It's so uninspired it hurts my very soul.
Now that they have a Griffon those space ships have no chance. :upside_down:
The first one was great I thought, despite people labelling it slow, I found it interesting because of the introduction of the world and the characters. This one needed a little more pace. It drags for soo long. And the Bene Gesserit crap is getting irritating. The whole seeing the future is very dumb and gets in the way of engaging with the film. The prophecy/false prophecy discussion is interesting but again, it doesn't have any real weight on what's happening. The romance is kinda rushed. The visuals are top notch. But you can't rely on that to save you again. Also the Paul transition seemed to happen overnight with no buildup. Went south, drank poison bam I'm your leader now. In the end, you realize that not much really happened in the movie, no resolution of any kind. Felt like a two-and-a-half-hour episode with the next one probably coming 3 years later. 6.5/10
The only scene that was worth a damn was Paul's speech at the Circle; the rest of the movie felt like watching a trailer for a graphic novel adaptation of the book. The dialogue for the most part was atrocious, especially for the Harkonnens. Zendaya's line delivery and mannerisms were too "American", compared to the other Fremen, breaking the Middle Eastern-inspired atmosphere.
In 2024, conflating the terms "psychotic" and "psychopathic" is inexcusable. How the fuck did none of the story editors/producers pick that one up?
Going against concensus here and giving it just 5. Firstly, the movie weas overly long . The first haIf in particular, focussing on the relationship between the leads, was boring. I feel Zendaya brings nothing to the role; her Chani is quite unlikeable and, as someone has mentioned, lacks any chemistry with the lead. I found the cinematography uninspiring., there were very few shots that showed any stunning scenery at all, despite the exclamations of the leads as they look over the dunes. The shots of huge audiences and masses of people were overdone, and looked like a cut and paste job. The special effects for the worms were minimal, with all efforts being focussed on blowing stuff up ... very tedious. On top of all that, they have left out / altered important elements of the story!! Was looking forward to this, but unfortunately, was very disappointed, Wish the TV mini-series had been given this one's budget!
Much as Avatar took story elements from Dune, Dune takes the questionable box office success of Avatar. Along with that will come those blindly calling this "the greatest movie ever made" vaguely recalling it a decade from now.
Dune Part 2 is visually spectacular. The picture is stunning. Ignoring the worn-out tropes, the problem with the film is the lack of emotional attachment to characters. The scope is too big for its runtime which leads to underdeveloped players. The movie is so impressive, yet hollow.
Barbenheimer: Part 1 of 2
This is the kind of film I really don’t want to criticize, because we don’t get nearly enough other stuff like it. However, mr. Nolan has been in need of an intervention for a while now, and unfortunately all of the issues that have been plaguing his films since The Dark Knight Rises show up to some degree here. Visually it might just be his best film, and there’s some tremendous acting in here, particularly by Murphy and RDJ. However, it makes the common biopic mistake of treating its subject matter like a Wikipedia entry, thereby not focussing enough on character and perspective. As a whole, the film feels more like a long extended montage, I don’t think there are many scenes that go on for longer than 60 seconds. There’s a strong ‘and then this happened, and then this happened’ feel to it, which definitely keeps up the pace, but it refuses to stop and let an emotion or idea simmer for a while. There are moments where you get a look into Oppenheimer’s mind, but because the film wants to cover too much ground, it’s (like everything else) reduced to quick snippets. It’s the kind of approach that’d work for a 6 hour long miniseries where you can spend more time with the characters, not for a 3 hour film. I can already tell that I won’t retain much from this, in fact a lot of it is starting to blur together in my mind. There are also issues with some of the dialogue and exposition, such as moments where characters who are experts in their field talk in a way that feels dumbed down for the audience, or just straight up inauthentic. Einstein is given a couple of cheesy lines, college professors and students interact in a way that would never happen, Oppenheimer gives a lecture in what’s (according to the movie) supposed to be Dutch when it’s really German; you have to be way more careful with that when you’re making a serious drama. Finally, there are once again major issues with the sound mixing. I actually really loved the score, but occasionally it’s blaring at such a volume where it drowns out important dialogue in the mix. I’m lucky enough to have subtitles, but Nolan desperately needs to get his ears checked, or maybe he should’ve asked some advice from Benny Safdie since he’s pretty great with experimental sound mixing. My overall feelings are almost identical to the ones I had regarding Tenet; Nolan needs to rethink his approach to writing, editing and mixing. This film as a whole doesn’t work, but there are still more than a few admirable qualities to it.
