PIC of the Week – Synchronic
Ray Schillaci’s PIC of the week at TheMovieGuys.net for 1/29/21 – Synchronic
Ray Schillaci’s PIC of the week at TheMovieGuys.net for 1/29/21 – Synchronic
The Academy loves joining the cause-of-the-month, but when it does, do they reward the best films?
Kathryn Bigelow and writer Mark Boal do an exceptional job of putting viewers in the middle of this situation and piling on a heaping dose of uncomfortable.
It seems like the laughs will come in bundles with the three leads playing fast and loose at the top of the film, but the warmth shared between the leads that could excuse all the crude behavior of a stoner comedy wears away leaving a less than pleasing mixture behind.
It seems like the career of M. Night Shyamalan has gotten to the point where “it’s not embarrassing” is high compliment.
In the end, Bay has a made a film struggling with the fact that it’s a Michael Bay film. It’s fun to watch the best parts peak through Bay’s usual main ingredient – excess.
Matt Damon and Emily Blunt are maybe the first action film couple I’ve seen in years that had great chemistry.