Simon Long

An incredibly bad movie! I just watched “Bones and All” by this director I thought it was brilliant so I watched “Challenger ”. The premise is an endless tennis match confusingly focused around a love triangle. It all went back and forth in time but who could possibly care. Performances were completely hollow and uninteresting ,surprised Zendaya would get involved. The match climax literally moves in slower and slower motion I tried fast forwarding but the sweaty last 2 serves took 20 minutes and unclear who won. Clearly Not the bored to madness viewer. Embarrassingly bad please don’t waste your time. I’ve read a stack of reviews now and the thinkers come down entirely on terrible. The good reviews are of the “ bot” style with AI positivity but giveaway failure to actually capture real language. Others give it 5 stars then pan the hell out of it! Think they pushed a wrong button first. This is movie is butt ugly.

This is waaay better than you expect. It’s a twilight frame but it’s not for kids at all! It’s first book of “interview with a vampire “ if you remember how thrilling that was. Straight forward story telling that will keep you on the edge of your teeth. The tropes, creepy old guy wants teen ass, gay love scene, horrifying asylum are all there and perfectly rendered. There’s a teen romance back bone but this old guy gives almost no f:;ks about that. I want to see more by this director!

This movie is beyond terrible! Look carefully at the 5 star reviews. They are completely “ bot” responses coming from right wing engines. The movie is totally unfunny, completely obvious and so so boring. It mocks “ wok ism” and in the hands of any talent could be funny but this guy has no talent. I happened to walk in with a friend thinking it was Borat like stuff. No the core joke is I guess that people who worry if they are racists wear Birkenstocks. The bots will win this review war. No real people are gonna see it.

Okay!! Just watched blue velvet. The instant it began a remember hating it 35 years ago. It has not aged well. ( maybe I haven’t either🤪) It’s got some weird porny bits but who cares. It’s just a film nobody can admit totally sucks. The music blows too. It seemed 8 hrs long.

This is straight up one of the greatest American Films. Lush visuals, wonderfully detailed plot and pulp fiction level dialogue. I wish I could live in 1938 LA and drive a Packard!