Day 1 of Ryan Gosling filmography binge
Like a warm hug on a rainy day. Undeniably heartfelt, deep and comforting. I had the plot figured out pretty quickly but the magic of the movie lies in Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams and their chemistry. Truly remarkable performance from both of them. The movies is at it's best when both of them are on screen and their characters are really well written and executed. The storytelling was intriguing keeping me invested throughout the whole movie with pure raw emotion.
The Notebook- 8.2/10
Ryan Gosling- 8.5/10
[ EN ] Replace alien invasion with AI revolution and You will see our near future.
[ PL ] Zamień inwazję obcych na rewolucję AI, a zobaczysz naszą najbliższą przyszłość.
"You have laws for these things until they fail, then you have me"
Look, I'm not gonna sugarcoat it. This movie's plot is about as thin as Jason Statham's hair. Speaking of Statham holy shit he has got to bee one of the best modern action stars ever. Statham is no Shakespearian actor but when you see action and Statham together you know it's gonna be good. From the get-go you can see this movie was heavily inspired by John Wick and it's not a bad thing at all.
By means the movie has one of the most mediocre plot and story ever, nothing too big and unoriginal but the direction was good in this, the action choreography and the sound design holy shit the sound design was god tier. I loved every second of it, I am glad they didn't crack many jokes because even the few ones in the movie didn't land at all.
Overall one of the better executed modern action movies but falls short in terms of script, it all depends on how you expect it to be.
"Fuck bruh!"
Not enough bee puns.
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Aquaflop: Deep Dive into Dissapointment
Another disappointing movie from the superhero genre. Who would've guessed right? Like most superhero movies I went in with shallow expectations. Aquaman 2 is filled with CGI soaked fighting sequences, terribly done dialogue and some pun-derwater jokes (I am proud of that pun). The only good thing about the movie that got going on is Patrick Wilson's acting and Jason Momoa's charm. But not even that is enough to save this shipwreck of a movie.
Overall I would rather recommend you to skip this watery mess.
Did Aquaman just reference Loki and Azkaban in the same sentence? Lol
Mass doesn’t offer a clean, finite answer to its central question, rather choosing to show the messy, raw and emotional wreckage left behind in the aftermath of a school shooting. It’s moving and powerful seeing the parents on either side of the tragedy grapple with the reality they’ve been handed, over analysing everything to see if there was any hint or sign they could have spotted in the build up; whether anything they’d done had contributed. Some truly great performances lead by a delicate script that knows how to tactfully approach such a topic, Mass isn’t easy viewing, but those willing to face the grim subject matter will be rewarded with a contemporary great in the drama genre.
‘Let's make a haunted movie but it can't be a haunted house, so let's think outside the box’
‘I've got an idea how about a haunted swimming pool’
Shitty movie with a shitty premise. Not scary and what a dreadful ending like someone died and there's zero emotion. Creators just use Ghosts as an excuse to make shit up.
Like a conversation with a goose: nonsensical and silly.
Before the movie started, I thought there's no way this could be a movie about a haunted backyard swimming pool but then the Blumhouse logo floated onto the screen and I realized what I was in for.
Some genuine moments of suspense but most of this movie is as all wet as a goose's ass.
AI-written drivel about a possessed swimming pool that resorts to loud noises and cheap tricks to try and stay entertainingly scary for its intended adolescent audience. Devoid of any real merit, Night Swim only succeeds in wasting your time. Give it a miss, it's not even funny-bad, it's just offensively cookie cutter and cliché.
This is that typical January horror release where a studio decides to cash in on the underdeveloped tastes of teenagers, which is something Hollywood has been doing for almost as long as the genre has been invented (so don’t hate me, we’ve all been taken advantage of at some point). It’s just another dumb, uninteresting possession movie with some of the worst editing and use of sound I’ve seen in a horror movie in a while. Lots of schlocky scares, dreadful lines and terrible performances. I will admit that there were a couple of neat visual choices between the bad camera pans and cheesy CGI, for example I liked some of the underwater shots. Besides that it really stinks, skip it.
2/10
Third time's the charm! After two lackluster movies, Kenneth Branagh finally gets it. Despite continously trying to make Poirot belive in the supernatural, and the dumbed down ending, somehow, this one seemed to be better acted (best Poirot by Mr. Branagh) and scripted than the previous ones. Cinematography was also quite chilly and lovely, above previous endeavours. Tina Fey was an unexpected but welcomed and pleasant surprise.
I had lost my hopes on these movies, but now I'm definitely curious to see if things continue to improve in future ones (should there be more of them).
Forget about dumb isekai and overpowered anime with convoluted power systems, Frieren is the opposite, a calm slow burn slice of life. It's everything you need from a fantasy adventure.
Oppenheimer is not a movie, it's a film, it's a masterclass achievement in the history of cinema, a ridiculous achievement in filmmaking and a spectacular experience that should be studied. It's a cinematic detonator, exploding with tension and brilliance. I can't sweat it enough to recommend how good of a movie Oppenheimer is, but it doesn't always cater to the mass.
Everyone's talking about Brendan Fraser, but Hong Chau and Sadie Sink are equally incredible here. This movie would not work without them.
Definitely not an easy watch. If you're anything like me, make sure to have a box of tissues handy.
A man has a code.
This was a very peaks-and-troughs season for me, but the finale kinda locked it all into place and I think I'm coming away pretty positively overall. It's by no means a fantastic piece of television, but it is a good season of Fargo; its core message of compassion and understanding is refreshing and wholesome, even if you have to push through some grim topics and large, heavy-handed American political allegories to get there.
