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Zero respect for most film 'critics'
Lots of junky films are actually fun to watch
Reviews
Seraphim Falls (2006)
Thoroughly well-made and very watchable
For the life of me I do not understand why this was panned. It heavily flopped at the Box office - but my viewing tonight showed me a well-put together piece, that has location, scripting, pace, ingtrigue, and a decent under-stated soundscape throughout. There is very little to fault here, all cast members aquit themselves well. There is a mystical theme that begins 20 minutes before the credits roll, but I was OK with that. Multiplex audiences would completely drop the popcorn at that point, but I give credit for the Director and Writers developing a deeper than pulp revenge western.
I really like this film.
Nosso Lar (2010)
sub-Disney quality
Well, we sat through it to the end. A friend asked to see this, so it was staged along with a nice supper... which meant that we could not just run away - but in fact, less than twenty minutes in, I was ready to pull the plug on the television.
Where to start with this one ? It's 'feel' was early 1970's, which in itself is a terrible handicap to recover from. Unhappily, the acting is grade school level, and the sets are Hallmark greeting card-themed. The moralistic narrative is extremely simple, unmistakably so - characters have wooden facial expressions, similar to watching a 1970's soap opera. You could have made this film for a lot less than 10 million, as there simply is not enough of any kind of quality here to require that level of investment. As the final credits rolled, I was given the clue I needed - this film is base don a series of books written by a moralistically simple minded 'channeler' - to promote the books. It's an hour and forty minutes of promo for books I would never ever read. Looking back this morning, it's almost distasteful to see a film put out at this level of awkward banality. A stinker.
Man Made Epidemic (2016)
The fact that there are NO REVIEWS here, at all, since 2016 ....
.... tells me volumes about the way this subject matter is handled, or even 'controlled'.
There is an unprecedented damage-limitation effort made across the world to crush discussion about vaccine efficacy. I am not 'anti' in the stereotypical sense used by the apologists - I am skeptical - and I have every right to my skepticism, given the track record of both regulatory bodies and manufacturers.... And with excellent reason. We have been lied to. You will know this if you bother to dig into the debate - it's no longer possible to deny the complicity of the people who make these vaccines. Zimmerman, the US star reference in the 2004 hearings, admits on this film that his private advice to the Government that there was undeniable evidence of vaccine-caused autism in some children was IGNORED, and he was silent until now. He admits in an affadavit what he knows, and therefore what the Government also knows. And yet no one will do anything about it.
This film is excellent. measured, proportional, well-annotated with historical facts. You should see this, either as a supporter or a critic of vaccine pressure. It's ringing a bell, a warning bell .... we cannot under-estimate the numbers we are seeing now - the rates of damaged children. If you really think that there is nothing to the cacophony of opposition to the vaccine industry (because that's what it is, a mega-money industry) then please see this film. Please.
Road of No Return (2009)
Truth - this movie sucks ass
I'm also kinda surprised with the couple of five star reviews ... they truly have not judged this on peer movies that it apes or aspires towards. The film maker drove a few pegs into the wall: hire some banner actors, do some (great) static shots of desert and rail cars .... the premise had so much promise here, what could have been done. Watching the film, it was obviously a rock-bottom budget attempt at milking the Tarantino theme, and the props, stage sets and so on were just pathetic. Continuity was rank, acting was wooden at best, script was just awful ..... really, the waste of talent, manpower, money and audience loyalty was tragic. I watched to the end, and kept muttering to myself; I wish - given the great pedigrees from Madsen and Carradine - that this had been done by a real script writer and a pro director. Trust me, this film is a real stinker.
The New World (2005)
tiresome
These seems to be a lot of fawning going on in the reviews of The New World. Malick is no sacred cow, and I speak as one who worships his greatness in "Badlands", which I saw on it's initial release. I've been a Malick aficionado since then. The reviews here can also seem unpleasantly 'superior' .. as in "if you don't get this you are cinematically illiterate" ... This is nasty stuff and points to a similar weakness in the film too - it is overly self-satisfied. My pleasure in watching this was sharing it with my fifteen year old daughter, who has a good eye for subtlety and image. This is a strong point of Malicks too, so I wanted to pair her up with his work. We enjoyed the 'experience' as some reviewers insist on calling it, but the film also tires, and often infuriates with repetitive non-verbal cues. Yes, Terry, we get it, the first time. My impression was the structure was too long on 'art' and too short on narrative. Does this make me a cinematic illiterate? BTW, can one of the more "literate" reviewers here comment on whether English colonists should appear in Virgina wearing what appear to be Conquistador helmets ?
The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)
Damon does OK, but the camera work is appalling
Really enjoyed the previous Bourne episodes ... went to see this today and nearly walked out of the theatre. The camera work is ridiculous, just appalling. There is nothing artful in this film what so ever - just ruined scenes and hyper-loud incidental noise. I note some reviewers felt as I do, and some just don't mind - ADHD would be my diagnosis there - but in the final analysis a film has to treat your eyes better than this - very, very poor work, and a real slap on the face for Greengrass, who should have known better. Directors need to see the rushes on a full width screen before signing off on this sort of abuse. Big mistake, Paul.