Fresh Eyes Film Critiques

 I saw a video recently that said something like, "Netflix could make a documentary about anything and I would still watch it", and proceeded to play a parody video mocking the same format and style that a Netflix documentary does. And... I found myself glued to the screen, even though the words they were saying in this parody were essentially meaningless.  Why is that? Why is it that we can watch a documentary about anything, and as long as it's in that fast paced, mysterious formatting, I'll eat it right up? On Netflix, I've seen many documentaries and docuseries, most of them being true crime. I've seen "Unsolved Mysteries", "The Ted Bundy Tapes", "The Trial of Gabriel Fernandez", "Don't F*ck With Cats", "Catching Killers", "The Tinder Swindler", "Our Father", "Keep Sweet: Pray and Obey", "Worst Roommate Ever", "The Mysterious Disappearance of Madeline McCann&

This past weekend, my roommate and I decided it would be fun to sit down with a bunch of snacks and watch our favorite childhood movies.  Of course, I chose my first ever "favorite" movie: Barbie's 2004 "Princess and the Pauper" film. You know how every child has a movie they could continue to watch on repeat no matter how many times they've seen it? Yeah. This one was mine.  I was three years old at the time of it's release, and so I feel like this movie definitely made an impression on my young mind. I probably haven't seen this movie since 2006, but I could still sing every word to a few of the songs.  This movie was probably what made me fall in love with musicals. Certain facets of this movie will live on in my brain forever, probably, because this was one of the movies that made me.  Watching it again as an adult after all these years, I was personally intrigued to see: 1 . How the movie had "aged" over time (ie. whether the societal

After viewing "La Jetée", I have a few thoughts. Most of them are not great.  I think maybe I had a difficult time understanding what this film was meant to portray. Rather than using videos, this film uses a series of still images shown in a slideshow format with narration to support it. For this reason, it reminded me of something you'd see in a documentary. Plus, the black and white aesthetic with the historical context of WWII made me think, "This is definitely a real thing that actually happened." I was watching the entire thing as if it was a factual, real story. That was my first mistake. Because of this (incorrect) viewership mindset, I had many questions, specifically about the supposed experiments that took place. Questions such as:  1. What exactly occurs during these experiments? Are the subjects being shocked?  2. Are their dreams being monitored while they sleep? How are the scientists obtaining these images of the memories? How does the technology

  SPOILERS AHEAD! After finishing Netflix's new teen high school comedy, "Do Revenge", I am left with one question: how many plot twists can a movie... possibly... have?  Because, WOW, this movie had the most plot twists I've ever seen in my life. In any movie. Ever! Director Jennifer Kaytin Robinson takes inspiration from classic high school films like Mean Girls and Clueless, combines it with dark thrillers like Strangers On A Train, and throws in a few extra plot twists to concoct this masterpiece that could possibly be the teen movie of the next generation.  "Do Revenge" follows Drea Torres (Camila Mendes) as she navigates her picture-perfect preppy high school after her ex-boyfriend leaks her sex tape to everyone in school. Drea, who was at the top of the food chain at school, is now struggling to fit in and thirsty for revenge on her ex. Meanwhile, Eleanor Levetan (Maya Hawke) struggles with her own burning desire for revenge -- together, the pair team