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thelbronius
Reviews
War on Everyone (2016)
It's SATIRE! What's satire?
In order for this to work the writer needs to understand satire and/or create compelling characters that we either begrudgingly love or hate to the point that we need to see them ended. The characters here are neither. Couldn't make it past the first 20 minutes.
Jojo Rabbit (2019)
my neck hurts from the whiplash
I had no idea what to expect but I like Taika's work. If you're looking for a comedy, you're not going to find it here. There are funny moments but this film is a drama. It's relies solely on the individual performance of a few actors and character development. We don't need another film to relitigate that Nazism is evil or that the holocaust is stain on human history. Those are accepted facts. This film tells the story of people "doing what they can". It made me feel empathize with imaginary characters. It reminded me that no amount of hate will ever make things better.
Choose (2011)
Why! WHY! Did I choose to watch this!
Pros: Beautiful lead Cons: everything else...sigh Amateurish at best. Winnick's acting leaves a lot to be desired. Right from the beginning she was irritating. She's better suited to being a nameless victim. She just kept missing opportunities to act. I think she's confused acting like a bitch with every other emotion. This is the first time I've seen a movie with her in it and I'm going to make sure to avoid any future movies starring her.
The premise is interesting. But a premise is just that, a kernel of a a great film. The rest is a collection of scenes that drag or were borrowed/stolen from other films. There were scenes where I thought I was watching: Scream, Se7en, The Last House on the Left, Saw. The only thing chosen can claim to have in common with those films is that people died. But! These people died and I didn't care! There wasn't time to care about these victims.
The movie is all about style over substance. It suffers from phoned in acting, scenes that do nothing to move the plot forward, scenes that don't belong in the same movie, mediocrity. If a movies is going to be this bad it had better be charming. If I hadn't watched it on Netflix I would have been really irked.
Please do yourself a favor and just select a horror film that you've already seen and like. Much like Chosen, you've already seen it. But you can feel confident that you will at least like the movie.
p.s. Kevin Pollack: Even you couldn't save this movie.