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Weird: The Al Yankovic Story (2022)
Good watch, but hugely dramatised
I really liked this movie. It started off well, introducing every actor in a great way, but then it started to feel off. Sex, drug use, gun use. Hang on a minute, is this the story of Weird Al as the movie name suggests, or is it all just one big joke with the occasional fact about Weird Al?
I was disappointed to find out that the movie is a parody within itself - clever, but maybe too clever for me. I probably should have expected it to be honest, but that doesn't go without saying that it left me disappointed in hopes for a real Weird Al biography. Don't get me wrong, I'm all for dramatisation, comical effects, and I totally expected those with this movie, but for the whole thing to just be fiction and not actually be about Weird Al's story at all - it just disappointed me.
I would have rated this much lower, but seeing as I love Weird Al, the choice of actors and the movie itself was actually OK, I felt it deserved a few more stars. Seeing the man himself as an actor was a great surprise though.
NerdQuest (2014)
For a minimal budget with no special 'Hollywood' production, it's really not bad
I don't usually write reviews other than just leave a rating, but I felt with the current ratings of this movie it required at least one review with text. If you enjoy high-end, massively budgeted Hollywood explosions and effects - this movie is definitely not for you.
I am judging this movie with no influence from Mike or Ashens or any of the channels, despite how much I like them, and frankly this movie is really not that bad. The production side is average as you would expect with a 'homemade' movie, but it's actually well edited compared to most movies of this style and the sound doesn't cut or change in volumes when the camera changes to a different angle. For a 2014 movie the quality of the camera used definitely could've been a lot better, but it's still watchable.
As for the content and the movie itself, it's very British - with 'your mum' jokes and typical lads acting like lads. It starts off as a comedy, middles to a drama and, on many levels, it could be a horror. The writing, the story itself, it's all cringy on different aspects and this could be hard for few to enjoy.
All in all, it's fine for what it is. Watch it from the perspective of a 'homemade' movie, not a Hollywood movie, and maybe you'll actually enjoy it.