I’m so lost as to what is happening. The whole journey to the underworld was a waste of time and distraction. Only 3 episodes left, I hope they make sense of this story.
Like Rob Schneider, I thought people didn't like Shazam 2 because of the anti-vax rhetoric but in fact it's because it's infantile and it sucks.
This pale Disney knockoff suffers from an insistence on bad jokes, a glut of product placement and a rash of bad acting. I mean, come on, this made Thor: Love and Thunder look like a comedic masterpiece.
2 hours and 38 minutes of what? literally the most dull film i’ve seen in so long. Nothing is ever explained and I cannot understand the hype to this film.
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
Did you all give high ratings to make a point? Half way through the movie I could not keep my eyes open. Seriously... 8.7 / 10 in IMDB. Crazy!
That was the weakest episode of this season so far.
And I still don't understand why they needed to name a "random recurring character" James Kirk for no apparent reason, since it's obviously not Kirk (they could have called him Jim Carrey).
So if I understand correctly, this demon has been around since 1959. Therefore has nothing to do with the upside down. So this show is simply fighting demons now? Aka, becoming cliché with known characters.
What a waste of Rami Malek and Christop Waltz….
Story made no sense…
This is not a James Bond movie TBH should have had a different name
I give it a 4 for the bar scene that was good… the rest better skip and go back to watch some of the classics…
I'm not so sure whether I've simply forgotten how to have fun with really stupid movies or whether Matthew Vaughn simply can't manage to make his truly dumb movies fun anymore. After 'The King's Man' and now 'Argylle', however, I'm leaning towards the second scenario. Because in the director's new movie, it feels like he's shouting 'Have fun already' in the audience's face the whole time. But you just can't force that to happen.
Vaughn's unique style is still clearly recognizable, but somehow it no longer works as well as in his earlier films. This is particularly evident in the colorful and absurd action sequences in the finale, which are extremely dynamic but still bored me to death. And honestly, the whole cliché of CGI fluids splashing around in action scenes and leaving no trace on the characters' clothes is something I just don't want to see anymore (I'm looking at you, 'Renfield').
The story can't save the movie, either. Apart from a whole series of twists, one of which is stupider than the next, it has nothing to offer. The characters are also weak. On top of that, the runtime is far too long, so I definitely won't ever watch this movie again. Accordingly, I have absolutely no interest in this franchise or the hinted-at crossover.
Eleanor and Chidi STILL have ZERO chemistry — and I honestly think their relationship has been detrimental to the show.
I actually thought it was slightly overrated. Don't get me wrong. It's a well-made movie with a great screenwriting and the acting was good. But the story didn't really grab me along. I don't see where it is anything but just a good movie. I can see why it gets the praise it does. Maybe it's not really my type of film.
The movie feels absolutely soulless to me. I was not able to find compassion to any characters. And I didn't like how original scores were mixed with some random music tracks. I can't describe it, but I feel there are plot holes the size of a giant Swiss cheese.
It also painfully reminded me The Midnight Sky, I actually thought Hanks was there too.
I was cringing at the antagonist’s dumb mistakes like I would the protagonists in a horror movie.
Movie took itself way too seriously to have such a generic motivation for henry cavil. First half of the movie was fine. IMO first half should've had more henry, and there should’ve been more focus on the fights rather than the chases. but the second half was so predictable and boring, really just took me outta the movie.
This movie is trash, and they should stop making this series.
Everyone seems to love this movie, yet I did not. I want to say that it wasn’t a bad movie it’s just that I didn’t get it; however, certain parts actually felt contrived to me. Some of the conversations on the bus felt unnatural and scripted such as the one between the teenage girl and boy discussing some Italian anarchist. The bartender’s female friend came in to fuss at him for taking her cookie jar money. Her performance felt a little off as well. For much of the movie, I was painfully aware that I was watching actors rather than becoming immersed in the story.
