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If I could give this a lower rating then I would.
Like a workday: you go in and get the job done but do nothing remarkable and won't remember it in a week.
If you really want to watch a teenage girl coming-of-age cartoon, watch Turning Red instead.
Incoherent plot, a bit too much unexplained (such as how come Keaton-Batman knows all about time travel?). Pacing was all over the place, and too many things got resolved by pure plot contrivance. And the effects looked absolutely awful. Not a single effect involving a CGI person worked, not even a little bt. And the attempts at deepfaking were even worse. Someone, somewhere in the team responsible for this someone should have pulled the breaks and said "no, the tech isn't there yet. We can't do what you want, not at this budget and with this amount of time". I'm almost sure someone DID point this out, and was apparently ignored. This is absolutely embarrasing. I might have been able to excuse these effects if I saw them five years ago on the Flash TV show, but in a "blockbuster" movie? No, not a chance.
Thre were things I liked. Mostly references etc. Cameos were mostly shit, especially the JL ones; most of those felt forced and uninteresting. But finally seeing Nick Cage fighting a giant spider? That was awesome.
The flowing hair in the water looks so cartoony. Cgi is awful. The actors are basically imitated the original voices, instead of using their own.:wastebasket::poop:
3 Thoughts After Watching ‘The Little Mermaid’:
Halle Bailey IS Ariel. She was absolute perfection. From voice to vibe, she captured her essence impeccably. I believe a star has officially been born.
Melissa McCarthy had veryyy gargantuan tentacles to fill. And I think Pat Carroll would’ve been incredibly pleased with what she did with her sea witch.
I thought they built upon the original film’s story in all the right ways. Fleshing it out to make a little more sense. Providing more substance. While not everything was picture perfect, it worked and gave fresh magic to a beloved story.
Bonus Thought: I thought it was a fantastic movie to look at, especially under the sea. Gorgeous colors and visuals. Eye candy all around. And that includes Jonah Hauer-King. :pound_symbol:snack
[HBO Max] It uses most of the resources of animated cinema in a story that is unbalanced between wanting to please all audiences and trying to focus on the child's gaze. Like when it tries to build an empowered female lead, but ends up inevitably fueled by a romantic relationship. It is something like wanting to provide positive messages but that deep down contain a deep traditional look. The animation is well executed without being overly shiny and the soundtrack finds inspiration in Jerry Goldsmith, but the story is too boring and cliché.
Pretty good movie overall. If you like other Jason Statham movies I think you'll like this one. I mean people die and Jason kicks some ass. What more do you want? My only issue with the movie was the back and forth timeline. One minute you're in the present, then you jump forward 2 months, then another 3, then you're back 6 months to where the show started, then forward 2-3 weeks then you go forward 6 months again.
Interesting from a modern version of the bible (the four horsemen of the apocalypse) .. in my opinion, very good.
The whole movie consists of stupid decisions and the strongest lion to ever walk the earth. Pretty forgettable movie to be honest.
Surprise movie, did not read up on anything before watching. Satirical horror/comedy about Gen Z.. Loved it!
I loved it. It's straight forward on its surface, but does contain a lot of subtle projections that add layers for cinema lovers to pick up. The humor is on point, and I thoroughly enjoyed the ride. Predictable? A bit, but I'd rather have that than randomness out of left field that doesn't connect.
THE UGLY: ‘WE CAN BE HEROES’
WRITING: 45
ACTING: 40
LOOK: 65
SOUND: 50
FEEL: 45
NOVELTY: 50
ENJOYMENT: 55
RE-WATCHABILITY: 20
INTRIGUE: 35
EXPECTATIONS: 40
The Good:
The early 2000s style, colourful and campy superhero film is awkwardly dated and fascinatingly old-school at the same time. This film really embraces that Spy Kids or Sharkboy and Lavagirl vibe.
I love the lighthearted and comical approach to superheroes and how that creates some of the most outrageous superpowers I've ever seen.
Even though they are goofy and over the top, the actions scenes are fun and imaginative, utilizing the wide cast with varying powers fairly well.
Pedro Pascal seems to have a great time so it's a shame his part is smaller than I expected it to be.
The twist at the end is pretty good, to be fair.
The Bad:
A lot of the comedy is very childish and goody, but then again, I'm not part of the target audience.
The child actors are pretty atrocious, which is a shame since there are loads of them.
There is much of a plot. It's mostly one goofy action scene after another, followed by montages of different kinds. There is next to no narrative content in between.
The lack of compelling villains for adult viewers and the monotonous tone make this film less engaging for those who aren't children or young at heart.
Ultimately, there are too many characters involved, which means that the plot is busy and moves along with such a speed that it doesn’t allow for breathing space and barely has time to develop the charcters properly.
The Ugly:
Man, slow-motion superpowers really make life hard to live!
VERDICT:
A nostalgically childish, mostly nonsensical and colourful superhero adventure for the kids doesn’t feel satisfying for adults unless toyäre a huge fan of Rodriguez’s earlier work.