Why does this feel like I'm watching one of Kamala's Captain Marvel fanfics
3/10 (+1 for Hailee cameo)
Look, I wouldn't waste your time yapping how bad The Marvels is – the internet's got that covered. Let's just say Nick Fury could've seen the plot twist with one eye closed, blindfolded, and asleep.
To begin with,I went in expecting a lukewarm 5/10 with some good fighting scenes, but even that was too optimistic of me. Captain Marvel was also a mediocre movie for me, too bland and generic with little to no plot. The general formula for a sequel is to take everything in the prequel and make it a thousand times better. Same weak formula, tripled down on everything that made the first one meh. Poorly written female character? Triple it. Forgettable villains? Check. Corny and forced jokes? Check. Recycled plot lines? Recycle it again.
Overall its a cosmic snooze-fest.
Aye, this one's a proper fecking art fellas, mind you.
I'm just gonna start the whole review by talking about the scenery in the movie, like holy shit it was so fecking beautiful. The camera angles, the cinematography. I could smell atmosphere of the hills through my screen, Jaysus.
It's a slow burn story about grudges, very down to earth and plain simple, but it's done so well. The humour is sharp as it gets, and the characters are one of the biggest strength of the movie apart from the scenery. It's got twists and turns and everything you think will happen in this movie, will not happen and that kept me guessing and wanting for more. I went in expecting a funny movie like 'In Bruges' and boy was I wrong.
That said, if ye're lookin' for a slow burn film equally funny as it is emotional, grab a pint sit back relax and give 'Banshees of Inisherin' a try, now if ye'll excuse me I've gotta get meself a feckin' miniature donkey, like.
No better way to start the year than an extremely mediocre netflix movie. Don't know about Lift but this movie definitely dropped down to one of the worst movies I've ever watched.
What an incredibly boring movie. Totally lost interest after an hour with no incentive to carry on.
I always thought Napoleon to be an interesting character but after watching this I couldn't care less. He rather seems to be some kind of idiot. Also, the events in this movie are rushed through in a manner that is hard to follow and therefore hard to connect with. The only positive I can offer from this movie are the costumes and the sets.
According to imdb this movie made 214m$ worldwide. With a budget of about 200m this is a colossal failure. And I totally understand why.
A lot of the movie was good, but it just had such terrible character decisions that really took away from the quality of the film. It made me really frustrated.
"Look into my eyes. Look me in the eyes. What do you see? Do you see anything? Nothing. There's nothing. There's nothing."
Wow. Beautiful. Elegant. Amazing.
Mads Mikkelsen, you are a damn legend.
I got massive GTA 5 vibes from this. Just look at it: heists, hijacking cars, more heists, criminals being portrayed as eccentric & nuts, planning heists in an abandoned urban building; hard to miss the influence.
It still feels like an Edgar Wright film though. In fact, it very much starts like one of his comedies, but then it takes a complete tonal shift around the halfway mark. It becomes much darker, and it’s suddenly driven by tension instead of jokes.
A lot of movies can’t pull that off, but this one does simply because you can look at this premise as lighthearted, but there’s nothing too ridiculous or stupid for it not to work as a serious thriller either.
The directing and editing are really stylish and inventive, the performances are good, plenty of character development (a lot of which is done visually), excellent music selection, and there are a few twists in the second half I didn’t see coming.
My only complaint is that the romance subplot starts a bit clunky, but it evens out as the film goes along.
8.5/10
The claustrophobic and stifling social-horror that Upon Entry manages to weave with such a limited runtime and scope is quite the achievement; an absolute masterclass in minimalist filmmaking to maximum effect. An open critique of the dehumanising US border control, while also asking us to question how well we know the people we hold dear. Impressive, yet equally terrifying. Just how I like it.
Guarantee that this wouldn't be made in today's overly sensitive USA.
While some of the performances are actually painful to watch in my opinion, I suppose this is worth a watch simply for the infamous ending.
Really saved by how fun it is, the action and comedy are pure 80s cheese in the best possible way. However, the acting’s pretty unconvincing, the cinematography and score aren’t great (it particularly suffers from loud, gated reverb drums, marimbas that feel out of place as well as poor sound mixing) and the story is pretty disposable. It’s very predictable, emotionally I didn’t care whatsoever, but it’s impossible not to smile when watching this. Call it a guilty pleasure if you want (I don’t really believe in that term myself), but if you’re someone who can find enjoyment in the later Fast and Furious films, you’ll probably like it.
5.5/10
What a delight. Flipping genres on a dime and with a cautionary tale of modern virality and the destruction it brings to those hunted by it, Dream Scenario is a fantastic smorgasbord of ideas that really shouldn't come together as well as it does. Not many films can be funny, tragic and scary in equal measure and still come out feeling as complete as this movie does. Excellence, I can't wait to watch it again.
Podcast-on-film is one of my favourite trends of recent years. Dialogue heavy, one room features that tackle layered topics and demand the viewer to sit up and engage with the nuanced topics they're grappling. The Artifice Girl is a great example of this format, with an exceptionally thought-provoking premise, limited characters and minimalistic sets. After a strong opening and follow-up salvo with Act 1 and 2, it stretches a little too far with the finale, falling under the weight of its own wordy dialogue and wobbly performances, but that doesn't completely diminish what The Artifice Girl manages to achieve with so little in the first hour. Really good lo-fi sci-fi stuff.
