Recently I watched all the bright places’ movie adaptation on Netflix. I would give it a solid 6 out of 10 mainly because I think it failed in conveying the overall vibe of Finch and Violet. Although the actors Ella Fanning and Justice smith Are good actors, it didn't feel like the dynamic that you would feel in the book which I read back in 10th Grade. When I was reading this book sophomore year I was very much amazed by how the author, Jennifer Niven, managed to make a story about mental illness so “young”. A lot of people my age struggle with mental illness alone because they're told they're being moody teenagers (which you should never say to an upset teenager) when they express their opinion and emotions about the specific thing that's aggravating them. The book was also a lot smoother in the story's transgression which I did not feel at all in the movie. Everything was kind of happening super fast and I don't think there were enough in between moments so that we the audience can warm up to the characters and have them move at a pace that made sense with how long we've met them for. Of course most of the Watchers of this film read the book but you still needed to introduce the characters in the movie. I've said this a lot and I'll say it again, books are always a thousand times better than the movie. The book has to be really good for there to even be a movie so It generally never stands a chance honestly.
Aside: Is my very last blog post of high school. I don't know whether I should be happy or sad but whether or not I come back to this blog it was a great space to express my thoughts. As always, thank you Mr. Ticky.
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Parasite is one of the best movies I've watched this year if not, the best movie. At first watch I didn't really think it was that deserving of the Oscar, but upon going online and reading everything about it and truly understanding what the movie meant in the metaphors that it was conveying throughout the characters in the plot I really did get to appreciate its subtle genius. The Kim family isn't just a regular family they are kind of a walking representation of poor people in the lower class. They live in horrible conditions and first appear super lazy and leech like but as the movie goes on we see that they have ambition and they are people who are capable of doing and pulling off elaborate plans. Then we have the opposite of the Kim family, the park family, who are very rich and well off. I think that the fact that this movie brings up the topic in conversation of how rich people also use poor people and how they depend on them to do meaningless and trivial tasks. How they too as a people leech off of them is a great message. Also, I think it's important that we know the fact that it's set in South Korea and it's a South Korean movie because in South Korean Society nepotism and classism are very much well and alive way more than they are in the United States. Bong joon-ho the director of this film, critiques his own society by creating this film so he as filmmaker and is very bold for this movie. To me, I think that's also part of what makes it so special. Overall I thought this movie was really great at surface-level being super funny, who should I root for? sort of movie. it's definitely worth a lot of watches in my opinion could you don't really soak up everything in the first watch anyways.
Miracle in Cell Number 7 is one of the most recent movies I watched in a very long time. You'd think if you're in self-isolation you’d watch a lot of stuff but honestly no. Anyways, I'm not going to talk much about movie making elements of the movie too much although I did love all the close-ups and transitions the director Mehmet Ada Öztekin Used in this Turkish adaptation of the original South Korean movie. Whether he got them from that original movie I have no clue as I haven't watched that one but I will say the entire point was to make the audience feel something and that's something that he's done very well with the camera work. This movie was sad. I'm going to cry for 2 hours at 1 in the morning type sad. which I very much and proudly did. The main actors did so incredibly well it was very hard to believe that the main actor wasn't actually impaired mentally in real life. Everything from choosing who to play the movie to putting the movie together was just a good combination from everyone behind the scenes of the film so I will say that the casting and everything is a 10 out of 10. The plot itself was very good for its scale. The story is about a little town in Turkey in the 1990’s and a very sad incident that happens in this local time. I enjoyed that they didn't try to make this like a super big story and they kept it within the town and they kept it memo’s and Ova’s story. That element was very appreciated on my part. Furthermore, the music and everything that was placed in the film was very appropriate as it did invoke a lot of emotions from not just me but almost every single person I've talked to who has watched this film has felt what the film was trying to invoke. Any hint of a problem I might have had with the movie is the ending. I don't really understand what the matchbox symbolizes and where ova’s dad is but I kind of like that I don't understand so it's not really a problem. Overall I give this movie a 10 out of 10.
