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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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Clerk. G
Kevin Smith. Also
known as Silent Bob. To me, Kevin Smith
stopped making movies after Jay and
Silent Bob Strike Back, but returned briefly to give us Clerks II. Some of his other movies may not have been
bad, but they weren’t Kevin Smith movies to me (and I think many other pre-Jersey Girl fans can agree; hopefully
his upcoming Clerks III is worth it,
because he is long overdue for a comeback).
This documentary chronicles the filmmaker’s (or multi-hyphenate’s)
journey from the legendary Clerks all
the way to his completely disappointing Jay
and Silent Bob Reboot. A good
portion of the material presented won’t be much news to the average Smith fan,
but not too much time is spent on any one film or accomplishment to make any of
it feel too drawn out. I generally enjoyed
it even when it covered the years I wasn’t as much a fan (luckily crap like Cop Out and Yoga Hosers weren’t discussed very long). Parts of his life outside of film are
included too. You hear from family and
friends throughout, friends being mostly celebrities. Even if you aren’t too aware of Kevin Smith
but do know of him, this doc would be
a good introduction (I don’t recall any spoilers given for any of the films). I do think it’s ultimately for fans of the
man though, it being a love letter of sorts.
I can’t deny how significant he’s been in part of my life. At one time, he’s one of the filmmakers that
made me want to be a director. And he’s
a fellow Jersey boy, which I always thought was cool. 12/31/2021
The Feast
A Welsh horror film that I heard of through Rue Morgue
magazine, as is often the case with films that aren’t mainstream (yes, there
are subtitles; I thought they spoke English in Wales; shows how much I
know). It begins fairly straightforward
in an extremely arthouse way, involving a young woman going to a house of four
to serve them and some guests dinner.
You can sense something unexpected is eventually going to transpire,
especially if you know you’re watching a horror film and that Rue Morgue
covered it (I’m always interested in what they cover, as much as I’ve disagreed
with them before). This movie ends up
being twisted as all hell; one part I even found disturbing. Despite how twisted it truly gets, I think I
might have actually taken something from it (there’s mention of a local
folklore and everything, as surreal as it may get, kind of makes sense with
that info). I really don’t know what to
rate it, so I won’t for now. I read an
interview in which the director said you’ll likely have to watch it at least
twice to pick up on everything, maybe even more times, so I’ll take his word
for it and watch again (just not now; I usually don’t watch the same movie so
close together). I don’t know whether I
should tell people to watch either, and to whom I should tell, because I think
many horror and non-horror fans will both have the same ‘WTF’ reaction (I am
curious to hear other thoughts though). This
film clearly isn’t for everyone. 1/2/2022
Other movies I've seen and their ratings (see above):
The Alpines >>>B/EH
Butcher, Baker,
Nightmare Maker >>>EH/OK
(a.k.a. Night
Warning)
The Night House >>>OK/G
(this rating may change after I watch it again,
because I did like it better after reading about it and finding out what really
happened)
Tokyo Godfathers >>>OK/G
Woe >>>EH
---Sean O.1/4/2022
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