This show goes in the right direction every. single. time. I thought there was no way they could keep Kendall alive but that is why Jesse Armstrong is writing this show and not me.
This show does such a great job of showing the downward spiral of Kendall that I am actually starting to feel bad for him. Probably the best episode since the season 2 finale.
So much potential but the script was just so poorly written. So bad in fact that it got to the point where I was laughing at how bad every single line was.
This season was a complete waste of time.
An interesting concept, that didn't fully work for me. Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind tells the story of romance between characters whom I felt were never fully developed. Usually I love films that play with time and are not necessarily told linearly but in this one, it was just a bit to confusing to the point where even when I figured out the twist I still had a lot of questions. Saying this, to fully understand this film it needs to be watched multiple times. One other thing that held me back from really enjoying this film was the chemistry between the two leads. I never really bought into their relationship, even before their memories were erased. Lastly, the storyline with the doctors only felt as if it were added to advance the main story. Not that this is necessarily bad but I would have liked a little more. All in all, enjoyable movie but not as good as all the praise it gets.
Something felt off about the pacing and the fights looked like they were from a video game.
Terribly paced. Message is forced and we are beaten over the head with it. Also, the characters are so unrealistic -- I understand that it is a satire and is making the point that our society is focused on the wrong things, but no one would act like this if there were a comet coming for the earth; the global warming metaphor just doesn't really work. Jonah Hill made me laugh a few times but that's about it.
Few movies are able to achieve this quirky, subtle tone that this film does. Kaufman is quickly becoming one of my favorite writers/directors as I watch more of his movies.
This is one of the best episodes of television I've ever seen
I came into this one with very high expectations having loved Östlund's previous two films. This one, however, was a bit underwhelming.
The film starts off strong, showcasing the relationship between Carl and Yaya, two models who seem to be relatively successful. I particularly liked the dinner scene and the fight over who would pay the bill as it reminded me of the avalanche argument in Force Majure. This disagreement lingers throughout, one of the strong points of the film
In the second half of part 2, however, this film unravels a bit, as Östlund avoids subtly almost completely. I found the over the top nature of the vomit scene to be particularly pointless and also somewhat irrelevant to the rest of the story. Unlike The Square, which uses absurdity to enhance the film, this scene is rather unnecessary.
Act 3, which I appreciated as the tone of the movie shifted, was good but felt like it could of been a movie in its own right -- and I definitely wish it was longer. The supporting characters felt underdeveloped and the ending was predictable and not quite satisfying.
In general, I enjoyed the film, but compared to Östlund's previous work, I was disappointed.
This movie suffers from leaning too heavily into comedy when really it would work better as a mystery/thriller. However, the comedy threw off the whole tone of the movie as it was hard to take it seriously and the payoff of the mystery in the end felt really lazy. Anya Taylor-Joy was a bright spot but I could not stand her date Tyler who I thought either gave a really bad performance, or was very poorly written.
The platform but a cooking show
Boring and predictable... nothing else more.
An extremely fun and well paced movie with a great ensemble cast. Glass Onion follows a similar format to the first film but it is definitely not a just copy and paste. My favorite part was the first act which hooked me into the movie right away.
Once they reach Miles's house, however, the movie unfolds in a relatively simple manner compared to the first film and the ending is not fully satisfying.
I would have really loved an actual murder mystery, not some fake murder mystery game that was solved immediately. And Miles was implied as Duke's murderer way to early on.
The dance scene in opening credits might be my favorite opening credit scene ever. The rest of the movie is pretty boring, especially Colin Farrell as Jake, even though the concept of an android used to assist in parenting would be cool if done right.
This was a solid movie start to finish. I thought it did a particularly good job with its pacing especially switching seamlessly from the present day courtroom scenes to flashbacks of Kya. Particular shout out to David Strathairn for his portrayal as the defense lawyer as he was able to connect with the audience with little to work with. The rest of the cast was also very strong (including the child actors) although I do feel that the other lawyer was not very convincing in his role. My biggest complaint about this movie is that it implies at the end that Kya murdered Chase, yet given the lack of evidence given in court this seemed almost impossible. How would she have made it to her meeting on time the next day? One small nitpick I had was Tate being horrified when he discovers the necklace. To me, he should have reacted with a smile.
The car crash was so pointless. I have no idea what the point of that was. Overall not a very good final season.
The actor who played William was borderline unwatchable.
"I came here today prepared to pay you $200k, now I'm not even gonna pay for breakfast."
This is genuinely one of the best looking, most stylistic movies I have seen. I love how every character is introduced with a unique backstory and name. The color pallette is also expecional as is the chemistry between the actors, especially Lemon and Tangerine. I also really enjoyed all the cameos. The reason this movie didn't score higher for me was that the plot was not very intriguing. To some people this won't matter as the movie does so many other things well to overcome this, but for me it was hard to keep my attention for the full 2 hours without an interesting plot to invest in.
Did no one in this movie know how to pull the trigger of a gun?
Holy crap is this a great film. First off, Russell Crowe is just phenomenal. This movie wouldn't work if we didn't believe his character, given that a lot of the things we see take place in his head. There are also so many points of suspense -- the soviets capturing him and the baby in the bath tub were my two favorites. Also I love how Howard temporarily switches the movie from Crowe's point of view to Connelly's as we get to see how she is affected by his illness and how she is at first in denial just like him. With all the twists and turns, it was great that the ending didn't try to do too much and allowed us to see John Nash grow old.
Kind of just a boring story. Coen Brothers do a good job creating interesting characters which kept me mildly engaged and the movie looks great but the story lacks plot and we do not get to spend enough time with nearly enough of the characters. Overall not a super interesting movie.
I'm sad there's no season 2 :(
The short cut scenes in this episode make it much less funny. Glad that in the later scenes these scene get extended to sometimes what feels like 5 minutes.
But how did no one notice Maeve and the doctor walking around the ENTIRE building!?
Absolutely incredible. I have no other words.
So many great guest performances. Brad Pitt, Samuel L. Jackson (although not for very long, and Gary Oldman all did a great job. However, the Dennis Hopper and Christopher Walken scene was particularly great and when the movie really started to pick up. In typical Tarantino fashion this movie has many interlacing stories and comes to a head at the very end. With all the violence this film also finds time for comedy, making it a very well balanced and enjoyable film.
What Tarantino was able to accomplish here with such an obvious low budget is incredible. The story is so simple, most of the time is spent in one location, and yet this film is so captivating. Six criminals are hired by crime boss to pull off a heist. We do not know any details of the heist other than that the criminals are looking to steal valuable diamonds. Now if this story was told chronologically, it would be rather boring. However, the way that Tarantino plays with time makes for a rather suspensful movie.
When we are first introduced to the criminals there is not much that differentiates them. They all wear similar clothing and are eating a meal together at a diner. Slowly we are able to gather pieces of information about the characters based off this ten minute opening scene. For example, we learn that Mr. Pink is sort of a smart-ass as he refuses to pay a $1 tip. We see more of this from him later in the "Mr. Pink" scene. With the exception of Mr. Orange, the guys seem to be offly relaxed, so we can gather that they are confident the heist they are about to pull off is going to go as planned. Fast-forward to after the credits and we see this is not the case.
Through flashbacks we slowly learn about the four main criminals. Through these flashbacks coupled with the scenes in the warehouse we are slowly able to put together the pieces of the story.
Fantastic movie!
This episode sucked. Way too on the nose with the topics they were diving into, especially with Missy.