The Turning has me confused. Honestly, I have never seen a more anti-climatic unsatisfying, “okay an” type of film in my life. To set the scene for you, pun intended, this movie was created on a 17 million dollar budget but grossed 12.4 million as of February 4th. It has a 13% rotten tomatoes score. Besides the fact that it stars a well-known actor Finn Wolfhard noticeable from things like Stranger things and etc, as well as the main character, being McKenzie Davis and was even produced by Steven Spielberg. Personally, I was duped into watching a “scary” film. Although it wasn’t my intention To initially watch the film me and my friends thought why not. It had no climax I think and the mystery of the residence she’s trying to figure out had no good build up. They were trying to do too much all at once. They character don't even develop. It seems very sloppy and the flow of the storytelling element is very much missing. Spoiler but, there is this weird escape ending where the main character is running away from a ghost but it all ends up being one of her mother’s many drawings. The movie is so confusing it doesn’t even make sense to explain it to someone else. Maybe that’s the poorly delivered point. Regardless, all I know is that I really want my 1 hr 40 minutes back.
Season two of YOU on Netflix was an experience. A Good one of course as Penn Badgley exists in this world. I was an avid viewer of the first season and have patiently waited for the second season to drop at midnight during winter break. (It took me a while to realize it was in fact not at midnight but 3 AM.) Was it worth it? yes. Now... the second season as a whole? I don't know my friend chief says he doesn't know about that one. But, oh my god the entirety of the last couple episodes were Art.
Before I ruin it for anyone SPOILERS AHEAD!!. Okay I think that's a good enough discretion. Tall Girl: Written by a bunch of adults who've seemed to forget how teenagers actually act.10/8/2019 Tall girl is an amazing movie...if you're in middle school.
Before you get out your pitchforks and exclaim at how I could trash such an uplifting inclusive movie, understand one thing. I have no issue with the center basis of the film. To uplift the taller girls and tell their story for once. The ones, as famously said, who “wear a size 13 Nikes... In men's.’’ It’s great they show the irony of how a tall female could be so unseen in the world. Which, all amazing messages that I could totally get behind as a taller individual myself. That being said, my issue lies in the movie itself. The script, the character's clothes, the technicalities in editing and characters no real life outside of Jodi Kraymans perception which, personally speaking, I think is just bad writing. Kind of like that pervious sentence structure. In this economy? It all feels so cliche. The fact that a whole school of stressed-out twenty-first teens know or really care about stig and his hotness isn’t up to date with that people my age care about. Sure, he might have some conversation stirred up about him in a real-life high school but certainly not to that extent. Furthermore, that weird stare down scene with the girls at the lunch table suggests that most of the girls have nothing better to do then go fight over him in a fittingly backward primal esque way. Maybe I give my fellow teens to much credit, but I think we as a whole might be a little more mature and busy in our day to day lives to care so deeply about a hot exchange student from Sweden. Politics, the environmental crisis, mental health and school shootings are things most people are aware of. The characters being so one-sided seems artificial to me too and Jodi being too awkward to function at times and then randomly confident was off about her character arch and development. Next, the character's clothing also struck out with me. I’m not saying people don’t dress like that still in current times. But, I would like to suggest the idea that maybe, just maybe, that wardrobe googled teen clothing for “enter character type” i.e jock, popular girl, nerd and exchange kid and fitted them accordingly to the characters. I especially was not real keen on Freeda, Jodi's best friend in the film dressing like she’s stuck in 2013. Especially considering she's going to school for modern fashion. Overview Lastly, as I struggled to finish the movie, I couldn’t help but be especially attentive to the very badly done dubbing on the actor's voices in some sections of the movie. They filmed in loud areas of New Orleans such as the streetcars and parade so therefore it would make sense if the audio was messed up but that doesn’t excuse the timing being poorly synced to the actor's lips. I’m no professional and even I caught that. Because It felt like I was watching a foreign film with English dubbed over at some times, I couldn't focus much on the scenes. As a result, I didn’t enjoy the movie but I can still appreciate the work and intention put behind this film. It's meant to be uplifting and I’m sure some people felt that; just, not I. I feel like they wasted an opportunity for a really remarkable film on how we view the female body and judge women in society. Sadly, they made it about a hot swedish guy. |
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