JFF: What Was the Last Film You Saw, and How Would You Rate It? (Pt. 20)

@Tsarstepan 😀 MyCatDuffyTookMyLaptop Friday, December 27th, 2019 JFF: What Was the Last Film You Saw, and How Would You Rate It? Pt. 19 https://community-imdb.sprinklr.com/conversations/imdb-poll/jff-what-was-the-last-film-you-saw-and-how-would-you-rate-it-pt-19/5f4a7c618815453dba025757 - - - jen Sunday, February 19th, 2017 What was the last film you saw and how would you rate it? Pt. 18 https://community-imdb.sprinklr.com/conversations/imdb-poll/what-was-the-last-film-you-saw-and-how-would-you-rate-it-pt-18/5f4a7ad08815453dbabc3bcc - - - Should be "Latest" film?? "Last" film : no other after that?? .

Hello world.

Friday night: Ratatouille (2007), rewatch. 9/10 from 10/10. This afternoon: First of three films from this 2023 NYICFF Blue Thermal (2022), 9/10. Second of three films from the 2023 NYICFF Lonely Castle in the Mirror (2022), 10/10.

I cannot stop laughing. Blonde (2022) won the Worst Picture award at the razzies, and it is my favorite American film of last year. The greatest worst picture razzie winner, there is ever been.

Sunday: Third of three films from the NYICFF. Dounia and the Princess of Aleppo (2022), 9/10. And just for the hey of it. The Quiet Girl (2022), 10/10. A great weekend for movies at the cinema. Monday: Lycoris Recoil (2022- ), season 1. 8/10 until the last 3 episodes. 6/10 for the season.

Luther: The Fallen Sun (2023) (unwatchable)

Jenna Ortega on Wednesday: "Everything that she does, everything that I had to play, did not make sense for her character at all. Her being in a love triangle made no sense. There was a line about like, this dress that she has to wear for a school dance and she said, ‘Oh, my God, I love it. Ugh, I can’t believe I said that. I literally hate myself.’ And I had to go, ‘No, there’s no way." “There was times on that set where I even became almost unprofessional, in a sense, where I just started changing lines. The script supervisor thought that I was going with something, and then I would have to sit down with the writers and they would be like, ‘Wait, what happened to the scene?’ And I would to have to go through and explain why I couldn’t do certain things,” hahaha. I was right. I was right . This series is trash even Jenna Ortega thinks so. And, she raises the same concern as me. This is what I said verbatim after a few episodes of the series: When I say that the outcast is too "friendly". I know what I'm watching, I'm not asking for an R-rated disturbing TV series. I really mean "friendly" as in "friend", everyone is so kind and sociable. Except for the powers (and that is only very superficial is practically no incidence in the plot (except Wednesday's powers). Ironically, minus Wednesday and her werewolf friend, the most interesting character is the Sheriff. Wednesday's "boyfriend" looks like the average Hallmark film Barrista, the actor acts like in a soap opera, The whole relationship feels like it is there only to please a certain part of the audience. In reality, I apologize but a person like Wednesday wouldn't have a "boyfriend" that early.

Cunk on Earth (2022– ) (-10/10) You heard it correctly. This thing is (a minus 10 out of 10). It frustrates me beyond belief. People are already unbelievably ignorant of history, is it necessary to make a documentary where you learn nothing. Secondo, it is not so funny when you know that the experts DO know that the interviews are parody. This thing goes straight into my checkins along side the other films and TV series that I hate too much to rate.

Halloween Ends (2022) - Weakest installment of what has otherwise been a very good trilogy. 6/10 Murder Mystery 2 (2023) - Great fun. Underrated. 8/10 I See You (2019) - Good production quality but discombobulated plot. Tries to be too many things at once and doesn't succeed at being any. Strong acting but mostly unlikeable and unsympathetic characters. Overall a just-above-average watch. 6/10 Wolf Pack (2023, Season 1) - The pacing is a tad slow and most of the "twists" are predictable, but it was still a fun 2 day binge. Good to see SMG return from hiatus. 7½ / 10

Quantum Leap (2022, Season 1) Excessively maligned show. I loved the original, and I love this. It more than adequately combines the "story of the week" from the original with a season-long story arc that contemporary audiences prefer. When I watched the original I always wished they showed more of what was going on at HQ - you get to see this here. Cast is more than competent for a mid-budget show. Not sure why the Addison actress in particular gets so much hate; she's competent (and easy on the eyes). 8½ / 10

John Wick: Chapter 4 (4/10) Meh. I liked the reference to Lawrence of Arabia at the beginning. That is about it.

Knock At The Door (2023) Very, very good. Kept even my ADHD mind engaged from beginning to end. 7½ / 10

I just learnt that Lance Reddick passed a few weeks ago from heart disease. Shocking as he was relatively young, fit & has no history of substance abuse to my knowledge. Someone might want to make a poll where viewers can choose their favourite role of his.

Hansel & Gretel : Witch Hunters (2013) - Amusing enough. Nothing to write home about though. 6/10

Serpico (1973) (6/10) Decent. But, the performances of the actresses (Barbara Eda-Young and Cornelia Shape) really undermine the film. Obviously, Sidney Lumet and Pacino's skills make up for this. I think it is far from a perfect film though. On the bad side, The chronology is hard to follow. On the good side, there is a underlying frustration and intensity to the film, it is often subtle with only a couple bursts, it is recurrent in Lumet films (Network, 12 Angry Men). I do think it is a opportunist film though and not necessarily really courageous. But, it shows an interesting character from an interesting perspective, it allows to see the private life of Serpico, a cop, it is not just about him being a cop, he is a also a human being. I also like the fact that Serpico defies appearance, he is dressed like a junkie, but he is the good cop (anyway that is just how the real story was).