Hello All,
I’ve done a lot of travelling today, as I basically went the long way back home. I hate doing these trips to the other side of the city, but I only do it whenever there’s a double feature to be done. These ones are kind of weird films, one is a war film of sorts shot with brand new (for film) higher framerate tech. The other, is a boxing movie that only really started to get promoted less than a week before it’s release. So was my crosstown trip worth it? Let’s find out together shall we?
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk Review
Plot Summary - Billy Lynn (Joe Alwyn) is an army specialist, on tour back home after coming back from Iraq. He and his squad are being honoured for their heroics at a halftime show, where during the day Billy contemplates life, love, and more as the day progresses.
Pros - Joe Alwyn is phenomenal as Billy, as he manages to perfectly capture the senses of every emotion he faces over the course of the film. It’s also a rather good looking film, making the most of the colours of every scene to their fullest potential especially. The story at it’s core is a rather interesting one, and it does at time seem very intriguing.
Cons - The rest of the characters aside from Billy seem very one note. We also learn barely anything else about his comrades, and there’s this weird subplot with his sister that brings up PTSD almost out of nowhere. It feels like it’s unfortunately suffering from having nothing to really contribute to the conversations these types of films want to bring to the table. The 120fps technology, as much as I hate to say this, doesn’t feel like it contributes anything to the experience of the film. Perhaps this was the wrong type of film to showcase it in, but it remains to be seen in my mind.
Final Score - 4/10
Overall, it’s an interesting concept wasted in watered down familiarity and squandered story lines. Feel free to skip it.
Bleed for This Review
Plot Summary - Vinny Pazienza (Miles Teller) is a two time boxing champion who, after breaking his neck after a severe car accident, begins training all over again to keep on fighting.
Pros - Miles Teller is the best thing about this movie by far, as you can tell he’s giving this role everything he has.
Cons - it’s really unfortunate that the rest of it is cliched, confusing, poorly structured, and does such a bad job at maintaining even the littlest amount of consistency in it’s production. I didn’t know his coach’s name until an hour into the movie and by then I didn’t care. The structure of the film is, he has something bad happen, he wins a championship, he has something bad happen, he wins a championship. That’s right, he wins two in one movie and it’s still boring. It’s basically impossible to become invested in a film when it feels like the film itself has no idea what it’s doing.
Final Score - 1/10
God I hated this movie. Luckily I was the only one in the theatre for this so I got to complain as loudly as I wanted to.
Next: Moana - Probably. I still admittedly have to watch the first bad santa before I see the new one.
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