jmbwithcats
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A little pandering a little horror
The Netflix movie Under Paris tries to reel in interest with a message of ecocriticism, then switches gears quickly into a sort of Jaws rip-off where sharks somehow get into the Seine around Paris, France, acclimate to fresh water and start murdering everyone.
The ending was pretty fun, but I fast-forwarded through a lot to get there, so it could have been better. Based on how the film ends, I think we're likely to see a sequel to Under Paris.
All in all, I felt they didn't really know what they wanted to be so they tried a lot but didn't follow through anywhere.
The Netflix movie Under Paris tries to reel in interest with a message of ecocriticism, then switches gears quickly into a sort of Jaws rip-off where sharks somehow get into the Seine around Paris, France, acclimate to fresh water and start murdering everyone.
The ending was pretty fun, but I fast-forwarded through a lot to get there, so it could have been better. Based on how the film ends, I think we're likely to see a sequel to Under Paris.
All in all, I felt they didn't really know what they wanted to be so they tried a lot but didn't follow through anywhere.
The Luring (Review)
The opening scene is pretty good, enough to keep my foot in the door anyway, but the next scenes show just how low budget it is. The dialog repetitious and needing some revision for starters.
Camera work used more to practice filmmaking than have a purpose. Scenes shown through window for no reason than to do something at all, but not as evidence of plot. Not a game breaker, but something to consider.
A lot of pointless scenes, girl starts shower, spends time looking in the mirror, adding nothing to the scene, but to show boyfriend isn't kind, then he wanders away, another pointless scene.
Started fast forwarding through the pointless scenes... Nope, turned it off, just unwatchable.
Turned it off after 30 minutes, I'd give it a 2/10.
The opening scene is pretty good, enough to keep my foot in the door anyway, but the next scenes show just how low budget it is. The dialog repetitious and needing some revision for starters.
Camera work used more to practice filmmaking than have a purpose. Scenes shown through window for no reason than to do something at all, but not as evidence of plot. Not a game breaker, but something to consider.
A lot of pointless scenes, girl starts shower, spends time looking in the mirror, adding nothing to the scene, but to show boyfriend isn't kind, then he wanders away, another pointless scene.
Started fast forwarding through the pointless scenes... Nope, turned it off, just unwatchable.
Turned it off after 30 minutes, I'd give it a 2/10.