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Blue Ridge Fall (1999)
A gripping story about high school friends protecting each other
This film was certainly worth watching. There are intricacies in the plot which kept me shouting at the characters trying to help them make the right decisions. But these are 17 and 18 year old kids and they don't make the correct decisions even though they have the best of intentions. I taught high school for 25 years and trust me, I could see some of the students I taught make the same decisions. The actors, especially the kids, did a great job with their characters and their acting let me overlook any flaws in the movie. I could write a lot more but I don't want to reveal the plot before you watch the movie. Sorry, no spoilers from me. Oh, I really like the ending too.
Call Me by Your Name (2017)
Superb comimg of age movie
The story, the adaptation, the Italian location and especially the acting make for a superb, emotion and drama filled movie. The chemistry between the actors is wonderful. It will be one of those movies that I know I will watch many times. Why wasn't my youth like this?
Waiting in the Wings: The Musical (2014)
A pleasant surprise!
Warning: I may give away a little of the plot.
A while back I had put Waiting in the Wings in my watch list and then forgot about it. Last evening when I was looking for a movie to watch, I came across it and started watching. What a pleasant surprise! Now I do like musicals and if you don't then you may hate this movie. It is a fresh yet typical love story and all the trials and tribulations leading up to the happy ending. A young boy from the "hicks" goes to NYC to make it in theatre. There are great, new songs, some great voices and the variety of dancing was superb. The characters were played well for the most part and I liked the good "guys" and disliked the "bad" guys which shows how the writers accomplished their goals. One gauge I always use to show my interest in a movie is how often I check how much time is left in the movie. I never checked once. I never lost interest. I seldom give a movie a 10 star rating but this movie deserves it. So if you are into musicals (you know where actors suddenly burst out in song and dance) then you will like Waiting In The Wings.
Abduction (2017)
One of the worst films I have ever watched.
This review might have some comments which could be considered a spoiler but the only thing spoiled is this movie.
This could be the worst film I have ever tried to watch. It is so bad that I finally turned it off not even a third of the way into it. There are unlikable characters being played poorly by actors who need to go back to school. The plot, if you can call it a plot, is a miss mash of scenes with little continuity. The spaceship set looks like a wall covered with aluminum foil and lit with lava lamps. The spaceship is is occupied by a lady dressed like a slut and another alien gray creature always hidden by a black robe. There is gratuitous and senseless flirting, sex and blood, lots of blood usually coming out of the victim's vagina. There was one scene where the lady peed for for over a minute while in a field and they showed nearly all of the pee pouring out of her. This movie is an insult to old fashioned science fiction B-Movies. It is an F-Movie. This definitely is not a comedy. There is nothing funny in it. And it is no movie for children and you might want to have your teen age children skip it also. OMG! This movie is terrible.
I Want to Get Married (2011)
Bad, Stinking Bad
I stopped halfway through the movie because I honestly couldn't watch any more of this dreadfully acted movie with terrible cinematography and a horrible attempt at slapstick humor. I have never written a review here but the movie was so bad that I created an account on IMDb and started writing.
Matthew Montgomery, if it is possible, is getting worse as an actor. I didn't read the credits before the movie started or I wouldn't have watched the movie. He is a geek trying to play a geek and missing the mark. He needs to retired soon.
The camera was either too close to the actors or it moved before the actors started moving or it was out of focus or... It bounced around in a bad way to the point of being distracting.
Buster Keaton, Charlie Chaplin and Dick Van Dike are rolling in their graves at the poor attempt at slapstick humor. Oops, Van Dike is still alive, lol. There was so much of it that you could easily predict what was going to happen.
Take my advice and find another movie to watch.