Jtkt Reviews

The Banker (2020)

Excellent movie, don't bash it because it came out on Apple TV+

[9/10 · 21 March 2020]

This is a replay of The Morning Show. It got horrible ratings immediately before people even had a chance to watch it just because people love to hate Apple.

This was a superb movie with fantastic actors, excellent writing and beautiful cinematography. Jackson is fantastic as always but Mackie was powerful as well; the entire cast did a great job. The plot advances at a nice pace and there is a great mix of drama and comedy that keeps the momentum going. The social statement is built into the storyline without bludgeoning you over the head. This is a huge part of US history and it's a story that needed to be told, I say well done

Dragonfly (2002)

The, "Lets Bash Costner" club

[8/10 · 25 February 2002]

This is exactly why I don't read reviews anymore. This industry has become so pompous and self important that you can't believe anything you read about today's movies. These wanna be intellectuals that like to jump on bandwagons were just waiting for Costner to make a movie just so they could slam him. Okay, I got that out of my system. Costner does a great job being believable.

He's an intelligent man who is in turmoil because his perfect world is torn asunder by something that isn't perfect and can't be explained. He's not my favorite actor but he is a good actor and he has been unfairly harangued in most of his movies. It just seems to be "In" to trash the guy and I don't think it is warranted and I think jumping on that band wagon is just indicative of the poor quality of reviews these days.

Yes Bates and Hunt are great actresses and yes they probably could have found less important people to play minimal parts but hey! They performed the part that they were supposed to. The characters they played were supporting and didn't need to be made more then they were. Yes I would have liked to see more character development but the movie wasn't about them. They were supporting!

There are two kind of movies with a whole range of movies in between. There is the feel good movie that you can go to for some light entertainment and walk out of the theater with a smile on your face. At the other end of the spectrum is the intellectual movie that you have to actually think about and have a good time doing it.

BOTH movies are worth seeing; it just depends what you are there to see. Dragonfly is one of the former. Yes it is simplistic, yes it has some areas where you need to suspend your sense of logic and maybe your critical sense but it is a nice story with a good ending. I could spend hours tearing it apart but what's the point? It isn't intended and doesn't pretend to be an intellectual movie. It's there for entertainment! People spend so much time fluffing themselves up so they feel important and smart. Okay, here's the clue. If you want to go to an intellectual movie, this isn't it. If you want to take a friend to a nice movie with a good ending then I can't say more for Dragonfly.

Give it a rest folks