bfusil Reviews

Inside (I) (2023)

The worst procrastinator that ever walked the Earth

[4/10 · 27 May 2023]

4/10 (Unpleasant)

The plot is simple: A thief gets locked in a big, fortress like, apartment and tries to escape.

If you're thinking: "Great, I love some movie in enclosed space and can't wait to see what the protagonist will invent to get out." think again.

The time in this movie is divided like this: 20 % trying to get out, 20 % trying to survive when not trying to get out, and 60 % nonsense.

Past half the movie you will not stop thinking what the hell the protagonist is doing instead of trying to get out. If he tried to get out more that doing... Things... He would have been out in one or two days, tops.

A better movie all-around with the same plot points is "127 Hours". Watch this instead if it's not already been done.

Operation Mincemeat (2021)

50% Operation Mincemeat

[5/10 · 12 May 2022]

5/10 (Average)

This film was 50 % Operation Mincemeat and the rest was something else that you'd tolerate or not depending on your disposition and endurance.

Ambulance (2022)

Gruelling

[2/10 · 22 April 2022]

2/10 (Very bad)

I couldn't finish viewing this flick.

It contained too much blunder characters, with horrible dialogs which wants to be funny, but are painful. Too much closed shots, fast cuts and shaky cam.

The script is the usual culprit for Michael Bay, but I feel sad for the actors playing (except for Eiza González who seems to be in her element with this genre).

One thing of note is Bay briefly citing its other movie "The Rock". It's maybe half-funny, though it breaks immersion.

The Power of the Dog (2021)

12 Oscars nominations huh?

[4/10 · 22 March 2022]

4/10 (Unpleasant)

The good: It's well played and pretty to look at. Dialogues are good.

The bad: It's really slow and mostly boring.

The ugly: There is no compelling character. But it's worse than that. All roles have irremediable flaws that keep you rooting for them; and it's depressing. You should be in a particular place mentally to enjoy this.

Max & Leon (2016)

Nor bad or good

[5/10 · 5 February 2022]

5/10 (Average)

The two guys from Palmashow, makers of short web comedy videos, wrote this comedy movie and play the main parts.

Max and Leon are idiots who go from adventures to another with no clues on what's happening. They put clothes from others peoples and play, in the movie, the stolen's part.

In a way it's like short comedy videos but longer. Alas the trope's getting way too long mid-movie. You can laugh from some silly situations but that's all there is really.

Maybe they shouldn't have written their own film, or not as first writers at least.

Directing and editing needed more work. And finally, the budget was on the low side. It shows.

Don't Look Up (2021)

Why people do irrational bad choices despite obviously better and easier choices available?

[6/10 · 26 December 2021]

6/10 (Pleasant)

Don't Look Up is the latest big film from Netflix to this date of review. It goes with renown actors/actresses, experimented director and production crew. Viewers can expect a good movie based on who made it and the result is pleasing but maybe some will be disappointed.

It's a comedy driven by society satire. The point is the irrational and ridicule actions of society (more exactly, USA's society) as a whole when confronted to a non-immediate threat. Symptoms can be political extremism and social separation in a world of constant information.

I think this movie is a success in a way. The acting is on point, no doubt about it. Editing and visuals are more mixed. Script is the bigger liability.

One scene at the beginning came out more than the others (it's not a spoiler): a high-grade general asks money for some snacks but those were, in fact, free for the taking. One main character keeps thinking about it for most of the movie and question the motive. This scene resumes the movie: Why people do irrational bad choices despite obviously better and easier choices available?

Earlier I mentioned USA's society because this movie is mainly focused on USA and hardly another point of view is ever given. It seems to be a voluntary choice. And it's not the first (and last) time we saw a movie with a global plot only told through one nation. For me, it's a negative point. Other parts that lower the grade is a lack of comedic value and predictable and disappointing end.