Really excellent episode. By far the best yet. It takes a bit to get going admittedly, which is why it earns an 8 instead of a 9. But its a very emotionally resonate episode with Coulson's scene with the firefighter, the FitzSimmons stuff, and the scene at the end with May and Couslon. Just, before that Couslon/firefighter scene its a bit slow and I wasnt into it. Once it gets going its very good though.
I've always loved this movie, but something that shot it up to a 10 for me this rewatch and made it a new comfort movie for me, is realizing how OBVIOUSLY AUTISTIC Lilo is.
1. Special interest 1: photographing overweight tourists and making a collage with the photos
2. Special interest 2: Elvis (she uses Elvis to cope with RSD as well)
3. Routine: Feeding a specific fish a peanut butter sandwhich once a week, and she is very upset if this routine is disturbed
4. Stimming motions with hands, forthright speaking tone, some literal thinking
5. Rejection by peers who find her strange, tries to include her strange homemade doll with a socially unacceptable backstory in the girls playing with "normal" dolls
I relate to Lilo so much now. And that makes this movie come through for me.
Its eminently watchable! Fun little romp. Barb is the best charachter.
This is the first episode so far to really grab me. The guest charachters (especially the lady in the flower dress) were interesting, which wasnt the case in the last couple. And good development for Skye. God that Minecraft joke was cringe though.
Slow episode. Not much drew me in. The guest charachter wasnt too interesting. Not enough Simmons who is by far my favorite. A bit of building towards a future threat but eh.
Sloppy and largely uninteresting episode. Skye's development with Ward was good. But the overall plot was not. I do not like Ian Hart's acting, which put a damper on the climax. Quinn's an ok antagonist, but disappears without closure (assuming he shows back up later, but it still felt offputting). Never felt pulled in by the episode and actually took weeks of short bursts every few days to complete it.
Solid. Simmons continues to be the highlight of the show for me, but the other characters are growing on me. Second episode consisting of the team learning to work together is good, straightforward storytelling.
Apparently I watched this in 2017 but i have only the faintest recall?
Anyway, took me a bit to get into the vibe of this show. Its very different from Netflix Marvel which is more my jam. But once it clicked for me it was a good time and a good intro to the main charachters. I absolutely love Simmons, she's so cute! And Skye seems fun as well.
I upgraded my rating for this movie on this my third time seeing it (first on release in theaters). Honestly. On this mcu rewatch this movie hit the best of the trilogy. The movie is pretty nonstop, in a good way. Wish tony spent more time in the suit. The twist everyone complains about was actually good to me. I enjoyed it even on first watch, but Shang Chi helps it go down easier as well.
I do wish the ptsd arc was resolved more explicitly though.
No plot relevance or importance to the MCU as a whole, just a but of good clean fun
Acting feels very stilted and a bit corny, but its a fun way to recontextualize the post credits scene from the mcu hulk movie.
This is a movie that sunk in better for me on rewatch I think. There's a lot of poignant moments, and the ending is really effective.
Its not the worst the series has to offer (thats easily In It To Win It) but its not good either. The main character Destiny is super unlikeable, and doesn't really earn her redemption. And Christine Prosperi is not really bringing it in the part imho. The main love interest is a weird "phone bad" guy, though he's decently likeable outside of that. Adding "Cheer" to words is expected for the series, but the new adding "fem" to words thing just comes off forced and corny, and thats coming from a feminist. The movie's big twist is decently interesting at least. I also like seeing the various international teams at the end. Oh also the use of stock footage in this is glaringly obvious and hard to look past.
Most of my enjoyment in watching this came from the attractive women, which isnt unusual for this series but still, that shouldn't be the main strength of a movie lol.
Its not a good movie, but Jessica Alba carries it into being watchable almost single handedly.
I love this movie overall
Pros: Gets the Xavier/Erik dynamic really well
Beast and Raven get good arcs as well
THE THEMES!!!!!!!!!
Cons: has some narmy moments
Kevin Bacon is kind of phoning it in I guess. I dont notice that as much as most people but its a thing
January Jones sucks as one of my favorite comic characters, Emma Frost. Once again I dont think she's as bad as a lot of ther people seem to but its noticeable
Darwin is wasted
Definitly the best Kelvin timeline movie. Jaylah is an awesome character, Krall is a good villain. There's themes! The movie tries to say something and mostly sticks the landing! Its pretty surface level stuff of course but Star Trek 2009 didn't try to say pretty much anything and Into Darkness burried its themes under fanservice. I also love that everyone on the crew has something to do, and that Bones and Spock get some alone time.
