Nothing good to say about this one. Didn't really catch my attention.
Really pointless movie. Very amateur stuff.
Dave Batista can do better.
Rather watch Zombieland.
Ugh. After last week's excellent episode, this was a major step down and makes me reconsider following this series. The writing was atrocious, with every other character quipping at the worst of times. (Worst offender: Sharon Carter quipping "Blam" after blowing Happy's head off.) Not only that, but the third act turn hangs on a supremely illogical and shitty character decision.
This, to me, is an example of what happens when the MCU "formula" is handled by bad writers. You get this illogical mess that thinks it's way funnier than it is. Hope this is the low point of the series and not a sign of things to come.
I found this movie to be entertaining and engaging. Kids will enjoy all the adventure and action. Disney did a good job. I did pick up on the environmental undertone of this movie. That through our actions we are heading to our own end. I thought Hugh Laurie had the best end speech near the end of the movie. It was, to me, an honest account of how we are as human beings.
The key phrase in this movie is that our children are our future and that we should never give up or except the path we are on, rather it is up to us to change it to make the world a better place so we may continue to survive and thrive.
I found there to be quite a bit of humor in this film as well and not the kind that went over kids heads to appeal to the grown ups. Granted when I went I didn't see many kids, if any in the theater at the time. That was probably due to the rating of 14+. The word 'hell' is used a few time so I have no doubt it played it's part.
The acting was well done and I would definitely call this a family movie and would recommend this to people.
Nicolas Cage is like a genre now
Idk what evil power compelled me to waste my time with this. Not scary, not interesting, just disgusting.
"Sing 2" dazzles audiences with its captivating storytelling, finely crafted character arcs, and seamless plot progression. From start to finish, the film delivers everything one anticipates from an animated masterpiece. The blend of spectacle and heart is truly remarkable, drawing viewers into a world brimming with imagination and charm.
While the movie excels in many aspects, there's a lingering desire for deeper exploration, particularly regarding Calloway's story. A more in-depth dive into his character could have added layers of complexity and emotional depth, enriching the overall narrative and leaving a more profound impact on the audience. Despite this slight shortfall, "Sing 2" remains a delightful cinematic experience that entertains and inspires, leaving audiences longing for more.
I waited months for this, I was so excited! But I guess my expectations were too high... Since sadly enough it turned out to be a bunch of meh... ! It was alright...
Should've called this "horny grandma"
Makeing a Lovecraftian inspired movie is though, only some of the best filmakers in history have managed to pull it off, one of the most succesful clearly being John Carpenter.
It's from Carpenter that Richard Stanley draws most of his inspiration, both in pacing and directing, while still maintaning his very specific style that put him on the map in the 90ies with "Hardware". Couple this with the always bizarre, and charismatic, Nicolas Cage and you have a power duo that commands attention. In this they succeded fully, helped by a stunning photography and very talented - and young! - ensemble cast. Evrey part of this movie manages to recreate that feeling of utter cosmic dread that is the center of Lovecraft's fiction and that's so difficult to put to film.
I'm not gonna call this one terrible at all, it's a pretty unique horror movie but it just wasn't for me.
I didn't like how much of a slow burner it was despite being a slasher film, took a whole hour for the horror aspects to get a move on. We get 60 mins of sex and about 30 to 35 mins of horror. Like I get it, it's the premise of the thing but Jesus they drag out those freaking scenes for way too long, if I wanted to see porn I'd just see porn. By the time we get to the horror I didn't even care about it anymore, though I will say I found about 2 of the kills to be pretty unique and well executed.
I honestly think that I might have liked it better if RJ ended up snapping and becoming the actual villain and say he's gonna turn the film into his own sick project but instead we end up with "Old gross people are jealous to a crazy level that they can't have sex". The villains also seemed to switch between pathetically weak and strong & stealthy on a dime.
I think I'd rather re-watch The Skeleton Key (2005) or Malignant (2021) than watch this again.
As this is such a blatant rip off of The Autopsy of Jane Doe, I'd like to do an autopsy of this film.
The Possession of Hannah Grace was riddled with clichés and suffered from an abundance of jump scares aggravated by a total deficiency of true horror. The film is dead to me from the complications I had caring about anything on the screen before me.
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This is the only movie deserving to be the 3rd in the Ghostbusters trilogy.
It was a lot of fun, smart, and brought back so many good memories. A throwback to when blockbuster movies were good and fun, with feelings. I loved how Trevor and Phoebe actually looked like their grandfather Egon.
They could easily make a couple more sequels with this cast.
I only have one negative thing to say - Paul Rudd was really creepy as the gatekeeper. Maybe a little too much so. lol
How I rate:
1-3 :heart: = seriously! don't waste your time
4-6 :heart: = you may or may not enjoy this
7-8 :heart: = I expect you will like this too
9-10 :heart: = movies and TV shows I really love!
Looking for zombies getting shot-up in slow-mo? Got it.
Need guns and a very zoned-out main actor? Here you are.
Need some old-school views on what male and female is in both the human and zombie realms? Served.
All in all, this film is a bunch of shoot-'em-up scenes patched together with fairly little love. I miss what made George A. Romero's zombie films scary and funny. Sure, there are a few jump-scares throughout this film, but the main zombies grow old and stale after a very short while.
