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norm_loves_movies
IMDb member since March 2024
I watch a great deal of movies every week of my life. I love a good story. I'm honest in my reviews and I can be very critical of art/set direction and costuming, as I am a creative director by trade. Taking shortcuts and cow-towing to trends seen since the early 2000s like the overuse of blue-green are especially a trigger and target for me. It's a cop-out by visual artists and is annoyingly unnecessary. Great art directors and cinematographers know not to follow the herd. The herd mentality in Hollywood as well as independent artists should be avoided to ensure originality. Period.
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Year by the Sea (2016)
A sweet story in a very "Lifetime" format.
23 March 2024
A fine story of a middle age experimental year of rediscovery. The husband's character as a curmudgeon is a bit on-the-nose and stereotypical. Would have been nice to see a bit more empathy for the husband in the situation, as he had little choice in the matter for job relocation. The attempt to establish multiple characters in the wife's new environment fell a bit short as well. Some solid scenes that helped to paint the picture of the complexities of a small harbor town while some attempts at widening the scope fell short. (A local bully seemed a bit unnecessary to the overall plot) The overuse of the color blue by the creatives is a bit annoying. Actually, very annoying.
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