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Midi et soir (2011)
Crappy movie, generic plot and more!
Though the movie wasn't as bad as some of his other works like moonlight serenade it had many elements that brought me to really dislike this movie. Yes, it was hard to watch due to having bad subtitles, but what was said did not turn me off from the movie. One common element that left me uninterested was the low budget and way too loud soundtrack that did not change throughout the film and completely would distract the user from the plot. It may be an excuse for being a low budget tv movie but I wouldn't have excused it if I didn't realize a BMW was in the budget and that many other low budget films still have great soundtracks. The plot was slightly interesting but it certainly was nothing out of the ordinary. It's certainly something I would want to watch again as I found myself dreading the last 30 minutes of the film because of how boring I found it. The plot was a fun concept but it seemed just so poorly directed. For instance, the characters appeared very hard to relate to and quite stale as well as flat. One could argue the one guy's daughter had some character but it wasn't enough to pull off making the whole film good. Anyways, yeah there's my thoughts...certainly wasn't the worst, but not something you would want to watch a second time.
Hostiles (2017)
Suprisingly good despite people saying it was politically motivated.
I would have said the same thing that it was bad merely because they put in a female role and an african american role but it, in fact seemed very naturalistic. Yes the african american didn't seem naturalistic in regards to the time period but all the characters were very on point. There were no actions where they tried to add comedic relief or super popular actors shoving the face through the tv just to be there as we see in so many of our garbage reboot movies today. The woman was not overpowered but was in fact on par to an average biological woman's bodytype around the time. My intentional thought on the end was that the murder of the man was quite brutal and overkill to stress some political point but then after I thought back over the prior actions of the characters I reconsidered. The woman in the movie expressed throughout a large chunk shock and disbelief that people killed her family and even by the end seemed to still be in shock by everything that happened. That made me think back to all the deaths that happened in the group that the main leader was in and I thought if they are following the naturalistic tendency to be in shock, they probably are going to show other natural emotions such as the buildup of anger from things that may even be unrelated. Aside from all the controversey the way it was filmed was nothing to be praised or frowned upon and was quite normal and the soundtrack was not overpowering and subtle when necessary. I found the soundtrack to be my favorite thing as it didn't feel like one of those overblown marvel movies with the unnecessary blaring trumpets. The overall story was beautiful as well as deep and the buildup was great. The quote about death the main character and the woman talked about was probably one of the most impactful parts, subjectively speaking at least.
One of my favorite parts was the predictability of the movie. as big moments that were just around the corner didn't just pop up out of nowhere coincidentally right after someone, say, talks. In all I didn't give it a 10 as its messages were not something that I have not already heard and the architecture seemed questionable in its regards to accuracy to the late 1800s. I have not researched enough to say it was on par or not but despite my ignorance, I feel as if the buildings looked too new and propped up to properly proclaim accuracy. In all though, I would say it is up there with my favorites and I look forward to rewatching to see if there is anything I did not catch the first time.
Godzilla (1998)
The fact I watched this as a 10 year old and thought it was bad means everything.
*Bad acting? Yes.
*Unneeded dialogues in supposed-to-be serious scenes? Yes.
*Beautiful cgi? Sub-par. Good for the time.
*Horrible storyline? Yes.
*Was it Godzilla? I think we all wish it wasnt...fourtonately 2014 came out and relieved us all.
Cool as Ice (1991)
A fair review
I'm gonna give this movie what it deserves. I know most people are saying "this sucks" or so bad and all that but it really is nothing that makes it even bad. Yes, its boring at times but its never really anything aquard or cringy. It just seemed to be an average movie with an average budget and an average set of popular hollywood actors. If I were to give it any pluses, it had aesthetically pleasing camera angles and shots and had nice characters that didn't fit into stereotypical movie roles. It did of course have a lot to work on like characters jumping to conclusions or odd character lines but other than that, thats all I can say about it.
O'Grady (2004)
Not the best but up there with my faves.
THIS INCLUDES A SPOILER ABOUT ONE EPISODE (EPISODE 2:CLONES) SO IT SHOULDN'T RUIN YOUR ENTIRE EXPERIENCE IF YOU SEE THIS REVIEW.
Now I know most people criticize this show for its poor animation style and yes, if a company has a lot of money it has the excuse to not produce quality animation. From what I know about the company, I can assume the production company didn't really have a lot to deal with, but as many artists say, constraints can help the thought process of how a show can go about. This show worked within its constraints and created a par masterpiece. What I mean by par is it didn't create a full blown masterpiece with its lack of funding like El Mariachi, but it created a good enough one that I could watch the show two or three times over and not get bored. Although the attempt at animation was poor at times, it really stood out artistically compared to shows like American Dad or big mouth. What I mean by this is characters appear less stock and robotic and more fluid and thought out. After a first read-through of that statement one may probably wonder how such minimalistic characters could even classified as good, and that is because characters styles (such as their oversized eyes or their overgrown mouths) were unique in that they transcended the idea of how a cartoon character should look. The show also had characters that with reactions or thought patterns that relatable to everyday teens rather than having over-the-top characters that just did everything inappropriate just to simply be inappropriate and "funny" as we see probably way too much nowdays. When you see that almost all the time on, say, netflix origonals it gets really old at least in my humble opinion. A good example would be like when you or your friend used the f-word in a sentence for the first time and you thought it was funny until it just becomes common lingo. Jokes using the word just become tasteless after that. Speaking of humor though, it really had a mix of jokes that were funny and sometimes pretty dark at times which didn't go over the top but really brought you some laughs. What was really interesting was how they developed a random wierdness each time and rather than having cringy lesson learning theme at the end that many other teen shows had it had things go almost naturally. Take the episode:Clones. You would expect for an average show of the time to have a theme to take place where it has the Clones taking over after someone says enough demeaning comments, but instead it has the unexpected theme of coexistence between the clones and the humans and an ending of disappointment when Harold makes all the clones disappear. Similar plots followed and it seemed the ideas would never end. Even though I praise this show as a good example for flash animators to go back to, I do feel It is important to describe why this is par and deserved a 7. This seems to also be what many other shows fail at as well and thats the shows ability to develop great side-characters. This is difficult for even the most popular shows such as Family Guy. I mean when you think of family guy who in your group wants to sound like Joe Swanson? Philip was forgivable as a side character in O'Grady with his occasional personality changes but Iris just seemed like a total mess of a character. Anyways its a shame it never continued, because if you were like me you most likely wanted to see what would happen to Abby and Kevin and if they would ever get together. Perhaps being put on The N was a bad move, especially right after Noggin due to how many teens may feel embarrassed if their friends come over and they check their recordings to see in the beginning of their recording there is a snippet of a moose going to bed, but hey I'm sure it would do great if put on Netflix or Fox, but we all know thats not going to happen. While its on the underrated side, lets appreciate the animation is not flooded with dozens of internet posts like fanfiction or numerous deviantart renditions of characters or people wanting to be the characters (there are a couple, but not to the extent of those mlp or sonic trends). Anyways hopefully if you have time, I hope you find a way to watch every episode because really, there is no reason to miss such a hidden gem.