Extraordinarily entertaining. Superb chemistry by the leads. There are some plot points that could be tighter of course, but it's a fun loving dark comedy of sorts so I'll give them a pass. Strong 8.2.
'Hit Man' is fun!
Glen Powell and Adria Arjona team up to form a strong acting chemistry, I enjoyed seeing them both feature all the way through - two great performances. On the note of the cast, good to see Austin Amelio appear; I like that guy from his 'The Walking Dead' days.
This movie is paced very well, the two hour run time did not feel of that length at all. It holds an interesting and fairly amusing plot, one brought to life by everyone involved on and off screen very nicely. It's goofy in certain ways, though that is only a positive to be honest. I also thought it was going to end slightly differently, but again that's not a negative.
What a surprise! You get many movies in one here. I loved every minute of it. Also: amazing actors!
I have to contradict most comments here, this is a great parable on civil war and current society, not a story about photojournalism. Those journalists acting as a tool, a train driving through the story to show the gruel reality there: total numbness, inhumanity and resignation about the people and circumstances of the conflict. Only glimpses of their background and feelings are shown, apart from fear. Nothing is questioned, morale is absent.
Garland leaves his usual void to fill in your thoughts and it is working brilliantly here. No one wants to wake up to a reality like this, but the way it is told is unsettlingly plausible.
The part with Jesse Plemons was one of the most nerve-wracking scenes I’ve seen in a long time
Also want to give props to the sound design. In my theater every single bullet was LOUD and impactful. I honestly jumped in my seat a few times just from getting startled by the gunshots after more quiet moments.
I think people complaining about the choice not to elaborate on the politics behind the civil war are kind of missing the point. War on the ground is not political. It's people killing people trying to kill them (and often killing anyone they happen to run across, combatant or not). No ideology can rationalize slaughter. This isn't a film about why a war breaks out. It's about life and death in a war zone, but instead of a third-world country we can feel superior to, it's the formerly United States of America.
Just saw the trailer and I had no idea Jesse Plemons is in it, I jumped out of the seat when he appeared. It's crazy how criminally underrated Jesse Plemons is as an actor, every time this man is on screen I get chills.
An aggressively mediocre movie. I think Ryan Gosling is a lot of fun, but him and Emily Blunt lack a lot of chemistry, so their romance isn't very engaging. The humor is a bit hit or miss. It did elicit laughs from me, but a lot less than I was expecting. The movie also struggles with pacing, with it being surprisingly slower than expected, and the core mystery/intrigue being very predictable and bland. I get that's not the main focus of this movie, but considering the slower pacing and the limited impact of the romance and comedy, you'd hope the plot could carry the movie more. The cinematography was pretty good at times though, including a cool meta scene involving split screens. I also do appreciate the focus on stunt people. However, the movie is still extremely disposable and carried solely by Ryan Gosling in most places. I think if you appreciated some of David Leitch's prior movies such as Bullet Train and Deadpool 2, you might appreciate this one more than I did since I found those equally bland and mediocre.
I'm torn on this one. On one side I really like that they just tried to make an entertaining movie. On the other side, it's just too bloated and mostly just stupid. But still watchable. I just wish they used the dog more. The dog just stole the show.
Like a modern tank: rugged, stylish and solid.
Based on the true story of a secret mission (Operation Postmaster) in World War II, this film has many of the same players (Churchill, Ian Fleming) as Operation Mincemeat (2021) but succeeds where is predecessor failed thanks to a strong cast (Henry Cavill stands out) and dynamic directing by Guy Ritchie.
Like a tank, he story isn't anything really new and if fairly predictable as it moves along, but it at least it does it with a certain panache.
"You didnt actually think it would work, did you?"
"It was your plan!"
Great cast, great music, fun action, silly humor, and a feel-good Nazi-killing story — not every Guy Ritchie movie is a good movie, but every Guy Ritchie movie is a fun movie.
(Honestly I'd be disappointed if Henry Cavill got the Bond job. I'd much rather see him in more ridiculous roles like this one.)
