delivers exactly what you would expect from a movie called Godzilla vs Kong, 2 giant monsters kicking the crap out of each other. even when monsters were not on the screen, there was plenty to keep you engaged
the runtime, which was just under 2 hours, flew by and i was never bored. yes, the parts that featured human characters were less interesting, but who watches a giant monster movie for human characters anyway?
having said that, the human characters following Kong's arc were infinitely more compelling than those following Godzilla's, and Kong's story overall had an emotional arc that made you care about him
So I waited for this one every since they announced it. Then covid delays. Bought the fist tickets for the first show days ago. Got to the theater, got snacks, sitting there with my son and nothing on the screen. The camera broke. No more tickets for the rest of the day available. Grrrrrr. Went home, watched on HBO max. Well at least the movie was awesome.
Streamed via HBO Max
Story-wise, it's the weakest compared to other MonsterVerse films. This film is more focused about Kong if you're wondering. I couldn't stand that Millie girl, to be fair I wish the human parts would be removed because I only want to see Godzilla & Kong fighting. But it's entertaining to watch.
This movie is damn good for never hearing of it!!! What an insane mix of actors from different worlds. Pretty solid movie. Also....gotta love a PG in 1971. Boobs and blood! Crazy.
What an amazing performance by Jessica Chastain!
A somewhat lucid slice-of-life experience that chronicles the loves and life events of one indecisive 30 year old.
The Worst Person in the World manages to evoke the feeling of looking through the mental scrapbook of our lives; the one we all flip through after a milestone birthday or large life event. The feeling of quickly summarising large swathes of your life into the most poignant (and in some cases mundane) moments that stick with you forever. It was moving, touching, challenging and dare I say real(?) in its portrayal of navigating a contemporary relationship in modern life. It also made me realise the stark differences between a tiny generational gap of those in their 30s and those in their 40s. The juxtaposition of Aksels friend circle to Einvinds made it all the more jarring, and was shown without emphasis to great effect. Aksels all discussing settling down/family events while Einvinds are setting up Instagram pages, taking mushrooms, putting off having kids for environmental reasons and working service jobs well into their 30s. It's eye-opening, if a little depressing as I find myself turning 30 in the not too distant future.
There was much here I resonated with, many lessons I learned from the characters and a few quotes to boot. This feels like a movie that will sit with me for much longer than I anticipate, but I'll be happy it did every time I think about it. If I can manage to shake the existential dread it brings me that is.
This might be a slow burn but boy howdy is it worth it for the last 20 minutes. So many gasps and "what theeee" and "NO WAY". Good stuff. And I had no idea what an amazing child actress Jennifer Connelly was.
An ordeal watching all three parts to be sure, but a story that will always stick with me.
Thought I give the second feature from "that kid who had a film in festivals at 14" a shot... Turns out he does not seem to aim far beyond the straight-to-DVD pile.
I mean at first I was sort of impressed that the age doesn't show in the direction but that didn't last for very long. I guess to make it less generic the found-footage "horror" gets interwoven with a police investigation of the crimes but instead of amping up the tension it just made everything a lot dumber. That police office is certainly among the most pathetic ones on film but they don't really fall out of place in a movie where not a single character (be it a good or bad guy) has a functioning brain.
It's great that this guy gets active at a young age but if it doesn't make sense on paper it certainly won't on film (and can we at least TRY to get found-footage right).
A fun atmospheric extremely Italian feeling Japanese slasher with an awesome if familiar soundtrack
Scream 4 was like a phoenix rising from the awfulness that was the third film (or is turd film more apropos). Perhaps overpraise but it DID right the capsized franchise
seen on Paramount+
As I continue to slowly wade through all of the Godzilla movies, it's getting harder to distinguish memories of one from the other. This is not the case with "Godzilla Vs. Hedorah", however. This movie features Hedorah, a monster who actually sucks smog from smokestacks, seeps and pukes pollution on anything and everything, and manages to morph from slow-moving slug to odd flying creature. Oh, and this is the movie that features Godzilla flying by using his atomic breath as a thruster.
The people that made this movie were likely drug-addled at the time. There are many inexplicable moments like animated scenes that pop into the movie out of nowhere and disappear just as quickly. There is a scene where everyone at a party suddenly appears to have fish heads. Hedorah flies over people which melts their heads into a blue goo. There's a psychic little boy a score featuring hippies playing awful '60s music and an anvil-heavy environmental message.
I tried my best to relay just how strange this is but you really have to see it to appreciate its B-movie badness.
nothing to see here, move on.
The only good thing was the cleavage of Vergara and that did not appear many times
Don Murray's character was unlikable and annoying as fuck. The best part of the entire film was when he finally got his ass kicked. Otherwise, the whole movie was very cringey and the ending was okay.
Ahh man this was a bit all over the place....
A few of the stories were good but the rest were just bad. One Time in the Woods was definitely the best segment out of the whole movie though. That was awesome :ok_hand:
Solid practical effects which was the main reason why I kept watching and not fast forward until the end.
Will still check out the sequel though, as I love anthology movies.
