Since I took yesterday off I decided to watch my latest title from Netflix, Easter Promises. I have to say I was a little disappointed.
The acting was decent, the direction was at least good, but there was little special about this film. No stand-out scenes or shots. No memorable score. No startling revelations or plot twists. No substantive commentary on any aspect of this world. Over all this felt like a middling story that revolved around a dead girl who was tied to the Russian mob and a British midwife who was rather unfortunately caught up in the circumstances. I think this was the sort of film that I could watch passively on television, "edited to fit the time alloted," and not feel as if I'd missed anything.
3/5. Next I get to see if the final Pirates of the Caribbean film is as weird as everybody's been saying.
The acting was decent, the direction was at least good, but there was little special about this film. No stand-out scenes or shots. No memorable score. No startling revelations or plot twists. No substantive commentary on any aspect of this world. Over all this felt like a middling story that revolved around a dead girl who was tied to the Russian mob and a British midwife who was rather unfortunately caught up in the circumstances. I think this was the sort of film that I could watch passively on television, "edited to fit the time alloted," and not feel as if I'd missed anything.
3/5. Next I get to see if the final Pirates of the Caribbean film is as weird as everybody's been saying.