Ambitious…. But messy.
There is some good stuff here but also some things that just didn’t work. At times the action looked phenomenal, at other times I couldn’t follow what was happening with the shakey cam and the way some of it was cut. I liked the story and exploring the past. The training break between 2nd and 3rd act was the weakest part of the movie. Also felt little unsatisfying with the way it wraps. I think Dev showed some good traits though and will definitely check out whatever he does next. Shout out to Shantel Copley, he’s great as always!
It's a beautiful movie. But I simply don't understand the story leading up to the end. I just don't know nothing seemed to really lead to the next plot point, creating sudden plot out of no where. But what I did understand, it was lovely. It was romantic, and it was fantastical. It had all the emotional elements that a Ghibli film tends to have. You feel this movie more than you understand, and I'm sure other viewers felt much more than I did.
What an amazing show... beautifully shot, costumes and props are amazing, and the Cast - - Wow, you can tell they are putting their craft into top gear.
Anna Sawai is excelling in this role... she is far more engaged than in 'Monarch Legacy...'.
If you aren't watching this yet, what the hell are you waiting for?!
Jesus Christ, stop praising Donna like that it's getting too cringy.
Definitely one of the best season finales of the whole series.
I really wanted to love this, but it fell flat for me.
I really enjoyed the themes it was exploring, but it ended up coming off a bit too pretentious.
It had gaping plot holes that made taking the rest of it seriously a bit of a stretch.
My favorite was that one of the seven most powerful/expensive robots in the entire world was sold to the circus as a joke!?!?
Note: _I didn't read the source material, and maybe they stayed true to it, but not fixing the plot holes was a mistake if that was the case IMO. _
The animation and the acting were very good, the mood was perfectly fitting as well.
This had the potential to be a home run, but they fell short of the mark.
It's definitely not Urasawa's best work.
The original material is very weak and the adaptation is also weak. Astro Boy's story of peace is far from bringing peace or resolution to the problems of World War II. And placing Japan as a victim or protagonist is problematic to say the least.
The story does manage to bring suspense and intimacy to the problems of war based on the needs of family. It's a smart and challenging choice. As it encourages people to watch, it also creates a dramatic charge. However, I couldn't identify with the characters except for the detective (who was probably Urasawa's initial character).
It seems to me that there was a business intention here between the Tezuka association and the Urasawa publishers. I speculate that Urasawa already had a science fiction story and that it was sold to the association.
Anyway, the production manages to maintain a high level of quality except for the 3D. The soundtrack is good and the voice actors are exceptional. In my opinion, the weakest points are in the story and mainly in the direction that fails to improve the narrative and makes it more rigid.
Not what I expected, yet it was terrific. Can't wait for more.
Ok so the acting was alright, but basically I just spent almost 2 hours of my day watching an annoying couple argue over a thank you speech and all of this in a b&w filter. I mean...
An Absolute child favorite! Must watch.
To those wondering how much truth there is in this story, be sure to watch History buffs analysis on YouTube. You'll be surprised.
"I'll take this coal and ram it up their.. anus!"
On one level, it knows what it is, being an alternative vulgar holiday gore-fest, and I appreciate it deludes itself with satire and self-referentials. But the plot it tries balls deep to squeeze between the action is just a concrete slog after the 60-minute mark, and neither do the various subplots get much spotlight beyond thin plot reasoning.
Literally, the only reason I caught this in the theater was for David Harbour's combat skills, and I'm glad I witnessed them with a crowd of "oh shit!!" reactions.
I also really enjoyed the nordic angle of Santa's origins, and I really wished it was delved into more as it could've had a huge stake in the route of the story instead of just being a generic action movie tribute.
This episode was a real blast!
Early in 2021 I suffered a major medical condition and spent many days in ICU. The worst part was the sedation. The whole time I was under I was having nightmares, the sounds of all the equipment alarms were incorporated into my dreams. It was absolutely horrid, I thought I was in some evil world. Those nightmares are the only thing I remember until I awoke. The doctors all thought I was a goner. I must have declined.
Slow and miserable in the time honoured tradition of British films (im british).
Outstanding performance from the little girl. But why is this getting such good reviews?
I can walk down the street and see these ppl and events any given day. Nothing cinematic here.
Will have forgotten everything that happened in this movie by tomorrow. Because nothing happens.
Don’t know what critics and audiences are seeing i this.
Dear British filmmakers, please show more vision and ambition.
Visually impressive. Nothing else is though.
Tries hard to be deeper than it is.
Be warned Midsommar is not a horror movie, it's an art film covered in a thin veneer of gore. It is not scary, it's not frightening, just long with a few gross-out gore scenes sprinkled in.
The movie spends most of its run time showing you scenes of people eating, drinking or singing. These are really pretty scenes mind you, the cinematography is on point, but they are also excruciatingly long. The movie could easily be trimmed by 30 minutes without affecting the barebones plot at all.
The horror element is supposed to be the cult rituals but most of them were so absurd that I and the rest of the (few) people in the theater laughed instead. There was especially one scene with a bunch of nude older women that was downright hilarious, although I very much doubt that was the intent.
If singing Swedish people frightens you then this is a must watch, otherwise don't bother.
