21 Grams, Godsend, Day After Tomorrow, Dahmer
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Here's some quick reviews on movies we've watched recently:
21 Grams - High recommendations, good reviews, Movielens says I'll enjoy it - but no, it fell very flat. The movie was interesting because it's so fragmentary - it took a while to understand how the three different storylines join together, but once that "click" happened, the movie suddenly became rather boring. It's the story - only reason it was interesting was the fragmentary way it was told.
Godsend - Eight-year old boy dies accidentally. Parents clone the boy, everything's fine for eight years and then, something bad starts to happen. Why? I thought the storyline was kind of interesting, but no, the movie was very boring. It's pitched as sci-fi thriller and it falls badly short on both accounts.
Day After Tomorrow - I like the concept: save the nature, or else... Very un-American, that's always refreshing. There are also very neat special effects, but that's where the good stuff ends. Rest of it is very typical and all the plot elements are familiar from other high-budget mainstream movies. Boring!
Dahmer - The story of the serial killer and sexual ritualistic cannibal Jeffrey Dahmer! This must be terrifying! But no! Instead of crazy murdering and ritualistic killings, we get psychological stuff about Dahmer's repressed homosexuality and bad child-parent relationship. Which is nice, unless you were expecting a horror movie. Once again: boring!
Looks like we've been watching boring movies recently. Hopefully we'll see something better soon!
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