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Us (2019)
Like a bad dream...in a good way.
Jordan Peele's sophomore outing really stunned me, especially as I wasn't the biggest fan of Get Out, and thought the symbolism was really heavy-handed. However by adding just a dash of ambiguity "Us" really shines as a surreal, but still very scary experience. I've seen a lot of people picking the plot apart on here, and this just isn't that kind of movie, nothing here is all that logical, but that's not the point. The film has a great nightmarish atmosphere that fits perfectly with the strangeness of the story. Grading a horror film really comes down to one thing: Did it scare me? It did. There's a scene early on the film that made me gasp out "Oh my god" and cup a hand over my mouth. The actors all do a great job and Jordan Peele is really a talent to watch out for, 9/10.
Happy!: Tallahassee (2019)
"What happened to the fun?"
There is a point in this episode where Nick Sax turns to Happy and says "What happened to the fun?" and that is exactly how I felt watching it. While there were some entertaining moments(Blue wanting to become a cowboy got a chuckle out of me) the whole thing just felt uneven and uncomfortable, while the first season drew me in very quickly, after two episodes I'm still waiting for the plot to get rolling. Also, in Season 1 there was always at least one big scene of Nick beating the crap out of thugs per episode, sometimes there were two or three, but there really hasn't been a big fight scene in either of these episodes which is kind of disappointing. The day with Haley plot also felt kind of needlessly dark, not funny, just cruel, which is a staple of this series I just don't feel it hit the mark nearly as well as last weeks outing. There are still some great performances, and Christopher Meloni did a good job directing, but all in all this was a weak episode. Here's hoping next week brings better things.