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!
BOOOOOORRRING!!!
They used 2 hours to tell nothing - seriously in this flick nothing happens at all.
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.
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.
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.
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.
What a complete waste of time.
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.
-Smart boy: We should try again with small objects, and then bacteria, plants..
-Hot girl: Nah, let's try it ourselves!
-Smart boy: Ok!
The power of boner is stronger than reason.
This is 'Primer' for dummies.
The movie frustrated me from time to time because of massive plot holes and bad writing. The idea is challenging, and complex enough to have fun with, and not too complex to get lost in. However too many things did not add up.
For such smart kids they sure were reckless and rushed everything as if they were for the first time in a chemistry class. Every guy who has even the slightest idea of timetravel knows that messing with stuff in the past is going to get you in trouble (butterfly effect) and if you are going to do something you have to plan it out carefully.
There are also multiple occasions when they travel back in time for a 2nd time to the same time and place, but do not meet their 'earlier' time traveling selfs there. This was especially awkward with the kiss scene. Arguably the most important scene of the movie. Even if the device somehow canceled out earlier jumps to the same time, they didn't have to interfere but just had to jump and wait.
For the story it might have been much more interesting if they didn't focus so much on the main actor during the final act of the movie and prevent such a boring cliched ending.
There is more, but lets leave it with this
There is 1 interesting detail in the ending though; the papers David throws in the garbage bin after the talk with his father date 2025. I wonder what that implies....
Still, there are way worse movies out there.
Edit: there is another thing I really liked about the movie btw. It used a track by Mark Sixma. :D
Okay so walking into the theater I wasn't exactly expecting much however wow I was blown away complete must see
It's never a good sign when a title has your eyes rolling before seeing the movie. It doesn't help how the whole thing plays out.
"Everything, Everything" is sweet and harmless, but the whole thing feels like a girls fantasy of romance. Corny writing, predicable ending, and the soundtrack straight from someones play list. At least the performances were decent.
Time will show that Love will be the Death of us all.
I saw the trailer and was intrigued.
I was expecting before watching it that it was gonna actually be Death, Time and Love coming to Howard, and I was a bit sad when I saw that they were just actors. But how thrilled was I towards the end, that plot twist I just couldn't have seen coming!
I was going along with them just being actors, and then at the end, we see Death herself at the hospital with Madeline (as we learn at the end, she is Howards wife and the mother of his dead daughter). Revelation! And when Howard and Madeline turn around at the end, we see that Howard is the only one who sees the three. Then we have to remember what Death said about the rules: "We have the power to be seen by whomever we want, whenever we want". Madeline needed to see Death at the hospital that day, but she didn't need to see her again or the other two. Howard still saw them all, however at the end when the camera turns we see that they're gone. Maybe Howard doesn't need them anymore... or might it be us, the viewers, who can't see them anymore? We've gained what we can gain from watching the movie and now they're not visible to us? I might take it a bit far, but my first time watching this was just amazing!
A little sidenote, when thinking about why the "actors" wanted to money, or didn't want it. First of all yeah, they might have done it so to play the role of the starving actors, but not just that. We can use our resources, money, to save time, to get more time - we spend money so we don't have to wait. With death I'm not 100 % sure, but my take on it is that we fear death so we spend money to avoid it. In a straight forward way by paying for vaccines, medications, psychologists. But also think back to when people would pay to get a "ticket to heaven", we are scared and think money is the solution. And then there's love, and she didn't originally want to do this, but when she hears that she can help someone, she's in it. She's only in it when it's about the love. Most people will probably say that you can buy a lot in this world, but you can't buy real love. Don't you just love that.
I honestly am gonna watch this again in the near future with someone I care for, cause it made a huge impact on me and I'm sure it could on other people in my life as well. Will Smith, or well all of the actors, I really thought they did a great job. Recommending!
Tear jerker made me reflect on my life which I don't normally look back at the past. I keep always turn around to keep my future ahead of me. So it hit home. Love Will Smith is there anything he can't do.
Worth your time, comes off with lots of love, a film to watch before death. Powerful. Say's a lot. Makes you think. I didn't expected the ending. Beautiful. Great performance from all. Strong film. A story that I'm sure will make you shed a tear or two. It it felt like a xmas carol with a twist.
Has one of the best opening sequences you can find in a movie!
Terrance J Acting was SO Horrible.. But the movie is still enjoyable to watch
