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This Is England '90 (2015)
Bad Improvising
This would have been so much better if it was scripted properly and not left to the actors to improvise.
It was so jarring and obvious we're watching amateur improv hour a lot of the time.
For example you give an actor free reign to improvise and a lot of the time they end up shouting and crying and overdoing the dialogue - it's totally unrealistic, so what you're left with is an unrealistic portrayal of these characters.
Yeah I know improvisation is supposed to make it more realistic and emotionally raw but it didnt work here.
Maybe the actors just aren't good at it but it ruined the whole series for me.
No Time to Die (2021)
This Isn't a Bond Film
This Isn't a Bond Film and looks like there won't be any more ever again.
Ian Fleming, Sean Connery and Roger Moore will be rolling in their graves after this. This isn't Bond. Sorry all you progressive types but Bond shouldn't be a diversity platform. Well done to the writers and producers for literally killing your franchise.
Why are they trying too hard to fit the social narrative and please the SJW brigade instead of writing a film that plays to the characters and franchises strengths?
Bond wasn't even Bond in this, there were no cool new Gadgets, the story was lame and contrived and nonsensical, the villain was unimaginative (a personal vendetta? Really?!?).
I don't understand the good reviews, must be Company bots or paid shills.
The end credits shows 'James Bond will be back' - No he won't.
Only God Forgives (2013)
Not a Good Story or Film
Everyone has their own opinion of what a film should be. Personally I've seen thousands of films (arthouse, vintage, silent, classics, independent, mainstream from every era and of every genre) and like to think I can tell the difference between what can be regarded as good and what is bad....this film is the latter. Other reviewers have praised it's cinematography, style, art direction, production design, soundtrack and atmosphere, which are all well and good but this film lacks, story, characters and emotional substance, which in my opinion are a basic requirement. As each character is introduced, not once do any of them bring any kind of characterisation to the story that is worth watching - they are all devoid of anything engaging or any original motivation. Ryan Gosling may as well be any other character he has played lately, Kristin Scott Thomas was just a pantomime evil witch and Vithaya Pansringarm's character had no substance to warrant his actions, everyone else was just your standard henchman or moll. If the film had delivered something memorable and original then it could be heralded as a cult classic but unfortunately this film was empty and forgettable. Fair enough if you want to see an atmospheric film with nothing to invest in, or any worthwhile dialogue but I was bored and the movie left me feel as though I had wasted my time as it offered nothing that a good film should.