I Saw 9 Movies: Not Recommended
I guess I’ve been busy recently because I haven’t reviewed a movie in the last 2 months even thought I’ve seen a lot of them. Sorry! Here are some movies you should probably not go see…
OKAY STUFF
Gainsbourg, Je t’Aime … Moi Non Plus
I don’t know how many times I need to learn this but I really do not like biopics. Before the film I knew next to nothing about Serge Gainsbourg I went into the film with no idea of what to expect. The film begins promisingly as a precocious young Gainsbourg flirts his way through art school but eventually becomes a stale greatest hits of his life. Entire wives come and go with hardly an introduction so you begin to get bored, the third act is especially tiresome. You could never get away with storytelling this sloppy in a fiction film.
A Thorn In The Heart
A very personal documentary by Michel Gondry about his auntie who was a schoolteacher. It’s clearly a very loving portrait of a family member that he admires, but mostly devoid of Gondry’s visual inventiveness I don’t think the subject transcends being interesting to a general audience.
My Trip To Al-Qaeda
Tribeca Film Fest entry, this documentary is based on a one-man play by Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Lawrence Wright. It reminded me of An Inconvenient Truth because no matter how informative somebody talking you through a slide show is, it’s not interesting as a film. At all. I might be spoiled by movies like The Cove or Man On Wire but I really want a good story with engaging characters even in documentaries. The film seemed very familiar and didn’t seem to have any new information so it seemed kinda pointless.
NOT REALLY GOOD STUFF
Hot Tub Time Machine
I thought this might be dumb funny, but it was dumb dumb. It also cost $14(!!!) draining any remaining joy out of the experience.
The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
This was a bad TV movie. How David Fincher will make anything interesting out of this I have no idea.
Everyone Else
Sometimes I wonder if I should take more chances on movies I’ve never heard of before to find some gems. After this movie I don’t wonder that as much anymore.
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