Godzilla x Kong more like Kong ft. Godzilla. Bro didn't have any screentime in his own movie.
Anyways this doesn't even feel like you're watching the latest monsterverse movie but more like the same old movie you've seen a morbillion times. There's literally no story or plot and the added exposition does nothing to the already hollow plot. Don't get me wrong the action was fantastic, the CGI was great but as always there's so much of it. Bernie was funny as heck and I loved his performance and also that pewdiepie looking guy was fine too I guess.
Initially I wanted to give this a light 6 but there's just so much criticism. I hate that little girl she adds nothing until she's forced to, the whole movie she was like an NPC with two default emotes ☹:slight_smile:. Scarking is probably the most underwhelming villain yet, my guy is built like damn stick, not threatening at all, also he could've been introduced way earlier in the movie. I love the action but there's just so much of it at the end, basically a CGI-fest, my head started to hurt after a while probably because I watched it in 3d. The main thing that brings the movie down is again the human characters, silly and boring dialogue and over the top humor from Trapper, like Bernie was funny but Trapper didn't really do it for me. I love Kong and his story arc was really great with mini-kong but come on we all love Godzilla more, he is just too OP. I think we all know they'll never add a story ever in a monster-verse movie but eh it is what it is I guess.
Guess I won't be beating the "bro doesn't know how to have fun" allegations.
-1 point for naming it Godzilla x Kong and not have a kiss scene at the end
I never thought they could make a 2 hour movie with Emma Stone in multiple sex scene's this bad, but they did.
Denis Villeneuve is the man!
There’s only one word that came into my mind after watching it: finally.
Finally, a blockbuster that isn’t afraid to be primarily driven by drama and tension, and doesn’t undercut its own tone by throwing in a joke every 30 seconds.
Finally, a blockbuster that puts actual effort in its cinematography, and doesn’t have a bland or calculated colour palette.
Finally, a blockbuster with a story that has actual substance and themes, and doesn’t rely on intertextual references or nostalgia to create a fake sheen of depth.
Finally, a blockbuster that doesn’t pander to China by having big, loud and overblown action sequences, but relies on practical and grounded spectacle instead (it has big sand worms, you really don’t need to throw anything at the screen besides that).
Finally, a blockbuster that actually feels big, because it isn’t primarily shot in close ups, or on a sound stage.
And of course: finally, a blockbuster that isn’t a fucking prequel, sequel, or connected to an already established IP somehow.
(Yeah, I know Tenet did those things as well, but I couldn’t get into that because the characters were so flat and uninteresting).
This just checks all the boxes. An engaging story with subtext, very well set up characters, great acting (like James Gunn, Villeneuve's great at accentuating the strengths of limited actors like Dave Bautista and Jason Momoa), spectecular visuals and art design (desaturated but not in an ugly washed out way), pacing (slow but it never drags), directing, one of Hans Zimmer’s best scores: it’s all here.
I only have one real criticism: there’s too much exposition, especially in the first half.
It can occasionally hold your hand by referencing things that have already been established previously, and some scenes of characters explaining stuff to each other could’ve been conveyed more visually.
Other than that, it’s easily one of the best films of the year.
I’ve seen some people critiquing it for being incomplete, which is true, but this isn’t just a set up for a future film.
It feels like a whole meal, there are pay offs in this, and the characters progress (even if, yes, their arcs are still incomplete).
8.5/10
Same as the others, how this is rated high is beyond me.
Rinse repeat, Rinse repeat, Rinse repeat, Rinse repeat, Rinse repeat, Rinse repeat, Rinse repeat, Rinse repeat, Rinse repeat, Rinse repeat, Rinse repeat, Rinse repeat, Rinse repeat, Rinse repeat, Rinse repeat, Rinse repeat, Rinse repeat, Rinse repeat...
Crap! Boring. Crap! Boring! Crap.
If it was AT LEAST 1 hour shorter it would've been much better. They streched it too far, it was my first time sleeping at the cinema. seriously, I took a good 20 min nap and missed some parts. And that wasn't just me, my friend did too lol. Overall it's not too bad but it really gets boring watching Jhon Wick fight for that long. I liked the characters and cinematography though. Especially that fire shotgun scene.
Biggest pile of poo violence, nonsense, and a total and utter lack of a script. Perfect for the brain-dead and the spotify generation. The trailer has the full plot. The movie is just an extremely stretched, violent music video.
The worst movie, it seems john Wick mashup fast and furious. Now he will be John Toretto Wick.
Typical action movie that bored me after 25minutes of viewing…. Not worth it…
The same story that makes no sense at all as in 3rd part, this time almost 3 hours long. And even action didn't do it for me, felt like a game in a God mode with nobody dying from bullets or car hits.
It only went downhill from part 1, which I loved. I hope this was the last part, at least for Keanu. I love the guy but he was so painfully slow, especially in compare to Donnie Yen. Who was the best part of this movie, by the way, just fantastic. He did an incredible job fighting in a "blind" style.
Disappointed by the decision to just turn it into a string of choreographed fight scenes.
