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Sissy (2022)
If Lifetime and the CW made a horror movie together.
The premise wasn't well-developed nor was the plot something that would be considered sensical.
The premise said outloud:
Emma: " I haven't talked to you in 10 years even though we still live in the same city, but come to my oddly secluded hen party."
Sissy: "Sure, I really would miss someone that blew me off arbitrarily for a psychopathic bully who says I'm the psychopath..I'm totally showing up." and then insert a poorly conceived young adult horror movie into this Lifetime movie concept and you get "Sissy."
Bad plot holes: The instigator Alex is implausible because if I thought someone was psychopathic I'd do nothing to provoke them much less threaten their livelihood or reputation. It be like teasing a wild animal and then wondering why you were attacked.
Harry & Meghan (2022)
If you enjoy non-linear, one-sided documentaries based on misrepresentation & subjective interpretations you'll enjoy this.
Documentaries are meant to be informative with documentary filmmakers being truthful to their vision without misrepresenting a topic. It is unfortunate that Netflix posted this without taking the time to properly vet the information posted.
- The history part regarding racism and the Empire/Commonwealth was very confusing without a proper separation of British colonies from the slave trade. These 2 things are separate. They don't mention why the payment of slave owners was enacted after it was outlawed by the Empire in 1807 and 1833. This refers to incentives for colonies such as the British Virgin Islands to make the slaves employees by offering the owners money to change the slaves' status because enforcement would be problematic. Consider the US separating and how that went for the Brits.
- A lot of the articles used to promote certain issues were incorrectly dated. Example, posts from 2018 used to talk about things in 2020, paparazzi photos that weren't about the Sussexes used to talk about their press intrusion and racism as a reason for the state of affairs. Example, Kate, Camilla and Fergie went through paparazzi harassment and derision from the aristocracy as did Meghan but they don't discuss that. They say it is racism and not disdain because all of the ladies were commoners with varying personality traits that wouldn't have sat well with the old guard.
- The subjective nature of the testimony. Harry says the RF was jealous of Meghan, that they planted stories, and that there was danger for them as evidenced by nothing. To make it extra sad, they left the UK and wound up with no security but they were in imminent danger. 'Let's leave so we'll have no security and then try hire the same people we abandoned as "racist and apathetic".'
I could go on but I think my point has been made. Unfair and unbalanced, unresearched and unverified and more docufiction than documentary. Do better Netflix.
The Nun (2018)
Interesting concept but doesn't succeed
I was excited to see this movie at first, however, after viewing I was confused and disappointed. The movie's story seemed incomplete. Here's the points where I thought the script failed:
- I wasn't sure why the convent should be scary. They didn't exposit enough about the 'ghost' nuns. How old are they, or how old should they be? Why don't we know why their continued presence should be disturbing?
- When no one was eating the groceries why wasn't Frenchie concerned? They never explained where the food went. The convent wasn't eating any of it.
- Why were the principles still confused about the suicide framing it as a sacrifice when the nuns explained it as not providing a vessel through which the demon could leave the convent.
The movie was well-shot but the story didn't unfold where its plot points were clear. The actors didn't seem able to convey the fear they felt to the audience. The audience should be experiencing the fear too but with performances that looked like the cast was on Nyquil, I couldn't work up any fear either.
Harry & Meghan: The Great Divide (2023)
A gratuitous public relations effort - They just failed at everything
I was very disappointed at the speakers in it as all they did was try to explain the Harry and Meghan saga as some sort of "misunderstanding." Harry and Meghan left the UK for dubious and self serving reasons.
The queen reportedly thought they were both balmy for requesting to be part-time royals at all. This is likely because they would lose whatever security they had in the UK and abroad, for essentially nothing. They thought they could do speaking engagements, start a nonprofit foundation and create media projects. The problem is that they lacked the necessary skills to be able to pull it off. There is also the issue of lying in the Oprah interview and their docuseries regarding the events in the UK.
H & M finally arrived in America and tried to tell others what to do, what to think and how to live. They spoke without reason or authority and were roasted in both the UK and American press for it. This doc is a thinly veiled propaganda piece about the role race played in their exit and how Meghan's opinions were of controversy when they were not.
An excellent example is her word salad speech regarding women losing jobs during the pandemic. How a pep talk from the participants in 40 x 40 would reopen a business that closed because it was effected by Covid is anyone's guess.
They didn't possess knowledge of the things they deign to speak about, lied about the actions of others but still expect someone to believe it was a misunderstanding not bad actions that lead to the family rift. Two huge thumbs down for this tone-deaf effort to whitewash bad acts.
