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In the future, a paraplegic marine's avatar (a goofy blue-skinned cartoon-like incarnation of himself that he controls while sleeping) is sent on a mission to mingle with the natives of a distant planet. The pictures are pretty but the story is a lame rehash of a theme that has been done much better before. The movie becomes increasingly tedious as it lumbers along for nearly three hours. Cameron is not so much interested in making a compelling movie as in flaunting his prowess with special effects. Weaver's presence only serves to remind one of how good a sci-fi film can be ("Alien"). This nonsensical movie plays out like a dull computer game. | 3 |
Bruce Lee scene was probably the best part. Ending was good. The other 2 hours and 25 minutes you're probably going to wonder what you're watching. Definitely a step down from his recent flicks, but worth a watch for fans. | 4 |
A movie gets its due when it takes the audience along with it.Gangs of Wasseypur manages to go one step further,it grips you right from beginning till the end.A gripping narrative and a language so authentic and so raw,that you feel the lanes of Bihar right next to you.Populated with well etched out characters, clearly defined plot,wacky humor,Gangs of wasseypur keeps you on the edge of your sit.While some brazen soundtracks keeps you grooved.The acting department was flawless,including Manoj Bajpai giving the performance of his life.You get the feeling that the film's narrative structure was inspired by Martin Scorsese. Anurag Kashyab manage to strike chords with the wacky Humor and glamorization of crime in Tarantino style.This film is a path-breaker,a film Bollywood grew up with. You walk out with memorable scenes,waiting eagerly for the second part to play next.If you haven't watched it yet,go now and watch it!! | 10 |
Season 1 was good but season 2 is pretty slow and boring | 6 |
Aside from being a dreary slog of a film to look at, what they add is so unrealistic. Scar and the hyenas "over hunting" um what? I don't care how "evil" you are, there's no such thing, just because your a villain in a movie. Scars evilness doesn't change nature. Just a stupid movie all around. The voice work it's pretty weak too. They have some well known actors in this, but it's for name only. None of them really stand out. | 3 |
I dont write many reviews but feel I must throw in an opinion here. I am an avid comic reader of 40 years and love the MCU but this just doesnt work. Its hilarious when you read reviews that are basically saying, if you dont get all the easter eggs/between the lines info, and rate this a 10 then you are basically thick. Also who wants to rewatch anything to pick up what they miss the first time around. Is Tenet the new standard for entertainment. If this is a "House of M" type project then I cannot see how it can work. The comics version was complicated enough and you could reread till you got it. No way that translates to the screen. Disney has let some eccentric fanboys run riot. | 1 |
Put this one in the category of movies to watch when you are disenfranchised with the US Government as it will show you how we happily provide jobs to people of all walks of life through our outreach programs.
I enjoyed the lighthearted direction and tongue-in-cheek retrospective of the US political outreach operations in Central America in the 1980s. A fine addition to the "truth is stranger than fiction" category of "historical" films. Cruise plays his role with a combination of Maverick and blissful ignorance tiptoeing through some of the geopolitical landmines that spotted the late seventies and eighties.
A fun film that doesn't take itself too seriously, well acted, well shot, good production values, a fine watch. | 7 |
This film is basically a giant ad for apple............................................................................................................................................ | 3 |
A very disappointing film with a love if Agatha Christie and a all star cast settle down to watch a great murder mystery. What you get with the subtly of a sledge hammer is white America bad immigrants good If I want a political lecture I'll go to YouTube Keep propaganda out I wonder who produced this | 5 |
This movie is overrated like many of Tarantinos movies. Where all the hype comes from, can't believe this in top 10 let alone eighth. | 6 |
1st season was good...but 2nd season looks like a political propoganda of congress's(idiot's)party....and Everytime sartaj comes to the screen...it was boring....wastage of talent of likes of Nawaz.pankaj tripathi and neeraj kabi...anurag and his colleagues should keep away their political agenda from their shows | 3 |
One of my fave series. Season 1 was great, season 2 was the best, season 3 was underwhelming. (S2>S1>S3). Amazing line of casts and great make up. Amazing cgi from 1st and 2nd, sloppy cgi in 3rd season. The 3rd season seems rushed and some characters were killed off immediately without a story. Great characters development on no3, no4 and no7. Great additional of new talented characters especially from the sparrows academy. Highly recommended as it full with actions and funny moments. Big addition of anyone favorite superhero series. | 9 |
The first few episodes were really good, then each week was worse than the last. The finale was fine, but was hoping for more. | 2 |
So clever compact movies! Never bored! You never know what is gonna be next! Just a couple of episodes that didn't quite reach the target for me... | 9 |
So Marvel does A DC-esque Film for once and its Captain America:The Winter Solider. The film Features Chris Evans(Sunshine) as Captain America, Scarlett Johansson(Her) as Black Widow, Anthony Mackie(The Hurt Locker) as The Falcon, Emily VanCamp(Revenge) as Agent 13 ,Samuel L. Jackson(Django Unchained) as Nick Fury, Cobie Smulders(Delivery Man) as Agent Hill , Sebastian Stan(Black Swan) as The Winter Soldier and Robert Redford(Jeremiah Johnson) as Alexander Pierce.
This was awesome from the Captain America Theme to The Ends Twist and turns also Evans delivers as The First Avenger and he acted his best than his previous two films also Sam Wilson/The Falcon was awesome he was much funnier than Rhodey also he had amazing chemistry as the films progresses also it was interesting to see a Black & White Moral Code Cap in a very Grey world ala Superman in Man Of Steel also it was awesome to see him to keep to his code in spite of all lies and secrets. The film was great the only thing i didn't like is they cut Agent 13's screen time she was great character and wasn't useless like Darcy & Maya Hansen I wish she had more screen time in the final act other than Great .
Direction from Anthony & Joe Russo(Community) and Costume design from Judianna Makovsky(The Hunger Games) Definitely worth buying on DVD & BluRay and One of My All time favorite Superhero films and definitely better than X-Men DOFP & Guardians 9/10 | 9 |
This series truly masters the mixture of dark humor and a good message. I was able to laugh while feeling scared while also adoring the characters. I also appreciate how unique the show is. They were able to take the pretty common concept of love and make into something new and exciting. I enjoyed watching it very much and would reccomend it to anyone who loves love, humor, and horror. | 9 |
The whole movie is just waiting for something to happen, and it just happens towards the end. Bad movie. | 1 |
Oh dear ..Oh dear... No words to explain when something is made that good... So intelligently and brilliantly made thriller it is.... And the incredible background score is the best part which will give you goosebumps for sure. This pulsating thriller will engage you till the end, keeping you on the edge of your seat without blinking. This is the first film based on Indian Army which is made that intelligently. CAN'T EXPLAIN THE FEELING IN WORDS, JUST INEXPRESSIBLE....! | 10 |
I rarely watch SRK films because I believe SRK is a terrific actor who has wasted his time doing a lot of non sense films with the Chopras (except Chak De) and Johars.
Fan comes at a crucial juncture for SRK. At 50, I believe he his losing base to the younger actors like Ranveer Singh and the other two Khans - Salman and Aamir who have now defined their genre.
So after some non sense movies in the last few years, SRK is back to doing a serious film where he would have to use his acting chops.
Fan is a fascinating story for Gaurav who is a crazy die hard fan of Aryan Khanna, a superstar. To make matters complicated, he looks like the superstar. In his craze to meet his superstar, he reaches Mumbai. Unable to meet him, he does a small crime and ends up in jail and meets Aryan. But Aryan is least bothered and Gaurav's heart is broken. The 2nd half is a revenge drama.
Frankly, the 1st half is brilliant. SRK who plays Gaurav with some prosthetics is brilliant. His walk, talking style and mannerism of typical Delhite is unbeatable. And after seeing Gaurav, it is hard to believe SRK is 50 since he pulls of Gaurav's 25 year old with ease. Hats off to Sharma and Faisal for writing this wonderful piece.
But the writers fall for the 2nd half curse. A brilliant 1st half goes down the drain with a bizarre 2nd half. So Gaurav follows Aryan to London and then Poland and gets him into trouble. My question was from where the hell Gaurav got money? And then there is one fabulous chase sequence between the two men. But Aryan is a 48 year old actor; not some cop or army man? So how he is able to do all those stunts? I was in disbelief.
The movie does fall in place in the climax. However I wished it ended well.
For SRK fans, this is not a typical SRK affair. So no songs, no romantic scenes with heroines and no dancing. And the iconic, SRK opening his arms, that also is missing. So its an unlike SRK film.
But in return you get one solid performance from SRK. He is mind blowing as Gaurav. You feel for him in the scene where Aryan tells him that he has no time for Gaurav. Its a scene which tells you SRK is one hell of an actor if given the correct roles. And in the whole of 2nd half, he is this simmering psychopath who will go to any extent to finish the superstar.
