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Becky (2020)
I'm Sorry, But It Just Didn't ...
I checked out this movie and thought it sounded interesting. The scene at the beginning implied something unusual would happen at the end. When Becky, her father, new future step mother and her son visit the family cabin. Becky is upset since her mother only died a year ago and has no wish for a replacement. Things go awry when four escaped felons drop in looking for a key. After they kill her father, Becky goes on a rampage, killing all four interlopers. The film was nothing but a standard revenge fantasy, with grotesque killings. I got it into my head, that Becky, after killing the felons, also killed the fiancé and her son, framing the felons for the murder. That would have been a very sick twist ending, making the movie much more interesting. Those characters were poorly developed and expendable.
Child of Grace (2014)
Much Better Than I Expected. I Loved It.
I can't remember what brought me to this title. Probably, the "More like I'm addicted to them. I've found so many great movies (and duds as well) that way. Anyway, like other reviewers, I expected a 'Lifetime' style formula movie, but even from the description, I felt there might be something different. I'm so glad I watched it. Right from the beginning, it felt 'off' for the genre. I'm a fan of foreign and indie films that eschew the Hollywood formula and this fits right in there.
SPOILER: Just my imagination working overtime here, probably because I didn't like the ending. I imagine the grandparents and kidnapper/Dad/John end up with a shared custody situation and he is given full custody as the grandparents age and health deteriorates.
Great Expectations (2011)
Hated Estella
I saw this years ago and from what I can remember it was a decent production. I just started watching again but I can't finish it. The greatest fault was Estella, both young and older versions. It's been even longer since I read the book, but I recall that Estella was enchanting, enticing, a dream vision, every man's desire. She was raised to break men's hearts and leave them a broken shell. As soon as she was introduced, I skipped ahead to make sure this was the version that most disappointed me. Nobody would desire this Estella. They represented her as a stern Victorian woman, as ugly on the outside as she is inside.
The 20th Century-Fox Hour: The Miracle on 34th Street (1955)
A Favourite Choped to Pieces
Miracle on 34th Street is one of my favourite stories. I found this in a DVD collection of Christmas movies. I was hoping it would be a redeeming factor to the uninspiring collection. I'm sad to say it wasn't. There is very little new or original here, though with its short run-time, there is lots missing. Do yourself a favour and skip this version and watch the original, its basically the same movie. Or else try one of the other available versions. This one was a waste of time.
It's even sadder that I have to write ten lines of dreck to fill up the minimum length requirement. There's not much to say. Half the movie is missing. I wouldn't have minded that so much if they tried to do it in an original way, but instead, they just chopped out half the movie.
Striptease (1996)
Not Great But Better Than A 4.3
Different people watching this film see different movies. T and A people see naked and think great. The rest see this as crap. Except for Carl Hiaasen fans. I'm one of the latter and since I've read the book I can't help but see this as an attack on political corruption and environmental folly.
After losing her job as an office clerk for the FBI due to her ex-husbands recent criminal proclivities, Erin Grant (Demi Moore) resorts to stripping to support herself and her daughter as well as the high legal fees of a custody battle with said ex. When a corrupt congressman takes a lewd interest in Erin, she is drawn into a profitable but dangerous situation involving Florida sugar growers.
Become a Carl Hiaasen fan and see this movie for what it really is and delegate the stripper bar to just the setting, much as a spaceship is in a sci-fi movie. It's not a great movie, but when can see the content rather than the package, it is worth far more than a 4.3. Burt Reynolds character is worth much more than that. It deserves a 5 or so. I give it a 6 just for Hiaasen.