What did you watch on this Royal week? (05/13-05/19)
My week was royally mediocre movie wise.
Still... check it out:
Lost Highway (1997 DVD): “ After a bizarre encounter at a party, a saxophonist is framed for the murder of his wife and sent to prison, where he inexplicably morphs into a young mechanic and begins leading a new life.” This is not a movie; it’s a pretentious bore fest of non-sense. I was waiting for Giovanni Ribisi to come and save the day and he did shine for the whole 5 minutes he was in but that was far from enough. Then the story gets slightly interesting, when the main character meets an old mobster with road rage. But it doesn’t take long before we fall back in the insipid madness or the redundant sex scenes. 4/10
Once upon a time in Venice (2017 Netflix): “A Los Angeles detective seeks out the ruthless gang that stole his dog.” If you feel like seeing Bruce Willis doing some skateboard naked or running away from prostitutes while dressed as a ginger girl, watch this less than average flick. John Goodman is very awkward in his acting; I don’t know what he was going for with this. The first half of this film is like 4/10 and the second half 6/10. So overall: 5/10
Mute (2018 Netflix): “A mute bartender goes up against his city's gangsters in an effort to find out what happened to his missing partner. “ A beautiful and colourful cinematography for a bland script, nice credible settings that offer nothing new and good actors playing interesting characters that don’t really have anything good to say. Yes, Paul Rudd’s performance was the highlight as many other peeps seem to think. 5.5-6/10
Anon (2018 Netflix): I stopped this one 40 minutes in due to boredom. It’s like a wanna be Black Mirror / wanna be Children of Men but is not even half of these masterpieces. 2/10
Flushed Away (2006 DVD): “The story of an uptown rat that gets flushed down the toilet from his penthouse apartment, ending in the sewers of London, where he has to learn a whole new and different way of life.” I think this is one of the good ones from Dreamworks. Good for rats of all ages. 7-7.5/10
Santa Clarita Diet Season 2 (2018 Netflix): As good and funny as the first one but I think I am even more attached to the characters this time so I enjoyed it a bit more. I watched it over the course of the last three weeks but I don’t remember there being one single bad episode. 8/10