very silly and difficult to suspend disbelief at times but still a fun horror flick.
like others said the twist was very easy to see coming (although some moments had me doubting myself - namely the pets?? jesus christ????) but the pacing was good and it's nice to watch documentaries where the police are competent. also tony kava going "it's what nerds drink instead of eating" about soylent, i'm crying
overall mediocre but it had its moments, most of them involving john cena tbf but also wes telling dean "if you just tell erin the truth, she won't hurt you" after the anecdote about his broken arm on halloween.
plenty of illogical moments (the screaming, the not communicating the blood part sooner, to name a couple) but it's good fantasy and the acting and music is excellent. also, breaking news: in 2024 there are still men out there with masculinity so fragile it can be fractured by a female protagonist in a netflix fairytale
i actually really liked how the film ended! anyone who feels it was a little incomplete or abrupt should check out the plot summary to the book, it obviously has some spoilers for where the plots diverge but i think the changes make sense for the change in media format. also think it's a fun fact that the screenplay was adapted by the author and her husband together!
definitely watch this, it's very sweet and also interesting af.
this was fun as hell and i feel genuinely bad for anyone who didn't enjoy it. not a cinematic masterpiece, absolutely a weak villain, but this is the mcu—fun is all i want out of the franchise these days.
i rewatched and i can confirm i was confused by the large screen and logan lerman
this made me realize i have a bad habit of thinking pretty movie posters = good movie
ridiculous and unhinged in a mostly good way. unsure if it was worth the countless moments of secondhand embarrassment it served up. rosamund pike was the absolute peak of this movie and i refuse to hear anything otherwise
well fwiw the contrast of family-friendly simplicity in plot and gags and the insane amount of gore worked for me. it specifically worked because of the cast, especially david harbour.
i get why the movie's pg-13; even if the game wasn't geared at a younger audience, it still became massively popular with them. i've never played the games but i really like watching letsplays by content creators i follow and this movie was entertaining and fun by those standards. it definitely wasn't at all scary and was very light on jump scares, but it was decently acted (unsure why anyone says it wasn't, matthew lillard's in it come ON) and the story kept me engaged. i liked the cameos and man the best choice they made was having the animatronics be real puppets and not cgi. i wish more movies would use practical effects tbh.
the sticking points for me are really small and probably dumb to the average viewer but i've always resented the way that people treat prescription medication in movies and tv. it's reckless and maliciously ignorant sometimes and perpetuates a lot of stupid misinformation about mental health. and it's happened in this movie (a character just throwing someone's sleeping pills into a lake - but whatever maybe in 2000 it was easier to get an early refill on an rx) and another one in 2022 (portraying a daily antidepressant as something you can pop casually whenever you need it) so it's clearly a problem that's still alive and well. also that pharmacist should be fired
imagine watching a movie titled "the NUN ii" and then being enraged that it focused on two women
i don't mind long movies - i just think this one didn't need to be as long as it was. but the acting is good and i like benicio del toro pretty much no matter what his role is.
it's not a masterpiece but it's fun and tbh that's a major motivator for me when watching movies
i like a movie i can do other shit during as much as an engaging one so tbh this was good background noise
i liked it a lot, specifically because of dylan o'brien's performance! but i will say it's highly open to interpretation and very philosophical which, as someone with adhd that goes on rabbit holes just by breathing, aren't my favorite. but it's definitely a watchable and worthwhile movie imo.
i think if you're sick of superhero movies you might like this all the more for it. it's cheesy and silly and takes itself seriously far less often than it pokes fun at itself. also khaji-da's character growth arc is big cute.
very good - i think it benefits from the fact that it centers on a group of teenagers because lbr teenagers aren't all sorted out in their brains yet and pretty much the only ones who would think this was a fun adrenaline rush of a game. it's definitely following some standard horror stereotypes but it's not bad for doing so, it's enjoyable when a horror movie keeps the tropes that the genre's defined by but does right by them. the acting's solid too, from the whole cast.
also, god, so gross. and not even in the gory moments, very much in the "oh this is being documented this poor person" way. so glad i was a teenager when social media was just myspace bc i don't think i'd have made it to adulthood with all my horrific missteps recorded forever on the internet
imagine if this was how everyone could get rid of their daddy issues
i don't think this movie ripped anything off; it uses some tropes very well done in the past but at the end of the day it's as inventive as anything can be in 2023, aka when we've done literally every idea to death and all that's left is to adapt other media that hasn't been made into tv or movies yet. it's not a groundbreaking movie but in terms of sci-fi thriller it's engaging and entertaining. the twists are fun minus the mid-credits scene—it feels like it's setting up for a sequel that no one wants or needs and i thought we'd done away with that kind of thing after horror movies beat it to death.
tl;dr: it's a fun watch for its genre. comparisons are fine but don't discount a movie because it shares some tropes with blockbusters.
another movie i'm loosely reminded of is the first dr. strange given the whole time-and-space reality bending thing the big bad could do. yes, inception had a similar "construct" concept but that took place in dreams, in the subconscious—not in physical space after resetting someone's brain. do i think inception did the construct thing more innovatively? absolutely. do i think christopher nolan owns the entire concept of constructed scenarios to alter human perception? no. also, christopher nolan is doing great and has a fuck ton of money, he doesn't need anyone to white knight him.
i cried more times than i am comfortable admitting
it's entertaining background tv. people seeking quality and something meaningful out of a franchise have forgotten that we're in late stage capitalism i think
also—highly recommend watching mista gg's breakdown of the movie. he makes a good argument for one of the ways the ambiguous ending could be interpreted!
absolutely grotesque and i loved it. the amount of blood in this movie was hysterical. worth the watch if you like gore, body horror, and evil dead vibes. for those looking to avoid it, there's some sexual violence shown on-screen. i don't really think tasteful is the right word to describe the content, but it's handled... appropriately? at least within the movie genre and context. basically it didn't affect my ability to enjoy watching the film (which i can't say for every horror film i've seen involving sexual violence)
biggest takeaway: i want an owlbear
delightful and full of body horror, the end
gives a lot of detroit become human vibes in a way i enjoyed. it's not a groundbreaking film but it's an enjoyable sci-fi thriller and simu liu was lovely (until i found out about his incel ties)
it's enjoyable but 5 was better. i did love all the easter eggs though.
went in with no expectations besides "i love garrett hedlund," wasn't disappointed. acted well but definitely formulaic.
