the worst adaption I´ve ever seen.
Light, a stupid teenage student, uses the Death Note to impress Mia, a girl he likes.
They go rampage and kill criminals. L is getting emotional while it all turns into some comedy/love drama, because Light didn´t want to murder his own father.
If they changes ALL the names and maybe the title, the movie wouldn´t be that bad. But if you expect a Death Note movie, you´re only getting dissapointed.
I don´t even mind the "white whasing". I don´t mind, that L is black, Light is called Turner or Mia is just some random classmate of him. There personalities are all completely different and "Kira" is just a boring person.
Nothing comforts anxiety like a little nostalgia.
If anything, Hollywood has boiled that concept down to a science over the past few years, as this film is basically a summary of everything that’s wrong with the industry in a neat, 148 minute package.
It thinks it’s meta and self-aware by pointing out how cynical and cheap franchise filmmaking is.
That might sound similar set-up as 22 Jump Street, but this film proceeds to be cheap and cynical itself without saying anything substantial beyond its own set up, so it embraces what it’s trying to criticize.
Everything in this movie is structured as an excuse to show stuff you’ve seen before, there are little to no original concepts or ideas that push the franchise in an interesting direction.
It’s mostly a rehash of the first film (mixed with some stuff from Reloaded and Revolutions in the second half), except the action isn’t nearly as good, it’s more predictable and convenient, the performances are nowhere near as memorable (that’s what you get from replacing your 2 best actors), it looks uglier and more synthetic, the pacing isn’t as tight, and it’s a lot more dull because of how much it overexplains itself.
It also ditches the cyberpunk aesthetic, and replaces it with something a lot more bland and boring, stripping the franchise from a lot of its personality.
It’s honestly quite an accomplishment when you think about it: the original is one of the best, most successful, big budget films ever made that still maintained a strong artistic and alternative impulse.
This, on the other hand, couldn’t be any more lowest common denominator if it tried to.
It’s a parody of itself and modern blockbuster filmmaking.
I suppose that was Lana Wachowski’s goal to some extent, but it isn’t very compelling to watch.
3/10
There are ratings before the release? Damn the time travelers are busy.
A proper send-off for Daniel Craig, he did much for the franchise. One of the better Bond-films for sure, there's lots to like here. The acting is great, music fantastic and obviously the action is riveting. Even at 163 minutes, it does not drag - and even though I wanted more, the ending was perfect. It's exciting to discuss who will become the next Bond, but let's enjoy this ride first and let it sink in.
Pedro Pascal and Nicolas Cage is a friendship I didn’t know I needed in my life. :sparkles:
Such a fun movie, with lots of comedy and laugh out loud moments.
"White people are better at everything – even things which are unique to other cultures."
This movie stressed me the fuck out.
Another ‘masterpiece’ that is basically average.
I mean it’s ok but there’s nothing that stands out here. The idea is ok but isn’t done particularly well. The visuals are basic and basically just pointing the camera at people talking with seemingly no concern for aesthetics.
Pretty sure that if all the people who say this is so good just stumbled across it on TV one afternoon without knowing anything about it, they’d say it was completely bland.
Can’t go above 5/10
This one has a far better plot than the original and everything else is also improved slightly. I don't get why everyone was bitching about it when it came out.
Was a terrible idea to walk into the theater with high expectations. Disaster of a movie. 4th was awesome. 6th was fun. This was just plain awful.
I like movies that only show their real meaning at the end.. and this one was brilliant!
Every time you thought the fight scenes are almost over, there’s still more and it gets crazier! Some people might think low of Keanu Reeves’ acting range, and it shows clearly here, but he seems to fully accept that and enjoys the ride. That’s the least of the problems though, when it comes to doing action scenes, he totally delivered as always. The story is kinda meh and pedictable, but at least the cinematography is neat and lots of beautiful shots to please our eyes. 7.5/10
R.I.P Lance Reddick
Overall ok movie. CGI is pretty bad. Crazy unrealistic fight/shootout scenes.
The movie started nice but it turned to a garbage towards the end. Hot Kate Beckinsale is the reason you would watch without blinking an eye. That's it.
That diner scene after the wedding was super emotional, as they watch the young romantic couple across the table.
What makes people stay in love?
This movie was a false representation. They market this as an alien filled psi-fi fest- and it hardly delivers. Not sure if they were trying to put together a think piece- or try and make it seem like language studies are more important than they truly are.
There is hardly any alien, or military visuals in the film. Hardly any screen time with the martians- that isn't completely blurred.
You'll get about half way through this movie and think to yourself, "I know this isn't getting any better- but I'm already half way..."
Awful movie.
This was complete rubbish. I go to see all styles of movie's, comedy, horror, action, thriller, suspense. This wasn't any of them. If you go to see this, take a pillow. You'll get the best 2 hours sleep of your life.
Heavy on the fiction, weak on the science. This makes the human race look incredibly stupid. They are completely guessing at what the aliens are saying. They have no proof at all. Seems to me, beings would be able to decipher our simple symbols before we could make any progress with theirs, duh! They mastered space travel didn't they?
Also, in order to communicate in a first contact situation would be to use symbols that we both have in common, and the only thing that we could have in common would be the elements of the periodic table. Quantum physics would be the only way to communicate initially.
Last point, and this goes along with the first point. They mastered space travel, obviously superior. Wouldn't they have first contact protocols ready, before they actually land. Why come and just sit there looking stupid? Awaiting a primitive species to figure you out. Wouldn't they at least take the lead, not let some dumb college teacher to bumble things up.
I'm sorry but this movie is just plain dumb. At least the science portion of it is.
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How have I only just watched this film? Absolutely breathtaking. The corridor fight scene, all shot in one take, is masterfully choreographed. I haven't seen the remake yet, but something tells me, it won't be a patch on this. Just watch it.
I'd say that the biggest problem with this movie is its 1st act. It's too slow and it's also confusing in some parts. It tends to jump some important parts for no reason; like the kidnapping scene. That confused the f*ck out of me. This also happened later in the movie, when "Mr. Vengeance" appeared in Ryu's hideout, when the hideout itself had never been established nor did he look for it. He was just there, waiting.
Perhaps it's not any single person who killed Sohee, but perhaps it's everyone.
Great portrayal of the sad corporate hell we live in.
The least accessible of the trilogy. It's hard to tell who is who and who is doing what and why after only one viewing. The third act is so straightforward it feels like another movie.
Figured it would be a lot more gory given the comments, but no, it was exactly what I was expecting. It wasn't over the top and didn't show unnecessary violence, in my opinion. Great film.
i can surely understand how many people appreciate the artistic side of the movie, and i like to watch stuff like these where it feels like ur watching real people live their lives and not acting, but still it still was so painfully boring :( i had to use all my self-control to not skip all the useless 3 minute shots of the guy driving. i wanted to like it, but i don't. wouldn't wanna watch again
interesting and well achieved in terms of spaces, but excessively slow (many dialogues and scenes are unnecessarily and inconsequentially long)... Anyway, this is just my point of view, possibly it is "good" and "deep" for other people.
Very overrated and dull. So much unnecessary garbage tossed into a meh subject like bookface.
Putting me to sleep softly.
There is an almost masochistic appreciation of pain, in the way of listening to someone who is absent. "The text questions you", says Kafuku, you have to give in to it, as Sonia affirms in "Uncle Vanya": "What is going to be done!... You have to live!". Finding a safety net in Chekhov's work, letting the characters build at their own pace, the film wins as the driver's background takes over the plot.
