A week or so ago I made a post with some mini-reviews of the movies that I’d watched in January but hadn’t got round to mentioning or reviewing on my blog. You can find that post here. It was mainly because I’ve started putting my reviews into my film diary on Letterboxd and I wanted to have a little something written for everything I’d seen! It was fun to do so I might keep it going.
Anyway, there were four movies I watched in February that I haven’t told you about, two of them being Netflix documentaries that I had no idea how to actually review properly. Here’s what they were…
Velvet Buzzsaw (2019)
When I crawled out of the rock I’d been living under and finally heard about Velvet Buzzsaw, I was so hyped. Then I found out it was getting a Netflix release that weekend! I watched it as soon as I could. Jake Gyllenhaal is amazing in this role, he plays weird so well. He’s one of those actors I would blindly watch anything for. The movie was a lot of fun but it wasn’t that memorable in all honesty. I was expecting more.
Fyre (2019)
Oh my God. With every new disaster that happened during the planning of Fyre Festival I just wanted a note to come up on the screen to tell me it was all a joke and it didn’t happen. What a bunch of idiots. The fact that some of them haven’t even learned from the mess is baffling! My favourite moment was when they said something about the ridiculous amount of money spent on influencer marketing over social media, and then all it took was a photo of a cheese sandwich to bring it crashing down.
Wild Rose (2018)
I got to see Wild Rose really early thanks to a secret screening at my local Odeon. It was the first time I didn’t look at any of the clues either so I went in completely blind which was great. It’s the story of a young Mum from Glasgow who dreams of being a Country singer. Thing is, I found the main character to be so damn unlikeable that I really struggled to watch the movie, and it dragged like hell. I think I’m alone in that assessment though, it has really positive reviews overall.
Abducted in Plain Sight (2017)
For a few weeks now I’ve seen people talking about Abducted in Plain Sight on Facebook, so the FOMO was strong and I put it on during dinner one night. Excuse the blasphemy but Christ almighty this documentary made me angry! As a parent myself, I don’t know how that woman’s parents can live with themselves. They were stupid enough in their actions before the first abduction, but to allow it to happen again?! I don’t want to live on this planet anymore…
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wow AIPS sounds amazing… i’m gonna check it out
Tnx Allie.
BTW, did u get my email earlier this week?
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Prepare to be amazed by how stupid people can be!
Ooh and no, sorry, I haven’t checked them in a few days. I’ll have a look now, thanks for nudging me!
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I haven’t seen Wild Rose but I’ve seen the rest. Abducted in Plain Sight floored me like…HOW?!
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I just…I can’t…!
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Yeah Velvet Buzzsaw was disappointing. Very good actors and they did a good job but the story was so thin!
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I don’t regret watching it or anything but yeah I was hoping it would be so much better 😦
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I enjoyed Velvet Buzzsaw but yeah, it was nothing memorable. I loved Fyre but I watched it in disbelief. I mean, how can someone be that stupid and spend all that money for a music festival? They deserved what they got to be honest.
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I can’t believe I didn’t really know much about it until I watched the Documentary. Some people just have more money than sense!
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Fyre was such a fascinating psychological study almost. I couldn’t believe especially at the end when he brought in a camera to film him committing more fraud! Or when he told his employees that they weren’t going to get paid but also weren’t firing them so they couldn’t apply for unemployment like he was doing them a favor. Maddening!
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That was the most shocking part for me, the fact that after the disaster of Fyre he still carried on committing fraud! Unreal.
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I also saw Fyre last month and man, I really wanted to punch Billy McFarland and Ja Rule for scamming these people.
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They’re absolute assholes. I read last week Ja Rule wants to run Fyre 2.0 and I really hope he was joking.
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That has-been doesn’t deserve to get anything as he’s just scum. I really hope he goes back to prison as he’s just a no-talent moron.
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I’m really anxious to see Fyre. It has been on my ‘to see’ list for a while now.
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It’s definitely entertaining! I don’t watch many documentaries but Fyre is probably my favourite so far.
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Hi Allie! Awesome post, I’ve been wanting to do mini reviews of stuff I recently watched too. I enjoyed Velvet Buzzsaw too but it wasn’t as memorable as I expected either. As for Frye, I’ve been curious about it, wow amazing how many people fell for that, you’d think there’s a way to check how legit the organization is before you book a trip to it.
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Oh I know! It’s actually quite teriffying when you realise just how much power these social media influencers have.
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Wasn’t there a line in Fyre too, when he said it wasn’t fraud, but false advertising haha.
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Oh my god I forgot about that line!
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