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Seen in 2018 (193 movies items)"Netflix Instant Rating: Good Hmmm! Kinda cool! I was skeptical at first, but the format worked really well with the story. Keeping all the details straight while watching was a fun time. The movie keeps a good balance between keeping you guessing and not overcomplicating anything. Also the humor- peppered in at a pretty good rate from start to finish, it kept the movie from being either too boring or too dark, kind of filling in the gaps so to speak. "
BradWesley123's Movie Journal- June 2017 (30 movies items)" Netflix- 1hr. 26min. First Viewing As a narrative experiment, Shimmer Lake does have some strong moments, and it's storytelling choice is certainly ambitious, but it often deflates tension and prolongs plot points that would've been better revealed. It might've led to a richer film had it simply been told chronologically; character motivations and narrative issues could've had more to breathe, to evolve (it doesn't help that the "mystery" that is the selling point of the film becomes plainly ob"
BAMF's June 2017 Cinejourney (43 movies items)" Familiar Actors: Benjamin Walker Wyatt Russell Rainn Wilson Ron Livingston Adam Pally Stephanie Sigman John Michael Higgins Rob Corddry Mark Rendall and Julie Khaner True Rating: 7.4/10 I have seen Oren Uziel's written movies like Freak of Nature and 22 Jump Street, but this is his directorial debut. This was a unique experience of a movie. It started from finish to start. I thought that was an odd decision, but it really worked out. The acting was excellent and the characters were memorabl"
Movies Watched in 2017
The Cinephile's Film Journal: 2017