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Tenet (2020)
Tenet (2020) - 8.1
Act 1 - 8.2
Act 2 - 7.7
Act 3 - 8.3
A spy thriller that manipulates time
Action is fantastic and complex with the way time works in the film
Acting is all very good
Editing is fantastic as so much of the film relies on it
Score is great
Dialogue is very good but the audio was sometimes drown out by the background
Opening of the film instantly engages you with swift action
Action scenes in the art warehouse are so smart and awesome to watch
When they manipulate time the world is the same for everybody else but you are in reverse with some other challenges too
Get the general idea of how they work with time in the film but to get it on a step by step explanation is very hard to follow and I don't think Nolan wants us to understand everything anyway
Characters are left with questions and we do get some answers but as it is in the spy world many keep things close to the chest
End of the film learning that the protagonist as he is called was in charge of recruiting himself and everybody else is pretty awesome
The protagonist had his future self helping him save the world in our present time, cool realization
A lot of third act reveals that make sense as our characters interact with themselves
So many intricate scenes that work so well with the time manipulation but can be hard to follow at times
Very smart film that would help from multiple views to try and catch and understand everything
Strong recommendation
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Der Golem, wie er in die Welt kam (1920)
The Golem (1920) - 5.7
German film
Clay golem brought to life to protect the Jews
Set is quite expansive, looks like it's filmed in a real village
Some special effects and a lot of people on camera
After the golem saves everyone he soon starts to turn on the master, the master is now in fear of what he could do
Film is an epic in terms of size for the time
Somewhat engaging throughout
Golem kills the king
Golem turned evil set on destroying city while taking the Queen
Golem turns back to clay
Impressive scope to the filmmaking
Posle smerti (1915)
After Death (1915) - 4.8
Russian Film
Nice tracking shot and some cool pans for the time
Some longer scenes to with no cuts which are impressive, especially the one at the party
Andrei sees that Zoya the girl he liked died
Learn from her family she killed herself with a position of sorts
Zoya might have killed her self because of Andrei
Sees her in his dreams again
Andrei sees and feels her specter a lot now
Andrei wants to be with her
Andrei does somehow and gets to be with her
Unexceptional film except for the good tracking shot at the party
The Personal History of David Copperfield (2019)
The Personal History of David Copperfield (2020) - 7.2
Act 1 - 7.0
Act 2 - 6.9
Act 3 - 7.6
Very quickly film
An easy light inoffensive comedy style
Characters feel fully realized
Feel the fun on screen
End feels rushed as all characters come together for a swift but enjoyable ending
Story of perseverance and resilience and acceptance
Dev Patel is good as the lead and very easy to get behind
Jairaj Varsani is also very good as young David, a sweet and innocent kid
Supporting cast is stacked with talent and they all get to display it on screen with rich characters
Set design is great along with the costumes
Armando Iannucci who also wrote and directed Death of Stalin did the same for this film
Does a great job with dialogue and characters and lets them come to life on screen
Only complaint is the rushed ending but still hits the emotional beat well
A strong film that I'd recommend to most
Based off the Charles Dickens book set in the 1840's
First hand telling of his own story
David lost his father at a young age
David is sent to live with a rag tag group with his maid as his mom is starting to date a new man
David is happy staying with these good and kind people but misses his mom
David returns home see his mom married to Mr Murdstone, unnecessarily rude and mean and his rude sister comes to live there too
Murdstone starts to beat David and mom and Peggy feel helpless
Murdstone sends David away to London to work in Murdstones child factory
Treated poorly there by all for being smarter than the others
David meets his new caretaker Mr Micawber and his wife, poor but seem nice
David starts to learn the improper way of talking in the city and drops some of his polished English
David is now a young adult teaching others in the factory
Micawber family sent to debters prison and David has to sleep in the factory, now has nobody
Murdstone comes to tell David his mom is dead and they already had her funeral without him being able to attend, terrible people
David wrecks some bottles and leaves the factory
David now only has a box in his possession and goes to Trotwood for help, his aunt
The box contains some of his memorable notes
Mr Dick lives there too and is a writer of sorts too, share their works
Trotwood starts calling David Trotwood
David helps Mr Dick clear his mind freeing him
David is treated very well by Trotwood and Mr Dick
Meet Agnes who is very enjoyable
David goes to board at a school with other gentlemen, they seem rude, mean to the help and a David fits in
People keep changing his name on him
Steerforth is now David's closest friend, I dont like him
Bad influence on David, acts rude to the help to gain favor with classmates
Micawber makes a return to teach one of his classes, probably scammed his way in
Streeforth gets Micawber kicked out and David is upset
Uriah try's to blackmail David with exposing his past to get him a job with Mr Wickfield
David graduates and likes his future employers daughter Dora aspen low
All the while Agnes is in love with David
David trains to be a proctor with Spenlow in London, an attorney of sorts
Pursues Dora who is pretty dumb, Agnes is better for him
Running joke continues to change his name
Dora is so annoying and frustrating
Trotwood and Mr Dick have lost everything and arrive in London at David's home
David is still being funded by Trotwood and fears going back to being very poor
Uriah is now a partner with Wickfield and is ruining David
David takes Steerforth to meet the people that took him in on the boat
Steerforth gets along well with them
Steerforth has wooed Emily and plans to marry her away from the boat house, they left with only a note behind
David and Dora get engaged even in his current poor state
David runs into Micawber on the street with his family
Dora now living with David and Mr Dick and Trotwood
The Micawber family now staying in David's home too
David starts writing his stories, this is what he is meant to do
Gets to recount the people and experiences that made him the man he is today
Agnes exposes Heap for what he has done, stole money from Trotwood and forged signatures
Heap finally snaps
Dora wants to be written out of David's stories, she knows she doesn't fit
Find Emily who was abandoned by Steerforth
Ham tries to save Steerforth but he didn't want to be saved and dies
Agnes and David end up together
See David telling his story in front of an audience and loved ones
David and Agnes have a child and are surrounded with loved ones, happy ending
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Words on Bathroom Walls (2020)
Words on Bathroom Walls (2020) - 7.3
Act 1 - 6.7
Act 2 - 7.2
Act 3 - 8.1
This is an accessible film to most demographics to learn a bit about mental illness
Opens up a dialogue about how mental illness is treated different than other sicknesses like cancer
Most important thing is to be open and honest and let people in to discuss mental illness so the general public can understand and help make a change
Good performances by all
Russell and Plummer have good chemistry and you believe their complex relationship
Like the use of Adam talking to his therapist that is directed right at the audience to give us his thoughts and emotions
Good climax to the film when Adam realizes that opening himself up to others is the best way to cope and manage his illness
Adam learns to accept himself and the challenges that come with his illness but decides to not let it define him
Good supporting cast that all seem to have their moments to shine from Garcia as the priest, Parker as Beth and Goggins as Paul who has the biggest heartfelt moment of the film, emotional climax
Film hits emotionally but can fall into generic teen movie tropes at times that lessen the experience and well told story
Gets a bit generic at times and wish it got a little darker in Adams moments of despair to really hit home how hard his illness is
