Awake not Woke!

Well that was a disappointment. A 70's horror film with Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing should of been at least worth a watch. While the acting is indeed pretty good that's about all it has going for it. Most of the movie takes place on a train and it is a whole lot of nothing. There is very little actual horror, and the FX are lackluster to say the least, mostly consisting of white contact lenses and some blood around the eyes. Even the monster is very clearly just a poorly done suit. One laughably poor scene has a character very slowly and lightly tap a heavy duty chain and padlock with an axe only to blow it apart almost instantly. Oh well at least it wasn't woke.

Nonstop crybaby meltdown

Sorry guys, but this show stopped being the whole “I make fun of absolutely everyone and I’m not on either side” thing and instead took the mask off and showed how left-wing they really are. And that’s been the case ever since Trump took office again. Clearly DOGE cut off some funding stream that was being funneled to them or their buddies and hit a nerve, so now all they do is whine about it. They had some solid moments back when they weren’t taking sides and managed to create a few iconic episodes in pop culture, but the last season has become repetitive and extremely left-wing. To the point where some lines literally go, “well, woke wasn’t that bad,” and they even devoted an entire episode to Cartman being depressed because “woke” was dead, constantly pandering to what’s left of their audience: a bunch of whiny little leftists desperate for attention

This exact movie has been done many times before. A group of criminals hides out in a small house in the middle of nowhere after a job gone bad. They slowly succumb to paranoia and turn on each other. All the clichés are present in both characters and story. The acting and writing is fine, there's just nothing original here. Even the attempt to put a surprise twist on the end has been used too often in other movies. It's all just so dull. There's also the issue that for some reason it's shot very dark and with very little lighting, even in the middle of the day, I realize it supposed to serve a purpose but it gets to be a bit much after a while. The only thing that could be woke is the token black character but given the situation it's not unlikely. I was starting to get bored and not paying full attention after about 45 to 50 minutes so it's possible I missed something.

An intellect's film overloaded with CGI

Dust Bunny is a horror movie with a sub-context, although a light one. Normally, I don't like films where film school kids and intellects take to the Internet to pontificate their meaning, but like I say, the sub-context or deeper meaning to the Dust Bunny isn't too complicated. Thank God for that and we have Mads Mikkelsen as the neighbor hitman and I always like Mads Mikkelsen. The films starts out a bit disjointed, fantasy-like and for me it was a little off-putting to the point I almost stopped watching. Kind of like a Wes Andersen film with a distinct "Bioshock" vibe, or Zissou. It gets better as it moves forward and the story comes together. The movie relies on CGI way too much. A little special effects would go a long way rather than using CGI for what looks like every scene. No DEI nonsense that we saw. Story is above average and the aesthetic is cool. At close to 2 hours, it might be trying for an Oscar. I'd say give it a watch, Dust Bunny is better than most films in the last year.