"My little baby, off to destroy people." Mushu is so funny. This is one of the best Disney animated movies, always fun to watch.
First of all, I avoided ALL spoilers. Didn't see even one trailer. Never saw ANY art concept before viewing the movie. It made everything more impactful. Been doing this since Ant-Man, and it really changed my experience in the theatre.
Oh, only in the MCU. The rest are inconsequential, doesn't really matter (I'm looking at you DC with your shitty movies and at you Star Wars).
Now about the underused characters someone mentioned:
half of the heroes are dead, most of the ones that are alive now are the characters that have a trilogy (Tony, Thor and Steve) and/or are essential to the continuation of the Universe. The ones that are dead now, probably will continue the Marvel Universe when the old heroes die or retire in the next movie (more die than retire imo, and can you imagine they killing Spidey for real?).. My guess is that Tony, Cap, Thor and Doc (he saw that 1/14000000 win possibility, remember?), together with Cap Marvel (and even Gamorra's sister who knows) will work together to bring the dead back to life in the majority of the movie then, maybe 40-50 minutes of a might battle royale with the deaths of our favourites heroes and a ending sad enough to make everyone cry buckets.
Gonna be even more epic.
I bid you farewell and good luck, morons!
“It was bound to happen.”
Disturbing and hauntingly real -especially considering today’s political climate. After our screening, my roommate and I catch our bus home and didn’t talk to each other for the next 40mins. I couldn’t help it but think about the most recent news I’ve seen: white supremacy rallies, anti-racism rallies, terrorist attacks, etc. Fuelled by the news and what I had just seen in the theatre, I felt anger, excitement, fear, confusion -and somewhat determination- all at once.
NOCTURAMA is something that is happening now. The film follows 7 kids carrying out a Paris bombing and the aftermath of it. It is a modern tale of rebellion. Rebellion against consumerism and politics, of freedom and symbols, and banks. It feels like a desperate cry for people without genuine avenues of expression. In fact, we never know the true motivations behind their plans but we don’t really need to. These kids want to rebel and rip apart the system but they’re also the product of that system they’re so desperate trying to tear down, after all, in the aftermath, we see them put on suits and see mannequins dressed exactly like them. The thing about NOCTURAMA is that these kids could be everyone; they could be anyone. They want to fit in and be unique, to stand for something. They want to tear everything down but they’re also trapped in their own time and their own experiences. We see things twice or thrice from different perspectives seeing how different their reactions are, how trapped they’re in their own worlds. It is a reflection of people, but especially young people, angst. Because people are angry, but at what?
NOCTURAMA might very well be a rally against commercialism, politics and the idea that we are a free in modern society. The message of NOCTURAMA -and of modern rebellion- is that this could be you. But it is also a desperate cry for help. “Help me,” cries one of the characters. No one does. Everyone has already decided what he is and he isn’t allowed to be anything else. He isn’t allowed to be a teen, a victim, or anything else anymore. We'll never know why they did what they did because we don't want to listen, we don't want to know. He is a terrorist and so he must be removed. Right?
Woulda been a 9/10 if Dakota Fanning stfu
Entertaining and likable popcorn movie. That is better than it has a right to be. I mean when playing the arcade at like 11 yrs old there wasn't much to it. Just creatures destroying buildings. Yet they managed to make it a decent movie. Dwayne Johnson and Jeffrey Dean Morgan "in Negan form without Luchile or zombies" helped make the film fun.
The rich snobby villains who helped create what makes the animals giant felt out of place almost though. Like they belonged in a soap opera or an episode of Supergirl. Malin Akerman was better in the Final Girls, here she's not that great. Jake Lacy as her brother is even worse.
Johnson seeming to forget his character has a gun shot wound was also silly. Otherwise Rampage, like the Tomb Raider reboot is one of the better video game movies.
