I like me some action adventure. Think the Bourne franchise and Jack Ryan. So, I was expecting a solid, fun romp from this series. What I'm getting is far more complex, very well written, character rich story boarding on southern noir. The casting is spot on with Willa Fitzgerald as a spectacular stand out.
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Don't Look Up
(2021)
Failure to Launch
12 January 2022
Great premise. Spectacular cast. Obviously, an enormous budget. What could go wrong?
Plenty. But at the core of all this film's flaws is one fundamental issue. The movie doesn't know what it wants to be. Of course you can mix genres - and lots of movies do that successfully - but that requires the director's clarity of vision and purpose, and this director seems to have been phoning it in.
That said, it's worth watching for Mark Rylance's brilliant performance. He and Cate Blanchett are the stand outs.
Plenty. But at the core of all this film's flaws is one fundamental issue. The movie doesn't know what it wants to be. Of course you can mix genres - and lots of movies do that successfully - but that requires the director's clarity of vision and purpose, and this director seems to have been phoning it in.
That said, it's worth watching for Mark Rylance's brilliant performance. He and Cate Blanchett are the stand outs.
Bridesmaids
(I) (2011)
Maiden Voyage
14 May 2011
I should have known. After seeing Ms. Wiig's appearance on "The Daily Show," during which she admitted having to buy and consult a book on "how to write a screenplay" prior to creating "Bridesmaids," I still went ahead and shelled out the money for a ticket. And, as I suspected, the movie came off as a less than sure collection of scenes trying desperately to inflate a plot.
And don't get me wrong, some of those scenes are hysterical. But this movie doesn't know what it wants to be, and so suffers from the same malaise that afflicts the lead character, Annie: drift.
I believe Kristen Wiig has better material in her future. But she's got to move from the neat form of sketch comedy to the more challenging, and longer, form of feature film with her storytelling talents intact.
And don't get me wrong, some of those scenes are hysterical. But this movie doesn't know what it wants to be, and so suffers from the same malaise that afflicts the lead character, Annie: drift.
I believe Kristen Wiig has better material in her future. But she's got to move from the neat form of sketch comedy to the more challenging, and longer, form of feature film with her storytelling talents intact.
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