It is amazing how cinema done well can make the viewer empathize so much with the protagonist, and that is the case with The Quiet Girl.
Despite the little dialogue, I was able to feel every single emotion the little girl was feeling, I wanted to reach into the screen and hug her tightly, until I burst into tears in the final scene with that cookie and the "Daddy."
Wonderful soundtrack, the little girl acted great even though she is only 12 years old, poor plot but strong impact, it is more focused on making you empathize with the girl. One of the best films of 2022
8/10
Quietly absorbing and by the end, emotionally devastating. A wonderful piece of filmmaking
Incredibly beautiful.
I feel like this is what by Sofia Coppola's "Somewhere" aspired to be.
I love the type of slowness depicted: not done out of virtuosism for its own sake, but leaning in on the small, apparently insignificant moments like smoking in a balcony or washing hands - it was done beautifully, in a very personal way that allows you to stay with the character for that second longer that allows you to really see him/her and what they're feeling. Or having that moment for you to fully experience your emotions as well.
So often a character is created through a sum of events and actions and words said, cut after cut - whilst you can learn so much from the silences! Such underrated empathic tool.
As much so as the camera focusing on the character itself (or some body parts: I loved Celine Sciamma's glance on hands in "Portrait of a Lady on fire" for example) as they're performing an action - focused, reading through them the emotions they're feeling rather than by showing the action itself. The bike videogame and the interview were brilliant instances.
The part I was astounded by, tho, was the mastery in showing how important a bond can be in making you pull out a better version of yourself you didn't even expect to be there: when Sophie says "happy birthday" on the bus, it's such a simple act and yet the pinnacle of many small ones that remind Calum of what's really life for.
As a personal note: never underestimate how you can affect loved ones, with a caring word of gesture or by simply being there
Such a movie needs a proper walk home after the cinema to let you thoroughly grasp the feelings it conveyed
An awful and unimaginative karate flick. The 81 minute runtime features almost no plot and every god damn blow gets repeated in either slow-mo, a different angle or just straight up the same shot. They're mostly not impressive and the sound design is not something to show off here.
Looks like this was remade into https://trakt.tv/movies/karate-girl-2011 for obvious reasons!
A ridiculously overstuffed mess. Such an ambitious and interesting concept but they turn it into an unbelievably dreary, overstuffed, and poorly put together slog. How can a film this poorly put together deserve anything higher? As far as found footage films go, there's got to be some logical reason for the camera to be present but not on this film. I found the choice of non-linear storytelling to be very strange as it's mostly ineffective when applied to the subgenre. It also relies too heavily on a twist and some real scary parts that come too late. There are too many failed attempts at emotional substance and this thing goes on for too long, by the time it finally gets to the good parts, you just don't care anymore.
Probably the first four-hour movie that I watched in one sitting. Not a perfect one, but the first fiction that caused me emotions since "Endgame". The plot is interesting. The characters are developed. The soundtrack is incredible. It could have been a beginning of something, but, you know what happened. Such a pity that a franchise with this potential has been lost.
I was really pleasantly surprised by this one after the first one was such a schlockbuster. Much more thoughtful, much more character-driven. Could have been a bit shorter, the pacing bogs down around the lunar crisis in particular, that whole act would really have benefited from tighter editing. And it's sometimes hard to follow due to a combination of the subs translation not being perfect and some scenes moving too quickly to allow you time to figure out what said opaque subs actually mean. But once you get your head past the scientific absurdity of the premise, which is a dumb basis on which to criticise a film anyway, it's very enjoyable.
Americans saying that "original" was better than this one. Little do they know that "Alive" wasn't the first film about this accident. Actually, a mexican movie released in 1976 was the first one ever made and it wasn't bad at all.
Yes, this version is slow paced and with less action than previous movies, specially the american one, but technically and emotionally is way above the first two movies. J. A. Bayona goes deeper in the emotional part of each character, this time, using the real names of the survivors, besides, it was filmed in part in the same spot where the accident took place. Hey, we even have cameos of some of the survivors.
Sorry, but people saying this "remake" is bad, is just lazy people that don't like to read subtitles. This movie will be nominated for an Oscar, I can tell you that.
It's boring, that's the problem. The Zone of Interest is completely uninteresting.
Scenery, wardrobe and all of that is very well done, which infuriates me because they could have done such an interesting film if they'd had shown the funcioning of Auschwitz. In that camp there were stories worth telling. Anyways, I regret having spent money in the cinema for this one.
loved the long shots .. and i realy liked the acting ( am only talkin abt carey here) bradley seemed so desperate for that Oscar imo .. a movie to forget even tho am a fan of biographies
Way too much unnecessary melodrama. I was basically begging the movie to end after a certain point.
Could this movie be any longer or slower??? Sure let’s make Part 2.
This movie takes no hostages... The driving was absolutely top notch, the special effects were beyond good and although the action was relentless, it never once felt fatigued or over done. This movie delivers on all its promises. If you want a pure action flick that wastes no time, Mad Max Fury Road is it!
Great suspense and definitely NOT boring. What a creepy house!