Maybe I Should Have Some Bread Instead
Oh No Making Breakfast Isn't Easy As It Looks
I Know Maybe I'll Have Some Cereal That's Easy
That's Not Enough
Much Better
Oh Good Mom And Dad Are Awake
Uh Oh
Look Mom I've Been Helping I Made My Own Breakfast
Sure Mom
Squish Squish Squeeze Squish Squish Squeeze
I Can Wipe The Table And Make It Nice And Clean
Bumpy Bumpy Bumpy Bump
Oh Dear Look At That Big Gray Cloud Spot
It Looks Like It's Going To Rain
Perhaps We Better Head Back Home
That Was Fun
I'm Ready Now Grandpa I Finished My Bath
Well Is Too Wet For Me Bye
Oh No It's Time To Go Home
Oops I Almost Forgot My Umbrella
Come On Everybody Up Here
What About This
Arf Arf
One Two Three Bump
It's Almost Time For Your Bath Spot
Bumpy Bumpy Bumpy Bumpy Bump
Can I Play A Little Longer Please
Alright But Just Until Your Bath Is Ready
Oh Spot Would Love A Bubble Bath
Vrrom Vrrom
Ruff Ruff
Dirt Incoming
Vrrrrroooom
Hello Spot
Hello Squirrel
Spot You're Bath Is Ready
Okay Mom I'm Coming
Here's Some Dirt Squirrel
You Better Leave Your Truck Outside Spot
Alright Mom
Hop In The Tub Spot
I Love You Mom
I Love You Too
Now Don't Forget To Wash Behind Your Ears
Okay Mom
Wait A Minute I Need To Get Something
He He He
Here You Go Fish
Not Yet Mom I Need To Get Something Else
Wait A Minute I Just Need To Sail My Boat
In My Bath
There Is A Big Sea
On The Big Sea There's A Boat
And The Boat Sails Across The Big Sea
Until It Bumps Against My Foot
In My Bath
There Is A Small Fish
And He Likes To Swim And Play
But When I Turn Into A Crocodile
Then The Small Fish Swims Away
In My Bath
A Duck Is Quaking
As He Floats Around The Tub
And If Sometimes He Goes Under
Up Again He'll Always Pop
Up Again He'll Always Pop
Quack Quack He He He He
Out You Go Spot Time For A Story Now
It Is Great Thanks Mom
Once Upon A Time
In A Land Far Far Away
There Once Lived
Hmm Oh Yeah I Forgot To Brush My Teeth Too
Oops Almost Forgot My Sleeping Bag
Green Light Go
Red Light Stop
Vrrom Vrrom
I Got It
It's Getting Late Boys It's Time To Clean Up And Put Away Your Toys Please
Okay
Okay Mom
I'll Help You Spot
Here's The Ball
Catch
Got It
Oh Look At That
Look Spot
Weee
Vrrom Truck
All Done
There Doesn't Look All Cleaned Up
It's Almost Bedtime
We Put Everything Away Mom
Very Good
I Have To Go Home Now
Ruff
Thank You For Helping Steve
Bye Spot
Bye Steve See You Tomorrow
Good Boy Spot Now Go Brush Your Teeth
But Where's My Teddy Bear
When I Go To Bed
And Turn Out The Light
I Have A Friend I Cuddle At Night
Teddy My Teddy Oh Teddy It's You
Teddy Bear Teddy
When It's Very Late
And It's Time To Sleep
I Have A Friend Who Helps Me Count Sheep
Teddy My Teddy Oh Teddy It's You
Soft And Furry Warm And Good
You'd Give Me A Hug Just Like A Bear Should
Teddy My Teddy Oh Teddy It's You
I Thought You Cleaned Up Spot
I Did But But Now I Can't Find My Teddy Bear
Look He Was Here All The Time
There You Are
Thank You Mom I'll Clean Up Again In The Morning
Alright Spot Sweet Dreams
Good Night Mama Uuuuaaahh Good Night Teddy
I'm Going To Grandma's House
"I am a Hero" makes for a fun adaptation of the manga by the same name. Leaving out most of the elements that would make it less generic and just following it from the beginning might not put it it into anyone's favorite list but hey; plenty of zombie shotgun action can also suffice (with a lot of gore).
Makes me nostalgic for a time I'm too young to know...
Relationship between neighbors isn't believable - there was no chemistry! Totally lost credibility when Bob finishes the first spy mission at the beginning of the movie and "casually" retires! Please, the writers could of at least tried harder to make it believable. I know this is a family movie but you don't have to throw credibility out the door!
