AMERICAN WOMAN
A woman on a MEGA emotional rollercoaster !!
PRAISE: Sienna Miller as Debra Callahan is sensational.She's just a woman trying to get through life.Sure she's making bad decisions relationship wise and a personal tragedy is bringing her years of heartache but
i loved the character and her strength.She's like this great mix of Norma Rae and Claudine.
Miller receives wonderful support from her fellow cast members including:Christina Hendricks,Aaron Paul,Will Sasso,Pat Healy and Amy Madigan.
I definitely wont give away the twists and turns in the plot but the performances and the script,grabbed me,shook me up and kicked my ass !!
I got so involved i was begging the characters not to do certain things !!
PROBLEMS:NONE !!
Scale of 1-10 a 10+
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
That 6 minute prologue for TENET was amaz.....oh yeah ..uhhm Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
PRAISE: I have been a fan of everything and anything Star Wars for over 30 years now.Some of the films i have found to be absolutely perfect.Some i can take certain scenes and characters that were epic,but didnt care for the films as a whole.Unfortunately ROS falls into the latter.
What i liked about the film i thought they did a fine job with General Leia ( RIP Carrie Fisher).Her scenes were about 90 percent flawless.The cast including Daisy Ridley, Richard E. Grant, Joonas Suotamo, Domhnall Gleeson, Kelly Marie Tran, Ian McDiarmid, Billy Dee Williams, , Mark Hamill, Oscar Isaac, John Boyega, Adam Driver,and Anthony Daniels do the best they can with the script they had to work with.
The CGI,Practical SFX and SFX are nearly flawless.John Williams score is as rousing as ever.
Some scenes hit all the right emotional chords.
I was only truly shocked by one scene...it was a nice surprise.
PROBLEMS:What's crazy and frustrating about this movie is the fact that a lot of whats in ROS should have been in The Last Jedi !!
Director J.J. Abrams was trying to right a ship caught between 2 hurricanes with this film.Sure there is fan service but some of it comes off as lackluster,coupled with plot holes that continue to tear away at Star Wars canon,things that were written in stone over 30 years ago !!
One revelation and the reaction to it was absolutely awful and awkward.
The writers just made to many alterations and just keep casting a shadow,over all the greatness that came before.
It's sad to say but im glad the Skywalker saga is over....well this part of it anyway.
Scale of 1-10 im stuck on a 6½ or 7
Queen & Slim
On the run.....but let's have some fun
PRAISE: Finally made it to the theatre to see this .....and i have to say this first....i wish people would work out their problems at home !!!
This couple sitting across from me argued with each other and the woman talked to the characters on the screen the entire friggin time !!!
Please STAY HOME and watch NETFLIX....DAMN !!
OK on to the review
Earnest "Slim" Hines(Daniel Kaluuya) and Angela "Queen" Johnson (Jodie Turner-Smith )on their way home from a TINDER date,get into an altercation with a cop and in self defense kill him and then hit the road together.
I thought the cast including :Bokeem Woodbine,Chloë Sevigny,Flea,and Sturgill Simpson did a fine job with the script they had to work with.
Some moments ring true,beautiful visuals and a wonderful soundtrack kept me off and on engaged.
PROBLEMS: I slowly but surely started to not take the movie seriously .It was mainly the scenes that were overdone,laced with over kill and what is this odd scene ?and why did the writing turn to this silly path?
I didnt warm up to the Queen character until the last 30 minutes of the film.You are on the run....and you want to argue about everything under the sun?!?!
I agree with the majority out there that have watched the film...i ABSOLUTELY hated the ending !!
Scale of 1-10 a 6