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adamwatchesmovies · 5 years ago

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The Worst of 2019 (So Far)

And now we get to the opposite of yesterday’s post: the worst of what we’ve seen so far. Time to give them a proper thrashing before they (hopefully) fade into obscurity. Disappointingly, there's a general lack of films that were bad but in an interesting way. Mostly, it’s either been the same sorta dreck we usually get with a couple of unusually offensive stories and a couple of soul-crushingly bad superhero flicks. Curious? Read on.

10. Serenity

I like to save my #10 spot on the “Worst of” list for a movie that has a chance of becoming a favorite among those who love bad movies. Serenity is competently enough made that it does not belong in the same category as The Identical or Runaway. It’s another kind of bad movie, the kind that baffles anyone who sees it and who will have film historians scratching their heads in the future. It’s not quite on the same level as 2017’s “The Book of Henry” but close. Top-notch actors at the top of their career in a story so poorly conceived it would’ve been brilliant if it weren’t awful and utterly absurd.

The revelation that everything we've been seeing is actually part of a video game programmed by an angry teen who hates his abusive father, and that his actions are tied to those of Matthew McConaughey's character is the kind of nutty decision someone at some point should've questioned. My advice? Surprise some unsuspecting friends with it. Periodically pause the movie so they can write down how they think it'll all fit together and then watch their faces as they're proved wrong.

9. After

I’m not going to remember After down the line so this is my opportunity to give it another flogging. I can’t believe fan-fictions of real people is a real thing and that one of them was deemed legitimate and popular enough to be turned into a movie. It plays out like the clone of a clone of a clone of Twilight. At least that movie had danger in the form of vampires and werewolves. This has nothing to offer except embarrassing drama and a prepubescent’s idea of what romance and love look like. I saw it in the theater with a friend and thank goodness she was there; it made what would've been a chore... slightly more bearable.

8. Dumbo

I’ve already gone on about how I feel about Disney’s string of live-action remakes. For the most part, they fail to validate their own existences; they’re just copies of the original but with “real” actors dancing around animated backgrounds, objects and locations instead of everything being traditionally animated. Dumbo isn’t like Aladdin and Beauty and the Beast. It does try new things. It diverges from the source material significantly in the worst way. The titular character winds up playing second banana to a bunch of circus performers no one cares about and in the end didn’t contain an inkling of the emotion the 1941 version did.

7. Dark Phoenix

This one’s a triple-whammy. Not only was it a deeply disappointing way for Fox’s X-Men series to end, it retreaded old material in a way that was worse than X-Men 3: The Last Stand AND it was a box office bomb. By the time the story finally comes alive… it’s just about over. The whole thing feels like a mistake, bringing in aliens and asking us to invest in characters we just haven’t had enough time to fall in love with. Makes me wonder what the future of the characters is going to be like. Yes there are a number of heroes and heroines we haven’t yet seen, but are people going to care, even when the brand gets a new coat of paint from Marvel Studios?

6. Men in Black: International

Was anyone asking for the Men in Black series to return? Maybe if they'd had a dynamite story this could’ve overcome the public’s general disinterest, but this was an extremely generic plot you could figure out easily minutes in and lost touch with what endeared us to the first. Even with the combined forces of Tessa Thompson and Chris Hemsworth failed, it to generate many laughs. Worse, to make sure I got any references or Easter egg it might drop, I re-watched all of the previous Men in Black movies, including the horrific Men in Black 2.

5. Replicas

This movie goes about itself in such a convoluted way. First, Keanu Reeves plays a scientist working for a company that wants to transplant the mind of dead soldiers into androids. Then, his family is killed in a car crash, prompting him to use the mind transfer tech to put their memories into new clone bodies of themselves. Problem is, he only has the means to clone three out of four family members. This means he has to erase all memories of his youngest daughter from the others’ brains. Following me so far? Good because it keeps going from there. Actually, that’s just the start of it. It’s a classic case of TMSGO - too much sh*t goin’ on. Even with all that, it STILLL managed to have gaping plot holes. No surprise it came and went as quietly as possible.

