Ending could of told the audience more about the future of Cage. Great movie overall. Great acting by Tom Cruise and the storyline is surprisingly well put together for what it is.
"I never had any friends later on like the ones I had when I was twelve. Jesus, does anybody?”
Waaaaaay better than I expected. Slasher comedy fans wet dream. Roth nails the tone for this one expertly. Best kills I may have ever seen from an over the top standpoint. Perhaps 10-15 min shorter would have benefited pacing, but small gripe. Some silly choices here and there, but overall a solid 8.0. Happily surprised.
Will be really interesting to see how this is gonna be received here in the west. It's a weird one. Couldn't help myself to actually feel disappointed after the credits rolled, and a lot of people in the audience felt the same way. It's super vague, the story jumps constantly, new ideas and (seemingly) new plotlines are constantly opened but never resolved. It's confusing. And because of this, I just never really cared about any of the characters. Which is something that usually never happens to me in a Ghibli film...no emotional attachement whatsoever. After sleeping over it and reading some reviews and interepretations from Japan, I can accept and respect the film much more now. It's a supposedly final goodbye from Miyazaki, a potpourrie of his ideas and visions, a micro-history of Ghibli itself. It's fine. But it's not for me and probably a lot of other people. But that's okay.
Is it just me or is there some circlejerk going on at Disney where they keep using the same group of actors over and over again for their different brands? Just stop using Taika Waititi already.
The movie itself is pretty whatever.
It reminded me a lot of Onward; you could do a lot worse, but it probably won’t be remembered within the broader Pixar catalogue.
Not a lot of depth or subtext with this one, it’s a pretty straight forward adventure (which is also fine of course).
Some good animation (lots of visual ideas are being pulled from Star Wars), decent voice acting, fine characters, story’s alright.
It’s kinda inoffensive and doesn’t really warrant some of the extreme reactions it’s gotten.
The whole ‘woke’ label is baffling to me, it just seems like a smokescreen certain people use to cover up for their own homophobia, which only emphasizes how the word ‘woke’ carries little to no meaning nowadays.
Any regular person will be fine watching this, regardless of their political leaning.
Ffs, it’s mass entertainment after all.
5/10
It is enjoyable to watch the movie, and it moves fast so you won't be bored. It has good laughs and it discusses a good idea at the end so it is not just a waste of time.
Perfect atmosphere (you can almost feel the hot), realistic dialogue (the italians are hilarious) and above all great message. Spike Lee's masterpiece.
It looked pretty and the story was ok but I don't know... something about it seemed off. Maybe I'm just jaded and can't buy into whole "happily ever after" storylines any more.
I wish they had done a mini series with this IP. It has a lot of potential but the movie felt a bit rushed. Still really liked the movie, well done, good story even though it is quite predictable, but the world is great and I wish we could have seen more of it.
I kinda loved it! Sometimes you just want to watch a rom-com and this one hit it for me.
I had been putting off watching this film for a few weeks now. The "platonic friends navigate the wedding season" genre has been beaten to death in so many mediocre rom coms. I decided to give it a chance based on some of the reviews - this was a good decision.
The film was in fact very different from so many others. I won't go too far into the details as it might give some of it away (is that possible?). I recently watched and enjoyed Always Be My Maybe - I dare say that this was better. The two leads were excellent and perfectly cast the film seemed to find out a unique niche in the genre. I was invested from beginning to end and it is definitely one of the better films that I've seen this year.
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This was such an incredibly powerful movie. Even a couple days later after watching it, I keep coming back to it, feeling like I should watch it again. Either I might’ve missed something the first time or maybe I just want to ride the roller coaster again. There’s an incredible gravity to this film just keeps trying to pull me back in. I play the scenes again and again in my head and the emotions of it all swell within me.
This was such a moving journey of bullying, self-hate, suicide, and perhaps, redemption. I will never think about the depression around me the same way, and because of this movie, I will never, ever hesitate to reach out to those around me. Just one hand can pull someone back from the brinks of despair and every life is worth it.
It's OK. I didn't need my heart anyway.
For this review I will defer to my intrepid AAC*, 9 year old, Sophie. She liked the whole movie and didn’t think it had any boring spots. Her favourite part was when they all turned into cartoons. She was not surprised by the twist and felt there might be some good in the bad guy. She gave the movie a 9 (not perfect, but really good) out of 10.
