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Oddity (2024)
good movie
We liked the movie it was enjoyable as the acting was good scenery was matched well for the mood. Liked the combination of murder mystery and spiritual horror elements which are not normally combined.
Thinking the movie was relatively low budget but will show a net profit which might inspire others to make this type of movie.
People who like murder mystery should enjoy watching the movie. With only 5 or so main character's and one or two settings the figuring out the mystery is not too complicated yet still fun
Thinking back over the last few years I'd say this is one of the best of this type movies made. No other movie comes to mind that was enjoyable as this one. Sorry for those that did not like it which is a mystery to me.
Trap (2024)
Difficult t watch
Maybe its my older male viewpoint but this is not a movie for mental age over say 35 or so. The movie is filled with singing and dancing but not the type I like. The maker of the film wanted to showcase his daughter and her strengths which are in the performing area, singing playing etc and that is understandable , its his daughter.
Unfortunately the movie did not bring it all together. There is an FBI gal who looks to be in her 80's but she seems to be in charge ? An 80 year old woman brandishing a taser ?
The relationship with the Trapped guy and all other participants seems far fetched. His wife apparently knew he had some issues but her way of letting authorities know about it was a mystery. They did not know what he looked like so why did she not just give them a picture ?
I saw one review stating do not waste your time watching but if you do the suicide hot line is such and such. I thought he ws joking.
The Tank (2023)
not bad if you dont think about it too much
Pretty basic stuff. Good looking creatures, a dog that does not bark at them and frequently disappears, a man that has little ability to think straight, a woman who is sort of like wonder woman brains beauty etc, an obno little girl that we could do without.. Then there is an officer of the law that does not know how to draw his weapon when a monster is very slowly attacking. He does leave the weapon on the ground to be found later by wonder woman.
There is an offer on the table for the property given to the couple, not in writing, and the real estate woman indicates she can get more but the guy says "no no" while the woman says yes...go figure. The view on this ocean front property would seem to command millions for an Well you could go on and on.
I think this was supposed to be around 1973 or so based on the look of the cars so keep that in mind.
All in all I liked the movie but again try to watch it while your sort of tired as brain activity will interfere with enjoyment.
Deliver Us (2023)
Estonia is pretty
Not too many Estonian movies so there is that. There are twins born one is apparently a good guy and the other a bad guy. Its a virgin birth to a gal who apparently is a Catholic nun. She goes back and forth through the movie from being mentally ill to being pretty much the only sane person so you're never sure what you're going to get. There is a priest guy who is not really a priest because he has a fling going with a sharp looking gal who wants to go live in Canada with him. He seems hesitant for some strange reason. Then he seems to like the nun/virgin/mother of twins gal even more than the normal gal. Tough to figure. Seems there was a movement afoot to kill off one of the poor little virgin birth babies who are cuter than the dickens so that'll be tough but there is a one eye guy who seems up to the task. They both look the same so will he kill the right one ?
So theres a lot going on and that is somewhat the problem ie failure to bring it all together. Its a mishmash.
She Will (2021)
Nothing worked
The story is very poorly unwound. There is too much staring into the mirror and having a dumb look on your face by the lead actress. Pretty sure after she saw the movie she regretted some of the close ups.
Her helper girl is OK but seems to me added very little to the movie.
So finally towards the end we put together that this now way over the hill gal is blaming her misery on the fact that her male friend apparently abused her while she was around the age of 13. Not that he did but its made to seem that he must have otherwise why would she somehow murder him employing a sort of weird witchcraft technique equally difficult to figure out. She spends, apparently a successful life, as a result of her relationship with this guy but now that she is over the hill decides he is worthy of eliminating
The other symbolic deal is she has had breast cancer which required surgery. That fact must have some underlying message that i was not able to figure out but there were scenes of the results of the operation that were hard to watch. That and we had to see her helper girl put her fake breasts on. Do we really need to see that ?
Kreuz des Südens (2015)
why would they ?
This is a pretty good watchable mystery movie that has a strange last few minutes.
The acting was fine by the lead actors although some of the minor acting parts were weak. There was no explanation for the way the lead character would be treated from one scene to another he'd be either treated like visiting royalty or some type of scum. The movie sort of plods along in-a reasonably enjoyable fashion until I'd say the last half hour when it picks up the pace to become a borderline thriller.
There are some very mysterious motivations for stuff that happens in that period which left me wondering. I thought i saw that this was actually a series so maybe to get a movie out of it they did editing which can make for a lot of what the heck is happening here moments.
My main question had to do with who it was that put the main charachter in a very life threatening position. That person is later revealed and turns out to lead one to wonder why would they ?
Maybe there will be a season two ?
Don't Tell a Soul (2020)
with brothers like that who needs enemies
I liked the overall movie as the acting was very good and it had some interesting twists. Always enjoy watching that guy from the office comedy show he seems very likable and funny and yet as in this movie can play a pretty bad person.
Two brothers are the main character's and both do a very good job of portraying how the same combination of genes can make for very different results. On the one hand the younger brother displays principles, morals and character while the other, older one ,is pretty much a psychopath. So essentially you have a trapped guy who at first seems like everyday type person and the two brothers that inadvertently trapped him at odds with each other as to how to handle the situation. That conflicting point of view leads to a number of situations that create tension and disharmony.