4. Hellboy

This one hurt. I wanted to see a superhero horror film badly. The early interviews I read about them wanting to adapt Mike Mignola’s books more closely than the Del Toro films got me excited. I was a little apprehensive when the trailers showed some goofy stuff but I figured these were included to draw people in. I should've listened to that sinking feeling. The actual film is awful, one giant mistake after another. Without a doubt, this featured the year’s worst special effects and even this I could've forgiven but the would-be humorous tone was badly misjudged and the story bloated with way too many elements that might've worked... if we weren't also trying to tell the character's origin at the same time. Hellboy ends with a teaser promising more and there’s no way we would’ve seen a sequel even if this had made money at the box office. Cool demons though, for what it’s worth.

3. Shaft

Looking back, I’m struggling to think of anything worth seeing in Shaft. I hated the film’s approach at comedy, particularly when it reverted Samuel L. Jackson’s John Shaft into the kind of man who proudly doesn’t understand modern sensibilities and spews out one homophobic joke after another. The plot was uninspired and uninteresting - not to mention generic - and none of it felt like it belonged on the big screen. On the upside, it prompted me to view the original trilogy with Richard Roundtree and those were enjoyable.

2. Simmba

Simmba is unlikely to be on the “Worst of 2019” list next January. It probably won’t be at the #2 spot. The film mixes two wildly different tones but not well. It begins as a romantic crime comedy, a dated one, sure. Simmba staging a phoney crime in order for the woman he’s attracted to to call him for help and then use the call as an excuse to stay with her through the night is creepy but I guess it might’ve passed like 20 years ago in North America. What makes this a bad film is the way it then introduces a character’s gang rape and murder as a way to prompt the anti-hero onto a righteous path. From there, it turns into this vigilante revenge film that has disturbing implications. You probably haven’t heard of it before now, much less seen it. I don’t recommend you check it out.

Runner Ups:

Aladdin

A controversial choice, as many casual filmgoers seem to have fallen madly in love with it (similar to the way they ate up 2017’s Beauty and the Beast) but honestly, what does this film do better than 1992’s Aladdin? Add an unmemorable song for Princess Jasmine to sing? Reduce the number of talking animals in order to give us more… nothing? Pile on the CGI to the point you wonder why it was made with live-actors in the first place? Like the innumerable direct-to-video sequels of classic films who've been all but forgotten, I tell you this Arabbian adventure won't endure.

Tolkien

So much potential squandered on a boring story. It didn’t take an astute viewer to recognize the film was crippled by the studio failing to obtain the rights to Tolkien’s actual work. I get the feeling we'll see another shot at a biography of J.R.R. Tolkien in a couple of years and this will be the Christopher Robin to the much superior Goodbye Christopher Robin.

The Hustle

It’s an unfunny comedy, what more is there to say? Rebel Wilson makes yet another bad career choice playing the same character she always plays. I only realized it was a remake of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels while writing my review, which is unfortunate. Hopefully I can expunge this film from my memory soon enough and forget anything it might’ve spoiled about the original Bedtime Story or the 1988 remake.

1. Unplanned

The numerous instances of technical incompetence - mostly coming from the performers who are given lackluster material - would be enough to condemn Unplanned to this list. What made me hate the film is the way it blatantly lies and attempts to manipulate the audience into further entrenching themselves in a certain point of view through cheap, manipulative means. I can respect that genuine passion was poured into the project but the way it goes about it is shameful. Do not go see it, even if you're curious.

Yuck. That last one really left a bad taste in my mouth so I'm going to talk about a movie I did enjoy and am enthusiastic to direct you towards Alita: Battle Angel. Rosa Salazar as the titular Alita impressed me and I really dug the action scenes. I'll also right a wrong from last year by reminding you to find and watch Paddington and Paddington 2, both movies I should've put on my "Best of" lists the years they came out. I don't know what I was thinking but I keep coming back to these in my head. They're excellent for kids and adults.

And with that said, the list is over. Back to our regularly-scheduled film reviews until something big comes up. Thoughts or comments on the list are welcome and I hope you enjoyed reading.

