Friday, July 26, 2019

The Roundup with Jeff Stockton (Season 12 Round 7)

This round we saw the finale in the Booster Gold trilogy, a decent romantic comedy, and a tense new David Fincher film. That said, here's The Roundup....
3. The Vegan Movie
I'll be honest, I'm surprised that I liked this film. It's certainly not perfect, and some of the characters were pretty annoying, but it was a well-plotted teen romantic comedy - something that doesn't hit the release schedule very often.

2. Cold

James Morgan penned a solid crime film and found the perfect director to take it to the next level. The older actors were all very strong in their roles, and Michael Stuhlbarg was great in a very rare leading role.

1. Booster Gold: Lost in Time
It's not often that the third film in a series is the best, but that's the case with the Booster Gold trilogy. The cast has really grown into their roles. Billy Magnussen has become a legitimate movie star over the course of the three films, and Chad Taylor has really tapped into the characters he's been writing. Hopefully this isn't the end of the road for Taylor and these characters.

3. Peter Bodanovich
I'm not saying Bogdanovich is a bad director by any means, but he was such an odd choice for the film in question. The man is almost 80 years old, which makes it pretty odd that he's behind the camera for a teen rom-com, not to mention that the man has only directed two films in the last 20 years.

2. Cold
I enjoyed the story and David Fincher's directing, but I was not a fan of the casting. It came across as gimmicky and I was distracted by it. Most of the younger actors don't even look all that much like their fathers playing the older characters, which made it even more distracting.

1. Bella Thorne
She was easily the weakest part of The Vegan Movie. She came across as very grating and annoying, and she's not talented enough of an actress to pull off a purposely unlikable actor successfully.

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