However, in the 2nd half, we start to feel bad for Aryan. DId he deserve all the suffering? One can see the pain, agony and frustration of a helpless man. Also, SRK shows his maturity in the scenes when he get embarrassed and wants to teach Gaurav a lesson.
The movie also throws some light on how industrialist, Govt officials and public treat an actor and how actors misuse their star power and badly treat fans.
SRK did burst into the movie scene playing two of his career best roles...Darr and Baazigar which were anti hero roles. Ironically, he stopped playing those roles which made him a household name to become a romantic hero and the rest they say his history.
Overall, its a decent watch which could have got better had the 2nd half being written well. However, if you think SRK cannot act, this is movie to tell us he is still in the business. | 6 |
*A Beautiful Mind*
I saw a Beautiful Mind a few months ago and disliked it very much. There are some movies that can be long and have a reason to be (ie. The Godfather), but this movie could have been an hour shorter. I heard reviews saying it would 'change the way you look at the world.' That is insane! I saw this movie and forgot about it until it started to sweep the Academy Awards.
Russell Crowe gives a terrible unbelievable performance! I have always thought Crowe was a good actor but the fact he was a shoe-in for best actor... It's obvious the Academy cares more about the production than the performances. Jennifer Connelly won best supporting actress. It's a shame because she wasn't a SUPPORTING actress, she was lead. And as for her performance, it was so-so. Nothing special to it.
Besides not deserving best picture and best supporting actress it also did NOT deserve best director. Ron Howard should have given his nomination to Baz Luhrman. Ridley Scott did a fantastic job recreating a war. Baz Luhrman imagined Moulin Rouge. Peter Finch took us on an trip I can't explain to you. I think every director nominated for 2001 desereved more than Ron Howard, who simply gave us a boring movie with a big name star.
In the end A Beautiful Mind will go down as a weak pick for best picture (A beautiful mind over Memento... please).
*2/10* | 1 |
What a turgid bore fest.
Don't get me wrong I like Tom Cruise but we have all seen these stories before and made much better - Lord Of War with Nick Cage was ten times better film than this.
Was not exciting in the least - there seemed to be a missing tension in the story; whether this was because of Tom Cruise' blasé performance and seeming safe atmosphere it just didn't convey any danger, suspense or even anything new to add to the genre.
Seen it all before drug cartel movies are ten a penny and this was not even worth a penny! Cannot believe the high 7.1 mark for this, just shows the level of expectation of our reality TV generation - how sad! | 4 |
Unrealistic. Slow. Predictible, Boring... season 2 is really awful, the story was completely destroyed by a really, really bad script, and a very improvised story. My advice, avoid this show, use your time in something else. :-( | 1 |
The first season was a little glitchy but I was willing to let some of that go because the story line was cool. Opening scene one of the kids says "Just saying" which is a now term. Season 2, there are so many wholes in the story. There is a scene where someone uses a smart phone, in 1984? Come on people. I was so excited to watch it and yet so disappointed. GRRRRRRR | 1 |
Let me start off by saying that I am a big Harry Potter fan; I loved all 8 HP movies, and really liked the 1st installment of Newt's adventures as well. This movie just didn't really do the trick for me. There was absolutely nothing to complain about visually; the movie was even more stunning than the first one, with even more beautifully designed 'Beasts'. And as many other people have mentioned, as a Harry Potter fan, you just can't hate this movie. Where Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them only contained a handful amount of references to the Harry Potter series, The Crimes of Grindelwald has tonnes. Enough to hype up any Harry Potter fan.
The problem this movie had for me was its plot, or rather, its almost nonexisting plot. This movie just seemed to serve as background information or something for the upcoming movies in this series (for which we'll undoubtedly have to wait another 2 years or more..), more of like a setup for things to come. It introduced many new characters and revealed certain things about already known characters. But yet, some of these things just felt unnatural, as if JK Rowling just kept writing more and more to squeeze into 1 movie. This basically leads to a movie where the biggest plot is to find Credence's 'true identity' - not really much of a plot at all. Some of the reveals about characters also seemed a bit strange, but that could be just me. All in all, all this dialogue about characters made it extra confusing to know what the movie was about, in addition to it lacking much of a plot to begin with.
This movie is definitely not a waste of money or anything, you could just buy a ticket for the stunning scenes and you'd be satisfied. It's just that this movie was quite a disappointment compared to many people's expectations I think, seeing as it basically is just a setup for the upcoming movies, which lacks a good plot. | 6 |
Incredible performances, Coppola's directing and a great story packed with meaning. What more could you want. The Godfather part 2 isn't just a sequel to what I believe to be the great movie of all time, but a masterpiece on its own. | 9 |
A good movie, great special effects and great actors. Storyline while good felt a little bit like a slight repeat of movie 1 to me at least.
Still well worth a watch and I'm now impatiently waiting for Venom 3. I will say that the post credits scene was one of the best parts of the entire movie!
A well deserved 8/10 from me. | 8 |
Story is well written and executed.a A must watch movie for everyone. | 9 |
Captain America: The Winter Soldier continues with the story of Steve Rogers/Captain America(Chris Evans) & his continuing struggle to adapt to the modern world. Set one year after The Avengers, Rogers is now working for S.H.I.E.L.D with the help of handy sidekick, Natasha Romanoff/Black Widow(Scarlett Johansson). After a controversy emerges at S.H.I.E.L.D, it is up to Captain America to stop the threat. However, he's going to need all the help he can get from the likes of, Black Widow, Nick Fury(Samuel L. Jackson), Maria Hill(Cobie Smulders) & Sam Wilson/Falcon(Anthony Mackie). Along the way, the Captain faces the Winter Soldier(Sebastian Stan), a Soviet Agent who is someone significant from his past.
This film, doubles up as a political suspense thriller apart from being a superhero film. You just can't differentiate the good guys from the bad. Of the three Marvel Phase 2 movies released so far, Captain America: The Winter Soldier is on par with or, dare I say, even surpasses, Thor: The Dark World(another brilliant film in Phase 2 of the Marvel Cinematic Universe) & is a million times better than Iron Man 3(the weakest movie in Phase 2). Anthony Mackie described Captain America 2 in one of his interviews as, The Avengers 1.5. I could not have given a more apt description. Directors Anthony & Joe Russo have reduced the flaws of Captain America: The First Avenger, to a bare minimum. The stakes are really high in the film & The Winter Soldier is almost as flawless as The Avengers. Another reason it's so similar to the most successful superhero film of all time is due to, the presence of S.H.I.E.L.D & all the familiar S.H.I.E.L.D characters, who were conspicuous by their absence in all the other Phase 2 movies. I liked the fact that all of Cap's deleted scenes from The Avengers, made its way to this movie, especially the scene involving Peggy Carter(Hayley Atwell). The movie was filled with brilliantly executed action sequences that looked realistic & eye- popping in 3D. However, the film has a generous sprinkling of humor, as well(as is common with all Marvel Studios' movies). Unlike in Thor 2 where Tom Hiddleston's Loki stole the show, every character in this movie is memorable in their own right. Chris Evans is outstanding as Steve Rogers/Captain America. Evans improves with each portrayal of the most humble, kind & honest superhero who ever lived. Samuel L. Jackson is sensational as Nick Fury. Jackson flawlessly portrays various shades of the mysterious Director Fury, with ease & panache. Scarlett Johansson is unforgettable as Natasha Romanoff/Black Widow. Johansson is not just eye candy as the sexy Widow but, packs a punch & shares great chemistry & bonhomie with Evans. Romanoff's wisecracks about Steve Rogers' age are hilarious. Robert Redford is great as Alexander Pierce. Sebastian Stan is mind blowing as Bucky Barnes/Winter Soldier. Anthony Mackie is hysterical as Sam Wilson/Falcon. Mackie's winged superhero, is a nice addition to the Marvel Cinematic Universe & I look forward to seeing more of him, in the future. Cobie Smulders is impressive as Maria Hill. Frank Grillo is great as Brock Rumlow. Emily VanCamp, Hayley Atwell & Toby Jones are excellent in their cameos as Agent 13, Peggy Carter & Dr. Arnim Zola. The supporting characters are effective, as well. Stick around till the end of the credits for two unforgettable post-credit scenes. Captain America: The Winter Soldier is a must watch. The best movie of the year, so far! | 10 |
Tried to mix stories wastage of time. Also mocking hindu gods is unnecessary and questionable. | 2 |
"Mare of Easttown" is shaping up to be the best Miniseries since Sharp Objects and if Mare continues on its current trajectory, then it may end up matching the greatness of a "Night Of." | 8 |
What is Inception? It's a sci-fi movie with a little bit of a moral to it. But it's mostly just sci-fi. It has a plot, but the plot takes over an hour just to present itself. And it has a good ending, which takes place about 1 and 1/2 hours after that. In between those times you'll be bombarded with so much sci-fi that you'll think you're in a college class. You won't be able to see the forest through the trees. This is a bland movie, lacking a gravitas and a human element. Stylistically it was interesting. It had kind of a film-noir feel to it. But that was grossly outweighed by the enormous amount of sci-fi. It was also kind of disturbing. The only character I thought was likable was the son of a captain of industry. It seems like most of the characters didn't even like each other, and those that did were in unhealthy, and even sick relationships. They say the love you get is equal to the love you give. There's not much love in this film, except for the captain of industry's love for his father. Many of the characters don't even respect each other. I was so bored I wanted to walk out early. It was a good ending, but I'm just not a huge sci-fi geek. | 7 |
It's a pity, really. Movies having a cast of relative unknowns of the industry, which make up for their lack of publicity with a superb storyline more often than not remain buried it the DVD archives titled 'no one cares' while films starring the big-wigs, with their six-packs or saving the world antics sell like reindeer training manuals in Antartica. Unfortunately, Fargo falls dead-centre in the former neglected category, which made the satisfaction of successfully excavating for it equivalent to finding a brick of pure gold.
