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Euphoria (2019)
Sometimes hard to watch sometimes captivating but overall sad.
I can't say that I enjoyed all my time watching Euphoria. The first episode is hard to watch, it's an unusually concept for a tv show to start off with no hope and no redeeming qualities it just makes you sad. It remains this way for the first three episodes you don't expect anything good to happen so you realise not to root for anybody. It would of being difficult to watch all 8 episodes if it continued down this path. As the characters grow and the stories get more fleshed out you begin to start seeing the brief glimpses of hope, that's when the show starts to lighten up a little and find it's sense of humour. by episodes 7 you have forgotten what the show taught you in the beginning, that nothing good will come from any of this, But the show is all to happy to remind you that life seldom provides the happy ending we so desire. Overall acting was superb and even though the material is shocking it is never pointless. Nothing about this show sensationalise drug use, sex or alcohol it's all there in abundance but the show makes it clear that the consequence of your actions are what you have to live with which is often more important than the action itself.
Begin Again (2013)
the perfect duo
Music is such an important part of film the right score can be the difference between making a good movie and a great one. Begin again starts with the music and never lets go of it. The story and characters journeys are told through the Music more so then any of the dialogue. When a film relies so heavily on it's music that music had better be something special. In this respect begin again succeeds it's original songs strikes just the right cord. Keira knightly performance in front of the Mic is a testament to her talent as an artist. Adam Levine brings a seasoned singer to the fold and his strength as an recording artist is clear to see in the final moments of the film. Mark Ruffalos performance as the down and out producer trying to find something real to hold on to is brilliant. Ruffalo takes a situation of a man taking one last chance to succeed and makes it feel fresh and unique. Begin again will leave you feeling good and remind you not only why you love movies but why you love music too.
Project Almanac (2015)
Project x meets chronicle with a touch of back to the future
If your looking for a coherent and scientific explanation of the dangers of time travel your not going to get it from this film. However that's not a bad thing although the danger of damaging the present by changing the past is ever present. where this film is at it's best is in the characters 5 teens creating a time machine seems highly unlikely but the action they take once the time machine is up and running is highly believable. Using extraordinary means to solve ordinary problems. Money troubles getting bullied to the the biggest and most complex of all teenagers problems falling in love. How many of us have dreamt about going back in time and winning that big super lotto jackpot or just being able to pass that important test by knowing the answer before you take it. This film really starts to fall apart when things fall apart it is hard to wrap up a time travel story with any sort of clarity that is just the nature of time travel unable to reset things and also have that happy ending. Project almanac fails in it's attempt at giving the audience any real closer. The end feels rushed and by trying to not be predictable feels a little false. As a whole the film entertains as an advert for why it's a good thing teenagers don't have time machines.
Inherent Vice (2014)
Inherent nonsense
If you care about storytelling, character development, plot cohesion or even watching a film that makes sense don't go see this film. There's nothing about this film that you will remember when you walk out. Not the why not the how and your be hard to find a reason to care. 2 hours and 30 minutes is a long running time for a film that doesn't even try to progress a coherent narrative. The excuse that the lead is on drugs which is why the supposed story is fractured would only work if there was an attempt to one wrap it up in the end or two use the narrator to fill in the gaps. It seems a mind boggling decision to have a voice over throughout the movie but instead of providing clarity which this movie lacked It was used to make the already scattered movie more convoluted. Granted I have never being a huge Paul Thomas Anderson fan or have I read the original text but this film seems lost not knowing what it wants to be.
Sky High (2005)
super fun for hero's of all ages
Well as it was a Disney flick i expected the hero to beat the villain, the obvious life lesson learnt , the best friend who has always had a crush on the main character and a plot that anyone can follower, but if i'm honest it wouldn't have worked if it wasn't that way. I came out the cinema with the feeling that's what a school of superhero's would be like and who knew that even the job of saving the world had a class system. Kids will enjoy the action but adults will enjoy the jokes and the reference to some of the greatest superhero of all time.i mean everyone remembers there first day of school throw in a bunch of superpowers and watch as fun assume.