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In case you haven’t seen the intro from my entry dated
1/26/19 (it’s in my archives whenever you want to read it), I’m no longer going
to review every single movie I see. I’m
going to review one, with the occasional bonus, and just give ratings for the
rest from now on (unless I decide to pick it up again in the future). You can always ask me why I gave the ratings
for the films without reviews though (via comments or the e-mail addresses
under the ‘About Me’ section).
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Below the Fold G
Murder mystery set in Missouri. A male and female journalist, with a history,
team up to investigate a cold case involving a girl that went missing ten years
ago. This isn’t groundbreaking at all
(but what really is these days?), but it was generally intriguing from start to
finish; its tone is very bleak. It is a
bit inconclusive, and I was bummed when it ended, but after I thought about it,
it kind of did end because we, as well as the journalists, are quite certain
who was responsible, but, as with many cold cases in reality, there’s not
enough evidence. I’m still going to
recommend it since I thoroughly enjoyed it.
I do think a limited TV series involving the same characters and
locations would work, because there’s undoubtedly more to this microcosmic
world, and it could definitely rival the first season of True Detective. 12/31/2021
I Know What You Did
Last Summer (Season One) B/EH
I finally got around to this eight-episode remake series
available on Amazon Prime, and let me just say that’s roughly 6 ½ hours of my
life I’ll never get back! For those of
you that thought the first movie was lame (and many did upon its release back
in 1997), it’s a masterpiece compared to this poop. The first movie was watchable in that “corny,
I’m a teenager in the 90’s way” and I’ve seen it enough times to call myself
somewhat of a fan; it definitely is corny though (I first read the book by Lois
Duncan just a couple years ago and thought that was even lamer). I Still
Know What You Did Last Summer was worse, but it was slightly watchable in
that so-bad-its-watchable way. As for
the third movie, I’ll Always Know What
You Did Last Summer? Let’s not even
go there. I honestly don’t know which
was worse though, that or this series. A
bunch of teenagers do take a ride at night and hit someone on the road (trying
their best to cover it up), and then some of them as well as others gradually
get offed the next summer, just like the first movie. There be no killer in a fisherman suit with a
hook here though. This also takes place
in Hawaii instead of a coastal North Carolina town like the first film (I
personally don’t think tropical locations are the best for horror entertainment;
the only example that comes to mind where it worked was Club Dread, that being a meta horror film; I wouldn’t exactly
include I Still Know as an example of
when it worked either, but it worked better than here). Being eight episodes that range from
45-to-58-minutes each, you can imagine there’s a lot of filler. Oh, there’s a whole lot of filler,
unnecessary at that, with the occasional kill, some worthy, yes (examples being
ones involving a tractor and slushee machine), but not nearly enough to make
the rest of this series worth sitting through.
I cared not about any of the characters as much as we got to know a good
portion of them. This doesn’t even work
as a teen series; the last time teen entertainment was truly done well was Mean Girls (17 years ago!). This was definitely a chore to get
through. I was a bit under the weather
when I binged it, so I had nothing better to do. Then again, all I do is watch movies and
shows anyway, so being a little sick would never be an excuse to sit through
something. I could’ve spent my time,
sick or not, watching something a whole lot better. If I haven’t made it clear, I highly suggest you
don’t waste your time with this series.
Don’t say I didn’t warn you if you don’t take my advice. 12/30/2021
Bonus review:
Encanto OK/G
(haiku review)
Pretty to behold.
Most of the songs are catchy.
Story’s a bit thin. 12/26/2021
Other movies I've seen and their ratings (see above):
Don’t Look Up >>>EH
(Netflix)
The Land of Blue
Lakes >>>EH/OK
(In
Russian with subtitles)
Love Hard >>>EH/OK
(Netflix)
My Heart Can’t Beat Unless You Tell It To >>>EH/OK
---Sean O.12/31/2021