Overall a good film that has an important subject matter perfect for the times
Adam has a mental illness and uses cooking to cope and has dreams of being a chef
Keeps his mental illness a secret but things get more out of hand as the voices manifest themselves as people
Adam has schizophrenia, has hallucinations and more
Paul takes his knives and wants to send him away but mom doesn't
Meet the people in Adams head, all different aspects of Adam
Mom fighting for Adam
Catholic school accepts him as long as he maintains good grades and keeps trying to get treatment
Meets Maya who is selling schoolwork to her classmate
Bad voices and thoughts try to manifest themselves and the others with names try to protect him
Meets Maya again and she's going to be the valedictorian and sells work on the side
Adam really likes Maya
The bad voice says all the bad thoughts that Adam feels and thinks about himself and amplifies it
The voices with names are there for his own self protection and a way to cope
Maya is the perfect student and meets Adams family and is his new tutor
Test trial with new people does seem to be helping him and suppressing the voices
Mom is happy to see some good results and her son happy
Adam upset that mom is talking to his therapist behind his back so decides to talk in confessional at the school to the priest, seems like a nice guy
Somebody new he can express his emotions to freely
Adam talks to the cameras as the psychiatrist
Adam and Maya go out and get into a fight with kid from old school, lies to Maya about what really happened at old school
Maya caught selling work and gets into trouble
Adam not used to the quiet without the voices
Adam finds out Maya isn't well off and lied about where she lived because she is embarrassed, that's why she sells schoolwork
Maya does a lot for her family and works after school to support them, father is on medical leave and have past due bills
Maya embarrassed and doesn't want anyone to feel sorry for her, feels the whole weight of supporting her family on her shoulders
Seems like some side effects are starting to hit Adam pretty hard
Mom is pregnant
Side effects have changed his taste buds for the worse and can't cook well now
Stops taking the pills and hides this, voices and hallucinations come back
Bad voices come back too
Good monologue about mental illness and how they are treated different than people with other illnesses
Watch never been kissed together in the park with others, say they are going to prom together and finally kiss
Still hiding his true self from her, still can't accept his whole self
Fight with mom after she finds out he stopped taking the pills, everything blows up
Adam is getting suspended temporarily as school knows he stopped taking the pills, fear potential problems he could cause
Adam won the essay contest
Adams world is crumbling around him and lashes out at everyone
Bad voice tells him to take all the pills and goes to room even though he's suspended and meets Maya there
Adam is kicked out of prom and shoves the top nun to the ground then runs and falls of the catwalk to the ground
Ends up in the hospital mom told Maya he has schizophrenia
Tied to the bed in restraints and Maya comes in and sees him at his worst
Adam attacks Maya verbally to make her leave, can't be vulnerable
Adam is admitted to a psych ward to try and get better
The priest goes to visit Adam even though he got expelled, speaks some helpful words
Adam gets to read Paul's letter and it's beautiful, knows they are both fighting for him all the time, this is what he needed to feel like he can fight this illness
They leave the hospital and go to graduation where he speaks before his class, fights through the bad voices to give his speech
The more he opens up the more the voices go away
Maya tells Adam she loves him and they kiss
Got his diploma from the school and goes to culinary school
Happy every after
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Big Time Adolescence (2019)
Big Time Adolescence (2020) - 7.2
Act 1 - 7.3
Act 2 - 7.0
Act 3 - 7.2
Good buddy film with good performances by the leafs and supporting cast
Story of growth for Monroe as we go on this journey of mistakes and fun
Funny film that has its moments of heart
Monroe looked up to Zeke and probably didn't find the best role model in him but learned how not to be
Wish the ending got a bit more serious with Zeke's character but that's just the person he is, keeps it light and never takes things serious so he doesn't get hurt by failures
Good film all around that I'd recommend
Opens with our lead Monroe being arrested at the end of the film
Shows how Monroe and Zeke met and their relationship
Zeke is older and took Monroe under his wing even after Zeke and Monroe's sister broker you
6 years later still friends, Zeke graduated, Monroe is high school probably a 6 year age difference
Monroe goes to senior party with booze and sells weed to them
Meanwhile Zeke hooks up secretly with Monroe's sister
Monroe starts to get closer to his crush Sophie, cute
Zeke sort of pushes Zeke into selling weed again at the next party
Dad worried about Mo and Zeke's relationship
People starting to use him for his drugs
Mo and Sophie go on a date and she meets his friends and they kiss
Parents mad at Mo for getting high and getting a tattoo, grounded
Dad bans Mo from seeing Zeke as he is a bad influence but Mo relents
Mo starts to ghost Sophie at Zeke's advice but it's a bad idea, Sophie mad at Mo
Mo sneaks out to go to the party and Holly leaves Zeke
Holly and Mo hook up that night
Sister reams out Zeke
Stacey gets in trouble and rats out Mo
Sophie doesn't like Mo anymore
Cops crash the party looking for Mo and jumps off the roof into a pool to escape and Zeke helps him get away
Mo and Zeke have a riff and everything comes out and Zeke tells Mo to tell the cops that he Zeke did everything but Mo wants to take the blame for his bad choices
Mo's dad punches Zeke after they find out everything they've been up to
Mo tells Zeke he got expelled
3 months later see Mo doing community service and taking drug tests, on probation
Zeke and Mo see each other and Mo has moved on from this relationship
Last shot is of Mo driving away with Zeke in his rear view mirror, on to the next chapter
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The One and Only Ivan (2020)
The One and Only Ivan (2020) - 6.7
Act 1 - 6.3
Act 2 - 6.6
Act 3 - 7.3
Good voice acting all around
Cranston was good in the role of Mack and the young girl was good too
Generic way of telling this story but works and has its sweet moments
Can be corny at times but the sweet message of caring and animal freedom come out on top
Hard not to like a movie about animals especially when it's about bettering their lives and giving them their freedom
Solid family film that hopefully young kids can take a lesson from
Circus in a small small
Circus is in trouble as not enough people come anymore, need more money
Mack the owner of the circus seems to really care for his animals, all still stuck in captivity though
Audience can hear the animals and they talk to one another
Ivan human friend Julia recognizes his drawing, names the dog Bob
They get a new baby elephant added to their circus, named Ruby
Ruby is the new headliner and Ivan is a bit jealous and feels like he let his friends down by not saving the show himself
Ruby helps drive a bigger crowd
Stella talks of the wild and how you can be free there, sense of longing
Ivan and Ruby become friends
Mack raised Ivan before he even had a show
See how Mack and Ivan's bond was formed and how Mack's wife left him
Stella is dying and wants Ruby to be free and Ivan promises to help her become free
Mack is pushing Ruby too hard in fear of the circus closing down
Ivan wants to take Ruby to the forest
Mack learns Ivan can draw and that's he's new play for publicity
Ivan refuses to draw on stage and is focused of freeing Ruby
Ivan breaks all the animals out one night and takes them across the street into the woods and realizes it just leads to more human filled areas, tiny area in the woods
Mack leads them back to the circus as Ivan realizes they were stuck out there
Ivan remembers life in the wild and loved to draw with mud
Ivan has a whole family and was happy there
Learn Ivan's dad was shot and killed and was taken by people
Ivan uses finger paints to paint a scene of the wild in front of a large audience, hope they revive his message of freedom
Julia tells her dad they have to help Ivan be free, Julia talks to the reporter
News spread and everyone gathers and demands Ivan's plea be heard and be freed
