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Whitney (2011)
A lot of potential
I am really surprised to see that this show has a rating of 5 out of 10 (7784 votes). I believe this is going to be a long and successful comedy show. I feel each episode is getting better then the last. It's got heart and right amount of sarcasm. Like somebody else mentioned it's nice to see the actors laugh and break character at times. Reminds me of Seinfeld. First season of Seinfeld wasn't the best one, it grew and improved over time, something I think is happening to Whitney. Whitney Cummings is a far better actor then Jerry Seinfeld ever was in my opinion. Dan O'Brien is wonderful in his role as Mark. I also like Chris D'Elia, maybe not the best actor but come on, we're talking about a sitcom. Might not be a 10 out of 10 but I give it a 10 to compensate for all the haters :)
Killer Joe (2011)
If you are a psychopath, you will love this, otherwise watch something else.
Maybe it's just me, but if you want to make a violent dark movie, you set the mood accordingly. What this movie tries to do is to lure you in, thinking it's a funny (dark sure) but just a little twisted comedy, but then surprise you into something completely different. It wants to shock you and disgust you and it hopes you will be impressed by the surprising turns, the fact that it's not like any other movie. I am really interested in seeing how this movies rating will end up. Right now it has 7,5/10 with 4,177 votes. My guess is this movie will be around a 6/10 at best unless there are a lot of sick people out there who enjoy being shocked and disgusted and left feeling confused.
It's a movie without a point, other then chaos and randomness. No character does what you think they will do, no character really inspires you. The story made me feel disgusted and it left me with a little less hope in mankind :)
The acting was decent. Matthew McConaughey does his part well. Emile Hirsch's character is so annoying it's hard to appreciate the acting behind it. Juno Temple was very good.
But all in all, why watch this movie? Why would you like it? I guess some people like to be surprised and watch something new. I think it's just stupid because the majority who watches movies are looking for a meaningful story.
I like violent movies. At some point I felt this movie tries to be like a Quentin Tarantino movie, but still it's far from it. These characters are random. The atmosphere is easygoing and at times funny, but compared to a Tarantino flick the dialog is that of stupid, uninteresting people. You could argue that the point is to show how scared and not too bright people could react in a pressed situation. But is that really interesting enough to make into a film? Who would enjoy that? If you want to see senseless violence, watch a horror/action movie and get your bloodlust satisfied. Watch a movie that does not try to be everything all at once but that fails to deliver anything worthwhile. Unless you are a psychopath, then you will love this movie.
After.Life (2009)
Awful
A waste of time. The story went absolutely nowhere. It was as if the intention of the movie was to frustrate the viewers and make them totally confused. It might be possible that by watching the movie a few times it goes from a 1/10 to perhaps a 2-3 but you can not expect anybody to dedicate that much time to understand a movie as horrible as this one. Liam Neeson is a great actor and does his part great though, but his character is poorly developed throughout the movie, something you could say about all of the other characters as well. My guess is that this movie looked promising as a script but that the director failed completely in transforming the script into a watchable movie.