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Before and After (1996)
Not happy about the ending
The movie has that sweet sweet 1990s old movie vibe. Great dialogues. But I'm not happy about the ending. Sorry I'm not saying the storyline is bad or anything. I just feel like, does it have to be like this?
It seems that nearly all movies like these have to project the "right" moral value - abide by law, tell the truth, it's the right thing to do and it's what's suppose to happen in a movie in order to promote and reinforce the right values to the audiences. They came so close to just hide the truth and let the lawyer do his job. But meh they had to do the right thing.
If I were Ben I would have protected my son at all cost too. The system is not reliable or just. It's not a black and white world. The sentence wasn't so bad but I just hate that Ben had to serve a year simply because he destroyed the evidence to protect his son. His love for his son got punished. And I'm incredibly upset by that. I really wish the story could have gone in the other direction.
The Alternate (2021)
a copycat from the novel Dark Matter
Read the novel 3 weeks ago. The main theme and thread of this movie is exactly the same as "dark matter" by blake crouch but i dont see them giving any credit to the original book.
This movie is an oversimplification of the book. In the original (i'm 100% sure they were inspired by/stole the ideas from it) the protagonist went through a cascades of troubles to get back to his love. Traveled to dozens of multi-universes to finally get back to his world and got his version of girl back.
This knock off in comparison, leaves out all the intricacies and subtle emotions and psychological observations which made the real one successful.
Anyways, overall its not terrible, its watchable. Dialogues are very light, like they were written by elementary school students. So its a nice brainless relaxation, def worth it to watch it on a drunken miserable night alone at home.