The fun begins with my top ten worst films that I saw in 2019!!!
10- 9- and 8
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AFTER
After was based on a popular book by Anna Todd, the film follows Tessa Young (Josephine Langford) as she heads into her freshman year at college leaving her high school boyfriend back home. At college she meets dark and brooding Harden Scott ( Hero Tiffin) and it changes everything in her life.
We all have seen this type of story before, and unfortunately After did not add anything different to the story. The writing was poor. The film barely moved, and when it did it dragged. Plus throw in a bunch of odd things that happened like the following: She was not answering her mother on the phone. So mom drives over an hour and barges in to her dorm room and demands Harden to stay away from her daughter!! Huh? You could not have called the campus to check on her? Who let mom just go into a dorm house and just barge in? What if her roommate was getting changed? Well that is just an example of odd things.
Bright spots?
Langford was pretty good in her part...
Still it is close to laughable even though it is a drama. The odd thing is there will be a Pt 2 because this film did well over seas.
9
CHARLIES ANGELS 2019
The Angels return was directed by and written by Elizabeth Banks.
I do not know where to start here but...
-The plot was just not strong. It involved too many plot holes. People we do not care about. Way too many coincidences like "Hey how did they figure that out?"...or "How did they get all those people there?".
Casting...
Elizabeth Banks was miscast in her own movie!!! WTH were the producers afraid to tell her, she was soooo weak and astonishingly not believable.
Naomi Scott as Elena Angel and Ella Balinska as Jane Angel....both miscast and shockingly boring and not believable.
Then comments were made by Elizabeth Banks that this movie failed because of men.
-Well the films produced by Drew Barrymore did well! Well enough to make two of them.
-People go to a film to be entertained, to escape. The Me Too movement is a thing. Okay. When you make a movie you do not pander obviously to an agenda, to get attention, to be popular, even if it interrupts a film. She has us watch an opening scene, which was exciting...okay...then for some odd reason she runs opening credits with music and real videos of strong young girls...nothing to do with the film. Then the end of the movie she panders again by having all these women angels save the day, like we are to believe they were all able to convene in a short time...but she wanted to show women power...it made no sense!!! Then during the credits she shows female stars and athletes training angels...oh brother. So men cant train women now?! Oh they can but Banks was pandering to the end. Make the movie!! Stop it with your agenda. I walked away from the Barrymore films thinking...these women were bad ass...it did not have to be thrown in my face over and over to push an agenda...its a MOVIE. Make a documentary if you want to push something!!
8
OVERCOMER
This Christian based film followed a high school basketball coach John Harrison (Alex Kendrick), who coaches in a small town who is slowly losing its population due to the local plant closing down. He then agrees to coach the Cross Country team to help the school out, without knowing there is only one runner Hannah Scott (Aryn Wright-Thompson).
Oh boy...I like the idea.
The thought process.
I understand in these films the budget is very low.
Still...this film by Alex Kendrick...is not good.
-The film is too long
-The lines...or script seems written by a elementary school student.
-Many of the things the coach does is so bad, bad as in unrealistic...a teacher would be fired for.
-The acting, by all seems wooden and stiff, especially the lead Wright-Thompson.
Not much else to say.
If you watch at home you may fall asleep.
Just think that is only 10 9 8...there are worse movies coming!!!
From the shadows as always thanks for your time!!
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