45% = :heavy_minus_sign: = UGLY
I have to admit I was surprised. The delivery of the back story was painful, but once we got to the 21st Century, it was much better.
I've seen worse. But it's not good, and it doesn't remotely resemble the source material. It's a PG-13 comfortably dumb movie and it suffers from its shackles. Carnage is hammy and goofy rather than sadistic and maniacal. Not recommended.
Watch Spectre before watching this, even if you've already seen it.
This will prevent you from scratching your head in confusion for the first half of the movie. It's been 6 years, I completely forgot about the events and characters in Spectre and they are pretty much required knowledge unless you don't care about the details of who is who and what is what at all.
Having said that, No Time to Die was an okay bond movie. It has some of the classic, humorous, near impossible, bond moments from the old bond movies while also having the more serious, emotional, sometimes frustrating, moments we expect to see in the modern ones.
You know a movie is bad when you end up sleeping in it, I've never seen an action movie that was this boring or maybe I have but I just forgot. Henry Golding sweetie, I'm so sorry but you can do better. The camera was very shaky during the fighting sequences which was very distracting. He literally got his name from a villain that killed his father, like that's where his iconic name came from? Tragic, I can write a better backstory than this mess. Also in the battle, why the hell was the villain just standing still when the entire group of heroes were in front of him, must have been blinded by the power of family.
Story = 5
Cinematography = 5
Soundtrack = 5
Production Design = 6
Acting = 5
Overall score = 5/10
Oh you best believe I will hold this movie accountable by today’s standard. This is crass, insulting, vile, a testosterone wet dream, as well as (what I assume to be more then one) full of homophobic slurs. I got five minutes in before I wretched and turned it off. Fuck establishment or character I’m just going straight to Alien v Predator which is what I actually wanted to watch in the first place.
The title seems to have a double meaning. Not only for the 'monster' of the film, but it is also one of those movies that gets under your skin. I can't stop thinking about it.
The film has very unique feel to it, an 80's vibe, a creepy unique premise and a constant feeling of unease, I can now see why this has been getting so much press throughout the horror scene.
A Must Watch!
Firstly...
An army of über sexy Milla ninjas?
Probably one of the greatest moments in movie history.
The fourth installment in the series brings the comeback of Paul W. S. Anderson, and that is a good thing in my book. There's something about his way of creating suspense I really like.
Both the story and acting are actually quite decent, and the action is still of the "gritty:" and "real" kind. As far as a zombie apocalypse movie can be any sort of real of course.
I really like this one! Especially since it doesn't try to be grand or epic. Just plain old gritty action.
...and yes...the dogs are even creepier.
At least we know all the sponsors ;)
Having fought for this film since 2017, organising and running the majority of major events in that time, I was afforded the great honour and privilege of getting an early access pass for this film.
What can I say about "The Snyder Cut"? Overall I thoroughly enjoyed it. While it does not reach the heights of it's predecessors BvS and MoS on an emotional or philosophical level, it is a film packed with "oh my God moments" and action sequences that set the standard for all future action movies.
The film is a crowd pleaser. It will be the best received film in Zack Snyder's filmography by critics and the general audience. I do wonder if it will also be for Zack Snyder's fans.
In this movie the villains outshine the heroes by far. Steppenwolf is vicious and menacing, but it is Darkseid (or more accurately his presence) that dominates this movie. Everything is in service of him. With so many heroes it is a challenge giving them a chance to shine. Batman and Superman are particularly short changed, and there was a higher expectation regarding feeling the absence of Superman following the events of BvS. Others such as the Flash and Cyborg saw their roles vastly improved in this cut of the film.
As far as differences with the theatrical cut go, there are plenty. Purely by nature of being 4 hours vs the 1hr 50minute theatrical cut. There are also differences with respect to the nature of characters, specifically Wonder Woman. However, I must admit, a large number of edits to existing scenes by Joss Whedon in the theatrical cut served absolutely no purpose. The changes made being for no apparent reason to serve any narrative or plot in Whedon's story (eg the Cornfield scene and the discussion between Aquaman and Mera). Other edited scenes were wildly different, primarily the history lesson where the unified peoples of Earth held the forces of Apokolips at bay.
So after 3 years the question is "Was it all worth it?"
That this film exists at all is a victory for artistic freedom, and that it is so much better than the version from 2017 defacto means that it was worth it. But will this film hold a place in my heart beside Man of Steel and Batman v Superman? Time will tell. Zack Snyder films are famous for standing the test of time and improving with every viewing. I hope this one does too.
It's an imaginative and original coming-of-age drama that doesn't really live up to the fantasy it sells in the ad campaign. But once you move past that, you get a moving and tragic tale about a understandably neurotic young girl that users monsters as a coping mechanism to deflect the threats of the real world. Great cast, and an impressive performance from Madison Wolfe.
