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The Hate U Give (2018)
It was alright
I know that is has been almost a year since it came out, but after watching this, I thought it would be fun to talk about it.
The best part of the film was all the actors who played the main character Starr and her family. Although I thought there were some iffy moments in the little kid's acting, it was mostly convincing that they were a family. The themes and what the film is commentating was very interesting and pretty well done for the most part.
The biggest problem I had was Khalil's death. I thought it was a huge waste to start with Star growing up with Khalil. This could've made me experience what Starr was processing. Khalil is just a sympathetic character and not an empathetic character. Everything we are supposed to care about him and his life is told instead of shown. This stopped me from feeling the same emotions Starr had. Another problem I had was the character King. I know that it is supposed to make his character more intimidating or threatening but, how did he always knew where Starr and her family were? I know he is supposed to be stalking but how was he able to track down Starr and her brother when they in a starnger's car? Things like this happened about 5 times and it started to bug me a lot. Another thing I didn't like was some of the decisions many characters make. It didn't make sense. A lot of these decisions were in character, but come on, when are you going to make the right decisions when you had made so many mistakes? I also thought the score wasn't great and Sabrina Carpenter's acting wasn't great.
Although there were many flaws it didn't make me ruin the experience of this intense, emotional and thought provoking film. I would recommend it to people who love films that says something about racism, violence and police brutality. However I think that watching Blindspotting would be a better experience for most people.
Tuca & Bertie (2019)
Okay
The best part of this show is the character design and animation. After watching this show, it made me feel a little sad that Lisa Hanawalt's visual style has been wasted in Bojack Horseman(Although I love that show). Another thing I thought was good was the two lead performances. Haddish and Wong have great chemistry and it is fun when these two are together. The humor was pretty good for the most part.
However, I thought that this show lacked substance. While I hate to use this term, I thought the show was style over substance. I also thought at the first few episodes I thought Tuca was a bit annoying. I also thought Bertie's actions were stupid and while most of them were in character, some felt forced and felt like the choices were made to progress the story. I also think the dramatic scenes were a little shallow. My biggest problem would be how some of the characters shift too much unnaturally. It gets really distracting when you watch the show from start again. Some of the choices and reactions the characters made were confusing. It made me thinking, "wait, I thought you enjoyed it? Why all sudden you are mad for him doing that?", "wait you are fine this but not with this?" or "wait I thought you were going to support her? Why are you a dick all the sudden?"
Do I think this show is bad? No.
Do I think this show is good? No.
Do I think this show is generic? A little bit.
It was just average.
Overall I thought it was okay and a little generic but has potential.