It baffles me seeing people dismiss this film as "another gay drama/tragedy".
Adam being gay is important to the story? Absolutely. But the narrative is not only about him being gay. It's also about a person who never really grew up because they never had the chance to; It's about someone who's miserably lonely because they cling too much to the past and can't look forward to the future; it's about dealing with unprocessed trauma and moving on in the modern world. And not only that, it's also very original and masterfully crafted. It's beautiful.
It could easily be adapted into a story of the contemporary lonely straight man starring Ryan Gosling and people would lose it.
This movie had absolute everything I hold dear to my little nostalgic heart and it was still disappointing. It's an early 00s action/spy flick, the Angels actresses are the textbook definition of iconic, it features my beautiful babygirl BIll Murray being his lovely silly self, the soundtrack ranges from The Prodigy to Blink 182 to Destiny's Child to Heart... and it still was bad. And it was not only the gross hyper sexualization of the Angels that was over the top even by 00s standards, no. The movie was overall disjointed and aimless. Some of the action scenes are fun, but the rest just feels boring and honestly very lame. It used to happen often when movies' first priority were just to look so sick and cool dude hell yeah!!! (i.e. the first Fast and Furious). And don't get me started on the antagonists... for reference: Eric Knox is like a lame Zoolander, the "Thin Man" is a creppy disgusting Robbie Rotten from Lazy Town and honestly who cares for that b*tch Vivian?
It's the perfect mix of camp and disgusting shock horror. Unfortunately, the "creative" editing is just confusing, annoying and quite cheap. A shame, though, as it had some very interesting scenes and characters as well as wesomely disgusting costume, make-up and practical effects. Great acting too. However, in the end, it just felt like going through a haunted house while on acid.
This movie is and will always be a timeless classic for a reason and that it is because it's iconic in the true meaning of the word iconic. Even tough it is a 90s/00s high school fantasy like many that came after, it is still the one that actually feels like the snapshot of a generation: the characters, the catch phrases, the jokes, the dialect, the fashion (OMG THE FASHION), the soundtrack... everything in it is truly iconic in the sense that it represents a time so beautifully done even if it is embellished (and isn't that true for everything that is actually iconic?) -- also, it being so lighhearted contributes to it as it feels like watching an old tape from a bunch of 90s high-schoolers at times. People complain the plot falls on the mundane side at times, but that it is what makes it special, it somewhat feels like a slice of life, a slice of time. A delight to watch!
This movie is so aggressively bad but so funny and camp at the same time it can be worth a watch.
This movies is so peculiarly interesting because it doesn’t actually feel like a movie at any given point, it feels like an extended episode for a long-forgotten early 2000s’ anthology TV show. Maybe it’s because of the acting, maybe it’s because of the editing or it’s the script and the dialogue or something else and everything combined, but there is just no soul to it. Mind you everything that makes this movie is bad, and I mean BAD, but never in a cringe way, just in a soulless way. The acting for instance might be technically appalling, but it just fails to cause any emotion whatsoever on you, even a bad one. And I think that’s the most impressive thing I have ever witnessed: how blank a movie can be outside some sparse laughs. I know this phrase has been memed to death, but this is the perfect occasion for it: this is literally one of the movies ever. And I’m obsessed about it. It’s not even a “so bad it’s good” type of movie, it’s just… a movie. This one goes on my list of movies I would play on repeat on the TV of my late night dinner if I had one.
An interesting premise and a curious take on movie genres as it tends to switch tones very unexpectedly. It starts off strong, but it falls flat on the second half, though. In the end, it felt aimless and disjointed. A shame, really, because it could've been great.
You have to give it to the film and to the people behind it: they seemed to actually try to make a good movie. It could have been just a shameless cash grab to ride on the wave of the game's success, but you just feel there was passion behind it. Unfortunately, passion is not always good enough.
Granted that this movie is a hard to one to adapt, with the game's confusing and complex story and creatures that are hard to make look good in real life. But that's not just it. The script is bad and the acting of everyone involved is equally bad; the make-up and special effects and CGI may have looked good at the time (as many critics upon the movie release release will tell you), but they just look cheap and bad executed today. For instance: Rose and Cybil have scratches and blood splattered on their body throughout the whole movie, but you never actually see they getting hurt or dirty, the blood and the scratches just appeat out of nowhere. Also these marks are never done in a way that makes them look messy or disstressed, the characters just go throughout the whole movie looking hot and sexy despite them.
However, it has its good moments. They chose to film the action sequences in angles similar to the ones in the game and it actually looks cool, so it makes for good cinematography. Also, in the topic of adapation, it follows videogame logic, but with a good explanation in the end as "the demon" tells Rose it left clues for the purpose of her understanding Alessa's pain. Finally, the end is METAL as hell. Kudos to them for not holding back and actually being able to replicate Silent Hill's very particular hellish creepines and violence that made the game so unique.
