I really loved Thor Ragnarok, and I love Taika Waititi as a director, but this movie was a huge disappointment for me. The humour was too much, the pacing felt off, and the actual plot of the film was exceptionally weak. Aside from a few scenes with Christian Bale as Gorr, I really struggled to enjoy this one. There was a really nice use of colour in the film though, and I thought that it ended well, but overall it just truly felt like a mess, and I think it's easily the weakest of the Thor movies. I think the only MCU movie I disliked more than this one was Eternals.
After watching this, I'll think twice before watching any Marvel/Disney movie or show. The endgame was really the end of Marvel era. Now we only get shiny and colourful visuals with terrible storyline.
We've kinda come full circle with these superhero films when you think about it.
After the camp of the 90s, directors like Nolan and Singer reset the tone of superhero movies in the 2000's to something that was more grounded and serious, which in turn laid a lot of the groundwork for the MCU.
Here we have Taika Waititi providing a throwback to the Joel Schumacher days.
If that's your thing you'll probably dig it, but it's definitely not my brand of camp.
I’m not exactly a Thor: Ragnarok fan (nor the other two Thor films). I don’t have a problem with its silly tone, because I’m not a manchild who needs to see his childhood validated, but a lot of its comedy didn’t click with me (even after a rewatch). Everything that didn’t work for me in that film is amped up to an eleven here.
There are some serious points in it where the acting choices, slapstick/childish/hokey comedy, overly bright colors, gay undertones, overdesigned costumes (no nipples yet, but give Taika another film and we'll see what happens) and godawful music choices started to give me genuine flashbacks to stuff like Batman Forever, not quite the thing you want to remind me of.
It's not a complete disaster; the performances by Natalie Portman, Tessa Thompson and especially Christian Bale are generally quite good. I'm also glad Marvel seems to have definitively found the saturation button back after Guardians 2, even if the framing/lighting with the visuals remains uninspired and maintains a general level of artifice that makes it look like shit. I believe they used the volume stages for most of the production, and like Obi Wan or The Book of Boba Fett, it’s very noticeable for most of the runtime.
The story's not all that interesting and makes no sense when you put any thought into it, but that's fine given that there is some progression with most of the main characters, even if Thor’s character arc throughout the MCU is all over the place at this point. As with most Marvel films lately, there is a lot of unnecessary exposition (e.g. the Korg narrated flashbacks are really clunky), but where it really drops the ball for me is with the balancing of tone and plot elements. I already thought that the darker stuff in Thor: Ragnarok didn't blend that well with the goofy scenes on the trash planet, but there's even more tonal whiplash here. Christian Bale is giving this excellent, terrifying performance, but he's not in the same movie as Chris Hemsworth, who's playing even more of a Thor parody than he was in Avengers: Endgame. One moment we're invested in this heavy, emotional story with Natalie Portman, and then we cut back to a goofy love triangle between Thor, his hammer and his axe. It's an unbalanced mess without a sense of stakes.
I also don't know what it is with Taika's comedy in these films, because I think What we do in the shadows, Jojo Rabbit and Hunt for the wilderpeople are all very comedic and smart, but for some reason he really likes his Thor movies excessive and dumb. Screaming goats aren't funny to me, they're a dated meme at best. Maybe it's because Taika can't go edgy and niche with the jokes here, but fuck I really hate his sensibilities for this character.
In short, another major misfire from Marvel if you ask me. I pretty much disliked everything except for a few of the performances. Please go back to making indies Taika, and for the love of god: let James Gunn pick the soundtrack for your next film. Even a film this dumb doesn’t need a Guns ‘N Roses needle drop, let alone four of them.
3/10
Couldn't even get through this movie...turned it off after about 50 minutes and have ZERO regrets.
wow...they managed to do a worst movie than the previous one, when I thought it to be imposible.
This movie is so laughably bad :rofl: honestly, only watch this if you have time to kill and you hate yourself.
These ratings are suspect. 7.5? The movie was puke. I fell asleep 3 times.
The movie jumped from incoherent plot point to the next with a super idiotic big villian and a super obvious ending. A random series of unevents just designed to be whacky. I tried to like this but it was hot trash
this movie was worse than the first one
Why do we need another suicide squad movie?
Boring, how can they even make shit like this?
boring and too predictable. I felt like a time traveler watching this. I could predict what was gonna happen at every scene.
A waste of 2 hours. Couldn't care less about the characters. Just wanted them all to die so it would be over.
I saw the best review: “No country for Spider-Man”. That’s it. It was good but not spectacular despite the brilliant cast.
I mean... Sort of wasted my time here but a bitch’s gotta watch at least some 2020 releases.. no, seriously, the performances are pretty good, but that’s about it. boring story with nothing but absolute misery.
It’s an okay movie. Great cast, but that’s it.
Listen to other reviewers. Waste of time movie. Terrible acting. Your typical Netflix crappy movie. If you have nothing to do & are bored, I would recommend painting a wall & watch it dry. You’ll get more enjoyment out of it.
I'm supposed to watch this for 148 minutes? No chance.
Deary me. It's a miracle I survived until the end.
'The Wrong Missy' is one of the worst films I have ever seen. I'm usually a glass-half-full type of guy, I always attempt to find the good sides to a film first before identifying the worse parts. With this, there is simply nothing to praise.