This is one of the most idiotic movies ever made and the people who rated it higher than 6 are effing morons!!!
John Wick has nothing to offer outside of ridiculous and repetitive fight sequences. It is unintelligent and uninteresting. Just a little mental stimulation is all I ask.
To be honest this was boring.
Nearly three hours of fighting is too long. JW total speech time on screen is less than 15 minutes. Some fighting scenes seem to be performed in rallenty.
Perhaps should have stopped with JW 2.
boring overlong fights with no tension (the guy one shot kills everyone in a bullet proof suit with unlimited ammo. yawn.), long talky lore scenes, an hour longer than it needs to be. the duel at the end was ok i guess. oh, keanu is awful in this. like meme level bad.
They never should have made this into a "universe".
Overly-complicated long fights that make no sense.
Keanu has 10 lines literally.
The only time he delivers lines with emotion is when he's speaking to Laurence Fishburne or - surprisingly - when he's talking in Russian.
Too many new characters that are there only to be killed / to be forgotten and basically nobody cares about them.
The villain is weak.
Too long, which equals too boring.
I am convinced that people just don't get what a good action movie is these days, not only because of the majority of the comments here, but also most people in my theatre liked it so much. Just because there are long complicated fight scenes, doesn't mean that this is a good action movie.
First John Wick film is a perfection. Second one was also very good. I will rewatch them and pretend that this was never a "universe".
Unfortunately just more of the same with fight scenes that we’ve seen many times before just A LOT longer. Why is Fishburne even in this? So many good characters who they refuse to involve and are just there. They introduce Clancy Brown but he’s barely in it and does nothing. The first movie was great with plenty of action and a good story that kept developing. The second was good and started to explore that world deeper but other than the guy in the desert they didn’t bother exploring that world further in 3 and 4 and instead just wanted more bullets.
Worst movie I have half watched all year, deleted after 45min
Brendan was great. This movie, however, was mid.
Wow. What a sad depressing movie sheesh.
Drama which does not impress. Reasons include the acting and the plot a bit flat, the plot construction a bit predictable and the ending a bit silly, the unimpressive cinematography, and the fact that in Europe such plot would not be realistic.
A beautifully shot and acted, piece of shit. I would rather die in the apocalypse than watch this again.
Babylon is a visually stunning film that takes viewers on a creative journey. The movie is not afraid to step outside the box, and it delivers a unique and captivating experience. The soundtrack is particularly noteworthy, adding an extra layer of emotion to an already powerful story. Overall, I loved this film and would highly recommend it to anyone looking for a thought-provoking and visually stunning cinematic experience.
Am I the only one who loved this movie?
Sure, it's not perfect. But it shoots for the moon and, in my opinion, mostly succeeds.
This was a huge step down from the previous film. I thought the first act was straight-up bad and not at all enjoyable. The COVID mentions felt dated and overly forced, and this film only just came out. That doesn't bode well for how this film will age. However, once the film gets going it gets better and is enjoyable, and they drop the COVID stuff, which in turn, actually makes the COVID mentions at the beginning feel even worse and more pointless than they had felt initially.
I thought that the plot felt far more simple and extremely predictable compared to the first film. I also thought that the characters (aside from Blanc), were largely much worse - both in writing, and performances given by the cast.
Daniel Craig and Benoit Blanc is just as good as he was in the first film, and he absolutely steals the show every time he's on screen. I also found Janelle Monáe as both Andi and Helen to be decent. Edward Norton's billionaire character, Miles Bron, was a mixed bag, and although he started out quite interesting with some potential, I found his character to inevitably be overly shallow and poorly written.
As far as the rest of the cast went? It wasn't so good. Most of them, such as Whiskey, were simply bland and forgettable. But others were downright awful characters that were overly shallow and just plain annoying. Kate Hudson's 'Birdie' was probably the worst offender here, and I found that her character lowered the quality of every scene she appeared in.
I realise that this review has been largely negative, but what I will say is that Glass Onion is still a mostly fun and entertaining experience for the majority of its runtime. I had a lot of fun watching it (aside from the first twenty minutes or so), and I don't regret it at all. I'd recommend watching it if you enjoyed the original film, but I just don't think it's anywhere close to being anything great like its predecessor was.
I don't mind that this is a comedy. I do mind that it's not funny.
I ended up walking out of the theater I just couldn't take torture in myself any longer why did they do this to this movie.
This was painful. Waititi is so obsessed with trying to make every line of dialogue comedic, even when it makes no sense, constant slapstick undermines any drama and turns it into a spoof of a Marvel movie. I watched this in a packed cinema and there was very few laughs from the audience. Even watching Christian Bale eat the scenery wasn't worth it.
Maybe Taika needs to sit down with Gunn to get a lesson in how to balance delivering laughs and drama. Ultimately however the box office receipts will be sufficient shield for any criticism.
Was this parody? I hoped this was parody. I hoped Thor would wake up from a dream or they’d say the whole first half was a play in New Asgard. Oh my word. The last third was probably the saving grace. What potential Gorr the God-Butcher had, what potential a movie featuring eternity had. Garbage. The MCU is done.
