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Hereditary (2018)
Squanderd potential
When a film is touted as 'the most traumatically terrifying horror movie in ages', it had better live up to its hype, and unfortunately it does not. A couple of shocking moments do not a horror classic make.
Spoilers.
There were some embarrassingly flawed scenes in HEREDITARY.
1. At her grandmother's funeral, why is 13-year-old Charlotte dressed as if she's going camping?? Where's the respect? She's 13, not 5, old enough to be dressed appropriately.
2. When leaving the funeral, mother asks daughter if the chocolate she's eating contains nuts, establishing the fact that the daughter has a serious nut allergy. Why then when mother forces daughter to attend a high school party with her older brother, does she not ask daughter if she has her Epi-Pen? Mother doesn't know what kind of food will be served, and nuts are a pretty common snack at such events. Surely mother would ask older son to make sure younger sister doesn't consume anything containing nuts!
3. Charlotte has a bad reaction at the party after eating nuts. Older brother doesn't ask if she's carrying an Epi-Pen, doesn't call 911, but decides it's a good idea to drive his sister to the hospital. After hearing a loud thud from the back of the car, he doesn't look around to see if she's alive or dead (or missing her head), sits in the car doing nothing for the longest time, then drives home and.... climbs into bed??
3. Joan teaches Annie how to communicate with the dead in a three-minute lesson, then not long after Annie tells her family she has the gift and she too can speak with the dead? Come on! Seriously? It would have been just as laughable if she'd pulled out a copy of "Seances for Dummies".
4. What was the point of the son smashing his face into the desk when he's the chosen one?
5. Grandmother has an entire photo album filled with pictures of herself and Joan, but Annie never met her once growing up?
Best creepy moment: the naked man standing in the dark corner of the room.
Hard Fat (2002)
Different
Here's a film about minorities within minorities. Many fat people know there's a thin person inside them trying to get out. But for the gay men of "Hard Fat", we discover that in their thin bodies are fat men trying to escape. Like the proverbial iceberg, the film touches too lightly on its subject matter due to its short running time (23 minutes), but it does make for intriguing viewing. The finale is surreal, but if you have a fetish for men with big bellies wearing tight white t-shirts, then this is the film for you.
Moulin Rouge! (2001)
Rouge for all the wrong reasons
What's up with Baz Luhrmann? Each new film gets faster and faster. The opening 40 minutes not only had my head spinning, but several times during the remainder of the film I had to stop up my ears, the pain was so great! Please Baz, give us something we can see, not something flashing by so fast that we have to guess at what we saw. And some originality too. Ripping off your Act 1 set from your 1990 production of "La boheme" (Christian's rooftop apartment) doesn't pass as a tribute, tip-of-the-hat, or homage with me.
The Heiress (1949)
My all-time favourite film
THE HEIRESS is now my all-time favourite film, surpassing THE GHOST AND MRS MUIR, which was the top of my list for many years. For me, everything about this film is perfection: the acting, the superb screenplay, the wonderful score, the direction, the attention to detail... THE HEIRESS gets better and better with each viewing. But the best aspect of this film is Olivia deHavilland's portrayal of the tragic, pitiful Catherine Sloper who, denied a life of being loved by her resentful father, falls in love with the first man who shows her kindness. A classic and a must for any serious film lover's collection.
True as a Turtle (1957)
Tedious comedy
A few bright moments cannot disguise the fact this film's on a wrong tack. Also, it's in colour (not colourised), and not black & white, as previously mentioned.