Shout by MrOffbeat
VIP3No.. to all the comments... you will be surprised.. It's a banger of a movie and I refuse to give any spoilers. Next to Midsummer and Hereditary, my favourite so far!
loading replies@mroffbeat it's not horror? :grimacing:
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It’s not horror, it’s more thriller. If it was horror I wouldn’t have gone to see it, haha.
Shout by Ian Houser
I had not seen the trailer and had absolutely no idea what the premise was. I can definitely imagine that it would be a more enjoyable experience this way, since I was surprised throughout. A fairly inventive movie, clever plot, and strong performances from the leads. The scares all add to the story, too! It's not purely jump scares for no reason.
EDIT: I just read the Trakt synopsis- it gives away a huge bit of the story. I am even more glad I knew nothing about this movie or I probably would have been more judgmental.
EDIT 2: Trakt has changed the synopsis to be more vague, but I still think I enjoyed the movie even more without reading anything about it or even seeing artwork. halfway through the movie I could not imagine how it could be a horror movie, which is exactly why it was such a good horror movie.
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Trakt gets the synopsis from tmdb!
But I agree. 90% of the time I try to go in blind to movies. Except the ones of which I saw trailers when watching other movies.. can’t be helped.
I like getting surprised! Even though I kinda guessed where this was gonna go when I first saw dad introduce himself ( so many red flags) and got even more sure of it when the brother got in the picture.
But I though this was a really good movie anyway. I just saw it in cinemas. It was shown again for some themed countdown to world day of cultural diversity.
Is strange that they don’t even mention grumpy cat
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@yubal_fm my thoughts exactly. Just mentioned once at the end by a woman who got into the cat insta thing because "if grumpy cat can be famous so can her cat" :person_facepalming:♀
Review by schmenky
I hope I can watch this again someday, and enjoy it in a different way. But as far as seeing it in the theater goes, it was a mildly enjoyable journey that turned in to an annoying slog, which ultimately culminated in disappointment.
What the fuck Tarantino? No mystery, no comedy, no trademark dialogue, NO STORY! This movie relies on presupposed knowledge too much. I go into movies that I want to see without reading anything about them or watching any trailers. So if the movie takes until the final act to reveal what the mystery even is, and then subverts it within 10 minutes in a ridiculously, unnecessarily violent way, it doesn't make for an enjoyable movie. It was two hours of a red herring (if you know what it's about already), and then a half hour of "Is this movie seriously going to end without tying together any of these useless, boring storylines?"
First act: Tarantino's use of different film stocks, and his decision to start the movie by showing his version of a corny Oldwest show got me very excited for what was to come. During the first act however, he went back to this a bunch of times, and each time it was a little less enjoyable when it only started out as mildly humorous in the first place. the character development, and relationship between Pitt and DiCaprio was fun to watch. Other character development was pretty flat, and the Bruce Lee scene was just dumb. Pretty early in the movie I started to dislike Pitt's character. this obviously would detract me from enjoying him as the pseudo-hero later.
Second act: The Sharon Tate storyline was really starting to get to me. It's been years since I read about the Manson murders, so when I heard her name, I was thinking "that sounds familiar, I think there was something called the Sharon Tate murders. Maybe Brad Pitt is supposed to end up killing her or something." The more they were following Sharon Tate in her daily activities, the more I was thinking that she better be an important part of this movie or else I wasted about 45 minutes watching something that doesn't even matter.
The scene where Brad Pitt goes to the hippie hideout is easily the best in the movie. Even though at that point I didn't realize this was supposed to be a Manson thing, it was still a very intense scene. Had I known that this was a twist on the Manson family, it would have been a little more entertaining. So maybe Tarantino could have done SOMETHING to tell us this instead of just assuming that everyone is gonna watch every trailer and think that every hippie congregation is supposed to be the Manson family. This was the first time I was taken out the movie by the over-the-top violence inflicted on a character while everyone around me was laughing at it. And if you're supposed to think it's funny even if you don't know that they're supposed to be a murderous cult, then I don't know what the fuck is wrong with people.
Final act: I'm sitting in my seat, and all I can think is "this better be one hell of a third act to bring all these boring, useless storylines together." DiCaprio gets drunk and yells at some hippies. Pretty funny. Pitt takes his dog for a walk, and starts tripping on acid. Kinda funny. then for the first time in two hours, these hippie characters (that you're wondering why are even in the movie to begin with) FINALLY say something that shows they have a murderous leader. Then I start getting excited, finally connecting the dots, and thinking oh man this is gonna be a cool take on the Manson murders. And within five minutes I am not only disappointed by the climax, I am incredibly disappointed in my overall experience with the movie.
