Amazing how polarized the comments are on Trakt on this movie. I hate to take sides but it is incontestable that this is a way way over average Sci-fi film. So much total crapola is being released (yes that’s you Rebel Moon, the Creator, the Kitchen etc.) that it’s hard to criticize this movie. Even if it is a bit slow at times and perhaps a bit pretentious.
One of my favorite movies of all time, a must watch for anyone!
I was impressed, a great 60s picture and definitely a rememberble one too and Kirk Douglas with a super performance. A different ending would of been nice but still good though. I definitely need to get more of his movies watched.
Still as fun as we remember it. Taking the cartoonish bits aside, the movie is a great example of a hero/revenge action crowd-pleaser. It's like a nice pop-corn update of the classic swashbuckler picture of Old Hollywood. Banderas fits perfectly in the role.
There's a lot to like. Actual stunt work, great casting, a plot...
I enjoyed the first few swashbuckling set-pieces but by the end they were growing tiresome.
Catherine Zeta Jones has never looked better and she gets an actual character to play, rising to the challenge.
Antonio Banderas is charming and suave. But has no chemistry with CZJ.
Anthony Hopkins is about 20 years too old for the role. I pity his stunt double!
The hammy humour let's this down. I understand it's a nod to the original Flynn Zorro but it is now showing its age as a result.
They don't make them like this anymore though and that's a shame.
7.5/10
A great swashbuckling adventure. Perfect viewing for a lazy Sunday afternoon!
Insufferably mindless chatter. Avoid this.
Starts strong, but dies down as the film goes along
Meh. I've seen Denzel Washington give better performances. A pilot crash-lands a plane, and his alcohol abuse comes to light. This one is pretty ham-fisted in its approach to the subject. I mean, while not bad, it's not that great either. While it has a definite story-arc and character development, it lacks any kind of subtlety. The problem is that it's so obvious how things are going to play out and so few risks are taken with the story or characters that it feels very cookie cutter with no surprises, which in turn makes it feel condescending in that it doesn't give the audience credit for detecting subtlety in a serious subject. Average, but not great.
A difficult movie to truly enjoy. It's a completely daft story, yet feels like it's got a heavyweight veneer. As always, Denzel Washington does his Denzel Washington acting...which is really starting to wear a little thin with me.
This is a bit of a failed by the numbers film, and I was never able to resolve what the writers and director were trying to say about the lead character. Flight was by no means horrible, just a bit of a waste of time.
So you'll going to get like 10 minutes of solid adrenaline action movie and the rest 2 hours is going to be a shitass boring documentary you could not care less for. Brace yourself.
The main highlight of the movie was Adam Driver as Enzo Ferrari but even the forced English accent makes it sound like it was an Oscar bait, they should've either done the movie in full Italy with English subtitles or just pure English tbh. I wanted more content on cars but ended up getting a little too much about Ferrari himself but it was probably my fault for expecting this to be solely focused on cars.
Is Ferrari a checkered flag or a pit stop? I don't know it's a mixed bag honestly and depends on what you expect it to be. Ultimately the movie ends up being more of a character study.
honestly thought it would be better and more about the racing but it was more about his love life. felt like there was only 15mins of racing in the whole movie.
quite a few people in the cinema checking the time on their phones which implied I wasn't the only one not that interested in it.
Was expecting more of a story about the man not just a short part of it and even then it was a bit here there and everywhere. I’m sure the man was more interesting than just finding out he had an out of marriage son. Beautifully shot and didn’t find the acting or accents quite as bad as some say excluding Mr Dempsey why he was chosen I don’t know.
Like a soap opera digest: skips over the facts to focus on the romantic drama.
Like this year's Napoleon, there was a lot I wanted to know about the subject and none of it was in the film.
Credit where it's due, though, the film did a nice job recreating the era and Adam Driver was one, but if you want to be truly entertained watch Ford v Ferrari again or maybe an episode of Succession, which at least has the decency to be shorter.
Cutthroat Island sure is something...
Sure... It looks magnificent, and that explosion in the end is worth the two hour running time, but think where this one could have been if the studio had ditched Renny Harlin and the then wife, and gone with someone with the chops to pull this off.
It's weird how something so utterly stupid can be as entertaining as Cutthroat Island actually is. The dialogue is beyond terrible, the acting is mediocre, and yet… I always end up smiling at the end.
Still... I rewatch it from time to time. I'm not sure what that says about me, but maybe Cutthroat Island isn't really all that bad?!?
