Quick Rambling Reviews

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It's been awhile since I've combined reviews like this, but I saw a few films at once that I don't think I could really flesh out into full reviews. 

 Selma - I was very underwhelmed by this, which was a shame. It's fully of great performances (Especially David Oweyelo) and the story is an important part of our American history. I think it's a good film overall, but it's missing something and I can't put my finger on it.

 Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck - Interesting doc, but the home movies made me very uncomfortable. Two junkies with a baby frightens me. Cobain was a tortured soul, I wish it would've gotten better for him.

 101 Dalmatians - This came on TV and I DVR'd it for my kid, I haven't seen this since I myself was a child, it's so hilarious how un-PC this film would be nowadays. The characters are constantly smoking, they're watching a TV program where a guy is shooting at a dog. They're openly talking about bashing dogs' heads in and skinning them. Damn, old school Disney.

 Exit Through the Gift Shop - A really well made doc about Banksy and street art that really made me wish I could actually draw/paint a proper picture.

 Kung Fury - You may or may not have heard of some Bloggers talking about this wonderfully bad short film that's currently uploaded on Youtube. You should check it out. It's brilliantly stupid. 

 A Deadly Adoption - So, I watched this Lifetime movie hoping to laugh at it's stupid awkwardness and I ended up thinking Alyvia Alyn Lind is one of the better child actors I've seen on TV in awhile. She was good! If Lifetime didn't have a history of rapey man hating, I would almost feel bad for them because Ferrell and Wiig clearly did this movie to take the piss out of the network.

Comments

  1. DellJuly 4, 2015 at 8:26 AM

    The problem with Selma is it drags between marches. Glad you like Exit Through the Gift Shop. It is a really fun doc. I need to see that Kurt Cobain doc. Lol, so true about 101 Dalmatians. Nice work, Britt.

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    1. Kevin PowersJuly 4, 2015 at 11:27 AM

      Yes. That is the problem with Selma. It was pretty good, great in some ways. It just had no pace. Love Exit to the Gift Shop so much. Yeah. Good job. I get stacked up on movies sometimes myself. It gets hard to write long reviews. I love brief thoughts like these.

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    2. Brittani BurnhamJuly 5, 2015 at 11:08 PM

      You're both right about the pacing. A film like that just needed to be a bit more polished.

      I try to keep my reviews concise anyways, but sometimes I can't even do that. I just need a few sentences lol

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  2. AnonymousJuly 6, 2015 at 10:12 AM

    LOL, Deadly Adoption was so awful...that ending...WTF! My wife and I watched it when it aired specifically to laugh, and sadly it was just odd...until the end where I laughed my ass off.

    I just reviewed Selma...basically what you said.

    http://afistfuloffilms.blogspot.com/2015/07/red-rover-red-rover-send-martin-luther.html

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    1. Brittani BurnhamJuly 7, 2015 at 7:02 AM

      Thanks for linking that! I watched this interview with the two big wigs at Lifetime talking about this film. Their strategy for making films on that network is insane. They must make a lot of money to take that seriously.

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  3. RuthJuly 6, 2015 at 3:52 PM

    Someone mentioned Kung Fury on my blog a while back too. I have to see that soon, sounds like a riot!

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    1. Brittani BurnhamJuly 7, 2015 at 7:00 AM

      It's sooooo stupid. So I pretty much loved it. lol

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  4. JoshJuly 24, 2015 at 4:44 AM

    LOVE Exit Through the Gift Shop, and I was also underwhelmed by Selma. I watched it twice during the awards season, but it never fully engaged me, despite Oyelowo's solid performance. Ha, I haven't seen 101 Dalmatians in years, but I've always liked it. (The Glenn Close one, right?)

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