It's rare for me to watch two films in a day, so I had to make a post and share my cinephile evening.
Tytöt Tytöt Tytöt (Girl Picture)
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This was lovely!... until a certain point. As a romance writer and audience member, there are a few events that can sour a character or a whole story to me. Here, the former happened. This personal note aside, the plot felt a bit rough as well. I'd have cut a few scenes and developed others some more.
Bonus points for ace/aro representation.
⭐⭐⭐ 3/5
23 of 30 World Cinema: Finland
Evil Dead Rise
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I can't say I'm a fan of the Evil Dead franchise, but I've watched the first two, and I liked the whole gory, absurdist tone. Ash was also a captivating character. But this new film... I don't know. It has the same tone - full of glaringly fake blood, deaths and mutilations so absurd they're funny rather than scary, and some actually intense moments -, but for me, it came across as... generic. The claustrophobic setting worked well, but the characters came across as basically the same as other characters I've seen in many other films. I couldn't really care what happened to them. It's not exactly a bad film. I just feel indifferent towards most of it.
⭐⭐🎇 2.5/5