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Madame Web (2024)
Not even a B movie
A lot of superhero films are getting some bad reviews at the moment, maybe through fatigue with the whole genre so I like to see for myself and make my own judgement. Well, I wish I hadn't bothered as this was awful.
It felt so awkward, amateurish and disjointed. The dialogue was robotic, like they had just been given their lines about 2 minutes before each scene, speech lacked any fluidity.
The acting was about as awful as it could be, awkward pauses like they were waiting for prompts from the side on what to do next.
The storyline was concocted by a teenager, it made no sense if you look at it critically. The whole "I can see the future" was just used as a Deus Ex Machina solution to everything.
Please don't make a sequel.
Maladolescenza (1977)
An interesting film if you are objective.
I had read a lot about this film so was a bit dubious about watching it. It turns out that it is actually quite interesting. I have read elsewhere that it has no plot, the acting is poor etc. Remember, this was filmed in 1976, and you cannot escape the fact that they are child actors ( A subject of great debate when it comes to this film). Essentially this is about all the crazy feelings that can be present during puberty. There is love, hate, cruelty, yearning and ultimately realisation and understanding. Personally I think the actors Lara Wendel and Martin Loeb did a very fine job. Eva Ionesco? I think she may have been there for other reasons. There are some relatively explicit scenes in this film and the viewer should keep in mind that these girls were eleven years old at the time. Although they deal with it in quite an adult manner, well, it didn't need to be graphic and it is plainly wrong. Martin Loeb plays Fabrizio, in my opinion, borderline insane. He plays it very well. Lara Wendel plays Laura, who is infatuated with Fabrizio, she may even believe that she loves him. She brings the softer more caring character to the film. Fabrizio plays some very cruel mind games with her for the most part but there are a few occasions where he almost seems to have feelings for her. Anyway, she eventually gives herself to him in a none too romantic situation, but true to life, is it for anyone first time? It is awkward and fumbling. Then we have the arrival of Sylvia (Eva Ionesco). Fabrizio is attracted to her and it seems he has almost met his match in the somewhat aloof and equally cruel Sylvia. The treatment of Laura deteriorates further until Sylvia grows bored of it all at the Summer's end. Fabrizio has other ideas though and this leads to tragedy.
Mirror Mirror 3: The Voyeur (1995)
This is dire.
There is nothing redeeming about this film. First one was OK. The second one was great purely for the presence of Roddy McDowell. The leading lady has a good figure but that is only interesting for the first minute or two. It is poor, poor, poor. I have seen better school plays. Although made in the mid nineties, the film quality is reminiscent of the early eighties B movies. The dialogue is as cheesy as it comes and the acting, oh dear. With regards to this film someone has definitely lost the plot. There isn't one. Really, stay clear if you can, but if you are willing to sit through it just to complete the series, then disengage your brain.