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Pili (2017)
I thought this film was amazing!
I caught this by chance not knowing a thing about it and thought it was extraordinary. It's as if Ken Loach had made a film about the struggles of a single African mother with a debilitating medical condition fighting to survive. Pili faces hardship and the worse kind of exploitation however there are no evil characters here, everyone has a point of view, which makes this a profound film about the human condition. The film-makers show respect to the subject matter, it is never patronising and there are no silly or unbelievable scenes. I hardly ever write reviews and I'm surprised no one else has reviewed this film or that it has had to little coverage.
Noces rouges (2018)
What was the big cover-up that the military guys were involved with?
The two military guys were with the groom of the dead bride discussing how they were all involved with something that happened on the beach 4 years before, and the groom said he was going to finally reveal to the authorities what that was, but he never does! So what was the point of that subplot? Would be great if someone from the production could share on here what that was supposed to be?
The Story of Film: An Odyssey (2011)
Such a missed opportunity
Mark Cousins is a bright man and in the past I have enjoyed his documentaries about cinema. As this was his personal view I expected it to be idiosyncratic and I wouldn't particularly have a problem with that. I watched the whole series but I cannot recall a single interesting fact I learned from this series. I can unfortunately recall some poor shooting Mark Cousins misguidedly undertook himself and a couple of interviews that were disaster areas in terms of framing and sound quality. Overall this was so sloppy and poorly structured. Maybe he needed a experienced producer, director and editor to bang Cousins' vision into shape? Or maybe the scope was simply too vast?
My Best Friend's Girl (2008)
Is this the most obnoxious film in the history of cinema?
And I like gross-out comedy. After a slick title sequence which felt like it had been added later some dreadful music set the alarm bells ringing. And then the lead character "Tank" (and he really tanks) - he's not going to be like this all the way through the film is he??? Oh yes he is. And what was with the product placement for Malboro cigarettes - with the "smoking kills" emblem on the packet carefully obscured? Is the idea that we watch this dreadful film, get hooked on smoking, and then kill ourselves? And what about the poor actress who has to risk her life smoking these things just to sell them? Or were those fake cigarettes? That would be a brilliant irony. In this film people smoke in bars, at the breakfast table and even in church. Uh, right. So let's get smoking. Kate Hudson is about 10years too old for her part, and Tank is about 15. Worst scene - sleazy father and son together in a bar "eyeing up" the chicks. Best scene - Kate Hudson playing a reverse on Tank and inviting him up to her pad for sex after he's been a jerk; a scene Kate performed with genuine freshness and dare I say it - some truth. Good for her. Sadly no one else did. The premise simply doesn't stand up. Any woman treated the way these women were by Tank would be put off men for a year - not go running back into the arms of their last dud boyfriend. To be bad you have to be super-bad but this film just reeks of woman-hating.