Mack shuts down the circus and the animals are all leaving
Heartfelt goodbye between Ruby and Ivan, same with Bob
Mack and Ivan say their goodbyes, they both cared for each other
Ivan released into some sort of sanctuary, Ruby is there too
Kept his promos to Stella, happy ending
See some real photos of Ivan and some of the true story
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The Burnt Orange Heresy (2019)
The Burnt Orange Heresy (2020) - 6.0
Act 1 - 6.1
Act 2 - 6.6
Act 3 - 5.2
Good performances by all
Dialogue is very good and that's what the film relies on the most
Film was smart until the third act when things get quite ridiculous
Big character jump for James that doesn't make sense and derails the film
Film does land the final scene but struggled to get there
James is an art critic, very well educated and articulate
Meets Berenice who he sleeps with and invites her to meet a famous art dealer
They meet Joseph Cassidy and he seems quite eccentric
Jerome Debney a famous artist is in a house next door and tease a meeting with him
Joseph wants James to interview Jerome and make history by talking to and critiquing him
In return Jospeh wants one of his works of art and threatens James with exposing him as helping to sell a forgery if he fails
Berenice is quite mysterious and seems to be hiding some personal info
Debney is a fan of James's articles and agrees to talk to him
James tries to uncover more about Berenice and he doesn't believe much that she says
Berenice goes alone on a boat ride with Debney while James goes to his house to try and steal one of his paintings
Berenice asks about James's story to open the film and Debney gives some different insight
James fails to get in and hurts his nose and bleeds
Berenice reveals to Debney that she is a teacher and is trying out a new life here in Italy
Fly on the bathtub of James, talked earlier how it signified death in paintings
Debney hasn't made any new work feel discarded after his few weeks of fame after the fire, put up the empty frame as a joke and people took it and ran with it
Burnt his own villa after with his work in it, now paints in his mind not on canvas and James is upset
The Burnt Orange Hersey is the names of one of his blank canvas
James goes back and breaks into Debney's home and takes the Burnt Orange Heresy and some paint and a copy of his signature
James then sets the cottage on fire, took a very drastic turn
James and Berenice leave that night as James is in a hurry to flee the scene
James was a failed artist and now has an opportunity to forge a Debney
Joseph calls about the painting and James gets his inspiration for what to paint, only Debney is existence even though this will be a fake
Berenice sees what James has done and confronts him, James is going insane and then drowns Berenice
Turns out she didn't die and James tries to apologize for attempted murder
Such a massive and unbelievable chapter jump that doesn't make much sense
Berenice goes back to the apartment with him, crazy
Berenice calls him a fraud and he's the fly then he hits her killing her for real this time
Absolutely crazy and so ridiculous how this third act has turned into unrealistic nonsense
James puts her body at the bottom of a pond, tough ending for Berenice who turned out to be a good person just looking for a new start
On news Debney is dead at Joseph's home
Everyone talking about Debney again and James is the only person to have claimed to see his work
James writes a book about him and is a big deal in the art world now
Cassidy seems to know what James has done to Berenice
Berenices mother seems to have received a drawing from Debney of Berenice, the only real Debney
See the fingerprint left behind from Berenice, could be tracked back to him, James now paranoid
James opens a letter left for him by Debney and it's just full of flies
Get to see the real last Debney in Berneices mother's Home with photos of her, debney did sign it and that's the last shot
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Cut Throat City (2020)
Cut Throat City (2020) - 4.4
Act 1 - 4.7
Act 2 - 4.5
Act 3 - 4.1
Movie tries to be a social commentary on how black people are always being screwed over
Nobody is like-able in the film
Feels like it's 3 hours long when it's only two
Film is so spread out among too many characters for no reason, spread to thin
Acting is mediocre to bad by almost all
Hawke and Howard both give decent performances
Nothing to recommend about the film
Animated opening credits with black people fighting Nazis, one of the guys made a graphic novel
Friend group of four guys, one getting married and Katrina is on the way
See the destruction that Katrina caused to NO, insane how bad it was
All the guys are down on their luck and in bad place financially
The friend who got married is trying to get published as he's an artist but nobody seems to think he's good enough
Government isn't helping the people struggling in the city after the disaster
James is upset with life, acting isn't the best
All the guys have big dreams
TI is pretty bad and is dialogue is pretty trash
Raccoon attacking the guys nuts was incredibly stupid
He gives them a job and they say this is the only job they are doing to help them financially
They successfully rob a casino but Andre is killed in the process
Fake cops were the ones trying to steal the money from the guys
Jackson Symms is big in town and wants this figured out and calls the head of crime, Lucinda
The guys have wasted most of the money trying to get out of the bad situation they caused
Eliza Gonzalez is trying to play a hard nose cop and it isn't good
Go back to TI and he's mad they didn't come back with the money the papers said they stole that they don't have, TI is bad
They fight off TI and his men and TI kills their dog
Snipes plays James's dad who they go to hide out at
Lucinda is starting to hone in on the case
TI is looking for them too
Guys starting to realize there was some sort of setup
They rob people at a casinos, need to get money to get their freedom back
Cop knows now that James is involved with all of this
Wife goes to see Symms looking for help for her family
Symms struggles with the idea of fighting corruption, doesn't know what to do
Father is disappointed with James, the guys leave
Lucinda warns James he is in serious trouble from a lot of people
No idea who I should be rooting for in the film as I don't like anybody, all bad people
The guys taken to the Saint, they want to go home and he says he can make that happen, Howard is good in the role
Everybody is fighting for power in this film
Hawke and Howard have a nice scene together, best in the film even though very small
Film transitions to sit down conversations, trying to say something important but I'm just super bored by it
Saint kills TI, guys safe to go home now as they set up TI and his guys with the poker chips
They get a second chance
Guys decide to rob a FEMA station now and kill a cop, these guys are unredeemable
Cops surround the building with them in it
Logic of our main characters in this film are infuriating, get a second lease on life and instantly blow it
All of James's friends are now dead
James won't drop bags and is shot because of it
Whole group is dead
After James's death it shows him selling his graphic novel, all apart of his story that he told Cut Throat City
Lucinda is there and is proud of his good choices
James has made it as an artist and storyteller, stupid that that last robbery didn't actually happen
Ends with wife and son meeting grandfather without James, confused by this ending
Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl (1919)
Broken Blossoms (1919) - 4.7
Act 1 - 4.3
Act 2 - 4.7
Act 3 - 5.1
Chinese man leaves China to spread the teachings of Buddha to the people in London but things don't go as planned once there
Lucy lives in London and has an abusive boxer father, she's had a rough upbringing
Bad over the top acting, cartoony
Messed up scene for the time seeing father whip is daughter repeated even though it isn't fully shown
Also problem with a white wand playing a Chinese person
The Chinese man helps Lucy who is hurt
Griffith made the Chinese man pure good to help combat the Sinophobia of the time, like that even though he is played by a white man
A man sees Lucy at the Chinese mans place and tells the father who is very upset and also racist about it
Makes plans to hurt him after the fight
Hard cam shot of the boxing scene is pretty cool and looks good
Father arrives and starts destroy the shop of the Chinese man in rage and threatening his daughter