The hippie characters only deserved what they got in our real universe where they did the actions that they're know for. But in the movie universe, they were not responsible for these actions, and so their punishment was out of the blue and unwarranted. And if you don't know the real life story of these characters, I would expect that you would be disgusted by what happens, and how everybody is laughing around you in the theater. it was jarring in a way that other Tarantino violent scenes are not. he has made some of the most intensely violent scenes, but they are done for drama, for realism, or to get you disgusted with a character. This violence was done for humor, and I felt very out of place in the theater being the only one who was questioning why people are laughing at a dog ripping a guys genitals off, and then a girls face off while they're both screaming in horror. or apparently everybody's favorite was when the girl's face got smashed over and over into a coffee table until there was nothing left of it. everyone laughed the hardest at that part.Either I missed something absolutely huge that changed my perception of this movie, or Tarantino has made a huge shift in his writing style, and the audience has made a huge shift in what is funny. Two movies ago Tarantino had a guy getting ripped apart by dogs, and it is one of the hardest scenes for anyone I know to get through, now it's funny because they committed murder in a different reality? I don't get it, I don't get the movie, and fuck you Tarantino for giving us two hours of nothing so you can give us 5 minutes of violence. I enjoyed the first time you did that in Death Proof, when it was actually entertaining. It's a real shame to add this movie to his near flawless career.
2 / 2 directing & technical aspect
0 / 1 story
.5 / 1 act I
1 / 1 act II
.5 / 1 act III
1 / 1 acting
1 / 1 writing
1 / 1 originality
0 / 1 lasting ability to make you think-.5 / 1 misc (wtf?)
6.5 / 10
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@gddgb Totally agreed. Just wasted 3 hours of my life on this :sweat:
what the hell was on the old movie?!
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@pedro hahaha, that's exactly what I was wondering too; https://trakt.tv/comments/200310
Saw it at the Sneak Preview Night, and it was hilarious! Totally recommend it to both female and male alike. Whether you've seen the original show or not. I hadn't, but people seated next to me had, and they enjoyed it just as much.
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@mr-sackamano Like your rating is funnier than... well let's not go there (: To each their own!
Gosh, Murphy's Law! Everything that can go wrong, will go wrong!
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@pipeinformatico Nope! Metric all the way :) Feet and yards don't tell me much.
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The end put quite the smile on my face.
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@cyruz Same here, never saw that coming!
If you see the poster to this movie, the R rating and the fact it's from The Hangover producers and you think oh cool, this looks like a fun time...YOURE WRONG. DO NOT SEE THIS PIECE OF SHIT. ITS NOTHING LIKE THAT. This is a Katherine Heigl type movie with the F word. Man it was terrible. Also it's not an ensemble piece. This is ALL about Mila Kunis' character. Bell and Hahn are nothing more than her new friends. I can't believe I saw this in theaters. I wouldn't even Redbox this pile of garbage. Would have walked out if I wasnt a weirdo about finishing movies. SO BAAAAAAAAD
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@kurtmoney I enjoyed Bad Moms more than I ever enjoyed The Hangover though. But yeah, it's a shame they focus too much on Mila's character :<
Why does everything to do with vampires always have to involve sex??? It's becoming such a cliche these days.
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@witwolfy Because sex sells :'D hahahha
أعتقد يستحق هذا التقييم. مهما ساءت أيامك ستأتي أيام تنسيك تلك الأيام.!! مع قطع لقطتين إلى ثلاث سيُصبِح فيلم عائلي جيد جدًا
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@iradeef Ehh what? "Rules: English only, 5+ words, mark spoilers!" D:
Shout by Lee Brown Barrow Movie Buff
VIP3Dominic Purcell, Danny Glover, Vinnie Jones. Things were not looking good and it was only the presence of Stephen Lang that made me watch this film. And yet... it was a surprisingly fun action flick with decent performances from Purcell and Glover along with the majority of the cast. Even Jones wasn't bad when he wasn't snarling at somebody.
Watch for Jones and Purcell in a hand to hand fight scene. Its impossible to tell them apart with their shaven heads. They could be twins.
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HAHA. My thoughts exactly. When I saw the bad guy version of Hendrix shoot those old people for the first time I thought, "Wait, what, is he a badguy?!!?!"
Then I checked the castlist.. :')
Guy's movies are pure pleasure to watch.
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Cannot agree more - even though I am not a guy.
The 1960's, a time when east and west didn't get on; not much different to now really! Loved the comedy in this, it makes the movie. When it ended, I was honestly surprised, I was waiting for the next scene... sequel please!
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I feel exactly the same! I want moarrrrre.
Why can't I see this movie? I want to see this film so match!!
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It is a Dutch movie. Might be hard - if not impossible - to find the movie with English subtitles.
This movie scared the hell out of me :')
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Hahah, yeah probably! I'm just no good for horror/thriller, but still, I just /need/ to watch them - in the cinema, haha. Even though at the most 'scary' parts I'm just peeking through from behind my hands.
I'm such a baby..
