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Rocketman (2019)
I don't see the point
I didn't know it was a musical going in, so that was an unpleasant surprise. I'm okay with a well done musical that explores the origins and motivation for each song (displaying it in context), but you didn't get that in Rocketman. The songs were played during events that occurred before the song was written, and sung by people who weren't even involved in writing the lyrics. So what's the point of that?
Next is the story (or the 20 mins of story in between songs). This is not the story of Elton John, it's a story about a guy called Elton John. Everything is different to reality, so again, what's the point? If you're gonna change primary characteristics of people you're portraying (eg Dick), change the name and everthing else as well. Instead, this reeks of a propaganda piece by Elton rewriting his role in some pretty crappy stuff that he did throughout his career, making him out to be a victim.
Zola (2020)
A movie about cretins
I don't enjoy watching cretins live their cretinous lives. I certainly don't enjoy listening to them talk to each other in such derogatory terms.
Didn't see past about 20 mins, as we couldn't stand it.
Queenpins (2021)
Not a comedy
Kristen Bell has no charisma or genuine facial expression. Her character is completely unlikeable.
There are absolutely no laughs, even from good comedic actors. Joel McHale was so wasted in this.
The base story was mildly interesting, but the staged scenes of the after heist spending felt like they were written by a group of 10 year old boys.
We just wanted it to end.