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Before Midnight (2013)
Pure tedium.
Two people.hating on each other, not my idea of entertainment. Some people give it 10 out of 10 because its "real". Movies aren't about reality, they're supposed to be entertaining or interesting or thought provoking or clever or something, anything. This is just pointless and tedious. The dialogue isn't clever or funny etc etc. It's painful to endure with very brief glimpses of what it might have been. When I see a bad movie like this getting 10 out of 10, it reminds me of The Emperors New Clothes, everyone pretending they were clever enough to see and appreciate their beauty. But in reality they were just showing their ignorance. Some nice scenery was a minor plus point.
Meek's Cutoff (2010)
Avoid like the plague.
There's no story, dialogue, cinematography or plot to speak of. Lots of mundane scenes shot from unconventional angles. Some are so dark it's hard to tell if the tv is still on. Sometimes the sound in so low and muddled it's difficult to hear the dialogue. The people that think this is a masterpiece would swear they can see the Emperor's new clothes. I've no idea why anybody would want to make this movie.
Koridor bessmertiya (2019)
Nice cinematography but otherwise a terrible movie.
There are plenty of great movies based on Russia's role in the war, but this is just a propaganda movie, and a really bad one at that. It avoids anything that doesn't show the Russians in good light, and never misses an opportunity to show how kind and thoughtful people were to each other. The acting is average to terrible. The story is one dimensional and weak. And the dialogue is terrible, really corny. I sat watching, shaking my head and laughing to myself at how bad it it. You would see better story lines and acting in a low budget soap opera.
The camera work is its only redeeming feature. Nice framing and movement, its just a shame there's nothing of substance to go with it.
Howards End (2017)
Nice scenery but very poor editing and dialogue.
I love period dramas and was looking forward to this, because it looked nice, and had such a good cast, but I felt the story deserved better treatment.
Firstly I can forgive the historical inaccuracies, of which there are plenty, I just put down to poetic licence. But in an era of formality, where people were expected to be, and indeed were, deferential to their social superiors, In Howards End they seemed to go out of their way to be rude and over react, even to people above them on the social ladder.
Second. There was no chemistry between any of the players, none. Its like they met five minutes before shooting began.
The editing made it seem like i must have missed an episode. I felt like I was always trying to figure out what was happening. But worse was that the show lingered on mundane scenes and rushed by quickly if it locked like something interesting might occur.
The dialogue was very strange.Often lines were delivered in a stumbling and unsure manner, or characters would speak across each other in a very unnatural and contrived manner, leaving me wondering what they were trying to say. Frequently lines were delivered in a very fast hurried way, and delivered with anger and frustration for no obvious reason.
When you're used to great shows like Upstairs Downstairs, Downton Abbey etc, this was a real let down.
Before Sunrise (1995)
Total and utter nonsense.
I seldom write reviews but this movie was so bad it deserves a quick mention. I can't remember disliking a movie as much as I disliked this one. Irritating male lead, less than average acting, and zero chemistry between the main characters, even the camera work was just ok. But all this paled by comparison when it came to the dialogue. The wooden, pseudo Intellectual nonsense made this such a painful experience. I watched the first hour and finished it in sections in a vain effort to lessen the torture, but actually if felt like pulling a band aid off slowly. This is a film with no redeeming feature. Terrible, terrible movie.