Very hilarious all throughout the film the jokes are class what more would you want.
Action packed and those special effects are so beautifully stunning
Loved this action packed movie throughout really kept you on the edge of your seat and the special effects are so stunning I defiantly recommend a watch if you have spare time.
I have to say that I liked this movie a lot. It is kind of fantasy, science fiction (emphasis on fiction here) and steam punk (or perhaps I should say diesel punk) mixed together.
The world is a fairly dark post apocalyptic world where moving predator cities prays on each other. The entire concept is really quite ridiculous of course but it makes for some really fantastic and spectacular special effects and I am a sucker for spectacular special effects.
In addition the overall story holds together fairly well. That is, in the context of the ludicrous world that is the background of this story in the first place of course. It is quite straightforward without too much annoying social or green preaching that plagues so many movies nowadays. Somewhat predictable but overall a good vehicle for the plentiful action.
I also liked most of the characters. Both the bad guy and the good guys had decent charisma with the exception of Tom who was a bit of a naive whiner although he got it together towards the end.
There where few flaws. Nothing really major except that, in one scene at the end, the city of London was shown against the wall and it was bloody tiny compared to the wall. The main bad guy’s last resort was to pummel London against the wall and was expected to break it down. Before in the movie London was depicted as really huge. That scene really screwed that and made him delusional.
Apart from that, end Tom’s whining and naivety, I really liked this movie. It was the kind of over the top, fantasy/fiction movie with a big budget that you do not see every day. Of course the dickwads, a.ka “critics”) at Rotten Tomatoes and other mainstream media assholes did their best to tell everyone how bad it was. As usual that’s just the stuff that comes out of the south end of a north bound bull.
Good ol' sci-fi. I will admit firsthand, I am a sci-fi nerd. I loved this movie. The critics will say what they say. I am not going to prove them wrong or anything, but I loved this. Go ahead and watch it, don't listen to snobs who say otherwise! Cheerio!!
Difficult to get into at first - there's barely any hand holding in this brave new world (even if it is just London on wheels) - but once the story developed and a little history was learned, I started to enjoy it more. Visually fantastic, although a little too much CGI at times, this is worth a watch, especially for Londoners who most certainly haven't seen their home city depicted like this before!
Murder Mystery so hilarious full of murder and mysteries what is not to love
Adam Sandler And Jennifer Aniston what more could you want from this movie s I am so impressed ad the classic murder on ship/ yacht really worked so well with lots of twists and turns along the way. This movie is also hilarious and a Adam Sandler And Jennifer Aniston Movie that I will never forget. Well Done to the cast and crew for getting this amazing with a lot of hilarious amazing acting throughout the film .
*Old fashioned murder mystery on a ship.*
A nice easy breezy murder mystery. Full of fun. Don't count on anything serious or deep here just sit back with your popcorn and a soda and enjoy the movie. Nothing offencive here. Just an adult murder mystery romp. We don't get many like these anymore. Ignore the people who like to criticize everything because they think they are actual critics. Chemistry between Aniston and Sadler is awesome. I hope they make more movies together. Jennifer Aniston and Adam Sandler are the best!
My Score: 7/10.
^^*Trivias*^^
+This movie set a new Netflix record. In the first 3 days 30,869,863 accounts watched the film. 13,374,914 North American accounts & and an additional 17,494,949 accounts watching worldwide.
+The movie seems to be an Agatha Christi-esque style murder mystery thriller. At the end of the movie, we see the characters of Audrey and Nick on a train named "The Orient Express". This is a direct homage to Agatha Christie's famous "Murder on the Orient Express" (1935) novel.
+Adam Sandler's real life wife, Jackie Sandler, makes a cameo appearance as the flight attendant on the plane.
+When Audrey goes to the first-class section of the plane, a passenger is watching a clip of Game Over, Man! (2018), another film directed by Kyle Newacheck.
+In the movie Nick mentions a guy named Eric Lamonsoff. Kevin James played a character named Eric Lamonsoff in Grownups and Grownups 2, also starring Adam Sandler. Most of Sandler's films reference that last name, in a nod to his old friend.
+Andrea Bendewald who plays a customer in the salon Jennifer Aniston is working at in the start of the movie. Andrea is Jennifer's best friend. She was maid of honour at her wedding to Brad Pitt. She also guest starred in Jennifer's sitcom "Friends"
+Adam Sandler's and Jennifer Aniston's second film together. The first was Just Go with It (2011).
+In 2013, a report surfaced from a German financier that Colin Firth, Adam Sandler and Emily Blunt would be joining Charlize Theron in the movie, which turned out to be false. Coincidentally, Sandler did become attached to the project in 2018, though Theron had already left.
+When Nick and Audrey arrive at Malaga Airport (Spain), the airport shown is actually Milan Malpensa Airport (Italy), not Malaga Airport.