I fail to understand why this movie was made. People who are actually interested, can just read the history or watch an actual documentary. This movie was filled with unnecessary personal drama, most of which is either incorrect or exaggerated. Oppenheimer never felt guilty of anything he did. He did feel sympathy for the innocent lives lost, and he was concerned about nuclear arms race. But he had no regrets till the day he died.
I was actually looking forward to watch this movie. Unfortunately I have to say I was rather disappointed when the movie came to an end.
One of the most impressive projects ever undertaken filled with scientifical challenges and performed under immense pressure.
That is what the movie should have been all about. Unfortunately it is not. Instead all the science, challenges and achievements are just glossed over and we are feed three long, boring, hours about political machinations and his sex life.
That is not what I was expecting and it is definitely not what I wanted to watch.
Trust Hollywood to turn science into a bloody soap-like drama.
Christopher Nolan is definitely not a person that should be tasked with making a science or history movie. His Dunkirk was underwhelming to say the least and Interstellar was both a poor movie and a joke when it came to science.
I guess I should have lowered my expectations when I saw they gave the movie to him.
As some have said, this was not what I expected. I expected a film that focused on the actual scientific undertaking and technological achievement as well as the psychological, emotional, and real world turmoil of creating man's worst invention. I expected to come out of this film impressed by the science, but also as horrified as Oppenheimer himself.
I thought this would be an actual biopic of Oppenheimer. I was curious to see what type of life he lived that would eventually lead him to the Manhattan project, its destructive aftermath, and his future work. And I expected to come out of this film with a better understanding of how they even built this crazy thing - which despite its obvious horrific application, is still a scientific marvel that only a small handful of countries have been able to reproduce even nearly 80 years later.
But instead, this stuff was glossed over to give us 3 hours of boring political dialogue outside the scope of anything that truly historically mattered. Oh, and they gave us occasional scenes about his sex life mixed in. Because of course, when it comes to the father of the atom bomb, the first thing people want to know about him is his sex life??
Remember, just because the film overwhelms viewers with intense, suspenseful music from beginning to end doesn't make the accompanying boring political squabble scenes any less boring. Just because it tells the story non-chronologically doesn't make the script more profound, it just makes it frustrating to watch. And just because it had the budget to fill even minor roles with A list actors doesn't mean it should have. Each time another big face popped up, it pulled me out of the film (which admittedly, was not hard to do since the film was so boring).
Ironically, the film multiple times hinted that certain aspects of the bomb and its story are actually important and should be seen by all. For example, they explicitly talked about the importance of actually seeing the bomb and its destruction to fully appreciate, and fear, its power. But then the film ignores its own insight and only shows us short clips of one test while completely ignoring its destruction. And Hiroshima and Nagasaki occurred off screen! Seriously This film could have used 2023 movie making skills to re-instill fear of nuclear apocalypse (which given current international conflict, wouldn't be the worst thing right now). But it didn't even attempt to. Further, the film even acknowledges in its conclusion that the political drama was almost entirely unimportant compared to the bigger picture of the technology and its impact on the world. So why couldn't they make the film focused on that instead??
They should have just called the film "Straus vs Oppenheimer" since that's really what this film was about. They built a device that killed hundreds of thousands of people in a single strike, and which changed the world forever, yet the film portrays the political stakes of Oppenheimer losing his security clearance and Straus not being confirmed to a cabinet position as the bigger deal worth caring about (and worth a 3 hour runtime).
This was a chore to watch and I had to rewind it multiple times because I kept falling asleep. I finished the film not entertained nor did I even learn anything of value. I feel like I got robbed out of what should have been a deeply impactful film.
I will ignore the historical inaccuracies, false character portrayals and the english speaking sinse this is Hollywood after all and they can do whatever the hell they want with it.
I was never sold on any of the characters or performances. Joaquin Phoenix does some overacting and I still don't know who his character is by the end. Poor character study. Phoenix and Kirby have no chemistry. Their relationship is so boring and they focus on it to no avail because I have no idea what makes this relationship tick.
There's undeniably some comedy incorporated into the movie at times but I was laughing in some serious scenes—it's camp! You can tell this was intended as a 4h movie because the editing and pacing are flagrantly bad. It's as if important scenes are missing. The 4h version could solve a lot of these problems, sure, but I doubt most people are going to rewatch this. So why release this version in theaters?? I don't like the look of the movie either, it's all so... blue.
