The Simon Cowell of his time, this is a jaunty musical about the man who gained fame and fortune by highlighting the defects of others on stage. Okay, so he may not have been that bad - a character in the film says Barnum is 'celebrating all of humanity' - but I doubt the man's motives were that pure. The film itself is okay, but it's hardly a great movie musical, despite the positive ravings of others.
Initially, M. Night Shyamalan was a force to be reckoned with. This may all be ancient history, of course. Most folks no longer care enough about the man to fact check his history, but he really was perceived to be the next big thing. In fact, out of all of the films in his roster, the only movie that people loved so much they demanded a sequel to was Unbreakable, and now they finally have a real sequel. Sure, Split was a part of that as well, but in my books, it’s not a true sequel unless you continue the story following the original characters – and that’s what Glass finally does – but has M. Night let too much time pass?
As amazing as it is to see all of these characters finally occupy the same space together, I think Shyamalan lost his spark as far as his ability to tell a story goes. When a new M. Night Shyamalan film came out, people knew his films would be similar in tone, concept, cinematography, and visuals. Think about how many of his films feel dreamy, like a dark foreboding mystery that makes you cry out what is happening!? The way he solidified that idea was with great characters, symbolic imagery and elements (like water) and visuals (like light and color), soft-spoken dialogue, and a unique use of camerawork. It all came together to feel unlike anything else out there. Typically, his early work also ended with a massive twist-ending that changed the very way you watched the film, making an additional viewing that much more special in the long run.
The more films he made, the more of the aforementioned list he did away with. Whether or not he lost the things that made him special was on purpose or not is unknown, but the fact remains true: it’s not a well-oiled machine anymore. What remains in Glass are really great characters, and only one shot of great lighting and colors, but that’s where it stops feeling like M. Night Shyamalan. It’s not foreboding, it’s not soft-spoken, the camerawork isn’t really impressive, there’s not much focus on symbolic imagery, elements, or visuals. Actually, it’s kind of messy because I’m not sure Shyamalan knew how to write a movie with all of these characters and instead threw something together that wasn’t very solid. But we have lots to discuss. Let’s do it.
PEOPLE – 85% (17/20)
Acting – 3/4 | Characters – 4/4 | Casting – 4/4 | Importance – 3/4 | Chemistry – 3/4
Starting off with the People Category, you’ll notice that M. Night mostly did a great job here. There’s nothing wrong with the casting, characters, or honestly, acting. Pretty much every great thing in this category was borrowed from Split and Unbreakable but I digress. McAvoy is the pure definition of “range of acting” – so his performance impresses the most, and that is probably why it focuses a lot on his character, I just wish it focused more on the characters we haven’t seen in 19 years. I’d say there was definitely some great chemistry, just not everywhere it was needed, and because it is a bit of a sloppy story, I can’t say the characters hold much independent importance, but everyone does play a vital role into the general direction of the plot.
WRITING – 40% (4/10)
Dialogue – 1/2 | Balance – 0/2 | Story Depth – 0/2 | Originality – 1/2 | Interesting – 2/2
We jump straight from one great category to one bad…but what exactly is so bad about the writing in Glass? In general, everything. The first thing I realized while watching the film is there is no main character. There is no real protagonist or antagonist. You can discern the protagonist is Bruce Willis and the two antagonists are Samuel L. Jackson and James McAvoy from common knowledge, but the way the characters are focused on in the movie doesn’t quite feel that way – not from a movie vantage point…and honestly, I don’t think that was the intention. I don’t think M. Night knew how to write all the characters and their roles from a normal cinematic approach. Another problem was it was messy. You absolutely HAVE to watch the other movies to have any real idea on who these people are – it’s like the next scene in a movie, not an entirely different film – which means, as I’ll get into later, the introduction is weak. It has a hard time juggling between the characters and their relevance to the story. Because of that, you have no real story depth because it’s too busy trying to find footing elsewhere. Heck, even the dialogue was weak. Technically, it’s average, but you expect big memorable speeches from Samuel Jackson, and it never quite reaches that level. All-in-all, I’d say the writing was very weak.
