Have patience as you wait for my top 10 films of 2021 and the ever popular annual Shadow Awards, I am waiting on one or two more screening to see. So, it looks like early March. To hold you over, here is my top 5 films to avoid from 2021!!!!!
5 LAST CALL
Mick(Jeremy Piven) ,who works as a real estate developer in Philadelphia, has to go back to his suburban roots to talk people in his old neighborhood to sell their properties to make room for a new casino.
-For me, on a personal level, I wanted to see this because I grew up in Delaware County. It is definitely "Deep Delco", so they got that right. The behavior of the residents in the neighborhood is pretty much spot on.
This films biggest problem was, I did not care. The trailer makes the film seem like it is fun...NOPE. I did not care about the story and kinda did not care about the people. I mean, when you watch a movie, you need to be vested. I never felt vested in any of the characters. I mean Mick I felt for him, but in reality he was just a sleazy salesman, whom near the end grew a heart. I wanted to grasp on to Ali but Director/Writer Pilladi would not give us much about her.
The story has too much going on. There is a death of a mom. There is Piven and Ali. There is a battle of brothers. There is a bar going under. There is a boating trip. There is a crooked real estate company. There is just too much and it all gets muddled down.
I think it had some good performances, hey there is Bruce Dern, hey Jamie Kennedy where have you been...lol. The portrayal of that area is true to form. Other than that....it is just not good, earning LAST CALL Number 5 of my worst films of the year.
4
C'MON C'MON
When Johnny's sister,Viv, asks him to look after her son Jesse, they embark on a trip showing Jesse life outside of LA.
I am not getting it. Many people are calling this film one of the best of the year. I call it one of the worst.
Mainly because it has one of the most annoying characters of the year in film ....Jesse played by Woody Norman. Now I am not saying it was a bad performance by Norman I am saying his character was over the top annoying so I blame writer and director Mike Mills.
I wanted to walk out of this movie but I had to see where it was going.
I just was irritated watching a misbehaved kid...especially with a kind person like Johnny who is trying, and is doing the right thing. Again people loved this film!! I always say...I will not follow the artsy, look how smart I am crowd, I will let you know if a film was entertaining. This film annoyed me. It should have been called C'mon C'mon Put The kid In Timeout.
C'Mon C'mon earns my number 4 worst film of the year.
3
HALLOWEEN KILLS
Michael ...again..is back and killing. In this film the townspeople, including the townspeople who dealt with Michael Myers in the very first film rise up and fight together as they are sick of cowering.
The idea of the townspeople rising up, was a cool idea. I mean they even had Tommy (not the original) fighting back.
Well....it was a good idea...and then I watched this crappy pointless film.
It is the same old same old. There is nothing new here. Jamie Lee Curtis is barely in the film. She just sits in a hospital and counts the money she got for making an appearance here. Judy Greer is the same, barely in the film.
This is a bad movie. Violent. Pointless. Adds nothing, nada, to this series. You end up where you started.
End this series please.
Halloween Kills (It killed my time I will never get back) is my 3rd worst film of the year.
2
Madison is paralyzed with fear with shocking visions of grisly murders.
Well acted by Annabelle Wallis...This is the only good thing I can say about this James Wan film.
Now if you follow my blog you know I do not do horror films. However this film was getting good reviews so off I went. Big mistake. I hated this film. The blood. The gore. The torture. I hated the story, to me it made no sense. This is one of these horror "Artist" James Wan's films. No...just NO!!!
Well that's all I have to say...it is stupid and pointless and bad, earning Malignant my number 2 worst film of the year.
NUMBER 1
The worst film of 2021 is..............................
DON'T BREATHE 2
NO TRAILER...YOU DON'T NEED TO SEE IT!!
This is a follow up to Don't Breathe from 2016. Which was a pleasant surprise, Don't Breathe was well written and exciting. It starred the wonderful Jane Levy and Stephen Lang.
The plot has something to do with an orphan and Langs character.
As for this one...Jane Levy has not returned..she must have seen the script. Stephen Lang has returned as The Blind Man. Yes he still has no name. They now throw in a young child Madelyn Grace as Phoenix. Madelyn is just here to add feeling and tension to this film.
This film is a mess. Violent unnecessarily. The script by Fede Alvarez is just stupid. I cannot find any other words except stupid. I will never get the time back..I wanted to walk out of this movie, I hated every second. This film was unwatchable, shocking if you start thinking about how good the first one was.
Director Rodo Sayagues should be ashamed for this violent mess.
So taking the title from last years worst DOWNHILL is DON'T BREATHE 2 my worst film of 2021!!
By the way this is post 1000 for my blog. Thanks as always for your time and the many looks. I don't do this for money...but I do get screenings and passes..soooo yeaaaaaa me. Still the anti snotty reviewer in the shadows says thanks...from the shadows.
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