The score is nothing out of the ordinary but it's good. The costumes look great. The action sequences are hit and miss. They look great (except for the blue filter), the set pieces are memorable and epic but I find the sequences short-lived. Edited maybe? In addition, the action loses a lot of weight because of the camp, rushed story and poor characters. Overall, Napoleon is one of the biggest disappointments of the year.
This is a hidden gem, no one knows about this movie never advertised or promoted. Great movie, totally worth your watching, is is a slow burning but the landscape and story captivastes you from the beginning. Olsen and Renner have great chemistry and they are excellent on their roles. The script is worth it and the sudden shootout is delivered fantastic.
The ending is very satisfied.
I just watched the remastered version in IMAX 3D and HOLY SHIP it was good. It's like experiencing the movie for the very first time again.
Upscaling is amazing, picture quality is crisp, even on a gigantic IMAX-screen, 3D is not too overwhelming, just adds some nice depth, and the sound with Dolby Atmos.. just wow!
If you get a chance to see this on a proper screen and are thinking to yourself "but I've already seen it a hundred times" - No, you have not. You have never seen this movie like this, period.
I finally get what all the fuss was about.
I got to see it in theaters (in 3D, but it's not like that matters these days), and it was an awesome experience in every sense of the word. For starters, I had no idea the entire movie was framed around a semi-fictional deep-dive to the remains of the Titanic, and the movie proper didn't start until around 15-20 minutes in.
I can hardly remember the last time I felt like this while watching a movie: a thousand thoughts about the technical craft flew through my mind, yet I was totally engrossed in the story. And what a story it is. I had a lovely short conversation with an older couple as we were leaving the theater. The woman called it a classic and one of the greatest love stories, and that I should bring my girlfriend next time instead of seeing it alone. It almost feels like a Disney love story when you step back. A wealthy girl falls in love with a poor but bright boy over the course of one day. Big Aladdin vibes. But with the impending tragedy looming, the simple love story works in the movie's favour. In fact, its forthcoming doom hangs over every part of the movie. Every passenger the camera moved over, every child, could be doomed to die in the end. I was so immersed, my brain chose not to see it as fiction, and it terrified me. The entire third act of the movie where the ship sinks had me so tense watching people move from confusion to denial, and denial to panic, and panic to chaos. It terrified me, and shook me to my core.
Even so, this movie has some excellent moments of levity. The dialogue is so well-written and performed with such excellence. Every member of the cast absolutely killed it. From Billy Zane's caricature of a posh man to the more intimate performances of DiCaprio and Winslet, and even the extras, they all did an amazing job. Also, it would be a crime not to even briefly mention that this movie not only has the best pacing I've seen in a 3+ hour long movie, but some of the best pacing I've ever seen in a movie, period.
And to cap it all off, My Heart Will Go On was the perfect song to play over the credits as I collected my thoughts after that wonderful, thrilling, magical movie. Absolutely fantastic, it is.
I just rewatched the movie (for the umpteenth time) and this time somehow I only (ugly) cried at the very last scene... that's a win for me.
I had to change my rating for this movie from a 7 to a 10 because it may be one of the best movies ever made (and I dunno why I gave it a 7 before?).
Although Titanic is seen to be the biggest cliche, and there's a nonsense stigma around that you're not a 'true' movie lover if you call Titanic you're favourite film, here's my take on it...
This film was waaay before it's time, the visuals, the directing, the casting, the production.. All of it is immensely professional and well thought out for the era it was filmed in, heck, you struggle to find something that flows so well, 20 years later. I don't know another 3 and a half hour movie that joins together, is constantly surpising and dramatic yet hopeful in the way that Titanic is.
Need I mention how amazing Leonardo and Kate are? Still some of the best acting I have seen to date.
It's unfair to just see this film as 'Titanic' something that everybody knows... This film is a masterpiece. The attention to small detail, the character development, the fiction within non-fiction, the way it takes over your emotions and pulls on your heartstrings, leaving you broken yet hopeful.
I truly appreciate this film for everything it is and cannot fault it. Although I must say (THERE WAS ROOM FOR TWO!!!)
What can I say about Titanic. It is is the ultimate love story, the basis for all romance. It is beautiful and heartbreaking all at the same time. The saddest part is thinking about all those people in real life who lost their lives that day.
Haunting, powerfully resonant and visually stunning.
One of my all time favourite films since childhood
