jnanasakti Reviews

Detachment (2011)

There's a reason why it wasn't released in theaters

[2/10 · 2 June 2012]

The movie does not achieve it's objective to show what a state of "detachment" is; how it comes about and how it is dealt with. The problem is both script and direction. It's scene after scene of tremendous conflict, a lot of which I would say is exaggerated. Every f-in character is conflicted. The movie tries to round out some humanistic side - but the main problem is that it pushes too far in every scene. Granted I'm all about reality and the gravity of the human condition and being real...but in trying to achieve that, this movie overshoots - big time.

Reviews that give this movie high markings are from people who are impressed with the cast just for who they are (and they are great actors), and the desolation depicted. Rating on movie on it's ability to execute - the script and direction suck. Like I said, there's a reason the movie wasn't released in theaters...with such amazing cast - the movie must be pretty f-ed up not to make it to release and it is.

Grimm (2011–2017)

Good, but Fatal Flaw in the Plot

[29 October 2011]

Would have gotten an 8 or 9 out of 10 if there wasn't a FATAL FLAW IN THE PLOT:

How's Capt Renard, Grimm's Boss, one of the bad Mythological Creatures? It's too close of a relationship to Grimm (Nick Burckhardt).

You can't focus on the Mythological Creatures because of a now convoluted story line. There's more than enough material with Grimm, the Creatures, Griffin and Monroe. Adding Renard as an additional antagonist makes it too easy. Same flaw with 'No Ordinary Family' and the character of Dr. Dayton King...too close...conflict from too many directions.

Less is more.

Vantage Point (2008)

Had me interested in the outcome

[7/10 · 4 July 2008]

It was a decently good movie. Decently well put together. I mean at first I thought this was about war and terrorism, but its not, its more about the story. Its a thriller that you want to see to the end, and it got me on that, once I got past the first 15-20mins, I was interested to see what ends up in the story. It's not predicable, which is good. But the actual end scene (spoiler part) bothers me. If you have the president of the united states kidnapped in the back of your ambulance and see a kid in the middle of the street; if you know that if you swerve you're going to tip the ambulance, then you run over the kid, the damn kidnapped president of the united states is in the back of your ambulance, one kid in the street ain't sh*t.