+This is the third film featuring Luke Evans and Gemma Arterton together following Clash of the Titans (2010) and Tamara Drewe (2010).
+Charlize Theron was once attached.
+The shield shown by Nick on the plane and in the store is a patrolmen's shield yet he was referred to as a Sergeant.
+Luke Evans and Victor Turpin, who both appeared in "Murder Mystery", are a couple in real life.
+During the interrogation, the character yells 187. That is a California code for murder, not world or US code.
+John Madden was once attached to direct the movie. Anne Fletcher was attached to direct the movie later.
+The Rolls-Royce that Cavendish owns is a Phantom Drophead Coupe, License plate number EQU 617. Recent models (2016) approaches $533,000 new. It gets 14 MPG, has a 412 cubic inch, 453 horsepower V-12 engine, and weighs in at 5,780 pounds. (16.8l/100km, 6.8l V12, 2.6t)
+Game-Over Man (another netflix movie) is playing on the airplane when Jennifer Aniston's character is wandering around the plan.
Spoilers
+Body count: 6
+At the end of the movie when Nick and Audrey are on the train, the camera pans out and we see the name of the train is Orient Express. This is in reference to another famous murder mystery movie, Murder on the Orient Express.
Action packed show sorry too see it be cancelled and goes out with a bang in Season 3
Loved Marvel's Jessica Jones throughout the seasons with lots of amazing fight scenes and also dealing with loss and emotional connections between family friends and lovers too. Season 3 is a great end to this fantastic TV Show where it just leaves you satisfied that everything is wrapped up nicely, nevertheless still leaving it open to interpretation too and plus more powered people this season too what is not too love.
I shouldn't have watched the entire season in one day but I regret nothing
Loved every episode through time so my thing hope to see more too and the final was full of emotional action packed amazing acting Well Done to all the cast and crew from Years And Years.
A different type of show but I’m liking it. If you find yourself asking “what’s wrong with the world?”, well this shows us exactly that.
Anything Russell T Davies has been absolutely great. Add Russell Tovey, and most importantly, Emma Thompson to it, and it'll be perfection. I can't wait for this one!
Okay so walking into the theater I wasn't exactly expecting much however wow I was blown away complete must see
So, I haven't read the manga or seen the original anime, so I can't compare as far as accuracy goes. As far as just a movie, it was pretty good. The main thing it had going for it was the action. There was plenty of action and it was good. The romance wasn't wholly believable and the ending wasn't as good as I was hoping for, but they seemed to be setting it up for a sequel rather than going for a satisfying ending. I was surprised that for a Japanese anime, none of the cast was asian. They do explain that people from all over the world migrated there so its at least explainable, but most of the main cast is still white. And I don't say this to be political or nitpicky, but it does lack some of the accuracy and authenticity of other manga adaptations that I have seen.
The action is incredible, not so much a great story. Likeable lead which gets you going through the movie.
I read the manga about 10 years ago and I admired the difficult decitions Alita made during her journeys. I avoided to read the comics again before watching the movie, I almost forgot the story and maybe this helped me appreciate even more the movie. It's a fast ride, maybe too fast sometimes, but I think the creators found a nice balance between presenting the wolrd of Alita, developing characters and progressing the story. I don't know if it's too much for someone that haven't read the comics, but I think it's a great start, hoping to see some sequels.
I hope to see an extended version in home video that helps the characters and the story breath a little more: I could give the movie a 10.
"Baggage", can be a GOOD thing when yours makes it on time across the pond with you on your flight from London, especially if it's first out of the chute and onto the pick up carousel. But, it's NOT such a good thing if one carries quantities of the negative kind into a new relationship, be it an IRL relationship, or, in THIS case, the relationship between a viewer and a filmmaker.
It was to be expected then, when, Anime fans and enthusiasts expressed trepidation after the trailer for "Alita: Battle Angel" dropped. They can all still recall the cringe-fest that was M. Night Shyamalan's, "The Last Airbender", which IMO was DOA from the moment it was cast, and, don't get them started on "Dragonball Z", lest you want a wall of text recounting it's cornucopia of cinema sins.
Now, I'm not here to go down the rabbit hole that is often expressed in the current virtue signaling trend of "whitewashing" outrage. We're not talking about the bad old days practice of Black or Yellow face, where obviously Caucasian actors were darkened or "Orientaled" up to play faux versions of the real deal, nor of instances where it is done for comedic irony, as in Robert Downey Jr's, "Tropic of Thunder' performance, nor, the Waynan's Brothers in "White Chicks". However I DO find it interesting that no one seems outraged in those two instances, or, that the same folks who express shock and dismay at ScarJo's casting as the titular "Ghost in the Shell", ALSO express outrage at those who expressed outrage, at the idea of casting Idris Elba as James Bond. Seems like there's no pleasing some folks.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKvqhlhXq9s
But I digress....
