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Stranger Things: Chapter One: Suzie, Do You Copy? (2019)
Ignore the negative reviews!
CLEARLY people don't remember season 2 and are literally complaining about things that are just idiotic.
Season 2 ended with El/Mike and Lucas/Max having a sweet kiss at the dance. They're teenagers (and nerds/outcasts) so clearly awkward romances would blossom that summer. OF COURSE it'll be cringe! Tell me if any romances you had in your early teens WEREN'T awkward and cringy. I'll wait.
The only thing I didn't care for was the mysterious girlfriend "Suzie." Dustin would've built a device like that anyways at science camp, no? Why include a girlfriend plotline? It just seemed like an unnecessary way to include him on the romance aspect (except poor Mike) to further the "i heard a Russian communication" plot. The first episode introduced the Russian aspect perfectly and gave us a little summer romance fun at the same time. Keep it light and fun while also introducing the creepy factor. Seems like people should've binged season 2 again. Clearly they forgot that we were building a connection between El and Mike that is far more than friendship. And Lucas and Max's relationship was also building too. Overall, decent start to the season.
Also, Billy being the host is not new info. In fact, they gave it away before the season even started that they were going to "give Mike a break" before the season even aired and basically told us Billy would be the new host. I like that change because it's a totally and completely different person in all regards so it's interesting to see that take. Of course it's "predictable" because they told us! Lmao. Y'all just have to find SOMETHING to complain about.
Unearthed & Untold: The Path to Pet Sematary (2017)
A decent documentary for fans of the film
It's not an amazing documentary, but it's okay. There's some things that I didn't know (and failed to ever look it up, if I'm honest) like that a boy played Zelda. Since I've been interested in filmmaking for quite some time, I found that aspect of it really interesting as well.. even though it seems that a lot of reviews here disagree. I just recently got into going to a local horror convention, so I've missed seeing various cast at those types of things, so it was neat seeing them today talking about the film. Especially the girls who played Ellie (also didn't realize twins played her). It also made me really how much I miss Fred. He was a good actor and such a presence in the film. Probably one of my most favorite characters in it, honestly. I loved hearing what the cast had to say about him and how close they got with him.
Someone complained about how Stephen King wasn't involved in this and well..he only was on set for the first day, rehearsals, and for his one small scene..what would he have to offer in regards to the movie? Although I would've WAY preferred to hear from the man himself where he got the inspiration for the book, not his friend. But it was still interesting information anyways since it's one of my top favorite books of his.
Decent movie overall but a little lackluster. Made me want to revisit the movie again, though and all the gross and creepy scenes in it.
Lorena (2019)
Fantastic!
It IS rated MA because of nudity and graphic details throughout.
I was only 4 or 5 when this all happened and I knew that what had happened was wild. That's all the news talked about, that's all that way on the covers of newspapers and magazines. I just knew what she did, but I didn't ever know the why. Until today. I loved how they talked to both Lorena and John and got their conflicting sides covered. John apparently isn't happy with the docuseries and how they made him appear? He did that himself. He contradicts himself as he did at Lorena's trial. It's one thing if this was the only documented instance of abuse, but he's abused every woman he's been involved with. The documented evidence is shown. Yet he still has excuses, points fingers everywhere else, and still is in denial. It's a sad shame. He still doesn't work and relies on disability to get by, but in stark contrast, Lorena is doing well for herself and has found a man who loves and respects her. I had no idea of the abuse and it's laid out for the viewer with clips from both trials, witnesses, those involved with both, and pictures of actual documents. I'll admit that I laughed at the penis jokes that I didn't quite understand when I was a kid, but now I know that that was insensitive and that she was also a victim. She acknowledged from day one that what she did was wrong and she'd have to live with that. John shows typical signs of being a sociopath. He even says near the end that his father severely abused his mother and she also had a mental breakdown and essentially abandoned him and his brothers. It's clear to see where he got his views on women. His own brothers have shown to have violent thoughts towards any woman who does John wrong in their eyes. From Lorena to Suzanne over at the Bunny Ranch where John had worked for a time. But they never had the same energy towards the shady men John was taken advantage of by.
I also really appreciated how they juxtaposed the clips and stuff from the trial with what was going on in the rest of the country in regards to protecting women who are victims of domestic violence as well as showing how sadly not much has changed. It was well edited and they got almost everyone involved in some aspect to sit down and speak. They did their best to cover both sides of the aisle. I agree with other reviewers that it could've been condensed to 2 hours, but they wanted to give this story the time it deserved. We never got this full picture in 1993, and I'm glad they shined this light on it. Lorena deserves that much at the very least.