Old (2021)
Second review, this M. Night Shymalan joint came out in July. Includes spoilers:
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Old (2021): A Pros and cons will make it easier to get my thoughts out this bitch.
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Pros: The setting was gorgeous, the music and sound cues helped guide the story, the way the plot rolled out was exciting, its like every 2 seconds something new was popping off to up the anti of the excitement. I had a guess for where they were going and I was wrong (also a con tbh), the acting of the black actors was entertaining to me, I mean MidSized Sudan as a name? Could be non slick product placement but I was entertained. The effects were dope and the choice of actors with different accents, backgrounds, motivations was more exciting to watch.
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Cons: Why I say me guessing the ending wrong was also a con, I don’t like things to be too obvious but I also like for a story to give me what I want. What I wanted for this ending was for when they died they would reappear in their beds in the hotel, after living a truncated life, now they can use this knowledge to be better people. Instead they are guinea pigs for scientists who are praying on sick and terminally ill people? Why not make a deal with the U.S. government and use their death row inmate a-la The Condemned Or volunteers who can use the option to swim out the squid-looking coral? The seediness, unethicality and professionalism behind the shit they were actually doing just didn’t make sense to me. I’ll allow it, because it was thought out. If you peel back the layers the idea is right there: What would happen if scientists stumble across a way to test how medicine can work on people if an hour was equal to a year? Something I read in a review after watching that I can’t get out of my head is that the adults were all speaking in the language of their occupation for the majority of the dialogue which flattened them and just served to set up later revelations, True.
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I give it a 7.5/8. If I am just letting the ending be, its an 8, but I struggled and suffered in confusion with these hoes for almost 2 hours and all we get is 2 people getting out with the help of an obscure message? I’ll allow it!
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