BTS – 80% (8/10)
Visuals – 2/2 | Cinematography – 1/2 | Editing – 2/2 | Advertising – 2/2 | Music & Sound – 1/2
The approach taken behind-the-scenes was mostly done pretty well. I wouldn’t necessarily say as well as it used to be back in the early 2000’s, but still pretty good, generally speaking. The visuals are mostly normal, but there is one really cool shot where they use lighting and color in an impressive way, and I can’t ignore it, so that gets full points. Editing is also really good when they transition between modern shots filmed for this film mixed seamlessly with shots taken for the original film – so editing gets full points, but that’s it. As much as I loved the music in Unbreakable, I don’t think I can say the same for this film. It’s just fine for what it is, and the camerawork is as typical as it gets, which is very unlike M. Night Shyamalan.
NARRATIVE ARC – 80% (8/10)
Introduction – 1/2 | Inciting Incident – 2/2 | Obstacles – 1/2 | Climax – 2/2 | Resolution – 2/2
For the most part, the narrative structure in this film is fine. It has an issue fully introducing you to the characters, as it heavily relies on previous films to do that, but once they get that over with, everything is mostly fine. There’s not much of a central plot underneath it all, which doesn’t really help much, but there is an event early on that changes things, that is the inciting incident. There is a big culminating event towards the end that is easily seen as the climax, and it does calm down and return to a new sense of norm for a resolution.
ENTERTAINMENT – 60% (6/10)
Rewatchability – 1/2 | Fun Experience – 2/2 | Impulse to Buy or Own – 1/2 | Impulse to Talk about or Recommend – 1/2 | Riveting – 1/2
As mentioned beforehand, this was an anticipated film with a group of characters you’ve been dying to see for nearly two decades, of course it’s entertaining. It’s entertaining without really trying to be for the most part. I would definitely rewatch this movie, but I’d probably only do that as a series rewatch, if a friend popped it in, or if I caught it live on TV. Half points. I did have a good time watching the film in general, so that gets full points. I do have an impulse to own it, so I’d add it as a wish list item, but I probably wouldn’t buy it myself. I also think there’s plenty to discuss about the film, but I don’t really feel like recommending it. Finally, I think there is enough in the movie that’s important enough to make you feel like you can’t pause it, but that’s not always the case, so that gets half points.
SPECIALTY – 75% (30/40)
Unbreakable Franchise – 5/10 | Sequel – 10/10 | M. Night Shyamalan – 5/10 | Halfway Decent – 10/10
Finally, what do you expect to see from this film? Especially if you’re a fan of Unbreakable or M. Night Shyamalan? What is it that you actually want to see happen? That answer is different for everyone, but I think there are a few things that anybody would ask. Does it feel like it fits in well with Unbreakable? Yes and no. I think the characters fit in wonderfully, but it strangely feels more like a sequel to Split than Unbreakable, at least in tone and overall feel – so this gets half points. As a sequel, did people want to see it and did it add anything new? Yes and yes. Like I said before, in all of Shyamalan’s filmography, people wanted this film to be made – and does it add anything new? Absolutely – the inclusion of James McAvoy makes more sense than I originally thought – as Samuel L. Jackson is no physical match for Bruce Willis. Full points. As an M. Night Shyamalan film, I think it’s fine, but it doesn’t really feel like him, half points. Halfway Decent – did they make the movie they intended to make from the get go? I had to think on that for a while, but I think for the most part, it did, so that gets full points.
TOTAL SCORE – 73%
Finally a good Wrestlemania PPV to watch but hey it wasn't perfect. The Triple vs Batista match was draggy and boring and the main event was pretty blunt without a proper send of to a Wrestlemania level main event match. A part from that everything else was good! The #KofiMania match should have main evented Wrestlemania 35 as the match was awesome and the moment after the match was great. I wanted to give this PPV a 7/10, but hey, the part timer Brock lost and in my book that deserves an extra point. . As the kick-off show also had good matches and also the PPV wasn't boring overall, this was an 8/10 for me! Keep it WWE!
Not many complaints from me when everyone I wanted to win did. Except Kurt Angle’s last match was shit. Bad booking and the worst match of the night.
Triple H vs Batista was good but the most predictable. We all know, Triple H who has said wins don’t matter. Yet is like a 14 time world champ and has beat all the big names.
While he only booked this match because he never beat Batista. Which is why it was so annoying that they booked it that Batista really wanted a match with Triple H.
A guy who’s shadow he stepped from behind of when he beat him 3 times.
How did Rick survive for a month without food or someone changing his IV? Wouldn't he have more of a beard after a month? Why didn't they check the hospital for survivors? Someone had time to barricade a bunch of walkers in, but they didn't take the time to check for people in a coma? In a hospital? And why is Shane kissing Rick's wife? I'm only watching this because the 14yo wants to, but I think I'm going to become irritated very quickly.
