Saturday, January 20, 2024

The Hunt (2020 movie)

Category: Action horror/political satire

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Whoever believes this movie is controversial and offensive has probably only heard other people's opinions about the movie, but not actually seen the movie itself because the reality is that unless you are the kind of person who is on constantly on the look-out for things to be offended by, this movie really isn't offensive or that controversial.

Yes, the movie pokes fun at internet social justice warriors. Yes, this movie does have the Conservatives/right-wing people as "the good guys". But in essence, The Hunt is essentially The Most Dangerous Game written to be a satire of the internet age.

Saturday, January 6, 2024

The Terror: Infamy (2019 TV Series)

Category: Supernatural historical drama

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If you loved the first series like I did, you will be disappointed by the second series. Not because it's a bad series - far from it - but because this series only shares a name with the original, not any narrative connection. However, where the first series featured more an atmosphere of dread, this series features a lot more actual supernatural horror. 

The Terror: Infamy tells the story of Chester Nakayama, an American-born Japanese person caught up in two horrors - the first being the forcible detainment of Japanese people during World War 2, and the second being the vengeful spirit of his *spoiler alert* mother who wants her son to come with her to the afterlife.

With regards to the first horror, the producers went to great lengths to tell the story of the program of forcible detainment the US government enacted - you may recognise George Takei, who himself was detained as a child, and it turns out that most of the cast and crew have some personal connection to the detainment program.

Crazy Rich Asians (2018 film)

Category: Romance drama with comedy elements. ----- Maybe this movie should have instead been titled " Crazy Rich Singaporeans Of Chine...