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The Beekeeper (2024)
Wait a second...didn't we watch this already?
Jason Statham is just a quiet and withdrawn man, somewhere in the middle of nowhere, trying not to attract attention. But then, when something bad is done to someone in his neighborhood by an evil gangster who is untouchable by the justice system, it turns out that he is an ex-special forces. Although he has sworn never to kill again, he decides to release the killer in him once again in order to get rid of his neighbor, who we only saw on the screen for 3 minutes. Unstoppable and without really experiencing any serious resistance or being injured, he now fights his way to the final boss, who he gives a beating. Sounds familiar? Yes, because that feels like the story of every single Jason Statham movie!!!!!
Rebel Moon - Part One: A Child of Fire (2023)
a copy of a copy of a copy...
Rebel Moon is the worst movie I have watched in years.
The best way I can describe it is that you have a series of channels, all playing fantasy and sci-fi movies, and you switch between them every 10 minutes and watch a scene. There is no connective tissue in this movie. Nothing makes sense. It is a goddamn mess with people who can normally act but don't here. Nothing is original. Everything we have seen in dozens of movies before. Zneyder brings nothing new to the table. Its super slow and lazy and i am sure nobody wants to see the second part. Nobody asked for this or wants to see this. Useless movie.
Killers of the Flower Moon (2023)
wake me up when its done!
I swear to god i have never watched a more boring film in my life. My wife drifted away after 15 min or so. I dont know when i fell asleep. But after a big and delicious nap on the couch i woke up, and then realized that the film didnt ever reach the half yet! How is that possible??? Leo did a very good job though. It was a pleasure to watch his play, but not enough to go through with it until the end. I skipped a bit forward, hoping to find a scene that contains some kind of action, without success. I skipped through the second half of the film, jumping from one slow dialogue scene to another. If you enjoy watching 200+ minutes of people talking this film is for you, if not its not.
Oppenheimer (2023)
if time would be money, i would be poor!
I'm a big fan of Christopher Nolan's films. I love long-form movies, I'm deeply interested in science, and I love film. This is a personal review, I'm not trying to be unbiased - just raw and authentic with my feelings towards the movie. Enjoy or hate as you will:
Here are my reasons why I think Oppenheimer is a bad movie:
Insane amounts of dry exposition: Some of it was creatively weaved in, but the majority felt very pace-breaking and unnatural. This is a common trope in Nolan movies, but this is by far the worst hyperbolic version of it. It completely breaks the characters, pacing, and immersion of the reality he is trying to establish. It felt quite lazy and uncreative a lot of the time.
Terrible pacing: Besides the main hooks in the movie, Ludwig and the editing team made some amazing sequences, but for the most part, it's largely quite boring. However, the hooks of the movie keep you grounded in your seat long enough not to fall asleep when trying to trench through the shallow characters and exposition avalanche, until you come to another hook in the movie which tie you back down in your seat for another avalanche of uncreative exposition.
A lot of the dramatization of the characters and perspective felt very pretentious at times: Yes, it is profound to harness the strong force, and make a film about it - but there is a subtle self-importance to the film. It's the feeling of an artist knowing they create profound art, and the self awareness seeps into the art and you can feel it. It's hard to explain, but I feel it's tangible in this film. I do enjoy that it teaches newer generations about history and the dangers of humanity with such technology - but it felt self indulgent at times and it's hard to explain; for that I apologize -- I wish I was better with my words. I'm sure someone out there feels what I feel.
CGI dust on the screen completely ruining the continuity of the film and image: This is obviously something only some people will notice, but it's just absolutely wild that post production thought it was a good idea to have floating particles cover up the beautiful scape of Los Alamos. Cheap, uncreative, and unnecessary CGI atmosphere. Usually these visual effects can blend quite well in majority CGI films, but something so grounded with such high dynamic range, shot on film with this ridiculous atmospheric effect added just breaks the aesthetic of film entirely.
Florence Pugh's character was very shallow and was used uncreatively as an narrative tool: Yes, we're used to this with many Nolan films, shallow characters used to drive the main characters motivations in an obvious way. You can use your characters more creatively and mask the plot tools that they truly are; have them feel more authentic as characters and not just shallow story telling tools.
Jack Quaid's cameo was an awkward choice of casting: He says a few lines and plays bongos in the background of a few scenes and whenever I saw him on screen, it felt so wrong. Maybe there was potential to have him fit in another way, but there's something about his acting and presence that is super unconvincing and unfitting. This is likely just a bias that I cannot explain due to association of him in outside media - but there's something tangibly wrong with him being in this film lmao.
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (2022)
its really bad
The first 10 minutes of the show, make u falsely believe that pike is called back into service for a reason. For a bigger purpose so to say, but endless painful episodes into the show i am still wondering when the story starts. It feels like watching the old star trek, with only better special effects. The storyline is not really working towards spectacular finale. The series is more jumping from one useless individual story to another. If you dont need to watch every episode to enjoy the series you are in deep trouble in my opinion. Who cares about pointless sidestories these days?? And this is all this show offers!!!
Ahsoka (2023)
overlighted!!!!
I need to say right away, that i hate everything that disney did to star wars. So i am carrying some luggage! I am just watching the first episode right now, and i need to say that it feels better than the mandalorian or kenobi. But that doesnt mean much. I realized though, that the scenes are incredibly overlighted. Not like the good old films, that felt kinda dark. Its a small but yet important detail, that keeps me from living the ultimate star wars experience. I dont understand why disney doesnt pay attention to that. Star wars is much more than a universe, its a feeling, and disney continues to fail on delivering that.
The Social Experiment (2022)
did the germans learn nothing from dark?
How did this film make it into the cinema? I really don't understand it! Really! Just when you think you understand the germans, they surprise you with something you could never have imagined. I'm really not a specialist in german film, but i thought after "dark" the industry had taken a step forward. I think we can all agree that "dark" is the best thing to come out of Germany in recent years. It was original, clever and authentic and obviously didn't leave a mark. Instead, I have the feeling that I just saw a student film made by someone who has seen far too many Hollywood films. Very uncharitable and superficial. Please don't make a film just to make a film. Make a film to send the audience on a journey!