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Halloween Kills (2021)
Halloween Bores (2021)
Great film to watch if having difficulty sleeping. Halloween Bores (2021) will do the trick and put you to sleep in no time. Wafer thin characters + cookie cutter dialogue + boring film = total waste of time.
The Wonder Years (2021)
Blah
This reboot suffers from the same issue that is far too common in modern entertainment, blahness. Everything seems to be in order, all the appropriate boxes are checked, the actors read their lines with the minimum level of skill required for today's network TV, the story lines and characters are correctly non offensive, but it all boils down to the same conclusion. Another boring remake / reboot that few people were clamoring for, and that really did not need making.
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit: American Tragedy (2013)
Written With A Sledgehammer
SVU was always the most "band wagony" of the L&O shows, the quickest to jump on a social issue du jour, but this American Tragedy episode (obviously patterned after the Trayvon Martin incident and even with the same innocent Boy In Hoody narrative) ) lacks even the slightest of nuance to pull that off. The result is one overtly preachy, agenda driven mess of a TV show. Of course in this L&O episode, to hammer home their point, the script writers make the 'boy" who was shot, even younger, far more pure & innocent (church goer, honor roll student) than the real life person that this story was patterned after.
Clumsy, heavy handed story telling that deserves a 0/10 rating, but was bumped to 2/10 due to some decent albeit sporadic displays of acting skills
The Trayvon Hoax: Unmasking the Witness Fraud that Divided America (2019)
The Fix That Started A Movement
Great thumbs up for all the detective work done by Joel Gilbert, shining a light on the Trayvon Martin killing in a way that the MSM, due to their lack of principals and Leftist mindset on race related issues, is unwilling to even consider. The documentary does need an edit though (especially some of the middle section parts that could be trimmed or even cut completely), which would make the story line more compelling and tightly paced. This is the kind of documentary that deserves a wide audience on platforms like NetFlix, but would the Netflix's of this world have the courage and principals to do so?
The Intern (2015)
Pablum For The Masses
Boring overly sentimental drivel, how this film has a higher IMDB rating than the vastly superior "The Devil Wears Prada" (also starring Anne Hathaway) is mind boggling, but it does speak volume for the generic, overly PC world, we now live in, and the inability of today's audiences to sort dreck from average, average from good, and good from great. To see one of the greatest actors of all time, Robert Deniro, slip even further into "Pay Cheque Bobby", is depressing to say the least.
Defiance (2003)
Ed Wood would be proud.
I caught this dreadfully bad film while channeling surfing and landing on a TV station that specializes in B movies (though until this point no D and E graders). My quick initial impression was that Defiance was a comedy, albeit a cheesy poorly made one, terrible acting, awful period costumes (was expecting to see a price tag still attached), and an over-all amateurishness of production that screams high school project.
A total waste, hopefully all those involved with this abomination of a film have either drastically improved their skills, or found better uses for their time and "talent".
The only saving grace was the remote control was close-by to end the misery.
Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986)
An 80's Classic That Has Aged Surprisingly Well
Ferris Bueller's Day Off is a 1980's film gem that not only rises above its teen comedy genre, but escaped the outdated tag that now defines most of its peers. Written and directed by John Hughes, and starring Matthew Broderick as Ferris, the film is the tale of a spunky mischievous teenager who cuts school for the day with the ultimate of style and "moxy". Ferris is ultimately a tale of a self absorbed but lovable teen who just wants to have fun (with himself as the lead character). A little misguided and vain, but a character that "most" of the audience will root for nonetheless.
NOTE: The story of Ferris Bueller is told from a young persons perspective, with the adults either relegated to minor roles, or portrayed as stick in the mud buffoons (for its intended audiences pleasure of course). This narrative is typical of most of Hughes best films, as is a certain "cartoonishness", so if not your cup of tea, your enjoyment of this film could be diminished.
Ferris Bueller scores 8/10 (7 for the film itself plus 1/10 extra for the music)
The World at War (1973)
The greatest documentary series
WAW is quite simply the greatest documentary series ever made (of any genre). I first saw it as a young boy living in England, and it made a huge impression on me, from the great video and incredible theme music, to the riveting narration from perhaps the greatest speaking voice ever,namely Lawrence Olivier. Even now,many years later, it still evokes the same emotions, when ever I watch the DVD's. Soon as I pop disc 1 into the DVD player, and hear that voice again, I am hooked once more. There might be modern documentaries on WW2 that go into more detail regarding certain battles and events, but none capture the complete war so well, with such conviction. Not to mention, being filmed in the early 70's allowed the producers to use some of the key people involved in WW2, and who have most likely since passed away.
Even though 9.8 is amazing and well deserved,it is still a shame that just over 1000 people voted. This is one treasure that should be required viewing in all high school history classes.
Say Anything... (1989)
"I think i'm happy"
Say Anything was John Cusack's last teen/high school oriented movie,and at first glance it seemed little more than the closer in a trilogy of entertaining but fluffy comedies, that started with "The Sure Thing" and progressed to "Better off Dead".The first third of Say Anything,while being slightly more serious in tone than the earlier films,gave little hint of the depth of emotion that this little jewel of a film would show to the viewer as the story progressed. A story told a thousand times before in countless movies,namely boy meets girl,boy loses girl,boy gets girl back,but never before or since has a movie portrayed teenage love so sweetly or shown the degree of intensity that comes when 2 young people fall in love for the first time,and how all encompassing first love can be. The scene with John Cusack's character holding the boom box over his head as Peter Gabriel's "In Your Eyes" plays is obviously an all time classic, but the one scene that sums up the whole movie to me is the one with Lloyd and Dianne in the back seat of the car with a blanket wrapped around them,and Dianne asks Lloyd why he is shaking. So overcome with emotion and the intensity of how he felt for her, he can only respond " I think i'm happy" A perfect scene for an almost perfect movie. 9.5 out of 10