Hereditary - 7/10
Enjoyable horror with a pretty big WTF moment for me atleast.
Sonni?
I am trying to watch movies that I normally would never even consider. I am not looking at reviews before I watch or even reading the description. All I do is look through the list of movies on Amazon Prime or Disney channel and pick one at random that I have never seen before.
It's been hit and miss to be honest
But, the last two nights have been very successful!!
First up on Wednesday night was The Upside. It stars Bryan Cranston, Kevin Hart and Nicole Kidman. Brilliant movie, had me engaged from beginning to end with some touching moments and some laugh out loud moments. All the main characters had a good connection and everyone acted their part brilliantly.
The Upside: 9/10 from me.
Then last night I watched Green Book. It stars Viggo Mortensen and Mahershala Ali. It had a very slow start and I was very nearly going to stop watching and pick something else. But once they start their tour it suddenly becomes this amazing film and it keeps getting better and better as bond between the two main characters grows.
Green Book: 8/10
And both movies are based on true stories which I didn't realise until the end.
Maybe try 'the long good friday' if you like those kind of films. There is a nod to it in rock n rollaRockNRolla - 7½ / 10
Fairly standard Guy Ritchie, I guess. Some good characters and of course, a good story.
You should watch The Intouchables, which the The Upside is based on. A French movie, with the exact same story but man I can't watch that movie without crying. Every damn time, right in the feels.
Though it's probably best to leave it a while, with them being the exact same story and all. The true story is based on a French pair too.
@melmac thanks for the heads up on that film "The Upside", we watched it last night, what a roller coaster of emotions that film was, perhaps more so as it was based on true events. Each of the characters were very well played by the actors and you are right when you mention how engaging it was. Apparently the story was first made into the a French 2011 film The Intouchables. I think that I vaguely remember that from the cover advertising the film several years back, perhaps we'll seek that one out one day. I agree with your 9/10.
The film "Green Book" that you mentioned we had watched a while back, very contrasting characters, so polarised in every respect, who bonded so very much as the story picked up. 7/10 for me - a little slow for the first half or so, iirc.