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There is something very unfulfilling in this movie. But it is still good. It dances around the middle, to become a hybrid creature, that is not going all the way, when it is aiming to go all the way. It trying to be subversive, but the feeling that we get give the impression that it tries too much to be something that it isn't.
The movie holds back though it tries to be boundaryless and blunt. At the end and in the beginning it is suffering from a feeling, that this film wants to be somewhere in the Indy areas and boundaries, but it is too polished and not enough rough on the edges, to give the feeling that we are watching a unique voice.
The ones who didn't see the trailer might miss the direction for, maybe, ten minutes. It starts with a climax, that turns out to be fake and the road to a secret affair becomes very short and predictable. When you've got it all and you are a (very very) successful woman, you probably are going to be the one that might hurt yourself, eventually.
This movie takes classic roles and turns them upside down and then...turns them a little bit more. It's about Power relations between an employee and employer and then between man and woman, that are simply "when boy meets a girl" or "when boy makes girl drink milk from small plate".
Regardless to the relationships that are developing between young, new intern and his company's CEO, we have a view of her with her family and how it runs, when the woman is also in the top of the chain inside her house. The only chance that she finds herself submissive is with a young man, that turns the power relations around and takes control.
Nicole Kidman is fantastic and has a great performance, Harris Dickinson turns out to be a great playboy, for another role in (almost) a raw. And though Antonio Banderas's character has a small part, he is almost stealing everyone's thunder with a gentle and such an accurate role.
I've enjoyed this movie. It was arousing, but something didn't work for me. Like a football team who has a lot of great players but ends the end of the season without any title, this was the feeling in the end. Close but not cigar, good but not great, tries to dare, but doesn't dare at all. Maybe next try will be much better.
The movie holds back though it tries to be boundaryless and blunt. At the end and in the beginning it is suffering from a feeling, that this film wants to be somewhere in the Indy areas and boundaries, but it is too polished and not enough rough on the edges, to give the feeling that we are watching a unique voice.
The ones who didn't see the trailer might miss the direction for, maybe, ten minutes. It starts with a climax, that turns out to be fake and the road to a secret affair becomes very short and predictable. When you've got it all and you are a (very very) successful woman, you probably are going to be the one that might hurt yourself, eventually.
This movie takes classic roles and turns them upside down and then...turns them a little bit more. It's about Power relations between an employee and employer and then between man and woman, that are simply "when boy meets a girl" or "when boy makes girl drink milk from small plate".
Regardless to the relationships that are developing between young, new intern and his company's CEO, we have a view of her with her family and how it runs, when the woman is also in the top of the chain inside her house. The only chance that she finds herself submissive is with a young man, that turns the power relations around and takes control.
Nicole Kidman is fantastic and has a great performance, Harris Dickinson turns out to be a great playboy, for another role in (almost) a raw. And though Antonio Banderas's character has a small part, he is almost stealing everyone's thunder with a gentle and such an accurate role.
I've enjoyed this movie. It was arousing, but something didn't work for me. Like a football team who has a lot of great players but ends the end of the season without any title, this was the feeling in the end. Close but not cigar, good but not great, tries to dare, but doesn't dare at all. Maybe next try will be much better.
I am not one of the Lion king's fans. Never been and never thought it is one of the classiest classics of Disney, they had a lot of others that I liked much more. The Origin story of Mufasa and Scar was just another cog in their money grabbing machine of live action / CGI force awakening.
I have pretty much given up with trash talking about the fact Disney wants to make money out of our pockets - based on our and our children escapism needs. Its OK to ride on our waves of nostalgia and then...do it once more with several other branches to the same story.
This is exactly what Mufasa is. It is a four-year production with an Oscar winning director and actors, with a cast that will bring a lot of honor to much more series movies' casts. But the bottom line is that they are all gathered to make money, from each and every direction you might think about.
We, as an audience, came to be entertained and also to be mesmerized from the high quality of the visual technology and it is truly remarkable. No doubt. The other elements and aspects of the movie are pretty regular and has nothing new to bring to the table.
It tells the story of two friends, that became like brothers. Lost their parents and felt that the world has abandoned them. Each one has his own aspirations for greatness or regularity and each one of them will find his path, that ultimately will lead him to the famous paws grab-and-release scene in the original "Lion King".
We've got several important messages to parents and kids about expectations, calling and what to do if both are not always correlate together. How to rise to the occasion and most important is how to rise above all difficulties and become an actual leader, against all odds.
You can find here a lot of thoughts about the role of a leader and how it is being watched from the eyes of others. What is expected from an actual leader, that hasn't born as one. And yes...Barry Jenkins shoves the color issue to make a statement about the white oppressor, when the villain is a cruel white lion with an unhinged deputies, that help him conquer "every place under the sun".
The story of Scar as an origin story is much less invested then his brother's. The transformation is too quick and not very coherent. It has not element of surprise or an actual growing and changing arc and feels like Jeff Nathanson (movie's screenwriter) tried to reach the end of the movie very fast.
At the end of all things it has a nice plot, great cast and director and also not bad soundtrack and songs. Was the movie necessary to anyone? Probably not. Is it any good? Yeah, sure, why not? Will he be remembered as his older brother? Probably no. The kids will enjoy, the older also, but not in an unusual way.
I have pretty much given up with trash talking about the fact Disney wants to make money out of our pockets - based on our and our children escapism needs. Its OK to ride on our waves of nostalgia and then...do it once more with several other branches to the same story.
