mhope-205-815467 Reviews

An English Haunting (2020)

Suspense Kept My Interest

[7/10 · 10 September 2021]

I don't understand the poor reviews.

While the acting was mediocre the characters and plot were good. The story line certainly presented odd twists so I cannot claim this film was in any way predictable. The estate where movie was filmed presented on the ramshackle derelict threshold befitting the story line. While parts of the grounds were not the case, they made a lovely backdrop.

There were even a couple "Uw Yuks" thrown in to truly seize ones attention.

Rebecca (I) (2020)

No Lawrence Olivier, Joan Fontaine & Judith Anderson

[5/10 · 30 May 2021]

While I enjoyed the series, it certainly does not compare to the 1940's version nor do the novel justice. The additions to the story like Maxim's sleepwalking were unnecessarily silly in my opinion. While it was entertaining enough, I'm giving it only 5 because the little nuances of the original story were missed. I had trouble understanding why the 2nd Mrs deWinter was made to act so silly until her husband declared he enjoyed seeing her look startled and confused. What?

The series didn't have a consistent story building and was as confused as Mrs deWinter appeared. Kirsten Scott Thomas was the most impressive cast member portraying the cold Mrs Danvers.

Relic (2020)

Horrified

[7/10 · 24 July 2020]

I was practically jumping from my seat during the last half hour. How creepy was that? Were it not for other viewers interpretations I would not have concluded the events were possibly a metaphor for dementia sufferers terrifying experience with the ailment. Or another point of view suggested in a review was that the family members have a genetic disorder.

This film definitely leaves me puzzling over whether there is a definitive conclusion we viewers are expected to reach, or was the intent for viewers to question and determine what occurred to three generations of women in the family on our own. The house itself evolved becoming more and more frightening as well.

I cannot say I enjoyed the movie but I'll be thinking on it instead of sleeping. I recommend Relic but for me this film a one time watch due to the rather chilling claustrophobic feeling I had during the last half hour or so.

The three actresses were great especially Emily Mortimer and the story was quite original.

The Slap (2015)

Very Compelling, Representative of Modern Parenting issues

[8/10 · 14 March 2015]

I'm only half way through second episode and I'm in shock over Melissa George's character. She sits nursing a grown child who is obviously so ridiculously spoiled that virtually every thing he does is just darling in her eyes and he does no wrong. He is able to be rude and disruptive in addition to purposefully damaging the hosts property and his behavior is never corrected other than for her to shove her boob in his face and stroke his hair. One sick twisted mother there.

Everyone attending that birthday party wanted to slap the child. I would rather slap the parents, the mother for obvious reasons and her husband for blindly going along with anything she says. The mother has some very serious emotional problems that leave her raging irrationally herself at the very idea someone put his hands on her child. He needs some serious behavior adjusting and learning consequences of his actions. I would have so much sympathy for an educator getting stuck with such a child in her class. It would shake the child's world to the core to be in a situation where 2 dozen other children are loved by their parents and have just as much right to be there and participate as he does. There would be a meltdown on day one of preschool which would have Melissa George's character charging in, bra-less, ready to get freaky with her child again.

As for Harry, he could have gone in there on Valium and humbly offered apology and would have been met with the same disdain and "how dare you" attitude from Rosie and Gary because they have no intention of letting it go because they are out for blood from him.

There will be no winners in this series. And its all because of a spoiled rotten child being allowed or rather encouraged by his parents to be as bratty as he wishes because it gives them a chance to coddle and baby him, because they are sick and need to attend parenting classes.

Its not like me to jump on a soapbox but as soon as I saw a child with a mouth full of teeth sucking on the breast and turning away only to sneer and say something rude to an adult with no interception from either parent, my back was up right along with Harry's. I cannot believe there is a judge who would convict him of anything with regards to what occurred at the BBQ.