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This movie had promise has great actors has good filmmaking techniques, and a premise that has promise. What the director-writer did with the premise, the actors, the filming and sets was a purely self-indulgent mess… trying to be David Lynch without any of the emotional depth. It failed completely in the end…I watched almost all the way through and then finally, when things got too ridiculous, I decided to stop and save myself a little bit of time to write this review. I do not recommend this film at all.

The Nice Guys…starts out nice…interesting setups, and we get to know these two oddball characters set in the 80’s (70’s?). Then it quickly falls off the rails as one lucky break for the plot spills into another…completely unbelievable! (i gave the first one or two co-incidences a break, but it kept happening…too flippin convenient). Yes there are some genuine funny moments…Ryan and Russel do there best with comedy and they have shining moments. But the directing of the other actors is thin and lacking in depth. The plot twists make little sense, and the attempt to make this a real funny buddy cop like film falls far short of its goal. It was looking for ‘franchise’ and did not deliver at all. Having the ‘kid’ show up in all these adult scenes was weird, trying to make her a main character was weird…forced, it just didnt work. It looks like some guy who used to do porn decided to be a writer/directer of a ‘real’ movie…it looked like it was filled with lots of ex-porn actors etc…just a weird vibe all around. I do not suggest you watch this film…pretty much a waste of a couple hours. Why on earth Ryan and Russel did this film, i will never know.

A great and heartwarming show!!! Very well written and directed! Excellent character arcs and believable dialogue! Love the great use of ‘foil’ characters…brilliant! I was not so into the premise, not being big into golf myself, but the above mentioned excellence and including: great use of music, editing, shooting and solid acting from everyone…is making this show another Ted lasso for me!!! Watch it!!! You wont be sorry! (Unless you dont like healing and redemption…in which case…i feel sorry for you!) 😎🤪🙏🏼

Just watched Wes Anderson's latest movie, 'The Phoenician Scheme' Quite original! Host of famous actors doing excellent bit parts. Everyone gives their all regardless of part size. Benicio is brilliant as ever, michael Cera is amazing and back in form, and Mia Threapleton is a tightly held-back delight! Quite funny...love the repeated silly themes, and unexpected character twists! …though a wee bit hard to follow at times... Lots of very creative Biblical, Egyptian, Middle Eastern symbology and themes to delight those that can stop/start the movie and take it all in. The music and cinematography is perfectly paired with such an interesting and stylized film. (Such is Wes). A fantastical quirky treat for real movie and story lovers! Recommended! 👍

Brats: A blast from the past with heart After reading a number of reviews of this documentary, I was a little put-off in the idea of watching it. Many of the reviews seemed to think that Andrew was whining and holding on to his, mostly negative, emotions about the term “Brat Pack”. Since I was a teenager at the time, and watched nearly all of the films with “Brat Pack” alumni in them, I decided to take a chance. I'm very glad I did! Yes, Andrew did have a number of mis-givings about the term and that time of his career, but it became clear, early in the film, that he was really and mostly concerned with hearing from as many of the other ‘pack members’ (and adjacent members, or experts of pop culture) to find out once and for all, if indeed, his feelings were justified and shared. Well, what a delight to witness his journey just to find the ‘others’ and to see that, even though he had his feelings about that time, the others had similar feelings, or even better, different perspectives on those feelings, for which Andrew himself really seemed to delight in learning about. Like EVERY good story, to clearly see a character’s development and ‘arc’ is what will make or break the ‘telling’. In “Brats” we get to see Andrew’s own transformation as he goes from interviews with: fellow actors of that time, to experts in the ‘pop culture’ phenom, and eventually the original news article journalist himself. Andrew seemed to bring the best of both worlds: Jaded somewhat by the industry at large, but sincerely open- minded and very open-hearted. From: re-living large amounts of nostalgic video footage, hearing the amazing music of the period, to the journey of tracking people down all around the country, and Andrew’s own ‘arc’ of discovery…this documentary left me feeling happy, informed and very very satisfied. It is a well put together piece in all respects and i have to say, “much respect” to Andrew for bringing this juicy-nugget to the screen. Brats have never seemed sweeter.

Just dont...overrated, and you wont learn much about the life of the composer/conductor here...very disjointed story, poorly directed and mostly uninspiring...its trying too hard to be something avante garde, or deeply personal but it falls flat. Storylines pop up and then seem to just fade away as another takes its place...They say a filmmaker will make at least 7 bad movies in their time...well Mr.Cooper, this is number 1. Why it was nominated for so many awards, i will never know...sucking up to industry players? Im just glad it didnt win any big ones...this could have been so brilliant and clear and accessible. :(

Truly captures the Spirit!!! Just watch it NOW!!! Seamless, personal, brilliant acting, directing, and production...written with the Rasta Spirit at its Heart. It is honest, and doesn't shy away from the man, and the legend. Rita is brilliant, this one really shows their Love, their struggles, their strength...together. I loved the real Jamaican accents, and talk, even though I couldn't understand it all in one sitting, I could still feel every word! If you know nothing about Rastafarianism...this movie will help introduce you. If you know nothing about Reggae and music recording, this movie will bring you in. Do your Soul a favour, and enjoy!

The Directing and Writing are amateur at best...if that was taken care of and done well...this would be a workable tv series with any other flaws easy to look past...but when you get the writing and directing so bad and stilted and vision-less...it takes the whole ship down. Stop it Disney...sad.

Watch it if you have time to kill...do not expect much from it though. The show had promise, a cool concept, and very interesting location/history/avatars-heroes in it. Cool concepts do not necessarily translate into Vision...that has to come from the writing/directing and of course the production side of things...lack of vision, pressure from the suits killed this cool concept. PEOPLE!!! PLEASE dont blame the actors...each one does a great job in there own right and are quit capable...its the directing. It was lacking in vision. And the writing was lacking in coherence and purpose...that it. But of course without Vision and Purpose what is anything? Thats what we got...lots of words, and movements, and sounds, attempting to deliver something, but not entirely sure what that something is or should be. At least we got to see Mark and Stephen (moon knight) develop somewhat...because for anything to be well received, we need to see the characters journey...but that journey will still fall flat without Vision and Purpose. (oh and a free(ish) hand from the suits)

WOW! This is a perfect example of masterful writing with near perfect directing. The Actors, especially, Mark Rylance (award worthy performance by the way), are all superb. You know something is masterfully crafted when it holds your attention completely throughout, and without needing any major sets, action, or cgi...just seriously great storytelling and then carried through by all the key parties. for those that LOVE story...this is for you.