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BMF: Black Mafia Family (2021)
that's definitely NOT another Snowfall
BMF tries another take at dope game in black communities, but this time it's more of Ghosts' fantasty/ gloryfing shady figures than a meaty layered drama that is Snowfall.
It's not as bad as Ghosts' later seasons, but doesnt really offer much beside following often BS events, leading to absolutely nothing. Characters are hardly likeable, and that OG gospel narrating from the background comes off as stupid.
It's hard to understand what's even so special about brothers' gang, disrupted throughout two seasons (that's how far i got) by a single individual, who appears out if the blue, comes back from the dead like some cheesy B-movie villain etc.
If youre looking for something smart yet entertaining, BMF fails in both aspects; its an OK show to watch if youre bored to death, but not much more. It's really nicely done from a tv craft POV which is why despite all the shortcomings, it doesnt hurt to watch it.
Barbie (2023)
"let's serve audience with whatever" s21e37
There's a line where a movie loses any aspirations towards art or significance and becomes only a product. We all know this just to well - recent decade has basically led cinema to the murky pastures of cheap entertainment, yet another area big biz benefits from. There's literally no limits to what has been awkwardly transfered onto the tv screen. And the Barbie flick is just that - another step away from what movies used to and ought to be.
What we've got here is just nothing. A big nothing badly wrapped with a celophane of story that makes no sense, carries no worth and is so poorly filmed. Even seeking "fun" in this one is like grasping for a breath in an abbatoir. All these comments about feminism or meaningfulness overlook the basic issue - this is just un-watchable by even the lowest standards.
I'm sort of used to industry mocking me as a viewer every step of the way. But Barbie is just one step beyond that. It doesn't even deserve being reviewed by standard film criteria because it meets none.