Reviews

I thought we were over goofy hormone driven teen movies like American Pie or Party Animals, since they would be considered problematic in this day and age. But think again: here comes Bottoms where the roles are reversed, so its lesbian girls who do questionable things this time, like starting a self-defense class in hope of getting physical with their heterosexual girl-crushes. Just imagine the same plot with teenage boys trying to find some way to get closer to hot lesbian girls and hoping that they might score with them.

Beside this major issue, the comedy falls mostly flat and not a single character is well written. Everything and everyone is over the top. The whole movie is miles away from any form of realism. It feels like a 90min long adhd instagram reel. And the finale is just the peak of this nonsense.

I had high hopes for this move, but just like Saltburn its more internet hype than actual quality.

Relax, i know the difference between Matthew Broderick and John Cusack. Although both, Ferris Bueller and the protagonist of High Fidelity, Rob Gordon, have the ability to break "the forth wall" and talk to the audience through the camera, i must say, that this gimmick is much more interesting and relevant for the story of High Fidelity. I knew nothing about the movie before watching it and i have to admit: the first time John Cusack looked "at me", i rolled my eyes a little and said to myself: not another one of these meta/self aware movies that are recently all over the place.

But for this movie, the gimmick is simply necessary. It's about breakups and the stupid thoughts of a male brain when it comes to Love, Relationships and Sex. That's why the audience has to hear John Cusack's thoughts and experience the chaos that storms in that mans brain. And i'll have to say: as a 28 year old male some of the things he thinks of really hit home. I had romances and experiences where the ideas of a romance or of a specific girl were often times bigger and more meaningful than they actually were. Everytime we see Rob showing glimpses of happiness, he immidiately loses interest again. He's restless, never satisfied, always on the search of "something better" that doesn't really exist, until he's finally tired of chasing these fantasies.

First i thought of giving this movie a 8-9/10. But why? Just because it's a comedy/romance. Simply for that. But i really can't see any flaws and i'm glad that i watched it.

So there you have it: 10/10.

The fantastic finale of season two got our expectations high for this season, but now the main storyline is going nowhere and this episode represents the whole season perfectly. Van is being weird for no reason whatsoever and nothing makes any sense. So her teary breakdown at the end makes you feel no emotions at all. Even a cheap "It was all a dream" kind of solution to this episode would be better than the one we got.

A bad filler episode would be fine but now that the main storyline loses its meaning, its kinda difficult to be excited for season four. Maybe they should've ended at season two.

I know "Atlanta" often depicts white people cliches in a cynical and exaggerated way but i kind of rolled my eyes during a few moments in this episode. The dad who cant handle spicey food and him being scared in a black neighbourhood for example. I liked the tension and the mystery aspects more than the political commentary. Although in the end it once again tried to be deeper than it actually was. What was the Cat A***hole Picture that someone airdropped to the dads phone suppose to mean? I bet some gambino fans already have artsy explanations for it. As soon as i realized that this was an filler episode, i dropped my expectations. Maybe thats why i liked this one more than the last.