Fargo keeps all pretensions aside. It is a simplistic, home-spun, small- town dark comedy-crime film and it doesn't try to be anything else. The story is almost insultingly simple. A slightly eccentric, paranoid car salesman, Jerry Lundegaard (William Macy) is facing an acute financial crisis. He meets two criminals, Carl (Steve Buscemi) and Gaear (Peter Stormare), and makes a deal with them - they will kidnap his wife for him in return for which Jerry offers them a car and half of the $80,000 ransom he plans to mooch off his rich, antagonistic father in law, who also happens to be his boss. They kidnap her successfully but the coup soon goes awry resulting in messy deaths, a pregnant policewoman (Frances McDormand) coming on the prowl and big mouthed hookers giving away vital information.
While the film could have gone the stereotypical comedy-chaos way with all the involved characters involved, it doesn't disappoint you. Writers-Directors Ethan Coen and Joel Coen stick to their guns. They slide the humour aside, though not neglecting it, while focusing entirely on development of the characters and the story. Fargo can be termed as a sitcom because most of the comedy is derived from the situations the characters, and especially Jerry, find themselves in. Jerry is absolutely inept at crime and is in no way prepared to deal with things as they begin snowballing out of hand. His absolute incompetence at controlling things is satirically proved by the fact that he can't ask the kidnappers to call off the job when things get awry since he doesn't have their phone numbers.
The film doesn't have a single protagonist, but the four important characters who share much of the screen time are all memorable, if not endearing. All the people involved are well-rounded, making them seem extremely close to real-life. Macy the Underrated is just splendid as the depressed and economically challenged Jerry. He isn't a bad guy, but is more simply a case of good guys resorting to unethical tactics due to desperation. A single scene where Jerry tries removing frozen ice from his car's windshield after a disappointing meeting illustrates the above mentioned fact; he isn't evil, just frustrated. Being a common man compelled to do wicked stuff, you pity him despite secretly laughing at his misery.
The two criminals are a study in contrast. Carl pretends to be the gregarious cool-guy who thinks he has everything in control, even if he knows things are going way out of hand. He does things that Gaear doesn't appreciate, like talk a lot, which makes him a classic case of the proverbial barking dogs seldom bite. Gaear is usually silent, but he proves to be the deadly when it comes to it. Despite being the brooding one, he makes many of the dangerous decisions that have to be made, like cold-bloodedly killing a cop followed by chasing down two kids who saw him kill the cop and shooting them too. A moment where their television doesn't work and their differing reactions perfectly highlights the stark difference between Carl and Gaear. The latter seems to be inspired from Sal in Dog Day Afternoon and it's only towards the end that you realize just how disturbed he is.
While the policewoman, Marge Gunderson, and her yet unborn baby barely look like a match for these demented men, she does have the benefit of intelligence on her side. Unlike the others, she doesn't believe in complicating things and with a clever combination of reason and deduction is able to take them on quite easily. Yet, the bulging belly doesn't give her the supercop feel, which makes her more life-like. Despite being the only woman in the midst of this chaos, McDormand carries her role of a faithful police-officer with ease, making you believe that you can trust her. She quite rightfully deserved the Academy Award for her neat performance.
It is the nonchalance and the simplicity of the movie that makes it such a real-life experience; a thing the movie even boasts of being. Even the details, like the conversational dialogues and the speaking accents are paid close attention to. The actors don't exceed the precincts of their roles, the drama is not overdone, the darkness isn't depressing and the comedy comes with the flow; giving a heart-warmingly authentic feel to Fargo. The film maintains a taut pace throughout, ending in a brilliant and bloody crescendo. | 8 |
Was a very good film back in my day i really loved the charters and the actors! loved the cgi and the cool story line I would recommend this film to allot of people | 5 |
14 of the 19 episodes so far have been brilliant, in my opinion. It is a British high tech version of the Twilight Zone of the early 60's. | 8 |
The visual effects of the movie Gravity are absolutely stunning. Through 3D and IMAX, the breathtaking view of the earth and space is supremely beautiful. The reflection from the helmet seems frighteningly real. When they are hit by debris, everything was crushing apart and Ryan was thrown out alone, tumbling. The set was enormously impressive.
Many people, women specially, don't like this movie because the plot is rather out-of-date. Only two active characters in the movie, and most of time it is only Ryan Stone who is playing. It doesn't make sense that only two of them outside the spaceship survived whereas the all crew inside died from the debris-attack. And it is more ridiculous that every time Ryan operates the spacecraft, the Russian space station or Chinese space station, evil things always happen. It seems that dysfunctions of facilities were the only way to spin the movie out. The only funny part is Ryan was propelled with a fire extinguisher, which reminds me of Wall-E, which has a similar plot. Likely, in the Wall-E, the earth is surrounded by the cloud of the debris, which becomes a catastrophe in the movie Gravity. When Dennis Tito became the first space tourist in 2001, a new era began. Nowadays it seems that everyone, even students at middle school can send something into the space, which at last will turn into the debris floating about. In fact the environment of outer space is easily destroyed; in this movie, an unintentional explosion of a Russian satellite killed all spacecraft one after another. Maybe it is time to consider protecting outer space, not just our own immediate environment. | 5 |
This is one film which no way deserved all them accolades.
Maybe if there is award for a musical , then maybe.
As a musical I set the standard at The greatest showman. Which is a far superior movie. | 3 |
Fargo was well-written and conceptualized. Possibly the Coens' best work.
The fearless and razor-sharp Frances McDormand deserves her award win and more.
A male lead would have totally skewed the story.
Only a female lead, who's pregnant, who is SO naturally portrayed, could make the story work.
Overall, Fargo is engaging, suspenseful. There's some in-ya-face gore, though not of snuff film quantity like those featured in No Country For Sadistic Old Men.
My rating = 9 merit stars - 2 pointless-gore stars = 7 stars.
Hollywood continues to treat such strong female lead as a detour from the male lead "norm". Almost 20 years later, we still don't have enough female-lead driven stories.
FEMALE-LEAD DRIVEN stories. Not women-oriented stories.
Fargo remains highly relevant today. Not only because it is a superbly told story, but because strong non-cliché female lead like this remains one in a hundred good films even today.
But all hope is not lost...
Swedish theaters now goes beyond PG or age limit ratings, and will include women-friendly rating system.
Perhaps IMDb should move faster and adapt or end up looking dated and jaded? | 7 |
For the most part, this series felt like Wandavision- a breath of fresh air. With an interesting concept, exciting cinematography done through the medium of mirrors, great effects, and an awesome depiction of one of my favorite heroes, I really liked this series.
The end was rough though. Over the last 3 episodes, small aspects of the production started to drop in quality, mostly through CGI, but the plot held on. The 5th episode was amazing, and I was excited to watch the last episode, but the last episode was a train wreck.
The pacing was god awful. Nothing left a lasting impression on me, and it felt like they were rushing to tell a story, but the credits rolled at 35 minutes (with about 8 more minutes of credits mind you). It was a bummer, cause most of the series felt meticulously crafted and thought out.
But there were still good things from the series as a whole. I loved Oscar Isaacs in this. His split between the two characters of Marc and Stephen was so convincing, and Ethan Hawke was a compelling bad guy. I really like the majority of this show
Marvel, you have a bad habit of half-assing your endings, and I respectfully ask you to stop being so stupid. | 7 |
First of the choreography, plot , location, dressing are Fantastic. All departments make good effort to make the series good Henry, Freya, Anya leading characters are done there performance very well and others are also do there best they can.
