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I can't imagine why people rated this show so low after season 1. I've just finished watch season 3 and I'm hooked... the only thing that comes into my mind is this is a show that touches subjects that bothers people minds and make them uncomfortable... it's not a fairy tale, it's just real, real life... you must see this show as a pillar of hope and confort to those in need as well as life isn't easy or perfect but beyond that you matter. It's an amazing show! | 9 |
I like the mafia in this movie, very creative and the action is cool even if it is sparce. Where this movie faulters is its cinemifotgraphy and writing i think its badly written espically the comedic parts, obviously it was a rushed film and compared to other movie its bad. Espically compared to ferris buelrs big day off a cinematic masterpiece and great film, the writing ci emafotography and other componenets were great espically when considering its low budget overall ferris bulers big day off is one of the best movies of all time and id reccomend to anyone espically over this "godfather" movie. | 4 |
Movies have probably grown worse over the years, generally speaking. But in this century and the years immediately preceding, they've grown worse in a weirdly unpleasant way, or combination of ways. The why and how are mysterious.
I'm referring only to serious movies. Not romantic comedies, which are only a little worse than they ever were, or blood-and-thunder adventure stories, which are probably a little better, or at least bigger. I'm referring to the movies that never crack a smile and, if any spectator should be injudicious enough to do so, wipe it right off his face. There Will Be Blood is one of these. So it isn't uniquely bad, but it's worse, or at any rate less easily watchable, than most others. I believe that's because it was made by a director, and with a star, who were out of their element.
So sober have movies become these days that their very titles are threats: There Will Be Blood; No Country for Old Men; Atonement. They warn us that they're going to be no fun, so don't even look for it. And they deliver on the threat.
Every couple of decades, movies go through a phase of ordeals, of putting the audience through the mill. Sometimes the object is just to sell the show by challenging people to see if they're tough enough to take it; other times, as lately, the object is redemption, or the illusion of it. The movies are a penance for our imagined sins, and after suffering through them we're supposed to emerge purified, or feeling purified. And Hollywood always this kind of movie for Oscars, as though in an effort to be purged of its sins, too.
Only now, following in the classic American tradition of both eating our cake and having it, the redemption is at second hand: we're no longer expiating our own sins but someone else's, putting us two up morally. In the era of There Will Be Blood, the wrongdoers aren't us, aren't characters we can identify ourselves with; they're the other guy: probably, in these war years, the President who "started" it.
The movies seek to improve us, not to interest us. This used to be their primary concern, but they gave it up at the onset of the 90s, and now don't even make the pretense of enlisting our attention. Evidently they feel they don't need it any more, and they're perfectly right. Once their success depended on the audience's good will; now they're all presold in advance and have no need to cater to anybody.
As a pair of contrasting examples, take My Left Foot and this movie (which, coincidentally, star the same actor). My Left Foot, which came at the close of the prior era, the era of audience involvement, opened with the main character putting a record on a gramophone and switching the gramophone on--all using his foot. I defy anyone who sees that not to want to find out who the person is that can do that.
There Will Be Blood opens with the main character picking away in a mine, and keeps on him doing this for possibly fifteen minutes. Who he is, where he is, and what he's about, other than mining, we don't know. We're not even granted a voice-over narration, of the type to which almost every movie nowadays succumbs to avoid having to do its job.
This abundance of voice-overs testifies to the same fault as our uninvolvement in the movies: the movies are incompletely written, their stories not fully worked out, their characters only half-understandable. Reviewers sometimes point out the unsatisfactory endings, not noticing that they're unsatisfactory because the beginnings and middles were the same. If the stories were sound, and the movie makers stuck to them, they'd go a long way toward making up for, or rectifying, the other faults described.
In There Will Be Blood, when the story finally does start, it doesn't move naturally, but lurches or lunges from one tableau to another. Eventually it becomes more consecutive, but it never unbends. In this, too, it's typical of today's movies. They assume a stiff and sober demeanor, like someone dressed up in mourning clothes that are too tight; rigid in posture, slow of step. They're movies that can hardly move.
