DRØMMEBYGGERNE (DREAMBUILDERS)
Watchable. The Danish cartoon about breaking and mending family ties is engaging, realistic in the daytime part and convincing in the dream layer. The story's immediately engaging, adventurous but not overloaded, even with several tender moments. Most importantly, anyone can relate to the events. The chess that split them, then brings them together, by means of the broken chessboard and scattered pieces. Sadly, the animation lacks detail. Colour divisions and scope could be better too. In Poland, it's dubbed in Polish only. No subtitled version.
POLICE (NIGHT SHIFT)
Watchable. I considered walking out from this French drama about police officers' daily lives but waited to find out what would happen to the expelled asylum seeker and to the lovers. Neither of the subplots gets concluded though. It's annoying how blondie Virginie Efira doesn't act, she just is there. Omar Sy as Aristide doesn't help. It's just a gloomy drama about day-to-day life of the police: home and work. Erik's character counterbalances Virginie and Aristide's approach but everyone is so sluggish nothing much is possible to happen anyway. A number of social issues are diluted by the poor direction of Anne Fontaine. Clear shots of the city at night add realism. But it's overloaded with the mundane already.
A QUIET PLACE PART II
Watchable. John Krasinski directs and appears as Lee again. Monsters turn up just a few minutes in. Sound and silence effects are adopted depending on whose eyes and ears we follow. Mild jump shocks make it more of a post-apocalyptic thriller rather than a horror. The movie drags till action starts in the second half. Plot developments are too much in your face, e.g. fire, water, sound enliven the action at the same time in the various locations the protagonists are in. The ending comes in time but with no conclusion. The money-making machinery is still in motion. Quality music accompanies the end credits. Recorded in Atmos but when watched in a Dolby room, the sound was so-so.
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