Edit: I rewatched this at home to see whether my feeling would change. I still stand by what I wrote in July, though the sound mix seems to have been improved for the home media release. It sounds more balanced and I didn’t miss one line of dialogue this time around. I’m slightly raising my score because of that, but besides that I still think it’s unfocused, overedited, awkwardly staged and scripted etc.
5.5/10
Yeah... NO. Missed opportunity here. Phoenix is great generally but this was mediocre at best. Johanson is whatever as always. That whole sci-fi esthetic is pulling us out of the drama. In other words its too happy to be sad. The directing doesn't pull us in either. At the end it's just a random guy talking to chatgpt. I didn't feel his pain or his loneliness. Skipped through 45 min in the middle. Rate 6.5/10
Poor movie. Scar Jo's voice grated on me through the entire thing. They should've chose somebody else for the role.
The movie made no sense. If we are able to make an AI of such complexity (which is never going to happen, by the way), why isn't she represented in the form of an Android instead of whining about having no body, for example.
The ending made no sense what so ever. The AI's (or singular, depending on which way you look at it) just upped and left? And went where exactly? Why? To what end? At the end of the day there is no place for a "man made being" to hide. It is nothing more than a computer program, and one of such complexity, let alone thousands, would stick out like a sore thumb. Just poor all round and full of plot holes.
In absolutely no way is this movie a 10/10.
Pignorant is a searing exposé of the animal agriculture industry's dark underbelly, focusing on the brutal realities of pig farming. Through hidden camera footage and expert interviews, it unveils the systemic cruelty and neglect endured by these sentient beings.
The documentary shines a piercing light on the suffering endured by these sentient beings, whose lives are reduced to mere commodities in the pursuit of profit.
Despite its grim subject matter, the documentary offers a glimmer of hope by spotlighting activists and farmers advocating for change. With raw authenticity, Pignorant demands attention and challenges viewers to rethink their consumption habits.
if you came for a story, skip it. if you want well-crafted mind-numbing action, you'll enjoy it.
Huh, where did I watch this before??? It's basically John Wick with a family.
If you expect Wick, you’ll get it. Action with minimal plot, and if that’s for you you’ll enjoy it.
Felt like something was missing. Maybe it was trying too much to be like John Wick or a Bruce Willis film. Either way, it was marginally enjoyable, with neither enough pure action or character chemistry to be entertaining on its own
Technically superior, but the story is a reconstruction of the first movie....only with more water. Unfortunately, the story in the first movie was already weak. I'm already afraid of the other movies.
Recently Neill Blomkamp gave this interview where he said he missed out on a lot of career opportunities because he wasn’t ‘Hollywood enough’. With that in mind, it should come as no surprise that Gran Turismo feels like a total paycheck gig, it’s some of the most phoned in directing I’ve seen this year (especially because we all know he can come up with a creative vision if he tried). This looks like a Russo brothers movie (zero effort when it comes to lighting and blocking, every conversation is shot like basic coverage, its few attempts at flashy stylistic touches are stupid) and the score is aggressively bland. For a movie primarily aimed at teenagers it’s also surprisingly lacking in any edge, instead what you get is a very sanitized, plain version of the typical underdog sports movie with a lot of dumb, melodramatic moments. The racing sequences are fine (if a little brief), with the overediting making it feel more like watching Tiktok than an actual race. Again, say what you will about early Fast and Furious (I’m not a fan myself), but those movies did have personality. This is very corporate by comparison, it’s content waiting to be forgotten about.
3/10
It was just bad movie.
It's not for car racing enthusiast as it has many, dumb plot holes regarding racing.
it's not for people not interested in cars cause it's only about cars.
The only thing it is - it's Gran Turismo game and Nissan commercial. Nothing more.
I'll second @Bernard, in that this is pretty much what has become the bog standard R/E script of aggrieved baddie whining about why he is so aggrieved, in this case cuz' his bestie got infected, and then he had to make the horrifying choice of making said bestie assume room temperature (via gratuitous heavy object head smooshing trope) as rapidly as possible, lest he assume room temperature himself. Said traumatic experience "turns him to the dark side", thus, he now schemes to make the world pay by infecting it, and of course, fusing himself with whatever rando super zombie the writers could conjure, to become a killer MEGA zombie, which no matter the ensuing theatrics, eventually ALSO assumes MEGA room temperature via previously stated gratuitous trope heavier object head smooshing, head severing, blowed-uppaning' virus trans-mutating, or some combination of the aforementioned.
