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Fancy Dance (2023)
Brilliant movie
This movie is a combination of brilliant, insightful, and disturbing. The actors do a fantastic job of bringing the characters and their challenges to life. Most of us cannot have any understanding of the challenges faced by Native American people; or the inter-generational trauma that has been passed down through generations due to the dispossession of their lands and culture, and the multiple genocidal acts perpetrated against them by Europeans. This movie gives us some insight into the present-day challenges that Native American people face, along with the challenges that women of all backgrounds experience in our societies. This movie is disturbing because it is reality. The United States of America is a terribly violent place. It was established through violence, is maintained through violence against non-white people, and it continues its violence around the world either directly or)Vietnam, Afghanistan, Iraq), or by funding and arming other settler-colonial nations (Israel).
Poor Things (2023)
Complete waste of time and money
This movie was complete garbage. Save your money and time. Don't go and see this movie. This film is grotesque in its caricatures. You will not leave this movie and have grown in any way. If you are a normal, well-adjusted, empathetic human being, you will feel during and after this movie. We left part way through it. Only the second movie I've ever walked out of. Invest your time in things that add to you and improve you. This junk will subtract from you.
*Poor Things*: A Cinematic Dumpster Fire
In the annals of cinema, there are masterpieces that resonate across generations, and then there's *Poor Things*. Yorgos Lanthimos, the Greek auteur known for his penchant for the bizarre, has outdone himself with this cinematic calamity. If you're seeking a film that defies logic, taste, and basic human decency, look no further.
The film opens in grainy black and white, a stylistic choice that screams, "I'm artsy!" Bella Baxter (played by Emma Stone) grunts her way through life, oscillating between toddler-like behavior and sexually liberated womanhood. Yes, you read that right. Bella's character arc is like watching a Rubik's Cube solve itself underwater-confusing, unnecessary, and ultimately unsatisfying.
Dr. Godwin Baxter (Willem Dafoe) serves as Bella's father figure. Beneath his scarred visage lies a gentle presence, but it's hard to take him seriously when he's called "God." Is this a divine comedy or a cosmic joke? We'll never know. Meanwhile, Max McCandles (Ramy Youssef), another man vying for Bella's attention, brings warmth and reason to the madness. But who needs reason when you can have Mark Ruffalo?
Enter Duncan Wedderburn, the embodiment of every bad decision Bella could make. Ruffalo's portrayal of this obvious cad is a masterclass in smarmy villainy. Their lavish world tour consists mainly of "furious jumping," which Bella aptly labels their vigorous sexcapades. Forget character development; let's focus on contorted limbs and sweaty sheets.
The film's visual journey mirrors Bella's transformation. Grainy black and white gives way to lush color as Bella discovers herself. The nighttime skies during the ocean voyage are "particularly awesome," according to someone who clearly ran out of adjectives. But hey, at least the cinematography isn't as lost as the plot.
*Poor Things* reimagines Gothic Horror classic *Frankenstein*, but instead of a monster, we get a cinematic monstrosity. It's as if Lanthimos threw every oddity into a blender and hit "puree." The result? A film that defies genre, taste, and sanity. If you're tired of coherent narratives and relatable characters, this dumpster fire awaits your bewildered gaze.
In conclusion, *Poor Things* is emblematic of larger issues in current cinema: a desperate need to shock, confuse, and alienate audiences. As the credits roll, you'll wonder if you've stumbled into an avant-garde fever dream or a prank gone horribly wrong. Either way, buckle up-it's a bumpy ride through Bella's sexual awakening and Lanthimos' creative abyss.
Westworld: Que Será, Será (2022)
Shockingly bad
The last 3 episodes of season 4 were terrible. It was like this was written by a 12 year old. "Okay where shall we take the story? Let's have everyone fight each other"
This show needs to go extinct.
After Anthony Hopkins left the show went completely downhill.
Swan Song (2021)
Beautiful story
Absolutely beautiful story. If you have loved anyone deeply you'll relate to the conflicting emotions that the main character is going through. Ask yourself "what would I do in his position?
The Orville (2017)
The New Star Trek - Roddenberry Style
Cannot believe how this hasn't been funded for 7 seasons. It's awesome!! Don't waste your time on the Abrams abominations, or the absolute POS series Star Trek Discovery. The Orville is the real deal and the episodes get better and better as the series progresses. So glad I found this. The "official" Trek franchise how gone down the toilet.
Foundation (2021)
Original ruined - like STD & Star Trek
Low quality. Science fantasy rather science fiction. Disappointing. They ruined a golden opportunity here because they tampered with Asimov's core story.
Westworld (2016)
Season 3 doesn't look like anything to me
Season 1: Oscar level, Hopkins was amazing!
Season 2: average, confusing
Season 3: Starship Troopers part 7
Westworld (2016)
Season 3 doesn't look like anything to me
Season 1: Oscar level, Hopkins was amazing!
Season 2: average, confusing
Season 3: Starship Troopers part 7
Archer (2009)
Absolutely incredible show!!!
Cannot believe I found this show as late as 2019. The jokes are brilliant, the themes have many levels, and the voice actors are the beat I've ever heard - they bring the animated characters to life more than some non-animated acting I've seen!!
Absolute epic show. There's nothing else like it out there. This is huge. Said your mom 😉
Westworld (2016)
Season 3 doesn't look like anything to me
Season 1: Oscar level, Hopkins was amazing!
Season 2: average, confusing
Season 3: Starship Troopers part 7
Westworld (2016)
Season 3 doesn't look like anything to me
Season 1: Oscar level, Hopkins was amazing!
Season 2: average, confusing
Season 3: Starship Troopers part 7
Westworld (2016)
Season 3 doesn't look like anything to me
Season 1: Oscar level, Hopkins was amazing!
Season 2: average, confusing
Season 3: Starship Troopers part 7
Westworld: Passed Pawn (2020)
Show sliding downhill
Season 1 was epic. S2 meh. S3 is just this mish mash of odds and ends with explosions/guns/fights thrown in.
Once I saw that Anthony Hopkins was not going to be in S3 I knew it was going to be lower quality than past seasons.
Sure, you get your viewers who can't follow a plot above the comprehension age of an 8-year-old rating these episodes 9-10 and saying "yay team Maeve, awesim fight seen" but if you like a challenging plot with philosophical existential questions you won't find it in season 3.
Stranger Things (2016)
Just amazing!
Wow, anyone who has seen Winona Ryder act over the years would agree she is a good actor.
But in this series she is incredible.
I believe this is the best work of her career.
She plays the character so convincingly, and so completely that it just draws you into the entire premise of the series.
The other actors do a great job too. I'd say 8-9/10.
Overall, a fantastic series. Great work funding this Netflix!
Every episode gets better and better.
The other actors who are outstanding are the boys in the Goonies gang. Equally convincing.
A top series.
F Is for Family (2015)
Funniest thing I have ever seen in my life
If you know Bill Burr you'll know he's a superb comedian who has worked very hard to become excellent.
His stand-up specials are brilliant, his pod-cast is great.
But in F is for Family he has gone to an entirely new level.
This program is the funniest thing I have ever watched in my life. There are a high number of jokes, you'll laugh every few minutes, but also the level of some of the humour is so memorable that you'll be laughing after the show has finished.
Well done Bill.
The characters are amazing. The emotion in the voices is very convincing. The animation is brilliant.
The scene with the child hiding at home when suspended from school is the funniest thing I've ever seen.