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hum... sequel incoming or tv show?
This movie was a lot to process. The first half is a really great commentary on society and American culture, even if some moments seem forced or others are obvious setups for later. But half way through it takes a hard turn into a weird place. Also don't watch this if you are scared of horses
If Tarantino and Edgar Wright had a baby... it would have been born at the El Royale.
Skimming other reviews of this film elsewhere, I've seen accusations of slow pacing, bad writing, unrealistic characters… For every reviewer who found the movie amazing, it's almost like that had to be balanced out by someone else who couldn't stand it.
Someone will have to balance out my review, then, because I need more films like Leave No Trace in my life.
Sometimes, if a movie leaves me wondering what actually happened, it's a sign of incoherent writing, or editing. Other times—as with Leave No Trace—it means I wasn't paying close enough attention to the details. And no, I'm definitely not in the segment of moviegoers who would argue that it's the filmmaker's job to make sure I know what's happening. Nothing smacks of "inexperienced director" like hitting me, the viewer, over the head with a plot point several times to make sure I got it.
Fortunately there's none of that in Leave No Trace. I've been meaning to watch Winter's Bone for some time, but I'll have to bump it up a few slots on the ol' watchlist after seeing this. If the two films share any of the same DNA (and they do, in the form of writer and director Debra Granik), I'll love that one too.¹ I can't get enough of this storytelling technique, where the characters just…exist, and don't stand there explaining what's happening (or what happened before now) for the audience's benefit.
Not everyone appreciates this style of "expositionless" storytelling, to be sure. One IMDB reviewer said "it seemed this [movie] had a beginning, beginning and beginning."² But those of us who relish poking fun at the "exposition dumps" traditional screenplays often throw out really love being left to our own interpretations of characters' words and actions. Or at least… I do.
This isn't an easy movie to watch, really. I wouldn't throw it up to relax after a hard day. The subject matter gets too deep for that, I think. But it is very much worth the journey. Along with those critical accusations I mentioned earlier, numerous reviewers also called this film insightful, thought-provoking, and uncomfortable. I agree with all of those, at least on some level. Scenes that might seem kind of throwaway at first (the church service, say) always turned out to be plot-relevant in the end.
Leave No Trace is slow and quiet at times, but it's never boring.
https://www.imdb.com/review/rw4250151/Just happened across this movie, and am I happy i did. First off, the kid who played sammy made this movie, and the ending, what it is. Secondly, William H. Macy delivered as well. Third, JOHN RITTER! (Hey fay boy (IT) ). If you haven't seen this movie, check it out.
Side thought: Where does the name of the movie play in? Panic? I kept wondering that throughout, couldn't place it. Thought maybe they would say a single line of dialog that would bring it together, but it didn't .. or i missed it.
this was a great fucking ending !
A fairly decent cast lifts this above its B-movie conventions. No classic, but better than you would expect.
Actually not a bad pilot episode to a show, has some cringe dialogue here and there but I think some of that is done on purpose, it's also surprisingly more humorous than I thought it would be. Hopefully this show gives a lot more for Penn to be able to do acting wise, they have an interesting premise here and I hope they build on i well. This show could ever become another awful 'edgy teen show' or actually something great given time, we shall see.
This is horrible. Maybe even the worst movie with Bruce Willis that I've seen. Horrible acting, horrible script, horrible action.
Dark, funny, great performances and memorable characters in this excellent film. I’m very interested what Ryan Prows brings next. Recommended
Well it's better than The Meg.
A good start to the season. They didn't waste any time setting up the "why he did it" question. Not enough of Carrie Coon though.
An unsolvable puzzle. Great acting. Interesting germ of an idea but it did what I most dislike in a mystery, it gave us lots of false leads and resolve it with something unforeseeable (something that I never forgave in the latter writings of Agatha Christie) . Because of that, I gave the first series a 7.5 (just good) out of 10 (it was subsequently renewed for two more season as it rated in Amazons Top Ten). After watching the second season (which had a ridiculously predictable plot) I have reduced my rating to 5 (meh) out of 10, which grieves me because I think Stana Katic was wonderful in CASTLE and I like to support Canadian talent, especially when they invest back into the industry in producing, writing and soundtrack. [Crime Mystery]
More a parable on faith and evil than a horror movie. Beautiful to look at but a confusing story at times.
Intriguing drama, more suited to the stage than a film.
YES! Finally a movie that doesn't follow the current Hollywood cliche of being a superhero, sequel or remake film. Something new! And oh boy .. did the new emotions come rolling back with this one. I'm always drawn to horror because it brings with it this experience we don't usually get in everyday life. Emotions aside, the cinematography and sound editing were sublime. Camera movements that make me wish i could run to the projector room and re-watch. Audio that has me looking around the room, wondering if maybe someone is behind me.
