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What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
Cartagia:
Copycat - Completely stupid and absolutely ridiculous, but it plays everything with complete earnestness, which lets me overlook a fair number of flaws, but not all of them. A dumb generic big budget facsimile of The Silence of the Lambs.
A bunch of preteen girls saw this too young and now we have the murder podcast industry.
Zoolander - Ben Stiller continues to be the weakest part of his movies for me. He just always feels like hes doing a bad bit, when everyone around him is nailing it. None of the bits are duds, and a few are really solid, but they don't flow into each other all that well, either.
Three Outlaw Samurai - Simple and effective. Highly concentrated samurai flick goodness.
Miracle Mile - It's eyes are bigger than its stomach, narratively. There's a lot of cool stuff going on, but the director just doesn't quite have a handle on it. Don't regret watching it at all, but it just feels like it could have been so much better.
Companion - Dug this quite a bit. Much funnier than I anticipated, and has a killer performance from Sophie Thatcher. Jack Quaid just casually elevating anything he's in these days. Wish it was maybe a little creepier, but otherwise very good.
marvelvscapcom2:
Scream 3
It takes the formula and uses it well, is it as memorable as the other 2? No. Is the secret killer unviel as unexpected, excited or even cool? No not particularly. In general, the movie doesn't disappoint as it is what you expect from the franchise. However, that is exactly what is wrong with it
It's scream 2 with less charm. A new coat of paint doesnt keep the rust off. And this was the time and area it needed a shakeup. It needed a trope to go reverse. A shocking death. An unsuspected romance. A Sydney pregnancy. A nee character. Something.... it never really came.
We would get that switch up later with the modern franchise revivals. New faces. Actors and nostalgia mixed made it wildly fun again. But this one while excellent. Just misses on most marks the other 2 hit.
Scream 1 and scream 2 were a nice one two. In many ways I feel 2 was better. 1 is more iconic. 3? It isn't on that par. It added too many elements.
I also say this proudly. Neve Campbell is an absolute dynamite actress. For this era noone compares imo. With this I just believe it. I believe her character. Both guys and girls in horror in the 90s at times fell into 1 of many 90s tropes that plagued film for the negative. The way she talks sounds like how my gf talks about horror film scenarios and it is a sort of tongue in cheek plot point of the franchise. A bit of a mocking of the genre while also being some of the best of that genre. Never the eye roll moments other horror films of this era can get at times
Which is genius in that regard. Sydney doesnt come off super human like some heroes. like shes a magnet attracting the killer but then repelling said killer. She doesnt come off lucky. Immortal. She doesnt come off weak and helpless Or sexual for the sake of it. It just feels normal. Ghostface also feels this way. He is always a real human with real mortality. Able to be killed. I love that element of it. It goes overboard on this one. But the franchise usually keeps it where it COULD happen. Unlike say Michael Myers who can be shot 720 times and lit on fire and come back stronger lol.
Rating - 75/100
marvelvscapcom2:
Moxie directed by Amy Pohler
Moxie is a social awareness movie, so for people with sensitivity or I guess distain for identity political movies it would probably for example make those types annoyed but tbh it's fairly simple in premise. People shouldnt touch or degrade girls without consent. And anyone who would disagree with the points the film makes id imagine isnt really worth associating with anyway. It doesn't tackle it like a neantherdal or guilt trip entire groups. It just conveys some of the issues modern climates have created. I had no issues.
The plot is about a coming of age, right to passage sort of female anarchist film where a introvert girl leads a group of sexually, emotionally and physically harmed girls against a very patriarchal high school. Where a jock is raping and bullying girls. It does it without being ham fisted or for example hating on all men as a collective but does a beautiful job at seperating the greatness between genders and how harmony in advocacy is possible. With lovely male characters like "hands" who I forget his real name. It takes a very punk rock, Joan Jett badass kind of approach to female issues. Shows how female issues are also male issues. It tackles topics of romance, how rape reports arent taken seriously by school staff at a principle level and how sometimes older generations are not accomodating of girls needs in a attempt to not bring judicial attention to how schools operate in the turbulent time of puberty.
I am very against what some would call pandering media. And this just simply isnt that to me. It gives a warmth that doesnt feel like an attack on any group. But more a window to see some of the hardships teen girls may face and otherwise not report due to lack of resources. The biases in place of class athletes and scholarship grants for D1 recruits being widely gapped between genders.
As for the acting, and characters. It does a good Job with Vivian. It makes her feel believable. I feel shes basically exactly like my niece lol. So it does feel they convey the angst and hardship of a transitional time for high schoolers well. We all been there.
Amy Pohler stars and directs the film. She has fairly good producer chops. Theirs many elements tackled. Some better than others. It has so much to unpack
1. Friend group jealousy
2. Complexities of introverts aiding in extrovert issues for social topics
3. Sex and virginity
4. Not owning mistakes
But most importantly
5. Taking your own trauma out on others who are innocent. Which Vivian at times conflicts with.
Overall the movie has many tear jerk moments. Feel good moments. It's a really smart and overall beneficial feminist movie and if that sort of thing interests you. It will be enjoyed. I very much loved it.
Rating - 87.7/100
Cartagia:
Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget - It's OK. Typically impressive Aardman production value, but it's missing the edge that the previous film had. Probably bottom of the list of the Aardman I've seen, but not embarrassingly bad or anything. Just... fine.
kamikazekeeg:
Been awhile since I've watched a flick, ending up rewatching Fury. I remember liking it abit more back when I first watched it, but it's still a decent war flick, I always like ones that's just a simple war story, just a tiny bit of what went down. I think the movie goes abit long, probably could've been shortened a tad, but overall decent.
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