TheEvilTwin

One of the better fairy tales that we can only dream about nowadays, but I still have to say that through all the hype that Inside Out has been reaping for 10 years, I was probably expecting a bigger hit. It's got heart, an idea, fine "characters" and plot, but it's still really just an "okay" fairy tale and not exactly the kind of thing I'd cheer and want to see again. That doesn't change the fact that, compared to today's generic animated films, this is actually a gem.

I have to give this a full score, because wacky cringe comedies with this type of humor don’t come around much anymore and because I just love this genre. And anyone who enjoys comedies like We’re the Millers, Superbad, Good Boys, or other high-school comedies with simple, cheesy, parodic-satirical humor will appreciate Incoming as well. This is a pure template, where a bunch of first year dropouts want to get laid at a party amongst their older classmates, and it’s hilarious from start to finish. Another revival of the subgenre, thanks for that.

I regarded Longlegs as the dark horse of 2024 and was looking forward to it like a little kid, but the result was so disappointing that I couldn't even imagine it. I don't see Osgood Perkins as a particularly good director, and so I considered this to be another classic film that could have been a successor to A-listers like Se7en in the crime genre, and together with the atmospheric aspect and technical style could make for a film of the year that will be long remembered. But, unfortunately, I can only rate the technical side positively, as the cinematography is unusually good in places and the music, along with the haunting mystery in the air, lets you know that "something is going to happen". The problem is that nothing happens, so the content is literally disastrous. The story doesn't make the slightest sense, there's a cast of five actors, the opening line with the FBI agents is lame, no one explains who Longlegs is or why, why there's so much magic, why all this is happening, everyone behaves illogically and kind of staggers in place for 80 minutes in which nothing actually happens and, lo and behold, we have a rushed finale that throws us a few scenes and leaves us without an explanation. The ultimate disappointment and the only saving grace is that the film came out the day before my scheduled cinema visit. And this is supposed to be the scariest film of our time, featuring Nicolas Cage with the best mask in the horror genre, and that this is his role of a lifetime? I don't think anyone can be serious...