This is exactly what Mufasa is. It is a four-year production with an Oscar winning director and actors, with a cast that will bring a lot of honor to much more series movies' casts. But the bottom line is that they are all gathered to make money, from each and every direction you might think about.
We, as an audience, came to be entertained and also to be mesmerized from the high quality of the visual technology and it is truly remarkable. No doubt. The other elements and aspects of the movie are pretty regular and has nothing new to bring to the table.
It tells the story of two friends, that became like brothers. Lost their parents and felt that the world has abandoned them. Each one has his own aspirations for greatness or regularity and each one of them will find his path, that ultimately will lead him to the famous paws grab-and-release scene in the original "Lion King".
We've got several important messages to parents and kids about expectations, calling and what to do if both are not always correlate together. How to rise to the occasion and most important is how to rise above all difficulties and become an actual leader, against all odds.
You can find here a lot of thoughts about the role of a leader and how it is being watched from the eyes of others. What is expected from an actual leader, that hasn't born as one. And yes...Barry Jenkins shoves the color issue to make a statement about the white oppressor, when the villain is a cruel white lion with an unhinged deputies, that help him conquer "every place under the sun".
The story of Scar as an origin story is much less invested then his brother's. The transformation is too quick and not very coherent. It has not element of surprise or an actual growing and changing arc and feels like Jeff Nathanson (movie's screenwriter) tried to reach the end of the movie very fast.
At the end of all things it has a nice plot, great cast and director and also not bad soundtrack and songs. Was the movie necessary to anyone? Probably not. Is it any good? Yeah, sure, why not? Will he be remembered as his older brother? Probably no. The kids will enjoy, the older also, but not in an unusual way.
This review is a non-spoiler review, but for your sake...don't read it until watching the movie. Don't see the trailer and don't read anything related to this movie if you want to fully enjoy from it. It will ruin your complete surprise element and will take out the sting from the essence of the movie.
After one paragraph of explaining why to divide yourself from those who watched the trailer or read any review on this movie, it is time to explain why. Somewhere a little bit before reaching the end of the twenty fifth minute, all of the guesses and understanding that something is very off with this couple, the bell is ringing.
This movie is one more within numerous films that talk about man and technology. The allegory of poising relationship is screaming of the rooftops, the side effect from both byproducts of the film is the discussion about the wiring at each and every man or woman that stays in poisonous relationship and what is the difference between one that has been wired in advance by technicians?
This movie's audience will be split in the middle. Those who saw the trailer and lost twenty-five minutes with the element of surprise and those who came clean slated and had the freedom to take guesses and play with hypothetic game about what's wrong with Iris and Josh and why each one of them acts as he or she acts?
It really felt like an extended, fine, episode of black mirror. It had all the element and pacing of the show and the part when you grab your had and understand that these times are not that far away from us. It is telling the story, within the genre in a new and fresh way - a product that Hollywood struggles to produce lately.
It has the elements of surprise(s). It has fine dark humor and young, fresh cast and director in his debut. Sophie Thatcher takes the lead on this movie with a wide range of emotions and she acts wonderfully the double and sometimes triple role, with wide arc of sub-genres (from Melodramatic part, through horror and comic winks in German).
Jack Quaid demonstrate, once again, he is not just the son of Meg and Dennis and not only Hughie Campbell from "The Boys" - he is much much more. Not the nerd, but also an actor with larger range of roles. Finally, check out Lukas Gage, that got a small but unique role, that is admirable and reminds another short performance he got in "Smile 2".
It is a movie that needs to be checked out and appreciated in real time, when it proves that Hollywood has several tricks in its sleeve.
It is a movie that needs to be checked out and appreciated in real time, when it proves that Hollywood has several tricks in its sleeve.
After one paragraph of explaining why to divide yourself from those who watched the trailer or read any review on this movie, it is time to explain why. Somewhere a little bit before reaching the end of the twenty fifth minute, all of the guesses and understanding that something is very off with this couple, the bell is ringing.
This movie is one more within numerous films that talk about man and technology. The allegory of poising relationship is screaming of the rooftops, the side effect from both byproducts of the film is the discussion about the wiring at each and every man or woman that stays in poisonous relationship and what is the difference between one that has been wired in advance by technicians?
This movie's audience will be split in the middle. Those who saw the trailer and lost twenty-five minutes with the element of surprise and those who came clean slated and had the freedom to take guesses and play with hypothetic game about what's wrong with Iris and Josh and why each one of them acts as he or she acts?
It really felt like an extended, fine, episode of black mirror. It had all the element and pacing of the show and the part when you grab your had and understand that these times are not that far away from us. It is telling the story, within the genre in a new and fresh way - a product that Hollywood struggles to produce lately.
It has the elements of surprise(s). It has fine dark humor and young, fresh cast and director in his debut. Sophie Thatcher takes the lead on this movie with a wide range of emotions and she acts wonderfully the double and sometimes triple role, with wide arc of sub-genres (from Melodramatic part, through horror and comic winks in German).
Jack Quaid demonstrate, once again, he is not just the son of Meg and Dennis and not only Hughie Campbell from "The Boys" - he is much much more. Not the nerd, but also an actor with larger range of roles. Finally, check out Lukas Gage, that got a small but unique role, that is admirable and reminds another short performance he got in "Smile 2".
It is a movie that needs to be checked out and appreciated in real time, when it proves that Hollywood has several tricks in its sleeve.
It is a movie that needs to be checked out and appreciated in real time, when it proves that Hollywood has several tricks in its sleeve.