Some sex scene are in different episodes can't watch with family but watch with ur Girlfriend and with ur friends if they like these genre Waiting for new season. | 7 |
I really don't know how this show could have high rating. Fanboys are ruining everything. The show has confusing timeline.. They should have done it better. Costumes are not that great, acting not great but terrible. Overall I was struggling to watch all of the episodes, fact is that show is boring. The music is good though... | 5 |
By far one of my favorite shows of all time, these characters and the actors have really changed my life! Great show for ages 12 and up, and don't worry it's not that scary. Anyone who likes horror movies will think the minor jump scares are nothing. This is a great show that kids and adults can enjoy. | 9 |
Boring show that's unorganized and could be shorter. So many times they start a secondary plot only to forget about it. Plus the action scenes are poorly choreographed. It was hard to enjoy this. | 1 |
If you dont even know the difference between Pretoria, Cape Town and Robin Island then im afraid I cant take you or your movie seriously. Further more if you cared at all about the subject matter you would have shot it in South Africa and gotten proper guidance on the subject matter. This film is done in poor taste and only serves to divide my country men even more with the lies in this film. Mr Radcliffe how did you get suckered in to this poor excuse for a film ? | 1 |
With all the TV series I have watched over the years, the ending to this series is probably the most satisfying. | 9 |
It was fine actually untill the end which was boring.. maybe if they have worked more on the final episode it would've been better | 4 |
Hi
Season 1 missed so much - it simply was not captivating - part of the reason is stated below.
Season 2 can not turn out to be any worse than season 1 which had a hard time being see worthy and captivating for me - and I had really been looking forward to seeing The Witcher because I love the universe. - Got all the games and the Gwent cards. So do not misunderstand me - I love the Witcher universe, the games, the Gwent games and so on.
I would like to describe a funny scene from the Witcher 3 game with Gerald and his mates - it was at Kear Morhen - were they drank a lot - this humor is not a part of the first season - the lead character Cavil seems like made of stone. Maybe there will be more humor in Season 2 - I hope so - there is humor in the games you know. Another thing is the audience and the 'bonding' with the characters in the episodes - It is missing - the portraying is superficial and showing 2 dimensional beings and we do - as a consequence thereof - not care what happens to them. We do not know what makes the characters tick - so we simply do not care about them.
I would have loved to see an older Yennefer in the season 1 cast - I think the actor Yvonne Strahovski (Is of Polish descent) would have nailed the role perfectly - she also looks like the Jennifer form the Witcher 3 game.
I hope with all my heart that the ones in charge of production do make better solutions about some of the before-mentioned statements in season 2, because I love the universe and I know it could be so much more (like Game Of Thrones is).
Regards
Peter | 6 |
With the success of Faverau's Jungle Book and the leaps forward in CGI technology, it was only going to be so long before a Disney exec thought of doing a remake of their most successful film during the Disney Renaissance. But they were so preoccupied with whether they could recreate the Lion King almost shot for shot that they never stopped to think whether they should. The end result will undoubtedly be a massive money maker for Disney by capitalizing on the success of one of their greatest films, but it's also quite possibly the most creatively bankrupt film to come out this year.
We all know the plot of the first film and this remake follows the original almost verbatim. So much of the dialogue is just taken word for word out of the original and many shots are so identical that I'm convinced that they just used stills from the original as storyboards. Other than one extra scene showing how Nala set off on her journey where she finds Simba and some extended sequences following some random animals unrelated to the plot, including an adept metaphor for the film where we're forced to watch a beetle pushing around a large piece of dung, there's very little here which departs from the original story.
So if this does follow the original so closely then how did it turn out so bad? To start off with, as impressive as some of these photo realistic animations are this style wasn't well suited for the Lion King. Instead of having the expressionistic and lively characters from the original, we get these lions who are unable to emote and deliver on the films emotional moments. It's very difficult to connect with these characters since they just can't convey as much visually as the original was capable of and characters like Mufasa just don't resonate in the same way.
The original animated films more minimalistic style also works to its advantage so that shots flow together smoother and allows for quicker edits because we are capable of reading all the information in a shot in a shorter amount of time. The heightened realism of this remake just isn't capable of doing this as it needs to hold on its shots just so we can absorb all the information on screen. Plus on a more simplistic level, the original animation just looks better. The epic scale of some of the shots in that film feel permanently engraved in my mind, but whilst the remake has me appreciate the effort and time that animators must have put in to these shots it just doesn't deliver on the same sense of awe it attempts to recreate from the original.
Then there's the new cast and in spite of having a lot of great names attached to the film, it ends up feeling as if the characters are going through the motions of the story with little emotional weight. Very few of the performances are able to bounce off one another effectively and feel completely disconnected from their surroundings. This is with the exception of some of the comedic support like Seth Rogen, Billy Eichner and John Oliver who were all entertaining. Though this is partly because these seemed to be the only characters where the actors brought their personalities to the role and felt like they delivered on some funny lines.
But my biggest gripe of this film is it's complete lack of originality. Most of these remakes of Disney animated classics have copied the originals they were based on, but they all added at least something to the story. Even for as much as I disliked the live action Beauty and the Beast, they still made some attempts to improve characters like LeFou and tried to add their own ideas to how the curse works. But here they don't try to add anything substantially different to the characters or story, instead only adding new shots of the surrounding nature to show off the photo-realistic animation and pad out the films run-time.
They even skip over some of the small moments that made the original film so incredible to begin with. One example is how they take out Rafiki's lesson about how the past can hurt and instead just cut to Simba running off to catch up with Nala. This is replaced by a montage of the two Lions running across the wild to a new Beyonce song, which feels completely out of place and was likely just added to the film so they could sell an extra Beyonce song on the films soundtrack.
Ultimately the film just feels like a carbon copy of the original. It's like listening to someone speak the lyrics to a great song, all the words are there but it lacks the same beat which made the song connect with you to begin with. Whilst it's not necessarily the worst film of the year, but it is definitely the most pointless. | 4 |
This show comes from a comic book series. Though when you see them, you can't help but be reminded of Marvel's Avengers ... even the tall skyscraper headquarters. However, what's interesting is that this is not really an action adventure. It's more of a drama / mystery.
The series has more to do with abuses of super-powers, corporate greed and collateral damage than anything else. It's really refreshing to see this new type story - however, it take a while to get truly engrossing.
The story starts off interesting but then lags for a few episodes. However, it really takes off near the end of episode 5, when a big secret about the drug Compound V is revealed and it keeps going till the very powerful end sequence in episode 8.
Definitely worth watching if you can sit through a slow start. | 8 |
The low average, ultra-generic-characters-filled, ridiculously clichéd sports drama this movie could have easily ended up being, is saved by a couple of amazing and committed performances, a couple of smart storytelling turns and another couple of very well placed directorial choices.
Yet, I emphasize, there is no two ways around what I said in the opening. This movie is filled with generic characters whose drama has been seen and told on screen so many times it is hard to even believe someone is still interested in telling these stories. The opening fifteen minutes of the film were an agony of mediocrity and clichés I was really about to give up. There is nothing surprising about these people, nothing unpredictable, as soon as they appear on screen you understand everything about them and have no space left for shock and surprise.
Despite everything above, Gylenhall, one of my personal heroes ever since Donnie Darko, is so committed and so absorbed into the moment you forget everything around him is as fake as it would sound and gives you the exact ingredient needed for you to be following him. Even though the movie built around him isn't believable he totally gives gravity to it and truly, single handily makes turn this film from a cringe worthy failure to a relatively satisfying experience. It is so good to see an actor pay off so much on screen. His daughter in the movie definitely helps and she too does deliver the type of commitment needed for the audience to believe in her emotions and her relation with her father. These emotions you get from almost all the main cast are definitely made possible by Fuqua's direction in the vital emotional beats. He knows exactly how to make us get the feels and I must admit whole heartedly I got them.
On the other hand however, for the rest of the film both Fuqua's and the screenplay's decisions make it trip too many times. On one side Fuqua doesn't hold back, he blows up everything to eleven and does not even once give space to subtlety. He shoves the emotions down are throats. As I said before, thanks to the performances especially, you do get the feels and feel the gut-wrench the movie thinks you should, but it also feels utterly manipulative. Furthermore, the screenplay simply could not have had more clichés condensed into 124 minutes.
