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Alone Together (2018)
Quirky, awkward and very entertaining.
The show centers on two best friends both equally not fitting in with the superficial Californian society. While one is highly self critical and reflective the other is, at times, almost hilariously unaware of her not fitting in.
The jokes are somewhat smart and the dialogues are well thought out making the show a lesser known gem
If you were born between 1985 and now, give it a try, as it deals with the strugggles of being born in that exact range.
American Ultra (2015)
Think twice before you watch
The Story of a Stoner who seems to be running into invisible walls when he tries to leave his town and who isn't getting anywhere with his life is nothing new. Unfortunately the fact that he's a CIA trained killing machine in sleeper mode (I feel like I know this from somewhere) is not well enough executed (meaning the plot is way to shallow and transparent) to make this movie good.
The movie doesn't seem to know what it wants to be. Is it a stoner comedy, or is it kind of a Bourne Identity mock-up that didn't have to guts to be really funny? Well, It's certainly not funny enough to be a comedy but it's too funny to be a drama. And, as mentioned before, its story is a little too transparent to be really gripping. The action is, apart from a few fighting choreographies and bloody effects, really lame and despite having played a stoner before, Jesse Eisenberg doesn't pull it off this time. He just didn't manage to make me care enough for his character.
Kristen Stewart on the other hand did a fine job. Although the mood of her character is really not far from any other character she's played before, she manages to be at least twice as convincing as Eisenberg.
1 Star for Kristen Stewart, 1 for the idea, 1 Star for the look.
-1 for Topher Grace -1 for the unrealistic behavior of the military -1 for for the execution of the idea -1 for not deciding to make this movie either really funny or really serious (the in between doesn't work) -1 for John Leguizamo -1 for Walton Goggins -1 for Jesse Eisenbergs Performance (He was so much better in Adventureland or in Zombieland