I have no idea how this movie is at almost 80%. Especially when Beyond is 3% lower and is a MUCH better movie.
Tbh, I admit, for the first hour or so of this movie I was thinking "wait why did I give this only a 5 again?", because the movie holds itself together pretty well for awhile. It still suffers from the Abrams problem of being a good product instead of interesting art, but its watchable. But god, the final act. A complete mess. The role reversal stuff is just absolutely terrible. Spock shouting "Khan" was the worst moment. Just corny as hell. And I'm sorry, but the Kirk/Spock relationship is just not established enough in this continuity for Kirk's death to resonate. Especially when they already established was was SO OBVIOUSLY going to be a way to bring Kirk back. And low and behold, it was, and it was corny. They never should have tried to follow the act of Khan at all tbh, Ricardo is way too tough and act to follow. and Whitewashing one of the greatest poc villains in movie history is ridiculous.. Also, a nitpick, but the fan service scene with Carol Marcus in her underwear was jarringly unnecessary. Like yeah, sure, Alive Eve has a great body, but it being out of nowhere and not serving any narrative purpose and a bit of tonal whiplash. It just didnt fit.
This is actually my least favorite Star Trek film. Because the worst original timeline movies at least were TRYING to do something interesting and not make a cynically marketable product and failing even at that.
I will admit though I do like the element of the destruction of Vulcan changing Starfleet to be more militaristic. It might not be "Gene's vision" but it makes sense for the alternate universe and is the most interesting plot point. They should have just had Alexander Marcus be the main villain.
What I find myself asking myself when I watch this movie is "would I rather be watching this or the original timeline movies that are generally considered bad". My rating of 7 puts this movie above Nemesis, Insurrection, Generations and Final Frontier, as well as tied with In Search of Spock and The Motion Picture. But for me, those movies are very different products.
Star Trek 2009 is pretty much JJ Abrahms wheelhouse. Competent, if suffering from a lack of soul and something to say. It makes for a very watchable movie, but not a particularly interesting piece of art.
Those original timeline movies I list? they're much sloppier and less "good" by traditional film criticism. But for me, they have a lot more heart and soul to them. So in a way, I respect them more, even if I consider all of them (including the two it's score is tied with) less quality movies.
Its sloppy, has many moments that had me saying "that stupid", and Shatner can't direct his way out of paper bag.
But the performances save it, especially Laurence Luckinbill who is charismatic as hell as Sybock. Sybock deserved a better movie.
For some reason, this movie didn't click for me the first time I watched it a little more than a year ago. I still gave it a 8/10, but I felt underwhelmed. I think I was just a victim of hype aversion really. On this rewatch, it clicked for me for real and I enjoyed every second and suddenly its a 10/10 movie for me.
This movie is hard to rate because the first hour or so is droning and boring with long extended shots of just visuals with no dialogue or anything happening. But the final act is just absolutely incredible and leaves you with a good taste in your mouth. It feels weird to rate a movie that I hated for the majority of it so highly but thats the feeling it leaves me with.
This movie is just so goddamn charming. The cast is great. The story is mostly formulaic and the anachronisms amount to basically a gimmick, but you have to be heartless not to be won over by its charm anyway.
I've sung "I'll Make a Man Out of You" at karaoke so many times. Amazing film.
Its sweet and charming, but the direction is messy. Travolta's charisma is undeniable and carries the movie, and I say that as a huge William Hurt fan.
The climatic ending moment feels corny and unearned, but the rest of the package is so enjoyable I don't mind much.
I enjoyed it more than I was lead to believe I would. There's some really cringe expository dialogue, and the climax really lacked weight for me. But I love me a good ensemble piece and this movie provided that for me.
I wish I had enjoyed Gemma Chan's performance more, but all the other actors did great.
The comedy in this one was really cringe and badly written. I think the writers saw the success of Thor: Ragnarock and thought "people like funny Thor!" but didn't understand what actually made Ragnarock funny. At least the ending seems to be leading into something interesting.
Seeing Ramonda in an action role was awesome.
Some good developments here, definitely appreciate them confirming Loki as bi. But parts of it felt slow or fillery.
Started out slow, feeling a bit filler, but definitely got rolling by the end and satisfied me.
