evanston_dad
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"Jurassic World: Rebirth" is a pretty unnecessary addition to the "Jurassic Park" franchise, if any of the sequels to the Steven Spielberg original can be called necessary.
ScarJo and Jonathan Bailey have zero chemistry despite the film's effort to foist a love story on them. There's a Latino family put in constant jeopardy throughout the film that represents "immigrants" in general, one of the film's performative nods to cultural relevancy. The entire story gets kicked off by perhaps one of the dumbest accidents in film history. Snickers should sue for defamation.
There is a fairly well directed scene here and there, but mostly the whole thing evaporates from your head before you've even dropped your 3D glasses in the little recycle bin.
Grade: C+
ScarJo and Jonathan Bailey have zero chemistry despite the film's effort to foist a love story on them. There's a Latino family put in constant jeopardy throughout the film that represents "immigrants" in general, one of the film's performative nods to cultural relevancy. The entire story gets kicked off by perhaps one of the dumbest accidents in film history. Snickers should sue for defamation.
There is a fairly well directed scene here and there, but mostly the whole thing evaporates from your head before you've even dropped your 3D glasses in the little recycle bin.
Grade: C+
An amiable enough little movie and kind of a cozy one to have on in the middle of a rainy fall day, but I couldn't help wishing it had amounted to more.
I love Ethel Barrymore. I love her voice, her mannerisms, her presence on screen. But she doesn't get a whole lot to do here except passively wait for someone else to get her out of her predicament. I wanted to see her character be clever and crafty, and give the crooks holding her hostage a run for their money. But that never happens, and really not much of anything overly clever happens with this story. It's a handsome looking film and it's directed with some style, but it's hampered by an underdeveloped screenplay.
The period costumes received an Oscar nomination in the black and white category at the 1951 Academy Awards, losing to Edith Head's work in "A Place in the Sun."
Grade: B.
I love Ethel Barrymore. I love her voice, her mannerisms, her presence on screen. But she doesn't get a whole lot to do here except passively wait for someone else to get her out of her predicament. I wanted to see her character be clever and crafty, and give the crooks holding her hostage a run for their money. But that never happens, and really not much of anything overly clever happens with this story. It's a handsome looking film and it's directed with some style, but it's hampered by an underdeveloped screenplay.
The period costumes received an Oscar nomination in the black and white category at the 1951 Academy Awards, losing to Edith Head's work in "A Place in the Sun."
Grade: B.
A cute Fred Astaire movie that plays like an extended version of a "Three's Company" episode. Everything revolves around everyone misunderstanding each other and mistaking someone for someone else.
Joan Fontaine is the love interest and she's boring, but George Burns and Gracie Allen are a hoot in supporting comic relief roles. There's not much that's memorable in the way of dancing given that this is a Fred Astaire movie, though a number set in a carnival funhouse won the strange and short-lived Oscar category of Best Dance Direction, an award that was given for only three years in the 1930s before it was retired. The film also received a nomination for its art direction.
Grade: B+
Joan Fontaine is the love interest and she's boring, but George Burns and Gracie Allen are a hoot in supporting comic relief roles. There's not much that's memorable in the way of dancing given that this is a Fred Astaire movie, though a number set in a carnival funhouse won the strange and short-lived Oscar category of Best Dance Direction, an award that was given for only three years in the 1930s before it was retired. The film also received a nomination for its art direction.
Grade: B+
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