This movie had major potential, but some weird choices just makes you wonder...
Throughout the film, due to some solid cinematography and acting, there's a certain atmosphere that it's crafted that actually holds tension and doesn't give off a "tacky" or "cheap" vibe as some other movies (especially slasher ones) at the time did. Some self-aware humor sprinkled throughout it also makes it fun (even if some people say it "ripped off" Scream). So, even due to some weird choices, it always "feels" good in a certain way. However, these weird choices makes you wonder sometimes:
Why was The Fisherman toying with the bunch at times? For instance, why would he choose to cut Helen's hair instead of just killing her?; even if her hair is important to the character, there's no reason for the killer to actually give a f*** about it.
Why and how (but most importantely WHY) would he stuff Julie's car trunk with Max's corpse and a bunch of live crabs? And, minutes later, just... disappear with it...
How does he kill Barry and gets away with it? He slashes him with a hook and, fine, there's a show going on so no one can hear it or see it, but there's just a little blood on the scene after that gruesome death (that the cop obviously doesn't notice) and the killer just... disappears with Barry's corpse without a trace...
There are some other stuff that I was picky about at first but, the more I thought about them, the more they made sense. For instance: how would Julie and Helen not recognize that David was not the same guy that they rannover if they saw the corpse on the road and Edgar's pictures in Melissa's house (and probably did Ray, as he had been there before)? But, looking back, they make sure to say that "his face is all messed up" lol . So kudos to the movie for covering some of their bases when the viewers start overthinking it; even when it's revealed that the killer is a non-supernatural being (which is a nice twist on the genre), the action still makes sense
Anyway, as I said, the movie and its atmosphere "feels" good (at least for me) and not "tacky" or "cheap" as some other slasher movies of the time — except for the very ending, which is just silly. And it's FUN. So, I guess that's what counts :)
This is a visually stunning (!!!) movie from the set to the costumes to the make-up and to the cinematography; Garbo's acting is also very much on point. However, unfortunately, this all there is to it. Plot-wise, it brushes over the most pivotal points of what constitutes the impossible romance between Marguerite and Armand and focus instead in old Hollywood romance gibberish cliché, turning the story confusing and the characters' reasoning nonsensical.
I am one for a mindless cheesy B action movie, but this one is just boring. There is virtually no plot, characters' reasoning and actions only exist to keep the film going, the pacing is weird, it holds no tension, the ending is rushed; nothing about is actually entertaining other than some cool asthetic shots. The only salvageable thing out of this mess is Jason Statham fighting choreography. Dude knows how to put on a show.
While people generally have a problem with its premise (such as how there was not really a story to cover anyway or how they registering into the school is ignorant to the whole bureaucracy behind it), I'm willing to suspend my belief just so the trope of wanting to relieve your days of high school and do something different than you did before can take place.
But I do have the same problem as everyone else regarding the movie's romantic interests: the teacher and Josie, Josie and the school throb and Rob and and another student. These are all wrong and weird. Not to mention how there were two instances of other grown-up men commenting on the bodies of the young female students.
But the biggest problem that I have, to be honest, is the fact that this movie is not much of a comedy for most of it, as its “rom-com” label would make you believe. Jokes keep falling flat and makes it feel aimless some of the times. I don't know, it's weird.
On a bright side: the ending credits are the most creative and cutest thing ever! Using the actors' and the people beind the movie's high school pictures really touched me on a soft spot. Reminds me that all these people that came together to make a movie, albeit a bad one, were once kids that probably never imagined that their adult life was going to be like this. It puts humanity on its forefront and that's beautiful. Every movie should do that!
This is a movie that is somewhat absurd in its plot line and character actions, but not too much that it becomes surreal, so I guess it becomes difficult to tackle on the "how" to watch it. I think it's more of a go-with-the-flow type of movie that you enjoy more of its bits than you do the whole, such as the characters relationship with the objects surrounding them and the metaphors and similies that arise from this. It's lovely nonetheless, specially the second film with Faye's character, and it will leave you giggling and tossing your feet up in the air if you savor it instead of trying to make sense out of it. My biggest problem is the editing, though: the hard angles and slow motion at times didn't match the movie overall vibe. It just felt disorienting for no reason and, to be honest, a bit on the cheap side.