The film doesn’t take itself nearly as seriously as either The Gentleman or Wrath of Man, and that’s a good thing. Henry Cavill is in rare form and the supporting cast of Alan Ritchson, Henry Golding, Alex Pettyfer, and Hero Fiennes Tiffin deliver strong performances.
I love the interplay between Babs Olusanmokun and Eiza Gonzalez, especially her flirtations with the German leader.
The soundtrack was on point too.
Story was a bit lacking and you pretty much know how it's going to end, but I didn't care as I had a ton of fun with this film.
Despite the not so good reviews, I really like this movie! It has the most gorgeous actors and an epic love story in it. It is three hours long but never gets boring, which says a lot about a film. The ending, especially with the Soundtrack is just heartbreaking. But for me, this movie will always be a true epic!
The Talented Mr. Ripley is good, but not great. The locales are beautiful, and it does have some nice plot twists. Jude Law is outstanding in this one and Phillip Seymour Hoffman is excellent in his small, but crucial roll.
With 'Poor Things', director Yorgos Lanthimos has created a film that has quite a few similarities with the box office hit 'Barbie'. Both are about women who start out as objects without any self-determination and, in the course of a journey, find themselves and discover their freedom. Both films also impress with fantastic costumes, good performances, and, most importantly, a phenomenal production design.
But, while I enjoyed 'Barbie', this Frankenstein story is in a completely different league. Lead actress Emma Stone delivers perhaps the best performance of her career, and Mark Ruffalo and Willem Dafoe are also great here. The absurd humor worked perfectly for me. I haven't laughed more in a movie all year than I did in this one. And ultimately, the world that Lanthimos creates is one that has never been seen before. It's really difficult to create something "new" in film in the 21st century, but that's definitely the case here.
All in all, I not only give "Poor Things" my highest recommendation, but it is also my favorite film of 2023.
The movie is fine and entertaining though it falls apart rather quickly if you think about it even a little bit. The visuals were great, but I think the movie spent a little too much time on long artistic shots.
I feel there's more interesting areas the movie could have explored given its premise instead of just "The Matrix" where low value men imprison their overachieve wives.
It doesn't even make sense in the confines of the story. Why would Jack kidnap the real Alice and put her in the Matrix, when he could have just virtual Alice manufactured by the Matrix and the real Alice can keep living her life. This is what Bunny does with her children who aren't real. In fact, all of the children in the Matrix aren't real.
The exploration of the reason why Jack did that could have been much more interesting and dramatic than what we got, we got some of that in the climax, but it was rather shallow. And the movie went with 'men just want to keep women down and, in the kitchen,' kind of message.
A film that proves that high-concept and shallow are not mutually exclusive. I genuinely enjoy Florence Pugh and Chris Pine, and Harry Styles holds his own, but the story doesn't take those strong performances anywhere interesting. It feels like a classic example of style over substance. And that's not to say that the style is unappreciated. The production design is excellent and certainly helped keep me invested, but the story is left feeling underdeveloped, perhaps leaning too hard on its blunt social commentary.
As for concrete criticisms go, I'm definitely not a fan of the many unexplained/illogical story elements (e.g. Why is the VR world experiencing earthquakes? What's the deal with the crashed plane? Styles' real world character is initially established as an unemployed loser who is getting sucked into a brain washing, incel-esque community rather than get a job. This seems to contradict the ultimate reveal that his character now works a job he hates just to fund his idyllic VR homelife. It seems like an unemployed, deadbeat loser would be more likely to coast along, supported by his hard working doctor partner, regardless of how much he craves dated gender/relationship norms).
A devastating tale of greed, violence, betrayal and cultural clash set during the Black Gold fever in the 1900s. Chilling performances by DeNiro and Gladstone with DiCaprio playing the biggest and hopeless fool in history. Scorsese combines the best elements of his previous work into a 3 and a half hour dark odyssey where tragedy awaits at every turn. Some might argue that the running time is too much, but every nasty bit of it has a way to work in the overall story.
At times, this feels like Ridley Scott in top form, directing sweeping, epic historical battles. At times, it feels like an absurdist black comedy à la The Great. (My entire theater lost it at "You think you're so great because you have BOATS!") But most of the time, it feels like an entire season of television hopelessly compressed into 2.5 hours. As a result, I understood little and cared even less.
