I'm torn on this one. On one side I really like that they just tried to make an entertaining movie. On the other side, it's just too bloated and mostly just stupid. But still watchable. I just wish they used the dog more. The dog just stole the show.
An aggressively mediocre movie. I think Ryan Gosling is a lot of fun, but him and Emily Blunt lack a lot of chemistry, so their romance isn't very engaging. The humor is a bit hit or miss. It did elicit laughs from me, but a lot less than I was expecting. The movie also struggles with pacing, with it being surprisingly slower than expected, and the core mystery/intrigue being very predictable and bland. I get that's not the main focus of this movie, but considering the slower pacing and the limited impact of the romance and comedy, you'd hope the plot could carry the movie more. The cinematography was pretty good at times though, including a cool meta scene involving split screens. I also do appreciate the focus on stunt people. However, the movie is still extremely disposable and carried solely by Ryan Gosling in most places. I think if you appreciated some of David Leitch's prior movies such as Bullet Train and Deadpool 2, you might appreciate this one more than I did since I found those equally bland and mediocre.
I heard all the hype about this one and I was not impressed. If I were a 13 year old girl with a crush on Ryan Gosling, wanted some action to surround the predictable (and done to death) romance story, this might be a good fit. I didn't hang around to see if there was action as everyone said, as I shut it off about half way through.
This movie is fucking awful. I enjoyed the last 10-12 minutes of it but I don't know if it was because it was almost over or because of the awesome cameos by Jason Mamoa, Lee Majors, and Heather Thomas and Blake Shelton's cover of the theme song. The rest of the movie is just garbage.
With 'Poor Things', director Yorgos Lanthimos has created a film that has quite a few similarities with the box office hit 'Barbie'. Both are about women who start out as objects without any self-determination and, in the course of a journey, find themselves and discover their freedom. Both films also impress with fantastic costumes, good performances, and, most importantly, a phenomenal production design.
But, while I enjoyed 'Barbie', this Frankenstein story is in a completely different league. Lead actress Emma Stone delivers perhaps the best performance of her career, and Mark Ruffalo and Willem Dafoe are also great here. The absurd humor worked perfectly for me. I haven't laughed more in a movie all year than I did in this one. And ultimately, the world that Lanthimos creates is one that has never been seen before. It's really difficult to create something "new" in film in the 21st century, but that's definitely the case here.
All in all, I not only give "Poor Things" my highest recommendation, but it is also my favorite film of 2023.
It should be a crime to make a racing movie this boring.
Race for Glory: Audi vs Lancia starts quite interesting but as soon as we get into the 2nd act and then the final act. It becomes extremely uninteresting and the pacing is flat even the racing scenes couldn't help it, those weren't terrible but just overall ok. I simply didn't care about the characters or the outcome of the story. The main character felt kinda obnoxious and Daniel Brühl was sadly underused.
It's not a car crash of a movie that's for sure.
First thing wrong with this upcoming movie: it stars John Travolta, who can't act to save his life. Second, it's John Travolta with a "southern accent", I didn't have to watch the trailer to know he couldn't pull it off and, well, he can't. Third: It's John Travolta with a southern accent in a cowboy hat, now it's just getting silly.
Travolta is a discount Nick Cage, just taking every action flick to come his way because he needs the money so he just phones in his roles in this long string of D movies (he's gone below B and C movies entirely). His last watchable movie was Wild Hogs, which wasn't a great movie but the supporting cast made it tolerable and they offset his terrible acting. Looking at the supporting cast of THIS movie, it doesn't stand a chance to be tolerable.
Wow what a ride. So much to process. Good laughs and also some tears. Will need to watch it again. Thank you James Gunn for the Guardians of the Galaxy
Legitimately one of the worst films I've ever seen. I love the MCU but lately it's just been outright bad. Here's hoping Feige is smart enough to remove Jeff Loveness from Kang Dynasty, but I'm not getting my hopes up. Maybe James Gunn can sway me with his MCU swan song. We'll see.
This crap makes me wanna rewatch the infinity saga. Ill do just that
Oh god was this lame. Jonathan Majors, Paul Rudd, and Kathryn Newton sell the heck out of their roles but the plot was so weak. Some cringe acting by the side cast too. It felt like the actress who played Gentora learned to act by playing her role in the movie. The Quantum Realm was completely unimaginative. Most of it was like Star Wars, Kang’s minions were stormtroopers, there was even an Avatar realm in there. Zero points for creativity.
Like I said at the end of Thor: Love and Thunder, Marvel is SO done.
The screenplays of these Marvel movies seem more and more tired every time, the same things and plot twists seem to happen every time. Does it still make sense to keep dumping millions of dollars on them?
