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Then there are zombies and apocalyptic genres. Have to have some anarchy to clutter up the place.
For everything else, there is Master- wait... ah, hobbies to keep hands and mind busy, overlooking thin plots and plastic characters.
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An error has ocurred. Please try againPartner doesn't like me watching horror. In fact NO ONE likes me watching anything "scary". However, I adore it! Wide eyed, twitchy limbed, bitter taste, thready bass of pulse in my ears and then- Oops! Neighbors called the police again. My partner fall off his chair. And I'm alive, laughing, kicking and breathing and STILL wanting more. What can I say. All those near death experiences growing up? But can't be any horror. Nope. Blame (or thank) my cousins as we watched Stephen Kings "It" when I was eight. Hitchcocks "Birds" when I was ten. McTiernan's 1987 "Predator" at the same age did nothing. I, in fact found the action boring in comparison.
Slow burn, action packed, mystery, jump scare, trope driven- I'll watch it and never request a refund. Even the terrible... dreadful ones... soo, sooo bad that they actually become- good? (A.k.a. Killer Klowns from Outer Space, Evil Dead series film series, movies commented on/by Mystery Science Theater 3000, etc how did that work?!)
Eventually will create an Apocalypse List once finished compiling and writing final reviews.
Reviews
Plagi Breslau (2018)
Hidden Gem
I found this a little bit of a cross between "Se7en" and "Girl with a Dragon Tattoo". Within five minutes, my phone was down and the movie had ensnared me.
Our intelligent yet churlish protagonist, (nice when they're not perfect or even friendly), jars the opening scenes with her aberrant behaviour. The swings are so opposingly stark between moods, all unpleasant- that it is a too intriguing hook by the director. Even before the first body drops. Now, I am too engaged by the protagonist's wit and motivations to care where my phone is.
The pacing and action match well to the context and storyline. Nearly all characters have been developed extremely well in the short amount of time given for a movie.
A few plot twists were pleasantly surprising which is always rather lovely.
Did watch it dubbed as I enjoy reading and hearing all the parts lost in English translation.
Overall, I found the movie intelligent, witty, and well written. The actors were great to watch. This movie has been far better than anything I have thus seen this year. Perhaps not in scale, budget, etc.
However it was a welcoming change as an audience member, not to be treated as an imbecile for once, (or marketed to as if I would be on my phone the entire time.)