Netflix One Sentence Reviews
Despite my protestations that I’m too busy to get much time for myself, over the past couple of months I have got back to working my way through the Movies on my Netflix watch list. I’m too lazy to write up proper reviews, so instead here are my ‘one sentence reviews’, even if those sentences turn out to be overly long and grammatically tortured!
Our Planet 2 (series) - Beautifully shot David Attenborough narrated nature doc of the sort that I grew up on.
Avatar: The Last Airbender (series) - Better than the movie.
Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget - Fried chicken is hugely popular in Korea, but this made me more determined not to touch it!
About Time - I have an obsession with stories where people live their lives over again to correct their mistakes, and this one explores the same themes in British rom-com style.
Oppenheimer - Last year’s biggest movie, with Cillian Murpy losing a worrying amount of weight for the title role.
All three Jumanji movies - Because my nephew wanted to watch them and they’re still pretty fun.
The Guilty - I admire this type of thriller where all the action takes place in a single location over a short amount of time, perhaps because all my ideas inevitably spread out over numerous days and locations.
Uncut Gems - Adam Sandler is a sleazy fast talking gem dealer who digs himself into increasingly deeper trouble.
Renfield - Gratuitously gory yet also kind of sweet.
Leave the World Behind - Ominous apocalyptic thriller in which our protagonists are cut off from the rest of society on Three Mile Island.
Top Gun: Maverick - Unapologetically cheesy and flag wavingly patriotic 36 year later sequel, which benefits from putting the actors into real fighter jets.
Fundamentals of Caring - Paul Rudd is a caregiver who takes a kid with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy on a road trip.
The fifth wave - Underwhelming alien invasion/YA novel adaption with a twist that I’ve seen already in a Black Mirror episode.
Asteroid City - Wes Anderson’s homage to 1950’s sci-fi framed as a stage play, this is loaded with style but lacks in story or substance, and ultimately feels self-indulgent.
Rebel Moon - Pretty looking but formulaic Star Wars Wannabe that shoehorns in the aesthetics of every other historical era you can think of (medieval, wild west, samurai, Romans, Nazis)
Our Planet 2 (series) - Beautifully shot David Attenborough narrated nature doc of the sort that I grew up on.
Avatar: The Last Airbender (series) - Better than the movie.
Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget - Fried chicken is hugely popular in Korea, but this made me more determined not to touch it!
About Time - I have an obsession with stories where people live their lives over again to correct their mistakes, and this one explores the same themes in British rom-com style.
Oppenheimer - Last year’s biggest movie, with Cillian Murpy losing a worrying amount of weight for the title role.
All three Jumanji movies - Because my nephew wanted to watch them and they’re still pretty fun.
The Guilty - I admire this type of thriller where all the action takes place in a single location over a short amount of time, perhaps because all my ideas inevitably spread out over numerous days and locations.
Uncut Gems - Adam Sandler is a sleazy fast talking gem dealer who digs himself into increasingly deeper trouble.
Renfield - Gratuitously gory yet also kind of sweet.
Leave the World Behind - Ominous apocalyptic thriller in which our protagonists are cut off from the rest of society on Three Mile Island.
Top Gun: Maverick - Unapologetically cheesy and flag wavingly patriotic 36 year later sequel, which benefits from putting the actors into real fighter jets.
Fundamentals of Caring - Paul Rudd is a caregiver who takes a kid with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy on a road trip.
The fifth wave - Underwhelming alien invasion/YA novel adaption with a twist that I’ve seen already in a Black Mirror episode.
Asteroid City - Wes Anderson’s homage to 1950’s sci-fi framed as a stage play, this is loaded with style but lacks in story or substance, and ultimately feels self-indulgent.
Rebel Moon - Pretty looking but formulaic Star Wars Wannabe that shoehorns in the aesthetics of every other historical era you can think of (medieval, wild west, samurai, Romans, Nazis)