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Surpsingly, this movie wasn't that bad. Right now, the overall note of the movie is 4.4 or something like that. That's the reason that I wasn't expecting much, I was expecting a really bad movie. Maybe starting with low expectations is the reason why I was surprised a bit by the movie. OK, it's not a masterpiece, I gave it a 7 although it was more like a 6.5 or a 6 if I'm extra critical about it. But I liked the idea behind the movie. It's not that bad. The acting is not going to win anyone an Oscar for sure, but I've seen far worse acting from known actors. So...there's that. Let's say this is a B movie, but for a B movie the cinematography is not bad either. The shots are not amateurish, the sound is pretty good and I was surprised by a small detail that made me bump it to a 7.

There's a scene where the girl tries to drink some bleach. The detail that can be easily miss is that her hospital gown that is blue turns white from the bleach, and even on her bottom like she sat on a puddle of bleach. It's a nice touch of realism and an attention to details.

Also, the effects and the costumes are ok, some decent visuals that may impress less in today's cinema where we're overwhelmed with big budget special effects. Overall, the effects are ok and I never had the feeling that it looks cheap. I'm sure that if the cast had some very well-known actors, it would have been better received. It's not bad, but something is not quite there. Still, I believe that it deserves more than just 4.4.

That's what went through my mind after watching this movie and reading some of the user reviews. I consider myself a cinema fan and I've been watching a large array of different genres from different eras, and I was expecting something much more from a movie that won a Golden Globe. But this one...good God! OK, I understand an absurd situation, I can understand that each of us have our own strangeness and moods, I can accept that Colm just decided to cut ties with Padraic just like that. I can even accept that because of cultural differences and a different mindset in different eras, I might miss some part of the message in this movie. The act of cutting his own fingers, as extreme as it is, represents the pinnacle of the extreme reactions someone might take, a price to pay to be left alone. But at the same time it seems so unnecessary, so pointless, so uninteresting. Siobhan's act of leaving to find a new life, that old crone, the dead donkey...it's all too much.

I felt like I was watching something so weird and bad that it makes you want to watch more hoping to find a meaning.

It's like a car crash, you can't look away.

I get that it's the kind of movie that you either love it, or hate it. I can accept the existence of this movie. But when it starts receiving awards and praises, you start questioning everyone's sanity, your own included. Am I the crazy one, or they are? It's like watching the naked emperor, but you also notice that the emperor also forgot to take his sanity pills.

I was reluctant at first at writing this review...but I couldn't help myself. I had to express what I believe.

Everything that has a beginning has an end...except for this show. It should have ended long ago. It gradually lost everything that made it watchable. The first and second generations in the show and their stories were really enjoyable. Then, they've killed most of them and respawned another generation, and another, and the stories became like an old soup that gets increasingly stale and gets reheated and served to the public multiple times until they die of food poisoning and diarrhea. I begun watching this at the same time as House M. D. which is a million times better. I was sad to see House MD ending, but I understood that it is the right thing to do. Grey's Anatomy's ending is long overdue and now lives like a zombie sucking the joy of the viewers, slowly turning to woke propaganda messages that get poured down everyone's throat until they quit. It was fun for the first 10-12 seasons, maybe even until Karev was gone, but after that, it became unbearable to watch. I took away a star for every season that shouldn't have been made.

Watching Avengers Endgame started as a nice story that soon became boring and predictable. The problem is that it's supposed to end an era, to be a big moment before the curtain fall, but instead tries to pave the way for Marvell phase 4. There were some interesting moments, some funny moments that really made me smile, but at the end it all fell flat. Flat as a rug. They tried to cram each and everyone in the movie, but in my opinion it feels fake, like parading with fake cardboard masks. The CGI-fest soon became boring...except for the de-aging of Michael Douglas, that was 100% uncanny valley material. I was watching it feeling nothing, feeling dead inside. Then the woke trend rear its ugly head. Anyway, it's safe to say that I'll avoid Marvel in the future. The Endgame should stay the endgame. It's time to move on.