This one didn't have to be that way. Daniel Day Lewis, who dominates it utterly, is by nature a restricted and restricting actor, but there have been times when he's been able to break free of his bonds. Always this has been when he's playing a character who's analogously blocked and has to fight through what's blocking him, cf. Christy in My Left. His role in this movie is the opposite, freewheeling and unbounded: a zealous proselytizer for free enterprise. It's a part for a big, expansive actor, and out of Lewis's natural range. So is the American accent he affects, which becomes a kind of speech impediment and renders the emotional meanings of his scenes almost uninterpretable.
The director is on the wrong track also. In a previous movie, Punch Drunk Love, Paul Thomas Anderson showed his natural metier was comedy--pessimistic screwball comedy, to judge by that movie, which was lovely and intuitive. Anderson could be the next Preston Sturges. But here he's being Terence Malick, with a static, disjointed historical epic whose eye that keeps drifting toward the landscape and whose leading character talks funny. The difference from Malick's movies is that they're always watchable and occasionally light up the past, albeit in flashes. They indicate that Malick is given to meditating on the past, whereas this movie indicates Anderson is little at home there, and isn't particularly meditative. He's a good guy and a talented moviemaker; he's simply in the wrong ballpark.
A serious film--the real thing--is not that hard to differentiate from the would-bes. It has that within which passeth show; these but the trappings and the suits of woe. | 4 |
This really captures the vibe of not just Japan but travelling on your own. I loved Sofia Coppola's pace, like the Japanese whisky Bill Murray's selling, there is time to breath and savour the undertones. My only criticism, and it is a sign of the movie times, Scarlett was 17 during this movie to Bill's 52. There was a strong creep vibe that doesn't sit right post 2020. | 6 |
You know a movie is bad when it relies on pure nostalgia to be relevant and it fails too. Cringe jokes, lifeless characters, bad writing and straight up boring. I'm glad i didn't waste my money to watch this on the cinema. The last great MCU movie was Infinity war. After this movie only Legend of ten rings is decent, all other movies including Doctor Strange in the multiverse of madness are pure garbage cash grabs. | 4 |
Everybody who rates the actors and the characters on IMDb and different sites are always so hyped on Phil's character and acting.
I just love the lines that he gets but I feel as if the character just matches his personality more than him being an actor who develops into the character instead. The best actor on this show is clearly the gay guy Eric Stonestreet. I literally had to do research and find out this guy was straight. I'm sure he had a lot of fun playing a role of a gay guy because of his hilarious arm gestures, intentional exaggerations of speech, and his gay acting. It must've been super fun because it's actually funny as hell. Ty Burrell is A good Actor but he'd do terrible with comedy films in my opinion. I think he'd be better off playing a cop, doctor, drama, villain etc. Julie Bowen was great Because she's Beautiful and has the prettiest smile in Hollywood. Manny was horrible but maybe because his lines could've been better but nah I feel like his character was just later used as a set up for the main roles because he couldn't cut it. Like just watch how he delivers punchlines... kinda cringe and hard to watch
Pretty girls, funny guys, bad child actors = good comedy TV.
