SWAN SONG
Me but not ME
PRAISE : Mahershala Ali is outstanding as Cameron in this ULTRA involving film about a loving husband and father who is diagnosed with a terminal illness, he's presented with a controversial alternative solution to shield his family from his loss - replace himself with a carbon copy clone.
Ali deserves an Oscar for taking on this duel role and bringing a believable,heart wrenching and intense performance to the table. He is surrounded by a great supporting cast including :
Naomie Harris as Poppy, Awkwafina as Kate and Glenn Close as Dr. Jo Scott.
The core story is riveting and heartfelt as you not only see a person dealing with their own mortality,but seeing why he has a tough decision to make as the people in his life express their own feelings about loss ,life and depression. The other great things about this film is how wonderfully creative and inventive it is and the cinemaphotography is off the charts stunning. I really have to go to British Columbia one day !!
There was a path this film could have taken and it slightly steps on to that path but im so glad they didnt.There's also some dark humor around the edges that i liked.
Some parts of the film i found to be extremely emotionally triggering.
PROBLEMS: NONE
Scale of 1 to 10 a 10+
One of the best movies of the year.
SPIDER-MAN : No Way Home
SPIDER-MAN's Endgame !!!!
NO SPOILERS NO SPOILERS
PRAISE: Even with all of the spoilers and rumors that have been floating around for months SMNWH still managed to AMAZE me.
I've got to give up to the cast including: Tom Holland · Zendaya · Benedict Cumberbatch · Jacob Batalon · Jon Favreau · Jamie Foxx · Willem Dafoe · Alfred Molina. Marisa Tomei , Thomas Haden Church , & J.K Simmons
Tom Holland has truly made the role of SPIDER-MAN and Peter Parker his own.
He gives an emotional, intense and heartfelt performance.
The interactions between the characters is absolutely terrific. Great nods to the multiverse of old and what's to come.
Part of what I said about Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse can be said about this movie If you were a huge fan of the previous SPIDER-MAN films ...even a minor fan this is a must see. Sure there's a lot of fan service but what director Jon Watts and writers Erik Sommers, & Chris McKenna put up on the big screen is so thrilling I didn't mind it at all.
The film hit my emotional chords several times. The action sequences are sharp and thrilling.
The parallels of the multiverse and destiny and how things in the multiverse MUST play out was wonderfully stated in some great character moments. Even some emotional redemption was tied in.
In the films last 30 minutes it felt like I was getting closure to certain things.
It's just so well done and the film didn't even feel like 2 hours and 28 minutes because I would say for 90 percent of the movie it made the best of its run time.
This was like one of the best comic books that i ever had the pleasure of reading come to life !!
In fact I felt like Oliver Twist saying please can I have a little more....pretty please?
I can't wait to see what they come up with for the next one.
PROBLEMS: Some minor, obnoxious and lame moments that I could have done without.There is some short changing and odd U turning of characters that felt off
Scale of 1 to 10 a 9
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