tscosj Reviews

The Founder (2016)

The name is everything

[7/10 · 16 April 2017]

Making a movie, especially based on a true story, is a disturbing process. Honestly, I didn't know McDonald's's founder the name, the story behind it, and so on. In my town, we don't have any McDonald's operating, but countless number of "kings and bigs," shameless copies. The point is "burgers" aren't know-how anymore, it's a part of our life.

"McDonald's" success is as Ray Kroc believes in its sound, spelling, pronunciation. It's not their employees' strong work ethic, affordable prices of food, perfect location, lightning-fast service, etc., etc., — backbone of the success is just the name. You can re-negotiate it, but now it's highly unacceptable due to "handshake."

What it means?

The Founder is a movie, in a nutshell, how the business world works, and we see it through eyes and actions of Ray Kroc who is a classic asshole of American business, and who cares? If mostly people don't care about being either right or wrong, but succeed.

Michael Keaton is really good at acting late-success stories. I don't know why. Also, the title "Founder" is a sarcastic.

Let's go back to "disturbing" part of my review. Ray Kroc died a long time ago. That would be super good to hear his opinion about the movie, as Steve Jobs can't make any statements towards two titles with his name. If the latter was total chaos and failure, the Founder is so good.

The mistake was, as I just learned today, directors and producers of "Steve Jobs" title were trying to portrait him instead of telling the story. "The Founder" is a great story about how to succeed in this life no matter what. Did I feel sorry about Richard and Maurice McDonald? Who cares?

Mousehunt (1997)

I love Mousehunt

[9/10 · 16 April 2017]

I'm pretty upset to learn about "score" system of IMDb, as such garbage movies with millions of dollar in budget, sorry for my language, Dr. Strange, La La Land, Snowden, Suicide Squad, etc., nominated to more than ten Oscars at once, had got 8 or more scores, but... Moushunt only 6.4? "People are such ignorant creatures", - one had to start thinking.

Moushunt is a classic... Not classic. It's a movie of my childhood. Sure, I watched it more than ten times, and it's never stop being such a hilarious, fun, wisdom movie for me. Yes, wisdom! Wisdom is that two brothers never stop dreaming and taking an action. One wouldn't be able to overcome such a burdensome events in his life, but they are true entrepreneurs.

And mouse, mouse!

Natan Lane, as I learned just know, I'm an ignorant person at this point, has distinct portfolio of titles, but it's only one movie where I watched his acting, the same for Lee Evans. Surprisingly don't know why, I've never ever saw them in other movies I happened to watch.

Script is magnificent, camera-work is... what was the word? Invigorating! And acting? Did you see the acting fully integrated to its characters, set, camera-work and script? Hollywood isn't making anymore so subtle yet full of enthusiasm movies anymore. Sad.

Reincarnated (2012)

Berhane is looking for inspiration while smoking a weed

[5/10 · 11 February 2017]

Berhane — is a Snoop Dogg's new name. One of The Wailers named him Snoop Lion though. Which one is soundable — choose.

Berhane is a rap icon. He has made bucks of money making music, and selling drugs. Earlier of his life, I think. I wasn't born in Ghetto, I had very normal childhood with in very normal neighborhood, and all what I was saying in my review — is just another opinion.

I think, if one wants to understand Snoop Dogg is to have the same experience he had been going through which I never did. In other words, my opinion is biased here.

"Reincarnated" — a huge commercial to expand "smoke every day" culture to every places it's possible to get into all over the Earth. If jokes aside, Snoop Lion is doing another album to find his "truth" while making some music united with Vice Inc. to record the process. Of course, smoking some weed in the first place, Jamaica.

There were some unique moments in the movie though. There were some words worth to hear, video tapes worth to see, and Snoop Dogg is a long term showman pimping in every corner of the rap culture to make some show out of his ordinary days.

Now, Snoop wants to be a Jamaican and go into its roots as the greatest of all Marley did almost a half century ago. Was it successful? You can go to Netflix and make your own choice — below is mine.

Not at all.

Rap and Reggae are totally different genres I believe. Snoop Dogg didn't think so. It's up to him. I cannot convince musician of that size as Snoop to hear my voice, it's pointless thing to do.

In Jamaica, people are smoking everywhere. The documentary is how to smoke a weed, believe me. How to grow the herbs, where to grow them, and how to smoke them.

I Am Bolt (2016)

The Fastest Man Alive

[7/10 · 4 December 2016]

In terms of personality, Bolt is the greatest. It's sounds like a bit cliché to connect these two words: Bolt and greatest. It seems to me that's enough just to say Bold.

He is the definition of what it's like to be bold guy who won the Olympics nine times! Did you hear me? Nine times!

In real life, at least if you watched both documentaries about him, he is the next door guy. His way of laughing, joking, making fun of his couch, and chatting with his friends, he is the ordinary guy. He is like my friends I'm hanging out. Really!

But man, you are watching nine times champion of Olympic games. Impressive to see why are greatest the great and it isn't because of their ego, it's all because you have done something in this World. No matter how big or small, just keeping the eye on your aim and do anything to make it happen.

There were few truly inspirational moments in this movie.My opinion is the documentary is a failure how they covered the fastest man alive. Rating 7/10 I gave for the documentary, Bolt himself has always been 10/10!