Lauren Lapkus is horrifically annoying as Melissa, I have never been so cringed out and/or irritated when watching a character. I do have one solace of minor praise for Lapkus herself though, as she really does commit to the role - arguably too much so. There are moments late on when I see potential for her/Melissa if the script et al. was better.
It's the filmmakers who probably deserve most of the hate for this, though the cast should still be doing more - David Spade in particular. He is very poor in the lead role as Tim, I never felt he was giving 100% here - I'm positive he can do so much more. Elsewhere, not even Sarah Chalke of 'Scrubs' or Geoff Pierson of 'Dexter' could save this. Nick Swardson (Nate) is the only semi-bearable person onscreen, while there's at least a notable celebrity cameo at one point.
Terrible premise with awful dialogue, which relies almost entirely on sex/toilet humour, all alongside some dreadful acting and extremely unfunny comedy. As always with my reviews it is nothing personal, but this is a severely unpleasant film.
The definition of a movie that’s competent but devoid of anything interesting.
3.5/10
Nothing made sense, the characters were all boring, the dialogue sounded like it was written by an eighth grader, there's no real sense of danger or importance to any actions, the kindest way to describe the plot is that it was a poorly constructed rip-off of Star Wars: A New Hope, and there were way too many macguffins. The special effects looked neat but that doesn't make a good story. And the romance? There was more chemistry between Hester and the cyborg than her alleged love interest. Just... just awful.
The movie kinda walked past me. With a line-up like Redford, Spacek, Glover and Waits I expected a lot more than this repetitive movie that from start to finish just rolls along and never really peaks anywhere. The real story provides much more starting points to make this a more interesting movie.
For the reason that this might be Redford's last movie I probably could make a recommendation but for the movie alone I am not sure I would.
This movie moved at the speed of maple syrup on the coldest day of the year.... I fell asleep numerous times throughout the movie and still kept up with the story. The best part wazzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
I think this is an important movie, it is also a good movie. Full disclosure: I am a white, middle class, post-graduate educated, Canadian, born in the 50s. This is why this movie was important to me: I live in a city that has unjustly treated black communities and, although I have sought to be better informed about the history and the issues, my perspective has been from a distance. This film helped me understand that the expectational presets of being black are radically different from the presets of being white. Also, my understanding of cultural appropriation grew - I can see why whites emulating black culture is missing the point rather than establishing cultural bridges. But, most importantly, for me, this film underlined the importance of each of us being authentic to who we are and to, humbly, engage in listening conversations, respect our differences and transcend that which divides us. That's was my take away. This is why this is a good film: I found the characters well drawn and the performances convincing (Amandla Stenberg is an actor to watch - she has been a credit to every role she's inhabited). The story was well crafted. The tragedy real and the relationships compelling. In our politically charged culture, there is an audience fatigue for movies with a point (I was disappointed to be only one of three people who came to watch this movie in the theatre), but don't miss this good movie, it's worth the watch. I give this film a 7.9 (very good) out of 10. [Drama]
Watching this in a totally white audience was an experience. The little titters and nudges when 'make america great again' was mentioned, or about police officers shooting unarmed black people, or even one becoming president; to the we won mentality at the final phone call.
Then the deathly silence with the current footage being shown. I think quite a few people realised it's not just references.
These people still exist today.
They still have their rallies.
They still have their marches.
They still murder in uniform.
And they still hold these abhorrent views.
I think I even heard some people sniff away some tears right at the end once they saw the footage and heard the words of people who were there.
Enjoy the film; enjoy the jokes (it is a funny film) but make no doubt the characters shown still exist.
BlacKkKlansman is an undercover film, because beneath its brilliant sheet of light-hearted biopic lurks a dark satire of racism, all lives matter and Trumpism. It will sneak up on you with its dated 70's feel and then grab you with its arresting pertinence to contemporary issues. Watch this film or be doomed to repeat it.
BlacKkKlansman is so good that I forgot it was a Spike Lee film. More seriously, it even outshines 2006's Inside Man and the closing newsreel sequence literally had me sobbing in the cinema (my over-the-top emotional responses are just one of the many reasons I always sit in the front row). Not only one of the best films of the year, this is clearly the most important film of the year.
Barely a professional production. Horrid script and terrible "action" scenes. Skip it and watch an Italian Lou Ferrigno movie from the 80s instead.
The ghost of Kevin Spacey will forever hang over this film.
This film has everything going for it. Beautiful cinematography by Dariusz Wolski. An engrossing score by Daniel Pemberton. Some wonderful performances from Michelle Williams, Romain Duris, Christopher Plummer and Charlie Plummer. But, the film just does not work. It feels shiny without any soul. It is a kidnapping film without thrill. It explores greed without substance. It is long, overbearing and in the end serviceable as a film, but not very entertaining. Mark Wahlberg is horribly miscast in his role and Scott could have done better there.
As for the Kevin Spacey thing, if I had not known about the history of the production of this film, I would not have even suspected the late recasting of his role to Christopher Plummer.
Wow. This was awful. Great cast. Somehow they forgot to make it interesting. As far as storytelling goes this is a mess. Sometimes I wonder what script writers make in a year. Because I could have written this drunk on the back of a camel last spring and it would have made more sense.
