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[hotfuzy]

LAST NIGHT IN SOHO (2021) - a movie that sits as bad with me as ‘promising young woman’

i really do not understand what they wanted to do with this movie, and the fact that I was so excited and hyped for this film as it continued on, to have my face completely drop as the last half an hour pulled through. that is shit, that is pathetic and pointless filmmaking.

(i felt this film very personally)

some positives were the cinematography, the music, colour works and a few on the actors doing an ok job within the film. the beginning and first half had me relatively gripped, the faceless men were terrifying and the obvious target towards of the nastiness of london street life in the 60s was interesting, compelling and made the viewer want that justice, want to find out what happened to sandie. the negatives were the majority of the acting was awkward, forced, the love interest was the weirdest character i have ever seen, his speech, his actions, what?? the bullying which added nothing to the movie and felt so forced that it was ridiculous. the plot holes as the ending began pulling up.

i dont exactly know how to word it all, but the scene where the main character is reaching for the phone, and all of the terrifying men turn into these ‘helpless’ ‘scared looking men, was the worse scene in the entire film. although a few seconds later they tried to pull back and make sandie the victim again, i dont think they could undo what was done. why? why for a moment make these men look like helpless. yes. murder is not always right, especially if the prostitution of herself was ‘consensual’ (despite being forced by matt smith), but why try and make these men who knew exactly what she was, exactly her situation, look like these helpless men who were destroyed by this monster woman.

i cant exactly word this how i want, i just dont know why they suddenly made sandie this villain, this evil woman that the random cop guy (weird character btw, hate that obvious suspicious guy being fucking not who we thought, its such a pathetic TROPE BRO) told us she ‘wasn’t as it seemed’.

why? why couldn’t this be the story of a girl finding out the horrors of sandie trying to get into fame in the 60s, and the lack of justice and suffering that she had to go through. Using her fashion she could of talked about these issues, shed light on the death of sandie and it could of being such a powerful work of freaking art. why why why do they try and push it further. to make it worse. it just ruined everything for me and it really hurt my damn feelings. im getting tired now so cant add much more, just frustrating, especially with edgar wright, this film could of been so special! fuck you guys

(sorry this is convoluted i do not remember any names and also tired af)

[hotfuzy]

listen, i have been critical on kids movies in the past, and i do not think a kids film needs to be good to children and suffer that by being bad to adults. i think their is a middle ground, films like megamind and fantastic mr fox, two solid movies that any age fully immerse themselves into.

i do not think this movie did that for a lot of adults, and this is deemed a fast paced, colour filled, rushed mess of a film. however. i am incredibly biased.
alas, i sat through this entire film with the widest grin on my face, yes, i was won over by the easter eggs through callbacks, outfits, characters and the detailing in to all the backgrounds that made me constantly remember my time growing up watching and playing around this franchise. i loved the colours, animation and character design and thought it was done so well and beautifully that i kept pointing out the detailing and textures within the skin and hair. i loved jack blacks performance as bowser as, not like donkey kong (voiced by seth rogan), it was not just jack black playing bowser, he became that role and he became this playful but overall quite terrifying character. i loved that despite bowsers goal in trying to marry the princess, he was still this evil, powerful being, during the snap at the wedding he became quite scary, and my little sister sat right besides me was loving it. 

i thought chris prat’s performance was not as bad as anticipated, i enjoyed the dynamic between him and luigi and his family from brooklyn. i loved the advert they made and how that continues to call back to all the things we know about the franchise. on surface level, for adult viewing, this is not a perfect movie. the pacing is so fast you do not get a second to care or feel anything for a lot of the scenes and emotions portrayed. sometimes i wish they held on moments more, added a few more lines and pushed a more emotional impact from this film. but i still loved it, i really did. unlike sonic, which is the worst movie from game i have ever fucking seen. i loved this film. but at the end of the day, thats because i love mario and the franchise has been so close to me for the longest time. seeing that world i immersed myself in for so much of my youth, it was nice to see this full recognised, beautifully animated world of the place i loved.

my final note is that i hope one day studios realise that children aren’t completely stupid and pacing does not have to be so fast to make a good movie for them. yes this was a money grab film, but i really do think the voice actors had a lot of fun with it and i sure had a lot of fun watching it. 

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[hotfuzy]

i want to begin this review with saying that carey’s performance was incredible, and i believe she is what made this movie not completely terrible. 
I dont know exactly what it is that left me feeling empty and with a bad taste in my mouth, but this movie did. the ending was theatrical, off putting and ruined the film for me personally. it was a bold statement and definitely felt good when i initially finished, because we all want the happy ending. but there isn’t a happy ending, there isn’t light at the end of the tunnel, most sexual assault victims more often than not dont receive any justice. 
when she was murdered, i felt extreme shock, sorrow, i was genuinely surprised they would do it in such a horrible and shocking way, but i honestly wish they had ended the movie there. it was horrible yes, but it was real, it would leave an audience shocked and they would likely walk away different and affected.

i dont know! i dont often write long reviews because i dont know how to completely word things when im especially frustrated about something, but a movie that im indifferent and dont really hate completely is more difficult to write about.