This is no break from the usual, generic sports movie, but thanks to some really passionate work by the filmmakers it doesn't end up being nothing close to a waste of time. | 6 |
Average movie, Emotional dialogues. Miles away from truth. Better to see WAAR than this absurd piece. The movie promo says it all " Based on true events" and it is the main lie in the movie. Anyways, I agree its just a film but a horrible one | 2 |
Im stunned by the amount of flattering for this show in here ,, its a thing you could watch to fall asleep or eat a meal AT BEST
it was kinda good till they made the show all around abed's very very overrated character , and the joked weren't that funny at all
the characters was nice but alot of confusion in their relationships for no appearent reason , and pierce might be the best characters but he was heavily overshadowed with stupid abed's shinanigans
if you watch it you watch it , if you dont then you didnt miss anything. | 5 |
Hard to track. Timelines and storyline. Who is everyone? Where to does it leads? Effects are good. Pity that I find it disappointing. I must admit I did not play the games nor have read the books. | 6 |
people,
i read the reviews, i considered the odds, i really wanted to believe this movie would be different, good and anything i/we hoped for. especially, because this is a two parter with over-length and even more highly rated than any of its predecessors (specially the one, i really liked the prisoner of azkaban).
and NOW.
i do not know if it was the forgetfulness or maybe the desperation of the community but this part of the series is, if anything, the worst.
there are so many things wrong with this movie and the fact, that death eaters become Nazis (yes, its true) is only the tip of the iceberg.
there is only one thing more worth saying.
Don't WASTE YOUR TIME.
really.
i mean it. | 1 |
This was my first of the Venom series and I'm not a huge Marvel fan...but it's something to do. I wouldn't rewatch it pay more money. It's funny at times and the story line is easy to follow. Until the end. But that's my fault for not being a comic book geek. | 7 |
This movie has achieved a very high rating on IMDb and so I had a very high level of expectation before seeing it. My one concern was that I've found Nolan's recent work (particularly Inception) to contain some excellent ideas and cinematography but to be overlong and rambling in places. I found Interstellar to suffer from the same faults. Very interesting ideas, great cinematography, solid cast (although I wish Matthew McConaughey would deliver his dialogue more clearly and not mumble so much. He doesn't seem to have fully recovered from his role in True Detective and I couldn't understand what he was saying much of the time and I was not alone in this. A number of reviewers have used the word 'epic' to describe this movie. I'd be more blunt and say it could have done with some more effective editing. A friend of mind made the comment that it may take several years to get from Earth to Saturn and when you see Interstellar, it feels like you're making the same trip! An exaggeration maybe but the movie is very long and lacks pace at some points. Not all bad news however - some sections are very impressive and visually spectacular, although some ideas have been borrowed from other sources - obviously 2001/ 2010 and Arthur C Clarkes story 'Rendezvous with Rama'. Definitely worth seeing but I don't share the 'masterpiece' line of some reviewers. Good but not great. | 6 |
One of the best storytelling movie i ever seen in tamil industry. Very good acting. | 10 |
As a fan of sci-fi I enjoy broad spectre of it, comedy, serious stuff you name it. This one positions itself a serious one, but the characters and details just not good enough.
Characters are flat and don't trigger any emotional response, fictional world created around them is visually good but so badly designed from a logical standpoint. I can't believe how badly the technological part of the world functions, security, communications, safety protocols - all of it is horrible:) | 3 |
IN LIFE I NEVER SEE A DOG MOVIE LIKE THIS, A DOG MOVIE THAT MAKES ME AMAZING AND AMAZING THAN ANY OTHER DOG MOVIE AFTER HACHIKO.
THIS MOVIE TEACHES A LOT OF THINGS IN IT, AFTER EVERY YEAR A DOG MOVIE GETS A GOOD RATING, ONLY HACHIKO COULD LOSE FROM THIS MOVIE AND THIS MOVIE MAKES ME CRY AND TEARS NOT JUST WATCHING THIS MOVIE AND THOUGHT TOO ANIMALS AROUND ME.
IF YOU WANT TO WATCH A GOOD DOG MOVIE I RECOMMEND 2 MOVIES IE HACHIKO AND CHARLIE AND YOU MUST PREPARE A Tissue BECAUSE THESE BOTH MOVIE WILL MAKE YOUR TEARS OUT.
I HOPE THIS MOVIE MANUFACTURER CAN MAKE THIS OR MAKE A MOVIE LIKE THIS OR OR A CONTINUE OF CHARLIE'S CHILDREN. LOVE YOU CHARLIE. | 10 |
I was hopeful after season 1 that the writers and the author will find their way. Unfortunately that hasn't come out.
It's sad when a trailer for The Witcher 3 game makes me more excited then the season 2 and 3 combined.
The show should be terminated in my view and Netflix should be focusing on new material.
I'm hopeful that in near future new author will attempt to create the show again as the source material is great. It's sad that show rights were not given to HBO as I believe they would make it more accurate.
I also hope that political corrections will soon become history and be removed from creative writing. The show should have followed the Slavic origins and have selected actors according. | 3 |
I will never get that time back. Why don't I ever learn? Idiot! | 2 |
Talk about a slow burn... this version drags indefinitely with a few exciting scenes along the way. Majority of it is just family drama, which doesn't work because the character development is so bland that you don't really connect with anybody enough to want to root for them. A dragon could've killed the whole cast off and I wouldn't care.
Don't get me wrong, this still has a lot of promise and I'm really hoping the next season (if there is one) will finally pick up the storyline and end this never ending slow burn because the potential is clearly there. As of right now though, season one was a boring soap opera to me and a bit of a disappointment. | 5 |
It says a lot about this movie that Jim Carrey was the best thing in it. Usually I find him unwatchable but he's really good in this film.
Unfortunately the rest of it is a bit disappointing for fans of Charlie Kaufmann's previous work. It's too disjointed and makes the same points again and again and Kate Winslet's character is so irritating! Talk about role reversal. People walked out of the screening I was in. It's not all bad - there's some wonderful dialogue and it's not dire, just not great. Can't believe it has such a high rating and can only imagine it's a hangover from Being John Malkovich and Adaptation, both of which were so innovative and clever. | 5 |
I feel that IMBD misled me with so many positive reviews about a movie that was really a terrible, predictable and boring piece of forgettable garbage. Many of the reviews stated how hilariously funny this movie is supposed to be....IT'S NOT FUNNY! I had 2 points where I actually had a laugh the rest of the supposed "jokes" were predictable, well worn slapstick or "fish out of water" types. I could have overlooked all of this if the superhero action parts had been handled even slightly competently. But they weere boring, unoriginal and utterly uninspiring. DON'T WASTE YOUR TIME ON THIS PIECE OF GARBAGE!!! | 2 |
Based off a true story posted on the internet (later a novel), My Sassy Girl is about a rather underachieving college kid who accidentally meets this one odd girl in a subway, who through various silly situations, winds up becoming his girlfriend. My short fiction professor often said one of the good indicators of a well-written (esp. in a short) story is that the characters will go through some form of change in the story due to an event or a situation. They become better or worse people as a result. But, there's always change (and must be a believable one at that). And, those kind of things make a character interesting (as they are challenged) and three-dimensional. That said, it is also one of things you rarely see in modern action movies (John Woo's HK movies excluded) and romantic comedies these days. That said, one of the many things I really dug about My Sassy Girl is the way the characters progress. (Spider-Man is also another good one, given the fact it's an action movie) Throughout the movie, the director expertly throws various hints and ideas that there's more to it than meets the first eye (if that's a proper term).
Indeed, My Sassy Girl is a romantic comedy. It is also a bit of drama, mystery, character study, and a bit of other things. I think we as movie-goers (perhaps more so in terms of Hollywood movies) have a tendency to feel a movie should operate within the confines of a given genre. If not, we sometimes feel the movie did not succeed as a movie should, for we generally want to get what we hoped to expect. But, I think we should also look at the movie as it is..a movie. Genre-pieces tend to be safe, have lots of "wink wink" homages to the genre, yet most often, pretty monotonous, and predictable. That said, when I first saw "My Sassy Girl," I certainly expected a certain kind of movie, with a certain kind of expectation. (To note, I tend to dislike romantic comedies, because: they are not funny, are not meant to be funny, except "cute." Women tend to generally like romantic comedies more than men, and even when asked what they thought of it, their answer is usually this: "It's cute." We men don't mind "cute" really, but we could probably get the same fuzzy feeling watching Eewoks in Return of the Jedi, or Smigol in LOTR) Anyway, that said, as I watched the first 10 minutes, I was almost ready to dub "My Sassy Girl," the worst movie of the year 2001. It was pretty cool I had such low expectations, however, as I slowly came to a realization that the movie, other than being easily hilarious, was quite thoughtful, unexpected, intricate, and easily one of the most joyously clever movies in a long time (certainly one of the best of 2001). That said, I now have the DVD and still watch it often (repeated viewings, a must) and become a romantic sap every time. I also got my friends (and many of them are guys) hooked to it.. This may just be a gateway drug to Korean Cinema (like John Woo's "The Killer" was a gateway drug to Hong Kong Cinema in the early 90's), although not a gateway drug to the romantic comedy genre (it still doesn't change the fact that Hollywood romantic comedies will not have anything new or deep to offer). But, don't let my hype fool you. I'd hate for people to see this movie with unrealistic expectations. It's important to note, I did indeed first watch it with low expectations.
