Hello All,
I write to you now, having spent the day recovering from my livestream of fifty shades (Which coincidentally you can watch here in it’s entirety if you missed it live, do it, click it now, MY GOD WHY HAVEN’T YOU WATCHED IT YET?!) and let’s just say well, I’m not sure how long it’ll be before I fully recover from it. So to try and lighten my mood, I went and watched some movies. How were they? Let’s find out together shall we?
Table 19 Review
Plot Summary - Eloise McGarry (Anna Kendrick) has been invited to her oldest friend's wedding, however she finds herself seated at the table intended for guests who weren’t really supposed to show up.
Pros - The cast is pretty well rounded and interesting. The story is also admittedly very sweet at heart, and it does a very good job at it.
Cons - The main plot, and various subplots kind of meander a bit. For a comedy, it’s also not a super funny film. Maybe like a few times I laughed, but the rest of the humour kind of relies on the awkwardness of the various situations for humour.
Final Score - 4/10
Maybe if you’re looking for light hearted awkwardness, otherwise I’d say pass.
Wilson Review
Plot Summary - Wilson (Woody Harrelson) is a lonely, neurotic, and uncomfortably honest middle aged man, who decides to reunite with his estranged wife, and try to find their daughter that she put up for adoption.
Pros - Harrelson is indeed the standalone best thing about this film, because he just sells the character with such moxy, that it’s hard not to find it impressive. It also does manage to slip in a funny line here and there also.
Cons - The film has no real plot to speak of. It’s based on a series of single page gag comic strips, and I feel that that’s how the script was pretty much written, which really doesn’t translate well. We also don’t get too much characterization of the supporting cast beyond one note archetypes, who aren’t super interesting. Harrelson is basically forced to carry the whole film on his shoulders, which can be pretty hard to watch at times despite how good he is.
Final Score - 2/10
It’s not the worst film, but it’s just a film that has nothing really to do and it shows. I say unless you’re a fan of Harrelson, or the comic it’s based on, don’t bother with this one.
Next: Ghost in the Shell (2017) - Will it live up to the original? That’s the question.
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