The idea of a child beeing born on Mars sounded intriguing. So the movie starts interesting but quickly turns into a generic love story with a predictable plot and a forseeable ending. That needn´t be a bad thing but what didn´t make this work for me is the whole setup. The story supposedly takes place in 2034 and it doesn´t show. People are driving decade old cars for instance. And it seems to be pretty easy to just steal cars everywhere and drive around in them from state to state without beeing spotted althought they seem to have pretty good sattelite surveillance. I know that´s not the point of the story but you could have told it pretty much in any time period one way or the other. If the SciFi part doesn´t add anything to it beside the distance why use it at all? That all aside technically this is a nice movie. But, as I said, for me that is like getting an empty present.
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Not that this isn't a really cute movie, because it is, a real coming of age crossed with ET sort of premise but I was immediately taken out of the movie by the fact that people are texting and communicating between Mars and Earth and there isn't a 15 minute delay. This is 2019 and everyone even kids today understand how this works. Also this team brought back a child born on Mars and this isn't the biggest news in the world? It took multiple countries to come together to get the ISS going; I sincerely doubt that by 2034 there will be a superpower with enough infrastructure to send people to Mars and keep any secrets from other countries. I mean by then either we'll be working together as a planet or we will have had WW3. So there are some real science foul ups which, like the old cars you pointed out, probably belong somewhere in 90's cinema but all in a all a solid enough teeny movie in the background while I was washing the dishes.
Review by Kurtis Money
VIP8I've seen this movie 3 times now and have a ticket purchased for Wednesday night again in the Dome. I LOVE IT. Favorite movie of the year and well on it's way to one of my faves of all time. The music wonderful, the cinematography is gorgeous, the script is hilarious and everything just keeps moving. I love every single scene. I think it has the chance to be the fourth movie ever to win Best Picture, Director, Screenplay, Actress and Actor. Man, is this amazing!!!! See immediately then buy the soundtrack!!!!
UPDATE: Saw it for the 6th time yesterday at the Chinese Theater in IMAX. I. Still. Love. This. Movie. !!!!!!
UPDATE: Took my fam to see it the other night for #7. Still great!
UPDATE: Saw this last night at the Hollywood Bowl, making it my 8th time on the big screen. And I gotta say, my friend and I had an epic epic nightmare of a battle making it to the show and we were 20 minutes into movie when we got there but this movie is so special and spectacular it got us out of our funk instantly. Love it! Then I went home and watched it on blu-ray to hear the commentary man oh man I love this movie. Okay done with updates now that it's on home vid.
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This'll go the way of John Carter.
Massive info dump at the start. Cringy dialogue throughout. Every introduction to a new member is the same. Too many things just happen to go just right to make the good guys look good. Like the bird horse thing. It knocks him off and happens to fly in front of him just right for him to jump back on. In slow motion. Which this movie also has a lot of. I'm sure this would be 20 minutes shorter if everything was shown in real time. Also, why does Charlie Hunnam have that horrible Irish adjacent accent?
My favourite genre is scifi fantasy but between this, the Creator and Avatar, I'm getting really tired of being dissapointed.
God the acting is atrocious.
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Oh man, I had forgotten all about John Carter. Now that I think back on it there are some similarities in the lack of soulful world building here. Or Jupiter Acending. There is a other which fits in with these, though at least with that movie I actually laughed throughout at it's more ridiculous moments.
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VIP7How did it all go so wrong? Eobard went from ruthless calculated killer to relationship adviser in 5 short seasons. What a joke!
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This is EXACTLY why you shouldn't mess with the Timeline.
Some others you might want to add: The Holiday Special, Caravan of Courage: An Ewok Adventure, Ewoks: The Battle for Endor and Star Wars:Droids, Star Wars:Ewoks and Tartakovsky's Clone Wars cartoons.
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@alanpt Not all of this is considered new canon. In fact, even some of the deleted scenes from the previous original movies are not necessarily canon.
I remember really liking the first few seasons of the original 24, on rewatching them now they came off as a bit silly, but for the time they were in they were great. Unfortunately, this show seems to keep the silliness of the original, rather than keeping with the times. If you'd like to relive those days, then give this a shot, but don't go in with high expectations.
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@matt-minix-gmail-com Agreed. I was just about to post a similar opinion. This show feels a bit outdated now.
Is this one of Conner4real's various accounts? if so, your music rips bruh.
Review by Jordy
VIP8Between this and Cherry, it’s becoming more and more clear that the MCU’s best director is called Kevin Feige.
Netflix clearly spent a lot of money on this, you can feel the price of your subscription going up with every new set piece that’s introduced, but the end results are still unforgivingly bland and generic nonetheless.
It’s their attempt to compete with Bond, Bourne or Mission Impossible, but if anything this feels like a poser imitation of those superior blockbuster franchises. The plot is in fact literally ripping off both Skyfall and The Bourne Identity at the same time, but forgets about any of their depth in regards to story and character.
The Russos are clearly trying to recapture that same tone and spark from their Captain America: The Winter Soldier days, but they end up making something that’s more akin to the quality of Red Notice.
In terms of directing they kinda got outdone by their own second unit director with his Netflix action flick, as I’d argue that Extraction is a marginally better film than this.
The action’s poorly done and cheaply put together, lots of annoying editing choices (heavy overuse of drone shots, quick cuts and can the Russos pick a normal font for once?), corny dialogue, distractingly bad CGI, boring visuals and music (why is everything so low contrast, foggy and muddy?); not a lot to recommend about this one.
The acting’s fine, Evans is having a blast, but I have absolutely no idea why an extremely picky actor like Ryan Gosling chose this script in the first place. It seems like a paycheck movie for someone of his caliber. Just watch The Nice Guys instead of this if you want to see Goose in an action comedy, we don’t need these 200 million dollar direct to streaming action films.4/10
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I can't believe I am actually admitting this, but I actually had fun with Red Notice and Ghosted for what they were. This movie was absolutley terrible.
