Hey you, yes you, what did you watch on this turbulent week? (11/02-17/02)
More Winter Olympics for me. Snowboard (have you seen the half pipe japanese accident? ouch!), ski, hockey, skating and curling. Love it all. GO CANADA!!!
Brigsby Bear (2017 DVD): ‘’ Brigsby Bear Adventures is a children's TV show produced for an audience of one: James. When the show abruptly ends, James's life changes forever, and he sets out to finish the story himself.’’ I thought this would be a quirky comedy but 15 minutes in you realise that it plays more like a drama and it plays quite well. There is some quirkiness but it’s very light and I did not find any hilarity, just a peculiar adventure that unfolds slowly but surely. The pay off in the end is worth it. The scene where he visit his ‘’first father’’ in jail to ask him a question was very good. 6.5/10
John Wick: Chapter 2 (2017 Bluray): The first one had the heart, the brain and the brawn. This one had the brawn and only the brawn. But what brawn it was. Had I ever seen such a brawn? Who knows! What does brawn really means at this point? John Wick is a fucking badass, he walks in a room filled with weapons, exit room and kill bunch of people. Repeat. Plus, he doesn’t have a wife anymore!!! OMG! But he got a new dog so that’s cool. No depth was added, no character development really, just flashy, silly and catchy action. It was fun but it does not make for a great film. It does NOT, I say! 6.5-7/10 (Mina: rate it too)
The CLoverfield PAradox (2018 Netflix): Let’s break it down. Acting: from acceptable to mediocre. Cinematography/special FX: From awesome to children TV show quality. Story: From interesting to completely stupid. Dialogues: From cliché to boring. Overall, I have to say that I still had a good time watching this because it made me laugh as it tried to be serious and it held a few good ideas. I liked the look of it all but it also tried too much to be like previous space movies that had their success. The ending was…. indescribable. 5.5/10
Altered Carbon: When I saw the trailer for this I had a semi-broner (brain-boner), it looked like a futuristic episode of black mirror that could be directed by Terry Gilliam. I watched the first two episodes (with much difficulty) and rather found a mix between Hercules: The legendary journeys and The Matrix 2. I want to give this show a chance but it’s hard to find its qualities. I’ll get back to you on this.