Full of culture, history, vibrance and originality. I did twitch a little in the beginning but everyone was working so hard to tell a story that I couldn't resist. The blues were everywhere. It is unfortunate that the performance at the bar lacked the oomph the folk music got. A surprise diva would have brought down the house. Even the limited characters left a mark. The cast stripped their personas without losing watts. The cliches were rewritten to better express a different culture and they fit. Bravo to the talent for creating their own thing. 05-Jul-2025

I was not familiar with Nosferatu folklore. Couldn't finish the silent film because the romanticism got lost when they made Dracula a hideous monster. The reason Count can appear human is because he's a metaphor for the monsters living inside of us. Ugly things are not tempting or worth filming. The original movie caused a stir for being a direct knock-off of Dracula. They were supposed to burn every copy but some assholes from the future salvaged them. Having to learn new character names fucked with my memorization. Renfield has always irritated me. Every iteration of him is nasty and nuts. Maybe a female Renfield would benefit the mythology. She can crush on the Count, serve him, become jealous and overprotective esp. when he meets Mina or Lucy or whatever name changes already existed. I'd make her a witch. The mood and an obsession created a shadow atmosphere with no soul or action to back it up. Why did they make Lilly Rose look like that? She looked ready to churn butter. Adding more mumbo jumbo destroyed what the original carefully invented. The added myths are cheats with no thought process. The director diluted hunky man hotness. My ears started ringing when I heard Skarsgard's accent. Why was he speaking so slow? To fill space? Skarsgard is all monster and no personality. Covering aspects of what makes an actor shine is blasphemous. It could have been Alexa voicing it because I never felt Skarsgard's presence. He buried himself inside the character. The foretelling was exhausting. Why tell us what's going to happen next? Be quiet and show us. The shadows in Eggers art overlapped the humans creating them. 01-Jul-2025

Amy Rose and her Piko Piko Hammer were sorely missing. Unless she died somewhere I missed. Nothing tames a beast better than an "optimistic, bubbly and eager" pink thing with tits. The best nemesis for a Shadow hedgehog. Robotnick was too much and the silliness didn't stop at an itch but until you ripped your skin off. The adults were useless against AI because they had no pulse. 01-Jul-2025

A film that didn't take advantage of all its possibilities. Though songs that didn't suck were beautifully sung the characters were flat like paper. An elimination of half the songs would have opened space to delve into Snow White and the Queen's relationship. I would have changed fairest and explored kingdom popularity. Gadot's character is doomed the moment the narrator emphasized how evil she was. She was misdirected and stifled when her natural accent would have added mystery to her persona. It also would have freed Gadot. The evil was basic and child's play. My favorite scene from the classic animation was the run through the forest. The 3D effect was mind tripping. A live recreation would have added much needed magic. If you're going to CGI the dwarves why make them ugly? They missed out on likeness and adorability. I would have nixed the "merry men" and concentrated on the ladies, dwarves and huntsman. She could've fallen in love with the huntsman instead of a merry man. Zegler comes alive when she sings but is immobile in expression. She's so intent on conveying a message instead of embodying a legend that she lends her character nothing. The climax disappoints because it doesn't really have one. It goes out with a whimper. I came up with at least 5 grand finales, including having the huntsman kill the Queen with an acquired weapon that is magical because she is invulnerable to everything else. The hope for greatness ballooned and imploded and they didn't know how to put the pieces back together. 29-Jun-2025

An almost with a distinct visual style and coordination. The Little Red Riding Hood backstory was solid but the asides were distracting. Every once upon a time dredged up a mini scenario that killed the present momentum. I would have combined all the once upon a times into an intro. Somehow panic seeps into the mysterious imagery and causes confusion. Angela Lansbury was the perfect grandmother, the child was beguiling and the atmosphere was spooky. The wolves were a grab bag of good and bad. Some of the metamorphosis were clever. "Red" was a watered down version of the threat a violent man poses in society esp. regarding girls. The film is not afraid to explore sexuality. The reason most evil men do girl's harm is sex. She blossoms while they shiver and fidget. Driving a car in the forest felt too modern for its surroundings. I watched riveted until the end but I didn't quite get it. 26-Jun-2025

This is the third film I've completed starring Shirley Temple. I tuned into the others but one was because of Elizabeth Taylor. I recognized her history because bits and pieces of her legend were always there. I found her talented and cutesy. She's not an actual princess (TG) but a daughter of a distinguished man that is widowed and in charge of spoiling her. He satisfied all her whims, had adorable phrases between them, missed each other dearly when apart and daddy was loaded. FF. Daddy goes to war in South Africa and she is sent to a high falutin school that can use the clout and his money. She lives a life of luxury amongst resentful girls and a few good friends. She is informed that daddy died in war and the enemy stole his assets. The girl is broke and the school footed her luxurious lifestyle expecting recompense. The marm nixes the idea of throwing her out because bad publicity would fuck them. The people decide that the child can redeem herself by becoming a servant. Temple's talent grows as the movie rolled along. Her friends and hope toughened her up so she wouldn't give up or disappoint the audience. She took over like a pro. The film is not dark. The film is cheerful, sweet, undemanding and it presents to kids the pitfalls of growing up, without overloading them. The Joker played a respectable Indian and was a hoot. The School Mistress looked exactly how one would fear. It's corny but it was true. A restoration would befit it. It would sparkle and be presented on Father's or Soldiers Day. 25-Jun-2025

