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Sorry to Bother You (2018)
A fun film with a message that doesn't follow through.
I enjoyed this film on plenty of levels. The cast is good, the acting is good, the dialogue, the way it's shot... I had no idea what it was going to be about and it certainly went places I wasn't expecting it to. It was delving in to areas that I'm particularly interested in these days and I thought I had hit the jackpot with it, until I got to the end and I was left feeling like I'd been slightly cheated.
Or maybe not. I'll have to let it sink in. I just feel that to end on a happy resolution was somewhat of a cop out. It felt like one of thos movies where the bad guy gets killed at the end, and the sun comes back out. But the issue in real life is one that isn't going away.
Finally, my one issue with the film was the use of the term "white voice". To me it's just dismissing the millions of white people who don't succeed in life, who don't have a cushy, stress free and happy life. I know that the term is not an attack on those people, but it's a lazy phrase, we can do better.
TwentyFourSeven (1997)
Perfect
Twenty Four Seven is to Shane Meadows what Resivoir Dogs was to Quentin Taratino. Through Darcy, we see one mans efforts to show the youth of his town how to seize each day, even if he has to give everything he has. A beautiful film and a soundtrack to play the strings of your heart.