Good but not anywhere near as good as the fiirst
You're a funny guy Sully, I like you. That's why I'm going to kill you last.
One of the first truly great Netflix Original Movies, along with Beasts of No Nation.
After the success of Snowpiercer, Bong Joon-ho provides another original, timely and thought-provoking movie, with themes that deeply resonate in today's society.
Despite not being Hughes' finest movie, Uncle Buck is still a funny, endearing and ultimately moving family movie. I slightly prefer John Candy in the hysterical Planes, Trains and Automobiles, but his performance here exudes once again a charm and love that are impossible to resist.
If you’re going to make a vampire film in this day and age you better be confident that is going to stick out from the huge crowd of vampire films that proliferate cinemas, DVD and Blu Ray players and streaming devices around the world. It is endemic and you must make a good and interesting film. There is no doubt that Ana Lily Amirpour has done this, which in itself is a major achievement. Particularly with considering that this is a black and white, Iranian vampire film, spoken mainly in Farsi and filmed entirely in California which doubles well for Iran, as far as I can tell anyway.
Let the Right One In and Byzantium in recent years have risen above the crowd of blood-suckers and overall as a film A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night joins this small group.
Dialogue is sparse and the viewer is not lead by the nose through the storyline and there is little in the way of in your face action sequences and little to no gore. Instead the film focuses on the characters and their place in the decaying and dying city, Bad City.
The black and white cinematography is superb and suits the film and story perfectly, giving the setting and characters a sense of otherworldliness. Clever locations and shooting means the film could have been set anywhere in the world.
The acting throughout is good and even the weaker dramatic moments hold up. Shelia Vand superbly plays ‘Girl’ swinging from both rather scary, to terrifying, to vulnerable and lovely in the space of minutes. Dominic Rains drug dealer is the biggest monster in the film and plays his role just on the right side of scenery chewing, Arash Marandi is truly believable as Arash, a nice boy but a nice boy who would do anything to help his hopeless father, if that means breaking the law so-be-it. We even have the Spaghetti Western stable of the little boy in the town who sees what is going on stoically and is indeed he, played by Milad Eghbali, who plays in the best and scariest scene in the film, a scene that the gore-hounds of Hollywood really need to watch. How to be scary with no-blood, slashed flesh or death. Fantastic stuff.
The film is certainly not perfect and flawless though. At times it seems to be playing up to its influences. Trying too hard to be a Jim Jarmusch sibling. too hard to be mysterious and cool but despite this and the fact that some judicial editing could have shortened some of the less than interesting longer moments and tightened the whole package up this film is as good as most film goers have been saying.
Certain sections of the public are never going to like this but they again they are never going to watch a black and white film, subtitled from Farsi to start off with, even when the word ‘vampire movie’ is dropped in the mix.
Despite some reservations there more than enough in this film to make looking out for all of the main participations next projects a worthwhile endeavour. If they can produce more stories that mean I see something different and something that makes me think whilst being entertained, then lets us hope that I don’t have to wait too long.
Anyway if your contribution to the cinematic world is a skateboarding Iranian vampire then you need to make more films.
Is it just me, because i got used to this being a high quality show, but its getting to the point of unwatchable
Starts off very strong with good characters and dialogue. Lots of good scenes to introduce us to the story and characters. I like some of the relationships.
King of dips in energy and with new stimulating ideas for me. It didn't take me on an interesting enough journey in the second half. Maybe I'll give it another go.
This impressively constructed debut feature shows the last six weeks in the life of Irish republican hunger striker Bobby Sands. With the level of skill that it took to make this movie, its honestly hard to believe its Steve McQueen's first. I mean the movie features an ideological debate between two characters that goes on for 23 minutes. 17 and a half of those minutes being all in one record breaking shot. That's insane! It is very different so I wouldn't recommend it to everyone but if you're quite fond of the criterion collection then you're probably going to like this movie.
Proper cringey dialogue and and I think they paid less attention to the gunplay. Pretty sad overall. Spends time trying to develop John's character through introducing new characters, which doesn't really work very well.
Kind of enjoyable for the action and Keanu but not much else...
The primary attribute that draws me to this show is that It. Is. Insane.
Get ready for one hour of Amy making jokes about her vagina. The material was repetitive and nearly the same as her other stand-ups. Quit with the character act as well. Get up there and give us new material that is original and not about your vagina. We didn't laugh at all!
Doesn't leave you with a "I can't wait for more cliffhanger." However since I hate shows never continuing after a cliffhanger I want more. I especially want more since I am hoping a season 2 would be an improvement.
The story telling needs some work, as well as the pacing and acting. I am a fan nevertheless.
Maybe rather than 15 minutes of credits, they could have better spent the time on a decent final act.
Split is... fine. McAvoy is excellent, as is Anya Taylor-Joy, but the movie around them often isn't at their level.
Then the final twist gives it a whole new life. As an Unbreakable fan, this movie is exciting more for the promise of things to come than for the movie itself. If Unbreakable was a grounded superhero origin story, Split is a grounded supervillain origin story. Will the next Shyamalan movie be the showdown?
I fear not many people will "get" the twist in the theater. Unbreakable is one of the less known, and most underrated, Shyamalan movies. Split will certainly reignite its cult following, and I'm genuinely excited for the future of the Shyamalan Cinematic Universe.
Nor Split nor The Visit are masterpieces, but they sure are enjoyable movies, that show a director that has learned from his mistakes and is getting back on track. And I'm rooting for Shyamalan.
Easily Nichols' weakest movie to date. The story was an important one to tell, but maybe not an interesting enough one to allow for entertaining cinema.
The movie felt overlong and uneventful and, although I think that's what Nichols was trying to go for, excessively subdued. The main characters' passivity, expecially Richard Loving's, in my opinion downplayed in the eyes of the viewer the gravity of the whole situation.
