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Kreuz des Südens (2015)
why would they ?
This is a pretty good watchable mystery movie that has a strange last few minutes.
The acting was fine by the lead actors although some of the minor acting parts were weak. There was no explanation for the way the lead character would be treated from one scene to another he'd be either treated like visiting royalty or some type of scum. The movie sort of plods along in-a reasonably enjoyable fashion until I'd say the last half hour when it picks up the pace to become a borderline thriller.
There are some very mysterious motivations for stuff that happens in that period which left me wondering. I thought i saw that this was actually a series so maybe to get a movie out of it they did editing which can make for a lot of what the heck is happening here moments.
My main question had to do with who it was that put the main charachter in a very life threatening position. That person is later revealed and turns out to lead one to wonder why would they ?
Maybe there will be a season two ?
Don't Tell a Soul (2020)
with brothers like that who needs enemies
I liked the overall movie as the acting was very good and it had some interesting twists. Always enjoy watching that guy from the office comedy show he seems very likable and funny and yet as in this movie can play a pretty bad person.
Two brothers are the main character's and both do a very good job of portraying how the same combination of genes can make for very different results. On the one hand the younger brother displays principles, morals and character while the other, older one ,is pretty much a psychopath. So essentially you have a trapped guy who at first seems like everyday type person and the two brothers that inadvertently trapped him at odds with each other as to how to handle the situation. That conflicting point of view leads to a number of situations that create tension and disharmony.
There is a mother involved and she sort of gets her oats at the end and murders the bad guy. Who is the bad guy ? You'll need to watch. Anyway the person is unarmed and being cooperative yet she hits him not once but twice with ammo from what looks to be a high powered rifle at close range. I know she is sickly but come on this is a human being you're blasting. Anyway i'd give her 5 years in prison where she'd get free medical care which who knows might prolong her life.
Wonder if that brother relationship will endure as someone pounding on me to an inch of my life will ,to get my forgiveness, need to pretty much be my slave for life.
Abigail (2024)
do you need more than one person to kidnap a 13 year old girl ?
Knew the movie would test the brain as for whatever reason there were 6 full grown "adults" assembled to pull off the kidnapping of a 13 ish year old dancer. Too many cooks ! Sure it figures they're going to be killed and the little girl will prove to be smarter than all of them. One of them does escape with their life and that too was a no brainer pick
. We were guessing which character would be killed first. That too was a no brainer and the best part of the movie as the character was super obnoxious. How were these people assembled and picked had they no say in the matter ?
So there she lie all still right in front of them on her back and they have wooden stakes in their hands but no lets let her come back to life so she can kill us. That happened more than once
Why is it that there are so many people in the movie world that need to interject the f word into almost every sentence they utter ? Aren't they embarrassed to display such a lack of vocabulary ? The writers need to get on a higher mental plane and have more normal dialog.
Stopmotion (2023)
unfortunately unlikeable charachters.
Slowly started to not like this movie as it moved along so the percentage of dislike increased as time went by and culminated towards the end where the main character lost it and turned into a blood thirsty killer. I suppose there was still 5 or so minutes left but we had had it ,ergo turned off the TV.
She was fine at first and sort of sympathetic as she had to put up with a mother that was a perfectionist. The little girl was super obnoxious and easy enough to figure she was a figment. So apparently we're led to think that this poor lady having to take over for the mother thought of herself as an obnoxious little girl ?
Too much weirdness to the last 20 minutes where you cant understand where, what, why and when anything is actually happening.
Where have you gone my little one, my little one.
Offseason (2021)
Why no cellphones ?
Maybe I missed the element of what year this was supposed to be but a cell phone would have solved all her problems but she did not have one ? Nor did he, the boyfriend, or anyone else. I missed the whole essence of the movie.
We did have a couple of favorite parts as in the dialog between her and her "MA" which I recorded on my cell phone as it was the lamest dialog I have heard in any movie . I can listen to it whenever I feel the need to be puzzled. The swinging telephone after she dropped it while attempting to call someone and while slamming it down it missed the mark and the camera focused in on it swinging back and forth WoW was that ever Hitchcokian.
In my opinion this was a real difficult movie to understand from all angles as in why, what was the point ?
No One Will Save You (2023)
was looking forward to this movie
This was a very annoying movie. I knew nothing about the movie prior to watching . Knew nothing about the directors, writer,actors, actresses etc but saw a preview and thought the alien looked pretty good with those big eyes and big heads so went ahead and watched with anticipation for enjoyable experience.
OK so the first few minutes were pretty good as you could tell that there was a decent amount of effort put into scenery and so forth and you get to see an alien scampering around in the house early on rather than late. That was it, the rest oof the time I kept waiting for the lead actress to say something as would any normal human being when confronted by an alien as in whoa what the heck how come we were not warned what happened to all the satellite warning systems for incoming ? She should have at least apologized to the first alien she killed as in saying or muttering oh gosh I didn't mean to kill you. Later on you. Find out thst her actual forte is killing, both humans and aliens.
So. Anyway gave it 2 stars because thought the aliens did a good job of acting and enjoyed their conversations, very thought provoking.
Very over rated in my humble opinion.
Fargo (2014)
if you need to like a character you're out of luck
This relates to this years Fargo,SEASON 5, which is playing now 12-23. I have enjoyed some of the prior fargo's because i found some of the characters enjoyable, liked them. Search this years group for one person that is enjoyable and you will not find them as there aren't any. The ex husband is I guess borderline but as of now cant understand why he'd want to find his ex wife as she is very obnoxious and it would be difficult to live with her . The head rich gal is equally difficult to like as is her lawyer etc. So who is there to like? Please let me know.
Actually at this point in the season after roughly 4 or so episodes I'm still sleep walking through them to the point that can not understand what the plot is supposed to be. Only watching because my wife will pretty much watch any fargoey type show and I keep her company.
Sicario (2015)
the head of the cartel made a big mistake
I enjoyed the movie especially the second half and I thought the acting was very good. Not sure how close to reality the entire drug cartel USA enabling this to continue year after year while thousands of lives on both sides are ruined. Please work out a deal with Mexico for our DEA which has the stated purpose of keeping our communities safe from the very stuff that these cartels do. I got an idea work ut a plan with Mexico to eradicate the drug cartels. Seems right now we have an actual example of how to do it as Israel is trying to essentially do the same thing to Hamas so take notes then initiate !
As to the movie the way the FBI people behaved was, to me, annoying as either you are all in or you're not and if you aren't then vamoose.
Alejandro was the star with one flaw and that was more the cartel. Guys total failure to make sure his maid was with the program as no doubt she could have saved his family. Alejandro at the same time should not have taken any chances and the smart move would have been to eliminate her when he saw her. Same deal with the FBI. Gal and sort of puzzling what was this paper she "signed". That somehow was needed and if so for what purpose ? Did he check her signature as she might have signed Abe Lincoln or whatever. Thank God they did not kill him off at the end when she was pointing the pistol at him fro what 250 feet away as you know she would have put the bullet right between his eyes.