Chinese man returns to see Lucy gone and shop destroyed as the father took Lucy home and is ready to beat her again
Kubrick probably took his famous axe scene from this film and did it better
Lucy is killer by her father in his rage
Chinese man sneaks in and sees her dead and the father
Chinese man shoots the father as he is about to kill him too, father dead
Chinese man takes Lucy back to his shop and lays the flowers on her
The Chinese man does a ceremony and commits suicide as he knows his future is grim
Doesn't get the happy ending that he or Lucy deserved
Film ends in tragedy
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Hamilton (2020)
Hamilton (2020) - 8.2
Act 1 - 8.1
Act 2 - 8.2
Act 3 - 8.2
Need to explain characters better off the bat so we know who they will be
Funny King Richard first song
Everyone is so talented
Good humor and songs throughout
Modernized the history in a fun and engaging way
Marquis de La Fayette lead the French in helping us win the war
Groff as King George 3 is excellent
Hamilton and Burr both served in the war then went into law after the war
Hamilton wants a new US Constitution and wants Burr's help, The Federalist Papers wrote them with Madison without Burr
Washington gets Hamilton to run the Treasury as his right hand man
Hamilton wants to start a National Bank but gets pushback
Focuses on Hamilton's love life, Married Eliza but Kong's for her sister Angelic and then cheats on his wife with Maria Reynolds, paid hush money to her husband to keep it quiet at first
Hamilton made a tell all pamphlet about the affair public and ruined his chances of president
Great way to learn about history
Engaging, entertaining and fun
Burr took Hamilton's father in law's senate seat
Washington didn't want to run for a third term, plans to step down as president
Don't notice after 10 minutes that the actors are all different races being immaculate and just live in this world
Guy playing Washington is fantastic
Jefferson and Madison and Burr try to see if Hamilton broke any laws and has to tell them about the affair payments
Hamilton writes the Reynolds pamphlet and lets the affair go public, ruins his own life and hurts his family to save political career
George Eaker kills Phillip Hamilton at 19 in a duel defending dads honor
Burr runs against Jefferson in 1800, Jefferson wins and Burr becomes his VP just because he came in 2nd in votes, that's how it works
Hamilton voices his support for Jefferson for having his strong beliefs and Burr never voices his
Burr challenges Hamilton to a duel for ruining his political career and accepts
Hamilton raises his pistol to the sky just like his son not intending to fire, Burr shoots Hamilton and dies with family at his side
Eliza and Angelica tell Hamilton's story so he lives on, we still remember him
Eliza establishes first private orphanage in Ny, awesome did great things too
Emotional ending
Orchestra was great
Everyone was great but Groff was a great comedic performance as the king George the 3
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The Vast of Night (2019)
The Vast of Night (2020) - 7.6
Act 1 - 6.8
Act 2 - 7.6
Act 3 - 8.3
Film is driven by a frantic pace and dialogue as its action
Film builds with anticipation from scene to scene, from story to story and comes to a great finale
Like the characters and the dialogue feels real and fresh
Really enjoy the camera work as they have long takes and they layout the town very well
The stories the characters are telling a very engaging and help build the anticipation
Good performances by all in the film
Love the feel and set design, feels like the 50's
No flashiness, just a really good story told on a small budget
Score is used well and at the right times
Would recommend to most
Like the walk and talk opening with long takes
Everett is popular for a nerdy type it seems
Nonstop walking around interacting with people before a high school basketball game in the 50s
Like Fay and Everett talking about what could happen with the future of technology
Fay is a switchboard operator and is working there during the game and Everett headed back to the game
Like how it cuts back and forth between an old style static tv look and then back to the normal film look
No calls are going through and radio is going in and out, something strange going on
Gets a call and there is a ship above a woman and there is a strange frequency interfering with the calls
Everett is a local radio DJ
Fay shows Everett the sound and he thinks it's probably serious and wants to play the sound on air and puts it out to his listeners on air
Good camera work
Really enjoy the setup of the small town
Love how the camera takes us all over town showing the distance the perspective, well done
Caller named Billy calls in to tell an interesting story about the sound and the military and classified info, saw a UFO there. UFO made the same sound and got him sick, good and long storytelling
Everyone slowly learning about what is going on in town
Billy gets disconnected after an awesome story and Everett is anxious and Billy calls back and says he is old and sick and wants everyone to know, everyone on the special details were black and Mexican so racism would suppress them and people wouldn't believe their stories, smart
Someone in Everett's town has a tape with the signals on it but he died, his tape is probably at the library in town
Very exciting as Billy says one is there in town and Fay rushes to try and find the audio tape
Fay takes all the tapes she finds and Everett picks her up and they go back to the radio station
They find the tape with the sound, confirming Billy's story
Play the sound on air and the power goes out and they go into a panic and they go back to the switchboard
People call in saying there is something in the sky, things getting more exciting
Woman calls in with more info about Billy's story and they go to her house
They meet Mabel and says they have come here before
Tells a story about a girl she knew who jumped off a train with people who disappeared and she spoke gibberish that she still remembers
Her child started speaking the same noises of the girl from the train
Another very engaging story about possible communication with aliens in their language
Son vanished at 9 possible UFO abduction
Think the aliens make us keep our ways and stay in our place, so we can't get better, no free will, great speech from Mabel
She wants to go to the ship and maybe see her son
Everett thinks she is probably crazy and doesn't take her alien speak to try and communicate
Fay believes there is something in the sky and Ethel the babysitter says she saw something too
Everett got the alien speak on tape and plays it in the car with the couple and they both stare at the sky just like her son did
In the woods they see the UFO and a bigger one overhead
They just stare and watch in awe forgetting too record and take pictures, awesome build to this moment
UFOs look great
Ends with a shot of the tape recorder and possible ash floating around, either they got vaporized or they got abducted
Chills at the end
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30 for 30: Long Gone Summer (2020)
Long Gone Summer (2020) - 6.7
Act 1 - 6.4
Act 2 - 6.3
Act 3 - 7.4
Todd McFarlane collection is insane
Hype about breaking Madrid's Hr record
PED's and HR race brought people back to baseball
Fans trained to be excited for fly balls, different way of viewing the game
Maris treated poorly for breaking the record
During the season McGwire admits he was doing PED's, everyone really unsure of how to treat this info, not sure if it was illegal or not
Supplements got big and people just thought they were working out harder
Nobody really seemed to care as it is all entertaining
Griffey fell off the race
Fans respected both
Jack Buck moment was awesome
Mainly focused on McGwire
Moments with the Maris family are really good
62nd record breaker moment was great to see
The Hr race helped save baseball
The fame that came after the season for the two
Talk about steroids and PED's at the end of the film and tainting the game and purity of the records
A lot of people upset that they cheated to get ahead
So much uncertainty about he did and didn't
Players knew that almost everybody didn't and don't want all the blame
McGwire came clean while Sosa didn't, neither in HoF
No regulations then, shouldn't be punished
Baseballs own fault, players that cheat after regulations should be punished
Interesting film that puts things into perspective
Not deep enough
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Ordinary Love (2019)
Ordinary Love (2020) - 6.9
Act 1 - 7.0
Act 2 - 6.9
Act 3 - 6.8
