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Umbre (2014)
Mediocre at best
The show does exceeed my expectations, but compared to other hbo Europe works falls flat and certainly doesnt deserve such high rating. First of all, the main actor seems to have the same expression throughout the entire series,but my main issue has to do with the dialogue.God...its so cringy. It tries too hard to appear "edgy" and portray the typical romanian "gangster"/citizen while turning them into poor, flaccid caricatures.
All in all, it is indeed a step forward for romanian television(i guess) but it's nowhere as good as other hbo series.
Booksmart (2019)
Relatable and heart warming but filled with unfunny jokes at times
I really liked the movie and related to the characters a lot, but while there were some memorable moments there were also a lot of jokes that fell flat. If you can get pass that you'll discover an amazing coming of age story. All in all, the main actress is astonishingly charismatic and definitely the best part of the movie.
Monstri. (2019)
Deserves 1/10 but cinematography saves it
First of all,i didn´t expect much of this movie,but at least to be decent.The only thing i liked about it was the cinematography which was surprisingly good.However,even if a movie has good cinematography,at the end,if it doesn´t have a strong story no one will care about it.
The story is messy and tries to hard to be ''edgy'' sometimes.The main characters are so supposed to meet different people during the entire movie who change the way they see life but none of them seem to have any impact onto them.The problem of the movie is that is looks like a short movie,with long scenes that add nothing to the story and bore the audience.There were moments when i wanted to leave the theatre but i wanted to see it all in order to give a fair review.The story lacks emotion,connection between the main characters.Why are we supposed to care about they´re relationshio if we know nothing about them?
At the end,we are given no conclusion.We dont find out why the characters fell apart or how are they changed by the events that have happened.
On a short note,the aspect ratio is what i mentioned earlier as ''edgy''.I understand the director´s perspective,but for the audience it is truly annoying and unnecessary.