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Lucifer (2016)
Love the plot... not the female lead
I am loving the whole idea behind this... and the angels and demons are really good... but the Chloe Decker character and her ex are just like reality stars trying to pretend they are actors. Seriously, so bad. Trying to ignore them and enjoy Lucifer and his family who are all really good. But it is getting harder. May have to give up mid series 2. Honestly, is Lauren German bonking one of the producers? Can't find any other reason for her being there.
Odd Thomas (2013)
So good!
I was worried - Odd Thomas is one of my all-time favorite characters - but this movie got it right. Does it miss out on some of the quirky moments? Yes, but it is also an extremely dense book, so that makes sense. I was not at all disappointed - on the contrary, I found all main characters to be spot on. In the beginning, I thought Odd was a bit too handsome and heroic - I always saw him as more quirky - but he quickly grew on me and now, I honestly can't imagine him Ny different. And Willem Dafoe was great! Exciting, interesting, moving - PLEASE make another one! There are so many great stories to tell from the Odd Thomas series, and it would be a shame to stop now!
The Toyman Killer (2013)
Predictable and badly written
The writers of this movie should go practice before they make any attempts at writing a movie script again. We basically knew the killer from the first time we saw the person, but that's not the worst part. The story is unbelievable and badly disjointed, and the acting isn't much better. Now, we have seen several of the actors in other stuff, so we blame the direction and the writing. There's only so many ways you can dress up a turd.
There are a few brighter spots; the trailer was so good we actually stuck with the movie, even though my husband kept pleading for me to turn off the TV ( I kept hoping the suspense of the trailer would manifest itself, but alas!). Also, the girl on death row actually delivered a pretty good acting performance in spite of the circumstances. And we have reenacted several of the worst scenes today, to our mutual great amusement.
I think the worst part of this movie is the lack of suspense. You would expect it to be exciting at least, but even the great reveal is just blah.
And that kind of sums up the whole thing: blah.