The Vast of Night (2019)
drama, thriller
actors: Sierra McCormick, Jake Horowitz
Maybe would have been a single thumb up only if the middle chunk wasn't just an episode of the Art Bell radio program where people tell stories. I started to fall asleep. Wonder what these guys could do if they had more a budget to work with. Liked the actors.
The Old Guard (2020)
drama, action
actors: Charlize Theron, KiKi Layne
Confusing beginning, underwhelming dialogue scene direction, generic villain plot, weak score and soundtrack, solid action. By the end it felt like an overly long set up for another movie, guess that makes sense it's based on a comic. I liked Nile's (KiKi Layne) character but was less than enthused by the rest of them. I would have been more interested in the search for that missing female character that I won't name here which I thought might have more to do with the movie but I guess that's just going to have to wait if there's another one but I'm less excited now than I would have been before.
my scale
= highest recommendation (rewatch)
= good recommendation (rewatch)
= average/middling/mediocre (would rewatch if a friend suggested it first)
= below average/not recommended (no rewatch unless marathoning as part of a series)
= extremely bad/not recommended (no rewatch)
drama, thriller
actors: Sierra McCormick, Jake Horowitz
Maybe would have been a single thumb up only if the middle chunk wasn't just an episode of the Art Bell radio program where people tell stories. I started to fall asleep. Wonder what these guys could do if they had more a budget to work with. Liked the actors.
The Old Guard (2020)
drama, action
actors: Charlize Theron, KiKi Layne
Confusing beginning, underwhelming dialogue scene direction, generic villain plot, weak score and soundtrack, solid action. By the end it felt like an overly long set up for another movie, guess that makes sense it's based on a comic. I liked Nile's (KiKi Layne) character but was less than enthused by the rest of them. I would have been more interested in the search for that missing female character that I won't name here which I thought might have more to do with the movie but I guess that's just going to have to wait if there's another one but I'm less excited now than I would have been before.
my scale
= highest recommendation (rewatch)
= good recommendation (rewatch)
= average/middling/mediocre (would rewatch if a friend suggested it first)
= below average/not recommended (no rewatch unless marathoning as part of a series)
= extremely bad/not recommended (no rewatch)