This is one of the strangest movies I've seen in a while. On one hand it is very clearly a Hollywood movie, filled with Hollywood people. But on the other the whole thing plays more like a soap opera. Like a whole season of a soap opera that was edited down to a movie runtime.
I think every scene has a shocking revelation, or big twist, or dramatic confession. Every time you think you know what is going to happen with the rest of the movie, that whole thing either plays out in 5 minutes or the opposite happens.
Are you a sufferer of TSB (Twist Seeking Behaviour)? Then this is the movie for you.
This movie gave the gays everything they wanted.
To start off this review, I would like to point out that prior to watching this series, the only experience i have in Anime is from the likes of Dragon Ball, Dragon Ball Z, Dragon Ball GT, and finally, Samurai Champloo. I am a new comer to anime, at the righteous age of 25. With that being said, i feel my life would have changed drastically if i had watched Naruto and the rest as a kid.
I will be doing a review of every season i watch of Naruto. Sort of to keep my head around all the plots within the series, as there is so much, and so many characters! So far in the series, my favorite season has been Season 2, and as of writing this, i am on Season 3. Season 1 really felt like the introduction season to Naruto, or so for the ones who never read the Manga or never seen Shippuden. It starts us off with Naruto in a form of 'High School' known as the Ninja Academy of the Hidden Leaf Village. Naruto is an orphan with a great secret! He has living inside of him, a mythical creature known as the Nine Tailed Fox (Seriously the coolest animal since the Liger).
He is taught by a teacher, or otherwise known as a Chunin (chūnin / Choo-Neen) which literally means a 'Middle' Ninja or otherwise known to us as a 'Journeyman' Ninja, one who is qualified to lead other ninja on missions. He is ultimately the one who pairs up Naruto, Saskue and Sakura and helps them form Team 7. After they graduate from from the Ninja Academy, which leads them to a new form of Ninja, known as a Genin which means Low Ninja, or the lowest ninja. After the Ninja Academy they get a new teacher named or known as, Kakashi (one of my favorites). He is a Shinobi, a rank higher than Genin. they are the military powerhouses and usually come from a Hidden Village (Same as the Hidden Leaf Village) of specialized ninja. This is where the strongest developments happen for the characters, and one of the best enemies come to play, only known as Zabuza Momochi the Demon of the Hidden Mist. I won't spoil what happens in the fight, as i am trying to keep this spoiler free.
They only meet Zabuza because they take their first mission with Kakashi, a D rank mission, for a bridge builder, which also starts the Arc of "The Land of the Waves". This is an interesting plot, because there are so many twists you wouldn't expect, along with finding out what Naruto is capable of, and how strong Saskue is... and ultimately how helpless Sakura is, without them. This also happens to be the place where the biggest character plot, and change happens for Saskue and Kakashi, and how alike they are. Leaving you only to wonder, what happens to Sakura while this is happening? Oh nothing.. just being the helpless damsel in distress. There is one big plot that occurs between Naruto and a woman-like man named Haku which ultimately effects him deeply, and is a long over-drawn segment.
They are now back to the Hidden Leaf Village, and just in time for the Chunin exams. This is where Team 7 meets its other applicants or teams. These will be their opponents through the Exams to become a middle ninja. The first portions start with a written exam, which shows how much everyone knows, and how little a few characters care about it. Though, you learn how bad ass their new teacher is, named Ibiki Morino who is a Tokubetsu Jonin (Tokubetsu Jōnin / Special High Ninja). This is where you meet the "Rookie 9" or also known as Ino Yamanaka, Shikamaru Nara, and Choji Akimichi of Asuma's Team 10 and Shino Aburame, Hinata Hyuga, and Kiba Inuzuka of Kurenai's Team 8. All having their own specialty's and strengths. A special note is Kabuto Yakushi.
Some time during meeting the Rookie 9, you also get to meet a special ninja known as rock Lee, a ninja who knows no Jitsu, but is fluent, and extremely fluent in Taijutsu - which literally means Body Skill, or body contact, or IN YOUR FACE pummeling. He is the only... you know what, i won't ruin it for you if you have not seen it. He is so special, i had to write a whole paragraph dedicated to him and his sensei Guy. Two of my favorite characters of Season 1, and they only get better as the show goes on. You really see a massive development of Rock Lee and Saskue during their constant encounters which really makes you despise Saskue, but love Lee.