I am not sure about killing Maria Hill, she's been here so long but other than that pretty good first episode.
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She will be back. My money is on the version of her from the Agents of S.H.E.I.L.D. universe crossing over into the MCU during Secret Wars.
Easily one of the best shows out right now. I'm truly sad it was only 10 episodes but the best shows usually are short just to keep us wanting more. It could be my ties to growing up in the area but the characters and plot were so driven that I was hooked.
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Double-double with animal fries!
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If I you want to watch a 60s American show with a better storyline and acting, try Mr Ed - it’s a far rewarding experience. WandaVision may be a slow burner, but it’s going to turn off viewers before it gets hot. Plus for a 30 minute show, the last 7 minutes of it are just credits.
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Wilbur, you make fun of horses and all you'll be riding is a pogo stick!
As someone who hasn't read the book(s) I get the feeling, that there is information missing.
There are reactions in certain scenes where I don't understand what gets the characters so excited. They act like its obvious, while it isn't for the unknowing viewer.
I have the suspicion, that there is a section in the book explaining the reaction which wasn't translated in the show sometimes.I don't know if its true, but are the daemons all female? If so, I hope it gets explained why that is (unless I missed it).
Aside from that, great cast, great storytelling and great characters so far - Although I somehow love Marisa best so far, cunning and evil - my kind of woman :)
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@fishinabottle Hmmm this depends on the experience you want from it I suppose. The first book in the Book of Dust trilogy does have some prequel elements but they seem to be in the form of flashbacks more than the whole book being a prequel, and the later trilogy is a different style than the first trilogy, if only slightly, because authors change and grow in their writing style as their career goes along. I think maybe for the first read release order is the way to go, at least it was for me, and maybe on second and third reads I will change it up some? But I have only read them once so far!
This is seriously the best thing I've watched in a long time. Sometimes gruesome. Always amazing. It kind of reminded me of "The Princess Bride" meets "The Royals". I binged it and want a LOT more.
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@flarg I also started watching this show "just to check it out" and ended up binging it in a couple of days. It is difficult to put aside.
As someone who hasn't read the book(s) I get the feeling, that there is information missing.
There are reactions in certain scenes where I don't understand what gets the characters so excited. They act like its obvious, while it isn't for the unknowing viewer.
I have the suspicion, that there is a section in the book explaining the reaction which wasn't translated in the show sometimes.I don't know if its true, but are the daemons all female? If so, I hope it gets explained why that is (unless I missed it).
Aside from that, great cast, great storytelling and great characters so far - Although I somehow love Marisa best so far, cunning and evil - my kind of woman :)
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@phfora As someone who just read the books ( just finished The Secret Commonwealth, and it may be one of my favorite book series of all time) I am finally going to give this show another chance!
A decent beginning with good casting. My only gripe is that it's hard to believe that a couple of seemingly harmless kids trespassing on a sat dish would result in anything more than a routine report, if that. But here, it sets off a bunch of red flags that somehow make it into a report that makes its way to the bad guys in just three days? That's a bit of a stretch. Something had to bring in the outside world, sure, but this was a pretty weak way to do it.
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@jimgysin ever been to the rural areas of former Easter Bloc counties? Trespassing on government property - and the government handles things in those countries such as communications and Internet infrastructure - is handled quite a bit differently than in the western world. But if you need a better example, if you are surfing off the coast of Camp Pendleton, a Marine Base in California, the Marines will tell you to leave by firing live rounds over the top of your head.
The Americans is hands down the best show on TV right now. Such a perfect show from start to (hopefully) finish. I think we are pretty lucky to be getting six seasons of this beauty! 10/10
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@smc89 agreed agreed. I rarely give something a perfect 10, but this is the Bo Derek of modern television shows.
I gave up on this show after 70 eps as you can see with no intention of coming back. The soapy drama really is too much (same with Flash). I rather watch Daredevil and the likes. It started out strong and went downhill as it progressed.
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@nuwonda agreed. I cannot say that I've ever previously felt upset about the production of a television show, but I am upset about the results of Iron Fist.
I gave up on this show after 70 eps as you can see with no intention of coming back. The soapy drama really is too much (same with Flash). I rather watch Daredevil and the likes. It started out strong and went downhill as it progressed.
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@nuwonda I am really looking forward to Marvel's Iron Fist. I feel like they might knock it out of the park with this next TV show.
I can't believe I've had this show in my library for more than a year and I've only recently started watching it... One of my biggest mistake regarding tv shows...
This show is just amazing! You just care about all the characters, nothing is black and white, a character you hate one instant can become your favorite in an episode time, you can go from laughter to tears in a matter of minutes. The stories are so well written they just seem so real. And the actors are just perfect. I don't think there is one I don't like, not event one with room for improvement. This is one of the best casting I've seen in a lot of time.Everyone should just watch it, it is one of the best show I've ever seen and I've seen a lot of them.
And I'm normally not a big fan of tv shows set in the past.
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@snoopy1492 I agree wholeheartedly! :D For instance, I cannot stand the Thomas Barrow character - he is such a weasel - but he is such an important part of the show that even though I cheered when he left the house, and sulked when he returned, I have to admit that he is an integral character.
there is a bug i had collected all the series and sometime i wanted it to uncollect but 2 episodes can't be uncollect and there is a message of error
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@tasmani Oh no! Red light! Something's still wrong kid!
Is anyone know when season 2 comes out on Netflix?
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@adolfrian The release of the second season was pushed back to 2017.
it's getting worse every episode
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@anazaisei yeah, I gave it up for other shows pretty soon.