I tried playing this game and became frustrated with all the things I had to build. Why would I want to build ugly shit? I hated it. Hats off to Momoa for choosing the loser role. Black brought the energy but not the charisma. The children looked dirty like the adults so they didn't register. I wanted to yank Momoa's stupid wig off. TG they hired some minorities to qualify for Oscars. Always silly, sometimes funny with no substantial skills taught to kids. 23-Jun-2025

Mr. Mackie didn't have the range to convey an iconic hero or lead a movie. He did his job without betraying himself. He's stoic and bland. It was a flat note. Esposito acted like they put itching powder in his pants. Harrison wasted his legendary status. Liv Tyler appeared CGI'd. It self congratulates heroism. Heroes are not at their best post eviscerating poisonous toxins. Celebrating themselves would make them accessible to the common man. The community would bombard them with inconsequential requests and inappropriate questions that would drive them nuts. The film is heavy on politics and little else. I understand Captain America less. The action sequences were a welcome break from the huffing and puffing. Every joke sounded like a fart and the one-liners did not catch any fishies. 01-Jun-2025

How to live miserably after war. Adrien Brody is a face actor that can establish a film's mood just by expression. He thought his character through and delivered a powerhouse performance. My odd fascination with sound made me hone in on his accent. Nothing peculiar with most of it. It was only when he ended with the letter T. He hit it hard when it needed to fade. The cast played beautiful notes. Guy Pierce was evolved and polished, the film held my interest, the writing was thoughtful and the direction was committing but I couldn't find a reason to care. First. You can't cry rape if you yourself have committed it. She got her husband off when he didn't want to. He cried as she was doing it. Second. That rape scene was so vague that I thought they were doing something else. Third. Why did Atilla accuse Lazlo of flirting with his wife if he pushed him into thinking it was a threesome? Fourth. Why was Lazlo's temper so short after surviving war? He'd be meek, get used and gradually transform into a raging lunatic. Fifth. The niece's silence drove me crazy. She didn't even grunt. I thought I missed a plot point. 30-May-2025

A robot awakens to monster status and Tarzan heroics in a jungle full of talking animals that offset reality. I had to disbelieve that a computer can be compassionate. (Alexa has never given anyone oral sex.) I understand that the robot programmed herself to be able to communicate with the animals but why did they have human emotions? The talking animals were a distraction for a story that represented realism. The robot could have been a human doing the right thing by an animal that only coexists for the benefit of itself. Actually, a talking animal of great power and little ally ship would have sufficed to make it cohesive. Why are those fucking animals talking to a robot instead of us? 26-May-2025

I had to re-check to make sure this tale took place in the 80's because the nod was subtle. The hair looked as shitty as it currently stands, a classic soundtrack was wasted, the kills were so matter of fact that I didn't care, the players were off-kilter and unsustainable, Carrie was the only film that properly explained how a shut out can become a Prom Queen, it's called mapping, the Prom King didn't even decorate, Lilli Taylor is harsh for our time and harsher for theirs. The ambiguity is obnoxious and not true to it's date. The relationships needed stronger emotional situations to stick. Did the besties experiment sexually and one crushed while the other's heterosexuality blossomed? Who knows? Just dress her up as a man and let the kids figure it out. We don't do stories. Dude, you can't have a dance-off with one girl twirling and the other fainting. It was hilariously ridiculous. Why are most high school students categorized on film? I was in the middle. I rarely encountered these people. I've seen a lot of this before, done correctly. 24-May-2025

Ralph Fiennes made fucking a priest less criminal. Ditto Tucci. Lithgow reinterpreted De Palma creepiness to great success. I was educated, enlightened, intrigued and delighted. Wow. Penguins see color too. Fred Zinnemann inspirations abound and they were welcomed. Isabella slayed like Nurse Ratchett. It was careful to remain on course, turn gossip sporty and entertain methodically. Religion took a back seat. TG. 11-May-2025

Well assembled rendition of what's been done before. The story had little impact and cliched emotions. The actors and the spectacle are worthy with little help from the script. Entertainment without soul. 09-May-2025

A dark tale told amongst frustration. I being frustrated that nothing interesting happens in between Lady Nic's breathing sessions. The characters needed more strokes and history to understand their motivations. Everything was a whisper, only the men lost it, direction had no distinct style and the banter was vacuous. Lady Nic fulfilled her duty and was fun to follow. Harris Dickinson was a good choice but there was too much psycho in his swagger. Antonio was the only actor allowed to emote pain and anger. He did it well. His outburst was what the rest of the film lacked. Energy. Cognizance was on dream mode. The reason men are toxic is because women can't orgasm without it. The resolution is simplified to fulfill the fairy tale agenda. It nulls the truth and its purpose. 07-May-2025

The movie was a premonition. Coppola's ideals were established. Future Dracula and Godfather strokes manifested. The madness came from Corman? Heiress is dying and the family wants to win her favor in order to be named in her will. No one is more worried more than the in-laws. An Axe Man is on a killing spree. An inspiration of masked serial killers to come. The most intriguing protagonist was cut short. Her hair was groovy. There were too many things going on that kept me unscrewed but I hung on to learn. 23-Apr-2025