The main stong points are the Negga's and Edgerton's exceptional performances, and a few deeply moving human moments.
An important story to tell, even if it was a bit like watching paint dry. Lots of protracted scenes without dialog against a lullaby soundtrack.
Nate Parker's inexperience, but also his passion, really show in this sometimes powerful, but often boring and conventional movie. Sluggish pace, ugly desaturated color palette, generic writing and atrociously filmed and edited action scenes are all signs of a writer/director that has a lot of room for improvement. The character work was also lacking, with Parker asking the audience to care for a protagonist just because he's suffering, while not doing the hard work of actually presenting a likable lead. The religious justification and glorification of violence is also, though sometimes understandable, deeply troubling. The huge historical inaccuracies don't help either, and their connection with Parker's rape allegations are darkly ironic at best, and creepy at worst.
This said, there's good in here. This is a movie that counts on moments, and Parker really banks on those, and they mainly work, as do the performances. But in between them there's just a less gripping 12 Years a Slave.
I can understand people who love this movie, as I can understand who hates it. Personally, I'm in the middle of the road, but The Birth of a Nation certainly isn't the Oscar contender that Sundance would have us believe.
It was alright. 6-6.5 for me. it wasn't amazing for sure.
I was really looking forward to this movie but was utterly disappointed. The story was just flat and didn't really connect well. At least there were a few funny moments and the soundtrack as well as effects were great. The actors were not that good and most of the story was predictable – so no surprises as with the original Harry Potter franchise.
Finally, I saw Frankenstein!
I liked it, it is good and it is definitely a mark in the history of Cinema but I must confess that I thought this Horror Classic would blow me away and it didn't.
Although I think it needed more creepiness in the atmosphere, I didn't felt that as much as I needed. Another thing that bothered me a bit was also the over the top acting, very teatrical. It should have been more natural.
The Frankenstein Monster is a memorable character! A huge and strong creature that never asked to be in the world. Boris Karloff was great incarnating this beast. I found Fritz maybe a bit too silly although I know he is supposed to be really mad. The set design is amazing, some of the sets are very well done!
It may not have the impact that it had in 1931 but it's definitely a remarkable work that needs to be seen.
Action is still good but the plot is becoming weird and (at least for a non-player like myself) illogical. It seems that a lot of things are simply done for the sake of doing them. Why the mutations ? Where does that big dude come from ? I´m not expecting deep storys here, I was OK with the first three movies. But at least some logic would be nice.
And as far as CGI goes - the first movies were much better as they did a lot more practical whereas here it´s almost all green screen. And it´s showing again that practical effects are better at standing the test of time.
The best Resident Evil movie in my opinion! Quiet enjoyable, fast-paced and a lot of action. I would recommend this flick although the plot still has not very much depth...
Superbad wasn't super bad but for me it wasn't super awesome has I thought it would be. It's definitely a very good and smart teenage film, entertaining and funny but not as funny as I thought. It has it's moments.
Jonah Hill and Michael Cera always make me laugh a lot in every film I see with both of them but in this film the times that they made me laugh were very few. The absolutely hilarious parts of the film were the ones involving McLovin and those irresponsible cops Officer Slater and Officer Michaels. Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Seth Rogen and Bill Hader were so so good! I couldn't stop laughing with those three. Their scenes are the best thing of the film.
Despite the whole unrealistic situations the film knew how to manage them well, but some of the aspects about puberty comedies were just more of the same that we are already used to see in films of this genre.
Overall, I had a great time watching it. I thought that I would give it five stars but I have to stick just with four, which is a pretty good note for a good comedy with an heartwarming touch like this one.
MORTAL KOMBAT!
Good start. Gonna be a hit
still a bit raw but i think its going to be amazing! also Ram's actor is really good wow i felt his pain all throughout the episode; just wanted to slide in and give him a hug. poor guy
this episode was 7 until that Cottonmouth death, and he was kinda my main character but hey i have my hopes up, :) .. that ENDING though
Not terrible, not great, just... fine. Easily the worst of the new trilogy. Script-wise it was a real letdown from DoFP and First Class, and Apocalypse as a villain is stereotypical and brings nothing new to the table. Oscar Isaac was so wasted in this role.
While being a complete deus-ex-machina, the Quicksilver scene is again the best in the movie.
"If my best friend hides his farts from me then what else is he hiding from me, and why does that make me feel so alone?"
Honestly, I am just glad a movie like Swiss Army Man exists.
Coming from the directors of the "Turn Down for What" music video comes one of the weirdest films I have ever seen in my entire life. The film opens with Hank (Dano), attempting to hang himself on a stranded island, but instead ens up finding Manny's (Radcliffe) deceased corpse wash ashore. After this, Hank discovers Manny is not only just alive, but he has an array of unexplained supernatural abilities, including an "erection compass" (I shit you not), extreme flatulence, super human strength, and even more.
The film's premise is so bizarre, but it constantly manages to be relatable, no matter how crazy the movie continues to get. The film feels rewarding as you watch it, and not just based on a gimmick to show a bunch of dumb stuff happen on screen for 90 minutes. The film has an apparent purpose, and thats what makes it stand out; Beneath all the insanity, it has a lot of heart.
The cinematography is beautiful, and coupled with the score, there are many scenes in this movie which are absolutely serene
Its well acted, its genuinely hilarious, and it really will make you think at times - which was a pleasant surprise, to be honest. My only gripe with the film is that the third act (the last twenty minutes to be specific) drags on too long and the momentum is somewhat lost by the time the credits roll by.
All in all, Swiss Army Man is an extremely enjoyable film, and one that truly is memorable, especially in a time when we're constantly being plagued by sequels and unnecessary reboots.
