Wellp, another short, “Progress”, and I have no idea what it’s about.
Nekkid black guy wakes up, does nekkid yoga, goes for a run before sunrise all hoodied up, white stalker chick (a reporter) confronts him, follows him home, demands an interview. A lot’s made of the guy’s “blackness” (lingering shots of African art, pictures/posters of Farrakhans, that kind of thing). You find out he’s essentially hiding out in self-seclusion.
You also find out he’s “the last of his kind”, and snarks at her, “Where were you when there were only 2M of us? 1M? 100k?”, and that’s where it gets confusing. Is he a robot? Are black folk going extinct? Not hunted out to extinction or anything, ’cause news blurbs call him a celebrity, not Public Enemy #1 or anything. So what? Why’s he “the last of his kind”?
Later she “confesses” and whips out a pic of her (half-)black kid, says he’s not alone.
The End.
Uhhh, wtf?
Only 12min, so if anyone figures it out (watched it twice, still clueless), let me know.
Watched it last night. Entertaining, plus I like Yvonne Strahovski.
Unfortunately, my kid was sleeping in the next room, so I couldn’t turn up the home theater too high - I’m sure it would have been fun. I might have to rewatch it during daytime.
Plex had lots of shark movies for free streaming.
i picked this one because: During production, one of the film’s stuntmen,
Jose Marco, was attacked and killed on camera by a white shark that broke through protective netting.
Just awful. Waste of time. I had a feeling it wasn’t going to work out within the first 30 mins… I wish I’d listened to my instincts. This franchise is “terminated.”
Great movie, despite Tom Cruise. He’s actually pretty good in this. I loved the premise and found the cinematography wonderful.
favorite lines:
Maj. Heyward: You there, Scout! We must rest soon, the women are tired.
Magua: No, two leagues, better water. We stop there.
Maj. Heyward: No, we’ll stop in the glade just ahead. When the ladies are rested, we will proceed. Do you understand?
Magua: [speaking Huron] Magua understands that the white man is a dog to his women. When they are tired, he puts down his tomahawk to feed their laziness.
Maj. Heyward: Excuse me, what did you say?
Magua: Magua said… he understands English very well.