really the hero or the villain, everybody makes mistakes, even when you want to see them do better. Go to YouTube, sign up for your free preview of YouTube Red and watch this.
If Hollywood were to take a long look at this series, they might figure out how to reboot movies and series' with substantial fanbases.
The Best Movie Ever Made (1995)
High Comedy on a Low Budget
Created on a shoestring budget of around $7000, "The Best Movie Ever Made" was an epic undertaking by directors Bencich and LaMont, formerly known only for the public access television shows "TV or not TV" (a sketch comedy show shown only on Phoenix public access) and "Moviehouse" (an innovative movie review/sitcom show that they had hoped to market onto cable TV), TBMEM was a sketch comedy movie not unlike the Kentucky Fried Movie, staged with the plot device of the viewer flipping idly through channels between segments of the movie "Battle for the Planet of Cheese." Working from various locations in Phoenix and a rented sound-stage, Bencich, LaMont and their crew of unpaid college actors manage a sketch comedy extravaganza that, while sometimes woodenly acted, still manages to be hilarious. Sure, the ending is lame, and some of the sketches are groaningly bad, but it's a damn good effort.