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alexandraahlen
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I dina händer (2024)
Why the exaggerated praise?
I must say that the overwhelming positive reviews are quite exaggerated. That goes to show that people doesn't really know what the reality looks like.
For me, it gets a 5.0. I was quite positive due to the fact that the creator was also behind a precious truly important drama-series about a school shooting, but with all the incorrect little details, this series just made me disappointed.
The topic is a highly relevant one, but it's quite tragic that they choose a white boy from a middleclass home as the protagonist. There is a lot of things to criticize. The surroundings, the police officers who seemilgly knows everybodys names and are super involved with these kids lives, something that is NOT a fact in reality. It is evident that the writer is someone from a completly different background than the one that is portrayed in this series. Everything is so very out of a white perspective, with little to none focus on different cultures, religion, the state of the society and so on that plays a big role in reality. Gotta hand it to the youngsters though, their acting was alright.
However I still think that it shows a perspective of someone who does not live in that kind of enviornment looking in, rather than from a perspective of those who actually live in the surroundings that the series are supposedly about.
Most of all i'm disappointed by the fact that it's praised so much. Just goes to show that critics doesn't know what good stuff is.
The Beautiful Game (2024)
Both heavy and heartwarming
This movie makes you think of so many things all at once. With great acting, a story based on real events and a powerful message, this movie is something for all ages to watch. It's a movie about serious topics such as homelessness, addiction, teamwork, finding yourself and taking pride from what you achieve in stead of what you might have failed at in life. But most of all it's a message about how connecting with people makes you stronger, and how being alone isn't really being strong. It's also about looking beyond social status and seeing people for who they are, the ability to come together despite background if there's kindness and being able to recognize yourself in people you might not know could be someone you really needed. I highly recommend this movie, and as I said, it's for all ages!
Good Grief (2023)
Realistic, beautiful and good casting
The movie is very well made in every way. It is in the end a story about friendship, grief and coming to terms with moving on after a great loss. Anyone who has lost a loved on, especially s partner, will be able to relate. It is also a story about the importance of friendship, how being honest and candid with friends and accepting oneself and eachother during turbulent times, embracing yourself with both the good and the bad for personal growth. It is a movie that well represents life at mid-thirties where letting go of the of the youthful past is combined with looking back with clear eyes and reevaluate your younger self with optimism. I think many people who are going through big life changes, maybe especially people without kids who are balancing the fearful time of growing up emotionally without having a clear path forward. I think it's a realistic story in every way both timeless but also typical for this time and age. In the end I feel like it's about friendship and personal growth more than anything where the focus isn't really about grief, but rather about acceptance and moving on. I definetly recommend it! The cast is perfect, so is the acting and the scenery. It's honest, and in the end, beautiful.
Raging Grace (2023)
Waste of your time
Even though the movie touches the important subject of immigration, that is not at all in any way the central topic. The actors are good, and the scenery is nice, but the actual directing and the actual acting is quite bad. The reviews gave me a bit of hope, but after the end, it was sadly just waste of my time. I don't recommend it. Watching good actors act bad for the movies sake just makes you frustrated.. Choose something else to watch. I hoped this movie would be more about the lives for immigrants living illegally, and the struggles they go through, but it was actually just about a typical Karen and her strange uncle. Does NOT deserve the credit it's been given.
The Menu (2022)
Brilliant
First I want to say that I only give reviews whenever a movie is really bad, or as in this case, really good.
This is a movie like nothing you have ever seen. If you, like myself, is someone with high standards regarding acting performance, storyline and artistic settings; this is a movie for you!
With the combination of several super-talanted actors, beautiful scenery, totally appropriate music to go with the scenes and a truly "what the hell is happening"-plot that is intellectual, confusing yet besutifully strange, this is a movie worth high ratings.
I could'nt keep my eyes of the screen, and while some movies makes you feel like you wasted your time by givning it a chance, this one will make you feel like it was worth every single minute.