This film should have been edited. Also, what's up with the super-bokeh everywhere? I thought that kind of filming died in 2003.
Jesus this bad… Like, WW84 bad…. Like, Cats bad… Like, Jack & Jill bad…. Like, Paul Blart bad…
Can we talk about that waaaay too modern lightbulb in the closeup on the top of the stairs to the cellar? Did nobody pay attention during production???
poor hans spent all his life creating the safest locks ever just for one guy to pick it in 5 minutes
This is just stupid. The only thing I found amazing about the whole thing was that I watched it all! I kept waiting for something intriguing to happen... and it just ended.
I don't get the hype and relatively high score. While the film manages to disgust, it fails to scare or thrill. The old-person costumes make the antagonists look distractingly fake and their speech doesn't match their appearance, which is off-putting but also immersion breaking.
With perhaps the exception of terrible pacing, there's nothing new here. The first half nearly put me to sleep and despite a few gory moments, the second wasn't worth the wait. The story and characters are not compelling. Even as slashers go, it feels bland and meaningless.
Yes, it's more a less a retread of the first but yes I had a blast. There was a bittersweet moment init that made my eyes well up. The whole audience burst into song at the end AND My three year old kept proclaiming how good the film was. That alone is enough to give 8 stars to a nostalgia play
Oh and both the mid-credit scene and the end credit bumper were gold
Too much bloat as usual. The man needs an editor that can make the hard decisions. 148 minutes, get real.
Hostage videos have better production. Dont waste your time watching this "media" thingy
So disappointing. I wish I never watched it.
Cheesy plot, where one dumb girl make a dumb decision to save someone that's not important, which sacrificing the whole team including her dad. And the stupid dumb girl lives - she doesn't worth it.
The end.
"I could mutate a peach for hours..." - Caster Troy
Studio Ghibli gets serious in this romanticized take on avionic design at the dawn of the second world war. Engineering might seem a strange subject for animation, and at times it is, but in typical fashion the studio delights in writing their own rules and somehow coming out ahead.
In the same way that recent big-budget live action cinema has been trying to draw inspiration from animation's more fantastical elements, it seems that The Wind Rises borrows its mundane, grounding elements from reality. Detail has always been a calling card for Miyazaki's efforts, and here the old master has again outdone himself. The screen is flooded with life, with even the least remarkable background extra, almost-inanimate object, or stunning, towering cloudscape enjoying an unusual amount of motion and character - notes clearly taken from live action.
There's no shortage of the studio's usual breathtaking flights of fancy and wonder, either, but now they're tempered by that basis in reality. And, in a way, that makes them even more special. Dreams intertwine with lucidity so casually, it's tough to identify the moments of transition. The plot is less rigid than one might expect, too, strolling along at its own pace and lazily floating from one decade to the next. That makes it less gripping than the standard Ghibli effort, but we're invested in different ways.
Gorgeous, poetic, relaxing, inspiring, warm and funny and bittersweet; it's not at all what I expected, and no competition for Totoro or Mononoke or Spirited Away, but it's not trying to be.
Really cool characters. Unfortunately, they died in very dumb ways sometimes. Chambers was unexpectedly bad ass an died for no reason, while everyone watched and decided that "she was gone" while she was meters away, clearly not even overwhelmed by zombies. Same for Lilly: interesting character whose death could have been avoided. What tf was her strategy ? She could have gone with Bautista. I liked the dynamic between Dieter and Vanderohe, too bad Dieter died. Also, sure, Vanderohe managed to get out of there after the nuclear bombing... Pilote lady was really fun too.
Regarding the f daughter : did not make sense for her to come. Her dad wouldn't have agreed, her friend is barely introduced, and we don't even have updates about the kids she is doing this for. Useless the whole movie, she managed to kill (among others) her dad as well as the MacGuffin friend. Her being there just doesn't make sense.
Otherwise, it did look good in my opinion. I enjoyed the first 1h30, but the ending felt pretty long. Especially with the dumb decisions the movie took every time.
Also, the zombie alpha girl moved like a classical dancer for some reason.
I looked it up, there is no body paint shortage, so you can buy any color even in walmart for 5 bucks. Lets be honest though.This whole series is so low budget I seriously doubt they will pay even 5$ for anything for the enhancment of the show.
Dave Bautista was absolutely awesome as a professional wrestler; like so many others before him (Dwayne Johnson being the sole anomaly) he fails miserably on the big screen however. This movie had potential but the acting was listless, lifeless, spiritless and meaningless. The story was COMPLETELY predictable to any fan of zombie flicks, but so far removed from any decent undead movie that I found myself regretting I had wasted my time. News flash, people: Zombies are DEAD people; ergo, they are incapable of reproducing. That should have been reason alone to turn this off, but I'm a slow learner and kept hoping.
In the end, it was an enormous disappointment, and I would be remiss if I didn't warn others to avoid this idiocy. A complete - COMPLETE! - waste of time, and certainly at 2.5 hours in runtime it's not worth sitting through. I really wanted to like it...I really EXPECTED to like it...but alas, 'twas not to be.
Avoid this one unless you've got absolutely NOTHING else....
On second thought, just avoid this one. Period. It reeks.