Strong performances from both leads
Really good chemistry
Like the score, used subtlety
Piece of life film, just an average couple dealing with a cancer diagnosis
Wish the film went deeper emotional but still worked overall
Wife finds a lump at the start of the film
Can feel Joans subtle worry
Possibility of cancer sets in and things get more serious
Tom has a light hearted nature about him
Both seem retired and just living a simple life enjoying each other, that is now uprooted by this situation
Joan has cancer and the gravity of the situation sets in
Find out they had a daughter who died
Neeson has a really good scene alone at his daughters grave, shows he is scared too
Good scene with three ladies in their beds waiting to be operated on, felt real
Joan fears leaving her husband alone
Toms fish who he cares for died, makes him fear what could happen to his wife
Removed all cancer and now has to start chemo
Like their walk around the tree showing passing of time
Great scene of compassion and human decency with Joan and Debbies teacher
Chemo hits hard but they keep finding the light in the tough situations, their bond pushed them through, still have a mix of all emotions at all times, still have fun while being sad
Score is always subtle and works with the film very well
Blow up scene is really good with both actors giving their all
Like Joan and Peters side relationship
Tom finally talks to peters partner which is nice
Peter is terminal
Have good talks about death and loss
Peter dies and go to his funeral, talk about the importance of spending time with loved ones
Year past since beginning of film
Like the final shot of their walking tree
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Alice in Wonderland (1951)
Alice in Wonderland (1951) - 6.3
Alice in Wonderland (1951) - 6.3
Act 1 - 6.2
Act 2 - 6.1
Act 3 - 6.5
Imaginative film of nonsense being led by Alice as we experience what she is
Great animation
Film feels like a fever dream it an acid trip
Get the nonsense but some of it just isn't enjoyable and some is entertaining
Decent film
Alice dreams of her own world that consists of nonsense and fantastical ideas
Alice is day dreaming and then sees a rabbit dressed as a human who is late for something
Alice follows him down a rabbit hole and enters a fantastical world
Alice is a sweet girl who is quite imaginative and curious
Alice meets new and interesting people and things while still chasing the rabbit
Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum are annoying
Story about the Walrus and the oysters is long and like a short in the film, unnecessary, gets tricked and eaten
Alice catches up with the rabbit and he thinks she is a person called Mary Anne, Alice gets back to normal size in his house and stuck
She eats a carrot and shrinks down again and rabbit runs off still being late and Alice pursues
Meet flowers who sing for her and then berate her and make her leave
Film is like an acid trip
Alice meets a caterpillar who is very stuck up and turns into a butterfly and tells Alice to eat a mushroom and one side makes you larger and one side makes you small
Eats and gets very large and small again and then the right height she wants and holds on to the mushrooms
Then meets the Cheshire Cat who has some magical capabilities, most everyone is mad here
Alice then stumbles across a tee party for an unbirthday, Mad Hatter
Rabbit shows up and they mess with his watch, still running late, destroy his watch
Alice says she's done with the nonsense and wants to go home
Very creative things throughout the film
Fever dream
Alice gets sad and lost in the woods
Never follows her own advice
Cheshire Cat appears and says she should meet the Queen
Shortcut and at the castle and meets some playing cards
Rabbit shows up and he introduces the Queen of Hearts and the King
Queen sees they are painting the roses red and says off with their heads
Queen is very aggressive
Alice and the Queen play croquette
Everyone afraid of the Queen is she isn't pleased, she is mad
Cheshire Cat appears and messes with the Queen
Queen wants to cut off Alice's head and Ling says she should get a trial so she does
Funny how the king is submissive and tiny
Trial is nonsense
Alice takes the mushroom and gets giant again and berates the Queen and then shrinks again
The cards chase her as the Queen wants her dead and Alice runs
See all the characters return as she goes through all the same events again
Alice sees herself sleeping through the door in the real world
Alice wakes up in the real world back to her lesson and walks back to her home for tea
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Cinderella III: A Twist in Time (2007)
Cinderella 3: A Twist in Time (2007) - 5.6
Cinderella 3: A Twist in Time (2007) - 5.6
Every 25 min
Act 1 - 5.0
Act 2 - 5.6
Act 3 - 6.1
Better than the first sequel
Has some decent moments
Just unnecessary overall
Music is mediocre
Straight to home video
Ignore what happened in Cinderella 2 with Anastasia finding love and put her back with her sister and step mom all jealous of Cinderella in her new life
Anastasia sees the fairy godmother using her magic and takes her wand
The stepfamily sees the magic first hand when fairy godmother tries to take the wand back and turns her to stone
Stepmom now has the wand and revenge on her mind and casts a spell to turn back time and take away Cinderella's happily ever after
Turn back to when Anastasia is trying on the slipper and magically makes it fit, Anastasia does have some mixed feelings about what she is doing to Cinderella
Stepmom destroys Cinderella's dream again
Cinderella thinks she just needs to see the prince again and he will know that she is the one not Anastasia, obviously because Anastasia looks nothing like her
Cinderella sneaks into the castle and says she's a mouse trapper
Prince is in love with the girl in the slipper
Prince sees Anastasia and knows she isn't the one but Stepmom casts a spell to make him think she is the one she danced with and makes him forget Cinderella and they are set to be married that night
Cinderella finds the Prince and is confused why he doesn't recognize her, but there is something there
Mice find her and tell her about the spell and plan to take back the wand
Prince keeps feeling like something is off especially when they dance
Prince is very kind and Anastasia is falling in love with him, she is also very clumsy
King is reminded of his wife with Anastasia, ver similar
King talks about touching hands first time finding true love, prince knew things were off with touch
Do start to feel bad for Anastasia and starts to feel bad and wants the prince to love her without the magic
Cinderella and the mice get the wand but are caught before she can lift the spell
Touches him and feels that spark
Prince knows something is wrong
Mice sing a song to the Prince and tell him what really happened, he believes it and birds bring him a repaired glass slipper and he runs to find her
Ship sets sail with Cinderella on it and he makes it onto the ship and they touch and this breaks the Prince's spell and remembers
Tell the king and guards go after step family but they disappear before being caught
Stepmom reappears when Cinderella is getting ready to be married and cast a spell on Anastasia to make her into Cinderella in appearance only
Cinderella is trapped in a pumpkin and Anastasia takes her place, evil chariot
Action scene on the chariot is pretty ridiculous, Cinderella escapes and rushes back to the castle for her wedding
Anastasia can't go through with it as Cinderella arrives and Stepmom uses magic to fight off guards
Prince deflects the spell aimed at Cinderella and turns herself and Drizella into toads
Anastasia turns herself back to normal and has a heart to heart with Cinderella
Fairy godmother is back and saved
King let's Anastasia keep the shell from his wife
Fairy godmother asks if they want to go back to former lives but stay there and get married
Live happily every after again
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Cinderella II: Dreams Come True (2002)
Cinderella 2 (2002) - 4.5
Cinderella 2 (2002) - 4.5
Straight to home video
Three stories that take place after the original film
Jaq and Gus make a new Cinderella book with the other mice and fairy godmother
Story 1 - 5.5
Right after the wedding and move into the castle with the mice
Cinderella must learn how to be a princess and plan a royal banquet while her new husband and father in law must go on a trip
Must learn from Prudence her etiquette teacher and change her ways, not for the good, not what Cinderella wants
