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Nightmare Alley (2021)
Del Toro tries too hard
Really? Every single frame is intended to be a master piece of art? Sorry, it distracts me. I'm waiting for a story and characters. Directors like Del Toro have no imagination for stories, just for beautiful props and clothing. A circus is always full of strange and interesting things, but you need more than that in order to make a movie. Remember La Strada, Del Toro, two characters, almost no props, but a story and a feeling. You have nothing here, aside from a lot of stars and a ridiculous budget. It's kind of a paradox, but you can't make a picture just out of pictures. You need this strange thing behind stories and dreams. The opposite of cliches.
Captain Fantastic (2016)
Time is their worst enemy
American script writers have no problem with the first half. Don't ask them for more. They become incredibly stupid.
Mia et le lion blanc (2018)
You won't believe it
This guys thought that having a white lion was enough to make a good movie. Actors are terrible, but the script is the worst collection of absurdities you can imagine.
Green Book (2018)
Even Clint Eastwood could do better
Italian stereotypes, black stereotypes, deep South stereotypes, "cultivated" people stereotypes. They intended this movie for people who can't think without prejudices.
I'm Thinking of Ending Things (2020)
Fake David Lynch
A bunch of crazy situations meaning nothing. Is like a snowball downhill: starts ok but grows more and more absurd and boring. They exploit your fear to look stupid if you don't take weird crap as smart.
Demolition (2015)
A movie about a zombie
The trick is old: a guy acts stoneface doing funny things and everybody thinks he's crazy, this way we learn a lot about the absurdities of life. Later, the autistic guy finds another lost soul and then the things go really bad. The Graduate is a good example of that genre. Bill Murray roles are good examples of that kind of character.
Third Star (2010)
Cliches are always predictable
One cliche after another. Plot cliches, situation cliches, acting cliches. When you write about young people dying don't forget combining funny gags and sunsets. Most people found it very touching.
Cast Away (2000)
A non family guy
Chuck has no family at all, no parents, no siblings. Nobody is waiting for him. Is that some kind of message or just lousy writing?
True Story (2015)
Not a true story
Not a story, actually. James Franco acts very badly, and Jonah Hill doesn't act at all.
Populaire (2012)
What??
What a waste of time. It's boring, predictable, stupid, nonsensical, misogynist, even grotesque.
China Moon (1994)
Willy Kurant is a genius
Forgettable script, but every frame is a masterpiece of photography.
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
A film for Homer Simpson
Spielberg sucks in every movie. But people loves him. What a wonderful world.
The Man from Earth (2007)
Lucky man
This guy is 14.000 years old. He doesn't grow older, so he has to move every ten years (people become suspicious). That's the start premise, and it's OK, we just wait for the logical consequences. The whole movie consists of a long session of questions by his friends, all of them scientists. My two questions to the writer. First: How could he get an academic degree? Since the Paleolithic he is too old for a formal education. Second: He's not immortal, so he could die in accidents, wars or plagues. 14.000 years is a lot of time, you have to be very cautious to not to suffer any visible misfortune. Or very, very lucky indeed.
The Godfather (1972)
Shallow characters, unrelated sketches.
There's no transition between Michael I (american hero, away of family business) and Michael II (Sicilian mobster). The shooting of Vito and the assassination of Sonny maybe explains a psychological turn to revenge (a little material showing the attachment between Michael and each of them would have been nice), but it's not enough for this transformation into a full-fledged mafia manager, interested in brothels and casinos. The character of Kay is pathetic, living among criminals and believing Michael's promises about changing his way of life. The whole movie is a collection of excuses to present sketches of violence.