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projectmedusarp · 7 years ago

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Welcome Zuna! We’re pleased to announce your audition for Charlotte Netter / Electrokinesis has been accepted! Please send your account into the main within the next 24 hours. We can’t wait to have you join us!

** A note from the applicant before reading the audition: DRUG ABUSE TW, this application contains references to alcoholism. There are also aspects of mental/emotional abuse, and while it’s not in the list, I know it can make people uncomfortable and wanted to warn you.

NAME: Zuna

AGE: 22

TIMEZONE: PST (GMT-8)

PRONOUNS: She/They

ACTIVITY LEVEL: While I’ll be able to check in every day and hopefully do short replies during the day, more lengthy responses will have to wait until evenings or weekends. This is largely because I’m stuck on mobile during the day.

PREVIOUS ROLEPLAY EXPERIENCE: None, so I am very hopeful that this could be a wonderful new experience! Most of my writing experience has been solo.

PERSONAL TUMBLR CONTACT: Link Removed

TRIGGERS: None again, thankfully.

CHARACTER: Charlotte Netter (Nickname: Charlie)

PRONOUNS: She / Her

AGE: 32

FACE CLAIM: Constance Wu

POWER: Electrokinesis

QUOTE: “There is always a catch. Life is a catch. I suggest you catch it while you can.”

PERSONALITY:

Determined: Charlie’s father is the first person who would tell you that she’d been a headstrong, capable child. She still believes there’s nothing she can’t do if she puts her mind to it, and has yet to prove herself wrong. Whatever it takes to get the job done, she’ll do- within reasonable limits of course, she’s not going to jail because someone challenged her. She’s also very reliable because of this and relishes finishing a well done job.

Generous: Charlie is never one to hold onto things for herself. She’ll leave the largest tip she can manage, make a point to provide for others when she knows they’re struggling, or reach out to local charities to see if something she no longer needs can be given to someone who does. Her generosity is usually directed towards strangers, but that doesn’t mean she won’t reach out to help a friend in need.

Disorganized: The phrase “I’d lose my head if it wasn’t attached” usually refers to people who are forgetful, but Charlie has the terrible habit of putting things in “safe” places- so safe even she can’t find them again. She’s able to function in the material chaos of her life and apartment, but only because her roommates somehow always remember where she put her keys or that file her boss asked her to archive two days ago.

Judgmental: First impressions are everything to Charlie, and she’s used to making snapshot evaluations of people. While she knows it’s impossible to really know someone in a first meeting, she’s very cautious about trusting or becoming close with people with whom she finds fault. Of course, it’s entirely possible to overcome her assumptions, but it might take a bit of effort to force her to believe she’s wrong.

Gossip: Charlie has the unfortunate habit of picking up stories and spreading them around. It’s occasionally in an attempt to get someone help in a stressful situation, but even more rarely works out that way. She takes particular satisfaction in telling stories to others that confirm her previous thoughts about the topic at hand.

Perfect Mask: Due to her judgments and general distrust of strangers, Charlie usually hides behind a mask to create the facade of a perfectly content and well-adjusted individual. There are very few people to whom she shows true emotion, unless she’s under an unusual amount of stress. Most who know her would describe her as confident, prepared for anything, or simply professional.

Social Butterfly: There are few people who’ve come into her orbit that she hasn’t made a point to meet in person. In Charlie’s opinion, it’s better to know and interact with as many people as possible even if she never becomes close with them. She is content with simply flitting in and out among various groups to check in and see what everyone’s up to without settling into any one of them.

BIOGRAPHY:

While the first few years of Charlotte Netter’s life were peaceful and untroubled, her mother died unexpectedly from an asthma attack, leaving both a four-year old Charlie and her father, Jeremy, devastated. As her father scrambled to juggle both his job and loss of a co-parent, he fell into the destructive spiral of trying to find a “replacement mother”. His relationships failed as he put more and more pressure on his girlfriends to be the perfect mother for his stubborn, slightly troublesome daughter. After many years of this pattern repeating itself, Jeremy began to shut down outside of work. As a middle school student, Charlie often found her father had gone drinking before coming home.