Perhaps you need to be into poetry to like this movie. I am not particularly interested. So apparently, everyone in Paterson, New Jersey is a poet. There’s the poet William Carlos Williams, the main character also named Paterson (rolling my eyes at this little coincidence), some little girl waiting for her mother and sister who he happens upon, and a Japanese tourist. I didn’t find the poetry aspect of this movie the least bit interesting. To me the most interesting part of this movie is his relationship with his wife.
Paterson seems sad and unhappy with his life. Writing in his notebook is his escape from his dull existence. I’m not sure he’s very thrilled with his bus driving job, yet it gives him a chance to observe people and eavesdrop on passengers’ conversations. I’m not sure how happy he is with his wife either. Sure, they are extremely pleasant to one another and they seem to be affectionate enough and genuinely care for each other, yet something feels off. His wife Laura is beautiful. I get the feeling that was his main, if not his only, motivation for marrying her. Paterson seems to struggle at times to overlook his wife’s ditzy and eccentric manner. She conducts herself in the free-spirited manner of someone who has never had to worry about such mundane things as working to pay the bills. Such are the advantages of female beauty I suppose. She is constantly decorating everything in the house with black patterns on white background. Everything is black and white. One day she is going on about having a cupcake business and the next she is telling him that she wants to order a guitar with lessons for a few hundred dollars so she can become a country music star. During nearly every brief evening interaction with his wife, his face shows displeasure or discomfort with something she says. Most notably when she asks for the expensive guitar and again when she tells him she ordered it. Paterson however just continues to be quiet spoken and polite. Is he afraid to say anything which might upset her? When the guitar arrives, unsurprisingly it is black and white which is probably why she wanted it in the first place. Despite Laura’s somewhat childlike frivolity and naivety, she did make over $200 selling her cupcakes at the farmer’s market and she learned an impressive amount on the guitar in the first day. Perhaps Paterson is simply doing his best to support his wife and avoid negativity while he bears the brunt of the real world. It seems odd to me that although he is gone all day at work, he only spends an hour or so with his wife before he takes the dog for a “walk” and stops to hang out in a bar. This furthers my belief that their relationship is based primarily on sex and beyond that they have no real connection. His life wouldn’t suck so bad if they were actually friends and could share common interests and truly enjoy each other’s company outside the bedroom. She seems a little too eager to have him take the dog for a walk every evening. I actually suspected her of having an affair at one point.
Anyhow, Paterson is distraught when his notebook is destroyed by the dog. (Should have made copies like is wife urged him so often to do.) This is when he has the strange interaction with the Japanese poet tourist who gives him a new notebook when parting ways. So, it seems he’ll get over his loss and soldier on.
Look, we all bring a bit of ourselves into the interpretation of a movie. We see things from our perspective which is shaped by our life experiences. Perhaps I did not like this movie because I could not relate to the main character. Although pleasant and open to others, he is completely void of any personality. The only things he ever says to his wife is in response to her questions.
Bottom line is that I was unable to care about the main character, Paterson. His life is boring because he is boring. Although he has nothing to offer, he does manage to touch the lives of others by just being there and listening. The only real things he has to say, he writes in his notebook, which is destroyed and lost forever. The true tragedy of this story is not that he lost his notebook, but that he chooses to put himself into the notebook rather than share himself with his wife and others.
Walking out of Warcraft, the overriding feeling is one of a missed opportunity - this is by no means a disaster and there is plenty of potential here. The scope of the film is impressive and it's clear there is a lot of world-building going on here for future sequels. Part of the problem, however, is there is simply too much plot going on with not enough time devoted to a central thread - the director's admission that some 40 minutes have been cut is not surprising. This is a film that has ambition to be an epic, with many threads introduced to carry over to potential future films and glimpses of many different settings in this new world, but consequently there is a rushed feel to the central plot of this film with not enough time devoted to developing the relationships and motivations of the central characters, Thus plot developments and twists whilst potentially interesting do not have the emotional impact desired making it difficult to really care about what happens. It is a shame because what there is here works surprisingly well - Jones' ambition is to ensure the audience is invested in both sides of the conflict rather than the obvious human side. Perhaps there may well be a future director's cut that restores some much needed character work and slows down the pace a little.
