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Smile (2022)
Great horror
I'm a short and sweet kind of guy. I'm not going to bore you with a lot of details of film noir or the deep meaning behind the film that others may not catch. What I will tell you is my wife and I are big horror fans. We love our horrors from the slashers to found footage. We have our favorites, but Smile now tops into the top 5 of our list. This film was great, creative and horrifying. You become a bit jaded after seeing so many horror films that it can take a lot to get you creeped out, jumping and your heart pounding. This film jumped all those whoops with ease. If you're looking for a great horror film, this is the one for you. This is one of those that I wouldn't mind a sequel to and not many deserve it, in my opinion.
The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023)
An Amazing movie
We took our 5 year old to this movie as his first movie to see in the Theater. He's a big Mario fan, and he was captivated. I had High expectations for the movie, but WOW!!! I can't say enough about this movie. Great for kids, great for adults. The first thing that drew me in is the bright colors as if you were in a video game. Next was the flow of the storyline, with no better way to say it, smooth, creative... the writing is just impeccable. The comedy was spot on, funny for kids, and funny for adults We will definitely be buying once it's out on blue ray and digital. Illumination hit this one out of the park, that's for sure. I have no negatives to say about this movie, only that my 5 year old made me miss a few parts of the movie to go to the bathroom, but that was expected.
Under the Banner of Heaven (2022)
Laying it on thick
Let's get one thing out of the way, I'm an inactive Mormon. I grew up in the church and I'm surrounded by it through my family and friends that are still active. Now that's out of the way, they lay the Mormon thing on REALLY thick. No one just quotes the leaders of the church or the scriptures. Especially in every day life, work, schooling, and conversation. It's not talked about on a daily basis or all the time. I get these people were fanatics and what they did was disgusting. Great. But it gets cheesy to someone who knows what mormons are like. If you're trying to get us to know that everyone in this story is LDS, except the out of state detective, Bravo. Mission accomplished. But from someone who has lived in it and continues to live around it, it gets corny the more you lay it on.
Edit: Another odd one. When Mormons meet, talk, or talk about Native Americans they don't call them "Lamanites". They call them by the tribe they belong to, "Native Americans", or "Indians", just like everyone else.
Other than that, it's good. I gave it a 7 because the I like the casting, and I would like to see how they tell this story.