The Irishman (2019): The movie had me good for an hour and a half, and then it lost me a bit, and then It was just me trying to catch up to it but not feeling involved and barely interested? Like, I appreciated the cinematography, the directing, the photography, the acting, and there are bits here and there that I enjoyed, but there's something that didn't click much here. I don't regret having watched it, but god was it way too long for what it was trying to tell still, jeez. To be fair, mafia movies have never been a genre I had a remote interest in to begin with, so maybe that's partly why I'm overall "yeah ok" about it all. I definitely enjoyed The Wolf of Wall Street way more than this, so that was disappointing to me.
7/10
Uncut Gems (2019): I think I enjoyed this movie enough but then not thoroughly. For starters, I didn't like any characters here, and it was hard to relate to the main character, despite Sandler's great acting (even though his way of speaking really got onto my nerves at times). The tension was mostly nicely done, and the final 15 minutes of the movie with the game, and the aftermath of the game, were definitely a highlight. Still, this movie bored me a bit in the middle. I had no particular feelings about the outcome of the movie, since I mostly didn't care about the characters, so, y'know, same-same to me. It was an interesting watch nonetheless, and I can see why people might have really liked it, but it wasn't mind-blowingly awesome either, and I'll probably have forgotten about it in a few days.
7/10
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019): I was going in hoping for a good time. I was served a mild time with some enjoyable highlights, and average bits all intertwined. I'm usually a good sport for a Tarantino movie, but it's now his second movie in a row that leaves me with an aftertaste of "almost there but not quite". Pitt & DiCaprio are definitely bringing their A game, and both have some good scenes here and there, but the overall movie just wasn't holding together to me. That ending wasn't cathartic to me either, it just felt gratuitous and senseless, since we all know that never happened. I guess Tarantino just loves to rewrite history and place his characters as the saviors of those bad historical moments, but that trick only works so much until it gets tiresome, cliché and quite frankly, a bit too childish for my taste. Robbie was a sight for sore eyes though.
7/10
I don't know what's with me and movies lately, but goddamn, watching those 3 critically-acclaimed movies back to back, and seeing each of them failing me and my expectations one after the other was definitely a huge bummer this week. I expected amazing cinema, I got served average/OK stuff with some interesting bits here and there, but mostly average still. My heart really wasn't in it.
I'm probably going to see Jojo Rabbit Thursday night, I truly hope I'll finally get my heart back.