Much better than I expected. And much more disturbing - particularly at the beginning.
Fantastic cinematography and sound design, but I wasn't a fan of the glacial pace and abstract wrapper around a pretty basic story.
I rather liked this, but the shaky cam ruined it for me.
Thankfully non-exploitative account of the months leading up to the live on air suicide of Christine Chubbuck. A sad story, brought to life with a sensitive performance from Hall.
Twisty turny thriller kept me guessing. Worth a watch, but not the night before your next hospital appointment.
Every frame in this film is hand painted animation. Considering there is 24 frames per second in a film, the work that must've gone into this is phenomenal. At first the animation was a little distracting from the story, because it's not the smooth flowing digital animation that we're used to from Pixar films. (It's quite flickering.) However when you get used to it, the story is gripping and very moving. Unlike most biopics, this one demonstrates that we can never really know anybody, because everyone has a different opinion.
I'm only one episode in and typically I try not to judge a series before I've watched a number of episodes first. However, if the rest of this series is as good as the first episode, I think it's going to be a hell of a ride. Sam Esmail of Mr. Robot fame puts together some very interesting shots and there is lots of creative lens use, as well. In fact, the entire production team has done a fantastic job creating an atmosphere that helps to create the ongoing, brooding tension in this psych thriller. The cast's performances are all solid, but I was especially impressed with Stephan James' work. Bonus points in my book for an admirable long shot about 7:45 minutes in which is composed of two tracking shots with a pretty seamless hidden cut. Very much looking forward to the rest of the series.
This left the most sinking feeling in the pit of my stomach. The first reveal is probably the most horrifying thing the show has done (and this is a show that made an episode about a snuff film).
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Amazing episode. true horror, tear pulling ending.
So... this episode is the San Junipero of this season?
I don't think I breathed once during the entire episode. I'm not okay. This was not okay.
Very interesting concept, was definitely worth the watch, was honestly surprised that a movie filmed in 1 room with everyone standing still could be entertaining. Definitely a "Mind Game" movie similar to Cube and Exam's style.
Another nice episode.
I really liked the idea of it (getting blackmailed and not knowing what your blackmailer actually wants) and the plot twist at the end was great! I honestly didn't expect that. By now I'm used to paying attention and I usually have a lot of theories and try to find subtle clues, but somehow I didn't see that one coming. I was so naive and thought the main character was really just masturbating. I just started to get skeptical when he even agreed to rob a bank, but I still couldn't figure out what's exactly going on.
By the way, if you rewatch the beginning you might notice the scene with the little girl which seems creepy in retrospect. But at that point I really thought it was to show that he's just a nice young guy.
Well done. Another plot twist I haven't seen coming like that. And of course the acting was incredible again :)
Fuck me, 30 minutes in and I was ready for the episode to end. Not because it was bad, but because it was painful to watch. Then finally at almost 50 minutes, I could stand it again, haha. At least the ending made me laugh! I loved that truck driver lady though. She was cool.
Out of all of the episodes of Black Mirror that I've seen, this one seemed to have the happiest ending. Which is weird because her life is pretty much ruined as far as her score goes and who knows what happens to people who have that low of a rating, but seeing Lacie finally be able to let loose and say what she wants and just be herself was amazing. Great start to the new season!
Loved this episode. The final scene should've been cut though.
There should of been so much more to that than it give at the ending, more on the back ground, and more on the world Itself, but other than that.. It was a sweet film, loved it, and i wonder how many times they had to write the script for that film...I think Bill Murray was behind the whole thing haha What a looper!
Decent low budget sci-fi film. This could've been a good pilot for a TV series especially with that ending.
A weird show that is not for everybody but I really enjoyed it. I love the world they set up with all the little gadgets and advertising. The performances from Emma Stone and Jonah Hill were both fantastic. I like how they were able to do really different stories throughout the season to mix things up. There were a lot of funny parts too.
This could have been a great film, and i thought it was going to be after a good first half, but then the 2nd half went and ruined everything, very very disappointing/terrible second half in my opinion.
A nice movie with great acting from Haley Lu Richardson and John Cho. This needs more people watching it.
I hope they eventually do another mini-series like this, perhaps in the form of a "season 2", where they go over Ethan's adventure in Johto. (Ethan being the player character in GSC.)
This was like saw, but better. Or it was as good as Saw was at the time it aired, just appropriate for the changing times.
The series is great, has that Vsausce feel and, of course, Michael's personality keeps you glued to the screen. The first season (especially the first episode) is enough to make you watch the rest of the series, although the second season feels a bit boring and less impactful, but still worth watching if you're a fan.
I was surprised by how much I liked this. I went in with low expectations of just a dumb action movie, which it still kinda is, but it is also a decent sci-fi and the action is pretty great. The beginning is a little slow but once Grey gets Stem then it picks up. Logan Marshall-Green (or better known as the Tom Hardy look-alike, Tom Hardly) does a good job here. He moves like a robot pretty well. The action is great. There are plenty of action scenes and the short runtime makes it move fast. There are a few decent laughs too. The cinematography was very interesting too. The way the camera moves in certain action scenes are really cool, it makes a normal scene stick out as something special. One of the best things was the world it set up. Modifying humans with different upgrades is really cool. The whole gun in the arm is stupid but a crazy, cool stupid and I want to see more of that. I would like a sequel.
This was not bad at all. I first started watching predicting it was going to be bad, I don't even know why. But, actually, it turned up quite good. Nice setting and plot. Great acting, in my opinion. I thought the soundtracks were freakin' good. Overall, it's nice. I personally enjoyed it.
PS: a Jottun means a giant, yes? Wonder what's the name of that creature! lol Anyways, that monster's design or whatever it is, was really good, Imho.