In the end of the day, the writers, editors, producers, and the girls (including Eric :) turned poop into gold literally. You could compare actual good comedians (Jim c, Steve c, Will a, Nick s) to Ty and realized that he's not really fit for comedy and learn to appreciate that the people behind the show really did all the work. | 7 |
To start with the review, my 8 year old fell asleep with this one. Very week and forced story, only for the sake of nostalgia. After reading about all the hassle Marvel had, with getting Tobey on board, it really showed in the reel that he only did it for the cash to be able to support his poker addiction, and not really for the fans. Hell, he's right, why the hell would he enter this piece of trash anyway for less? This spider man doesn't do it for me, and I'm afraid the actor is approaching his saturation period, as also his height... He's the Karate Kid of the Spider Men, he's going to look like that for all of his life, no matter how many push or pull ups he does, he's going to look always like the cry baby that lost his parent's in the The Incredible... And then they cast him in Uncharted?? Holy S%#$. This movie was way longer than it should be, the story was rushed, the special effects were, Jesus Holy Christ bad even for a computer game standards, and they even recycled a scene from spider man 3 but the put it in reverse (the transformation of the sand man was the original but in reverse, the actor didn't even show up in the movie, only provided the voice)... Final rating, watch it on a Sunday afternoon on TV, for free! | 4 |
The introduction is attractive but the movie ends up being very boring. I laughed at two jokes and the rest was pathetic. There is no mystery because there are too little clue and the movie is just a succession of action comedy scenes. | 3 |
First season was awesome and left me expecting for a second one. Sadly, I was not even able to finish the second season. Only first two episodes were good, then is all downhill until episode 7 were I just could not stand it anymore. It felt like watching a soap opera, with 2 really annoying characters, no real action and a soften and handsome villain that for some reason, has nothing to do with the original one. | 5 |
I liked the first part of Fantastic beasts more than the second. In the second there are a lot of special effects, not enough plot, not enough fantastic creatures themselves. The film is perceived as a piece without beginning and end from something big and confusing. Too much semantic load on the sequel. As if I watched not a full-fledged film, but one series from the series on the first channel. I wanted more favorite characters, more psychology, more meaning, more plot, more fantastic beasts. | 7 |
I've read all the negative reviews, before I started the series, so expected not a great viewing. I was pleasantly surprised. Turns out this reboot is very entertaining and enjoyable to watch. Yes it's not Shakespeare people.... Of course their could be more in-depth character development, and of course there are some plot holes, but they are minor that it doesn't detract from the series.
Don't be turned off by all the critical people. If you want to be entertained with a good Sci-Fi series, then this serious hits it out of the park. Everyone does say the special effects are fantastic and I agree. Great eye candy.
Reminds me of Judy's comments in the first episode when she ask Penny does she have anything trashy to read. Yeah sometimes you don't want to be analytical all the time. You just want to be entertained. This series hits that mark. Enjoy and ignore the negative Nellies. | 8 |
I really tried to give this movie a fair shake. I did not really love or hate the first Avatar movie, but it did mean I went in to this one sort of cynically. The first movie was forgettable, expensive and bland, so why did it deserve a sequel?
And, well, nothing here convinced me it did. At several points all throughout this movie I found myself wondering why I should care about any of this. "The Way of Water" never had answers for me.
I have absolutely no connection to any member of Jake Sully's people and their incredibly boilerplate family dynamic feels made more for a Thursday Night Sitcom than a three-hour movie. You have the two head-strong boys trying to impress their military father, the shy quirky girl, and the baby. Everything we've already seen before.
Which I suppose is the heart of some of this problem: despite being "aliens," everything in Avatar always feels too human and too normal. They spent a quarter of a billion dollars on some (admittedly, very nice) CGI for concepts that aren't that far off from what we already have on earth. We have fish, we have whales, we have birds, we have jungles, and we have indigenous people.
So it all comes off as feeling very self-important and highlights the idea that the message conveyed in this movie is extremely manufactured. An excuse to spend a lot of money that didn't need to be spent.
It's $250 mil just to say "Humans are destructive and we should care more about our environment" as if that isn't obvious already. Or, in other words, the longest, most expensive "crying native american" PSA ever created.
Maybe there will be a day when the temperature around this message is different, but as of this writing, it feels like the last thing we need is all this money spent on "saying something" and not actually doing anything. | 3 |
This was not a bad comic book movie, one of the weaker Marvel movies. Michael B Jordan is terrible in this movie. His acting is the worst of any actor in all of Marvel's movies. This movie did not deserve the attention it received, I hope Marvel realizes this and makes better casting decisions for the next Black Panther Movie. | 3 |
I am a fan of these kind of show since the first CSI aired. I have seen Las Vegas and all of its spin-offs, Criminal Minds, Bones, Castle, Dexter, Grimm, some L&O, lately The Following and also some British like Morse, Prime Suspect, Poirot ... Hannibal is the best so far and I am not exaggerating.