I think people who expected MSG to be a straight-out comedy (as opposed to romantic comedy) and becoming disappointed finding romantic (even sad) elements afterwards could be from a bias developed from years of watching many "unfunny" romantic comedies (basically, the idea that if a movie is actually "funny," the movie is probably just a straight-out comedy, not romantic comedy, and should follow those conventions thereof). On the contrary, the movie, like a lot of good, fleshed-out movies, delivers a variety of emotions, as opposed to just one. On that note, as many increasingly popular modern one-phrase commentary critics would say, "ThIs MoViE rOcKs!" | 10 |
Why use the name of a famous comic if They seeks to do a radical different thing?.
The true "Civil war" comics have several important events that never come to happen in this movie. Starting with the nuke explosion caused by masked vigilante at the city residential area.
The betrayal of S.H.I.E.L.D. to Captain America.
The super hero battle that ends in The Giant Man's death by the hands of Thor's clone, created by Reed Richards and Tony Stark, and many other things because I should say this no Civil war but something else. | 1 |
Die alogue.
Basically, I feel this would have made a great TV mini series. But, this doesn't have enough balls to be made into a feature length film. Not that there are many these days, ballsy films, that is.
Lots of silly made for TV humor. Hee hees and ha has. No action. None. Encounters, yes. Cute battle scenes with bad costumes, yes. Action, not a morsel.
Nothing is sincere. It seems as though this movie's only worth is to perpetuate a chattering, ill-humored, egotiscal television audience. ...You have to give me SOMETHING to hold on to besides cool computers.
This series will draw out like a knife, dull and rusted humor, no real edge.
Rent it to sleep | 4 |
Ani character was the worst she shouldn't have been brought in S3 just avoid that character and watch all 4 season of this series it is a masterpiece of high school culture and the problems we face on high school definitely you guys gonna love it. cheers!!! | 9 |
First the good news: the plot simultaneously retains elements and characters of the original show, while changing enough things to make the story fresh. I give the changes 10 out of 10 for creativity, suspense, story depth, and being done in a way that hard core fans of the original TV show, like me, don't feel like we had the rug yanked out from under us. The new robot is wicked cool. He has the powerful, protective elements of Gort (The day the earth stood still) and mystery, terseness, and is-he-good-or-evil of Kosh (Babylon 5).
Flashbacks are effectively used to give background on the characters and story line.
However.......
The snarky, emotionally dysfunctional characters are painful to watch as they bicker, insult each other, disobey, and lack any of the chemistry, teamwork, and friendship of crews on Star Trek, Lost in Space (original), Firefly/Serenity, Babylon 5, Battlestar Galactica (new version), or Galaxy Quest.
Just about every character except Will exhibits passive-aggressive behaviour.
The Will Robinson character demonstrates glimpses of genius that feel incompatible with his insecure, deer-in-the-headlights persona. I see none of Billy Mumy's Will Robinson here. | 2 |
Pure and utter scutter.not even a war film.one of the most boring over rated films ever made.makes Colin Farrells Alexander look like an all time classic..absolute arty farty vomit fest. | 1 |
A very moving WW1 film, supposedly inspired by the stories of Mendes' grandfather who he thanked the film war. A good piece to watch on rememberence day.
Puts into perspective the harsh realities of war and questions the bureaucratic forces of the army that in many ways still hold today.
Beautiful cinematography and fine acting. Definitely a big step up for Amazon Productions. | 7 |
That was the question I asked myself after almost every scene in this movie. The movie was over 2 hours and 45 minutes in length, but it could've been 35 minutes and nothing from the plot would've changed. There were just so many scenes that wasted time, did nothing, and went nowhere. I enjoy Tarantino movies, but this one was just a big swing and miss. | 3 |
I managed to survive 5 episodes. It's Such a crappy show that I even lack english words to describe how utterly boring and unineresting it is. I gave it a chance, i fast forewarded through episodes but gave up eventually. | 3 |
An amazing Season 1. This will bring Indian moving/drama making appeal to the level of top class TV series. It's not that we haven't produced or made top class movies or TV series, it's that the standard has stooped so low in this decade that creative and brilliant directors are sidelined for poor stories and scripts but steaming 'item' numbers, stardom, extravagant sets etc.
With Netflix launching it's first ever TV Series and letting Anurag Kashyap use his skills (not being stifled by the censor board), we witness the brilliance we knew he has.
Unlike typical Indian heroes, Sartaj Singh is not your typical hero. He is honest and scared. He fails to live up to his principles on occasions and when he does, he lands himself in trouble. The characterisation of Sartaj is top notch. Never during the series, he is seen changing from an ordinary cop to extra ordinary one in one step. The change is gradual and it's not like typical India soap opera. Saif Ali Khan lives up to his 'Langada Tyagi' reputation and does a brilliant job. After watching the series, I realize why we haven't seen the best of Saif. It's because he never got a chance. Thanks to Sacred Games, we see the best of Saif.
No words for Nawazuddin's performance. He is brilliance personified. His portrayal of local gangster will etch in human mind for years to come. It wouldn't come as a surprise if his role is a considered as a case study for acting classes. Just like Sartaj, Giatonde (Nawazuddin) is not a super villain. He is not physically strong and immune to harm. He is as normal as a human can get except that when comes to desire to succeed, Gaitonde has no limits.
Rahika Apte, wow. She has definitely singed a contract with Netflix and it's worth it. She gets to do brilliant roles and at the moment, in my book, she is top notch actress. As a RAW agent, she blends into the role with ease and delivers a punching performance.
Every other character is brilliantly (I might be over using 'brilliant' in the review and that's because I can't help it) portrayed all the actors involved. Sartah's constable's wife, the RAW agent computer geek, the police computer geek, TV actress and many more is portrayed by talented people.
Nudity and sex was a definite surprise and they didn't overdo it. Not every episode has nudity and when there is, it's not for prolonged period. It's included as part of story line and adds to the grit and raw image of Mumbai underworld dealing.
Everything about this series is wonderful and I just can't wait for S02. #love4sacredgames | 9 |
I waited until the next day after watching to write this review.
In hindsight, it isn't as wise or profound as you want it to be.
Jeffrey Wright is great in the role and he embodies the sad sack writer who goes home to deal with his family, but in the meantime trips into a ruse of being a "voice of embittered Black man" who panders to White guilt.
On the surface, this seems like a window to mine great comedy. Instead, that is only on the perimeter of his internal struggle. I felt the focus should have been that. As the trailer suggests. Instead, it is more internal. It skates across a non-commital idea of what an artist should focus on.
Marketing wise, this is not Oscar bait. The true intention is to never offend the White audience while also not ostracizing the Black struggle. There is nothing deep about this movie. They are conversations that we've had online. Or arguments we've all had.
The real struggle is him, as an artist. He is battling another Black writer who seems to be pandering to the Black voice to White people. But their explanation is that she is holding a mirror to society rather than exploiting it. Um...not really. Deep down she knew this material sells to the guilt ridden literati (ahem...Washington Post). In fact, much like "Get Out" they mock the White leftist, which they go along with in hopes to be with the "in crowd".
I find it ironic that this movie is being celebrated for that reason. A self-described heavily White contingent Oscar voters fell for Thelonius Ellis's (Wright) ruse. Meta workings by a skilled movie maker Cord Jefferson.
For those who are keeping their distance due to perceiving it as being angry at Whites. It isn't. This turns into an artist's struggle.
There are things that take up a lot of head space. For instance when a family member dies, their quickness to gloss over the tragedy MAYBE plays into the dark comedy aspect. But that type of inconsistency causes some of us to not empathize with the family.
Kudos to Leslie Uggams whose bright kind face and eyes makes every moment a delight. She is acerbic in the right places. And holds more in a simple gesture than any words can.
Jeffrey Wright deserves the Oscan nom. The movie itself...fell flat for me.
Still, I miss the days of having family drama in theaters rather than making it a series. At times it feels VERY t.v. Mood. But it's a nice enough flick, in the world of "Ordinary People" or "Terms Of Endearment" | 6 |
Gravity is a film with fabulous visuals strung together over an appallingly substandard plot of clichés and director-indulgent moments. Yet again Hollywood has wasted millions on great CGI without bothering with decent writing. Part of Gravity's $100 million budget was surely spent on paying marketers to front-load sites like IMDb with 10-star reviews. It's a trick that works. But if you want to know what moviegoers really think of a film, wait until it's been out a couple of weeks, THEN check the user reviews – you'll get a more accurate picture of how good or bad the film is. I give Gravity a 6.
