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Karakomik Filmler: 2 Arada (2019)
Why
A weak combination of two stories that keeps making you ask why. Why are these stories two parts of a feature film? Why is this film's title alluding to black comedies? Why should we care about any of these characters?
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A big question after seeing this film is "Why?". Why did we see these two films together? One of these films is a somewhat interesting entry to the mind of a lonely and somewhat deluded ferryman with the twist that it was all a hallucination (well, most of it). The other film is the holiday of a few guys that turns awry when one of them goes missing and guess what, it's aliens! The second film was outright atrocious with extremely bland characters, and a directionless plot for the most of it. The first film has a main character and a vague direction, but the rest of the cast is as bland as those of the second film.
Furthermore, one has to consider the title. Again, the question here is why. Were either of these stories black comedies? The first one had some potential as one, but the second one was just a cheap comedy with the humor of both movies being low brow jokes mostly contained to one liners.
***END OF SPOILERS***
Overall, the first film had some potential that wasn't fulfilled, and the second one was a total waste of time.
Shelter (2007)
Lacking in Many Qualities
Shelter suffers from the whole group of awful dialogue writing, wooden acting (with the exception of a few scenes, I felt like most acting was just slightly above porn quality) and strange edits back and forth to surfing without rhyme or reason and an extremely generic, awfully interruptive soundtrack. The romance is awful as well, the relationship here is weak as well with very little development or chemistry. It has a feel-good ending for those that want a happy ending, and it isn't a sex parade like some movies can be but there are much better movies with better endings and can focus on romance without the sex. It is just plain baffling to me that this movie is getting 9 and 10 ratings.