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I really enjoyed IS GOD IS. I could tell there was a lot of effort and thought put into the cinematography, editing, and characters, and even some of the sound design was impressive. The characters were well written and memorable, and even the two main characters were flawed and had some complexity to them. Although she wasn’t in there much, Vivica Fox was great and I loved seeing her in this. Also, one of Sterling K. Browns best performances. He was genuinely scary. It was funny, well paced, clearly inspired by Kill Bill but still unique in its overall style, and the ending was very cathartic. I had minor issues with some performance moments, and one VFX shot that was eehhh, but overall I had a great time and it was very impressive for a first-time director. 8/10, really worth checking out.

It's a pretty fun slapstick series involving Timon and Pumbaa from The Lion King travelling around the world (and it has humans for some reason). Simba appears sometimes. I loved it when I was a kid.

Saw his pic with the Breenster and honestly I think this is the best we've ever seen of him! Super glad to see, was worried abt him and his health issues in the past. Here's to many more years frfr

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This was the mystery movie at a local cinema, so I had no idea what I was in for.

I don't think I've ever seen a movie that had less happen, contained heavy subject matter yet had absolutely nothing to say then ended with absolutely no meaning to the ending.

I don't mind slow burns, but this movies pacing was incredibly annoying. Shots lingered on characters for far too long. Information that could have been conveyed in a shot that lasted for about 3 secounds lasted about 10. The build up lasted far too long, then when you see what the build up was for, I literally said out loud "was that it?".

Character motivations are soo poorly communication that not having them at all would have been better. Even so, the acts they commit aren't even interesting enough.

Each character death is also unintentionally hilarious. They literally die from a single gunshot would to the chest.

Looked up this movie after finishing and it contains an 82% approval, and for the life of me I cannot understand why.

I watched this review of All in Good Time, and honestly, I think it is pretty fair overall. It is not just a lazy “critic made a bad thing, therefore critic bad” type of video. The review actually tries to judge the short on its own terms: story logic, character choices, dialogue, setup, and payoff.

I mostly agree with the main criticism. The short has a cool atmosphere and a decent revenge idea at the centre of it, but a lot of the plot feels arranged around the ending. Hostage 3 is skipped because the story needs him alive, the gun jam happens at the perfect time, and the final trap depends on the Boss making a very specific chain of bad decisions.

The dialogue criticism also makes sense to me. The film clearly wants to talk about death, legacy, morality, and power, but sometimes the characters feel more like symbols debating themes than people naturally reacting to the situation. Hostage 3 especially sounds like he has been handed the Boss’s character sheet at times.

I do not agree with every single point equally. Some things, like the gun jam, are more subjective because short films often need a quick inciting incident. But overall, I think the review gives the film credit where it deserves it while still explaining why the writing does not fully hold together.