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Last Breath

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During this year’s Genre-ary, I watched 30 documentaries. One of them was a documentary called Last Breath, and it told the story of a deep sea diver Chris Lemons who, after an accident, was stranded underwater. Real footage from the actual event made that documentary thrilling.

But, as I was preparing to watch that doc, I realized that I had seen a trailer that had Woody Harrelson in it telling the same story. Sure enough, there was a new movie coming out with the same title, based on the true story.

According to IMDB, Last Breath was “A heart-pounding film that follows seasoned deep-sea divers as they battle the raging elements to rescue their crew mate trapped hundreds of feet below the ocean’s surface. Based on a true story, LAST BREATH is an electrifying story about teamwork, resilience, and a race against time to do the impossible.“

Chris Lemons (Finn Cole), Duncan Allock (Woody Harrelson), and Dave Yuasa (Simu Liu) were sent on a mission to repair a pipeline off the coast of Scotland. A terrible storm messed with the ship above the water, causing problems for the divers beneath the water. Chris’s lifeline broke, leaving him stuck in the cold, dark water.

The race against time, equipment and weather created amazing tension and anxiety. I did know the outcome of the story because I had seen the documentary, but I was still fully engaged in the story. I did wish that I hadn’t seen the documentary as I was watching the movie.

Woody Harrelson and Simu Liu had amazing performances as did all of the other actors in the film. Some of the other top performances in the film included Cliff Curtis, MyAnna Buring, Mark Bonnar, Bobby Rainsbury, and, of course, Finn Cole.

The sound editing of the film was sensational too. The shots of the ship in the storm sounded unbelievably great. The effects were tremendous and really worked well.

This is a very solid film with great performances, especially from Harrelson, and amazing technical artistry. Watch this film and then watch the Netflix documentary and you will be amazed with this sotry.

4 stars

Fly Me to the Moon

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I was not excited to go see this movie. It did not resonate with me with the trailers and any sort of comments that I had heard of it. Then, with it being around two hours and fifteen minutes long, I just was not anxious to see it.

Boy, was I wrong.

I loved this movie. This film, starring Scarlett Johansson and Channing Tatum, featured a great story of these two characters mixed in with the story of the launch of Apollo 11 and the eventual moon landing.

Scarlett Johansson played Kelly Jones, a marketing master, is brought in by the government, particularly shadowy agent Moe Berkus (Woody Harrelson), to help sell the idea of the NASA program to the public. Kelly ran into a conflict at the beginning with Cole Davis, launch director, as she did several things that Cole did not want to happen. As they continued their story, the pair grew closer though a secret from Kelly’s past threatened to tear them apart.

The film included the conspiracy theory that the moon landing was faked, and it blended this in with the real situation that was going on. This use of this legend was really well done and provided some of the romantic comedy’s best comedic moments. (I do not think this was a spoiler since the trailers did included this detail).

I loved the performance of Johansson in this movie. Kelly was strong and intelligent, able to manipulate those around her to get what she was after, and yet had a softness that told you that something tragic had happened in her past. Johansson and Tatum had good chemistry, but there could have been a scene or two more that focused on their relationship. It did seem as if Tatum went from trying to get her fired to being all in with her too quickly.

Woody Harrelson’s character was great too. I enjoyed the sleaziness of his character and how he was able to use his power to convince people to do what he wanted. He was an antagonist that was not exactly an antagonist.

The film was very clever and charming and flew by, making my doubts about the runtime bleed away. Fly Me to the Moon was a lot of fun and I had a blast with it.

4.5 stars