Finally, after they all pass the Chunin written exams, and the special Question #10, they are told they have one more exam, and that if they fail, they are out. They mention it is weird to have such a high number of ninja left going for Chunin. Which is odd, and is constantly mentioned as they go through the test in the dangerous "Forest of Death" where they must gather two scrolls. They all have one, and each team needs to defeat one team for theirs. Not every team wins, and not everyone makes it out... alive. During this sequence you learn a lot of plot development, and foreshadowing for a very good second season.
Overall, Season 1 was good, but not as good as Season 2. You see massive developments of characters, huge holes of plot that will be filled in, don't you worry, one huge enemy (Zabuza) defeated, countless others killed (yes, killed). If Naruto can keep its momentum for me, it will almost surpass Dragon Ball Z in terms of constant action. When Lee does his thing, he even reminds me of a Goku. Which is literally amazing! I am loving this anime, and wised i watched it earlier in my life.
An emotional portrayal rather than an historically faithful account of Mary's relationship with Elizabeth of England. Although claiming that this film was based on John Guy's book MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS: THE TRUE LIFE OF MARY STUART (a remarkable, groundbreaking historical work, which, driven by curiosity by the movie, I've just finished reading) there is very little evidence the screenwriter finished reading it. Both the book and film present Mary as the beautiful, courtly, intellectual and political equal of Elizabeth I, but, that must have been when the screenwriter stopped reading the book for he departs from the historical record and lapses into a fantasy, portraying Elizabeth as weak and distant from her own political processes, gives us with no credible explanation for why Elizabeth made the decisions she did, which begs the question no historian would pose, "If Mary was a true and worthy queen whereas Elizabeth was weak and an emotional mess, how did Mary end up on the executioner's block and Elizabeth manage to successfully hold her throne for 44 years?" The screenwriter muddles up any political, religious or ideological (or even personal) logic for the climate of the day which inevitably set the course for Mary's life path. There is no clarity given as to whether one was either Protestant or Roman would be such an insurmountable issue, partly because John Knox was so poorly written (despite having hidden the very talented and capable David Tennant behind all the hair). Disappointing story telling. Saoirse Ronan and Margot Robbie give emotionally deep performances, as expected. This was a waste of good actors. I rate this film a 4 (poor) out of 10. I know I may be expressing a minority opinion, because, by and large, the people I spoke to as we exited the theatre, seemed to have liked the movie, but more troubling, they accepted this as an historically accurate portrayal while confessing to each other that they never knew of Mary, Queen of Scotts. [Historical? BioPic]. By the way, a seminole point of John Guy's book is that Mary and Elizabeth NEVER MET!
I absolutely loved this movie. It was really funny and it had it's sad times. Definetely a solid 9/10
A true-life drama, centering on British explorer Col. Percival Fawcett, who disappeared while searching for a mysterious city in the Amazon in the 1920s.
I am disappointed with this movie. I had such high expectations. There were many gaps in portraying the story. I am very familiar with the British history so I was able to fill in the gaps. But I was with my teenage daughter and she got lost in the story. First of all, there was no explanation as to why the religion mattered. Second, many stories were rushed, no detail provided while some other stories/parts dragged. And as I watched the scene when Elizabeth and Mary met for the first time I realized that this whole movie is about women empowerment. The way the story was told, the focus was on the strength and power of the women (mostly Mary). I don't like how Elizabeth was portrayed as a weak and insecure woman. Actually, the truth was quite the opposite - she was strong and smart woman. She knew what she wanted. She never married because she knew that she would lose power the moment she tied the knot. This is what ultimately brought Mary's demise.
If the focus of the movie was telling the story rather than making a point, the result would have been much better movie. Right now the movie lacks a seamless story telling. What a waste of good actors. And btw, I think they overdid it with Elizabeth's make up.
The only thing that bothered me was the fact that when she finally named the girl, she named her Olympia, rather than Cinderella/Ella
Hmm...a little late don't you think.
I mean, this should have came out like four years ago when Slender Man was popular, but not now. The popularity has kinda died out.
'Slender Man' is a water down horror movie with more yawns than thrills. It's painfully dull. So boring in fact, I actually fell asleep 12 minutes into it. Of course I had to re-watch it which was horrible.
There's nothing redeemable or anything good about 'Slender Man'. The script is terrible with endless amount of horror movie clichés you thought died out for good. The cliché of how teenagers talk in these type of horror movies. Not forgetting the questionable decisions that leads to their demise.