I am not belittling the other shows, they are absolutely amazing. Some were absolute pioneers and each one has their own "hook". For one is the main couple, for another is gruesome murders, another is twisted killers, evidence analysis, witness questioning...Hannibal gathers all the experience from all these shows and gives us a perfectly creepy product. The colors of the sets are vivid, camera movement is very well handled, lighting, etc. everything contributes to creating a beautiful atmosphere and yet it gives you chills. In the forest scene in the fungi episode you could almost smell the freshness of the forest but then you see what is beneath and the shock I felt was like nothing I saw in other shows.
Mads is perfect giving life to a classy, smart, ruthless and extremely twisted killer. The food is exquisite, which creeps you out even more. Dancy's character is so haunted by all this that I think I would be just like him in his place!
This show is so creepy and amazing that some people just can't stand it, like my mom. It has it all, great actors, great crew, good plot, gruesome murders completely shocking, twisted minds that will puzzle and amaze you, evidence and forensic analysis, cop scenes, witnesses, psychology...and food!! Congratulations to all the team. | 10 |
This show is super boring , Story is not good , And not funny either. | 1 |
Alomost perfect season 1 , 2 ,3 but they changed their animation wit to mappa and mappa created a dark animation but story was superb . The seaso. 1,2 ,3 are with wit and s4 is with mappa only animation makes it dark. But story was alomst perfect | 8 |
'Knives Out' performs as a pleasing entertainment without ever creating characters or situations that require any real amount of belief on the part of the viewer. A whimsy of a film that doesn't overstay itself and offers the chance for a few ripe moments of both character and physical comedy.
In every respect I found 'Knives Out' to be adequately interesting and amusing without ever exceeding that mark.
In my estimation it is a strong 5/10 heading upwards to a 6 but I think that frankly there were no stand out performances, or remarkable direction, writing, technical credits, etc: so a good 5/10 film that I would tentatively recommend to prior fans of murder mysteries of the Agatha Christie variety and to fans of the director; and to those who generally like a sprinkling of mildly quirky material. | 5 |
Can you imagine Star Wars, but everybody crying?
Han Solo crying. Luke Skywalker crying. Darth Vader crying. Every single person in the galaxy crying and crying....
This is interstellar. An amazing 90 minutes movie with an additional 80 minutes of crying people. Everybody crying. And crying again. And again. And once again. Everybody crying.
I can't believe how such a great movie has been destroyed by crying characters. I can't believe.
Also, I did not really like the soundtrack too much, because it is noisy and does not let you hear the actors speaking. Do you imagine Darth Vader with the words "Luke, I am your father" covered by a noisy music.... "Luke, I CHHHHHHHHHHHHANGGGGGG".
What a pity. | 4 |
I try to keep it simple. This is one of the the worst hero movies. Boring with chaotic action parts and outside of action the movie has a pace of a dead horse.
There is no action, there is chaos. That a spear is not good choice again a gun knows everybody. To make up for this "handicap", the fighting scenes are cut every 2 second resulting in a chaotic mishmash. This is in strong contrast to the rest of the peace less movie.
This is and should have remained a purely fictional hero movie, but the attempt to put it into context with painful events in the history of Africa is the biggest laugh to the misery and suffering of its people.
The feeling after the movie is clear: disappointment. | 2 |
I thought that this series is good for diwali watch.but it turnouts nightmare for me.its have real shiiit!! . | 1 |
The first word that came to my mind after finishing this series was 'Painful'. For the first time, I saw something that disturbing that you just can't concentrate on anything else other than the characters you are watching. Simple concept but hard hitting once, '13 reasons why' is one of the best thing you'll see ever that could create emotional havoc within your senses.
Storyline of the series, as taken from IMDb is as follows: "Thirteen Reasons Why, based on the best-selling books by Jay Asher, follows teenager Clay Jensen (Dylan Minnette) as he returns home from school to find a mysterious box with his name on it lying on his porch. Inside he discovers a group of cassette tapes recorded by Hannah Baker (Katherine Langford) -his classmate and crush-who tragically committed suicide two weeks earlier. On tape, Hannah unfolds an emotional audio diary, detailing the thirteen reasons why she decided to end her life. Through Hannah and Clay's dual narratives, Thirteen Reasons Why weaves an intricate and heartrending story of confusion and desperation that will deeply affect viewers."
