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VierasTalo added 1 item to Film Journal 2017 list

Eric Tsang's new career as a Korean police officer doesn't quit pan out but his spirits will not be broken even with a knife sticking out of his chest.

6 years, 11 months ago

VierasTalo rated Pottersville

Pottersville 4/10

7 years ago

VierasTalo added 1 item to Film Journal 2017 list

This is a quirky indie comedy that's also trying to be a hearty Christmas movie but the material isn't written well enough to carry the concept. You've also cast Michael Shannon, Ian McShane and Ron Perlman as warm and funny characters when the actors, while very funny, are all one step away from murdering you and every single person you know. Then you coat this all in a furry-filled story and it's just... eugh. It isn't even bad enough to be funny most of the time.

7 years ago

VierasTalo rated The Foreigner

The Foreigner 8/10

7 years ago

VierasTalo added 1 item to Film Journal 2017 list

The Foreigner is written with such smarts and wit that it manages to pull off having essentially two heavy, concurrent storylines with Chan's revenge story and Brosnan's IRA-intrigue story. It's emotionally engaging and shot real smooth and clinical -like. It feels like a Michael Mann -film without the styliziation. Which is a surprisingly cool feeling.

7 years ago

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Elokuvapäiväkirja 2017 (315 movies items)

"Kerava on paras mesta. Olen täällä."

7 years ago

VierasTalo rated Battle of the Sexes

Battle of the Sexes 4/10

7 years ago

VierasTalo added 1 item to Film Journal 2017 list

I hate saying what I am going to say here, but it's necessary. This could be a very good movie. It is not. The key here is Emma Stone. I love her work. She's charming, physical, and can carry a film like a champ. She's the perfect pick for this part. And yet she should be in this movie for about a third of what she is in now. Battle of the Sexes spends a lot of time showcasing the personal lives and struggles of it's two lead characters, and her sexual awakening as gay is cool stuff. It also doesn't really connect with the rest of the film. The same goes for Carell's chauvinist asshole's familial ties. As such, this is a movie with an hour of build-up to a sexual awakening that's then followed by an hour of tennis prep and subsequent match. It's really, really weird and doesn't work as a story. There is a second, you can see it in the poster on the left too, where the movie actually kind of gets to something. It's when Carell is giving one of his many "women need to stay in the kitchen"-speeches. We see people laugh. Stone smiles in disdain. It's the sort of moment a better filmmaker might build a film upon. The people laughing at him are doing it in this "boys will be boys"-mentality, but later we see them in their homes, serious about Carell's message – a message he seems to deliver exclusively because he's sort of a doofus who has never thought about his way of presenting himself, what he's presenting or why he's doing it. If you built a movie around this man and pivotally his failures as a functioning human being – this chauvinism, the role of the class oaf, his failed relationships, his son's disappointment in him – and most of all, his realisation about those things being the way they are because he sees his behavior mirrored back to him the way the public does in that press conference scene – it could be a great movie. This is not that movie. It is often misguided and it's narrative shortcomings work to needlessly hide whatever ideological heart it might have once had.

7 years ago

VierasTalo rated Lady Macbeth

Lady Macbeth 4/10

7 years ago

VierasTalo added 1 item to Film Journal 2017 list

I appreciate a film going straight from point A to point B but found very little else to be excited about here.

7 years ago

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7 years ago

VierasTalo rated Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales 2/10

7 years ago

VierasTalo added 1 item to Film Journal 2017 list

I am as done with this franchise as earpiece-linefeed -wearing Johnny Depp and "I can't´even put effort into pretending to laugh" Jeffrey Rush are. Points for decent Javier Bardem ASMR though. All those points get deducted because of this shot. Sad.

PS. Click to see it in action as a gee-yf.

7 years ago

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7 years ago

VierasTalo rated The Mountain Between Us

The Mountain Between Us 4/10

7 years ago

VierasTalo added 1 item to Film Journal 2017 list

Some survival movies are built on the eventual pay-off of rescue from insurmountable odds. The Mountain Between Us is built on Kate Winslet earning a hall pass to bang Idris Elba. That's a hell of a hall pass but whaaat

7 years ago

VierasTalo rated Wheelman

Wheelman 4/10

7 years ago

VierasTalo added 1 item to Film Journal 2017 list

If you saw Locke and thought "I sure wish this wasn't as well written and instead of cement mixing dealt with the aftermath of a bank heist" here you go.

7 years ago

VierasTalo rated Night Owls (2015)

Night Owls (2015) 6/10

7 years ago

VierasTalo added 1 item to Film Journal 2017 list

Rosa Salazar is a delightful and the slapstick works very well. I just hope it didn't stop at the 30-minute mark as the serious stuff is very worn-out.

7 years ago

VierasTalo added The Lorax to wanted list

The Lorax

7 years ago

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7 years ago

VierasTalo rated Patti Cake$

Patti Cake$ 6/10

7 years ago

VierasTalo added 1 item to Film Journal 2017 list

It's a lot better than that quirky-smirky trailer makes you think. Good subtext about the role of race and men in rap music, charming performances and good music.

7 years ago

VierasTalo rated Teen Witch