Does anyone else dislike that they incorporated coronavirus into the show? It takes me out.
Belle... A collection of music videos glued together by a really badly written narrative.
Belle is one of the weakest animated movies i have seen in the past few years, and that makes me really sad, as a fan of the director i went into this expecting an 8 or an 9, but what i got is a 5 at best.
Belle has a interesting idea, with its reworking of the "beauty and the beast" and its child abuse themes... But it fails to build on its characters and to explain basic premises of its own world, making it for a very boring and bland experience.
Most of the things we thought would be relevant were completely ignored and absolutely useless, we asked ourselves watching "did she get some disease and now is unable to sing in the real world and that is why the U is an escape?" No, they never address this, she just fails to sing and vomits once because the movie wanted to i guess? They keep all her "friends" completely irrelevant and underdeveloped until the last quarter of the movie, so i basically don't care about any of them in the end, they never explain the socio economical structure of the U world... How does this work? They say the avatar is made automatically based on people physiognomy, but the avatars are crazy different in form and species, how can that be made from ones physiognomy? How is the invitation system decided? Who is invited and why? Why even have an invitation system instead of selling the app or freely distributing it if that ends up irrelevant to the story? Why show us a very interesting singer character on the start that rivalizes our belle if you are just going to forget her for the whole movie? How to know which avatars are AI controlled and which are actually people? Is it possible do die in U? If not, what is the relevance of all the conflict we see?
Belle raises too many questions and answer very little, it presents us with an beautiful and interesting virtual world but tells us NOTHING about it and how it all works, it presents us with futuristic technology in a world that seems stuck in the 2000s, it gives us many bland and uninteresting characters with only one personality trait each and develops none of them... There are so many problems, so many drawn out scenes... That it all gets boring and tiresome...
And.... That makes me really sad, the music is GREAT, the visuals are BEAUTIFUL, the music scenes are AMAZING... But they are few and far in between and the rest of the movie... Is not interesting, they present us a nice duality of belle and the beast, but their interest in one another is so out of nowhere and forced that it doesnt feel even a little bit real or natural... There is a great scene that develops the characters and emotional connects, but it is only in the last quarter of the movie... When it has already lost all my interest and attention... and the plot of child abuse is ok and very important... But it feels shoved in... The main plot... Feels shoved in... Oh, and how they find the boy... Well, that was just the worst "investigation" bit i have ever seen...
I really wanted to like this movie, but there are just too many unanswered questions, just too little character development, and a plot that is just generic and bland enough to lose my attention... The visuals and music alone are not enough...
At the end, i feel like they made some really great music videos and didnt want to release it as just animated music videos, so they wrote a really bland movie around it and shoved a controversial and important theme(child abuse) to appeal to peoples hearts in an effective but kinda cheap way.
HBO: let’s make a mini series about one of the worst environmental disasters to happen in Russia!
Also HBO: let’s fill it entirely with every type of English actor we have.
Wild that everyone at the Chernobyl plant had British accents. Here’s a little food for thought @ the film industry, hire Russian actors.......to play Russians! Fixed it! You can even hire ones that speak English.
You want my honest opinion ?
- A boring, uninteresting story taken right out of a Bond movie. Shoehorned in between events we've already seen.
- Humor that isn't the least bit funny.
- About 45 minutes too long. All the family reunion stuff did absolutely nothing for me.
- Generic action scenes with at times below average looking CGI
- Zero emotional investement
- Hilarious Russian accents
Conclusion: dissapointing
season 11 is just awful...a lesbian instead of charlie????
One of those films where once again there is a huge difference between the critics' and the viewers' assessment. Which one will you choose?
In the genre of war films, I'm slowly leaning towards the critic. In "Brothers" each of the characters seems overdrawn to me. No one reveals anything surprising, everyone fulfills their cliché. The story strictly follows the black and white stereotype of the situation in Afghanistan, completely disregarding being coherent. A Marine has been missing for less than a year and his family is already living 3 chapters after that?
If you've seen the trailer, you've seen the movie - because it underscores all the clichés you're promised in a good 2 hours. On a positive note, it has become a fast paced piece of work. But I got about as excited by the production as I did watching campfire TV at night.
The best movie I will probably never watch again and one of the best movies I've ever seen. It left me deeply sad, disgusted and depressed, it made me wonder how can people so vile exist and so nonchalantly mingle with us. If you're doubting whether to watch it or not, just do it. It is a fantastic piece of cinema that regardless of how tough it can be to watch, deserves to be seen.
This was a very beautiful and moving film by Makoto Shinkai. As the title suggests, it is a story about a growing separation and the effects it has on childhood sweethearts, Akari and, in particular, Takaki. Even though it was only an hour long, by the end I felt like I was truly feeling the pain and longing that had dominated Takaki's life for so long. I was initially disappointed by the ending (what can I say, I'm a sucker for happy endings) but after rewatching the film, I really appreciated that they didn't go with the cliché finish. Takaki not being reunited with Akari and finally deciding to move on from his past, which till that point held down and ate away at his life, was far more powerful and resonated with the themes of the film. The animation, art and music were beautiful like in all Makoto Shinkai works. I can't think of a better way to spend an hour of my time (except, of course, maybe sending a text to my long forgotten fling).
One of the best in its genre. Unique idea. Really enjoyed it. Highly recommended.
Really enjoyed this. Not like your usual film of this genre that relies on an over-the-top soundscape of screams. This builds the tension slowly and, in my opinion, for what it's worth, is all the better for it. One of the best films I've seen in a while and one that I'll be revisiting.
No matter what the ratings say, I will rate this above The Office, Friends, HIMYM and Big bang theory for its comedy. Chemistry between Charlie and Alan is superb. Every episode has a moment where you will burst out laughing. I don't think any other show has done that for me yet. Watched all seasons more then 8 times and it still remains funny. Give first season a try you will be hooked.
Too bad show goes a bit down from Season 9 due to Charlie leaving the show.
Think any show with will Willis is bang on " That man is areal credit ex ranger an inspiration
I had never considered watching this as those kind of shows are usually not my cup of tea. About a year ago we discovered it on TV while zapping through the channels. It's actually entertaining and even interesting at times. And it's something even my wife likes, so we can watch together. I like the judges and Wil Willis (what a name) is a good host. Another good thing is that they don't compete for silly amounts of money but rather something more down to earth. We are watching re-runs at the moment and hope to catch up in the future
An enjoyable show with crafting beautiful weapons. I'm glad that they made season 3 longer and hope they continue in this manner.
best comedy show ever. never get old.
Shallow characters, empty, boring and cliche storyline - apart from being a Marvel movie, nothing is really great about this one.
And we didn't even get to know what really happened in Budapest - but at least as a hungarian, I'm glad they cleared how we say Budapest. :laughing:
Probably one of the worst villains in the entire mcu so far. They really messed up with taskmaster.
The whole movie is a blurry experience. Nothing defined. Verging on pointless. The portrayal of the character wasn't right. I'm no sex addict expert. I've met a few self proclaimed ones who were just ego driven narcissists. I've worked with one who was a messed up pervert who by now has probably destroyed his family and life. Who was the guy in this movie? Promiscuous? Some sexual nomad from bar to bar?
what a fucking waste of time and money
Boring and predictable... nothing else more.
liked it up until Charlie left. Not a fan of the actor but the show was a lot better with him. Also it has just been beaten to death now and the show is old.
was funny, somewhat sexist but funny while Sheen was still on; I can't believe they're still making seasons with Kutcher in it. The role is totally wrong for him! He should stick to funny rom coms