Nolan certainly outdid himself in this one! More pedantic and self-important than ever! There is something ironic in that Oppenheimer's wife character critiqued him saying something along the lines of him thinking so great of himself... and that that would definitely apply to Nolan. Just because the movie had great acting and a difficult story to be adapted, it doesn't make it any good; quite the contrary, the higher you are, the harder the fall. The editing to make it "artistic" is just disorienting enough to trick you into thinking it's oh so smart and complex and profound. Not to forget the cheesy lines some characters, Einstein specially, were spitting like it was fountains of wisdom coming straight from the most generic Marvel movie. This is the worst garbage of intellectual wannabe film ever: it's like Ricky and Morty for people that think they are actually smarter than Ricky and Morty fans. Apologetic Hollywood trash that OF COURSE copped 7 Academy Awards. Make the bomb, drop the bomb, make the movie, make money with the movie, award the movie... all in a day's work of American imperialism.
I don't understand why this movie is so adored as it is. It is beautifully scripted and shot, yes, absolutely. But it doesn't really speak of something deep about love as people make it to be. Tom character and his friends are insufferable incels and Summer is full of contradictions. Their alleged "relationship" is a mess and not in a fun and quirky and lovely way, just a cringe mess. Maybe this movie would work if they were teenagers, yes, maybe... but they are adults for heaven's sake! It was just a pain to watch it.
Slightly above average preteen movie. It has its funny moments, tho.
It starts genuinely terrifying, but soon turns into one of the worst movies I have ever seen. The moment they return to check on the church’s pipe, while Trish herself acknowledges they are acting on scary movie logic nonetheless, is the moment it turns into a shitshow. From there on, the movie is just a bunch of VERY annoying yelling and terrible acting (from Darry especially, who looked EXACTLY like this :eye::lips::eye: at all times). There is just SO much wrong with this movie, it is so bad and incoherent, that it feels like I’m being gaslighted by everyone when I see all these comments on the internet about it being a great horror movie or even a just OK one for that matter.
VERY average preteen movie with a gender bender twist.
It is a delightful movie full of the classical British wit that I always enjoy. It starts a bit rough around the edges, the roommate Spike is a disgusting character that I wish was not there, the soundtrack is a bit too on the nose and the very very ending is very very cheesy -- but it all fits for a 90s rom-com I must admit. On a positive note, it is fun, the dialogue is great and the side characters are quite interesting. And of course, Hugh Grant never looked so much of a baby girl as he did in this movie. Oh, those beautiful eyes of his... Instant movie crush!
It is a great concept to juxtapose two conflicting narratives the way they did it to broad the so-called "black experience". The problem is that, while one of them is actually well-written and moving, the other is the dumbest satire ever. Rich white people can be dense, but they just pushed it to the realm of disbelief. And I'll say it: Atlanta, the TV show, already did this, but much much better.
It is a cool approach to the found footage genre, and, while everyone apparently agree that the second part was better, I don't. First one is much more scary because nobody knows what in hell is going on. Then, they explain it and even adds an unnecessary layer of catholic mysticism by the very end, which just makes it goofy.
First of all, I want to say that Paris did nothing wrong and her Raspberry Award was undserved: her acting was on par with the rest of the cast, and that is just average. The movie, though, SUCKS. It takes half of it to happen something actually exciting, as they were "building" the characters before with no real pay-off for the narrative later. The concept is interesting and some of the kills and their aftermath are super creepy, but the rest of them are just random kills to single down the two survivors. Soundtrack is ABSOLUTE FIRE tho.
It is not really a scary movie, although it gets creepy at times. The best thing about it are the little twists that get you every time. Approach it as a somewhat comedy drama horror spoof and you will enjoy it, especially the hilarious back and forth relationship between the grumpy couple with great girl bossiness gold digger bitch acting from Famke. Ignore the ending and the VFX... there are no excuses for that.
I really wanted to like this movie as I love me some metanarratives and fourth wall breaking, but, unfortunately, I don't. It starts off strong and from the mark of 30 minutes on it gets confusing and convoluted, characters act dumb, and Nancy screaming "DANNY DANNY DANNY" and Danny replying with "MOMMY MOMMY MOMMY" for what it seemed like a million times quickly becomes VERY annoying.
I don't get when people say this movie suffers from haunted house horror movies clichés because it definitely doesn't. It's an interesting, innovative and well-rounded story that doesn't scare, but definitely creeps you with its great cinematography and brooding ambiance, solid performances all around and also for the fact that the movie doesn't have a happy ending at all for the protagonist . And, hey, some might even thank this movie for what is considered one of the best horror movies of the last decade: Get Out .
Every single haunted house horror movie cliché and then some. Not interesting nor scary in the slightest.
I find it rather ironic that the movie is mostly in B&W since that's what the whole message it's trying to get across is: black and white. I kinda understand it being successful when it released in 1998, but seeing people holding it up to such high standards in this day and age just shows that the fight against racism and pursue for equity still has a looooong way to go. Damn Norton's stellar performance for being what I believe is the sole reason this movie is so well regarded.