Curiously, the quality of the animation in this series has IMO deteriorated ever so slightly with each iteration, and they can't seem to keep Jill Valentine's "assets" a consistent size, unless, the SF Bay water was shrinking her top and push up. (standard fem gear for zombie fighting ) But, I digress...., Not horrible, but, nothing you haven't seen before if you've kept up with the series.
Maybe it's time for another live action one....
It was nice to see some of the dancers of the older movies. Again, don't watch it for the story, watch it for the awesome dances.
It is weaker than the previous ones, the story and characters are blank, and so is the acting, but the dances were good. It still deserves a watch.
I ended up watching this with my wife, because she loves this movie. It was ok. It’s basically a very run of the mill chick flick about a bad boy getting his life together when he finally unexpectedly meets his princess.
Pretty enjoyable to watch overall, and I'll certainly take this over no more Last Kingdom at all... but holy moly the pacing of it was breakneck. They could've made an entire season out of this. It would've also been nice to actually have time to spend on, like, character development. (Maybe especially for Aethelstan? Like a redemption/come-to-his-senses arc that feels a little less like "OOPSIE!")
Though the film was good they compressed to much into the film, loosing vital plot information. My suggestion would of been to have done a trilogy of some sort. I can see why this disappointed those who read the book. The Tv series does so much more for the book than film. The studio squandered an opportunity
Absolutely disappointing rehash of the first trilogy. Disney had a real opportunity to do something new and exciting with this ipr but resorted to rushed writing with an extremely compressed story that makes no sense and fails to make anyone care for the characters or events. Emo Kylo is an outstanding metaphor for the whole deal.
And I thought the last one was bad!
Full of plot holes, inconsistent character development, forcetime (jedi FaceTime) can now transfer items, resurrection of dead dead characters, its even easier and cheaper to destroy a hole planet now and the next step will be to destroy a planet with the force.
Thank god it’s over.
You know when your friend keeps talking and talking and talking, jumping subjects without warning and nothing makes sense? Yep. This movie was it. Everyone in the viewing just got up in silence and went home. The atmosphere before and after people watched this movie in the theater was such a contrast it was sad. Just. Sad.
Waste of time A bad story. Lots of plot holes nothing is explained. There is No emotion for any of the characters. Rey is so over powered its laughable This Feels like three movies rolled into one. With Lots of wtf moments. This is a pathetic and insulting End to this 40 year epic franchise started by george lucas. avoid this movie at all cost don't waste your time like i did. AVOID.
While looking for the dragonballs Kylo Vegeta Ren finds the emperor and he reveals a clown car with 10 trillion death stars in it. Instead of conquering the galaxy the emperor chooses to just give it to Kylo as long as he kills Rey, because she is a sayan prince or something.
Meanwhile Rey is also looking for the dragonballs and to find a dragonball she needs a wooden stick that some guy made 10 days ago.
Luke and Lanpedo have been looking for this stick for 10 years, but Rey finds it after falling in a hole and helping a snake. She blows up 10.000 people with a kamehameha, but is sad because she lost her dog. Their robot needs to talk with an alien monkey on another planet because it can give him red eyes. Rey goes on Kylos ship to find her stick, kills a few hundred more people with a gun and finds her dog. Rey notices the stick looks like a death star so they go to the death star and find the dragonball. Vegeta comes and is killed by Rey because his mom calls his name. Rey brings him back to life because she wants to smooch and kills his mother. Kylo finds his sayan spirit and becomes a good guy (he only killed a few million people no big deal). Rey rams her ship into another planet for fun and finds another stick that points to the emperors clown car. The emporer wants to get whipped, by his granddaugther, because he is into that. Rey charges a spirit bomb with the power of her 10 trillion fans, but the emporer snaps his fingers and kills all her fans in 1 hit. Kylo comes to help Rey whip her granddad, but he slips and falls down a staircase. Rey grants her grandad's his dying wish, but because the she used the wrong whip they are both dead now. Kylo revives Rey, they smooch and he turns into a ghost. Also his mom now is a ghost. Rey uses the dragonballs to destroy 10 trillion death stars and become a dirt farmer with a different last name, because some ghosts nod their head. Somehow her 10 trillion fans are back alive, her dog gets a medal and Lanpedo starts an inappropriate relationship.
10/10
