timberlinetoast

It's always funny writing reviews like this. It's hard not to be biased. I suppose an outsider might see this film and say it's predictable and boring. For me, I see films like this as a window to my past. The 1980's. Something I would fondly watch on HBO when I was growing up as a teenager. I always found Heavenly Kid to be funny and sentimental. If I had to make an honest review for the public, I'd have to give it a 7 or 8, when inside, it really feels like a 10.

I think the public should see it as a 7 or 8, because even though a lot of it is predictable, it had a unique and entertaining perspective on life, the afterlife, love, loss and closure. And to see this film in 2020 as somewhat lost in time, makes me sad. But I guess that's life. It goes on. And I had a blast watching this all over again. I'll probably click on it a few more times over the next few months, just for fun. I hope you enjoy it too.

This film was directed in a way in order to elicit an emotional response and interject some humor. I found the whole emotional aspect of lost love, broken relationships, being true to yourself and coping with the end of the world, very interesting and sometimes emotional. Although it left us short quite a few times to move the story along, I still found it captivating enough to save the film.

The main problem here is the comedy. Not only is almost every attempt completely unfunny, it's literally jarring because the timing is just awful. There is an art to comedy and the director just doesn't have a clue. He gets you encapsulated in the emotional aspect and then blasts you out of it with something stupid that leaves the viewer emotionally confused.

It's too bad though because you can see where he was trying to go with this film. I thought the topic was really interesting and you get the feeling it could've been a lot better and even funny if it were handled properly.

I can usually overlook a movie's flaws if it has some sort of charm or redeeming features. This film has none. It's poor character development and storyline are just a taste of what's wrong. Captain Marvel is silly, stupid and boring with a capital B. And yes, even by Marvel film standards if you're a fan. I've been a fan of Marvel comics and film resurgence over the years and I have to say, this is the worst of them. I have no idea what they were thinking. Maybe they thought they could get by with continuous "girl power" references and an unlimited budget? Or maybe they thought Brie Larson was incapable of a poor acting performance? Whatever it was, they failed on all counts.