Kurt Hansen's Reviews
Little less nutty than it thinks it is
Poor Things is nominated for an Oscar because it's an art or film student's love child and dream. Fortunately, as it moves forward, the story isn't all that complicated that us "regular" 9-to-5 kinds of people won't be able to understand it and, actually, it's quite good.
We could live without, say, 45 minutes of over the top sex scenes, women on women, on circus freaks, men playing dress-up and the kinky stuff added in order to offend, like, Jerry Falwell. I was not offended; I got tired of the film pandering to the cause so, for that, it gets a mild woke rating.
Created: 02-13-2024
Aside from the obvious go-to choice
Of course this film centers around black issues and has a black cast. For that, it's actually a great story and Jeffrey Wright is a cool lead.
Why the gay brother? Why gay? He could have been the "black sheep" of the family for having a lazy eye, or being the youngest, or oldest sibling, or maybe he talked with a lisp. And over-the-top, speedo wearing gays for no other reason than to move the agenda forward. Shame, an interesting story with great acting hijacked by Hollywood box-checkers.
Created: 02-09-2024
The musical of Bad Times
No major politically correctness in this film aside from the soul singing woman who's music we hear just a little too often. Jeff Bridges plays a pretend priest and Lewis Pullman has PTSD. It's got Dakota Johnson in it who I confused with Olivia Cooke. I really like Olivia Cooke. ♥ ♥ ♥.
As far as the story goes, I'm calling it a much longer than necessary, more straightforward and less interesting Pulp Fiction- or select another Tarantino film. Not a terrible movie, just a little too long. Way too long.
Created: 01-25-2024
Wishing it was better and I didn't have to rate it as "woke".
I mean, I guess with the Obama administration involved, what do you expect? I'd have rated it less DEI and more fun if it wasn't such a terrible, drawn-out, dialog-driven film. But it is. So, we have the ultra rich black dude and his Caucasian-hating sidekick kicking Julia Roberts our of a weekend rental. The world is ending, but not in an "Independence Day" kind of way. More like a "condescending black man and his Black Panther sidekick berates white family who in reality just rented their mansion for a weekend" way. It's a movie you'd like to enjoy, but White family just don't get it: they're incompetent, incoherent, mindless dipshits.
I'm changing my review sliders: this movie really sucked. Original: Woke 2, Review: 3.
Created: 01-14-2024
A Little bit of 80's Goonie-ness
I guess we could make the argument that Elevator Game doesn't consist completely of Gen-Z White men looking for a monster in an elevator, but to be honest, the film sticks to a 1985-kind-of Goonies cast that works well together and the plot at least keeps our attention. Elevator Game even throws a few jabs in on the younger generation, which is cool: live at home with your parents, don't want to "adult" and so on. Gotta love that. The scares are few and far between, but like I say, it's worth a watch.
Created: 01-10-2024
Good lord. And I forgot to leave a review on this garbage?
Yeah. It's so hard to watch. Men suck and Ryan Gosling is here for a paycheck. Who knows? Maybe he hates men too. I don't know Ryan. I'd take the part of an emasculated, castrated man for a few million. Whatever. This film is a "Marxist Lesbian" dream. Ugh.
Created: 01-09-2024
Agree with other reviewers: Super Unnecessary Sequel with DEI
This from a reviewer who sat through way too many locusts in The Heretic. We just do not need another Exorcist sequel, but a sequel loaded with in-your-face DEI casting and for what? The only thing I disagree here with on WokeRNot is that it needs a 2/5 wokeness for the DEI.
Created: 01-09-2024
Good "remake" with a great cast.
I didn't expect this to be a remake of the movie "Alive". I mean, remember all the controversy surrounding the cannibalism? Actually, I don't think there was. Maybe a little buzz.
I think Society of the Snow does a better job than Alive from an authentic perspective and it tells the story better, but in the end I was like, "must we go over this eating people thing again?".
I will say that casting dudes from Uruguay and other non-Ethan Hawk lands was a great decision. Not a bad film. Check it out.
Created: 01-09-2024
80's Style Wokeness. No Problem.
Yeah. There's a heavy duty interracial couple here, but I'll forgive it. Reminds me of the few interracial couple you'll find in 80's horror movies. Not in your face. Not entirely necessary, but whatever. No other DEI shoved in your face. Just blood and guts. Thanksgiving in a fun movie full of blood and guts. I'd recommend it.
Created: 12-27-2023
For streaming, not much woke here
I thought this movie was a Netflix-made movie, or Paramount or whatever made for streaming services. Usually, those kind of movies are excellent candidates for wokeness. I'm sure Blackberry injects a little bit of wokeness into the story, it wasn't noticeable. The story isn't too bad, if not just a little trite. If you're looking for kind of a fun watch without much of a DEI agenda, watch Blackberry.
Created: 12-27-2023
