Movie Review: Black Death: Ouch!

A+ for the cast.
A for the medieval theme and scenery.
D for the plot.
F for fepression.  I mean depression.  Being too depressing.
F for the ending.

Ohhh look - two movie reviews in a row.  Yay!

Ohhh look - my lowest rating to date - ouch!

I watched Black Death first, then I watched the Repeaters.  My intention was to watch a comedy, however I sucked myself into watching two depressing movies in the same day.  Great job me!  Well, they appeared to have a lot of potential, but fell flat.  Things don't always work out, you know?  At least I am in a good mood anyway.

Black Death was about men who attempt to figure out what is going on with the plague and supposedly catching the culprit.  This remote village was interesting.  Reminded me of medieval Stepford Wives.  This movie is a classic example of how a bad movie can still have one of my favorite actors in it - Sean Bean (Lord of the Rings and Game of Thrones).  This is my first time watching Eddie Redmayne in action - great job!

Gleenobly's rating: 2/10

Movie Review: Repeaters: Too Dark

A+ for the acting.
A for dealing with topics that make you uncomfortable.
B for ending.
F for severity.
F for being too depressing.

It has been 5 months since my last movie review.  So here's another - finally :).

In the spirit of the classic, fabulous Groundhogs Day movie - we have the Repeaters.  A movie about 3 twenty-something year olds in drug/alcohol rehab who find themselves having to deal with their vices, demons as they get stuck in a day that repeats itself.  This movie is NOT at the same level as Groundhogs Day.  While I do not recommend the Repeaters - if you are an indie flick junkie like myself and you insist on watching it anyway - be prepared for extreme darkness, violence, sadness.  I would line up a decent comedy to watch right after - such as Groundhogs Day :).  Also, this is not a movie for children!

I will say that I appreciate the acting, camera work, and scenery.  I especially appreciate the conflict, ridiculousness, and dealing with uncomfortable topics.  Some people found this movie confusing - I am happy to report that I had no issues following it whatsoever.  All-in-all, though, meh!  You do not have to go to such extreme for a movie to be good.  You can still touch on abuse, alcoholism, abandonment, etc without going overboard.  Watch Radio Flyer!

Gleenobly's rating: 4/10

Fireworks Oops

Oops! - can I still keep my job?  :)  Hopefully people were able to live and let live.  Mistakes happen!