I thought this would focus more on the psychology around the "Hate to Love" part of the title and how/why Nickelback became "the most hated band." Instead it is a standard surface-level documentary about the band, from formation to present day. Nothing especially noteworthy.
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Sort of a bummer to go into it knowing it's a trilogy. It takes the wind out of the sails a bit.
Beautifully written and acted. I see why people love this. It's the kind of movie that makes you wish it happened to you. It did everything right, and I would recommend it; it's just not something I think I'll ever feel the need to watch again.
UPDATE: I have finished the trilogy and do, in fact, feel the need to watch this again.
What a cast. It's so silly and dumb and funny. It makes me want to rewatch Children's Hospital.
It starts off a bit slow. Still funny, especially Bradley Cooper, just a lot of set up. At the halfway point, Ken Marino and Joe Lo Truglio prank call Christopher Meloni, and John Slattery talks to Amy Poehler with his head between some leaves, and both were just the funniest things ever.
It has been hours, and I'm still thinking about John Slattery's face in the middle of the leaves, and I love it.
This is basically the same as the first; we're just all older now.
Two weird choices: Why is Magik racist? What's with the awkward forced accents?
Not as bad as I was expecting, just pretty boring. It takes about an hour for anything to start happening, and in that first hour they didn't even make me care about any of the characters. My favorite character is the puppet. I did like the Breakfast Club-esque scene when they drugged the doctor though.
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If you're a fan of <I>The Running Man</i>, the classic Arnold Schwarzenegger film based on the 1982 novel (under Stephen King's pseudonym Richard Bachman), <I>Arena Wars</i> is an almost exact reimagining of it, but with a much lower budget, eye-rolling one-liners, and gladiators in over-the-top costumes who are truly asking for an (easy) ass-beating (as they're drowning in too many items that should make them immobile). It's terrible and mostly unwatchable at times, but it's always great to see Michael Madsen pop up in a film.
Love Hacks, love Hannah, mixed on the content. It is very different than the standard stand-up, more like a one woman show, alternating between jokes and short acting bits with voices, lighting changes, and theatrics. I think Hannah is super smart, and the content is good, but the format created an odd rhythm.
<I>All My Friends Are Dead</i> is a fun film full of typecast (I say this in loose terms as it pertains to the characters, not actors) characters who meet their demise based on the Seven Deadly Sins (from the SDSK aka Seven Deadly Sins Killer). It caters to those who spend their days glued to their phones, taking selfies, and/or worrying about followers/views... and then pleases the viewers with plenty of well-deserved, blood-filled eye candy throughout the film.
Dunstan's direction takes the lead here. If you're expecting <I>The Collector</i> or <I>The Neighbor</i> and both the experience and substance behind those films, this is not it (and I do not mean that in a bad way). While not his original style, you can tell he had a lot of fun filming this, especially with the kills. Still, his experience behind the camera has paid off, and it shows throughout.
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What a wild movie choice for 9am on a Sunday. Also, Alicia Silverstone is in this!
I put off watching this because for some reason I was associating it was Funny Games, and Funny Games really freaked me out. It was not as disturbing as I was expecting, other than the opening shot being a close up of a surgery, which I hated, and that I am just sort of freaked out by Barry Keegan in general. It was wild and weird though, and I was fully captivated.
Colin Farrell's emotionless dialogue reminded me so much of a Wes Anderson movie. Even though it was similar to the Lobster, something about it was full Wes Anderson.
This is my favorite of the trilogy. I can see it being the least favorite for horror fans, since it is definitely a murder mystery before it is horror. Having just watched the others for the first time in the past 36 hours, this is the one that I was most engrossed in from start to finish.
Mia Goth is really great in it. Kevin Bacon and Giancarlo Esposito seem to be genuinely having the time of their lives. Also I love Halsey.
I love the Wizard of Oz elements of Pearl: the technicolor, the farm, the font of the credits, all the nods (excluding the intimate moment with the scarecrow which I didn't love).
This has a unique tone. It's not really horror; well, maybe it's a psychological horror. It's mostly a character piece about someone we already know is a killer and we already know is unwell. We know how this story ends, so they are able to really take their time getting there, and it's an interesting journey.
I liked the art style, the family dynamic, the Furby's (Furbies?), and Eric and Deborahbot. I was only invested in the Mitchell's half of the plot though, the father daughter relationship. The Machines part of the story didn't hold my interest other than Eric and Deborahbot being funny, and that is a significant part of the movie.