So disappointing. My expectations were already rock bottom. Bad acting, bad dialogue, predictable story, boring characters. Some of the costumes looked like comic con outfits. Couldn't even get the Neimoidian voices right. It genuinely felt like I was watching a Doctor Who episode at some points (and not a good one). Star Wars is officially dead and Disney killed it.
The fight scenes were quite impressive. I was not happy that Carrie Ann Moss was killed off right away. But overall a decent episode.
Weakest episode of the season. That Covid plot feels like 4 years old. Bruce cameo was wasted.
This is the most overrated movie I have ever seen. It is not a terrible movie but people giving this 9's and 10's must be in love with the smell of Timothee Chalamets farts.
Some of the dialogue in this movie is laughably bad which is a shame because the cast is extremely strong and capable.
There were pacing issues throughout the movie - the fight at the end seemed like it just kinda happened with no build up. There was no tension or payoff to the big battle, just a big fight with a bunch of decent looking CGI.
Austin Butlers character and the Harkinnen moments were the best parts of the movie. I enjoyed that arc.
The penultimate moment of Timothee vs Austin was super predictable, and executed in a dull and boring way. The outcome was also very obvious.
Great visuals, although I would not say "innovative" visuals. The Creator, released last year, for example, was far more visually appealing than Dune Part Two, on a lower budget.
Super mid movie, worth your money, and nice to look at (especially in IMAX) but giving this a 9 or 10 is wild
I'm down for dumb comedies, but when all you have is dumb, there's nothing fun or interesting about that. This was a huge swing and a miss on the part of the scriptwriters. There was nothing funny about any of this, and I don't know who Andrew Santino is, but his delivery comes across as mean-spirited rather than playful or funny. I don't know what William H. Macy was doing slumming in this.
I'm sorry to say it but this episode was weaker than the first two. The David character is ruining it. Most of the others can pass for real people even if they're goofy at times; David just seems like a cartoon.
It won't last past 10 episodes at this rate, laugh track every 1.5 seconds, cannot hold a candle to the original series.
The revival wasn’t bad, but it also wasn’t any where near as funny as the original. I wanted to love it, but it was very like every CBS sitcom, like" "Mike and Molly" for example.
The competence on display really reminds you that the best of the original series was a masterclass in ensemble cast work. Kelsey slips into the role like a pair of socks, as for the rest of the cast, I'm reserving my judgment until I’ve watched at least a few more episodes.
Definitely feels like they're just trying to replace characters like for like. I get that David is basically doing his best Niles impression, but something isn’t clicking here, so far he seems to have been written like Shelton from Big Bang Theory to me rather than Niles. Flipping the Martin/Frasier dynamic with Frasier/Freddie just feels like "been there, done that". I'm worried about Frasier not having anyone to snob around with, I felt that his and Niles' discussions about clothing, opera etc. were quite important. Alan doesn't seem to fill that slot, and neither does David.
The canned laughter is spoiling the funny bits. It's on almost every damn line. Do people really need to be told when to laugh?
I’m hoping that it gets funnier as the characters develop.
Not sure what this season is about yet, but I'm having trouble dealing with the lack of wrinkles and changes of shape in the faces of Aniston and Witherspoon. They look like a Madamme Toussaud's version of themselves. Fortunately there's Julianna Margulies: wrinkled and beautiful and looking like an older version of her younger self.
Feels so surreal still to be seeing Bo Katan in this show and in such a big role, she definitely is the highlight of the episode as Din is pretty bland right now tbh
This might be one of the worst things I've ever seen. I was going to write a whole breakdown of what didn't work and why, but then I realised that this thing isn't worth a single extra moment of my time. I'm merely here to recommend that you don't watch this.
I didn't expect much from this film and while it won't go into the hall of fame, it was really good.
Was pure action with a little plot but sometimes simple works. If you're looking for a movie that is essentially one long fight scene and love swords then this is for you.
This season switched the show from alternate history to science fiction, with artificial gravity oversized space ship with touchscreens. Still no cell phones.