@jordyep The books are much better.
@jordyep I went to see this at the cinema and it looked like it was shot with an iPhone. Can't believe it cost $200m. De Armas is its only saving grace. I'm actually mad about how bad this is.
Having read every single one the VERY first clip I saw a long time ago showed me there was no way I was going to waste my time with this. Just as I read all Jack Reacher and Mitch Rapp books and disliked those movies highly also. Not that I expect them to be like the books but they just stink as standalone movies also
@kieranu Something is wrong with the screening you saw if it looked like it was shot with an iPhone. Watching on Netflix 4K it is crisp, and you'll notice no one else is complaining about picture quality.
@keldian Well, that’s because most people are too busy shutting their brains off when watching this
@jordyep No, it's because there's literally nothing wrong with the filming quality.
@jordyep Maybe you should get off of your high horse and be a director yourself, since you are so smart or just go back watching your favourite docuseries about the geniuses of the world while listening to some classical music.
@balazs955 I don’t know what gave you the impression that I’m some elitist piece of shit, but you certainly made me laugh. Also, don’t use the whole ‘you do it if you know so well’ argument, that’s just stupid and contrived at this point
@jordyep Your 3 paragraphs of undeserved bashing of the movie. What argument should I use then? "If you don't like it don't watch it"? That is even stupider.
@balazs955 The only thing that’s stupid is to try and invalidate other people’s opinion. Maybe just say nothing if you don’t have anything useful to add? Besides, it’s not like I wrote a massive hot take, it was generally poorly received by critics and audiences.
@jordyep Don't give a shit about opinions, but your takes are objectively wrong:
"heavy overuse of drone shots" - we had like 2 or 3 in the film
"can the Russos pick a normal font for once?" - haha, what, really?
"distractingly bad CGI" - where?
"boring visuals and music (why is everything so low contrast, foggy and muddy?)" - 3/4 of the film was action, sorry if that is boring for your, but why watch an action film then
@balazs955 Don’t mistake this for me for being a smug, pedantic asshole, I honestly say this with the best of intentions: you should improve your film literacy. Read some reviews by professional critics and watch some more challenging content. You’re being quite idiotic at the moment.
@jordyep Thank you for not trying to defend your takes. Since I have more entertaining ways of wasting my time, I am not going to read "professional" reviews. Challenging content, by your standards would be something like ... Top Gun, Friends, Nope, Sicario ...? By your points and reviews it is obvious that you expect too much from these (Gray Man) kind of movies, even though it is pretty clear what they will be like (not Primer). And that is alright, maybe I am, sometimes we all should be. Meh, anyways ... at least we both like Drive, that's something I guess.
@balazs955 Friends? I’m not huge on that lol. With challenging content I’m also referring to arthouse stuff (which incidentally includes Drive, maybe try some of NWR’s other films like Bronson if you were into that one), because right now you’re only watching the most normie, mainstream stuff that’s out there, which in turn leads to your takes being basic and poorly thought out. Not that you can’t also watch dumb action films, you can of course (I’ve actually given positive ratings to some Fast and Furious films, many Marvel films before Endgame, 300, lots of 80s classics, just to name a few), but there are still standards, even for that kind of movie. I hate this mentality of ‘just shut your brain off/don’t take anything seriously’, I think that’s really dumb and just an excuse to justify that you’re watching crap.
I can't believe I am actually admitting this, but I actually had fun with Red Notice and Ghosted for what they were. This movie was absolutley terrible.
Review by JordyVIP 8BlockedParent2022-07-14T20:57:37Z— updated 2022-07-24T08:51:29Z
Between this and Cherry, it’s becoming more and more clear that the MCU’s best director is called Kevin Feige.
Netflix clearly spent a lot of money on this, you can feel the price of your subscription going up with every new set piece that’s introduced, but the end results are still unforgivingly bland and generic nonetheless.
It’s their attempt to compete with Bond, Bourne or Mission Impossible, but if anything this feels like a poser imitation of those superior blockbuster franchises. The plot is in fact literally ripping off both Skyfall and The Bourne Identity at the same time, but forgets about any of their depth in regards to story and character.
The Russos are clearly trying to recapture that same tone and spark from their Captain America: The Winter Soldier days, but they end up making something that’s more akin to the quality of Red Notice.
In terms of directing they kinda got outdone by their own second unit director with his Netflix action flick, as I’d argue that Extraction is a marginally better film than this.
The action’s poorly done and cheaply put together, lots of annoying editing choices (heavy overuse of drone shots, quick cuts and can the Russos pick a normal font for once?), corny dialogue, distractingly bad CGI, boring visuals and music (why is everything so low contrast, foggy and muddy?); not a lot to recommend about this one.
The acting’s fine, Evans is having a blast, but I have absolutely no idea why an extremely picky actor like Ryan Gosling chose this script in the first place. It seems like a paycheck movie for someone of his caliber. Just watch The Nice Guys instead of this if you want to see Goose in an action comedy, we don’t need these 200 million dollar direct to streaming action films.
4/10