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Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul. (2022)
Dry Comedy Snooze Fest
I really rooted for the actors in this film but found it unbearable. My wife and I thought it was one of the worst films we tried to watch in a while. The comedy was so dry and bland. The story line was predictable and ignorantly sacrilegious. We couldn't tell you what the true point was in this film other than trying to make a movie about a genre and subject not overly done. This film just felt empty and bland. The directors worked on ATL and we all know how weird some of those episodes got. It said Jordan Peele was apart of this film but I couldn't tell at all. I could say more but to not be overly negative I'll just stop here.
Animator (2018)
Heart felt story of selfishness
This story has a really good message about being selfless once you give it a chance. The story begins with Neal who has a good job at a marketing firm but apparently has some money problems and is headed to bankruptcy. Though the audience is never really given a reason about why that is. He's not a big spender because he doesn't wear the finest clothes. He doesn't have a car in the beginning of the film. And he doesn't have a luxurious apartment or drug habit of any kind, so I can't tell you why he has problems with money at all. His character seems to be passionate about art, mostly sketching like a comic artist. He's never fell in love, or gotten married and had a family. And then he meets the woman of his dreams. The only thing is he meets this woman at a time in life when nothing else seems to be going right for him. So while trying to win the woman of his dreams over he meets a professor who discovers that their paths were destined to cross. That man finds that Neal is chosen to take on an ancient African blessing that works like magic making whatever he draws become reality. Before being able to explain the crucial do's and don't about how this gift of the blessing can become a curse; the professor dies and Neal is left on his own to figure things out.
Moving forward into the film Neal uses the gift and sees that it works and gradually remedies the wrongs of his life with the gift. He's able to fix his financial problems while developing a relationship with Tina. Slowly but surely he learns that misusing his blessing comes with a price that can turn his blessing into a curse when used for selfish gain. That being said, Neil gets so caught up into using his gift to solve all of his problems that the woman he falls in love with seems to become the first victim of his blessing becoming a curse. This is the moment the movie takes a turn for the worst. You see Tina who seems to be a happy good girl living her dreams slowly become hurt, destroyed, and depressed. The viewer begins to feel like it would've been better that Tina never met Neal. By the time Neal realizes that he should've placed the woman he loves before himself he has to learn the lesson of selfishness the hard way. It was a sad story that made me even examine the ways I may be being selfish in my own life and promise to correct it. So overall I loved the film, story line, and the actors portrayals. Job well done to the director, and writer.
Also I read in one review where someone said the main character Neal drew himself having sex with the love interest of the film Tina and that is not true. The only person the film showed Neal draw for some kind of affection was Roz a sexy co-worker who he drew himself kissing. The film never shows Neal draw himself having sex with Tina to sleep with her and instead in the beginning of their relationship only shows him draw himself getting the money to pay her back from a first date gone bad when his credit card came up declined.
Take the 10 (2017)
One of the Worst Films I Ever Watched!
This film was so badly written and directed that I seriously can't believe someone backed this financially nor that Netflix made this one of their original films. In short... it sucks in every way imaginable and isn't the least bit entertaining! The story line makes no sense whatsoever and is a bad investment of your time to even watch. THIS FILM WAS ANYTHING BUT FUNNY not possessing a funny line anywhere in its cliché and pathetic script, or ridiculous antics. Boring would be a compliment to describing this sorry piece of work. Its just so bad it seems to be career assassination for Josh Peck (actor from Drake and Josh) who was one of the two stars in this film, and yet isn't even listed as a star in the credits (not that it helps him in any way). It was such a bad film that I made it a must do task to get online and write this review to warn the next person, which is something I never do.
Save yourself the time and money, and simply find yourself something else to watch. Eventually you'll thank me for it later.
Brotherly Love (2015)
A Must See... Great Storyline and Great Film!
This is such an amazing film and I seriously can't understand how it only brought in $1.9 million dollars. The story and acting are so real and too close to real everyday life in the streets of Philly. This film captures the reality of the streets, not some phony Hollywood story written by some clueless writer who is just recreating the classic shoot em up drug dealing story we see portrayed over and over. This film has a realness that feels like life a lot of us have seen in the streets of the city, with characters that we all knew and grew up with. And the story's twist and turns, even its mystery's, will keep you on your toes from beginning to ending. This is definitely Corey Hardrict's best portrayal thus far. Jamal Hill did an excellent job on this film, and this just goes to show you how much talent is left undiscovered in Hollywood.