Keanu (2016)** (This was basically an extended Key and Peele sketch with a Hangover element tacked on, which was great)
Hardcore Henry (2016)*** (Firstly, outside of the fact that this movie may make people sick because of its first person view, there is no reason for the negativity that surrounds it. The story was simple, uncomplicated... but this movie is not for those who are expecting Casablanca or Shawshank, this movie has a clear audience and heavily panders to them... it can't be all to everyone, nor should it be. For a movie to take the risk and try something new, when all Hollywood spews out is the same cycle of Rom-Coms, Comic book tie-ins, and the end of year Oscar brown nosers, movies like this, which incidentally counts as both an indie and a budget movie ($2m, which needed crowd funding to complete production), it is refreshing and I guess at this point a necessity for a dying medium to try and stay relevant (mimic a medium that is only going up). In my opinion, movies need to follow the route of the Youtube generation.. smaller budgets, higher quality productions that cater to smaller audiences... they earn their 'big time' out, rather than studios monopolising and dictating what we should and should not be watching/listening. Hardcore Henry is much more entertaining than movies that had been given budgets 10x or even 100x what this movie had)
Hardcore Henry (2016)*** (Firstly, outside of the fact that this movie may make people sick because of its first person view, there is no reason for the negativity that surrounds it. The story was simple, uncomplicated... but this movie is not for those who are expecting Casablanca or Shawshank, this movie has a clear audience and heavily panders to them... it can't be all to everyone, nor should it be. For a movie to take the risk and try something new, when all Hollywood spews out is the same cycle of Rom-Coms, Comic book tie-ins, and the end of year Oscar brown nosers, movies like this, which incidentally counts as both an indie and a budget movie ($2m, which needed crowd funding to complete production), it is refreshing and I guess at this point a necessity for a dying medium to try and stay relevant (mimic a medium that is only going up). In my opinion, movies need to follow the route of the Youtube generation.. smaller budgets, higher quality productions that cater to smaller audiences... they earn their 'big time' out, rather than studios monopolising and dictating what we should and should not be watching/listening. Hardcore Henry is much more entertaining than movies that had been given budgets 10x or even 100x what this movie had)
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