There is a mother involved and she sort of gets her oats at the end and murders the bad guy. Who is the bad guy ? You'll need to watch. Anyway the person is unarmed and being cooperative yet she hits him not once but twice with ammo from what looks to be a high powered rifle at close range. I know she is sickly but come on this is a human being you're blasting. Anyway i'd give her 5 years in prison where she'd get free medical care which who knows might prolong her life.
Wonder if that brother relationship will endure as someone pounding on me to an inch of my life will ,to get my forgiveness, need to pretty much be my slave for life.
Abigail (2024)
do you need more than one person to kidnap a 13 year old girl ?
Knew the movie would test the brain as for whatever reason there were 6 full grown "adults" assembled to pull off the kidnapping of a 13 ish year old dancer. Too many cooks ! Sure it figures they're going to be killed and the little girl will prove to be smarter than all of them. One of them does escape with their life and that too was a no brainer pick
. We were guessing which character would be killed first. That too was a no brainer and the best part of the movie as the character was super obnoxious. How were these people assembled and picked had they no say in the matter ?
So there she lie all still right in front of them on her back and they have wooden stakes in their hands but no lets let her come back to life so she can kill us. That happened more than once
Why is it that there are so many people in the movie world that need to interject the f word into almost every sentence they utter ? Aren't they embarrassed to display such a lack of vocabulary ? The writers need to get on a higher mental plane and have more normal dialog.
Stopmotion (2023)
unfortunately unlikeable charachters.
Slowly started to not like this movie as it moved along so the percentage of dislike increased as time went by and culminated towards the end where the main character lost it and turned into a blood thirsty killer. I suppose there was still 5 or so minutes left but we had had it ,ergo turned off the TV.
She was fine at first and sort of sympathetic as she had to put up with a mother that was a perfectionist. The little girl was super obnoxious and easy enough to figure she was a figment. So apparently we're led to think that this poor lady having to take over for the mother thought of herself as an obnoxious little girl ?
Too much weirdness to the last 20 minutes where you cant understand where, what, why and when anything is actually happening.
Where have you gone my little one, my little one.
Offseason (2021)
Why no cellphones ?
Maybe I missed the element of what year this was supposed to be but a cell phone would have solved all her problems but she did not have one ? Nor did he, the boyfriend, or anyone else. I missed the whole essence of the movie.
We did have a couple of favorite parts as in the dialog between her and her "MA" which I recorded on my cell phone as it was the lamest dialog I have heard in any movie . I can listen to it whenever I feel the need to be puzzled. The swinging telephone after she dropped it while attempting to call someone and while slamming it down it missed the mark and the camera focused in on it swinging back and forth WoW was that ever Hitchcokian.
In my opinion this was a real difficult movie to understand from all angles as in why, what was the point ?
No One Will Save You (2023)
was looking forward to this movie
This was a very annoying movie. I knew nothing about the movie prior to watching . Knew nothing about the directors, writer,actors, actresses etc but saw a preview and thought the alien looked pretty good with those big eyes and big heads so went ahead and watched with anticipation for enjoyable experience.
OK so the first few minutes were pretty good as you could tell that there was a decent amount of effort put into scenery and so forth and you get to see an alien scampering around in the house early on rather than late. That was it, the rest oof the time I kept waiting for the lead actress to say something as would any normal human being when confronted by an alien as in whoa what the heck how come we were not warned what happened to all the satellite warning systems for incoming ? She should have at least apologized to the first alien she killed as in saying or muttering oh gosh I didn't mean to kill you. Later on you. Find out thst her actual forte is killing, both humans and aliens.
So. Anyway gave it 2 stars because thought the aliens did a good job of acting and enjoyed their conversations, very thought provoking.
Very over rated in my humble opinion.
Fargo (2014)
if you need to like a character you're out of luck
This relates to this years Fargo,SEASON 5, which is playing now 12-23. I have enjoyed some of the prior fargo's because i found some of the characters enjoyable, liked them. Search this years group for one person that is enjoyable and you will not find them as there aren't any. The ex husband is I guess borderline but as of now cant understand why he'd want to find his ex wife as she is very obnoxious and it would be difficult to live with her . The head rich gal is equally difficult to like as is her lawyer etc. So who is there to like? Please let me know.
Actually at this point in the season after roughly 4 or so episodes I'm still sleep walking through them to the point that can not understand what the plot is supposed to be. Only watching because my wife will pretty much watch any fargoey type show and I keep her company.
Sicario (2015)
the head of the cartel made a big mistake
I enjoyed the movie especially the second half and I thought the acting was very good. Not sure how close to reality the entire drug cartel USA enabling this to continue year after year while thousands of lives on both sides are ruined. Please work out a deal with Mexico for our DEA which has the stated purpose of keeping our communities safe from the very stuff that these cartels do. I got an idea work ut a plan with Mexico to eradicate the drug cartels. Seems right now we have an actual example of how to do it as Israel is trying to essentially do the same thing to Hamas so take notes then initiate !
As to the movie the way the FBI people behaved was, to me, annoying as either you are all in or you're not and if you aren't then vamoose.
Alejandro was the star with one flaw and that was more the cartel. Guys total failure to make sure his maid was with the program as no doubt she could have saved his family. Alejandro at the same time should not have taken any chances and the smart move would have been to eliminate her when he saw her. Same deal with the FBI. Gal and sort of puzzling what was this paper she "signed". That somehow was needed and if so for what purpose ? Did he check her signature as she might have signed Abe Lincoln or whatever. Thank God they did not kill him off at the end when she was pointing the pistol at him fro what 250 feet away as you know she would have put the bullet right between his eyes.