Oh my god. I was wondering if I'm too old for this kinda shitty-goofy-superhero movies, and I'm impressed by the reviews coming up. Nah man, seriously this movie is like a really really bad Rick and Morty episode written by an insta-teenager.
Sorry, I'm not a internet troll hater, I just regret paying for the ticket and wasting my time watching this lackluster film.
Overall, a pretty bad start to the MCU Phase 5, as the plot (which there was almost none of) was morbidly disinteresting and at times excruciatingly dull. Yes... there was action and the CGI was okay, but no where near as good as I thought it would be. Cassie and Scott's relationship prominently shows how Marvel are running out of original ideas.
Am I the only one who loved this film ?? I want to thank the cinema gods for this film. It was awesome.
Am I the only one who loved this movie?
Sure, it's not perfect. But it shoots for the moon and, in my opinion, mostly succeeds.
Like a vest in a 3-piece suit, sure it's not trendy right now but that doesn't mean it can't be cool.
David O Russell delivers a film in a classic Hollywood vein, where a mad doctor and a black lawyer in 1930s New York stumble on a plot to overthrow the US government.
Like a cross between The Hudsucker Proxy and Nightmare Alley, the strong cast (there's only one actor I have difficulty with), true-ish story and flawless directing make for a solid theatrical outing.
I really enjoyed the movie, the acting was great, camera work was good, and overall it was good. I do understand people saying it doesn't have any suspension, but I do like it that way, a story telling easy movie to watch. Casting was amazing with a lot of guest stars, which I liked so much.
One of the worst films I’ve ever seen. First third was tolerable but then it descended into oblivion. All I could think about what my teenage son looking for a way to charge his phone. The only saving Grace was the slight but obvious twist near the end, but it wasn’t enough to redeem it from the eating of the vulture, which FTR is not to be done in real life at all costs, as it will make you violently ill. But Bex got down okay anyways. :joy:
This movie was beyond disappointed. I truly regretted watching it.
I saw comments around the internet about marvel becoming a big joke. I did not really understand what person's meant until after watching this movie.
Comedy seemed forced, strained and non-organic. 15 minutes in and I found this though I had to push myself to keep watching. I kept hoping the movie would get better sadly it went from bad, to worst to the worst thing ever.
The movie was rushed. The characters were fake. Zeus died without any real fight? It's a good thing he wasn't really dead. But the point is the movie just was a great let down
Wow, so campy! This was horrible. Thor was turned into a joke for most of the film. Natalie Portman and Christian Bale were fantastic. I was sorely disappointed in Russell Crowe as Zeus.
Even with low expectations, this movie was a disappointment.
This was painful. Waititi is so obsessed with trying to make every line of dialogue comedic, even when it makes no sense, constant slapstick undermines any drama and turns it into a spoof of a Marvel movie. I watched this in a packed cinema and there was very few laughs from the audience. Even watching Christian Bale eat the scenery wasn't worth it.
Maybe Taika needs to sit down with Gunn to get a lesson in how to balance delivering laughs and drama. Ultimately however the box office receipts will be sufficient shield for any criticism.
What a load of shyte!!
2hrs of absolute rubbish..!
I ended up walking out of the theater I just couldn't take torture in myself any longer why did they do this to this movie.
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The extremely popular mcu is on its way to the shit pits. So many plot holes and why are they going around killing everyone? I hoped that the villain would put an end to the Gods so that Thor would stop killing absolutely everyone. The characters are 2D. The story's unoriginal. The script isn't funny. The superheroes are selfish. The antagonist is sensible because of a sensible curse. Cinematography and props are great as per usual but I don't know how they'll be able to keep such a high budget if they're gonna be making crap like this everytime.
This movie is so bad I had no issue taking bathroom break because I didn't think I was missing anything. My understanding of Marvel universe was that it was about heroes battling evil, this movie does that for about 10 minutes the rest is them trying to crack jokes and Thor seems to be trying to maintain a fragile male ego which I thought he dealt with in the very first movie, hence why he became "worthy" of mjolnir. He honestly comes across like a dumb jock, and you have no trouble understanding why Foster left him. A waste of talent of Bale and Portman and a waste of such an interesting character Gorr. Perhaps they'll do a remake, soon .
So they turned Muad'Dib into edward scissorhands in a desert. They dragged the story on and on with endless slow mo and flash forwards. Dissapointing, the cinematography and soundtrack was brilliant but thats all. 5/10 is generous. Ive read the books and watched all the dune tv shows and the 1984 movie and i would recommend them as a must watch before this.
A nice western, the news was good and deep, it’s great to see tom hanks playing a Western role that he did a good job at and i think he’s played pretty much all movie genres now ha
Just finished watching Alita: Battle Angel. Absolutely loved it. Beautiful fight choreography. Incredible special effects. Classic plot with a great twist while staying true to the source material.