My point is, that we, as consumers of visual media, often let ourselves be influenced by the BAGGAGE we carry with us, when watching a film or show. Our expectations, based on PRIOR experiences, can subtly, or even greatly influence our enjoyment of a given offering. I have to wonder how die hard Trekkies would react to STDISCO, if they had NEVER seen Star Trek ANYTHING before? I myself can recall dismissing Wild Wild West, the movie, as soon as I saw Will Smith was cast in the lead, because for me Robert Conrad would always be the personification of James West. Yet, I had the opposite reaction to seeing Denzel Washington cast in the lead of either the Equalizer, or The Magnificent Seven, perhaps because lack of familiarity had not left me ingrained as to who these characters were. (Both great movies IMO by the way) Or perhaps it is just the power of the Denzel. And, even with all the "outrage" over the casting of "Ghost in the Shell", I still enjoyed the movie overall, although it fell down in a few places. Again I was unfamiliar with the source material.
Unlike the disappointing experience with "The Last Airbender", which I went into being a FAN of the Nickelodeon series as well as "The Legend of Korra", I was completely without opinion concerning Alita: Battle Angel. What I DID know was, that it was produced by James Cameron, who doesn't put his name on stinkers, and was directed by Robert Rodriguez, whom I have liked since El Mariachi. BOTH know how to deliver epic, believable worlds and characters, so I put my faith in that, and went in unbiased, with no expectations either way.
And I am SO very GLAD I did!!!
I saw the movie in IMAX / 3D, and, while SOME movies / Directors throw obvious, rather lame 3D effects to boost a lame, insipid storyline, or, OVER use it to the point of distraction, here, they found the perfect balance, with the 3D adding an immersive depth to the already impressive "26% more IMAX picture". If you watch the trailers, you can pretty much figure out which scenes really WOW in this format.
To address the elephant in the room, yes, Alita's eyes DO remind one of a cross between a high tech sex doll (not that I would know) and Margaret Keane's "Big Eyes" waifs. (Cristoph Waltz was in that one too) Yet, here, you quickly become so immersed in the story that you no longer notice. The story begins with Waltz's Dr. Ido discovering Alita's discarded torso in a dump, while he is scavenging for parts to fix up the neighborhood cyborgs, which are plentiful, and not trying to assimilate anyone. Apparently in THIS world, if a body part breaks, gets diseased, or hijacked (yes I said hijacked) it can be replaced, much like a crumpled bumper in a fender bender. Dr. Ido just happens to have a teenager sized cyborg body handy which is explained later in the film, and, a little JB Weld here, and a couple of stitches there and Bobs your Uncle, .. instant Teenage Mutant Ninja Angel...., (sorry) Alita awakens, but has no memory, and, as many teenagers are, is all questions, curiosity, and hormones, all at once, especially when she meets the "polite, hard working", and, all around handy guy Hugo, who IS teenage, but NOT mutant.
A visit from Ido's Ex, Chiren, gives us some (slightly disturbing) back-story and we meet her boss, Vector, played by Mahershala Ali, once again being chauffeured around by Viggo Mortensen, (just kidding) but who IS apparently a big deal, with connections to the sky city of Zalem, which floats above them, and is "the place were the cool hang out, the SWASS like to play, and the rich flaunt clout!" This is where everyone wants to someday go, "by any means necessary", yet Dr. Ido and his ex were apparently exiled from there, no backstory given.
Thrown in are a nice mix of teenage discovery and bonding, combat sports, bounty hunters, robot dogs, robot bounty hunters, set piece fight scenes, featuring robot dogs and bounty hunters of the meat and robot varieties, vivisection, nanobots, betrayal, heartbreak, and general cinematographic carnage....., and just when it was getting REALLY good, the credits ran, and NO ONE MOVED, hoping for one more glimpse of this world, or a Marvel Comics style peek at what is to (hopefully) come.
When I got home, I immediately looked up Alita, both the Anime and the Manga, and found a 2 part 1990's era Anime, which the movie, with a few minor changes and liberties, seems to have followed almost shot for shot in places. So, Kudos for at least partially following the source material, even if changes were made to make a coherent, box office ready story.
Was it perfect for those with the baggage of their own expectations? That's up to them to decide. Did I find it to be an entertaining movie that allowed me to suspend disbelief and immerse myself in Alita's dystopian hive of scum and villainy, and root for her to be victorious in the end? Yes sir!! So, May we have another??? PLEEASE????
This film was so Extraordinary loved all the amazing CGI Battles and it was so emotional too seeing Alita making friends, learning about true emotional love, family and loosing people too. also learning about her past where she came from too. If you have a spare 2 hours 2 minutes I highly recommend you watching it as you will not be disappointed.
