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All Fun and Games (2023)
It's all fun and games, but not so fun...
The movie had a potential and a pretty good idea to follow.
We have a cursed item, that brings up a tormented soul, that wants to play childhood games. The item - knife - is picked up by a young boy and against his brother's advice, he brings it home. Once he reads a curse written on the blade, he starts seeing horrors from the past. Horrors of Salem city. It starts to affect him, make him descend into madness.
Pretty decent begining for a horror movie, right? I thought so too. Unfortunately what had the possibility to be a great, tension building and maybe s bit brutal / gory movie, became a cheap jumpscare mediocracy. I was watching this movie in a theater, and it was just... Too loud! Screeching noises made me wanna get out of the room. They are really annoying and it's pretty much the only thing that could make me flinch. And not because it was scary, just unpleasant.
Suprisingly, the movie ended pretty quickly for me. I thought there will be more and i felt a bit of dissapointment.
Now for the bright side... Acting, especially by Asa Butterfield is pretty decent. Cinematography is fine, i'd say. Music is almost non existent, not important.
Summarizing... I was expecting more. Especially that i like Russo brothers, Asa and Natalia. Even tho Russo brothers were producers, and not directors, i thought that if they believed in a movie, it would be at least decent. Unfortunately, i learned again, that big / liked by me names is not everything, that's needed to make a good movie.
It's just the title to watch once and soon forget.
Zielona granica (2023)
Important and needed piece of cinematography
At the begining i must say, i'm from Poland and i was very curious about this movie, as i was pretty familiar with volunteers stories, i had an opportunity to talk with few of them, a few medics and just regular people that wanted to help. Outside all the media coverage both private and national, i've read a lot of memories and interviews with people, both with volunteers' as well as the border guards and people living in the area. Some of them were really brutal, raw and just... sickening.
This movie is something i wanted to check out, to see if all the criticsm in (mostly far right) media was justified. And i'm really happy i checked it myself.
The cinema i was watching the movie in, was pretty much full, except for the first 3-4 rows, and the movie ended, everyone was just quiet. Like if everybody needed a minute to think. People only started talking in the main hall / outisde of the cinema.
In my opinion movie mixes some of the real events with a bit of fake scenarios, some scenes were probably a bit exaggerated, but on the other hand, seeing photos and videos that were recorded on the real border, i think it's a good move by the creators of the movie.
I believe that movies like "The Green Border" are highly needed in our society. Society that often listen to only just one side of the story, without even trying to hear what others have to say. That's what all the buzz surrounding this movie came from. Just a lot of people, that didn't even seen it, criticise it to gain something. Especially now, right before elections in Poland.
Putting politics aside... It's just a good movie. With a very good acting, pretty good cinematography and remarkable importance for everyone, who's not aware of the humanitarian crisis, happening to this day at Polish-Belarusian border.
To summarize... I think this movie is for everyone, who's not afraid of criticism of their beloved party, state services or his own morals. This movie may leave you with some heavy emotions, thoughts and it's deafinately not an easy movie to watch. But i trully belive, everybody should check it on his own, with open mind and being ready to hear and see uncomfortable truth.