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Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019)
Entertaining!
A typical monster movie with a pretty predictable plot. However, the CG quality is super and the fight scenes are really entertaining. MUST be seen in IMAX for a full experience of the immense size of these things!
The Equalizer 2 (2018)
Good, miles away behind the prequel
In this chapter, you get to know more about the equalizer, his past, his friends/foes, and his emotional directions. The drama in this movie goes well on bar with the first one. However, the action sequences suffer a lot. There are literally about 4 sequences of which only one is comparable to the first movie (the loft scene). The movie loses its way in dialogues and emotional breakdowns. The plot is predictable though, and less engaging than the first chapter. However, Denzel is such a huge actor that regardless how good or bad is the script he makes you feel it deeply.
If you did not watch the prequel then you will mostly enjoy it like any action movie, but if you have watched the magnificent part 1 with all the gore and drama, then your expectations may be higher than they should be.
Swallow (2019)
"Unswallowable"
The movie features decent concept, acting, and cinematography, while throwing audience with terrible story, development, and ending. The idea over which the movie is built up shows a moving glimpse of mental struggles and compulsory actions. It could swiftly transit a large load of emotions into spectators, mainly through the decent acting of main character. It will easily keep you on your toes, until you know about her illness! after that, almost no valuable scenes could be observed. Through out the movie there are zero twists or developments, but would be found watchable for some reason. The really terrible thing that even ruin that mediocre impression is the ending. It is not an open ending, not a closed one, not a happy or sad one. It is just a blunt cut with the credits down leaving you puzzled, like literally "what? is that it?!", it is disappointing that it starts really good and then go down faster than flush water. You can watch 1/3 of the movie and you will be very happy about it, and then check on spoilers to know the rest, or probably no need, it is bluntly predictable anyways.
Good Time (2017)
NOT a Good Time!
I have known about this movie by coincidence after enjoying Uncut Gems by the same director. I found many comparing the level of stress and fast paced development in the later movie to this one, so I was excited to recreate the Uncut Gems experience and gave it a shot. Not only I was disappointing by the lack of any similarity between the two movies, I have also found this movie to be meaningless, boring, and fragmented.
Throughout the movie, the protagonist seems like a perfect crap who exploits innocent people, selfish to a provocative level, and neither his motives nor his development held anything for a spectator to be sympathetic to him. As a starter, he took his mentally challenged brother to a bank robbery ,for real, left him in the dust for the cops while he ran like a coward. He then went to exploit his wealthy lover for her mother's credit card to "get out" his brother (who he has just left behind), etc, etc.
All these things could be acceptable for an average story line/character, but what got me really off was that scene at the black lady house. After she offered this a**hole a phone, a room, and even a TV, he went like a pervert to semi-rape her 16 years old grand daughter, who didn't seem to give consent, in a tremendously disgusting scene! For real, what message was that supposed to deliver? It is even more hilarious that later, he put this child in deep trouble just to save himself.
The only three stars I gave for this work were for direction and cinematography, which I found pretty decent and showed a subtle vibe from Uncut Gems, but not much. Given all the praise, it's probable that I personally did not get the point or was expecting something else.
Hamlet Pheroun (2019)
Unbelievably bad
It is not my habit to tear down movies as I always appreciate the efforts made. But this movie, man I had no choice but to scream it loud. While I have seen the same actors doing very well in other movies, this one brings their acting down to the novice level. The plot and context are utterly unmature and naiive, motives and reasoning allover the scenes are comical. The movie clearly imitates the concept of an old egy movie called "shams elzanaty", which is inspired by an even older Hollywood movie. The light presence of Tyson is meaningless and unutilized, acting is super fake and exaggerated. Lame catch phrases every scene. While this is a clearly my own perspective. It would be a sincere advice to use your 1.5 hours for other meaningful works. Again, some the actors are talented and could give great performance in other places.
1917 (2019)
Watch in IMAX if you can!!
An undeniably great war film. The cinematography is unorthodox, where almost all the movie is composed of a utterly long, one take shot. This method adds layers of engagement to the audience as we see developments minute by minute very close to the characters. The subtle scores were mismerising. The deep emotional values subliminally streamed within the action teases your consciousness, push you further to think of dark struggles accompanying war.
Contratiempo (2016)
A polyplot-twist masterpiece!!
A great movie for crime/mystery genre fans. Well made with warm performance from the actors. The timeline narrative with flashbacks and alternate twists is really great and entertaining. A well-spent two hours watch.
Ad Astra (2019)
Average Drama..Bad Space-Fi
The movie holds good values and drama glimpse about loneliness, selfishness, and childhood confusion. It teaches us how can dedication to work alter lifes and segregrate loved ones. It has a message after all.
However, I can't uncompare this movie to Interstellar and Gravity, they are light years better unfortunately. In terms of plot, scene flows, and space science, Ad Astra can't be a master piece by any means.