I had no idea what to expect from this film and I actually really enjoyed it. Highly unique plot, loved all the alien creatures, spectacularly aesthetically pleasing visuals! Overall an enjoyable choice.
another good romantic-comedy. thats all I can say
This is yet another romantic comedy with a cookie-cutter plot, but it will make you laugh!
...and who knew that every fear in this movie would become a reality after a tragic terrorist attack in 2001.
BOOOOOORRRING!!!
They used 2 hours to tell nothing - seriously in this flick nothing happens at all.
Really solid film but the very ending disappointed massively for me. Kind of contradicts everything that came before it.
Solid heist movie. A little too long and not enough action in the middle. The opening is great action piece to start but then it slows down too much until the heist. The middle is filled with some boring family drama but some cool manly stuff like strip clubs and shooting ranges. O'Shea Jackson Jr. really stands out as a great actor. Everyone else does a decent job. Worth a watch if you like macho man movies or heist movies.
The plot supposes that cops bending the rules, are in the right somehow? Nick did multiple things that Major Crimes simply would not allow him to do, while he was not even undercover. He summed it up best when he said 'we are the bad guys'. I was really hoping the heist crew got away with it, because they simply had better standards than the cops in this. So when the police suddenly became 'the good guys', I became confused and even frustrated.
Really enjoyed the action sequences, and even the rest of the movie, except for anytime Nick was on screen.
The movie touches on a lot of topics, and shows a lot, but never ultimately explains what happened, it just happens with no explanation.
The ending with Lena fighting her doppelgänger and detonating the phosphorus grenade was awful. What did the alien ultimately want? It is unclear.
Not a very good film.
This was pretty awful.
The entire movie was trying to dictate something to the audience, but I couldn't put my finger on what it was.
At no point do you feel anything at all for the characters. The kidnapped girls and Casey's dad are not developed at all, so their deaths don't carry any weight.
The one smart character (the doctor) doesn't act rationally. The whole lecture sequence made me cringe. The doctor is originally presented as someone who approaches her patients methodically. She is perceptive and crafty. Then she gives a Skype lecture where she pleads with a group of scientists to believe her. She doesn't present proof or make a convincing argument, even though she must have that capability.
Then in dangerous situations she shuts down. While she can write out his name, she doesn't call it out or check for his presence. She knows how dangerous he is. She suspects him. She even stuffs the tissue into the keyhole, but she still doesn't call out his name to snap him out of it.
The girls are also in an unrealistic state while trying to escape. In most other movies, people in this type of situation are either 1) competent, 2) paralyzed by fear, or 3) completely frantic and flailing. These girls were none of those. Their maddeningly slow pace was inconsistent with the terror they must be feeling.
The whole parallel with Casey's uncle (and being imprisoned after being "released" into his custody) didn't match well with the main story. Why did she pull the trigger on The Beast but not her uncle? At first it seems like both stories were parallels, where at this point in her life she actually overcomes her fear and confronts her aggressor. But then she just goes back to her uncle. It's very unclear what her character is feeling and what she's going through.
Also, the fact that The Beast is immune to gunshots and has superhuman strength is out of nowhere. The story abides in the natural world before derailing into the supernatural. While the supernatural element should be a big reveal, it wasn't. His powers build up step by step, so there is no surprise factor. The lack of surprise implies that we should expect this. Yet the world presented doesn't give us any hint before the build up. Tying it into Unbreakable at the end was jarring as well. The tie-in explains more about the movie's universe, but nothing about the movie's tone or world-building mirrored Unbreakable.
McAvoy's performances were decent but spread very thin. So many characters (8?) are introduced that none of them were well developed. The other thirteen aren't explored at all, which was pretty disappointing. MNS might be saving them for the sequel, but I doubt most viewers will be willing to sit through another ordeal of this magnitude.
The only success of this movie is when Casey goes for a gun and the non-Beast personalities plead for their lives one by one. It makes you think about the twenty-some actual people who would die if she pulled the trigger in self defense. Unfortunately, this was the only redeeming quality of the movie and not enough to justify a watch.
