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Reviews
VHYes (2019)
Could have been a masterpiece
A very original, enjoyable ode to Television culture of the eighties. I love the fact how funny and original are the TV shows which are the main part of the movie. Everybody did a great job - the creators and the actors, as well as the set and costume department. I laughed out loud at some moments and really enjoyed the whole film.
What spoiled it for me is that the intimate family story of the boy whose camera is the main character which serves as the backbone of the whole film is just really shallow. That would still be fine, because it is not the point of the movie obviously, but then the creators also try to really didactically make a point (which was quite unnecessary, we got the point even without them explicitly saying it) using the characters of this story. Add to that the overly positive ending of the film, and that is where you really get this yucky feeling of watching a YouTube video.
Luckily, this really only happens in the last minutes of the movie, so all in all it is definitely worth watching. In my opinion, if the backstory and the ending were just a little bit better this would have been a masterpiece.
The music in the movie is awesome.
Porno (2019)
Not a bad film at all
I watched this movie without any previous knowledge about it and was really pleasantly surprised (and I am really not a fan of horror comedies). That is why I was shocked to see how badly rated it is and how awful the reviews are.
Like any horror comedy, it is neither ragingly funny nor really scary, but for me it gives just the right amount of humor and suspense to qualify for the genre. Sure, there are some dull moments when it gets a bit boring, but overall it was really entertaining. What strikes me as the best is the old-school development of characters which was done very well and by-the-book, but still in a weird and authentic way. The actors did a great job, and the script didn't let them down either. I also really appreciated the gore parts, and they were there in just the right measure. It plays out on all the clichés of the genre without being too unpretentious.
All in all as a first full length feature of a director I found it very promising and am looking forward to see his next movie.