Story: what story? It's art!
Characters: Nope. Let's focus on the walls instead.
Not scary in the slightest the only scares were jumpscares with loud music. I didn't care what happened to the two pairs of legs. If you're going to do a movie about a child's point of view put the camera on their forehead, not on the floor. The walls and ceilings got wayyy too much screen time. Painfully boring!
3 Thoughts After Watching ‘Skinamarink’:
Just, no. I went in with an open mind. But no. This was way too random for me. I need some semblance of a story, not a string-out of creepy visuals and sounds. If I hadn’t read the synopsis, I would’ve been even more lost than I already was. The toy phone scene is a perfect example of something eerie that existed for no particular reason other than to be eerie. No.
The interactions and reactions were not realistic enough. I understand this film was more of a mood than a story. More of a dream than reality. But there were too many characters talking to other characters without a proper response, if that makes sense. And no child would be wandering that house alone.
There is something here, somewhere. An original idea that may inspire future horror films. The familiar glow and hum of a TV that we wake up to from nightmares. That momentary feeling of helplessness. It was all supremely atmospheric, for sure. But there was zero payoff.
This was actually the worst movie I've ever seen.
As a historical drama of palace intrigues, it is acceptable, due to its classic concept of narration, but it falls back into presentism to interpret History from a current point of view, placing the #metoo stamp on events that are not even clear. It improves in the second part, when the effort to empower the female characters ceases to rely on their victimization. It is an undoubted casting mistake for a 28-year-old actress to play a character who was 13.
Showing the studio set at the end and beginning was not necessary.
Like what you had for dinner last night: routine and forgettable.
From the exorcist nun who must spend every waking hour dyeing her roots, to the mass of noobie priests who scurry into a possessed child's room only to stand there and watch possessed child shit, this movie is -- fortunately -- not one you'll remember.
World Premiere Review: Sam Raimi, you legend. This was one of, if not the most, fun MCU movie yet. It's very Evil Dead inspired visually, particularly the camera work. The character arcs here are fantastic, the action is wonderfully violent (the multiverse gives so much opportunity to kill off characters without impacting the main timeline too much), and the pacing is great, just go see it.
Raging Bull was okay. The opening credits weren't aligned with the boxing ring ropes, grrr. A lot of the dialogue seemed pointless, I felt like it didn't develop the characters much nor move the plot forward. LaMotta sits around with people and talks a lot, but it doesn't fleshen out anybody, it just reaffirmed what you already knew. Unfortunately, none of the characters were particularly sympathetic either. LaMotta himself is completely loathsome and his entire personality can be summed up as "jealous and violent". I'm not saying you have to make characters likeable or anything, but if you're going to do a character study, shouldn't your character be a complex realistic human being? Shouldn't they be intriguing and multidimensional? Otherwise why else should I care what happens at all? Though DeNiro no doubt gives a great performance, ultimately I'm not interested in what happens to his character nor any of the relationships he has with others.
Overrated beyond belief. Sorry, but with this one A24 borders on a self-parody.
Like a high school philosophy student, The Green Knight is very flamboyant and mumbles when he babbles, hoping you'll mistake his incoherence for intelligence.
The Green Knight follows the recent A24 trend of treading on the thin line between intrigue and obscurity. It stays on track for much of the film, and when it falls, at least there's the safety net of lush cinematography.
This first season is 2 episodes of what you came to see, and 6 of something else. I should say I feel like it could have been 3 episodes shorter, but overall even though it was a bit slow at times, it's still a show I would recommend...
If you didn't see too much of the marketing material and aren't hyped about seeing "a series about going to mars", but rather just see it as a story about human struggle (in multiple ways), then this is a pretty good show.
The first and last episodes are good. I mean "crying from excitement/dreading a future without this/wanting this for humanity/loss" good. Maybe I'm just a sucker for tales about human exploration, especially with the space part in it, but I really liked them. I feel like you could maybe make a 3-episode edit with E01, E08 and some cuts about the MAV fuckups/various political stuff and it would make a great tale about a possible future for humanity. The family relationship drama doesn't ruin it per se, but it definitely disappoints expectations you might have going into it.
Émile Zola is the best French writer of all time, and not because he's my favorite. He's France's best writer because his 20-volume novelization of the country's 2nd Empire is a monument to French literature. He's my favorite writer because not only is he enormously talented, but in an epoch when antisemitism was systematic and systemic, he (a casual antisemite himself as a child of his era) stood up against the army, Ministry of Defense and the entire nation to decry a cover-up concerning the innocence of an exiled Jewish officer.
Zola is a gifted artist who also possess integrity, a combination that is as precious as it is rare. Many modern 'artists' simply use their talent as an excuse to commit unforgivable atrocities.
(For example: towards the middle of this film a convicted pedophile makes a cameo appearance in a party scene!)
I find myself watching people bicker about the distinction between drizzle and rain with no hint of subtext or irony in a TV show ostensibly about politics.
This is a poor substitute for watching a better made show like The Crown.
Its a low budget movie but it shouldn't be overlooked. Works as both a heartbreaking family drama and a chilling horror story, this is a small gem that is worth your time.
Waste of time. Wouldn't recommend to anyone.
This was quite frustrating thing to watch. It wasn't scary, it wasn't interesting and it didn't explain anything. And like everyone else said, nothing happened. At all.
If you have insomnia this is a good movie to put you to sleep. Wasn't scary at all and didn't explain anything at the end. A very unsatisfying ending.
This is the most frustrating, overrated, pretentious 'horror movie' I have ever seen. Don't waste your time on it. Nothing is explained in the end and 8/10 reviewers on IMDb didn't get it either.
You know there were a lot of things I loved about this film but for the sake of this review and to keep from spoiling too much I'll keep it short. The scene where nothing happens really blew me away along with the part where nothing happens. There's a slow, intense scene that really sets the stage for nothing happening that I found really well done. I also enjoyed the ending that took 90 minutes to get to in which, finally, nothing happens. Really a great film about the ins and outs of nothing going on. Solid 10/10.
....I didn't like it.
There was no plot.
There was no literary protagonist. There IS a main character, though.
When I say plot, I mean an objective that the protagonist is after from the beginning; Some kind of imbalance that they sense needs to be rectified or corrected. When there is no objective, there is no obstacles in their way, either. This movie is 3.5 hours of, just, things that happen and it never clues the audience in on the endgame...so there's also hardly any climax, either. Its just, this happens, then that, then that, then that...with characters you can't really call "likeable" or "rootable" I wouldn't have cared if DeNiro died at any given moment in the film because I couldn't connect with him.
