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Si no t'hagués conegut (2018)
Inconsistent and ridiculous
This film could've been sweet, like "In time" but alas, the storytelling is terrible. A man, Eduard, loses (not looses) his family in a tragic car accident. A scientist creates a way for people to travel through time, effectively into other realities, the Multiverse. The scientist is not who she appears to be. She teaches Eduard how to use it, explaining she doesn't really know how it works, although she can explain everything he goes through after he's experienced travelling. As expected, Eduard uses it, changing small things in an attempt to save his family. All he really accomplishes is making messes in other timelines while he just skips back to his own reality, leaving said mess in his wake. He witness different iterations of himself and the lives, relationships and deaths of different people in his life before coming to the conclusion that his reality is fine. It's ok to have lived and lost. It's a good story in theory but the execution is a bit lacking thanks mostly to inconsistency (the bane of all time travel movies), repetitiveness and terrible decision making BT the protagonist. The worst scene has our protagonist go back 10 years to a time when he has a family with a different woman, his parents are dead (thanks to him driving angry) and his love is a local pop star. He hooks up with her, tells her everything and she's accepts it. Kind of. She sings to him during her theatre concert, a concert she starts by firing up he fans to a political cause, then immediately kills that mood by singing a sappy love song. Then when she sings to him, unbeknownst to either of them, her version of Eduard is in the crowd and stands up, waving and hollering at her. This freaks her, their friend and him out. He tries to leave, but a couple of ARMED security guys (at a music theatre) prevent him from leaving and take his magic time travel bangle, believing it to be a bomb (lol). They actually lock him up and question him as if he's done something wrong, which he hasn't (except time travel). As far as they're concerned he's just a guy leaving a concert with a couple of people chasing after him, asking him not to leave. They have NO reason or even right to detain him. So why pull a gun in him? It's all just to add suspense. There are other moments of dialogue about the concepts of travelling where rules are inconsistent and basically his behaviour in each different universe is off. The (known from the beginning) twist at the end helps to salvage this dumpster fire of inconsistency and common sense.
Patriot Brains (2022)
Niche
As a Kiwi living in Australia, this quiz panel is right up my alley, hosted by one of the world's best comedians, musicians and panelists, Bill Bailey. This show has 2 panels made up of 3 people (comedians) from each respective country and Bill asks them trivial questions about said countrie's history, pop culture, etc. The panelists rarely show the wit seen on "Would i lie to you", Q. I, 8 out of 10 cats, et al but it's a fun little show and just getting to hear some of Bill Baileys stories (if the panel let's him finish) is a bonus unto itself. If you're unemployed and can't sleep, this will keep your mind engaged for half an hour, during the witching hour.
The Temptations (1998)
The greatest music biopic of all time
The acting (grown men acting as teenagers) with the correct vigor, wonderment and naivete is great from the start. Then seeing them age is fantastic. The portrayal of the whole Detroit Motown scene is magnificent as well as the music throughout. The pacing & storytelling from their hopes, their rise (and some of their falls) and even their fade from popularity make this the best music biopic ever made. A must for all, young and old.
The Last Sharknado: It's About Time (2018)
Another great documentary
I'm so glad that scientists took the time to create this series of shark documentaries. I'm especially grateful for this episode as it shows the origins of sharknados. Boy! What a scary place that was. I also now know where the "Back to the future" franchise stole all its material from. (Psst. It was from the content of this documentary)
Death Ship (1980)
Great 80s schlock
I remember seeing this film at the drive in, then multiple times on VHS throughout the 80s when I was 9-15 years old. It terrified me, but I always wanted to watch it again whenever I had the opportunity. There wasn't much choice of movies to watch back then and there was no such thing as binging series. The first thing you notice about this movie is the poster. The art pretty much sums up this movie. It's dark and gloomy, with a sense of foreboding that keeps you on the edge for most of the movie, even in the daylight scenes. The only thing I remembered about this movie, was a scene with a swinging jib hook. The visual and sound effects are quite good, with typical eerie suspenseful music and sounds from the era including heartbeats and the like. Forget the actual acting though. It's all quite ridiculous. Whenever something happens with the rigging, everyone just mills around the crane hook instead of trying to control the winch or any other useful action. There's another scene where there's 2 guys in the water propping up another injured guy and instead of the other 7 people on board trying to pull them all out, one of the guys in the water climbs up, sends down a rope and pulls them both up by himself. It was nice to see George Kennedy again and Richard Crenna (Col Troutman from First Blood, Rambo fame)
The Scorpion King: Book of Souls (2018)
Mediocre movie with horrid action scenes
The good: The acting, costumes, premise and intent off this film are ok.
The bad: The movie itself is formulaic. The main guy has no fighting skills. When there's any action, there are too many slow motion, zoom in, shaky cams and jump cuts highlighting mundane action at best, actors terrible fighting skills at worst. There are plenty of multiple enemy fights, where the enemy kindly wait their turn. The music reminds you of all the fake danger scenes in an episode of Ice Road Truckers. (Loud tribal drums that build to a crescendo that culminates in no action at all (one scene does it at a parley, another when a falcon lands on its owners gauntlet. Whoop dee doo!)
Anyone with an accent sounds like an English speaking person, faking an accent. Still better than The Last Jedi.