What a strange, witty and wonderful movie. This really has it all!
Smile (2022)
As someone with high standards, I give it a 3/10
First, I only give reviews when it's really damn good or really damn bad.
Second, this is more of a psychological thriller.
And no over to the overall experience:
This is the kind of movie a person with quite low standards for what's actually good psychological horror. It starts out good, but it goes downhill from after the first fifteen minutes.
If you, like me, have high standards and doesn't think that paranormal things and monsters is actually psychological horror, then you won't like this movie. Not great acting either.
I feel like if they had gone with the psychological aspect of mental health and made something freaky, it could've been something better. But it actually in the end has more to do with like curses and paranormal entities and ends with a not-at-all-logic monster which resembles a female slenderman almost.
I don't understand how it got such good rating, at all.
If you really want to see it, wait until you can stream it for free because what makes me the most disappointed is that I actually paid for this massive waste of time.
The Stranger (2022)
Brilliant!
This is a very well made movie. The acting is brilliant, obviously, but the paste and the small twists in the story which makes you confused and also kind of makes you think "wait, are they trying to trick me here, do that have the wrong guy?", "What if it's THAT guy!" and so on are fantastic. This is a truly impressive performance and almost immediately you are HOOKED. When the movie was over, I almost wanted it to go on! I wanted to see more, but the ending was still really well way to end the movie so you're bound to start googling to find out more.
The acting is, as said before, simply brilliant.
(For those who want tro know more, this movie is loosely based on the murder of Daniel Morcombe committed by Brett Peter Cowan.)
Last Light (2022)
Okay on a rainy day
The underlying idea for the story is good, however some details and characters brings the series down.
For starters, the characters:
The young boy who is blind is portrayed as being somewhat mentally challenged. He comes off as way younger than his age in the series which is irritating and feels quite prejudice-influenced. It's the same with the mother. The mother comes across as a nervous, neurotic and helpless woman who needs to be taken care of by others throughout in contrast to the father who's character is calm, strong and independent. Extreme stereotypical gender-roles of a husband and wife á la 1950s.
Second, there are some details that were SO annoying. The powergrid goes down, but somehow the media manages to broadcast ongoing news and everyone's TVs are in function? Also, in every building where all power is down, somehow the surveilance are always up and running? While cars crash all at the same time for some strange reason (i'm pretty sure every citizen in the world fueled their viehecles at the exact same time with the exact same amount causing all of them to crash at the same time). Even cars running on BATTERIES shuts down when the powergrid goes out? No logic. Although, government viehecles still works, their planes are in function even though all other commercial planes are either crashed or grounded and let's not forget that the daughter finds working cars everywhere. The mother also has access with a access-card to government buildings despite no longer actually working for the government.
And I just have to point out that the father without any problems walked for a long time in the desert during a sandstorm and didn't seem to get a single grain of sand in his eyes.
As I write this I realize that I regret wasting my time on this. Only did it in support of Felix Sandman because he is a swede like me and a good actor (there's maybe like three proper actors).
Old People (2022)
Truly bad
Really awful movie. Like... rating 1 if even that. Not even a "i don't have anything else to watch so why not"-movie. Not even a "sometimes it's fun with bad horror"-movie. Generally simply a "oh my God I can't believe this movie was even made"-awful. Someone must have actually bribed netflix to make them have this on netflix. I actually feel bad for the actors because when you've been in a movie as bad as this, your might never get a job as an actor ever again. Seriously, I can't believe I just sat here and thought "it MIGHT be some cool twist.. Maybe.. Maybe...... okay no, wow, this is time spent that I will never get back. Can't believe I wasted time on this.
Kajillionaire (2020)
Other reviewers have no sense of what art is
This movie was really incredible!
People who say it was dull and bad has obviously missed the point of this movie and have no sense of art. It is a fantastic movie and ERW is performing fantastically.
A truly weird but in the end truly beautiful movie. I highly recommend watching it.