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The Chosen (1981)
Better Each Time
This Chosen is understated, yet so sincere and powerful. Boosted by exceptional performances by Steiger, Benson and Miller, the movie becomes more endearing with each viewing. The cinematography is muted, but lovely. Look for the little details, like the end scene (I won't spoil it-see if you can catch it), that makes The Chosen a must watch for a cozy afternoon with coffee.
The Unforgivable (2021)
Give this woman her awards NOW!!
The most intense, gut-wrenching, and emotional performance from Sandra Bullock to date. The movie is expertly crafted, building with emotion and closing stunningly. It left me drained and in tears. Bravo to all-Direction, supporting cast, but above all, and once again, Sandra.
Wonder Woman 1984 (2020)
A Lump of Coal for Your Stocking
Man, thank God I spiked the eggnog before watching this cheesecake of a movie! Nothing makes sense. The story sucks. The acting is eh. And it's 2 hours too long! It goes on and on, deeper into the abyss of the nonsensical and moronic. But hey, it's Christmas, it's free, and what's better than gathering around the TV on the holiest of days and suffering together!
Midsommar (2019)
Bring Advil
I'm sorry. I actually had to renew my membership on IMDB just to vent my thoughts on this film. I'll be short and to the point. Ari's sophomore try was nothing more than Hereditary meets the Sound of Music and dear God, these village folk could take a few singing lessons from the Von Trapps!
Without giving away too much, the premise started to evolve into something relatively interesting early on but quickly fizzled out into some brain-sucking, simple-minded plot. Please don't call it art. Please don't praise it as craft. Definitely don't call it horror. Some scenes are viscerally shocking, actually nauseating sure, but it's not a good sign when people are laughing hysterically at what is supposedly a horror film. Admittedly, I stuck it out to the end though, albeit with a hell of a headache, only to find out that even the credits sucked with soundtrack choices that made no sense at all. On another note, the volume track was over-proportionately loud, perhaps on purpose in order to annoy the viewer into submission. The ONLY redeeming value here was Pugh's performance. In this case, it literally took a village to destroy it. M. Night Shamalayan immediately came to mind, trying incessantly to repeat that Sixth Sense cherry high over and over again to no avail. Let's hope this isn't the case here.
It never ceases to astound me that movies given budgets large enough to feed a small nation can literally suck so bad. Just sayin.
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