The characterization of Hannah Baker is so intense and intriguing that you almost fell in love, feel pity and sometimes hates her at the very same moment. Clay Jenson's transformation with every progressing tape is another feature that keeps you hooked upon till the very end of 13th episode. Each tape, talks about a different story, a different story but the narration and the way the story is being told makes it almost impossible for the viewer to look at it as a separate story. There are various one liners as well that makes another good feature for the series. "You don't know what goes on in anyone's life but your own. And when you mess with one part of a person's life, you're not messing with just that part. Unfortunately, you can't be that precise and selective. When you mess with one part of a person's life, you're messing with their entire life. Everything affects everything." I loved this one particularly.
The only thing that made me little upset about the series was its climax. I was expecting something huge (Although they do deliver a great climax but maybe my expectations were way too much). After the climax, it suddenly stops, with the chances for the second season but I desperately want that they doesn't release the sequel for this one. It will ruin the overall experience. | 9 |
This show is all about how the media and major corporations control the world. The metaphors in this story keep referring to today's issues. The media groups are portrayed to shift the people's thinking that superheroes are good, basically like FOX News and CNN, to support their own narrative. This show also brings up religion. Now me being a religious person, I felt a little uncomfortable about the anti-religious talk in the show, but if you focus on why they are anti-religious, it's because the churches in the show are all organized by the major corporations, hence the idea of "theres no God" in the show. The ones that are trying to bring out the truth are labeled as evil but are actually the protagonists in the show. Needless to say, everyone that can handle gore should watch it. There is some nudity, so close your eyes kids. Also, the amount of cussing in the show is way over the top, but the goal is to normalize this so you get used to it, wouldn't show this to a 12-14 year old tho. But adults should watch it, and get the message of who really controls today's world. There's a lot of parallels to today's world in the show and that's why I like it so much, 8/10. | 8 |
Years ago, when I was in grade 10, we watched this in ethics class. My teacher Mrs. Kosiol proudly announced that she had interpreted how the Matrix was inspired by Plato's cave allegory before the maker of this movie mentioned it.
I just rewatched it mostly because I don't remember everything in the movie and want to watch its sequels. The first half of the movie really had me. All these ideas must have been so revolutionary for 1999 and surely defined parts of film-making. Some ideas like AIs and humans destroying the planet seem overused nowadays but for 1999 this is a remarkable movie.
I really like the matrix idea. As my teacher said, it really is like Plato's allegory and it's interesting and scary to think about what were if the matrix was actually true. The idea also reminded me of the Infinite Tsukuyomi from Naruto. I wonder if Kishimoto was inspired by the matrix.
So the first half really had me and I kinda wanted to like this movie but so many points just destroyed the feel for me. Especially the second half was pretty boring and absurd.
With such an intriguing idea as the matrix, why does there have to be all those fight scenes? Why does there have to be hand-to-hand combat and gunshots and what-not? Maybe that generates more viewership in the cinema but for me it really didn't fit the scene.
And then the very ending, like what was that? Why does Trinity have to wait so long and tell Neo something almost meaningless in front of the phone booth? For god sake, just get out and then you have all the time in the world to say whatever you want.
It was all to set up some romance between Neo and Trinity. But I ask you: Why?! This was so forced and at no point of the movie it seemed like there would be a romantic relationship arising between them. It was romance just for the sake of a Hollywood kiss.
And then there is Neo. How flat can a character be? This guy has absolutely no personality besides being the one. And him going back in to save Morpheus also just doesn't fit his personality, it is a forced superhero behaviour. Then, at the end he just randomly becomes overpowered for no reason at all. Oh, I guess there is a reason - the power of love. How cliché.
He starts flexing and fighting one-handed but man just get the **** out of the matrix. We don't even know what these people see in Neo. Why was he chosen? His hacker personality seems to have almost no impact at all. Neo is really one of the worst written characters I've seen recently.