As his dependence grew, so did his need for validation and the assurance that his daughter wouldn’t leave him. Charlie was saddled with taking care of her still grieving father as he lost himself, even as he restricted her activities to keep her close to him. She was forced more and more to take care of him emotionally and physically as her school years continued, practically running all non-financial aspects of her home, becoming isolated from her peers. Her need to get away from her father’s control lead her away from higher education and towards the workforce, permanently moving out mere weeks after graduation. The separation caused a rift between the two, and they went without speaking for nearly a year before Jeremy was able to convince Charlie to reconnect. His drinking has gone through periods of both moderation and excess since then, but she can’t seem to tear herself away as completely as before.

At the time, however, her newfound freedom lead her to expand her interests, meeting people with every new activity she tried, from concerts to morning runs to bookstores. She became determined to be as likeable as possible and found herself in the middle of a network of people who all needed something done or knew someone who did. Simply having these connections opened doors Charlie hadn’t even been completely aware of as people she had only met recently reached out to offer her work or ask if she still needed a copy of that book she had mentioned. With newfound vigor, Charlie threw herself into her new life with a joy she couldn’t remember ever having.

Years passed as she bounced between jobs, apartments, and roommates, focusing less on trying everything and settling into things she truly loved doing. She made friends wherever she went, but had few strong connections until she met her current roommates Sasha and Em. After a crime movie marathon three years ago, they joked about setting up a heist and each applied for a position at places similar to locations found in the movies they had just finished. Em tried for a casino, Sasha emailed a jeweler, and Charlie submitted her resume to a bank, and all three promptly forgot about the entire thing until she got a call to come interview for a teller position. By this time, she was disenchanted by the never-ending job changes and decided it was worth a shot. The other two found the whole incident hilarious, but agreed to never speak of it to her coworkers. She never expected to enjoy the work or the people she met so much, and still finds herself enchanted with her stable employment, though she’s risen to a mid-level management position.

As time went on, she settled into a routine that was only broken by occasional drunken calls from her father when he needed her to pick her up from one bar or another. It was this tenuous variation that lead to her exposure to the tonic water. One night while walking him to her car to go home, he insisted she find the young man who’d been selling waters outside the bar, promising that they could cure a hangover. No matter how she tried to convince him to let it go, he refused to go a step further until she’d bought in to the- in her opinion- expensive scam. Once she’d gotten the water though, it was all she could do to get him home, let alone drink the stuff. So the bottle sat in her car for a couple days until she was thirsty enough to drink it herself.

The next few weeks were frustrating. Every day was a bad hair day, she just couldn’t manage to get it to stop flying around or sticking up at random angles. She went to take the train to meet a friend in Central Park, only to find that all the cards in her wallet were demagnetized. She was constantly slapping at metal surfaces to get rid of the static cling that never really went away, jumping when it finally built up enough to actually shock her. The buildup had been slow, but annoying, and when her frustrations finally came to a head, she could only stare at the charging screen of her dead phone as the tiniest spark connected its port to the fingertip. She shook it off as a weird fluke, or even a dream, until she heard about the missing people who had been hallucinating what the news referred to as “daydreams of superpowers”. Since then, she’s been testing this weird charge thing and keeping an eye out for weird people, though her work at the bank makes her less sensitive to strangers in suits than she needs to be.

HEADCANONS:

All The Single Ladies: Charlie’s never had a long term romantic relationship, and she doesn’t particularly feel the need for one. That’s not to say that she has never wanted one or never will, but given her father’s many failed relationships and the drama she constantly hears about other couples, she’s unlikely to take the plunge to commit to someone anytime soon.

Fit as a Fiddle: Charlie frequently participates in triathlons, both within the boundaries of the city and further out. She isn’t a particularly high ranking athlete, but enjoys the physical exertion. On top of that, these races are how she met and became friends with her roommates!

Miss Muffet: If someone comes anywhere near her with something resembling a spider, especially a large hairy one, she might actively run away from them. She doesn’t get full blown panic attacks over it, but will definitely leave the room until someone collects the little critter. One time her roommates were gone overnight, so she slept on the couch to avoid the spider sitting over her bed!

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: N/A

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