Movie Reviews
1. Love, Simon
Love, Simon review - heartwarming gay romance
Publication: The Guardian
Writer: Peter Bradshaw
Rating: My personal rating is 8. Although he is rather brief in his review, I mostly agree with his points, and believe that it is an exceptional review overall that captures Love, Simon rather well.
High points: A romantic comedy with a fun spin on it that has heart and openness, film is smart and engaging, good handling of the antagonist, well-deserved happy ending.
Low points: Not every gay person is going to live in such a closed space with a progressive family and wonderful friends, homophobia is a little shallow in its presentation, the only other out gay student is far too witty and self-adjusted to be realistic, and overall, film could work to be a bit more realistic.
Paragraph review: With its sheer warmth, openness, likability and idealism, Love, Simon won me over. It takes all the corniness and tweeness of the coming-of-age genre and transplants new heart into it. A high-school kid is about to come out as gay. This is Simon, played by 23-year-old Nick Robinson, and his story puts a smart new spin on straight romcom classics such as The Shop Around the Corner and You’ve Got Mail, with their anonymized romances.
2. Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
Publication: San Diego Reader
Writer: Matthew Lickona
Rating: My personal rating is 8. I agree with all of the points the writer made, however, I think he was a little too flat in how his review flowed, and he could have addressed a couple more positive things the movie certainly had. (Although, overall, the movie is a crime to the Harry Potter franchise)
High points: There is a bit of fun CGI, but that's all.
Low points: Movie is a very dreary excuse of a story, too involved with love, social norms feel a bit forced without heart, the allegories are awkward, there is a long speech about the responsibility of wizards that just seems incorrect, too much exposition, too many unearned feelings, too many beasts that don't contribute much to the plot, and some visuals that are just lazy.
Paragraph review: J.K. Rowling goes full Dickens (or at least Dickensian) in an absolute dreary slog of a story full of mysterious bloodlines, secret and/or forbidden and/or frustrated love affairs, unfeeling social mores, class struggle, wretched bureaucracy, fractured families, and awkward allegories. Even the devoted will likely struggle with the reams of expository talk and gobs of unearned feeling and scads of largely pointless beasties, plus some just plain lazy visuals (looking at you, magic cats).
Love, Simon review - heartwarming gay romance
Publication: The Guardian
Writer: Peter Bradshaw
Rating: My personal rating is 8. Although he is rather brief in his review, I mostly agree with his points, and believe that it is an exceptional review overall that captures Love, Simon rather well.
High points: A romantic comedy with a fun spin on it that has heart and openness, film is smart and engaging, good handling of the antagonist, well-deserved happy ending.
Low points: Not every gay person is going to live in such a closed space with a progressive family and wonderful friends, homophobia is a little shallow in its presentation, the only other out gay student is far too witty and self-adjusted to be realistic, and overall, film could work to be a bit more realistic.
Paragraph review: With its sheer warmth, openness, likability and idealism, Love, Simon won me over. It takes all the corniness and tweeness of the coming-of-age genre and transplants new heart into it. A high-school kid is about to come out as gay. This is Simon, played by 23-year-old Nick Robinson, and his story puts a smart new spin on straight romcom classics such as The Shop Around the Corner and You’ve Got Mail, with their anonymized romances.
2. Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
Publication: San Diego Reader
Writer: Matthew Lickona
Rating: My personal rating is 8. I agree with all of the points the writer made, however, I think he was a little too flat in how his review flowed, and he could have addressed a couple more positive things the movie certainly had. (Although, overall, the movie is a crime to the Harry Potter franchise)
High points: There is a bit of fun CGI, but that's all.
Low points: Movie is a very dreary excuse of a story, too involved with love, social norms feel a bit forced without heart, the allegories are awkward, there is a long speech about the responsibility of wizards that just seems incorrect, too much exposition, too many unearned feelings, too many beasts that don't contribute much to the plot, and some visuals that are just lazy.
Paragraph review: J.K. Rowling goes full Dickens (or at least Dickensian) in an absolute dreary slog of a story full of mysterious bloodlines, secret and/or forbidden and/or frustrated love affairs, unfeeling social mores, class struggle, wretched bureaucracy, fractured families, and awkward allegories. Even the devoted will likely struggle with the reams of expository talk and gobs of unearned feeling and scads of largely pointless beasties, plus some just plain lazy visuals (looking at you, magic cats).
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