Still a sweet person who always wants to help others
Cinderella's life is being changed by stuck up people who have no sympathy or heart
Cinderella feels pressured and unworthy with all these ridiculous rules
Cinderella realizes she should just be herself because that is who the prince fell in love with, will plane the banquet her way
She breaks the rules and walks about town and mingles with the commoners and invite them to the banquet
Commoners and royals celebrate together
The king returns and likes the changes
Prince happy with Cinderella being herself
Cinderella is just very likeable and always sweet
Happy ending
Story 2 - 3.7
Jaq and Gus want to do something nice for Cinderella but feel like they don't do too much now that Cinderella has everyone helping her
Jaq keeps missing out on time with her and wishes he was big
Fairy godmother appears and turns Jaq human for the day so he can help Cinderella
Jaq accidentally introduced to Cinderella as Sir Hugh and spends some time together her
All the while the cat is still after him
Spring festival takes place and Jaq causes some problems
Jaq realizes that being a human is t that great and realizes that he can still be helpful as a mouse and changes back
Cinderella thanks him for saving the day, feels good about himself
Very unnecessary short that adds nothing to any of the characters, waste of time
Story 3 - 4.4
Stepsisters and stepmother going to another ball to hopefully meet a husband
Anastasia bumps into a baker and they fall in love at first sight but stepmother steps in and ruins the mood and pulls her away
Cinderella sees this go down and decides to help get them together
Things don't go as planned to get them back together and she gets embarrassed
Cinderella gives her a pep talk and brings her back to the castle to help her out
Lucifer meets the white cat in the castle and they fall in love, the mice hello Lucifer get to her
Cats don't end up getting along
Cinderella tells Anastasia she must become nicer to win people over and follow her heart
Anastasia sees the baker getting advice from another girl and takes it wrong and runs away
Baker finds Anastasia crying and gives her a flower, happy together until stepmom comes in and breaks it up again
Anastasia stands up for herself and they are going to the ball together
Happy ending at the ball
The mice show Cinderella the book they made for her
Cinderella reads the book with them
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Cinderella (1950)
Cinderella (1950) - 7.0
Cinderella (1950) - 7.0
Act 1 - 6.9
Act 2 - 6.9
Act 3 - 7.2
Very good animated feature
Classic songs that are still great
So many moments of despair when you feel the same as Cinderella but she ultimately prevails in a happy ending
Focuses more on the animals than I thought but they were enjoyable to watch
Overall satisfying film that still holds up
Widowed father with a daughter marries a new wife who has two daughters of her own
Turned out to be cruel and jealous of Cinderella
Cinderella makes the best of her awful situation
Cinderella hopes her dreams will some day come true, stays optimistic
Friends with the mice and birds
Animals are cute
Cinderella basically a slave in her own home and made to feel less than out of jealousy
Evil stepmom's cat sucks
First 20 minutes focuses heavily on the animals and laying the land of the house as we see some of Cinderella's chores
Upsetting seeing how Cinderella is treated when she is so kind
Step sisters and mom are ugly and Cinderella is perfect
Is confusing why Cinderella just blindly takes takes these punishments instead of sticking up for herself, what are they going to do to her
Cut to the king and wants his son the prince to settle down and take on his duties
Plans a ball for the arrival of his son to try and set him up with a wife, all eligible woman are invited
Lucifer the cat is awful
A letter arrives from the palace and they get the info
Stepmom says Cinderella can go if she gets all her work done and finds something suitable to wear
Mice sing and fix up her moms old dress while Cinderella works, have to fight off the cat to get some things
Cinderella sees her dress from the mice
The evil sisters destroy her dress and Cinderella is heartbroken as cries in the garden
Her fairy godmother appears and sings the classic song "Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo" and makes her a carriage
Turns the mice into horses and the horse into a driver and the dog into a doorman
Fixes her dress into elegant beauty and her glass slippers too
Godmother says at midnight the spells will be broken and Cinderella is very grateful
Prince Charming is meeting all the women and isn't fully engaged until he sees Cinderella
They dance And everyone watches but doesn't know who Cinderella is
Another classic, So This Is Love plays while they dance
They dance the night away and kiss until midnight strikes and she must leave in a hurry and doesn't know she has spent the night with the prince
She leaves in a rush and leaves a glass slipper behind and the spell breaks as guardsman chase her to find out who she is and makes it out in time
Cinderella fell for for the man she spent the night with
Her glass slippers remain unchanged as a memento from the night
King finds out the girl got away and learns his son is in love and the King his happy again, will search until they find the girl that the slipper fits
Cinderella finds that the prince is looking for her, realizes everything
Stepmom realizes that Cinderella was the girl from the ball and locks her in her room, frustrating
Duke arrives at Cinderella's home
Mice steal the key to try and free Cinderella but Lucifer stops the mice crushing her dreams again
The birds and mice fight back and Bruno the dog finally gets revenge on the cat and get her the key
The Duke is leaving when Cinderella is freed
Stepmother trips the guy with the slipper and the slipper shatters but Cinderella pulls out the other slipper and it fits
Cut to Cinderella and the Prince getting married and hopefully living a happy life together and all their dreams coming true
Happy ending
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Melody Time (1948)
Melody Time (1948) - 5.0
Melody Time (1948) - 5.0
Animated vignettes set to contemporary music
Similar to Fantasia in the sense that it is a compilation of shorts but instead of classic music it is music of the time
Once Upon a Wintertime - 4.8
A couple in a winter wonderland
Pair of rabbits going through same thing as the couple
Woman and female rabbit are saved by some other animals
All end up ok and happy together
Bumble Boogie - 4.0
Take on flight of the bumblebee
A bee flys around a musical setting
Very quick
The Legend of Johnny Appleseed - 5.8
How Johnny goes out west and on the way starts planting apple seeds
Makes friends with some animals because he wasn't dangerous to them
His apples brought life and friendship to settlers
Johnny keeps to himself in the woods with the animals
Planted the frontier for 40 years
Angel returns to John and says they need apple trees in heaven, happy to help there too
Has some sweet moments but ultimately dull
Little Toot - 5.5
A little tugboat who likes to play instead of work
Tries to help dad but messes things up and wrecks a boat and city
Gets arrested and ruins dads career
Little Toot is sent out to see but ends up helping a distressed ship and saves it
Gets his redemption for himself and father
Trees - 5.2
Forrest with animals and music
Not much going on
Blame It on the Samba - 4.3
Three Caballeros characters in a cafe
Music enhances their mood
Real life woman too playing piano
Not very good
Pecos Bill - 5.4
Animated dessert and see the real humans singing around a campfire
They tell the story of Pecos Bill and his horse Widowmaker
Slur Foot Sue is the woman he meets
Bill left behind in the desert as a child, raised by a coyote
Bill meets his horse by saving him from vultures
Bill grows up with horse and all the things he did and brought to Texas
Meets Slue Foot Sue riding a giant fish, a cowgirl
They fall in love
Sue bounces in her bustle after a bad ride on Widowmaker and flys to the moon
Bill got sad and went back to living with the coyotes and that why coyotes howl at the moon
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Fun & Fancy Free (1947)
Fun and Fancy Free (1947) - 5.0
Fun and Fancy Free (1947) - 5.0
Two shorts make up the film
Five minute intro from Jiminy Cricket
Bongo - 5.0
Dinah Shore does the voiceover and some singing
Bongo is a young circus bear who is mistreated but a star
Escapes the train and finally gets free and gets to enjoy the great outdoors
