Hello All,
So aside from Annabelle (and annabelle only, no force on this earth will make me watch nut job one just to watch nut job two,) I am now basically caught up with all the new movies out right now (in my area, which still doesn’t have Wind River.) So, how well did the last horses cross the finish line? Let’s find out together shall we?
Kidnap Review
Plot Summary - Karla Dyson (Halle Berry) is a single mother out with her son. When she looks away for a moment and turns back, she sees him getting kidnapped and begins the chase after him.
Pros - Halle Berry is putting in way more effort than she needs to for this. Like seriously by far and away she’s the only one trying to hold this thing together. I guess a few of the car stunts were alright.
Cons - Awful dialogue, beating you over-the-head sentimentality, and a rather crude implication made by the main character, the film feels like it was written in sections, over the course of many months, with huge gaps in between. Why do I say this? You can tell by the writing when the screenwriter clearly hit a dead end and had to spend either too much or not enough time trying to get himself (or her, or themselves) out of it. The special effects leave much to be desired, as at one point you can watch in helpless peril as a green screened version of her son is dangled over a road that he is nowhere near. Feel the wonderful sigh of relief when the movie is over and you try to repress the fact that you wasted time and money on this. What is my life?
Final Score - 1/10
Yeah, people…..this was worse than the emoji movie for me….I’m sorry, but I’d actually rather take the boredom that that movie had over this…..painfully bad affair. Fun Fact: It was made in 2014 and that the company that made this went bankrupt. I can see why.
Girls Trip Review
Plot Summary - The film follows four friends reuniting at the Essence Music Festival in order to have both the best time of their lives, and some of the worst times as well.
Pros - The cast has great chemistry, and the jokes are mostly funny. It does a good job of both not taking itself too seriously but at the same time giving the emotional moments real weight to them.
Cons - The whole thing feels like one long commercial for essence and while the movie doesn’t get annoying with it, I must dock one point on principal.
Final Score - 9/10
Still though, it’s good. Damn good.
Next: Suggestion Box Review - It’s going to be a good one.
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