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A Surrogate's Nightmare (2017)
Am I The Only One Who Felt Bad For Curt?
As a Ty Olsson fan, I wanted to check this movie out. Overall, this was your pretty typical type of Lifetime film. One of those movies you put on on a lazy weekend day or snow day or something like that.
The ending REALLY threw me for a loop! In many cases, the endings to these kinds of movies are predictable and pretty cliche, but in this case, there was a real twist, which was pretty interesting. I went from feeling sorry for Curt, to thinking he was a bad guy, then back to feeling sorry for him. I'm not excusing what he did (David, for example), and yes he needed to answer for that, but one could say that he was probably driven to it. To be falsely accused of a crime that heinous, and to have to serve time for it (where he was probably horribly abused), is terrible! And then to find out that he had a daughter on top of that?! No wonder he was unstable! After that, I found myself absolutely hating Angela and the mother.
The acting in this movie was decent overall...Olsson was excellent, as he is in everything he's in, but the rest I would say were good. Not great.
Like I said, this is a decent lazy-day movie...I'll watch it again.
The ending REALLY threw me for a loop! In many cases, the endings to these kinds of movies are predictable and pretty cliche, but in this case, there was a real twist, which was pretty interesting. I went from feeling sorry for Curt, to thinking he was a bad guy, then back to feeling sorry for him. I'm not excusing what he did (David, for example), and yes he needed to answer for that, but one could say that he was probably driven to it. To be falsely accused of a crime that heinous, and to have to serve time for it (where he was probably horribly abused), is terrible! And then to find out that he had a daughter on top of that?! No wonder he was unstable! After that, I found myself absolutely hating Angela and the mother.
The acting in this movie was decent overall...Olsson was excellent, as he is in everything he's in, but the rest I would say were good. Not great.
Like I said, this is a decent lazy-day movie...I'll watch it again.
The Hunter's Prayer (2017)
Overall Good, But Needed More
I stumbled across this movie while exploring Sam Worthington's filmography after seeing another one of his movies. Overall I really enjoyed it because I really enjoy anti-hero characters (Mike Sullivan in "Road to Perdition", for example). It adds to the complexity of the situation and the human condition. "Bad guy turned (almost) good guy" sort of thing is always interesting, as are stories about guys doing bad things for good reasons.
That said, I think this movie should've been flushed out a little more. I wanted more backstory. I didn't feel like we got enough information about the characters themselves. This is a good movie to watch on a lazy day if you're craving some good action, but not too much else. I liked it and will watch it again, most likely, because I'm easy to please and I really like Worthington, who was GREAT in it. I just wanted more!
That said, I think this movie should've been flushed out a little more. I wanted more backstory. I didn't feel like we got enough information about the characters themselves. This is a good movie to watch on a lazy day if you're craving some good action, but not too much else. I liked it and will watch it again, most likely, because I'm easy to please and I really like Worthington, who was GREAT in it. I just wanted more!