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Force of Nature: The Dry 2 (2024)
What a confused waste of time
What a disappointing mess of a movie.
I quite enjoyed The Dry and wanted this film to be good, but it really has no redeeming features. For a film called Force of Nature, nature is a bit of a let-down, it should have been named the Somewhat Damp and the cinematography of the first film is replaced by washed-out unimpressive visuals of a nondescript forest.
The plot is sad bordering on pathetic, with a final act that is reminiscent of a 4th grade "... and then I woke up" potline. The acting is poor, the characters are shallow, the plot is puerile, and the denouement was cringeworthy. The pacing and flashbacks make the whole process migraine inducing.
All of this is made even more disappointing by the strength of the first movie.
No Time to Die (2021)
Tired and Sad does not make for a good Bond movie
Daniel Craig looks like he doesn't want to be there and mopes through an overlong and slow Bond movie. There's something lazy about the way they go about killing off supporting characters and villains (I'm not sure they needed to fridge Felix). The central maguffin is never really fleshed out, maybe just evil for evil's sake? While new 007 is an interesting idea, wasn't really taken anywhere. Ana de Armas was fun, but other than that it was just Sad, Tired and Boring. Time for a reboot, or maybe just pause on Bond for a while.