Loved this film as the romance is so evident throughout the film makes you feel happy the emotionally sad at points as the real life hits in about bring with another Cystic Fibrosis patent when all the want to do is touch that we all take for granted when people with Cystic Fibrosis cannot touch at all. Best acting from the amazing Haley Lu Richardson who played Stella and the amazing Cole Sprouse who played Will. Ten out of ten highly recommend it if you have a spare hour and fifty six minutes on your hands as you will laugh and cry a lot like I did. As aromatic myself I loved this seeing two amazing people falling in love for the first time trying to overcome their obstacles too making a better quality of life for themselves.
Full of cliches, yet when I left the cinema I found out I actually liked it. I still don't think Cole Sprouse is as good an actor as some try to make him, but I enjoyed his performance this time. Will probably watch it again when I'll need some movie to cry to.
Usually I dislike this kind of romantic dramatic movies, but this one, even with a lot of cliches and predictable scenes was amazing.
the ending is not that much of a cliches, and all together is a really good movie
This movie is very emotional. Bring a box of Kleenex with you. I have never seen another movie that I could hear the audience cry so many times. Also the movie shines a light on a disease that many people have no idea what it means (including me). If you have seen the trailers you already know that this is a movie about young/first love. I don't want to spoil it with other details.
Wild Bill is so amazing loved the dynamic between the 14 year old daughter and her Dad makes a great Detective Duo. It is a great cop show that is great to see it being filmed in England as most good cop shows come from America and it is nice to see one that is based in England for a change. I cannot wait to watch the next episode.
I would have to say it’s not one of my top movies despite how pleasant it was to watch. Now that’s not to say that it’s bad, quite the contrary. This is just a movie I would file under “what I’d watch if I wanted to see a nice, cute film in my free time.”
It is as the summary states; two childhood friends fall in love with each other.
Pros...
- None is the movie felt forced, even during the comedic moments.
- It was paced very nicely.
- The comedic moments were actually funny. They did have me laughing because they were well written. (This depends however on what you find funny. Me, I laugh at generally anything, so don’t take my word for it xD)
- The characters, in personality as well as how they deal with situations, are relatable.
- This film has some surprises for you. I won’t ruin them but there are some. And if no one told you, there is a certain actor who makes their entrance halfway through the movie so look out.
- Since this is a cutesy type of film, there is little to no drama. It’s nice being for how the film is, and it made the supporting cast all the more better in my opinion. I love Veronica and Mr. Kim by the way xD.
- The ending. It was truly emotional because it finishes the movie on a good note. It also gave the movie a nice finishing touch without just leaving everything off like that.
Cons....
- If you’re looking for this movie to change your life, no. That’s not going to happen.
- Some of the parts were predictable.
- As I said, the movie is exactly what the summary says. There’s no real underlying plot that will make this movie beer into a different direction.
:asterisk_symbol::asterisk_symbol: (This wasn’t actually a con for me, but I’m listing it in case someone thinks the movie may be more than what it is.) :asterisk_symbol::asterisk_symbol:
- I wish I would have been advised that there would be some swearing, or someone’s butt was going to be shown xD.
Edit: So I got called out for being potentially narrowed mind because of this con, and they had every right to so I’m not going to bash the person. However I will say that I personally don’t mind any swearing, nudity, etc. But my grandmother lives with me and she on the other hand is not that accepting xD. So I listed this as a con in case anyone has children, grandparents, or anyone else that you don’t want to hear or see that just in case.
Some of the reviews on rottentomatoes.com said that this movie reminded them of When Harry Met Sally with maybe a twist or two. I can kind of see that but this movie (understandably) comes nowhere near that movie. The film floundered a bit in the middle and then picked up with the introduction of Keanu Reeves. I've disliked just about anything Keanu has been in but this particular role suited him just fine as he could do an (intentionally) awful imitation of himself that ended up being perfect for the film.
The end of the film was well done (even if you could see it coming three miles away) and that raised my rating up a tick.
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It was cute. I like that Ali Wong didn't play the same character she usually plays.
This is a really funny movie. I loved it! Keanu Reeves was worth the entire movie. Sweet comedy
Great movie mainly because of the stellar acting by the cast. Wong and Park (also the writers) have actually been friends for years now, and their chemistry is ridiculous.
It has its cheesy and way-too-easily-solved moments but c'mon, it is a romcom after all!
Also: the fact that Keanu Reeves is credit as Keanu fucking Reeves is awesome.
This movie is so surprising with lots of romance and funny comedy along the way the relationship of the characters really gel together well Well Done to the amazing cast and crew bringing this amazing movie to life.
On the surface. this is a pretty conventional romcom. However, with the inspired casting of Park and Wong, a funny script, and a knockout extended cameo from Keanu Reeves, this rises above the usual fare and becomes something that can be watched by fans and non-fans of the genre.