Beyond the Lights (2014)
Go Beyond the Lights...then reverse, and hang a left because there's nothing beyond them
I wasn't sure what to expect from Beyond The Lights and it started off kind of interesting. However, as watching it I was distracted by the immature, admonitory protagonist Noni. We meet her winning an award for "Billboard's best-dressed sex worker" I guess and she should be happy but we find her drunk and sulking in the back of an SUV on the way to a penthouse.
She tries to commit suicide off the balcony being saved by the police officer, Kaz. They have an interview about the incident where it is reported as an drunken accident. Noni proceeds to behave rudely, referring to Kaz as wanting 15 minutes of fame and girls. Later, she inexplicably tries to draw him into some sort of relationship with her even though he should run away from this neurotic shrewish mess as fast as as his legs will take him. But where's the sport in that?
Anyways, we see Noni play the victim in an effort to have the audience and Kaz feel sorry for her. I found this to be problematic as most of her problems are solvable. Instead of a victim we see an ingenuous disturbed young woman who only wants to manipulate a stranger to promote the following ideas:
- The music industry is bad and exploitative (even though you know you can wear clothing that doesn't make you look like a S & M submissive pet and still sing)
- My mother is overbearing and unfit and made me a maladjusted monster (funny how you don't talk to her much about your feelings or anything else but I guess the stranger with sexy abs would know you better)
- Noni is biracial (but that is seemingly insignificant to the plot outside the Blackbird song and won't be discussed further)
- The world is too brutal for my delicate frame and I need protection (when Kaz wants a messy load that refuses to take any responsibility for the state of her own life, I'm sure he'll call)
In conclusion, despite having nothing in common the screenwriting fairies saw fit to join Noni and Kaz as a couple. Noni changes her hair in an effort to be more herself or soulful. And, I guess, the two want to make their long-distance relationship work? I was not impressed much with the uneven tone of the story and Noni's lack of true growth and maturity. But I guess being in a relationship with sexy abs cop means she's okay now. Whatever...
Fatal Attraction (2023)
Weird fair in comparison to the source material
The premise of an affair leading to murder is typically intriguing. However, this show left much to be desired. Instead of a gripping story about obsession developing from an intimate encounter we get an unevenly paced who-dun-it with the affair as a bland plot device.
Alex is too emotionally blank. They have a scene where she feigns an overdose to, I guess spend more time with Dan. I don't know because despite it being in the show, the principals don't talk about it. Lizzy's Alex tells Dan this information like she's wants to know his order for Doordash. Movie Alex by contrast looks like a person who's falling apart. Dan, while driving her to the ER tells her that she'll likely lose her job if she seeks treatment due to the 5150 hold that would follow. They go back to her apartment where Dan leaves very quickly. Dan doesn't believe Alex had Oded but there's no resolve as to why. What's her endgame? If she wanted to guilt him into staying her weak unemotional attempt would just irritate him.
Alex's efforts at manipulation are detailed where she starts a fire at the restaurant to lure Dan to her house for the 1st encounter. The problem is it wouldn't have worked as he's in work clothes and would have gone home foregoing putting a business suit in a dryer to shrink.
Other issues: The script spends no time developing Alex's personality disorder regarding the affair. Alex is inscrutable. She should be either psychopathic or delusional. Alex's behavior is out of character as she is seen pushing people away referring to their relationship as 'nothing' when they let her down. A stalker feigning love for, obsessing over, and then developing a deep hatred for the target is normal. However, in Alex's case her behavior is incongruent with either mentioned personality disorder. She doesn't resort to violence. Her extreme violence with Dan's family members comes out of nowhere. This issue just takes the viewer out of the story as it doesn't make sense.
Further plot issues: Dan is not believable in terms of his defense strategy of denying the affair. As a prosecutor he'd know better. Beth's best friend being the murderer is ridiculous. Ellen breaking in a professor's house makes no sense.
Dangerous (2021)
Dangerous is bizarre tale of redemption
Dangerous is a movie that is thought provoking. When watching the first 20 minutes I thought it might be one of those 'he tried to go straight but his past wouldn't let go of him' movies. As the film went on it was surprisingly less about portraying this ruthless killer as some sort of badass instead focusing his improvements.
I liked the movie more than I thought I would and it had a lot of male eye candy to distract from the scant and morbid settings. Scott Eastwood is good in the role of Dylan. He is more than brooding beefcake and I appreciated the ending where he moves on from his past. Kevin Durand was underutilized but served as a decent villain.
The Negatives: Dylan's mother's hatred of him is over the top. Famke Janssen is an unconvincing FBI agent and his therapist comes off crazier than him. Who'd put a restaurant and inn on an empty island?