My god... Does Ava DuVernay know that you can actually zoom out a camera? I've never seen so many "closeup" face shots in a single movie in my entire life. I'll never be able to get Oprah's giant-sized face out of my mind...
As for the movie itself, It's a bit all over the place. Some parts and themes are very well-done, such as Meg's journey to accept herself, while others are really half-baked (especially the relationships between Meg & Charles Wallace, Meg & Calvin, etc). Too many things just get thrown together or just suddenly happen by sheer "coincidence" without a solid lead-in or development. This could have definitely used some additional scenes and runtime to flesh characters and their relationships between each other out a bit more. Reese Witherspoon's character is actually my favorite of the 3 "Mrs."'s. Oprah and Mindy Kaling's characters definitely did not hit home.
Visuals were pretty stunning for the most part, but sometimes went a bit too overboard. Don't even get me started again on the cinematography and editing... This movie definitely had potential and I was excited to watch it, but it just misses out on some major points. It was enjoyable overall for the visual fest and seeing the world of A Wrinkle in Time, but other than that it is just an average film. I'd temper my expectations for sure. 5/10 as it is just an average movie...
Apparently this is just the third $100+ million budget movie directed by a woman. I'm not sure that Ava DuVernay's movie is going to help buck that trend...
Being a massive fan of the original Teen Titans comics that this animated film is based on, I was a lil apprehensive about how good this was gonna match up. I gotta say I think they did a brilliant job! It's not quite up there with the original but it's pretty damn close and another fine release from the DC animated universe.
What's really good about this is that you don't need to be a comic nerd like me to get into and enjoy this film. You get to know the characters straight away and the story is easy to follow tho like original story, it does throw a couple of great curve balls so for the first time viewer, you're gonna be all like "What the hell?!? Damn!!".
I can see that at the time of me writing this, this film is averaging around 8/10 but I'm gonna give it a 9...possibly biased as I loved the comic so much. Definitely well worth a look whether you are a fan of the DC animated universe or not. I would rate this up there with Justice Flashpoint Paradox which I think is the best of the DCAU.
If you're reading my review to get a sense if this film is worth watching, I think I've covered that so I'm gonna shut up now and YOU go and watch this great film!
It is great to have more time in Middle Earth but it can't live up to LotR, which set the bar to an impossible level. Still I enjoy my time with this movie.
Unbearably bad!
So this movie premiered in Poland today and I just got home from the theater. I have two things to say: this is hands down the best installment in the Thor trilogy and it also definitely ranks somewhere in the top 5 MCU movies for me.
This movie was a wild ride from start to finish. The story was a ton of fun and so many things happened along the way, keeping you engaged at all times. While I do love slow movies that allow their scenes to breathe, the crazy pace of this one worked in its favor. There wasn't as much action as I had expected, but we did get some cool fights and general destruction. In the typical Marvel fashion, there were a lot of jokes and most of them were really, really hilarious. Some of the MCU movies try way too hard to be funny and I end up feeling annoyed at how many quips they cram in there, but in Ragnarok, the humor definitely worked. My personal favorites were the "Get help" scene, Thor's story about Loki turning into a snake and Bruce falling onto the Rainbow Bridge (especially Fenrir's reaction). Those had me laughing uncontrollably. And on the other end of the spectrum, there was quite a lot of emotional weight to both Odin's demise and the fall of Asgard. The movie struck a good balance between the two, keeping things exciting and light-hearted most of the time, but not being afraid to go a little deeper when the situation called for it.
