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The Green Knight (2021)
30 minutes worth of ideas, told over a 2 1/2 hour span
Plodding. Directionless. The script is barely there. The interaction between characters makes no sense. Don't waste 2 hours of your life on thsi movie.
I don't know how they got the funding to make a movie this weak. I hear people on this site raving about the story. Don't be fooled. The Green Knight doesn't have one. The camera operators knew what they were doing. The background music is innoffensive. The costumes pretty to look at. The actors are okay. But there is no story. No adventure. Stuff just happens. The actors get nothing to work with here. Gawain drifts one way. Then the other. For hours.
Babylon (2022)
Slow.
Babylon drags on and on. Its a movie about the dawn of the movie industry and yet, its not a good movie in itself. Its like a group project where everyone got to do what they wanted, and everyone tried to spend every dollar of their very generous budgets, but no one took the lead. It doesn't come together. The stories are aimless. Its just not assembled or edited very well.
Points go to the costume department but don't expect historical accuracy there - or anywhere in this film. Someone tried with the cinematography, composed some good scenes, and completely failed with others. And clearly no one said anything. You're going to want your three hours back.
Run Rabbit Run (2023)
Don't Do It. Watch ANYTHING else !
I'm going to remember the Director's name, Daina Reid, because I NEVER want to waste my time on one of their movies again. Its that bad. And lets talk about the scriptwriter - who should NEVER be allowed to write anything again. Soap operas are better than this.
A child is in jeopardy (probably) ! A mom is really REALLY upset ! THATS NOT A MOVIE !
Run Rabbit Run. Its not scary. Its not suspenseful. The setup is just so bad. ( examples - Why is the main character a fertility doctor? She doesn't behave like a doctor. Not even once. Why does the mother/grandmother have dementia? None of it adds anything to the movie ). The plot - what little there is - its pretty easy to guess what happens - even though it takes HOURS to get there. Nothing interesting about it either.
The acting is cringe too. Main actress alternately does - tired look, vacant look, wimpers and whines. ( and remember - this character is a mom and a doctor - so its even harder to watch.) The husband actor is there just to be annoying. The child actress - also annoying. By the end of the movie, I hated all of their faces. The main actress was so bad it was funny. Soooo much screaming and whining - imagine how Saturday Night Live would portray a bad actress. Thats what you have here.
I'm giving it 1 star - and thats for the camera people. They're literally the only ones who did their jobs on this move.
Lost Cities with Albert Lin (2019)
"Ghost Hunters" but with archaeology
I was surprised to find out this was produced under the National Geographic banner. Its that bad.
Lost Cities with Albert Lin doesn't incorporate much science or history. I don't know how he became the host of this series. He doesn't seem to have the background needed for a show like this - and neither do the writers. He likes trying to say dramatic things though. And he fails.
Albert Lin looks at a map and makes a ton of assumptions about what happened there - hundreds, thousands of years ago. He goes off a desert path, up a rocky hill, and is SURPRISED to find rocks and thorns. Yeah - he really does seem like an "indoor" type of guy. Worst - the science is lacking. Like when they find a skull in a "cave" on the side of a hill, its declared - with no investigation or evidence - that the skull predates the Incas. I guess its possible, but the trouble is - the area has been occupied by humans for thousands of years. How do they KNOW that the skull is that old?
The entire show operates like one of the Ghost Hunters. See an image on a screen. Go to that location. Make a bunch of assumptions. Pretend to be in awe.
Night Court (2023)
Lousy writing
Unlike the original Night Court, this version has no comedy, no surprises, and no reason to root for the characters. Its like the all the writers are afraid to be accused of an "-ism" of some sort if they dare to say something funny. So they don't try.
They made ALL the characters smart and capable. No one is a jerk in any way. And like NO WORKPLACE EVER - Everyone gets along. Its extremely boring. Even the citizens coming to night court are boring. Funny skits with the people coming through night court should be easy. But even that, the writers can't do. People have flaws. They do the wrong thing sometimes. They're annoying. But not here. Because the writers are afraid.
Hold the Dark (2018)
Alaska + Multiple Shootings, I guess ?
Hold the Dark teases you into thinking that a mystery will be revealed. No. No mystery here. You get Alaska, then some shootings, then more Alaska, then more shootings. On and on. The characters don't get to upset about any of this.
Its one of those - make up your own allegory - type of movies.
And keep your remote control handy. You're going to need to crank that volume to the limit if you want a chance at hearing what the actors are saying. For some reason, the actors were told to whisper and mumble their dialog for most of the movie. Unfortunately, the sound guys didn't bother to make sure any of it was audible. Don't despair though. None of that dialog is crucial to the plot anyway.
Devil in Ohio (2022)
Not worth your time
Devil in Ohio is not worth your time. This isn't one of those series that takes a while to start up then gets good. Nope. This just gets weaker as the episodes go on.
Cliches. Characters that don't make sense.
The music - OMG. The lousy, over long musical segments. Sometimes children's karaoke - autotuned karaoke - will be forced on you. Kids recitls with nothing to do with the plot. Other times there will be montages accompanied by hideously bad songs. Entire minutes long. Whoever approved this should never be allowed to work with music again.
This is like one of those 3rd rate horror movies from the 60's or 70's where nothing happens. Only Devil in Ohio takes 7 hours of your life instead of 2.
Harrow (2018)
Passable, and annoying
Harrow is a Sherlock-ian medical examiner who lives on a boat, deals with personal issues, fights crime, finds love, and ignores any legal procedures that get in his way.
Its a clone of the short lived show "Forever." The actor basically plays the same lead character. Its clear the creators of Harrow wanted it that way. Some of the early episodes take entire shots from Forever and Dexter. I also see a lot of "Castle" in this. It has the potential to be a good show. Sometimes it IS. But.....
Unfortunately, the writing gets lazy pretty quick. The plots and the characters make less and less sense. They main characters don't bother to investigate the increasing number of crimes and deaths around them ( so that poor Harrow has to run around and do it). Car blows up outside their office? No one cares. Stuff like that. The viewers are supposed to ignore a lot of nonsense - and that nonsense is dragged though several episodes and used as main plot devices. For example - multiple characters are framed for multiple things. Absolutely no one but Harrow is concerned. Main characters show up in a scene, do whatever it takes to make life more difficult for Harrow, and then they go. And his ex-wife? By the end of Season 2, she's just there to be annoying. Most of the characters have similar fates. I'd swear some of them are given 'evil' makeup and lighting for a scene or episode just to keep the weak plot going.