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The Fairly Oddparents: Fairly Odder (2022)
Look how they butchered my boy.
I can't help but think that someone must have payed some of the reviews in here. Fairly Odder is a stale, rancid laugh-track-sitcom that does not preserve what made the original series good.
It definitely does NOT uphold the original series humor. It does not make justice to Cosmo and Wanda, and it does not make justice to what it meant to kids around the world. I grew up watching the mid-late seasons of Fairly Oddparents and I could tell they weren't as good as the earlier ones I managed to watch. Some episodes were salvageable and some jokes could land, though.
I can't count this as a spin-off to the original series. This feels more like a mid, unfunny sitcom they had laying around and had to market somehow, so they slapped two of the most memorable animated characters of the last decade and called it a day.
There are two or three sitcoms released on the last decade that have an eerily similar vibe to them. They also aren't really good, and I might be starting to see some kind of pattern.
Abuelo Made in Spain (1969)
The pinnacle of 1970s Spanish comedies.
'Old Man Made in Spain' is precisely what I think of when talking about Paco Martínez Soria's filmography.
90 minutes of pure, (somewhat) heartfelt comedy, that is by no means a masterpiece but encapsulates perfectly what all these movies are about. When talking about Spanish cinema in the 60s-70s this, right here, is probably the one that better represents them all.
It's silly and comfy. Made me laugh aloud a couple of times, and felt like a soft hug in some scenes. Throughout the whole movie you'll find an erotic subtext (alright, sometimes it's not subtle at all) that feels like kind of undermines its wholesomeness, but not everything can be perfect.
Some very angry people will say mean things about the character portrayed. Some people truly can't enjoy any fun, and require any and every character to meet the most high ethical and philosophical standards. They probably don't like warm hugs.
Casablanca (1942)
People-driven masterclass.
It's not easy to talk about 'Casablanca'. One of the most praised, critically acclaimed movies ever made has to be good. Most movies like this are good. But -and this is a big but, these 102 minutes were not just that.
Michael Curtiz's magnum opus carries one the deepest and heaviest larger-than-life feelings of any movie. It is ominous, witty, compelling -even tragic. Everything is built atop people. No epic, no gargantuan task, just people.
I don't think it ever was supposed to be this profound tale about human mistakes, and that freedom allowed it to be a somewhat unexpected dive into life, love and friendship. No other movie has been able to replicate what 'Casablanca' does.
Watch this movie alone. Quiet. Rick's journey hits differently when it's just you... and him.