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Mulholland Falls (1996)
The Very Model of Bad Movie
A film like this can make one appreciate film noir done well. The dialogue here is embarrassing. The plot holes are large enough to drive that Roadmaster convertible through. And speaking of items an LA detective wouldn't be able to afford, dig the neighborhood full of mansions where Nolte's character lives. The noir tropes are everywhere. How many times can Nick Norte light cigarettes in 100 minutes? Conversations go unfinished. The reaction shots are unintentionally funny. The whole thing is just lazy, from props left behind to questions going unanswered. They should show this to film students as a lesson in how not to make movies.
Maudie (2016)
Miserable Characters, Miserable Movie
I don't know if it just came at a bad time for me, but I do not like this movie at all. Every character is unhappy. Hawke's character is unhappy and cruel. Two hours of this is miserable. The images on the screen are literally dark and gray. It's a punishment.
I see that I'm in the minority here. Others love it. But this one is a complete miss for me.
Stromboli (Terra di Dio) (1950)
Stilted, Two Dimensional
I don't know what I'm missing. There's only one real character in this film, and while she's the beautiful Ingrid Bergman she's undeveloped and is a detestable person from beginning to end. Every other character is two dimensional and nobody develops in any way. The dialogue is stiff and overdubbed poorly. It's interspersed with contextual footage that clearly has nothing to do with what the characters are doing on the soundstage. Nobody in this film is likable. Its world is bleak. They started making talkies 20 years before this was made, but you'd never know it.
Friends and Romans (2014)
*Spoiler* Question
Did anybody else think they missed a big opportunity.....
*Spoiler ahead*
When the undercover cop gets discovered that he's not Italian, but Jewish, and he goes into a monologue about how Jews also get typecast, why on Earth didn't he incorporate some of the speech from Merchant of Venice? "If you prick us, do we not bleed?" I was chuckling in anticipation of him doing that, but it never came. Or was this scene a big, silent wink?
Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi (2017)
Trying to Kill the Franchise
If this were a pilot movie of a new franchise, no sequel would ever be made. This has none of the swashbuckling heart or humor of the first three movies. TFA and Rogue One we're bringing it all back, and held such promise. This bloated failure brings that resurrection to a screeching halt.