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Songbird (2020)
It all works out in the end.....
So I would never have paid to see this if any cinema in London was open and showing it, as insipid love stories dont do it for me at all, however trailer did pique my interest how this current situation would be portrayed by mr bay, so when it popped up on amazon prime I went for it, oh dear what a stinker, not a single character to like at all. The guy who basically is jeff bezos who everyone now relies on to get all their stuff on earth is totally unbelievable as being able to run that type of operation as he seems like a bad used car salesman. with everyone stuck inside their homes there are no workers to pack the stuff, so seeing this guy riding a golf cart around a warehouse does not negate the fact logistically his business cannot ever be a solo deal, he has his bike couriers who should be living like gods as they are all apparently immune but no instead of living freely somewhere away from the hell cities they choose to spend their lives cycling crap all over town for spoiled rich idiots trapped in mansions...yeah right.
We only ever really see the main love interest nico and his courier skills though I guess he is eye candy to some so there's that. dont care about the romance at all hate the fact when the grandmother dies its clearly just written so when the young lovebirds eventually get to be together they dont have the dead weight of the old girl around when they do...
Next we have the hollywood go to guy for evil, the devil in Constantine so I had high hope's but he had nothing to work with, just bland he dies so dont care, rich white people with sick daughter narcissists and playing on the unlikeable factor as a family who even in a pandemic can use their privilege to bypass the new norms the great unwashed have to deal with, so boring we find this detestable pair are dealing in stolen wristbands but really who cares it seems the masses are already in the camps living hellish anyway and there is no reason to expect these guys to have anything happen that is interesting. We never see the camps or maybe some sort of break out attempt like elysium we have an odd situation where it seems after the youtube purge only 1 channel remains and everyone not in a camp watches a very bad singer who is being sexually exploited by the husband wristband smuggler...what are the odds. Anyway to top it all off nico persuades the rich cold wife to suddenly show him compassion and program a wristband for his beloved when less than 24 hrs previously she had set him up to be brutally killed by devil guy...oh ok then.
Nico gets to his lady love just before she gets into camp even though in reality they both would have been shot dead but hollywood wins and reality is turned on its head for love....also she is immune anyway so they are not even technically breaking any covid rules by being together so everyone wins and we all get to stay safe. What an uplifting message to the peoples, now I just need to go see if we are war with Eurasia or Oceania.
One by One (2014)
A movie for right now.
Saw a clip on YouTube channel dollar vigilante and was very intrigued so after minimal digging found this whole film to watch online and loved it so much, has a very cosy British feel to the film a small cast but totally compelling you feel as though you are a part of their group as they sit down having their discussion on the state of the world. If you are looking for high octane explosions and CGI mega effects this won't be for you but if you want a thought provoking film that even if you don't agree with all or any of the points put across still is a darn good watch then I say yay to this film.