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Enys Men (2022)
What just happened
This film is beyond pretentious. It has absolutely nothing to say yet struts around like it's a seminal piece of 70s experimental art.
Ultimately it should have been a short film. As such it would have been pretty good. When dragged out to feature length it lacks basically every tenant of good storytelling. It's cinematography becomes absurdly redundant. How many shots of birds can a filmmaker cram into a film? The answer, way too many.
I left the theater not understanding how this was green lit. It feels like an emperor has no clothes moment. The first to stand up and say they had no idea what the film was about and they disliked are will be labeled as simple, unrefined, and not true cinema enthusiasts.
The Munsters (2022)
What an odd film
I applaud them for not going ultra dark with this adaptation. It does have elements that stay true to the original.
Overall I feel the film largely fell flat. Can we start with The nepotism hire Mrs Zombie. Probably the worst part of the film, really held back the scenes. It's akin to watching Alexis from Schitt's Creek as a spooky character. I cannot stress enough how horribly miscast she was.
Jeff Daniel Phillips really pulled out a lot of comedy from the script. It
The over-scored scenes detract from the humor immensely.
There are some really good beats and character acting, but it's largely undercut by many bad choices made by production.
Courting Chaos (2014)
Under realized script
I have respect for indie filmmakers but this script needed a lot of tightening up before being shot. A lot of the dialog felt tight. I do not blame the actors it is obvious they did the best they could given the circumstances. More importantly Rachelle Dimaria's character lacked autonomy as a living breathing entity. It was painful to watch for the most par. It took thirty minutes to accomplish what should have been done in ten. A lot of it due to static expository dialog.
The most striking aspect of the film is the constant shakiness of the camera. I understand that filmmakers are capable of making creative choices but in this instance it is not serving the script in any useful manner and appears to be indicative of poor production rather than conscious choice. Secondly, it looks like they cut corners in the production sound and made poor choices in scene locations. This was made worse by the lack of coverage which created choppy cuts. This combined with muffled dialog I could just not watch this film.
I do not recommend this film except as an exercise of what not to do. The script was sloppy, the production was questionable. The premise is novel but the characterization, or lack of, had me reaching for something else.