When you order a pepperoni pizza and they deliver a pepperoni pizza, do you complain they didn't serve you filet mignon? This film is the pepperoni pizza of action films. If you want an action film, this has got it. It's not especially new or revolutionary or poetic, but at least it's got action from beginning to end which is more than many other action films of late.
This is just....Uugghhh... First movie that I rate 1/10!
If you find yourself with an hour and a half spare, do yourself a favour......go for a walk.
This movie was okay. The acting wasn't great and you can predict what was going to happen in the movie within the first 20 minutes. This is a movie you watch once and never watch again.
Only kept watching in the hopes of seeing Gilf titties
Epic!! one of the best movies in recent years i loved this & own the bluray.
Unexpectedly good. Both Tom Cruise and Jamie Foxx give some solid performances. The plot is simple but it's very well done and engaging. The subway train scene is my favorite, I loved every second of it.
Did not like it.
I guess it will go well with star stricken audience that watches movies just because a movie star that they like is in it.
For me it is a bad movie.
Bad characters (after watching the movie ask yourself what did you actually learn about lead characters.
Not two rows worth of character development and also almost no interaction between them).
Bad heist plot (multiple plot holes and inconsistencies:
SPOILERS they drag Ann to toilet so they can steal the necklace and then act that they found it somewhere else because it slipped although it was pointed out that it can not slip since you need magnetic key to remove it, or at least wouldn't it be easier just to give her the fake necklace in the toilet saying that it fell.
Also later they drove off with the rest of the diamonds while the place was in lockdown by "best security team in the world" that just accepts "oh, look what i found in the pool" explanation...
Not to mention the movie is caled Ocean's Eight but there were seven women in a group which made Ann Hathaway's reveal at the end not so much of a shock, more of a meh.
There are many more plot holes but it would take longer to read them than to watch this movie.
About SJW in the movie
they managed to cover all "the colors of Benetton", Also it is marketed as a movie about an "All women's heist team",
but in the end they have a male in a team, but I guess he doesn't count and doesn't deserve an equal part of the loot.
Constance swiped one necklace and gets 38 million, but the guy that collected all the rest gets a tap on the shoulder, and no credit.
Actually fell asleep in the theater. An altogether boring plot and I felt Sandra Bullock did a particularly poor job acting. The movie might have had more success if it wasn't attached to the Ocean's franchise.
Did the father have wives of 3 different asian nations, or was it just crappy casting?
Totally not worth your time or money.
What a complete waste of time.
Batman Forever is probably the only movie I saw back to back at the theater. I enjoyed it a lot until I realized just how bad a lot of Batman's dialogue is. "I wouldn't fit in at a family pic-nic" or "I'll get drive-thru."
I must have had my brain shut off when I saw it back to back. The movie is fun if you don't think about how bad it is compared to the 1989 film before it.
Jim Carrey's over-acting along with Tommy Lee Jones' is a shame. Since they both would have been great in their roles if the film wasn’t so campy. If Carrey was told to tone it down and shut the F up and be more serious as the Riddler by a better director. He could have been great.
Kilmer isn’t a bad Bruce Wayne and is a better Bruce Wayne than he is Batman. Maybe because he has better lines as just Bruce.
I think the movie is well cast but the approach they took was definitely in the wrong direction. Batman & Robin is proof because that took a wrong direction and took the franchise straight off a cliff.
Excellent movie, way better than what I expected.
I really enjoyed it, and I agree, Kristen Wiig is awesome.
The funniest movie of all the funny movies. My stomach hurt from laughing. Ready to partey.
What a hidden gem it is !! A must watch for everyone. Just go for it. You will definitely love it !!
8/10... Comédia brilhante, humor inteligente, provocativo, gags tremendos, dinamismo sempre presente, bitches show... e daria para continuar. Por vezes arranca gargalhadas de até impedir a respiração. Quem diria que preparar um casamento poderia ser tão demolidor quando a noiva tem duas "madrinhas" competitivas. Sem cair em clichés, consegue ainda mostrar o valor da amizade, qual o sentido da vida e das relações em pano de fundo.
