Why the shit would you get someone known for incredibly dull horror movies to helm what's meant to be "The Avengers" of the monsterverse?
This film is in dire need of a director. It looks like it was pieced together in the edit because so much of it is just shots of actors looking confused at a camera. As in, they just don't seem present in the scene in a logical way.
Millie Bobby Brown can clearly act, but she doesn't seem to know what character she's playing. I sure as hell don't either after watching this.
Rebecca Hall looks like she's just stood up at a table read.
Eiza Gonzalez clearly just got told "kinda do a Michelle Rodriguez impression IDK" at some point and that's all that comes across.
Kyle Chandler is in about two scenes and frankly why did they bother? His presence makes little contextual sense, and he also doesn't seem to even know what continent his whacky high jinks daughter is on at any one time, which gives that whole plot an element of farce.
Godzilla doesn't even seem to be the same creature from the last movie, not in terms of their physical presence or actions. Something is just 'off' about his face and head that makes him seem weirdly artificial.
Kong was well done overall and his arc was the only thing that even tried to make sense in the film and saved it from getting worse than a 5/10.
Fight scenes were awesome, the plot..... absolutely was not.
A really, really pretty adaptation of the original story.
Really, REALLY pretty indeed. I can hardly recall a recent movie that had such brilliant set-, costume- and art-design in general. Very well worth a watch even if only for that.
Wow!!!! This is just trash... I was actually looking forward to this... such a let down...
Movie was ok. Not up to the hype. Typical 'hero fights fights hero then they fight together against a common enemy' type plot.
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Story-wise, it's the weakest compared to other MonsterVerse films. This film is more focused about Kong if you're wondering. I couldn't stand that Millie girl, to be fair I wish the human parts would be removed because I only want to see Godzilla & Kong fighting. But it's entertaining to watch.
Was there a plot or I’ve missed it?
People gave me a hard time for watching every movie in the Sharknado franchise.
That has NOTHING on this movie and just how bad it is.
At least Sharknado knew it was bad and worked off that. This movie feels as though it thinks its actually serious and a good movie.
JFC. I can’t even.
Downloading a power source...................... WTF
I'm embarrassed to say I watched it. I'd rather watch a episode of Corner Gas.
This show will get you laid anywhere in the woke world.
It's a creepy, atmospheric slow-burn. The theme of loneliness explored here is interesting, as is post apocalyptic story of the dead seeping into our world.
Democrats losing their collective x#x# , totally awesome.
Once again Dinesh D’Souza exposes the nefarious past of the Democratic Party in Death of a Nation. Beginning with an examination of the left’s reaction to the election of President Donald Trump and it’s accusations of fascism, D’Souza looks at what true fascism is by studying the regimes of Benito Mussolini and Adolf Hitler, as well as discussing FDR’s and other American progressives’ admiration of European fascism and their attempts to incorporate it into the New Deal policies to get America out of the Great Depression. He also discusses how Andrew Jackson’s forced relocation of American Indians and the South’s “One-Drop” laws that discriminated against blacks influenced how the Nazis went about creating the legal framework to strip away the rights of Jews. The historical re-creation scenes are kind of low-budget, and some of the connections and assertions that the film makes are rather tenuous and generalistic; but that’s somewhat to be expected given the complexity and enormity of the topics. Still, the interviews with historians and other experts are incredibly fascinating and bring to light a lot of interesting information. While it’s not exactly subtle (or completely fair) Death of a Nation is a compelling documentary that reveals the hypocrisy of the left.
Is this a terrible joke?
Let me rephrase. Whether this is true or not, it's a terrible joke.
To what purpose for the storyline was the part with Millie Bobby Brown in this movie? Completely pointless.
I don't know what I expected but this was just terrible. The story was all over the place and fights weren't even that great. How does this get a 92% on Rotten tomatoes? I would skip this one.
If you are looking for a movie that pushes a racist agenda, this is your movie.
Black Christmas isn’t so much a horror movie as it’s a “toxic masculinity” allegory. After pulling a prank on the AKO fraternity the girls of the MKE sorority find themselves being picked off and hunted by mysterious men in black cloaks and masks. Featuring Imogen Poots and Carl Elwes, the cast isn’t too bad, but they’re stuck playing rather cliché stereotypes. And the film just won’t let up on the Me Too politics. It fact, it seems to forget that it’s a horror film; as most of the kills take place off-screen or are cut away from – denying the audience the blood and gore that they’ve come for. Incredibly disappointing, Black Christmas is a jumbled mess that’s more concerned with knocking the patriarchy than delivering scares.
I had a day to gather my thoughts and I think I need to watch this again. This movie is a hot mess. The script seems so bare bones, but with so many opportunities to be biased at the same time, combined with terrible actors.
The first death, Lindsey, is shown as the girl walking home alone at night, but when she is attacked she barely tries to escape, instead deciding to stick around instead of calling security or running away. Boom, dead.
Riley, an abuse victim, is studying at a university with a long history steeped in the appreciation of men. She was sexually assaulted 3 years prior by the former head of another frat house who drugged and raped her. Unfortunately she never sought therapy, and all her sorority sisters either don't acknowledge it or tell her in so many words to get over it, coercing her into joining their shit dance number as their 4th with the knowledge that her abuser is there.
