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Black Mirror (2011)
Entertaining!
Although this show can definitely be corny/edgy, I think every episode of this show (minus the bear episode) catches my attention and makes me want to keep watching! I think they are enjoyable to watch and they have very nice cinematography as well as well performing actors. With the exception of (the masterpiece that is) San Junipero, they are all genuinely creepy to some degree too. My favorite episodes would be Fifteen Million Merits, White Bear, San Junipero and Playtest. The Banksy-esque technology themes can seem a little tiresome but not enough so that it affects my interest in the show! I'll Keep watching until they stop making them.
Évolution (2015)
Like watching an hour and a half long writing prompt!
This movie has stunning visuals. There are many beautiful scenes of the ocean and the landscape as well as twisted scenes of an uncanny hospital with exploitative practices. Past the visuals and a few interesting interactions between characters, there is not much to this movie at all. The movie is very strange right from the beginning, but with no context. It has you asking a ton of questions and there is build up/tension as the movie progresses, but in the end there is hardly closure. None of the questions you might have been asking are answered and there is no additional context from in the beginning. It's just a bunch of weird stuff happening to kids with no explanation at all.
This movie seems to rely heavily on visuals or on being an "artsy" film rather than having an engaging or fulfilling story, obviously. I love movies that leave some things to interpretation and movies that feature metaphors that add to the complexity of the story, but Evolution just throws a bunch of context-less weird stuff at you and nothing else. Call me uncreative all you want, but when I watch a movie I don't want to have to make up nearly the entire story myself.
I am a sucker for good cinematography/visuals, but the movie has to be impressive in other ways too! This movie was very unsatisfying and it's sadly not the first movie I've seen like this.