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I Know This Much Is True (2020)
Semi-Superb
First things first...the acting the pacing...the visuals...this was all great. There's no argument that it was a well put together series.
I read the book years ago and there were just certain things you NEED when a story is heart-wrenching and throws so much sadness at you. You need a tiny spark of goodness for the protagonist.
They totally skipped out on a story line with Joy that would have given you hope for Dominick. He thought his family was cursed. He thought that was playing out in real life...cutting down the people and things he loved. It also reveals the true depth of Dominick's heart...that he still had kindness even for people who hurt him that he was under no obligation to forgive. I feel like we only see the exterior emotion of Dominick throughout the show. That his care was out of obligation over love.
It also left out a small nugget of information that makes Ralph's care for Thomas less mysterious & begrudging.
I saw how long the last episode was and thought "oh this is probably the final episode"...and then when it just ended the vague way it ended...I thought it certainly has 1 more to go? And nope. It was a sort of crushing end to a long, sad story.
For those who are never going to read the book - Joy comes back after a few years b/c she has AIDS. Her child is going to be left without anyone when she dies. Dominick & Dessa end up caring for Joy & the child and ultimately come back together to raise the little girl as a couple. While the movie shows Dessa & Dominick meeting again at the hospital...it just plants a vague idea that they get along. Not that they go on to raise a little girl together.
Ghostbusters (2016)
What is up?
I am kind of flabbergasted over all the bad reviews. Even if you hate the idea of bitches huntin ghosts...there are plenty of funny moments in this movie.
The style feels very typical of what I would call "Twenty-teens style". To be honest, I call a lot of movies this style. But I don't have any hard rules for it. It seems to be a combo of actors (putting groups of comedians together, putting groups of nobodies together, basically groups of people who have a lot of ties in the real world to each other), humor (dead-pan, but also one-liners, but also sarcasm, but also comic-relief where no one cracks a smile or laughs when something is funny...sort of like, "this is just how we speak, we aren't being funny!"), and a clip of everyone dancing to some kind of rap or hip-hop song that seems to be opposite your expectation for this group of people.
So...no 10 rating. But for entertainment, humor, even originality for a remake/re-imagining/whatever it's called...I can give it a 9.
My kids loved it..I actually laughed out loud. It's a cute movie.
(And I love some of the reviews that poke at the acting...being stiff or just reading from a script...if you watch the reel where they do all their lines over and over again, you can see many bits are being ad-libbed or made up on the spot.)
It was a cute movie. Some of you 1voters should be ashamed of yourselves.
Australia (2008)
In an old timey way.
I am not sure how many people watched this movie & thought about the time period in which it took place...and how movies FILMED at that time looked. No jumpy film shots with running cameramen. No hand helds (as cameras were very heavy at that time). Little special effects...so there was more drama on the faces of the actors. Long pauses of close ups on faces.
I loved the way the movie mimicked the style of movies filmed in the era in which it depicts. It creates a more romantic idea...it gives you time to stop & look at your character & wonder what would you do in this situation. You have time to think about those things from scene to scene. Nothing is rushed or hurried.
I was wary of seeing this film, but I am glad I did. I enjoyed it immensely and feel a sense of nostalgia when I watch it.
Alien Abduction: Incident in Lake County (1998)
It wasn't that bad.
Yes, it was cheeeeezy. Yes it was fake. Was it a little bit fun? Absolutely. I mean, what were people expecting? A **REAL** documentary from someone's home about an alien invasion?? It was at least creative.
If something like that were to happen, (and I don't mean alien invasion, but maybe a home invasion) do you think that it would be advertised for a week? Look at the Elian Gonzalez story. It was on the news before morning coffee.
It's a 90 min long sci-fi thriller. People take things way too seriously.