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KoalKoalson
Reviews
Punk Like Me (2006)
Fun watch
The premise sounded interesting so I watched it yesterday and in the beginning I wasn't expecting much since it's cut like a "typical" reality show on MTV or VH1 but I really got into it.
Carne Asada reminds a lot of NOFX, but apparently only had a few weeks to prepare a set of songs for the tour. Sure the songs are no masterpieces but they are fun, even if some scenes were dramatically cut to look more energetic than they were. You will cringe a lot and most importantly laugh a lot.
I also liked the interviews the main protagonist had with bands like Bad Religion, Sum 41, Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Avenged Sevenfold,...
Worth a watch.
The Gulf of Silence (2020)
A Very Good Acted Mockumentary
Before watching I did not do any research or watched any trailer. First I have to say I had to skip the first 4 minutes since they were just lights in the dark. From then on it went sloooowly but steady. The actor (Mandy May Cheetham...foreshadowing?) was very convincing and I enjoyed listening to the story. Near the end I was curious and wanted to look for the book by the main protagonist Dr. Laura Gale, PhD but couldn't find anything - strange, but I watched on and the real thing that threw me off was the book cover for "The Frog People" by someone else which looked fake af.
After all the credits which included a statement that 4 included videos were real (they showed at least 5 though) and everything else was fabricated.
All in all it was a slow but nice try for a mockumentary, mostly for the work of Mandy May Cheetham.
Abducted in Plain Sight (2017)
What was the point?
There are many True Crime documentaries out there and I have seen a lot of them. Some of them left me speechless, devastated, exhausted but most of all sorry for the victims and relatives of crimes - not with this documentary. Mainly I was just angry at the parents. How can they let something like that happen to their own child? Several times (!)... I just can't wrap my head around that fact.
It's a truly disturbing doc, but because of the ignorance and (VERY) late regret. Poor child, poor woman that has been manipulated like that.
I cannot recommend this documentary, unless you want to get angry and shout at the screen (like me).