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Reviews
Seven Types of Ambiguity (2017)
Yawn fest
I was also drawn in by Hugo Weaving, he has been very good in a lot of Australian dramas/ thrillers. Episode one is fairly compelling and centres on the kidnapping of a child. Whilst this must be an awful thing to happen, it quickly transpires that the child is totally unharmed and was basically being looked after (albeit without permission) this forms the basis for the ensuing 5 episodes which tell the same story from points of views of characters we barely care about, some of which go off on a complete tangent and don't seem at all relevant. We saw it through to the end but what could have been an engrossing story was wasted by bad plot twists and unlikeable characters. Not worthy of it's 7/10 score
Once Upon a Time in... Hollywood (2019)
Dropped the ball
In his heyday Tarantino was unbeatable, with the likes of Reservoir Dogs and Pulp fiction being modern masterpieces. Latterly Kill Bill, Inglorious basterds (80% anyway) and Django proved excellent too, but in my opinion his latest efforts have been well below par. Once upon a time in Hollywood is overly long, poorly paced, and dialogue is uninteresting. I spent the majority of the film expecting something exciting to happen... But it just didn't! Then when you've all but given up there's a sudden, unexpected and gratuitously ultraviolent scene right at the end which doesn't fit in at all. I'm not saying it's badly made, just what's the point?!