Speaking of that, which I re-watched on Bluray last weekend...
Babylon (2022)
This movie was a straight mashup of 'meta' concepts, while being in many ways a scene for scene remake of
Boogie Nights in a 1920s/30s Hollywood setting. In fact it was so eerily similar that I found myself quite bored quite fast, being able to anticipate each and every scene as it came up. Throw in some
La La Land style scoring and plot elements and there you have it, you've seen
Babylon. The performances were decent, many scenes were borderline NC-17, but it just felt like the whole film was trying too hard to be something profound when it was anything but.
Definitely a high dollar production and well shot, but can't recommend wasting time on it if you've seen both
Boogie Nights and
La La Land.
5.8/10
Dark Planet (1997)
How on Earth did they get Michael York for this? Low budget, worst sfx of the 1990s, looked like a straight to vhs kinda movie. Plot was okay but acting was awful. Put me to sleep while I stayed up to monitor my nauseous dog. Not even worth watching as a 'so bad it's funny' film, not even worthy of MST3K.
1/10