The CGI is laughably bad, the villains are laughably incompetent, the British actors are so bad, you'll break your cringe bone, and the two heros are so nelly for each other I expected them to kiss to break the tension. This movie takes physics and flips it the bird. Seriously, I couldn't stop laughing the whole time. The only reason I rated it one star because it has no business being loved unironically.
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Enola Holmes
(2020)
Out-of Touch Morals from Out-of-Touch Hollywood
17 April 2022
Enola Holmes suffers from what I like to call Zero-Sum Feminism, which is to say that the success of women only comes at the expense of men's suffering. Yet, this ugly notion ultimately backfires against the very ideals the film is trying to promote. In Enola Holmes, the men are bumbling idiots, undeserving of their lofty positions, while only the women are capable and smart, ironicaly suggesting that women can only compete when their male counterparts are dumbed down. Even when the men aren't doing anything wrong, Enola still bites at them like a cruel viper in an attempt to dominate in a man's world by adopting the same male toxicity that the movie pretends to hate.
The Last Romantic
(2006)
Uniquely Un-Hollywood
24 May 2021
Rarely does Hollywood make a movie that is as unique as it is simple. This story is a snapshot in time, a few days in the life of a poet bound by both artistic passion and absolutely no sense of reality.
He is Calvin Wizzig and he is written for every artist out there who had a romantic image of what creating art should be like and the brick wall of reality that shattered their perception.
The two directors and writers obviously projected a lot of personal experience onto Calvin and it shows. It's seemingly unreal moments where a woman walks up to a stranger and asks him to fake marry her for money that make this movie so enjoyable because obviously these directors have lived in New York City where bizarre experiences like this happen every day.
I will say you may not enjoy this movie if you aren't familiar with the other lesser known works of Adam and Aaron Nee. The directors for this movie tend to write stories that cannot be found anywhere else in Hollywood. They are the directors of the comedy Lost City of D with Sandra Bullock, Brad Pitt, Channing Tatum, and Daniel Radcliff. This huge cast is no surprise as the Nee brothers attract all kinds of famous talent for their films from Sarah Silverman to Jack Black. This is because their films offer stories and perspectives that really have never been told before and actors are really attracted to once in a lifetime experiences that the Brothers Nee offer.
Unfortunately, this means that a general audience may have an aversion to this movie at first but with the right audience to explain why it is impactful to many artists, I think anyone can enjoy seeing life through their eyes.
He is Calvin Wizzig and he is written for every artist out there who had a romantic image of what creating art should be like and the brick wall of reality that shattered their perception.
The two directors and writers obviously projected a lot of personal experience onto Calvin and it shows. It's seemingly unreal moments where a woman walks up to a stranger and asks him to fake marry her for money that make this movie so enjoyable because obviously these directors have lived in New York City where bizarre experiences like this happen every day.
I will say you may not enjoy this movie if you aren't familiar with the other lesser known works of Adam and Aaron Nee. The directors for this movie tend to write stories that cannot be found anywhere else in Hollywood. They are the directors of the comedy Lost City of D with Sandra Bullock, Brad Pitt, Channing Tatum, and Daniel Radcliff. This huge cast is no surprise as the Nee brothers attract all kinds of famous talent for their films from Sarah Silverman to Jack Black. This is because their films offer stories and perspectives that really have never been told before and actors are really attracted to once in a lifetime experiences that the Brothers Nee offer.
Unfortunately, this means that a general audience may have an aversion to this movie at first but with the right audience to explain why it is impactful to many artists, I think anyone can enjoy seeing life through their eyes.
What Lies Below
(2020)
If a horror movie on Netflix, chances are it's terrible
14 April 2021
This movie is exactly why we are forced to screen audience reviews for all Netflix horror movies before watching. Netflix has a crippling addiction to affordable writers and directors who are budget enough for a quality setup but Walmart bargain-bin worthy when it comes to any substantial payoff. When it comes to conclusions, this movie is too creatively poor to afford an hour and a half of your time. You deserve better. If you do watch it, you will just end up wanting to watch another horror movie afterward to wash the bad taste out of your mouth.
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