Maybe the 4-hour cut will be better, but I doubt it. The sheer number of things it touches on - characters, political maneuvers, relationships, battles - seems like it would take 10 hours to cover properly.
"Destiny has brought me here. Destiny has brought me this lamb chop!"
This movie will scare Republicans because it is "woke". Another item added to their list.
For those of us who don't live in an echo chamber... this film touches on actual issues that we are living in right now. Technology dependency, racism, disaffected youth... to name a few. The premise is plausible, the reactions from the characters are genuine and well executed and the ending is explained to you if you payed attention.
There are few dull moments and if your audio is good, a few jump scares will keep your heart rate up.
If you only care about an ending, maybe you should watch some other kind of cinema. There are plenty of choices for you.
If you care about a great script, superb cast and acting, beautiful camera work, intriguing plot, a tension feeling without really knowing what's happening kind of movie, well, this one is for you.
Sam Esmail has delivered a great work here. It ticks all the boxes that you could expect from him.
An ending like this one, is very subjective, but it works perfectly for me. It just feels right. We found out what was really happening, and Esmail put it in a clever and kind of funny way.
Read the synopsis and don't watch the trailer, the less you know about the plot, the better you enjoy it. I loved it.
I liked the film, even though logic was often sacrificed for effect. For example: G.H. reaches the beach and discovers a wristwatch sticking out of the sand. He uncovers the watch and discovers an arm. He looks up and sees the body of a pilot belonging to the arm. He continues to look around and sees that there are bodies and debris all over the beach, including huge pieces of debris from the plane. The effect was nice, but of course you would have seen the debris and the bodies immediately, and not discovered the watch first.
I have to say that I expecting more from this film but I enjoyed it anyway. It's a solid drama/comedy full of heart with great characters, which one as an important role in the story.
A coming of age story about Duncan, a boy that goes on a summer vacation with his mom, her boyfriend and the boyfriend's daughter. Duncan is awkward and very shy. He is lost and trying to find a place in the world. Then he finds a friend at a water park that will help him in that rough time of his adolescence and make things a little happier.
All of the cast is great, all have solid performances. It was good to see Steve Carell playing a more serious and dramatic role, different from what we are used to see him do. Sam Rockwell was hilarious, absolutely amazing performance throughout the film!
It's that kind of open ending film but I was waiting a lot more at the end. Despite that, I had a great time watching it.
And I have to mention him again, Sam Rockwell you are awesome!
It's meant to be on the fun side. A bit unrealistic but I was entertained. 6/10 for me.
It's always a pleasure to see Alison Brie, especially almost naked. John Cena is also good.
And don't forget - a man who touches the honey will eventually lick his fingers.
Well done on every level but really nothing original.
The decors and the (short) destruction scenes are great. The characters and drama are good though totally predictable.
As for the general story, it's really exactly what you expect from a post apocalyptic survival movie. There is really nothing new, people behave exactly how you would expect, there is not a single original idea there. This is pure cliche of the genre.
"MovieGPT, Make an IMAX-friendly SF action blockbuster. Topics: whether AIs are people, US military imperialism. Use 40% Apocalypse Now, 30% Bladerunner, 20% Star Wars."
I can't deny it was visually impressive - just about enough I felt I got my money's worth. I am glad it had a little ambition and tried to introduce emotional motivations and complex topics. But since it botched both really badly and had sub-Bondian plot credibility, I would rather they had just concentrated on making big things blow up.
Great movie! Somewhat reminded me of the Vietnam war. USA attacks uses its military power and murders innocents in Asia.
This film does an incredible job showing life integrated with AI and robotics, and it does it emotionally and beautifully. While there’s certainly influences from many Sci-fi stories we already know, this movie depicts very real emotions caused and felt by the AI characters. The sound design was superb as well - with many of the impactful moments being completely silent instead of tormented with a soundtrack to tell you how to feel.
I don't care for Bill Burr but I did find this movie entertaining. It isn't a "must watch" but I'd put it on the list of "I feel like watching something, but there is nothing on that I'm dying to see".
I really was impressed by the consumes. Unfortunately, it seems they got the costume designers to write the script too.
