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Anna (II) (2019)

10 years, 2 months, & 5 days later/earlier

[5/10 · 5 November 2022]

The editing could use some work, but not all bad if you give it a minute to get going; for example, the time stamps were unnecessary (and in some cases caused more confusion) when the film essentially took place within a 5-year period with clear visual cues as to where we are in Anna's story.

There has to be a hundred ways to cut this kind of film, but the result, in this case, came out unfortunately choppy and repetitive.

Anna herself is semi-likable, but I don't know that enough was given to her for the audience to care about her outcome. A similar plothole is made in Lucy (and 5th Element) where a "common, beautiful girl" is thrust into purpose and finds herself as the heroine when the viewer is not fully convinced yet.

Mr. Corman (2021)

Some redeeming qualities, but suffers from...

[6/10 · 1 November 2021]

Some redeeming qualities, but suffers from an unclear, unifying theme and story (as well as embellished motifs left unrealized) leaving the viewer lost and often frustrated.

Tenet (2020)

Much better the 2nd time around...

[8/10 · 31 May 2021]

Still too convoluted for its own good. Subtitles help A LOT, but if you miss a word you might be lost for the whole movie-in a way that I never felt with Inception.

Never-Ending Man: Hayao Miyazaki (2016 TV Movie)

Interesting home-made style doc

[7/10 · 19 December 2018]

Not what I was expecting, but still an interesting, brief look into a year (or 2) of the life of a great artist. I thought the home-video, camcorder effect would be temporary to kind of set up the intimate nature of the film, but, no, that's the whole movie.

Fear the Walking Dead (2015–2023)

Season 3 great (1 & 2 not so much)

[7/10 · 16 April 2018]

I thought season 3 was a vast improvement over the slow, unorganized, and unoriginal first seasons. Season 3 actually had a story it was trying to tell (unlike TWD) with good character development. Although the gore/zombie factor was almost null, I appreciated the many standalone episodes of single characters (especially with Daniel)--a surprising and welcome turn from the cookie-cutter characters (& episodes) of TWD.