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Civil War (2024)
Not the movie I thought
The trailer was very misleading, I thought this was going to be a movie about a modern day civil war. Instead it just focused on press photographers and that would of also been fine if they would of developed their characters we didn't even really learn about these people at all which was disappointing.
First issue I had with the characters is there was no "why", why were they risking their lives? For the passion of it? For a huge reward? For political reasons? They never said why. They also didn't explain how each one was related. The older man Sammy said a few things that gave an idea that he had been like a mentor to Kirsten Dunst "Lee's" character, but everyone else really wasn't explained like the character Joel was he Lee's husband? Boyfriend? Or just coworker? The young girl who shows up, I get she had a passion and kind of idolized Lee, but what was her real motive for being there? It just didn't make since why they were risking their life.
Second issue was it was trying to be way to artsy. I get that some of the cinematography was good, but it really chopped up the film. We would get scenes of sort of a story developing, but then they would insert like these artsy scenes with music which to me just made the film feel weird.
There were some suspenseful scenes which kept me watching, but overall this movie lacked a storyline and we never learned why the country was at war.
The Mother (2023)
Better than I thought it was going to be
When I saw the trailer I thought this movie seemed too similar to J Lo's Enough, so at first I decided to skip this one. I finally randomly decided to watch it and actually liked this movie and it was surprisingly nothing like Enough, the plot was completely different.
I liked the storyline and felt the actors did a decent job. It was suspenseful had good action scenes.
The plot was interesting I just wish they would of dug a little deeper. She did explain how she got involved with these people and what changed her mind about staying with them and going to the FBI, I just wish they would reveal a larger motive for why they were after her and her daughter. I understand revenge but that seemed a little to surface level to me. I would of liked to see them show more of her romantic connections between the 2 men which they hinted, but did not fully show or explore. I would of also liked to have found out who Zoe's dad was if it even was one of them or not. Also they could of explained the friend better too, at first I thought he might of been J Lo's dad, but later it seemed he was just a friend.
So overall great movie and storyline would of been better if they explored and showed the character's back stories more and how they were all connected.
Priscilla (2023)
Watered Down Version of Elvis and Me
This was based on the book Elivis and Me, there was also a late 80s TV version, I feel this movie skipped a lot of the story that was told in the book and also shown in the TV movie.
This movie spent too much time showing the beginning of their relationship and rushed their marriage and downfall (which in my opinion was the juicer part of the story). Things were more hinted in the movie versus shown. Her affair with the karate instructor was completely missing from the movie.
The acting was good, but overall the story lacked because most of it was not told. If you can handle cheesier acting I would suggest watching the TV version over this one to get more of the story.
A Mother's Crime (2017)
The most unrealistic thing about this movie
I agree with what everyone else said about this movie, but what really got me was the houses they lived in!! Nikki was a teacher in Arizona of all states, did the writers know how much teachers in Arizona make??? I get that her deceased husband probably bought it, but still I find it hard to believe her teacher salary could afford the upkeep of that place! And then Danielle's house too! I get it was Beatrice's but still where did all this money come from. 😆 The houses really made this movie unrealistic for me. These were regular people living in mansions.
The plot was also kind of basic you could of added more background information about the main characters and how they came to be in their present situation.