Such impressive film effects.

As always with Mae West movies, when Mae West is on the screen, the movie is really enjoyable. When she’s not, it mostly languishes, because it seems that nobody else are given any good lines?

I totally understand why Mae West’s movies did gangbusters back then, and I also understand why none of these show up on the “best movies EVER” lists — they’re enjoyable, but lack that little spark that makes them something you’d obsess about?

I’m No Angel. Wesley Ruggles. 1933. ⚃

This movie gave me whiplash. It starts off as a very fast-paced zany comedy with nine swivel cuts per second — and then all of a sudden, we’re in a totally different movie, which is all about suicide and stuff.

I wonder whether covid happened in the middle of making this movie? The first half is shot on many different locations and outdoors and stuff, and the last half is basically in a couple of rooms.

Very strange, and the movie doesn’t work.

Waking Up Dead. Terracino. 2022. ⚁

This is a pretty charming movie overall, with some strong performances and cinematography. But it also seems oddly edited at times — as if the director wants us to see something that’s not quite on the screen?

Wildhood. Bretten Hannam. 2021. ⚃