The deceptively marketed I Kill Giants has nothing in common with Harry Potter or the other recent YA movies that the trailer and poster try to evoke. Instead, it reflects on how a child deals with pain and with understanding that there are forces beyond his/her control.
At a reasonable running time and powered by a great performance by young Madison Wolfe, the movie flows quite nicely. It feels a bit heavy handed with the explaining of the methaphor behind its concept, the delivery of some pieces of exposition to the audience is a little clichéd and convenient, and the ending is a bit drawn out and again overexplanatory, but these may be necessary evils to get the point across to the younger viewers.
While I feel that a very similar topic was handled better and more maturely in J. A. Bayona's sensational A Monster Calls, I Kill Giants is still a constantly entertaining and at times moving watch.
There was not a single moment in this movie that made me care about what was happening or made me believe the characters could do any of that. By the way, the romance is incredibly silly and rushed. I read about a 100 pages before deciding to drop it. Oh boy, was I right.
I just don't understand how or why everyone at work was just laughing at and making fun of her? Like, what are you? 7? Seriously that would never happen at any serious workplace.
When coming up with the idea for this film, I imagine Nolan asking himself: can you take a Roger Moore era Bond plot, up the amount of sci-fi and dial down the camp? Yes, you can, but this isn’t exactly the way to do it.
Pros:
- I love it when directors aim big. Give me someone who tries something as ambitious as this over the average blockbuster anyday.
- Directing & cinematography, as is to be expected from a Nolan film at this point.
- Score. Especially during the opening scene and inversion stuff.
- Action sequences, especially the car chase.
- Most of the acting is solid. JDW is excellent, Robert Pattinson and Elizabeth Debicki are great.
Cons:
- This film has been edited to shit. It’s got pacing that’s all over the place, and there’s a rushed sense to it all. Scenes aren’t allowed to breathe, exposition is delivered so rapidly that you barely have any time to process it. I’m lucky to have a brain that can keep up with difficult plot mechanics, and yes, I could follow what was happening all the way through, but it all makes for a film that’s inaccessible for most people on their first watch. Unfortunately, it definitely doesn’t feel like the film that mainstream audiences are going to embrace during the time of a pandemic.
- Just like with Dunkirk, Nolan once again deliberately chooses to not flesh out his characters, resulting in a film that feels emotionally shallow. It’s very hard to connect with the film on a personal level in that regard. Take Inception, for example. Even when you strip away all the amazing stuff from that film (rotating cities, hotel fight), there’s still an emotional core about a man who’s been estranged from his kids because of what happened to his wife. There’s a reason why we want Leonardo DiCaprio to succeed at implanting this idea into Cillian Murphy’s head. Tenet has none of that. Who’s the protagonist? Who’s Robert Pattinson? What’s this agency they’re working for? We just don’t know.
- The sound mix. The dialogue just isn’t very clear for a lot of the film. Why they didn’t use ADR for some scenes (especially when people wear masks, as that’s easy to edit around) is beyond me. I honestly started to read the subtitles after the opening scene.
- Kenneth Branagh. He’s a great actor, but his hammy performance feels like it comes out of a different movie (a campy Roger Moore era Bond movie, that is)
- I found the climax to be uninspired, and a little dull.
- Minor point, but there’s some really unsubtle foreshadowing during the fight at the airport ( when you have a character unmask an inverted person offscreen, and they look surprised, who do you think it’s going to be? )
Overall, I feel like this could’ve easily been an 8 if the film was about 30 minutes longer, thereby taking its time to flesh out the characters, world and mechanics of the plot. It almost feels like WB forced Nolan to trim a lot of scenes in order to get a shorter runtime, but that’s also doubtful as WB isn’t beyond releasing movies that are way shittier at 3 hours (It: Chapter 2). Besides, he’s Christopher Nolan, so I assume he has final cut. As it stands, I just cannot recommend it.
5/10
I went into the theatre not knowing what this movie was about but knowing Cate Blanchett would do a good job either way & that turned out to be very true. I found Cate's character to be relatable in several ways and she did a great job portraying the many emotions of Bernadette. I thought the movie would spend more time showing Bernadette's journey in Antarctica but I loved it nonethless and some great cinematography here. Emma Nelson as Bree Branch should be commended here as her character was a joy to watch as was her bond with her mother - and it didn't feel forced. The only real flaw this movie had was those shoddy photoshops showing Bernadette's early life - really?! Should have asked Cate's fandom on twitter, they'd have provided hundreds for fun.
oh the cruel realisation that you're getting too old for these types of movies
An absolute let-down after Skyfall. The plot didn't make a lick of sense, and the romance was ridiculous.
I love the message it carries, but the story had quite a few flaws and was a little bit ridiculous and cringe. Had quite high expectations and was really excited and was just slightly let down. But I still loved it and do think it spreads a really important message and showcases how it's all more in the attitude of the person then the actual looks. And also how too much attitude is as bad as no attitude.
Really pleased with the movie! Well done!