As for the acting, Chris Hemsworth seemed to be really enjoying himself and while I'd often found Thor to be the blandest Avenger in the past, he had a lot more personality and charisma to him here. He was extremely likable and funny, but he was also the hero you rooted for throughout the movie. Cate Blanchett didn't get to do much as Hela, to my disappointment. She looked incredible and she did the best she could with what she was given, but in the end, the Goddess of Death didn't do much in terms of breaking the tradition of one-dimensional, evil-for-the-sake-of-it MCU villains. But she did at least seem to relish and enjoy her evilness. Tessa Thompson stole the movie for me. She was amazing as Valkyrie. She had wonderful chemistry with Thor and I like the idea of the two of them together, she's a much better love interest for him than Jane, but she was by no means reduced to that role here (thankfully!). She was a fully-fledged character with her own arc and personality. She was brash, badass and absolutely deadly in a fight while still having a more vulnerable, softer side and dealing with horrible trauma. She reminded me of Jessica Jones in that way. Watching her go from a drunken scavenger back to a mighty warrior ready to fight for her home and her king was a pleasure. I absolutely loved her and I hope to see more of her in the future MCU movies. Tom Hiddleston delivered as always, Mark Ruffalo was a great addition and Bruce's partnership with Thor was fantastic, and the supporting cast was also very good.
The soundtrack. Man, the soundtrack. 11/10, totally buying it. One of the best I've heard in a while.
The cinematography was gorgeous. So many colors, so many beautiful shots (the one with the Valkyries bathed in light riding towards Hela who was surrounded by darker colors? Holy shit, that looked like a baroque painting. Absolutely stunning). It was a pleasure to watch. The special effects were simply outstanding as well. Fenris/Fenrir was magnificent and let's just say I want ten angry, giant wolves immediately.
I had high hopes for this movie. The first Thor was pretty good, the second was meh (perfectly adequate, but painfully forgettable), but there was a lot of hype around this one and I really wanted it to be great. And it was! I had a blast watching it and I'd definitely see it again. Every standalone hero trilogy in the MCU so far has had at least one fantastic installment. Iron Man had the first one. Captain America had The Winter Soldier. Now, Ragnarok joins the circle. I'm very happy that it turned out as well as it did.
Sharks!!! What's not to love?
This is exactly what I expected to be. A wonderfull, excited, amazing movie about this increideble Godess.
I didn't know to much about her childhood and origin, and this time DC let this very clear as must be. Wonder Woman is one of my top 5 favs superheroes and they made a really good job with this movie. I appreciated that.
This had an amazing fight, good manage of storyline, excellent cast and good special effects. Absolutely nothing to complain.
I watched the movie two weeks ago in the cinema and I watched it again this morning in my house... And I'm so sure that I'll watch this again over and over.
I love it. I love her. I'm in love with this Diana (Gal Gadot). Stop being assholes with this movie and her job.
I have mixed feelings about this movie. I love DC, I love Greek mythology, and Wonder Woman movies are generally the best of both worlds, at least that last animated one was amazing. So my expectations were sky high after choosing to see this movie, over Alien, The Mummy and others currently at the box office. I was definitely disappointed, but I really enjoyed the movie. Just weird.
I wanted more from WW's mother, first of all, since she was quite amazing in her own right from all the comics and previous movies. I hated the love affair between WW and Captain Kirk, but I understand why it was so necessary for the plot. And, mostly, she was basically Captain America in DC form. Both in WWI, fighting the Germans, with a secret weapon, both on a special covert mission to end the war, both in USA colors wielding a shield to stop bullets and tank rounds, and more. I disliked the cookie cutter similarities between the Cap and WW. Lastly, I really disliked the flashbacks, within the flashbacks. Just start the story from the beginning in the first place!
Now on to the Awesomeness that is the Wonder Woman movie. Her abilities were top notch. The superhero aspect was brilliantly captured and portrayed. The animated version was ported into the real life version flawlessly. She is by far the best superhero in film, next to, currently deceased, Superman. Wolverine, Spidey, all the Avengers, Batman, Green Lantern, and anyone else with a movie franchise would easily get bitch slapped by WW. Well, having said that, I do think Thor with Hammer, has a slight chance, but without Hammer, he is a peon compared to WW, the God Killer! The fight scenes were simply amazing, the story was true to her past incarnations. And the thing I liked most about this movie above all else was the ugliness of the movie. It captured the underlying theme of femininity, excellently. This was a dreary, dirty, ugly movie. The sets were ugly, the costumes were ugly, the story/plot had a ugly feel to it. The ugliness gave such a brilliant contrast to the breathtaking beauty of the star of the movie, Gal Gadot. I couldn't take my eyes off her. Her beauty was unprecedented. I know she isn't the most beautiful woman in the world, but this movie made me believe Wonder Woman was. Now the island of Amazons had some extremely attractive women on it, but Gadot was by far most beautiful of all. This movie has rewatch-ability because of her beauty alone, mix in those amazing fight scenes, and it is quite a good movie to see.