Sandra Bullock seems like a great person, the kind of cool, smart chick you'd like to hang out with, whose pleasing combination of poise and humility makes her fun to watch in feel-good movies like Miss Congeniality. Unfortunately, Sandra Bullock is not a great actor. In Gravity she plays protagonist Ryan Stone, the focal point of the movie, practically the only character. Given Gravity's extremely weak story, the film REALLY needed an amazing actress to play the part of Ryan Stone. A stronger actor like Charlize Theron or Jessica Chastain might have been able to bring much more to this role to help fill out the weak plot with a nuanced and powerful performance. But even a great actress couldn't turn Gravity into a movie that was more than just great CGI. | 6 |
How sad. This series started with some strong plot lines, potent characters, and attention to detail that was laudable. By the end it was one trite, predictable, superficial, weary plot contrivance after another. I particularly disliked the way a year's worth of story (because of the missing COVID-19 shooting schedule) was glossed over with a little exposition by the characters.
Everything was a little too convenient. Every discovery was a little too timely, every serendipitous moment just so. Like a too-sweet dish ruining a meal, the series was kinda ruined by the rush to get everything wrapped up by the end of the season. Ick.
Watch the first two seasons and just live with the mystery of what happened to the expedition rather than suffer the bitter disappointment of the last season. You'll be better off for it. | 6 |
The Boys is one of the worst superhero shows i have ever seen. The concept of the movie might be one thing, but sadly there is one big thing in this series that breaks everything. The show is not for kids and i am totally ok with that. What totally destroys this so called show, and this is not the only one either: useless, inappropiate and unecessary sex scenes. Seriously? Wyo does everything today have this kind of useless piece of s***!? This breaks everything and it seems like people are focusing more on this than the actual story of the series. This get the lowest score on my book and thats it. | 1 |
Matrix is quite a dull and uninspired film. It was quite boring to watch and contained no groundbreaking notions or idea.
It is a film that has done well due to the time it was released. Had it been made and released today it would receive a fraction of its hype or praise. | 5 |
Some reviewers have claimed that I shouldn't compare it to GOT, but how can I not ? After all, it wouldn't have been here if not for GOT.
And while the first couple of episodes didn't exactly impress me, I decided to watch the whole season before judging it. I mean, giving it the chance to develop the characters, it was bound to get better, right ?
Wrong ! It didn't !
The crew in charge of lighting must have gone on strike, cause most of the season played out in semi darkness, and it also seemed like most of the episodes had plot for about 30 minutes of time, which caused scenes to be dragged out painfully, and supplied with fillers like 10 minutes of soft porn in #4, and 10 minutes of people dancing in #5.
And then there was the time jumps. The season spanned about 20 years, so we were treated to a lot of changing actors, but oddly enough some characters didn't seem to age at all. Otto, Daemon, Rhaenys and Criston looked pretty much like they did at the beginning of the season. I guess the makeup crew was too busy turning Viserys into a crypt keeper lookalike, to do something about that.
As for the acting, I'm not gonna comment on that, since the lack of character build gave the actors very little to work with. That also meant that whenever somebody was killed, I was mostly like "right, so that happened", because they hadn't build up the character enough for anyone to care.
If they wanted to make a spin off, from a popular show, they could at least have tried to maintain just a bit of the quality of the original, but this was just a very sloppy production way below what we have come to expect from HBO.
The dragons looked great though :) | 4 |
I thought this movie had some good qualities but it was just missing something. Sure the aggression and oppression was there but I didn't believe the emotion. The characters all looked too clean and too well cared for. Nothing seemed to be authentic. Unfortunately the cast is speckled with talent but drowning in mediocrity and incorrect casting.
Probably the best bit in the whole movie was when the little white punk got his ass whooped. Everything else just seemed to tick by slowly with no real climax.
I really wanted to love this movie but am I missing something...? It was okay but it certainly wasn't good enough to be nominated for any awards let alone win. I've seen way better slave movies in the past that got less credit. I feel like this movie gave nothing new and was created to extend the feelings of "white guilt". It was a disgusting time and the movie reflects that but it doesn't change the fact that it was a weak movie. Every slave story is despicable but they don't all require a movie. | 6 |
If you are about ten years old and like ridiculous far fetched plots this movie is for you. I read the first glowing review and I am wondering what planet the reviewer is from. The plot is a mess, the special effects are lame and the whole think stinks. Don't waste you money..it is worth $1 when it comes out on Red Box but even this assumes you are desperate for a distraction. I was thoroughly disappointed in Decaprio's acting and the story line screams a desperate attempt at trying to do something different rather than crafting a good movie. The child actress female lead...looks to be about 15 years old is totally miscast. She does not do herself justice when compared to her role and acting Juno. Finally the plot seems to have been padded to make the movie fill time. At the end they seem to have run out of budget and simply don't explain how Decaprio is saved or saves himself or something. Stupid stupid stupid. | 1 |
Aside from one or two plot contrivances, I can safely say this movie is damn near flawless on the film making side of things. With particular shoutout to the stellar set design and score.
I wasn't quite convinced that Rian Johnson could make this into a proper series but he certainly pulled it off effectively, getting a cast full of stellar actors to portray a quirky yet conniving group of individuals.
Despite being firmly focused on mystery, there's quite a few good laughs in the film as well- all while remaining high brow and with a consistent tone.
While the mystery isn't quite as good as the first one, in many other ways Glass Onion surpasses it and I look forward to the coming installments to build more on the wonderful character of Benoit Blanc. | 9 |
The best and most underrated movie in the history of Indian cinema | 10 |
I'd personally go with SuperLame. The actors are annoying, the script is at a dead end, fifteen or so minutes into the movie. And nothing really happens in it either. To think they used to compare it to American Pie. But how? American Pie was entertaining and had a compelling script. This one is reaching for the indie comedy root, and failing at it miserably. Also it's too crude to be genuinely funny. Just stupid and drawn-out. | 1 |
Great plot but the key factor that puts this show above all others is the character development. THere are so many characters in this series with their own back story that it gives the writers the option to bring them back easily. There isn't a plot by plot next mission to the next mission etc theme in this show. But small plots within a larger one that makes everything flow perfectly. Whats also so great is that its a battle of perspectives not good and evil, you have Ang who yes is good but hes just trying to stop the fire nation. Meanwhile you have a conflicted Zuko who you could say is evil but is just a victim of circumstance living in the fire nation and he must deal with his many conflicts throughout this story. Sakka is one of my favorite characters. Without him the show dies if you ask me. The fighting is fantastic and the humor is placed in the most perfect spots. This show keeps it lighthearted but serious at the same time. This is what storytelling is all about. If you watched nick back in the mid 80's they had several shows like this on their station but got away from that in the 90's. Now that this show is here we may see a trend in shows like this which is a good thing for a change. | 10 |
It's gory, with a solid storyline and it's a great adaptation from the comics. The world building seems very life like, it's a joy to watch. The first episode set the precedent and tone of what to come. A world where superheroes are prevalent is chaotic and not everyone can be saved. This is basically how actors are in real life without the pr machine. | 8 |
I can only assume fans of the video game (enough said) are rating it high, but this was generic, paint-by-numbers. It jumps years, doesn't explain a little...zero effort in continuity.
I feel bad for Henry Cavill. The best part of this travesty of a serieis. | 3 |
Absolute Stella cast but the who done it was average with a couple of funny moments make a 7 from me mainly for the cast | 7 |
Having just seen spider man 2 at a sneak preview, I am amazed. The special effects were so amazing that it was hard to tell that there were any. The fight scene between Doc Occ and spider man was truly fantastic, probably the best special power fight scene in a movie so far. Above the action, and above the special effects was the story of how Peter Parker tries to live his life and Spidermans, the introduction of Dr. Octavious, Mary Janes career, and Harry Osborns obsession with killing spider man. Based 2 years after the first movie, Peter Parker is truly struggling being spider man, having to sacrifice everything. MJ has become a star. Harry has taken over Oscorp and is funding Dr. Octavious' (who Peter Parker idolizes) research in the hopes of making Oscorp larger than ever. If you liked the first one at all, you will love the second, and probably even if you didn't like the first one, it is that good. | 10 |
Final part of my movie marathon, and was the worst one of the three While it humanized batman by including the effects of injury in the story, it was partly done just to increase the power divide between hero and villain rather than just make the villain more powerful
"Bane" had very little in common with much of the canon, more like just someone else who happened to go to the same prison as the established character, being just a regular guy with no particular power other than the same martial arts training as batman with more strength than him, instead of the medical experiment superhuman the real Bane is
On the up side, keeping Catwoman in line with her character was a little mercy on an otherwise poor plot. | 2 |
Black Mirror may have had some potential in the past, before it turned into a pretentious and bland bore that only serves to show us how there can be a different celebrity in every episode.