Sound people that don't care about consistent sounds or room feel didn't help, but the biggest problem is the lack of a beginning to end story. It feels like one story to the middle and then another when the 'secret' monster finally shows up. Nobody's surprised about what the cause of the ailment is. Nobody.
Im Nicaraguan, and the facts are not wrong. Its good to people to know a little bit of history of our countries.
Is the best film that I've saw in years. Totally amazing, a very beautiful love story about friendship and respect.
I enjoyed the movie. If you thought it was going to be a period piece, you're wrong. If you thought it was going to be Oscar-bait, you're wrong. If you thought it was going to be a lean/mean action flick with fun set pieces and an entertaining plot line...that's what you get. One of the better movies of the summer, because while it plays serious enough, it knows it is here to put on a show and entertain us. In particular, I think Rainn Wilson does a good job of not going overboard while presenting an over the top type of character. Sit back and smile as the chaos fills the screen.
This movie feels a lot like Jaws even though it has different story line - the essence is the same.
Lots of cliches but if you see it with the mindset that you want to be entertained for couple of hours - go for it, otherwise you will not enjoy it. Nothing spectacular as far as cinematography goes, so don't waste your money on premium screenings. It has few jump scares, also people were eaten (as it should be expected).
The prescreening that I attended was in 3D but besides couple of into your face moments the 3D didn't bring much to the table.
Surprisingly, there were a lot of funny jokes which made the movie more enjoyable.
Fun Fact: Something that I noticed and it bugged me a lot: after the intro of the movie there was a scene with a helicopter flying over the ocean, near cliffs. Whoever added the helicopter digitally was an amateur - the proportions were so bad. You could clearly see the ripples, the waves crushing into the cliff and if you've been near real ocean you can judge how close the camera to them is but the helicopter was so small that it looked the size of a drone when compared to the ocean ripples. They probably wanted to make it look like the helicopter was far in the distance and that the ocean is vast but it was a poor attempt. Reminds me of a stock photo from a reputable site that was a beach and palm trees. I enlarged the ocean water to use as a background (graphic design job) and I saw the pool tiles clearly - someone had stitched the photo. This helicopter was even worse!
A poor floppy specimen. 4/10
The Dolby Atmos Sound is brilliant 10/10
The 3D is a 5/10
It's Clearly been heavily cut - not just deaths. Even the regular scenes have conversations ending with odd reaction shots.
The 3D drowned:
The titles were great! Floaty bits in your face:
But they didn't bother doing it for the rest of the underwater scenes.
*1 thing hits you in the face in the 3rd act
Nice nod to Jaws with 'Pippin'
If you're expecting hilarious deaths from below go watch Piranha 3D (from a few years ago, not the sequel 3dd) it had brilliant 3D & is a whole lot of fun.
when I first so the trailer & the pitch of this movie I espect something simple & short as very often ( almost always bad movies in this category )
don't loose this one :) between a horror movie & a science fiction one if you like those kind of movies like me you will have a great time
with really few personages only 5 I think but very good actors
this movie is so original great I love it :)
Abbey Lee is great I love her play & her superbe sexy body
with 2 beautiful actors : Abbey Lee is superbe as always
& mister Ciarán Hinds also is superbe good in this role
,Carla Gugino is also surprising good in this movie ( very nice body )
this movie is great and original I loved it , a little crazy like should be more in cinema , some very good flash back :)
you will not loose your time
you will not guess how the movie will unfold
that surprises from super scenarios
until know super movie simple & well played & very acceptable & much more unexpected , a lot's of surprises ! ! !
I had watching this movie 1h 40 minutes of pleasure great it's not often
An excellent young adult movie with a novel take on special powers. Excellent young cast. Thriller pace with tender moments. I give this movie an 8 out of 10. [Super Powers]
I thought Ex Machina was (although flawed) an excellent movie, Annihilation was just crap though. Apart from the outfits, there was nothing even remotely military about any of them, the whole thing just didn't know where it was going or why, it was a huge confused mess. It probably would have made a good TV episode in an anthology show, but just not enough there to make a decent film. It put me in mind of Arrival (easily the worst sci-fi movie of recent times), low-brow junk masquerading as high-brow gold. Both were designed from the ground up to make stupid people think they are really smart. If a film is advertised as 'highly intelligent' they should at least be moderately intelligent, but this doesn't even come close. The fact the ending is somewhat ambiguous and there are several different theories about it doesn't mean the film is cleaver, it just means the ending has more than one interpretation. I'm not saying films should spoon feed you all the answers, in fact, I hate when that happens, It's great being able to contemplate a movie and it's meanings after the fact, the problem here is it gives you so little of worth to actually think about.
The movie touches on a lot of topics, and shows a lot, but never ultimately explains what happened, it just happens with no explanation.
The ending with Lena fighting her doppelgänger and detonating the phosphorus grenade was awful. What did the alien ultimately want? It is unclear.
I now take "From the writer and director of Ex Machina" as a warning.
