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Magic Carpet Rides (2023)
Not Your Average Rom-Com!
This movie was very well written and directed. It's definitely better than your typical romance comedy. It is very modern and realistic and it also does not feel like a low budget movie. I definitely feel like it's a great beginning for these writers and actors. I could see the same script working well on the big screen with A-list actors. Nicole Dubois is one of few social media personalities I've seen effortlessly cross over into film and do a great job. I'm still cackling at "peeing STDs on my toes" line. This movie is the perfect example of how to be modern without overdoing it. Interracial romance comedies are also becoming more genuine and realistic.
The Consultant (2023)
What is happening in Hollywood
This show is horrendous and nothing makes sense. The show starts with a field trip where an 8 year old whips out a gun and shoots a gaming company CEO because the "devil made him do it". Then Christoph Waltz prances into the gaming office in the middle of the night acting like a weirdo that can't walk up stairs. They never show the police showing up to the murder scene and somehow this successful gaming company doesn't have a janitor to cleanup the blood so the executive assistant has to clean up blood from a murder in the office??? The office didn't even shut down to acknowledge a murder???? Then Christoph Waltz starts randomly firing people. And having employees take baths in their office so they don't get fired? Whoooo wrote this script???? And they totally lost me at the end of the first episode when Christoph Waltz was thrusting himself into another man's mouth. Some stuff is waaaay too extreme and unnecessary.
Somebody I Used to Know (2023)
This Movie Could've Been Great
The recent flood of IR romance movies have been great for the most part, but this one irks me. It should've been a PG-13 movie. Ally having a horny mom was random and unnecessary as well as her mom's sex scenes. Cassidy's uninvited parents showing up to the wedding based on a random email only to leave the wedding made ZERO sense. The kiss on the lips between Ally and Cassidy was totally unnecessary and confusing. Then the movie ends with Ally at a nudist resort which I felt was just an excuse for her to be naked in the movie, again it was totally unnecessary. Ally should've visited her rural hometown after the Hollywood dreams didn't work out, ran into Sean, shake up his engagement, and took Sean back with her to LA once her show got approved for another season. Easy peezy.