Riley seems to have some history with her teacher who singles her out during class, blaming her for a petition to fire him. In reality it is her social justice warrior friend begging students to sign the petition. She is loud and proud, however, stomps all over riley throughout the movie. She's a terrible friend.
In the sorority house, there is evidence of strange happenings but no one except Riley acknowledges it. For almost the entire movie the cat is missing. Girls are bring attacked and going missing but no one takes it seriously. Riley goes to campus security and is almost comically shut down. The guard even tries to say, boys will be boys. We get it, the movie is feminist, but just stop shoving it down our throats.
The bodies of the deceased are hidden around the school but no one even finds them until the climax. The actual twist of the movie was pretty good. I really liked it, but the getting there was so terrible and garbage. Even the camera work is shit and I don't get whats going on with the sound and echoing.
There's one particular scene where the girl with the cat gets choked and when the bad guy pulls the christmas lights around her neck, the camera abruptly zooms in like it was done post production. The same effect youtubers use for comedy.
There's a bust of the school founder and when put in a specific frat house, it activates the spirit of the founder, who encourages men to behave like alphas. Their hazing ritual includes reciting a Latin inscription and smearing a black liquid on the pledge which possesses him with the spirit of the founder. Riley has an opportunity to destroy it but just chooses to do everything so slowly.
I feel like this movie is terrible but I'm not sure.
Given what happened with the production of the film it is amazing that a coherent story came out at all, much less a pretty good one. Following one classic is difficult enough, but following two is nigh on impossible. The furore over the opening that abruptly resolved the fate of certain characters from the previous film is understandable, but the bleak narrative provides a satisfying conclusion to Ripley's character arc, notwithstanding the film that followed. Equally, the religious overtones form an interesting backbone, even more so in the improved workprint release. It is not particularly scary, a standoff between the Alien and Ripley in the midpoint of the film providing the only real moment of tension, and most of the secondary characters are forgettable alien fodder, an accusation that could never be levelled at the previous films. Unsurprisingly, Charles Dance stands out here as the one new character worth exploring and his relationship with Ripley in the film is the most interesting one - it is unfortunate the film dispenses with this once the Alien makes its presence known. The decision to shoot the final action scene from the Alien's POV provides the film with a unique sequence as both prisoners and creature attempt to stalk and lure each other, though this does rob the film of some much needed tension. Not a classic then, but still an interesting entry into the Alien series.
The movie is entertainment and horror fun in it's purest form.
It seems people who are expecting a serious horror are disappointed by this, but being a Raimi fan (Evil Dead), I knew to expect a black comedy in this too. If you watch it with that mindset, it's great fun and highly entertaining!!
Nice historical movie, a bit slow sometimes, but totally enjoyable. Saoirse Ronan made a great work with her performance; Margot Robbie has been wonderful as always.
Black people playing the role of british lords and asian actresses as court ladies are the big mistake of the movie. The politically correct counts more than historical facts.
An honorable mention goes to the customs, which got the nomination for Oscar 2019.
There aren't many reviews out there for this movie/series and especially not one that aren't biased to one way or the other on the political spectrum. It's difficult to make one without appearing to be either one side but still I think it must be done.
Granted, even though this doc does seem to lean a bit more to the right side of things I think this is a must-see for everyone. There are plenty of episodes and topics that raised my eyebrows and gave a bit more insight into things I learned, or didn't learn, in school. Ignoring the propaganda-like music and certain concepts that are being offered it shows the other side of the medal and makes you realize that history is indeed written by the victors and that there are most likely many things that cannot see the light of day. And never will. A lot touches on conspiracy theories but things generally do when dealing with "alternative" information... I remember a time when there "weren't abombs in Kleine Brogel" or "Echelon doesn't exist"... By now we know better.
Mankind and it's history is messy and of all wars ever waged World War II seems the cleanest... Clear-cut. Good guys vs the bad guys. All sides in this war have done (and still do) vile things in the name of justice or whatever twisted moral reasoning.
If I have learned anything from life is that it's never this black and white. And it clearly isn't black and white in regards to everything surrounding World War 2.
Watch this with any other documentary, research all possible sides and try to make sense of the destroyed and distorted puzzle that is "the truth".
I soooo love it how the trailer completely ignores that the all-female Ghostbusters movie ever existed. Like it never happened, like it was only a bad dream. :heart:
EDIT:
Just watched it. I can't say the movie was spectacular, but it was darn spectacular to me.
I believe the movie paid all due respects to the Ghostbusters and that it was carefully made not to disappoint. It worked!
And yes, I'm high on nostalgia while typing it.
P.S. Anyone else got emotional when Ecto-1 first sounded the sirens?
I love on how the actors we're all cheesy when portraying as their "persona's" while filming the TV show.
A very successful horror decent atmosphere, it's just a pity that the end will be a more interesting end and find out how it will turn out, if they get out of the madhouse and if they survive at all, you won't know. All that remains is to watch the second part and hope that the unraveling of the whole film will come. But even so, a very successful horror with a decent atmosphere, my rating would be a bit higher, but for that end I have to give a mark less, so I rate seven points out of ten, but still a very well-crafted horror. Sorry my English is very bad.
