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Du som er i himlen (2021)
Farm land existentialism
This intense little Danish indie film really covers a lot of ground. The meaning of life. The meaning of death. The meaning of religion. Parents and children. And coming of age.
I went into it with no real expectations, imagining that it would be just another daily-life historical drama, but it really took me by surprise. Dark, soulul cinematography and brilliant sound design gives it a sense of doom and horror that reminded me of Robert Eggers, and I was at the edge of my seat before I even realised how exciting it was.
Great Balls of Fire! (1989)
That was weird
First, I never judge a movie on the morals within the movie.
Second, I love classic rock'n'roll, and definitely Lewis' greatest hits.
But this film feels like a hero portrait of a pedophile, more than a rock'n'roll biopic, and that felt very weird. And on top of that, the title character is played like a bad parody of Jim Carrey in his goofiest early roles. Goofier than the other Jerry Lewis, in fact. It makes no sense for a movie that is more interested in the pedophile marriage than the music.
Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Mr. Blanchard's Secret (1956)
Tell, don't show?
I'm not sure what is worse. The inner monologue or the protagonist talking out loud to herself (lips moving, even when inner monologue would make more sense)? It's really unusual for for Hitchcock to be the director of something this unimaginative.
Showdown in Little Tokyo (1991)
Spectacularly bad
There are spectacular parts to this hopeless piece of film making. Like spectacularly bad delivery of the awful dialogue. Like a plot with no firm parts to hold together the holes. Like characters getting shot "straight through" the lung and just keep fighting on. Like policemen having no regards for police work, the law, civilization. Like characters picking up "samurai swords" from parade actors and use them for a life and dead fight.
When I feel like watching terribly bad action movies with crazy plots, and wooden acting leads, constantly looking for an excuse to lose their shirt, I prefer the works of Andy Sidaris where at least the constantly topless leads are female and rather nice looking Playboy models (with less plastic surgery than Dolph Lundgreen)