Speed Reviews: Tully, Deadpool 2, Ready Player One, You Were Never Really Here

Tully

  Starring Charlize Theron, Tully is the story of a mom with postpartum depression.
  This movie gave me really mixed feelings, because the first 2 acts were absolutely incredible. It was probably the best I've seen Theron, and everything felt so raw and authentic. You care about the characters, you relate with the story, it's beautiful, it's moving.  The way the characters react and interact with each other feels so real. Then, the third act comes around. They throw in a plot twist that undercuts everything they set up, and makes the audience feel like they've been cheated. Honestly, the end was downright cheasy.
  Tully is a film that has a 10 out of 10 first two acts and a 5 out of 10 third. Over all, I'll round it off to a 7 out of 10 stars. (Very Good)

Deadpool 2

  Back again with the witty, crude humor of a middle-school screenwriter, we have Deadpool 2. If you're a fan of the franchise, you will most likely love this film, if not, you may feel how I did.
  Now don't get me wrong, I didn't dislike the first film, but I also didn't think it wasn't as great and revolutionary as other people seemed too.
  This franchise lives off its shock value, which is a problem when most mainstream films are already pretty shocking. Cursing a lot, and being vulgar doesn't cut it anymore. With Deadpool, we can feel them trying.
  Does it have its funny moments? Yes, absolutely. When it hits, it hits hard. But when it doesn't, it really faceplants.
  I would say that I found Deadpool 2 entertaining, but not much else. 6 out of 10 stars. (Worth Ticket Price)

Ready Player One

  Ughhh. If you are a fan of this film or the book, you may find this review offensive...
  Let me start by saying that I thought the film looked trash from the trailer. Then the reviews came out. Then my friends saw it. Everything was positive, everyone loved it, people were even seeing it multiple times in theaters. So I gave in. And now I have trust issues.
  Ready Player One is hot garbage. The characters are uninteresting, the dialogue is dumb, the story is childish and boring. They try and make you care about the characters by giving them a "Thing". Abusive parents, a deformity, etc. But that's a shallow way of building empathy and it does nothing to make me care. 

  Everything about this film is one-dimentional, and my favorite part was when it was over. If I am gonna say anything positive at all, it's that Ready Player One has pretty decent graphics. Aside from that, 1 out of 10 (Trash)

You Were Never Really Here

  Starring the amazingly soulful performance of Joqauin Phoenix, You Were Never Really Here is the story of a veteran who saves young girls from sex-trafficking. While it sounds like the plot of the next generic Taken movie, it is anything but.
  Director Lynne Ramsay instead gives us a delicate and fragile film about those affected by violence and how they are usually the ones to perpetuate it. It talks about how violence runs in circles, and what it does mentally to its victims. She does this in a way that never glamorizes the violence, but always shows the horridness of the outcome. Joaquin Phoenix's character is empathetic to a fault, carrying the entire world on his shoulders as he tries to help as many people as he can at the price of his own mental sanity.
  You Were Never Really Here is poetic and beautiful and impactful.  Its flaws are in its pacing and some of the jarring editing, but the positives definetly outweigh the negatives here. If you have the patience and aren't bothered by the fact that not everything is spoon fed to you, this film is really emotionally satisfying. 8 out of 10 stars. (I'd Buy It)