All the performances were pretty bad and not convincing during the more "scary" elements - Just made the scenes more funny to be honest. Joey King is on a winning streak recently by starring in terrible movies, and she's really bad in the movie.
The atmosphere or tension is none existent to build up any suspense, just loud jump scares through out. Most of the quiet scenes felt like filler than anything else. When it tries to be creepy, it's embarrassing.
Overall rating: Sony, YOU HACKS!
Dam Very Disappointed in this movie.. The Director who Directed The Losers and Stomp The Yard.. I thought he could Bring Slender Man To Life but He never delivered and The Writing is HORRIBLE.. Also Hate The Plot and Characters.. My final rating 0.5/5 I hope They give Slender Man Another Shot
No Backstory Just a Rushed and Very Bad Movie
What a waste. Bland, boring, and unscary. It's a shame as such an iconic character was ripe for a really rich, spooky adaptation. The end result is a vanilla exercise in obvious "scares", with paper-thin characters and terrible CGI.
Really good, definetely recommend it!
Love this Anime
Love this Anime
This anime is amazing, good history and good characters, i loved Akame haha
Absolutely loved this anime! It got me hooked from the first episode. Great story line and amazing character development!
Akame ga kill is like game of thrones in that it has no respect for it's characters. The show gets you attached to the characters. You as a viewer get to know them, their ideals and what moves them, only to get your heart ripped out, stomped on and burned when often in the same or following episode you see your new favourite character (or match) get killed. Thank god they didn't kill Tatsumi until the second to last episode.
The art style is nice, it's really good actually. The story is fast-paced, the characters are like-able, the villains are evil, the superpowers are amazing. If you like cool people fighting other cool people yet cool people who are bad, this is certainly a show I recommend. If you can handle losing almost all your favourite characters that is.
Holy fuck this movie is awful, I don't get how anyone can praise it. The only parts that were good were the fight scenes and some of the training scenes. They did a pretty decent job putting you into the ring with the boxers but that's literally it. The story is complete nonsense, the acting was was below awful, and it was rife with random meaningless bullshit. Two scenes particularly stick in my mind in a way that is so awful that it becomes hilarious. One is a scene where Creed and his shoehorned love interest are about to have sex on a couch with Rocky in the other room and the girl says something about it being weird that Rocky was in the other room and Creed blurts out "He Old!" as justification to continue and then they just fuck. It's hilarious but what the hell were the writers thinking? Then near the end he's running down the street to train, a random kid on a dirt bike asks if he's Apollo Creed's son, he says yeah, the kid says cool, and then the kid just fucking wheelies down the street. What the hell is that supposed to mean? At the very end you get another random ass scene with these dirt bike kids doing wheelies down the street while he trains. This movie is just complete nonsense.
The film has a strong potential worthy of a Black Mirror episode yet the technology presented in the film is not even explored at its finest. The ending felt bleak but is an interesting choice to make the audience come up with their own theories.
It's Rowan Atkinson so what more can I say? It was a funny movie with some really great "Mr. Bean" moments. The rest of the people were ok, nothing really super. Recommended when needed a comedy movie.
Although it was a little slow to begin with, I was not disappointed at all by this film. As soon as I heard there was a new one, I kept an open mind and told myself that: "If it makes me laugh as much as the first and second, then I will be happy", and thankfully, it certainly did! If I was going to pick between the three, I'd still slightly prefer the second one, but I don't really think we should be comparing them. Why not enjoy them all? I certainly have.
As with all of Rowan Atkinson's comic creations, Johnny English is a hilarious character who can simply be funny in an empty room. So many people discuss his physical ability, which is of course outstanding, but even his ability to phrase words for comical effect can brighten anybody's day. There are so many subtle gags in this film, it's unbelievable.
I loved the return of Bough as his sidekick. He plays an excellent part in both the first one and this new one. His character is equally as brilliant as Johnny English himself.
A wonderful film, filled with brilliant comedy, and there were moments when I didn't think I'd be able to stop laughing. It was fantastic!
Great British comedy at its finest (or there abouts). This was a great, funny, movie with some fantastic laugh out loud moments and even more subtle ones. It includes all of the classic elements of the original two, even Bough! You'll enjoy this movie if you like Rowan's previous works and should just accept it for what it is. A 90 minute roller coaster ride of slapstic comedy, and for that - it really does deliver.
Ha! That sure was a party, lots of comedy.. also made me very hungry. Good film... and i'm never going to un see the ending... my eyes are burned...
they were high hungry and horny while making this movie. and that is the best thing I can say about this.
