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Thoroughbreds (2017)
Amazing, Funny, Sad, Intense movie.
I was a little hesitant going into this movie at first. I thought that it may be one of those movies that tries too hard to be "cool" by having sped up footage or weird editing that tries to make the film seem more fast pace and other things that I won't get in to. However this movie tell's it's story in a 4 chapter structure that actully really helps elevate the movie and each chapter leads up to something while also being what the previous chapter before it is setting up.
The Visuals in this movie are amazing, I'm surprised that this is Cory Finely's first movie! He has a very cool style of directing and I'm looking forward to see what he does in the future.
Some things that I don't like in this movie is the way the background themes are brought back up at the end it's very subtle yet overbearing at the same time because a lot of it was not even remotely hinted at throughout the movie. Also a lack of character arcs from our 2 amazing lead actresses Anya Taylor-Joy and Olivia Cooke who did amazing jobs. The only thing that we remotely get to a character arc is hearing how they were in the past which works very well and sits well with me, but it only happens little throughout the span of the movie.
Many people going to see this expecting Heathers or Mean Girls will be disappointed, this is a much more smart movie than you typical edgy teen drama.
8/10 for me
The Babysitter (2017)
A movie that reminds me of what I would wrote when I was a 11 year old... yeah...
I'm sorry but the fact that this has a 6.5/10 astonishes me. The first act offers up a promising film that could be good if done well. First off, this kid lives IN THE SUBURBS and instead of run out the front door to a neighbor's house he runs upstairs, jumps out a window into the front yard, and runs to his BACKYARD to unscrew a vent and hide in it instead of to a neighbor's house just to show you one of the actions that just lacks a sense of logic. Most of These things could have easily been fixed by changing location. The only reason it's not a 1/10 is because of the first act and cinematography. I was waiting for a twist end where maybe he was just imagining this story to his babysitter because it lacks so much logic that it seemed like it was written by a child who loves horror movies. That twist honestly would have brought it up to a 5 but once the movie ended all I could think to myself was, What. The. Hell.