*AAC = age appropriate critic
In my opinion, the movie was enjoyable but had some parts that lagged. I’m always concerned when parents are portrayed as clueless and silly, but the young audience found those points very funny. The acting was good. It was probably a good homage to the TV series. I give the movie a 7 (good) our of 10. [Family Friendly Action Adventure]
Would definitely recommend as a fun family film. It has bits of nostalgia and wraps it in an engaging adventure still keeping the same spirit of innocence of Dora (love that even though she was aged up she didn't suddenly become Lara Croft or a sexed-up version, but still pink on pink shirt and shorts and bob).
Dora wants to take on the world with just her map and backpack but encounters the real world when she stays with relatives in LA and has to navigate the wilds of high school for the first time. However, the adventure soon pulls her back to the jungle as she searches for her parents.
I thought it was enjoyable, even as an adult watching without children. Snags along the road keep it moving but the story does feel long overall....probably because of the different location changes between city and jungle that created big separated chunks.
Unlike The Hollywood Reporter review for this, I don't lament that the movie wasn't sexual or violent enough (yes that's a sincere gripe for them, look it up)
With that ugliness dealt with, let me say that I enjoyed the film much more than I thought i would. It's respectful to the source material while updating and tweaking it just enough with a fish out of water tale that it's completely endearing. Just a fun kids adventure film.
This was surprisingly good. It's a solid kids adventure movie with a few joking references to the show. Some of those jokes were the best parts of the movie. It's funny and silly seeing Boots and Swiper interacting with real people. Isabela Moner was really great and carried a lot of the movie with her charisma. Not something you have to see but if you are familiar with the show you might have a good time with this.
Trakt Community overrated the movie.
A great man once said, "It's a no for me".
On a serious note, why is Simon Cowell in a Scooby-Doo movie? I thought early 2000 references died years ago.
The only redeeming quality in the movie is Jason Isaacs as Dick Dastardly, but that's really it.
Every decision the film makers made for this movie was the absolute worst. The animation was bad and at times looks unpolished. How this new version handles the characters such as the old gang was painfully insulting. The Scooby gang are separated for a massive portion of the movie and we instead focus on this superhero-like story line, because superhero movies are popular right now. The voice acting was pretty terrible and how the movie applies modern technology into the story was straight up embarrassing.
It's a factory-made movie produced by a bunch of old boomers that try so hard to be hip for the modern youth, but it will age like sour milk.
I thought we would get a Scoob movie in the same vein as 'The Peanuts Movie' back in 2015. I guess not.
I wish more musicals would get released like this after their runtime in theaters for people like me who have no way to see them live.
if you've ever wanted to see scarlett johansonn choke on a cake then this is the film for you
Damn. Just got back from watching Hereditary and I don't think that I've uttered "Holy shiiiiiiiit" under my breath so many times during a single movie. This movie took creepiness to the next level and really delivered as a horror flick with minimal "jump scares". I'd definitely recommend watching this with a nice big audience because it's without a doubt an "experience" you won't forget.
The reviews for this film are average (at best). The way Robert Downey Jr. delivers his lines is really cringy at times. Not sure what that accent is supposed to be, but it's ghastly.
That said, it's a kids movie with a grown ass man talking to animals. There are kids movies that appeal to adults (with thinly disguised "adult content"). This isn't one one them. Find some kids < 10 and watch the movie. If you don't have any kids around .. do yourself a favour and watch something else.
This movie in a sentence , "If Bollywood had a bigger budget."
(No offense, but there are way better movies you should be watching instead of whatever this was. Also, Bollywood does make some gems like Article 15, so don't crucify me please. Aight, wash your hands, stay indoors and watch smth better)
There is same crazy stuff going on in this stupid movie. It has some style and is entertaining at times. I appreciate Daniel Radcliffe taking this wildly different roles.
Not quite up to the usual Pixar standard.
The comedy and characters ultimately save the film.
It touches you in a way that only Pixar can, but it did so in quite a predictable way, I thought.
Moreover, it feels a bit slapped together, as if they’re making it up as they go along.
6/10
i wouldn't classify this as science fiction as there's no definitive proof for anything occurring within the setting. not enough screen time for the poor horse considering it's a movie titled horse girl tbh.
most importantly: i would watch the tv series within this movie in a HEARTBEAT i mean its flawless procedural trash very clearly making fun of supernatural. when is netflix gonna make that??
Whip It is a great mixture of a coming of age story and a sports comedy. There are some aspects of it that are pretty formulaic but the characters are good enough and the film is fun enough to get you through the hurtle. Ellen Page anchors the whole film with a performance that is just as good as her effort in Juno and Kristen Wiig and Marcia Gay Harden are awesome too. I would like to see Drew Barrymore take another directing job because this is a very underrated movie.
PS. Jimmy Fallon has the best role of his career in this movie. Fallon alone is a reason to watch Whip It.