Rarely is an episode good, this is one of the most overrated series I've ever seen.
Some episodes had potential, but usually the ending would be disastrously bad or the writers could not resist boring us with various "lessons".
Most of the series is so pretentious that it simply overshadows the little that is good, and the series gets worse and worse as it goes on.
The endings of the episodes are banal, naive and serve only to serve us some kind of messages that are so forced that one has to think that all this is just a good parody. But it is not.
Most of this series is hilariously pretentious, boring and tiresome. There are too few good episodes, the rest are unwatchable.
Overrated, mostly boring and hilariously pretentious. | 4 |
I'm usually not a crime series person, but the story,music and general atmosphere of the series makes you just want sit back, get cozy, grab hot coco and enjoy your self... Honestly, this series is one of the biggest hidden gems! | 10 |
I don't get why people drool all over this movie. I mean, when it came out it was such a hype that I wasn't even interested in watching it. Now 21 years later I finally did cause my partner felt this was a movie I really should have watched. Only thing I realise is that I recognize how other movies like Inception were inspired by it. Apart from that it felt really outdated. I mean obviously it is cause it's 21 years later but compared to another groundbreaking movie like Jurassic Park, that one's still a classic and still fun to watch. Anyway, to me this was 90% action and special effects and 10% storyline and acting. It's not enough for me. And it made me realize (again) why Keanu Reeves is only good in action flicks. He's just not a very good actor! The only moments he actually shows some expression in his face is during his fighting scenes. But also the other characters felt like cardboard characters to me. I really couldn't care less if they died or not. That's generally not a good sign! And Trinity fell in love with Neo because.....why? Because the Oracle told her she would? Seriously, I didn't see any chemistry between them the entire damn movie! She absolutely had no plausable reason to suddenly be in love with him! This movie to me felt like they first created a bunch of action scenes just because they looked cool. And after that they decided to write a story around it. | 4 |
It is simply one of the worst movie I ever seen, acting very bad , scenario very ununderstandable , I strongly don't recommend this movie , worst Marvel movies ever It is even more a scary movie (a cheep one) then a super hero movie. | 3 |
This show has me at a loss. It seams to be doing all the things I hate about modern TV like trying way too hard to look like it's not trying to be cool, like being a collection of stereotypes of people who only exist on bad TV shows, like trying to appear to not be adhering to a formula by having a character break the fourth wall and acknowledge that they are adhering to a formula. The list of things that Community dose that really bug me in other shows is extensive. But for some reason, it doesn't bother me when Community does them, in fact, I love it. It could just be that Community has actually found a way to do these things right, or maybe that it's just tong in cheek enough to get away with it. What ever the reason, the result is clear; I love this god awful show. This is the only program since MST3K went off the air that makes me laugh out loud. I doubt that it will be around very long, but I'll watch it for as long as it is. | 8 |
Overall a showman of a film. Flashy, loud with bells and whistles and big personalities, an exciting premise... illusionists rob banks using (supposed) magic but the four horsemen are just puppets in a game, but the hype is more than the substance of the film itself.
You'd expect suspense, twists, intelligent plot misdirection and all sorts of thrilling viewing? No. This film tries to be a lot more intelligent than it actually is. Like Atlas (Eisenberg) says, "Always be the most intelligent person in the room" or something similar, this film thinks it is being intelligent but actually it's not challenging enough. It gives too much away, isn't as unpredictable as it should be (really, you couldn't see that ending coming?) and just isn't as clever as it promises. The tricks I really wanted explaining weren't... the ones that were more obvious, were explained. The ending actually isn't a denouement, as it's been laying clues all along - and anyone who's seen a lot of films can see the "twists" coming a mile away. I focus on the twists and reveal because as a heist movie, the end is the big reveal. But, unlike Oceans Eleven, for example, it has more or less handed it to you on a plate already.
The actors were good. Morgan Freeman and Woody Harrelson stealing the show, of course, with Dave Franco doing a bang up job with some incredible physical acting, stunts and so forth. I'm afraid Jesse Eisenberg didn't convince in his character and was annoying after a while, Franco rather underutilised really. Isla Fisher was good but clearly the "glamour" rather than a serious character, which was a shame as she was good.
This was supposed to be a big blockbuster film, big back drops, epic stunts and huge crowd scenes, but it failed to deliver. As heist/magic genre films go it's not that great, and The Prestige was far more cerebral and gripping. Entertaining to a point but I got a bit bored, and some of the scenes were too long - chases etc. If you are a fan of heist films or magic you'll enjoy it, or are a fan of particular actors, or will just enjoy it for what it is and don't want to be challenged intellectually, it's a great film. I think Hollywood endings are just too commonplace. 6/10 for me. | 6 |
Really there is sooo much to complain about with this movie but really it just comes down to bad writing and horrible CGI. I think a 2 year old could write a better script. | 2 |
This movie doesn't commensurate with the Environmen, Living standards, accent of Bangladesh. More specifically standard of the security forces shown here is Horrible, They are well renowned though out the world in case of professionalism. It's so shocking for an international movie that projecting so unprofessional things without have prior knowledge about the standard. Never expected such a low standard movie from Hemsworth! | 1 |
It doesn't surprise me that I wasn't blown away by The Greatest Showman. It's a musical, those are extremely hit-or-miss for me. In this case, the songs felt flat, which is what the spectacle's built on, so I had nothing to sink my teeth into. What did surprise me was the Glee vibe, I did not see that coming; certainly not in a period piece about PT Barnum!
I have nothing bad to say about this, it's most likely just bias crippling my enjoyment. | 5 |
Likes: The 3 main actors did some of their best work, they have really grown over the years and fleshed out these characters to an impressive degree. They provide the most emotional scenes of the HP films. The direction is great, providing the most realistic of the films and a great layer of dread and suspense over everything. The few moments of comic relief are effectively subtle, I enjoyed the lack of silliness and slapstick gags. The beginning with Hermoine making her parents forget her was well done and powerful. The "heist" section was fun and interesting. The Voldemort dinner was effectively chilling. Great stuff all around in the scene where they finally destroy the horcrux. Hot evil Hermoine is hot. The action chase in the opening was great. I liked the multiple Harry's and the humor that provided, and the visuals were cool during the flight on the motorcycle. Really awesome camera work and cinematography, providing visuals that furthered the sense of them being all alone in their quest. By not having to rush things the audience gets a much better feel for the frustrating setting for our heroes. In the brief time he is on screen, Alan Rickman once again makes Snape one of the most engaging characters in the series. This film is up their with the best produced entries, quite a feat considering it goes up against the magnificent Prisoner of Azkaban. While I wouldn't say it's the best technically made film, it's probably second best. I've enjoyed seeing the series get darker and more atmospheric as it goes. For the first time there is actual realistic danger towards the characters, which adds a lot. This is one film that carries great emotion weight, giving it the necessary feel to make the audience care leading into the climactic events.
Dislikes: Although some important events took place, not quite enough happens plot wise for my tastes. Definitely not enough Snape! Missed seeing a lot of the other characters, many of whom were given brief cameos in the beginning and never seen again. Dobby's death was fairly cheesy and failed to make me care that much. Perhaps it was due to not reading the books, but since Dobby hadn't been seen since Chamber of Secrets it seemed convenient to bring him back just to save them and get killed off. It wasn't bad, I just didn't really care. Although the character development was necessary and appreciated, there was a few scenes that dragged a bit as I itched to get the plot moving again. (I will say this beats the film feeling rushed, as we felt in Goblet of Fire). The dark nature of the film unfortunately means there is much less of the fun, adventurous feeling some of the other entries provide, which means while this one is totally necessary for the series as a whole, it wouldn't be my first choice to pop in and watch over and over. A few of the characters come in without so much as an introduction and it wasn't made clear why they were important. They just get introduced, and either turn into a bad guy or exit. I still have no clue what the deal is with the shard of glass, and am unsure whether I am supposed to know. (if it is important to not know, and it will be revealed in the next film, please avoid spoiling it for me). Also, there is the expected effect of the ending feeling anti-climactic. It just sneaks up and provides a stopping point to lead into the next film. Just when it was getting good, right?
Overall: This is easily one of the strongest entries in the Harry Potter series, providing fantastic atmosphere and emotional weight. While I would still rate The Prisoner of Azkaban and the under-rated Half-Blood Prince ahead of it, it is definitely above the rest of the installments. Deathly Hallows part 1 continues the tradition of solid films and its flaws probably couldn't have been avoided due to the nature of it being mostly set-up. That being said, this is about as good as it could have been and makes me more than eager to see the conclusion next July. I support the decision to split the final film into two parts because it allowed us to see these characters grow so much more without having to rush the plot more. And that evil Hermoine needs to make another appearance!
Final score 8/10 | 8 |
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