Not a fan of this. What saves some of it are the fresh ideas it brings to the table, it’s good at playing with your expectations. At the same time you can also really tell that this isn’t the most experienced filmmaker. The camerawork, lighting and music are mostly bland and only pop sporadically during key moments. The horror is ok, it makes the mistake of showing some of the supposed scary stuff in broad daylight, and it occasionally resorts to cheap techniques (hectic editing; annoying, unearned jump scares). Its logic gets very thin in places, and while the acting is passable, it can get kinda bad at times (the dialogue certainly doesn’t help either). You can excuse some of that for the fact that it’s aiming for shlock, but I think this gets kinda lame next to a movie like Malignant.
4.5/10
I thought it was ok, then it just got dumb as all the other scary movies do. Don't expect anything new or too scary. Police in the movie are depicted as dumb as any person can be ......lots of dumb people in this movie. Lots of nudity, I warned you....
What starts out as a standard horror film soon turns into a plain dumb, unbearable and often incomprehensible hot mess that tries too hard to shock and forgets to entertain. Genuinely surprised seeing its average rating on Letterboxd as this garbage should have never been made and is undeserving of such high ratings. Yikes.
This movie is a mess. It's a pretty mess, but still a mess. Far too many plotlines are completely dropped for an unrealistic one, and it never really explores or explains the virtual world it presents. There are tons of ideas, but they are all hindered by poor execution. Character motives don't make a lot of sense, the world seems empty despite there being over five billion people registered into the app, the laws of the app are broken and the writers don't seem to understand how apps work, and it all just kind of falls apart once you think about it too much.
I'd go into specifics but it isn't worth it. Even as someone who usually doesn't notice plotholes, this one is legitimately full of them, and to go over them all would take tons of time and effort this movie doesn't deserve.
It's just mediocre thanks to some awesome visuals, some creative ideas, and a nice enough soundtrack.
It’s hard to rate, because there are a lot of entertaining scenes in it, but the movie at its core doesn’t really work.
I can’t shed this feeling that Edgar Wright had a visual cue in his head of a girl experiencing visions of the 1960’s first, and tried to build a movie around that second.
The characters, drama, camerawork, music selection and social commentary are all very good, but the whole set up is kinda nonsense once you know the answers to the mystery.
I kept waiting for the twist that’d explain why our protagonist has these accurate visions of things that happened 50 years earlier , but it’s never answered, despite it being the crux of the whole film.
Also, showing CGI ghosts in a horror movie using well lit close ups is never the best idea, it kinda killed a lot of the horror and suspense.
I kinda liked that I thought that I was ahead of the film at one point, only to find out that it was a big misdirect to make you think you were ahead.
5.5/10
It was at the point after Eloise enters the first dream sequence, and Sandie descends the mirror lined stairs and dances that I thought "This is so good, I don't even care what happens next!"
Turns out, I did care. It's such a shame to see a movie that could be so brilliant suffer from such a poor and incoherent narrative.
This movie was just getting mediocre reviews (it had only been out for a day) when I decided to see it. I think I know why and I’m going to disagree with them. This film is about Norse legend and mythology, no less and no more. It is a bleak tale about a bleak period where honour was defined by vengeance and brutality was its bi-product. Our culture is not use to straight up Homer-esk tales of heroes and gods. Our culture likes its mythical heroes to be served with humour and wisecracks. This treatment is in dark contrast to that. It is, however, beautifully crafted. The locations are stunning in their natural beauty. The cinematography is intentional and captivating. The action sequences and the CGI are painstakingly real and truly brutal. The performances are faithful to the culture they inhabit. As is my custom, I did a quick exit poll of others leaving the theatre with me. The three people I spoke to each gave it a 9 out of 10. Nothing mediocre about those ratings. I agree and give this film a 9 (beautifully crafted) out of 10. [Heroic Mythology]
Like eating adult cereal when you're a teen and sad there isn't a prize in the box.
First time ever watching this… obviously heard of ‘Norman Bates’ and seen the iconic shower scene, but never actually watched the movie. I was always put off by the black and white, but I’m so glad I’ve finally watched this masterpiece! Solid right the way through, with a memorable ending. I can now begin to understand the hype around Alfred Hitchcock’s “psycho”.
First half was kinda boring and the movie was pretty predictable. Saying that, Norman Bates was a great character and everytime he was on screen it was fun to watch.
On the surface this film is about a group of people who have been labelled “villains”, working together to save the world. But really, this film is about one man and one man alone, he isn’t strong, but yet he defies all odds and sacrifices his life to save his friends. His only power is his bravery, he is the driver of the van and the main character of this film, Milton.
"Rashomon(羅生門)" is a quite famous gate which existed in ancient Kyoto. It is said the gate was located near current Kyoto station. This film describes egotism of ordinary people. One day, there was a murder and a samurai was killed. Some people including two suspects and two witnesses were brought to the police, and they tried to explain what happened. However, three of them told totally different stories each other. Afterwards, the two witnesses went to Rashomon on the way to home in order to wait until heavy rain stopped, and started discussing this weird experience. They criticise egotism of people and they think there is nobody who we can trust nowadays. The director is "Akira Kurosawa" and this film was one of first Japanese films which won important prize in famous film festivals such as Venice or in American Academy Awards.
The Deer Hunter is an iconic ‘70s film that has not aged well. The story follows a group of friends as they go off to the Vietnam War and how it affects them. Robert De Niro, Christopher Walken, and John Savage form a powerful cast, but their performances feel a bit forced. The storytelling is particularly weak and unfocused; spending far too much time establishing characters and far too little time developing them. Yet, The Deer Hunter has its moments and tries (though somewhat inadequately) to say something important about the effects of war.