It's a revolutionary movie that you should have seen to experience the idea of the matrix. But other than these ideas, it is not too watch-worthy. | 5 |
As a musician I was really looking forward to watch this movie. Sadly I was deeply disappointed, and upset watching how they represent musicians. I've been a musician since 28 years, and never seen any teacher or band leader acting like this. Music is not (!) sport! No place to yelling and terrorising people in the band. Under this insane pressure nobody could do good music. I know about some guys who are great musicians but very hard to work with. Of course, it happens. But the musicians I know would never work together with an obviously insane person, who use this kind of methods to make the musicians play better. It wont work. This movie has nothing to do with reality. I am angry and frustrated that people now think music bands works this way, because they dont. | 4 |
After all the hype and promotion, I was disappointed at the lack of content. The scenes of nudity and sexuality were unnecessary and made a film which could have been great an embarrassment for those of us who prefer to stay out of other folks' bedrooms. The acting by Mr. Hanks, however, was superb. (The only reason I gave it a "3" instead of a "1") He made me empathize with, and love, Forrest. His portrayal of this gentle man was the bright spot in this fatally flawed movie. | 3 |
Weak Scenario weak! Weak everything! Argo lacks everything from story line, realistic elements etc. | 1 |
I sincerely hope nobody will have the bad idea of a "sequel" for this gem of a mini-series. The main character is Beth, a sullen orphan, gifted only for the game of chess, and her difficult formative years. Growing up is always a painful procedure, even when extraordinarily gifted.
Beth is orphaned at a young age and being the only child of a single mother, she ends up in an orphanage. Thankfully, her orphan years in the institution do not involve anything too traumatic or sinister. In fact, Beth learns to play chess thanks to the equally sullen and introverted janitor, Mr. Shaibel.
The two develop a relationship made of silence and games, more than anything else. Only much later Beth will acknowledge the importance of Mr. Shaibel in her life.
When Beth gets adopted, she forms a strong, albeit weird bond with her adoptive mother Alma, a bit of a drunkard, who gets separated from her husband earlier on and then is free too travel with Beth, accompanying her to championships all around the US.
From her first tournament, Beth is caught up in the claustrophobic and competitive world of chess, until the final, defining match with Russian grandmaster Borgov.
The beauty of the show, apart from perfect costumes, setting and soundtrack, is that you can enjoy it, even if you care nothing about chess. Also, it does not rely too heavily on dialogues. Beth is not a talkative girl, nor particularly charming, but one cannot but help rooting for her. All the actors do a top job, especially Anya Taylor-Joy, who will be probably defined by this role for a long time to come. | 8 |
The film is good, the twist that they gave to the characters is good, although it is not something new or original to give superheroes a realistic look, it turned out well, there is something comical with Charles's state of health, but It's not that it kills you either, and the character of the girl, Greta Tumberg style, lowers it too much, that modern hysteria, that exaggeration, it doesn't suit me. It is also too long, I should have cut it a little more. But the film is not bad, it can be seen, it is fundamentally the entry of the new mutants to continue the franchise. I will be generous: 6. | 6 |
Alpha has strong performances and cinematography. The visuals in the movie is just outstanding. | 6 |
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 |
Was looking forward to see a ryan reynolds Film. Watching this nearly gave me an epileptic shock. | 2 |
I really hope nobody is listening to the dumbass remarks regarding bad acting and writing. This show was well done with every episode leaving me wanting more. I wish people would stop being so damn critical and just start watching a show for what it is. This was just pure entertainment if you weren't wasting so much time trying to pick it apart, Just lighten the hell up people!!! | 9 |
Please for the love of God get a new animation team for season 3. This series is amazing. Season 1 was a masterpiece. 10/10 no doubt. The only thing that held season 2 together was the story. If it didn't already have this great story, it would've likely been terrible because of how insanely far the animation has fallen. Some scenes where it's obvious an actual animator was behind it such as some of the last few episodes were good but besides those last few episodes and a few moments here and there, the animation is disgusting and it honestly just saddens me. Is it really that hard to find another animation team? Was this one seriously the only one available? Idc what you do, spend the next 10 years if need be, but don't come out with another season before finding an animation team that can show a fight without it looking like a slide show. It's embarrassing. | 8 |
First of all,The star of the show of course Henry Cavill did a spectacular job,I couldn't imagine anyone else doing Geralt but him now,He set the golden standard for this character,And Anya also did an amazing job and she honestly had one of the best character developments considering it happened across one season,What i didn't like about the show was how they didn't clarify in which time does the events for each character unfold,I mean it got really confusing sometimes,The fight scenes are really well done.Like really good,Overall job amazingly well done,I just finished and honestly I am really bummed,I really want season 2,Like right now,IMMEDIATELY. | 8 |
Parts of the movie are very good but most of the movie left me thinking "that didn't make sense" or "that it wasn't really engrossing". Then the relentless droning background music left me thinking that it never really built up to anything. It's like the music to a murder scene designed to drive you to clench your hand around the armrest and prepare to be scared... But this movie never reached any climax and I felt cheated by that music leading me to the next dull outcome.
