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Shark Bait (2022)
I really wanted to like it
This movie is so frustrating and it's the little things that piss you off that ruin movie. I don't know where to start. Halfway through the movie I wanted the shark to eat them all.
So the black guy wanted to swim to the boat that they saw while jet skiing, but suddenly they're in the middle of the ocean and can't even see any see the boat or land. He doesn't even know which direction to swim AND he'd have to be an Olympic swimmer and probably still not make it.
Ok so the cell phone drops in the ocean... my phone drops in the toilet and it's history. Yet, Tom dives in the ocean to retrieve it. Even if he finds it, it's not going to work.
The main girl discovers that the problem with the motor of the jet ski is a torn hose. She puts her mcguyver hat on and figured out that she can fix it with a tube from the life jacket that's floating in the water. She swims out to it, mind you there's a shark in the water, so rather than taking the whole life jacket back to the jet ski asap, she decides to float around and take the part she needs to fix the jet ski motor. And of course the shark shows up and almost eats her. Too bad he didn't.
Then just as mcguyver has fixed the jet ski and she and Tom are jet skiing to freedom, Tom decides that he's a piece of doodoo and doesn't deserve to live, because he cheated on his girlfriend. Sounds about right. Death is vindication for cheating. So he jumps off the jet ski and offers himself to the shark. This time he eats him. So that's good. But wait out girl, his girlfriend drives the jet ski back to towards Tom to save him, but she doesn't park the jet ski right next to him, no, she stops it 10 feet away and extends her 20" arm to him. And furthermore, rather than yelling at him telling him to get his f'n arse back on the jet ski, now!!! She calmly says "you can't still make it. Come on".
And finally she's almost back to shore when our friend, the great white, comes raging towards her. Ignore the fact the he had a human buffer earlier, he still want to eat our hero. So this stupidest shark in the world tries to dart between two rocks in the water and of course because he's never seen rocks underwater before and doesn't realize his own size, he attempts to swim through the narrow path and gets lodged in between and our hero gets the time to swim to shore.
Big Sky (2015)
Frustratingly slow and unnatural
I have so many problems with the story. First, this girl, Hazel, is an extreme agoraphobic to the point that she would not go down to the downstairs of her home to eat, BUT she's ok to go to the middle of nowhere in a wide open space without a tree or building on site. Ok she was in a box. She gets out of the box with little to no anxiety. Secondly, her mother has been shot and is bleeding to death. Does she panic? Not at all. She calmly looks through the first aid kit. WTF?!?! Then rather than attempting to drive her mom to get her help, they automatically assume that the van is not drivable and must walk. Thirdly, this extreme agoraphobic manages to walk the wide open land pussy footing while her mom bleeds to death. She continuously takes her meds before the previous dose has had time to work. Keep in mind when she takes the last dose, does she panic that there are no more meds? Nooo! Then fourthly, this motorcycle rider vagabond find her in the middle of nowhere about a miles from where his bike presumably had been totally disassembled, with hardly any tools btw. So when he stumbles upon her, does she frantically tell him that her mother is bleeding to death and she needs help ASAP? Nooo! She's calm, cool and collected. She strolles back with him casually. Next, high noon turns into night, but keep in mind the entire story revolves around a six mile trip to civilization, the Fort destination. But when the couple from the Fort drive Hazel back to her mother it was sunny but apparently the six mile trip takes hours and they reach her by night. Lastly, the standoff was anti-climatic. Here is where they could have used tension and suspense before the shootout, which BTW, we didn't even see because they chose the easy way out and showed Hazel covering her face while it all went down off screen. That's it I'm done!
One Shot (2021)
UNF#%^*ING BELIEVABLE!!!
As a filmmaker, I am simply blown away!!! I finished watching the movie half an hour ago and I still can't believe it was shot in one take. The only other film that claimed to have been shot in one take was Hitchcock's Robe, but even that has a few debatable cuts. I was about a third way into this movie, One Shot, when I realized there were not cuts yet. By then I was impressed so I paused to see what was the name of the movie I was watching and it read "One Shot". That's when I realized that the title was a double entendre.
It's mind boggling when you think about it. Everyone and everything was on point! The acting, dialog, the camera movements, the explosions, the choreography and the fluidity... Everything. Congratulations to everyone involved for achieving the impossible! This movie will be discussed in film school for decades to come.
Purdah (2018)
Put it on your watch list.
Very nice documentary about the life on the other side of the world. Very insightful. Good quality production as well. Recommended.
The Best Laid Plans (2019)
Cool indie hostage comedy
Sit back, relax and watch these three characters, whose chemistry works so well that I wouldn't put it past them as being best friends in real life, attempt to go as far as committing crimes in order to save one friend's parents house. These characters are likable and I suggest to them is to make more movies using the same characters but in a new adventure. The dialog is well thought out and the overall production is above your average indie.