If it's a ticket to paradise, how did I wind up in hell?
I'm not a fan of rom-coms and this epitomizes everything I don't like about them... The lack of any actual humor, the dearth of originality, the predictable story...
George Clooney comes out of this looking good and Kaitlyn Dever is her incredibly talented and charming self but the rest of this film is like a trip to the proctologist's: a pain in the ass that one must endure rather than enjoy.
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@saint-pauly If you're not a fan of the genre, how did you wind up watching it?
Might be the worst movie I've ever seen. Blumhouse's recent string of woke politics has now infected one of the most beloved classic Universal monsters, in an abhorrent display of boredom and disrespect to the original character, James Whale's 1933 masterpiece, and H.G. Wells' novel. This has even less to do with the Invisible Man than the Hollow Man does, the main antagonist (who is repeatedly told to the audience that he's a BAHD man from the mouth of our lead, never from his own), doesn't even turn invisible, it's a suit. So, he's not actually an invisible man, he's just created a cloaking suit. What a load of bullshit. I was talking to an audience member in the elevator on the way to my car, and he asked, why doesn't he sell the suit to science? Literally do anything else than building such an elaborate contraption, just to stalk his ex creepily. He doesn't even have any goals or personality, all he wants is to have a baby with Cecilia. What for? No idea, use him for science? Control over her life even more? It's never answered, the Why? for his plans, which drains the tension from the film, and conclusion. All the scares are played out, by the books. Oh my, she's walking slowly through the dark attic, I wonder what's going to happen next. Hey guys, everyone thinks she's going crazy, because Adrian is making it look like she's doing terrible things. Totally haven't seen that from Saturday morning cartoon skits. Thanks Leigh Whannell for lying that we hadn't seen the entire film from the trailer, playing damage control, because we totally did. It's a boring, tedious, predictable "thriller" that doesn't do anything unique that any other horror film from the like seventy years has done, If you've seen any movie in your life, you will get on the edge, of falling asleep. The sad thing is, because of the micro budget, this will still be a success and we have to deal with another classic monster getting a similar treatment. What joy.
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@filmtoaster That's what narcissists do, they control and they bully. I know this is a film, but there are plenty of men in real life who are super rich and could do a lot of good with their money and expertise, but they don't, they do crazy shit to people because they can. It's part of being a narcissist,
From the comments it seems I am the only one that thought this was terrible. I couldn't even finish it. It hops from one nonsensical scene to the next and doesn't actually tell the story well...which is a pretty silly detail to mess up when the movie is actually a narration. I'd give it a zero but both Cruise and Pitt looked delicious in this so I had to be a little bit generous. All in all my advice to anyone thinking of watching it is, your time is better spent building a time machine to go back in time and rip the screenplay to shreds before anyone makes this atrocity of a movie.
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@ciku Thank you! I just finished this movie this morning and seeing all the 8/10's in this comment section made me wonder if I was sane. This movie is atrocious, outside of the great setwork and makeup on show. Now let's get building that time machine :laughing:
I had trouble differentiating between the two cops (Strahm and Hoffman) throughout the movie. Why cast two males that look so similar and then give them identical haircuts?
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@ciku i thought it was only me with that trouble
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VIP8It's just another unnecessary remake. You're better off just watching The Intouchables instead.
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@nmahoney416 How many different people need to make the same comment, the top 5 comments are all "It's a remake." Was it good or not? Sheesh!
Geez it even says at the end of the movie that it's based off the Intouchables. The original wasn't even in english, god forbid they make one that is. Good reporting dudes. A+ effort.
