The romance line was super corny, but I had fun watching it!
I think I'm done with Sarah Paulson. Can she try something different?
But Kiera Allen was great and I hope she gets more roles.
Creepy and uncomfortable, but still intriguing??
I was going to rate this a 5, but the final half an hour made it jump to a 7. The car chase in special was pretty funny.
It's visually cute with adorable characters, but the plot is just weak, and the film gets pretty boring.
Definitely the worst of them all. It was just all really bland. Still watchable, but more like white noise.
It wasn't as funny as the first one, but it was still good. Tino's character is based on being a typical "tiozão do pavê", which means he can make the men like him laugh, and everyone else cringe, which is still some kind of comedy, though we really could have done without all the racist references.
Lighthearted and even rather sweet, this is a great comedy to watch with family. The characters are relatable even they do behave over the top, but I particularly enjoyed Daniele Winits performance, who is always great at comedy, but brought a nice amount of sadness and reality to her character. Very enjoyable overall.
There is a visual pleasure in the movie that goes beyond the story being told. That said, the aesthetics can only carry a movie so far.
All the jokes are sex jokes, of the most unfunny, vulgar and obvious kind.
I wish the sci-fi element had been a little stronger. But it was a quite decent action film!
This was so extremely cute! I enjoyed it more than the movies.
Very reminiscent of Japanese cult-classic Audition. But with the interesting twist of a collaboration.
Above all things, it's just very relatable.
Such a pity the editing is weird, the story is just so entertaining! And the characters are all easy to get into, I was curious about everyone at every moment, the plot about the phone frauds is that intriguing!
Unfortunately, the editing made it confusing to tell the difference between flashbacks of the past and simultaneous events. Also, the soundtrack was not great either... and I still enjoyed the movie! Definitely worth checking it out.
Definetely the most vulgar adaptation of the three. The cast is actually not bad; but they did change the way characters were played. Carrie is way darker here, and her original sweetness is never shown at all. Sue is bolder, and she seems to have a righteous goal rather a mindset split between guilt and kindness. Even Chris, while still super mean, is more bitter than the book and the other adaptations made her out. I think these changes were fitting considering high school culture of the early 2000's, but the boys were a complete disappointment. Tommy Ross, who is supposed to be so nice and likable, came out as Sue's toy and nothing more. Billy Nolan, such a questionable character in the book, appears totally uninteresting as well.
What made the movie vulgar was just how strong they made every "strange" aspect about Carrie. Everything felt forced about her life, it was all even bigger and louder than the book, even her early displays of power. Even without two other movies for comparison, this would still be a questionable piece... specially if you add the soundtrack for consideration.
This was a very particular type of torture.
The acting gets rather cringy at times, but the movie is pretty cute.
It is a tough sell, to think the whole world would play a game and that it would spill out into the streets and all. I could not get totally into the film because I did not feel like the what they built really supported that, but the movie was still very fun. Various references certainly made a lot of people happy, and the minor appearance of RX-78-2 was right on my nerd alley.
The acting was actually very good, and the atmosphere felt just right. But while the movie is only 90 minutes long, it felt like it dragged a bit. The flashback scenes specially were quite lackluster and did not feel very intriguing. I think they should have dropped a few more interesting pieces in those, so we may take a curiosity on the character's personalities and not only in the events, which were not that surprising, anyway. It is not that terrible, but I agree with the other comment that says it is forgettable.
If someone cares to explain, I have a question: Why did the fake fireman turned on them only after his tattoos were discovered? The only reason why they were didcovered is because he meant to help Kylie by making a torniquette with his jacket. So why did his intentiond turn 180°?
Otherwise, besides the questionable plot, there is the too long pre-earthquake part in which you just get to hate all the characters, and the really bad acting. To end it all, the final scene features the least convincing CGI wave you will ever see in your life. Just terrible.
There is not much I like about this movie. Every scene made me feel uncomfortable or second-handly embarrassed. Jodie Foster and Barbara Harris are very charming leads, but ugh, I am not amused by seeing people messing up and acting stupid. I could not wait for it to be over! I actually do prefer the Lohan/Curtis remake.
Well, was that not extremely unsatisfying? I am not complaining about the story, which I thought was kind of decent. It invoked many themes from traditional Indian tales, such as a revenge, betrayal, forgiveness and sacrifice in a context of true love. But everything else is at least questionable. The editing feels very choppy at the beginning, and though that improves, the effects really do not, specially regarding Veer's state - at one point, when he is doing the whole "descending the staircase with backward bent limbs", it is very visible that it is just a dummy, and the make up is so obviously a mask that it feels wrong to even use the word make-up. Then there is the extremely awkward romantic song montages, that I just cannot even grasp - I feel pretty confident that are better ways to make a backstory come to light instead of that. It was not a terrible movie to see, but I would not recommend it to anyone... unless you enjoy laughing at the absurd flaws as you go along.
Those were the most awkward and uncomfortable sex scenes I have ever seen.
It is a visually interesting movie with a great cast, however the plot is dragged endlessly into silly conflict, to the point it becomes hard to stay focused. The comedy routines are alright though, I really do not think they were the worst part.
It goes from cute to brutal in a most brilliant way.
These Olsen movies definitely do not age well.
Action thriller is probably my least favorite genre, and the fact that the good guys fight each other for more than half of the film was a little annoying, but I still quite enjoyed the characters, who were all masterfully played - there is not a single bad note on that cast!
Rewatching it after 10 years, I have to say I liked it even less than before. The story is to silly to run for so long, the songs get annoying, and the characters take a very forced route to the fairy tale parody. The cast is nice, it is just the characters that are the problem.
Also, is it not a little strange to see Menzel in a movie where she is not the main singer? It is just a waste.
A very poor adaptation of what was an extremely fun and scary book! The movie fails to convey how truly creepy is the connection between Ellen and Rose Red, while also portraying Ellen as a very unsympathetic character, which she definitely was not. A lot of the time, the movie seems to imply that John's abusive behavior was Ellen's fault for not giving into him, which is totally absurd. Sukeena's eeriness is downplayed in the most disappointing manner, as she is a very powerful character in the novel, and Ellen's own darkness is pretty much erased. I cannot say I am happy about this adaptation at all.
