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There Is No I in Threesome (2021)
Brilliant and unique
First off, readers need to understand that the crappy reviews are dolts who clearly didn't read or understand the synopsis of the movie. Many people bashed the PREMISE of the film, as opposed to the film itself. Like an atheist reviewing a religious ceremony. C'mon.
But for those who are able to get past their own personal "shoulds", it's brilliant. It's ONE person's narrative, so how on earth can it be "wrong"??? Even the angry poly folks have a bug up their ^ss, acting as if this one man with his camera is somehow the poster child for an entire community but he didn't do it correctly. Get over yourselves.
This a story. It's told like a story and it's clear in its mission. It's shot steadily and it's well edited. It flows well, it keeps you interested, and it's personal af. This took time.
Not only is it an intriguing super-personal vlog-type account of this one man's experience, but it's also a pretty great film.
Old (2021)
A source of confusion more than anything else.
Majority rules here... this movie was painful.
And I am SO confused as to why. We have seen all of the seasoned cast do amazing work in prior projects. We've also seen Shyamalan give us amazing work. He's a story-teller, and usually there's something worth watching in his story.
But this... oh man... what on gods earth happened?
Now, I'm trying to give him the benefit of the doubt by reminding myself that this was originally a French graphic novel. But many Hollywood movies were once graphic novels... and many of those are great.
The script and acting in Old is so over-the-top horrible, that I'm exhausting myself trying to understand why Shyamalan intentionally chose to go this route.
How do you get such quality actors to act this badly? Why would he write such imbecilic dialogue and moronic scenes?
I have to believe that he insisted each take be less believable than the one before, until he settled on the absolute worst from his cast. I'm actually embarrassed for the actors, because it's far too much of a coincidence that every single one of them suddenly forgot how to act on the same movie. But then again, the dialogue was preposterous, so...
Skip this movie and go read the book. Or if you're still super curious, go ahead and try to watch it.
But if you do, know that you'll most likely feel compelled enough to join the public forums by contributing yet another disgruntled review.
And if anyone knows the secret as to WHY this movie is the way it is, please share for the rest of us. Because it's a source of confusion more than anything else.
Best Man Down (2012)
sadly beautiful
a overlooked movie that hasn't been given nearly enough credit. a gentle, low key story about the interconnection between people and the importance that we usually never know we have to someone else. you may think you know where it's going, but you don't. there are subtle twists and unexpected bits that make you "feel" and want to know more.
it's not easy to confine the movie into a specific genre, but i can say that it's a soft spoken movie with significant power to remind you that even though life is often truly messed up, and people are usually not who you think they are... sometimes it's exactly the way things are supposed to be.
Zambezia (2012)
Not even worth the $1 from Redbox.
i am a HUGE fan of sam jackson, which is the reason i got the movie to begin with, because my kids and i never even heard of it. not to mention jeff goldblum (i love this man) and leonard nimoy (c'mon, how awesome is this gonna be?!). and although not one trailer for the movie was ever seen by any of us, i know as a fact that some of the best movies made are foreign or underground, so i never judge a movie by its lack of promotion.
my boys and i were anxious to see SOMEthing we hadn't already seen, (we watch a lot of movies), and since we happened to be near a Redbox while on an errand, we opted for a movie that looked like the best of both worlds; awesome actors voicing over what appeared to be a cute, computer animated story with a ecologically-based message. cool, right? wrong. it appears that the majority of the $20 million (WHAT?!!??) budget was spent bribing sam jackson to partake in it, and possibly threatening one poor overworked and underpaid animator.
why? because while the animation was barely tolerable, the writing was horrendous,the characters were insanely boring with ZERO personalities, making you so indifferent and frustrated that you lost all interest in whats happening to whoever for whatever reasons. i vaguely recall blood tearing from one of the twins' eyes as he begged me to turn it off, while i fought with them to 'give it five more minutes' with high hopes that it might somehow get better. and because it never did, i was literally screamed at to turn it off after a half an hour, before both kids tackled me for the remote, then one had the bright idea of simply walking over to the TV and turned off the power. :( i don't know what else to say other than to warn intelligent parents of discerning children and not subject yourself or your undeserving offspring to this torture, even if it was free and/or on television.
however, on a positive note, it COULD be used as a negotiating tactic for chores or even used as a punishment, if you can force your kids to watch it in a locked room with no way to turn it off or lower the volume. p.s. child protective services might get involved if you dare go that route, so you didn't hear it from me.
oh, sam jackson, i know it's a kids movie, and your infant grandkids will most likely love that their grandpa was once a bird, but you're just not you unless you curse like a pirate and kill someone. 'bad casting' doesn't even apply in this case.
lesson here... don't let celebrity names fool you. watch the trailer, watch another trailer, then watch the trailer again. also, prepare backup gift offerings of apologies when your trusting children opt to disown you and vow to never let you pick another movie EVER again.