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The Irishman (2019)
Joe Pesci is phenomenal, the rest is meh, and the CGI grotesque
First of all: I do not think that the length is a problem. I personally like long movies and if they are made well, then a slow patch can be good too.
Secondly: Joe Pesci's performance is the highlight of the movie: fine, minimalistic, nuanced, detailed. He is the one who should get accolades for it.
3rd: The CGI is not working well and very often it seems like old men with masks trying to portray 40 year olds... It is just -- weird! (Only works for Pesci. No problems there.) The biggest problem is maybe De Niro: The grocer's scene is a farce. De Niro's character should be what, 40 y.o.? It looks like grandpa is trying to kick the grocer. It looks comedic. A no-go. How could they film it like this? And often he looks hunched and crooked, just old, but should portray a 40 y.o. It just does not work -- unfortunately!
The film itself lacks flow and story coherence at times. It is good, at times nicely atmospheric, but it is not great. I cannot understand the hype and I am, to be honest, somewhat disappointed. (Mostly because of the not succeeded de-aging CGI.)
Equals (2015)
Good, but nothing new
It takes inspiration from "Gattaca", "Equilibrium", "1984", "Brave New World" and such... But it has nothing new to add.
It embedds a love story in an audiovisually very pleasing frame. But story-wise it has not too much to offer, unfortunately.
The Untouchables (1987)
Unwillingly comical
I know, it is from 1987, a bit older, with great actors... But still, I didn't like it much.
It was somewhat unwillingly comical, funny at times where it shouldn't be, or unbelievable, or at times exaggerated. In a sense that I felt sometimes as if it crossed over into a satire or comedy. Which it wasn't meant to be, right? (Again, it's 1987, but even for movies at that times, the score was a bit over the top too.)
In summation, just too much that distracted; or making it feel cartoonesque.
Snowpiercer (2013)
Simple mainstream entertainment
This is not a good movie, not even an okay movie. The 3/10 are for the interesting ideas.
But that's what it is: just great ideas - but bad execution. Unbelievable situations, actor performances (emotions) out of place, bordering grotesque, not plausible events, simple, silly action sequences. (The plot is kind of okay.) It is beyond me how this could get a 84 Metacritic score and a 7.1 user rating.
The social commentary aspect people mentioned is also just superficial and maybe sketchy at best. It is just too obvious. Nothing sophisticated or thought through.
I expected much more, at least a 6 or 7.
The Spy (2019)
A solid watch
I do not understand the many 10/10s so far and much, much less do I understand the weirdly many 1/10s so far...
This show is solid, entertaining, interesting, tense, exciting, sad, funny, and tells us some intriguing history bits... But it's not outstandingly excellent or super bad. S. B. Cohen also delivers a good performance in this serious role and knows when to be funny. I enjoyed watching it and maybe learning a bit. But it's not a life changer and it is worth the 6-episode time...
Black Mirror: Bandersnatch (2018)
Hmm... You tried. But it is frustrating.
Even though, like reviewers say here, it is part of the idea, the point, that we, the viewer, feel eventually the vexation of not being able to actually be in control. That is fine.
But the movie actually gives you the feeling that one makes wrong (!) choices, and not that we are not in control. This could have been achieved much more subtle. But it just ends up being frustrating for the viewer.
Maybe they tried too much to make it like a video game (yes, the movie is about a video game), and not like an actual interactive movie. It's more like a bad video game where you've to start over again and again because you make the wrong choices all the time.
There are so many cool ideas, even neat philosophical concepts, but the execution is poor. Unfortunately.
Knowing (2009)
Sci-Fi + Bible
It is a Mix-up of science-fiction themes with a variation of the biblical Arche Noah story (Noah's ark). Someone pointed out the similarities to Scientology myths. It is not a bad movie per se. But it is also not a good one. Without the story, it is still just average, sometimes whiny and unreasonable, acting. But the story has holes too. - An apocalypse is coming and the main character finds out he knows it. And then only the chosen ones get rescued. Okay. Alright.
If you're really bored and want something creepy - watch it. Otherwise, use your time for more interesting and demanding flicks.