5.1/10. Sometimes it’s hard to discern the line between exploitation and embrace, especially when dealing with a film from more than eighty years ago. Freaks, a film that puts people with deformities and developmental disabilities front and center, is ostensibly on their side. The theme of the film is that these people, derided by monsters for their outside appearance, are or at least can be, kind and decent people, in contrast to the film’s antagonist who are pretty on the outside or blessed with physical advantages our eponymous heroes lack, but ugly and cruel on the inside.
The film delivers with message with what amounts to a fable set in the circus. Hans, a little person who is a part of the sideshow, is engaged to Frieda, another little person who’s in the act, but becomes enamored with Cleo, a beautiful acrobat in the circus. Cleo initially just uses Hans’s affections for gifts and attention, whilst carrying on behind his back with Hercules, the circus’s strongman, but when she learns from Frieda that Hans has inherited a great fortune, she conspires with Hercules to marry him and then poison him so that they can take the money for themselves.
The rub is pretty straightforward. Despite pretty reprehensibly leaving his fiancé, Hans wants only the best for Cleo and more importantly, the “freaks” accept Cleo into their community. The chants of “One of us! One of us!” and “Gooble gobble!” have become iconic, but what’s often left off from the popular quotation is the other third of the chant – “We accept her!” There’s a divide between the “freaks” and the “regular people” at the circus, one that can lead to mutual mistrust, but the community welcomes Cleo despite that, because, they believe, she loves one of them, and that’s good enough for her to become one of them.
This, of course, is a bridge too far for Cleo, who can’t accept the communion offered to her by this community, and reveals, if not the details of her plans, then the fact that the “romance” was an act on her part. The “freaks” are shown to be kind, welcoming people, and Cleo and Hercules, the “normal people,” are shown to be harsh and even evil. We’re supposed to root for the people with deformities and against the beautiful and the strong.
And yet, even if director Tod Browning’s heart is in the right place in terms of theme, there’s something that still feels exploitative and condescending about the film. Far from focused on this main narrative, Freaks is filled to the brim with minor subplots and vignettes about the other denizens of the sideshow. Aside from the fact these little detours practically kill the film’s already consistently-sputtering pacing, they also seem to be putting the stars of the film into the same kinds of gawking “otherness” that it implicitly criticizes the film’s antagonist for.
Most of these scenes involve focusing on the quirks of the various “freaks” for laugh or for curiosity. Whether it’s showing how a man without limbs can light his own cigarette unassisted, or taunts at a person said to be half-male and half-female, or a continuing subplot about one conjoined twin being able to feel what happens to the other and the unique hurdles of their dating life, there’s less a sense that this is a kind look at people who differ from the norm, so much as it is presented as a chance to chuckle or marvel at what is, at best, an air of exoticness, and at worst, a tone derision and oddity.
This also plays into Freaks’s difficulties as a horror movie. The film’s scariest moment takes place in its climax, where the eponymous collection of sideshow acts advances upon the villain of the piece in the midst of a horrible storm. The scene is impressively shot, with an unnerving sequence of these individuals brandishing guns and knives and other weapons and descending upon Cleo under cover of darkness. There’s something frightening and tense about the steady pursuit, that feels of a piece with the zombie films that would emerge decade later.
That, however, is the part of the problem. While Browning can charitably be said to have intended to depict a close-knit community defending one of its own against an external evil, there’s a firm sense in which the “freaks” are dehumanized in these scenes, treated as primitively tribal or animalistic. While Hans and Frieda are given full, if thin, characterization, and the benefits of some pathos (which veers into pity), the other individuals with deformities or disabilities are treated less kindly, even as the film seems to want its audience to sympathize with them.
