Change Your Image
michielwittkampf
Reviews
Audrie & Daisy (2016)
Shallow and unclear
An important subject, or actually multiple subjects (bullying, group dynamics, media attention, sexual assault, paranting, justice). But all explored only shallow.
The makers let the boys get away with shallow answers. They should have tried to understand their real grasp of the situation. What is the reason the boys answer so shallow. Now we don't know if the boys don't care, are afraid, have difficulty to understand handle emotions, etc. What is the dynamic going on. Without this understanding, it doesn't mean anything, because it can mean many things.
The same goes for the parents of the girls, the police, the mayor and other adults. Why did the dynamics spin so much into a negative public process. Now it seems that everybody intended well from their own perspective, but nobody saw or acted on the big picture. Dear parents, a public fight is not in the interest of your daughter's... And why don't you get the away from the harsh anonymous online chats? Why did you let them go to sush a party at that age? Dear mayor, why do you complain about your towns public image, shouldn't you focus on how the town can get less divided and more safe? Etc.
Or did they do their jobs well? Is it a skewed cut of the moviemakers? The movie could be improved by zooming in on those questions. By understanding why things got out of control. Now we can only guess. There can be many factors in play. So now we now these things happen (which is not new information). But we don't know why. So we don't know how to understand, let alone prevent or solve these situations.
So it is unclear what we can get out of the movie / documentary.
The Rental (2020)
Very nice build up
A nice movie. With a lot of realistic and strong acting and atmosphere. Story wise the are strong plusses and minuses. Clearly a beginner's movie, but a swell done start.
T-34 (2018)
Really nice hero action movie
Nice action, beautifull shots and I like that it is Russian (something different).