He has to get used to this different setting and lifestyle
Bongs meets a girl bear and is in love but another large bear interferes
Bongo fights off the other bear with his skills, learns the ways and wins the girl back
Second film introduced by Jiminy going to a party with creepy puppets talking to a girl and narrator by the guy voicing the puppets telling the story of Happy Valley
Mickey and the Beanstalk - 5.0
Magic harp stolen from the valley and the happiness and prosperity get taken from the village
Mickey, Donald and Goofy live in the now desolate town
Talks about killing a cow, darker moment
Mickey trades the cow for some magic beans
Magic beans grow through the night and are taken past the clouds to a castle in the sky
Magical giant stole the magic harp to sing him to sleep
The gang and the harp have to escape the giant after making him stay asleep fails
They cut down the beanstalk and escaped the giant
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The Reluctant Dragon (1941)
The Reluctant Dragon (1941) - 4.8
The Reluctant Dragon (1941) - 4.8
Act 1 - 5.8
Act 2 - 4.3
Act 3 - 4.4
Narrative film about trying to sell Disney the idea of making the Reluctant Dragon
Our protagonist wanders around the Disney campus and sees behind the scenes stuff about how the animated films are made
See all departments in action from drawing to music to vocal talent
Sound effect department was cool too see even if we are seeing a staged version of all the departments for the story
Film changes to color 20 minutes in which is a nice change
Cool seeing how they made the drawings come to life by taking individual pictures to make a film
Was made to make Disney look like one big happy family when in reality it wasn't at the time
Is cool seeing everything come together
Baby Weems short is kind of long and is decent
How to ride a horse goofy short is not enjoyable
Benchley finally gets to Walt
They watch the Reluctant Dragon short that Benchley was there to try and pitch
A whimsical and silly dragon, pretty annoying, doesn't like to fight
Liked the arts
Knight and dragon put on a show fight
Too late and berated by wife on way home to end the film
Ends abruptly
Half the film is comprised of 3 animated shorts, non of which are worth watching
The other half is actually interesting to see how these animated films get made at Disney with all the departments
Very interesting in that aspect but is don't in a pretty bad narrative way with actors, would have enjoyed a documentary instead to make this more realistic and less staged
Still got to see a few cool behind the scenes things which helped the make the film not a complete drag
Shorts in the film:
How to Ride a Horse - 4.0
Baby Weems - 6.2
Reluctant Dragon - 4.5
Last 20 min of film
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Bambi II (2006)
Bambi and the Great Prince of the Forest (2006) - 5.5
Bambi and the Great Prince of the Forest (2006) - 5.5
Act 1 - 5.3
Act 2 - 5.2
Act 3 - 6.0
Straight to home video
Takes place after Bambi's mom dies and goes into the care of his father during the middle of the original film
See how he was raised from that point to when he returns to his friends in the original film
Father agrees to raise his son until the spring
Animation is mediocre
Father teaches Bambi the way of being a prince and his responsibilities
Do a few of the old bits from the original
Bambi wants to be with his father and his father struggles with being a father for the first time
Bring back all of the same characters
New bratty young deer Ronno, probably who Bambi fights in the original
Bambi's dad forgets about him at the groundhogs
Bambi dreams of his mother, struggling with his loss of mom and innocence
Bambi's dad fights off Man's dogs and saves him just in time, more of the same from the original
Bambi thinks he has to prove his bravery to his father to get his acceptance
Bambi makes a jump that impresses his dad
Songs are bad
Father and son bond through a montage
Bambi finds out his dad had plans to get him a new home, father has grown attached and didn't want to anymore, but Bambi reacts badly
Father sends Bambi with a mom named Mina
Bambi fights Ronno and bumps into Mina who gets caught in a trap and man and his dogs come and Bambi has to run
Bambi decides to stand up and defend Mina and distracts the dogs
Father comes and frees Mina
Bambi uses what he has learned to fend of the dogs
Father sees the bravery of his son and is proud
Bambi then slips and falls off the mountain, same beat as the original
Bambi is ok and shares a tender moment with his dad
Dad tells some about mom and they are happy together now
Unnecessary midqual that adds little to no value to the original
Only watch if for some reason you are a huge Bambi fan
Still has its light moments and would be good for kids
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Bambi (1942)
Bambi (1942) - 6.6
Act 1 - 6.4
Act 3 - 6.6
Act 3 - 6.8
Very contained film
Animation is very good with the fight scene and fire scenes being done very well
Like the characters and animals are cute
Story is pretty dry outside of the problems with man
Film shows the carelessness of man destroying an ecosystem with fire, very relevant today as there are more wildfires than every because of man
Solid film that holds up fairly well
Forest opening is impressive with a lot of depth
Animation looks great
Animals are super cute
Animals gather for the birth of the new prince of the forest, Bambi
All the animals refer to him as the young prince
Bambi gets used to his legs with the bunnies and Thumper
All the animals can talk and Bambi learns to too
Bambi starts to learn about the things around him
Thunder storm scene feels like filler and the song is whatever
Bambi grows a little and can talk now and learns there are other deer in the forest and they are going to the meadow
Mother teaches Bambi about the danger that lies there in the open
They have fun prancing in the meadow
Bambi then meets a female deer named Faline
They play and see a bunch of male deer in the meadow
All stop before the leader of the group, the Great Prince of the Forest, lived long and is wise
There is danger in the meadow and everyone fleas causing chaos and Bambi is separated from his mom
A male deer runs to protect Bambi and get him to safety and so does his mom
They are running side by side when a shot is fired at them , they make it out ok
Bambi's mom tells him about the danger of man
Seasons change and it's now winter
Bambi and Thumper have fun in the snow and ice
Bambi struggles on the ice, struggle to walk like a baby deer on ice
Winter sends some into hibernation and does take away from the fun
Winter ends and spring comes along
Bambi and his mom eat grass and then trouble arises and tells Bambi to run and not to look back
Bambi gets to safety and his mom didn't make it back as she was shot and killed by a hunter, sad as snow starts to fall again as he searches for his mom
Bambi meets the Great Prince of the Forest who tells him his mom is gone, says come my son and Bambi leaves with him
Spring now in full effect and a song plays with birds chirping
Bambi returns and now has antlers and has grown a bit
Thumper and Flower has grown a bit too, flower sounds like a boy now
Owl tells them on a long way that it's mating season
Flower meets a girl skunk and walks off with her
Thumper meets a girl bunny too
Bambi then runs into Faline who has also grown up
Don't really address the impact of Bambi losing his mom, just carry on like no big deal
Bambi has to fight off another young male deer for Faline, darling shadowy animation to make the fighting more cinematic, intense moment
Bambi wins and Faline is thankful
Bambi and Faline prance in the meadow while a song plays and sleep together
Bambi sees the mans campsite below a cliff, must go deep into the forest for protection
The danger of man to animals and the environment
A bird is cared and flys and is shot
More animals killed and they panic as gunshots go off
Bambi and Faline search for each other amid the chaos and dogs are released and go after Bambi
Bambi fights off a pack of dogs and saves Faline
Bambi leaps and is shot and collapses
Then see fire from mans campsite that spreads through the whole forest destroying everything
Very infuriating and still very relevant today
Great Prince sees Bambi and tells him to get up and they escape the fire that is ruining their home
Great shot of the forest on fire from a landscape view
See all the animals that had to flee their homes because of the carelessness of man
Faline and Bambi reunite and are both ok
The fire has ended and see some life coming back to the forest, life always finds a way
