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The Adam Project (2022)
Who is the target audience?
The Adam Project is almost a family adventure in the vein of Spy Kids. There an underlying theme of family reconciliation and growing up with some fun, over-the-top action to keep it going.
Alas, it extends a little too far into the PG-13 realm to be comfortable for the younger set. There is profanity throughout and violence that gets a little bit too personal.
There are other parts of the execution that could use some work. The special effects and the action sequences strain believability. The soundtrack feels out of place for the movie. It is mostly rock songs from the late 60s until the early 80s. That may make sense if the movie was set at that time. However, it is primarily set in modern times. Some key scenes would do much better with an orchestral score than the songs that were chosen.
There is an interesting storyline in the movie, but it was not carried out as well as it could have.
San bat liu ching (1993)
good movie, bad DVD
I liked this movie. However, the quality of the DVD had much to be desired. The sound was sub-par, though the picture was the real problem. It was quite dark, and it was difficult to make out what was happening on the screen. (I'm still not sure exactly how the movie ended.) The DVD I saw included English subtitiles, and had the title "C'est la Vie, Mon Cheri".
The quality of the DVD was a shame, because the movie was quite good. The music in the movie is also quite entertaining, especially as they explore different styles (from Jazz to Hong Kong pop). The movie itself starts off slow, then picks up speed, only to calm down at the end with the final 'tear-jerker' portion of the movie. If it were given an MPAA rating in the US, it would probably be G or PG.
The End of Suburbia: Oil Depletion and the Collapse of the American Dream (2004)
Preaching to the choir
This documentary consists primarily of interviews of the same few people discussing the impending "peak oil crisis". Its viewpoint is a very one-sided gloom and doom perspective about the great changes that will be required in our lifestyles as oil production peaks and costs escalate. However, it suffers from a limited number of viewpoints, including some interviewees that seem too over-the-top to be credible. Also, it became tedious with the endless interviews of the same few people.
One point where it did break with the standard head-shot interview format was when it should a conference on energy depletion that took place in San Francisco. However, again, it was the same people presenting at the conference. And furthermore, the shots of the audience showed that it did not attract a business audience, but instead was filled with what looked like casually dressed locals. Obviously, the message here is just going out to the choir, and hasn't resonated with the general public.
The outtakes section contains some interesting 50s era promo pieces that are some of the better features of the movie.