September 2019

#8: The Farewell

This was the first Unlimited screening of September. 

This was also my 80th film this year, counting all re-releases, 2nd viewings(of only 4 films, Glass, Bumblebee, ITSV and Endgame) 

I've only saw the trailer a few times during past screenings. It did seem quite interesting about a family trying to keep really important news from their grandmother.

This was really good. The soundtrack was amazing, also how they filmed the scene with them leaving Nai Nai was brilliant. 

I'm glad that the actual Nai Nai who inspired the inspired is still alive after getting cancer.

This felt quite long. The constant subtitles were made it drag in my opinion.

Besides the constant subtitles. I really enjoyed this emotional film.

7/10

#7: The Goldfinch

This was the longest film this month. It really dragged. It would've been better if it was an hour and 40 minutes instead of being nearly 3 hours long.

The soundtrack was decent.

The twist reveal about Boris stealing Theo's paint was great.

Nicole Kidman's de-aging in this was honestly better than in Aquaman last year.

The constant un-chronological order of the scenes definitely seem quite boring.

4/10

#6: Rambo: Last Blood

This was the first Rambo film I have saw.

The majority of the film was quite boring, but wow. The ending was over the top in all the possible ways. 

Rambo turns into a Mortal Kombat character when he kills the main antagonist, pulling his heart out and everything.

6.5/10

#5: The Informer

This was my first film of September. This did seem intriguing. 

It was really good and quite emotional.

The main protagonist went from leaving his family, to escaping prison only to hide away from his family to protect them. 

The soundtrack was great during the culmination of the film.

The scene where Pete and Sofia faked a domestic dispute on the phone to Police just so Pete would get arrested nearly brought me to tears. 

Rosamund Pike's peformance was good.

Joel Kinnaman definitely sold the 'ex-convict' going back into prison.

5/10

#4: The Kitchen

I mainly wanted to see this because of Melissa McCarthy and the story being based in New York. I only found out about this earlier this year.

This was okay. It felt quite long. It reminded me a lot of Cold Pursuit(a film I saw back in March) with all the sudden and quick gun shots.

Melissa's performance was great, I enjoyed that.

7/10

#3: Ready Or Not

This seemed quite a interesting concept about a Horror/Thriller based around a game of hide and seek judging from the trailers.

This was a really, really crazy film and I enjoyed it! 

It reminded me quite a bit of Midsommar(A film I saw in July) with the fucked up, deadly traditions.

Samara Weaving's performance was really convincing. 

The way they filmed Grace's realisation of the family wanting to kill her was brilliantly captured.

I was surprised by how gorey this truly was. Constant gruesome deaths.

The "housefire" rumor was a clever foreshadowing for the culmination of this film.

8.5/10

#2: Ad Astra

This was the first space-centric film I've saw in the cinema ever(The recent Star Wars' don't count as the majority of the films are based on planets)

It seemed interesting from the trailers about a son trying to find his father who worked on a expedition a decades ago.

This was intense, gripping, terrifying(at times) and surprisingly emotional. 

The casting for Tommy Lee Jones and Brad Pitt as father and son was a great choice. The twist about his father killing the Lima astronauts was quite surprising.

Pitt's performance during the scene where he is first trying to contact his father on Mars and when he finally reunites with his dad was excellent and nearly brought to tears.

I was aware of the space-car shooting scene. Although, I was not aware of the scene where a baboon chews a guy's fucking face off. That whole sequence reminded me of the film Life(2017). 

The CGI expressions of the baboon were scary, it was nightmare inducing. The reveal of it was like something out of a horror film with the animal slowly peeking over the body to reveal it's face.

The space sequences were a spectacle. 

I was expecting the film to end when Brad Pitt's character unhooked from his father, leaving them both lost in space. But that would've been too dark, imo.

It was cool seeing the evolution of Brad Pitt's facial hair throughout this. Going from clean shaven to a thick stubble.

8/10

#1: Hustlers

I mainly wanted to see this because of Jennifer Lopez, everything else didn't interest me.

This was quite good. J-Lo's performance was great.

The ending was quite emotional. The way they revealed that Ramona didn't rat Destiny out to the police and was only speaking high praise for her. Subtly saying that Ramona loved Destiny as if she was her daughter.

The friendship between Destiny and Ramona was well-built and expertly portrayed by J-Lo and Constance Wu.

I did not know this was based on a true story when I went into this. It reminded me alot of The Bling Ring(2014)  with the constant "present day" interviews.

Overall, I had a great time watching this although Jennifer Lopez was the only interesting part about it..

7.5/10