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Sicario (2015)
Deserves a second viewing
Watched it back when it was released and rated it 7/10 - watched it again today and noticed that I appreciated it more than I did the first time (probably because I'm a dad now and understanding where Del Toro's character is coming from). Hurts but in a good way: 8 out of 10.
Sound of Metal (2019)
I was hoping for Adam's Apples but close enough I guess
Go watch this movie, it will move you one way or the other.
***Spoiler alert***
Not until the lasts scene was I getting the vibe this movie was going for; the lack of sound as a blessing. However, music is sound. And with a drummer as a protagonist, I can't help but feeling that he if all people should be feeling a sense of loss, but he just is not only accepting, but grateful. As a metal lover myself, this feels like a moment in time for said protagonist, not a resolution. Anyway, go watch it, still pretty good!
The Simpsons: Moms I'd Like to Forget (2011)
Dear Matt Groening ..
Dear Matt Groening,
I've enjoyed The Simpsons since as long as I can remember. But lately it seems that there's a new sheriff in the vast land that is Simpsons country. New episodes lack humor, depth and seem to been put together in a hurry - or maybe stories are being used that didn't make the cut the first time around. And this particular episode just offended me - with the whole Ralph-was-dropped-on-his-head-when-he-was-a-baby: c'mon now, that's not funny - that's just terrible (especially the look on Wiggums face when he dropped him). I know it's just a cartoon, it's not real or anything, but this kind of 'humor' is beneath what the Simpsons (to me) is all about. I don't know, maybe I'm just complaining about nothing, maybe I'm just getting too old for the show or whatever and I should just stop watching. And that would be too bad, 'cause The Simpsons were (are?) just awesome.
Thanks for many years of animation at it's finest.
The Mist (2007)
Not a monster movie but a people movie
Having just seen 'The Mist', I can truly say that I was actually p***d off at some of the characters in the movie and that hasn't happened to me since I saw 'Dancer in the Dark' by Von Trier. So that's a compliment to director Frank Darabont, seeing the fact that he didn't portrait these characters as evil or wrong, but frightened and misguided.
I also thought that the creatures in this movie weren't that scary at all, just (for some reason) really angry with the townspeople, especially those creatures who roamed the drugstore. Not one moment did they caught me off guard or got me on the edge of my seat, something the people trapped in the store did succeed in.
What Frank Darabont has shown us is a very probable way people would react in a situation over which they have no control with no help in sight. And that is exactly what makes this movie scary. People turning against each other to save themselves while being guided by a false prophet who controls their every move.
***Spoiler Alert!!*** About the ending, just this; the fact that the protagonist shoots the people in the car, including his own son in order to save them from a death far worse was believable to me. As far as they knew there was no hope left, especially not after seeing the enormous creature crossing the road, which led me to believe they were somewhere in the middle of the mist. Why delay your misery any longer when you have an easier, probably less painful way out? The fact that the army shows up after he shoots them left me somewhat heartbroken.
Yet another good movie that I will never watch again because of the ending. This kinda stuff keeps me up too late to discuss it and thus makes me oversleep in the morning!