But it also gives us two “normal” characters to latch onto: Phroso, a clown and Venus, another beautiful circus performer. Their only purpose in the film appears to be to give the audience some non-“freaks” to root for as good guys in the midst of the movie’s main plot, and the rushed story of their romance sputters on all the way to a tacked-on happy ending that shows a reunion between Frieda and Hans. It’s part and parcel with the array of go-nowhere vignettes that are spackled into the main narrative of the piece.
Still, some allowances have to be made for the time in which this film was released. While it’s easy for me to look back from the vantage point of 2016 when our treatment of such individuals has vastly approved (contrary to the programming lineup of TLC) and judge the way in which the deformed or disabled are depicted in Freaks, Browning at least has the decency of wanting the audience to like the titular group that are the selling point of his film. The tone he takes to do so may be, at times, rather patronizing or othering, but he wants the “freaks” to be people that the audience cares for rather than recoils from. While he’s still content to put the things that make them atypical on display for a buck, much the same way as the carnival barker in his frame story, there’s an attempt to make the humanity of the “freaks” shine through, which helps to soften the palpable feeling of exploitation that permeates the film.
I was worried this movie wouldn't hold up, since I hadn't seen it since the '90s. Boy, did it ever. This movie draws inspiration from smart sources, including some of the best of sci-fi and horror, and makes them approachable and fun for kids! The acting is top notch, especially from top-billed Katey Sagal, a television veteran and a sympathetic foil. If you like Disney Channel movies at all, or if you remember this one fondly, you had better give Smart House a second chance.
It´s so easy to forget what goes on in our world while we live our everyday lives and it is good that we have filmmakers who remind us.
One of the rare "Based on a true story" movies that is actually quite accurate in it's depiction. I was worried that it might "Hollywood" up the story to gain more widespread appeal but it didn't.
If you have seen Citizen Four then the general idea of the movie will be familiar, however it runs Godfather 2 style flashbacks to give more details about how everything came to be and a more personal look into Snowden's life. Which was the only thing I missed from Citizen Four, so I'm glad they chose this was to tell the story.
Acting is fantastic all around and Joseph Gordon-Levitt absolutely nailed his role. I also liked that they didn't try to over-villainise anyone (except for one occasion that was a bit over the top) and more focused on that it was just a system that was out of control, with people just "following orders".
This is an amazing film and would recommend any one to watch this. This film managed to play with my emotions and at the end of the film when the credits started rolling and they showed you the 11 that died from this accident I did get tearful and generally felt sad that such a disaster happened.
I can't fault the movie, top shelf acting and production quality. I also can't say I enjoyed it... once the catastrophe strikes, instant waterworks. For the rest of the gut-wrenching movie, if I wasn't crying, I was about to. Knowing that it actually occurred makes it difficult to watch, regardless of the quality. Had I known the effect it would have, I would've waited for it to be available for streaming. I wasn't alone though as the theatre was definitely a crying-zone.
For some reason, the movies starring Ben Affleck have been surprising me lately. Most of them are actually quite watchable.
The Accountant can be a bit slow at times, but when it picks up speed it's actually quite good. Affleck does a very good job as the autistic accountant, and I have it on good authority that his portrayal of the disorder was spot on. I guess someone did some research.
This is not great art, but the story is good, and the execution is decent. Take a little time and give this one a shot. It's one of the better movies in the latter part of 2016.
Very solid action thriller about a man whose gifted with numbers and uses that to become a high-level accountant for the criminal underworld has a very interesting story that's very well-connected through layers
It was probably a mistake to watch this right after watching Hua Mulan - the 2009 movie, and reading the legend of Mulan. The storytelling for this Mulan was trite (they went with "follow your heart" rather than the heroic "love woth sacrifice and bravery" of the original tale?) and banal, especially considering the richness of the folklore that has survived over 20 centuries. But kudos for bringing us an Asain heroin, some great voice casting, fun tunes, and, as always, great animation. I give it a 6.5 (just short of good) out of 10.
THIS IS MY FAVOURITE MOVIE
Reigns retiring Taker is some MAJOR BS. Him trying to do a piledriver was just laughable. Mania was OK this year, nothing spectacular. Seeing Shane do a SSP was pretty awesome though.
