Reviews
The Greatest Showman (2017)
Absolutely flawless execution of a very predictable, crazy mainstream story.
This might as well have been a disney movie. The songs felt way more "cheap disney knockoff" than broadway musical to me. They felt more like pop music. Catchy as hell though. The production value is absolutely perfect. The cast is amazing. Hugh Jackman carried the entire movie on his freaking back which is saying something when the rest of the cast is also great.
But honestly, substance wise... It's really really predictable. And i guess that 's fine, it just makes this movie more of a "family movie" where you can miss half the movie and still enjoy it rather than a story driven film.
Overall, was expecting more from the story, was expecting more from the songs, was blown away by the execution of what it actually was.
Patser (2018)
Okay premise, inconsistent and amateur execution
The writing is okay, albeit cliché, and I enjoyed the Morrocon Belgian culture since I grew up with a lot of Morrocon Belgians. Matteo Simoni however was really unconvincing as a Morrocon. Like, think James Franco in Spring Breakers unconincing. Not even mentioning his really forced accent; They also tried to kinda imitate the neon-y vaporwave feeling but they only did it like 3 times which made it feel really out of place, as the rest of the movie didn't fit the same "neon" feel.
The story was okay but I got kinda put off by how forced the whole thing felt. I feel like some of the cast just didn't fit at all. They wouldn't found better people to play the main guys just walking through the Sleepstraat once.