In a vast sea of cheesy Christmas movies, this one is surprisingly entertaining and lovely. The story is quite sweet and the cast is actually talented! If these types of films are your guilty pleasure during festive season, make sure you don't skip this one!
If you watch this movie from the perspective of the time in which it was made, then you can appreciate it for what it is - an absolutely spectacular cinematic achievement. The shots of the space station, shuttles and space in general are visually stunning especially if watched on a big screen in 4K and HDR. But, unfortunately it seems that the movie relies heavily just on that - visuals. The story itself drags on forever, and even the docking to the space station or flying out in shuttle takes more than ten minutes. As gorgeous as those shots are, one can get easily bored after watching a ship docking indefinitely. At one point I felt like watching some documentary instead of a Sci-Fi movie. The plot picks up a bit after Hal 9000 turns against the crew, but that is quickly resolved, and then there's a half an hour of (as someone here said) psychedelic scenes which are not properly explained. I could only assume Dave went through some kind of black hole or wormhole and saw his future. The main plot point - the monolith - remained unresolved. It's unknown what it is and does, and who sent it, and you are left wondering why you wasted two and a half hours.
Of course, I went online afterwards to read some interpretations and I guess it makes sense, but the story should have been handled better.
Either way, the fact that this is cinematic achievement still stands regardless of the negative things. And I believe that everyone should watch it at least once in their lifetime. But for me, the movie does not have a re-watch value.
P.S. It bothered me a lot when the astronaut jumped from the shuttle untethered. That was a big mistake. The jump like that would be impossible, he would just float away, never to be seen again.
The best movie I've seen this year. It made me laugh, it made me cry, and gave me this warm, cosy, but melancholic feeling. A must watch!
A comedy that's actually funny, heartwarming and worth watching. Cast is great and Sandra Oh is hilarious.
How could they? :sob::sob::sob: Data was and is the best character in both TNG and Star Trek universe. To just kill him off like that was incredibly cruel and heartbreaking. I hope this isn't how his story truly ended and that they'll bring him back in Picard and explain that he survived somehow. I really don't want the clone to replace him, it's insulting. There's only one, true Data.
Besides the devastating ending, I enjoyed the movie very much.
What an extremely boring movie that got even more awful with that scene between Deckard and Rachael which was nothing else, but a rape. And Deckard was supposed to be a good guy, yeah right. I was so disgusted with it. There's nothing fun and thrilling about this Sci-Fi. Makes me wonder if it's worth to watch the sequel. Probably not.
The movie is not without a flaws, but I must say that they managed to create a perfect movie that caters to fans by including some iconic scenes from the games and Easter eggs (Nolan North cameo was a great moment), but at the same time the one that won't be confusing to the newcomers and can be enjoyed even if you've never played the games.
The cast did a decent job, though they are a bit younger than they should have been.
All in all, it was really a fun watch and, as a big fan of the games, I thoroughly enjoyed this. I hope they will make a sequel.
This was a bit more violent then I thought it would be, but fun nonetheless. Amy Pond really kicked some serious ass, though the fighting scenes were borderline hilarious at the moments. That put aside, it has brilliant cast, solid plot and it's quite nicely shot followed by some good soundtrack. If they make a sequel, I will definitely watch it. 7/10 from me - Very entertaining movie when you just want to relax and enjoy.
The only thing that bothered me in this movie was that Rey renounced her parents' name who died to protect her. It's disrespectful and honestly she disappointed me, so I like her a little less now. I really thought she would see her parents and not Luke and Leia. I know Skywalkers are all gone now and the writers wanted someone to continue the legacy, but she could've just added the Skywalker name to the Palpatine and be Rey Palpatine Skywalker, that way she would be honoring both her parents and the Skywalkers and it would be a much better ending.
This is not a typical Christmas movie. Unlike those Hallmark's generic ones, this one is actually heartfelt. But for goodness sake, if you want to include politics and other cultures, do some research before writing a script! I was annoyed through the whole thing. First of all, Yugoslavia did not exist in 1999, it was already fallen apart and divided into separate countries, so the beginning of the movie was absolutely ridiculous. I was also baffled by that catholic cathedral, but at the end they mentioned they were Croatians, so that's fine since majority are catholics there, but there would not be any singing in English that's for sure. And what on earth does KGB or Poland have to do with EX YU? KGB was agency in Soviet Union, there's no connection with Yugoslavia whatsoever, so I guess that moment and the one where Petra blames Poland supposed to be a comic relief, never mind it makes no sense at all. Ema Thompson's pronunciation of Serbo-Croatian is midly said very bad. She spoke my mother tongue and I couldn't understand a word she said. Her accentuation and pronunciation was Russian, she really could've tried a bit more to learn how to properly say those few sentences she had. Emilia, on the other hand, really put an effort into it and spoke everything correctly.
These idiocy put aside, it's a good movie. Emilia is adorable and wonderful as always. Just for her and that twist at the end, I give it 8/10.
Rami really managed to capture all of the Freddie's moves and mimics, it was a pleasure to watch. He was definitely born to play this role.
I don't get all the hype for this movie. Sure, the music is great, the acting and the chemistry between the leads are good, but the story itself is nothing special. It draged for a while and I was a bit bored. The most exciting moment for me was Brandi Carlile's cameo.
Pretty solid reboot of the franchise. I enjoyed all the references to the 2013 game and Alicia was better Lara than Angelina ever was. Perfect casting choice.
Man, I forgot how much I love this gang! Seeing them all and hearing that intro again really put a big smile on my face. I do wish we had gotten to see more of Lassiter, but due to his health issues it's understandable he didn't have a lot of screen time. Other than that, the movie was everything I expected it to be, fun and full of Shawn and Gus' silly things that made me laugh throughout the film! And now I'm gonna wait patiently for them to announce they are coming back for more seasons! Oh wishful thinking!
P.S. On the side note, I think Zachary was miscast for the role, he just cannot pull off being blonde nor that bad boy style.
"My little baby, off to destroy people." Mushu is so funny. This is one of the best Disney animated movies, always fun to watch.
It ends and you still have no idea what was going on, who was chasing her and why and what the heck was on that film. Anyway, incredibly dumb movie.