Flower named his son Bambi
All the animals gather again in the forest but this time it's to meet Bambi and Faline's two new babies
Bambi watches from the cliff with the Great Prince but isn't with Faline just like Bambi's dad wasn't with him
The cycle continues
Ends on a shot of the prince standing gaurs over his home
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Crip Camp (2020)
Crip Camp (2020) - 8.6
Act 1 - 8.1
Act 2 - 8.4
Act 3 - 9.4
This is a life changing moment in American history that I am glad to have learned about
Presented perfectly through archive footage at the camp by some of the campers and photos and news coverage
Film opens by introducing us to the campers and counselors at Camp Jened
We learn about the impact of the camp on everyone and the bonds that were formed
Camp gave these kids a platform to belong and express themselves and gain confidence to use in the real world
Judy took the inclusive philosophy and and used it to lead protests in NY, LA and DC to fight for the rights of disabled individuals
Shows the incredible lengths that were taken to fight for their rights and the significance of their moments of triumph
Film is very emotional and hit me very hard
A beautiful film that teaches acceptance and shows that anybody can do anything
Camp Jened really did help change the world and got laws paced in the American government to make the world a better place
A must watch to learn, experience and feel
60's kids being sent to institutions with disabilities
Summer camp run by hippies for kids with disabilities, changed lives
Camp near Woodstock in NY
Camp Jened
Great footage from the camp
Camp evolved from 50's to 60's to 70's to let kids be kids in the time and explore their freedom and coward way of thinking
Footage from one of the campers
About the counselor and the kids and the bonds
Free flowing place
Kids weren't integrated in normal classes and were put in special classes
About acceptance and understanding
Does focus on the kid who filmed a lot of the stuff
Romances bloomed
Current interviews looking at the past
Crab outbreak
Kids are pretty funny too, real personalities
Awesome community that built
Disability act wasn't passed yet and could keep out people because of it
Kids express their feelings and are open about them, no judgement
Sad when the summer camp would end and they had to leave their utopia to go back to the judgmental real world
Hard going back to the real world that is against them
One of the handicapped counselors gets news time for her political group to try and improve their lives
Judy started the group to try and help others
In NY see a piece on the terrible treatment of disabled kids in a hospital that is understaffed, horrible, heart breaking
The disabled institutions are truly heart breaking to see the mistreatment
Rehabilitation act of 72, section 504 an anti discrimination law against anybody, Nixon vetoed it because of cost
Disabled Inaction led by Judy started a protest in NY cutting off streets, awesome
All while Vietnam is going on so not much cover on them as all media is focused on the war
Protests are beautiful, fighting for equal treatment
Nixon signs the rehab bill but don't enforce section 504 which is supposed to help them
So many awesome stories and people connected to this camp and the Revolution
Berkeley became a great place for people from Jened, great place for disabled people
CIL in Berkeley was a new great place to help disabled people, the camp basically reunited there
Just wanted to live normal lives and got that opportunity in Berkeley
In 77 still fighting for section 504 with more protests
People didn't want to pay the money to make buildings accessible
Sustain a demonstration in the HEW headquarters to try and get their rights even though they try to force them out
Black Panthers helped with their protest because they are fighting for the same thing
Another reunion of people from Jened fighting for change
Judy made sure everybody was heard, great leader
Local media ignored the event except for one reporter who actually cared, helped get the word out there
Same fight as Brown vs Board of Education, just want to be equal
Emotional fight
Judy gives an amazing speech
Day 15 some leave the protest to go try and see the president, lead by Judy
FBI continues to mess with people protesting in San Fran 22 days
Awesome archive footage and photos
Paints a picture of the story beautifully
ABC finally shows the footage of the protests, national coverage now
Day 24 the regulations were signed, national coverage made the change
No fan gate but got the job done that would change their lives
Let handicapped people into public schools
Made the US government sign in a law, incredible
Federally funded places must be wheelchair friendly, so insane they changed the world
Had to fight Regan administration years later to make sure the rules were enforced, only made federally funded building follow the rules
Fight continues
Try to get a bill into congress to cover everywhere and everyone 1990
Americans with Disabilities Act 1990 passed by George HW Bush after more fighting
Everyone now equal under law it still need society to be accepting
Go back to the site of the camp that changed the world
51-77 the camp was open
Everyone goes back and sees each other
Larry Allison creates the amazing camp
Judy worked with the government to keep things goin and advancing for others
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Fantasia 2000 (1999)
Fantasia 2000 (1999) - 6.2
Fantasia 2000 (1999) - 6.2
Celebrities introduce the segments
Better than the original
Fun and new inventive things happening
Good songs and good animation overall
Half the segments are good and half are mediocre so I suggest just watching the good ones
Symphony No 5 - 5.5
Opens up right away with paper machete butterflies
Good ones escape the evil ones
Pines of Rome - 6.7
Cute family of whales who start to fly in the arctic
Baby whale gets separated in a cave and music gets more emotional
Baby makes it out to it's parents and floats too
More whales start to fly too
Fly to the light calling them in the sky which turns into water
Ends with some big splashes
Sweet and enjoyable little segment with good animation and music
Rhapsody in Blue - 7.3
Very different animation for this segment, looks cartoonish and more minimalistic
See a bunch of New Yorkers running around the busy city
Follows different characters all unhappy for some reason
See all their dreams and passions and wants in a figure skating segment
See all the characters get what they are searching for and ends on a great shot of the city lit up
Really enjoy the journey and emotions of the characters
Enjoy the the unique animation style too
Piano Concerto No 2, Allegro Opus 102 - 6.5
Another different animation style, more wooden look with a shiny gloss
Jack in box wants a ballerina but is uninterested
Toy soldier, has one leg, is also interested and she shows interest back
Evil jack in the box gets angry and attacks the soldier and traps the ballerina
Toy soldier gets hit out of the house and ends up being eaten by a fish at sea and ends back up in town and in the same house
The soldier vanquished the jack in the box and saves the ballerina
Carnival of the Animals - 4.5
Flamingos dancing and one has a yo-yo and is a problem
Very quick and shallow segment
Nice animation though
The Sorcerers Apprentice - 5.7
Same as the original film
Nothing new and didn't need to be a part of this film
Pomp and Circumstance - 5.9
Nice clean animation of animals of all kinds
See Noah on his arc calling in all the animals
Then Donald and Daisy and Donald dressed as Noah and must get the animals aboard
Donald and Daisy both think they have been lost to the flood
See all the other animals happy together
Survive the flood and see each other safe and embrace
Firebird Suite - 7.5
See a Mother Nature like creature bringing life to the lands around her except for a mountain area
She investigated and the mountain erupted into a volcano with a bad entity kicking her out
Lava flows from the volcano over her beautiful lands
See the lively lands burnt and destroyed and the Mother Nature creature small and barley holding on
The deer approached her and carries her
As she cry's her tears hit the ground and life starts to from again
She sees this and her hope is restored
Where there is devastation, life can always come back and find a way
She brings life back to the burnt wasteland
Very nice metaphor for life
Beautiful animation and good music with a good message
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