I have already warned my friends and now I'm warning you to not set your expectations too high. | 7 |
Do not approach it with prejudice by saying a great series of adolescent series that touches too many daily problems is a masterpiece | 7 |
There is an uneasy vibe one gets from the trailer of the new Sherlock Holmes movie, a vibe that the movie might suck and dear god does it suck and suck hard. Where do I start? The awful grating British accent of Downey which falls apart in that sped up, manic tone that Sherlock Holmes has throughout the movie or the super-hero Sherlock Holmes that can do the entire Jackie Chan routine in his head or that the entire plot is dumb as a rock, especially for a movie with the words Sherlock Holmes in its title.
The movie does feel high budget. There are expensive looking shots and special effects that litter the movie as the Europe-trotting duo go on their adventure. However, the main theme of the movie is costumed buffoonery - Holmes disguises himself as a woman (for some weak plot points), Watson has a bachelor party, Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson squabble like an old couple while we get bombarded with a bevy of unlikable buffoons like Holmes' brother and a squawky Prof Moriatry. All of this buffoonery going on in a paper thin plot, a plot that feels like its been lifted from Captain America; Germans and weapons. Captain American Britannica would be a more accurate title than Sherlock Holmes.
There are bombings because it seems like they had a budget for a bomb exploding and wanted some costumed bomb explosions. The plot doesn't tell a story but more like puts all the set-pieces into a time line. This is a movie to avoid unless you can forget all the annoying problems with movie and go watch it for the explosions. | 4 |
No original story, more like Thor in Night club who have flashbacks of who he was. 50% of movie has Thor original story and its fine and good, but other 50 % is Avangers promotion and it is not what Thor should be. | 4 |
Well that's exactly the point where I stopped watching. If you want a nonstop action scene I suggest a 4K nature movie. Lots of action but it's just mind numbing. I like action movies, I really do but there needs to be some kind of reason to care about the characters involved in the action. After a few minutes I was rooting for the "bad guys" just to put a stop to things. Some people will probably like this but if you are looking for a movie that requires more than one brain cell find something else. | 4 |
Overrated. The inconstancy of the shot quality mixed with overacting, cheap sets and cheese ball humour makes it hard to get fully absorbed. | 6 |
The writing isn't very good. The movie meanders. There's no reason for the 2 hour 40 minute running time. Still, I wasn't sorry I saw it. I share the director's affection for this time and place. Looking at Brad Pitt for three hours is never a bad thing. He gave a very good performance as a stunt man who didn't take crap from anyone, but you have to be disturbed that his character might have killed his wife and gotten away with it.
I could have done without a lot of the violence in the movie, which sometimes had a horror movie quality.
Strangely, Manson and his followers looked more like actors than the actors playing them. At times the aesthetic of the late sixties was captured perfectly, like Tarantino's homage to LA's neon signs. The way people talked and acted was sometimes portrayed faithfully, at other times not.
Overall, a lot of people would be glad to see this film, but it can be amateurish and undisciplined. | 5 |
I guess a lot of viewers expecting the show to be focused on the adventures of the Witcher. Not as expected! Good show though. I hope second season will be better. | 6 |
Before I start, I must say that I didn't read any books or played any of the Witcher games. Having said that, I watched this series afresh. Having no prior knowledge of story, or different characters allowed me to enjoy it to the fullest. I find this series very entertaining. Yes at times things doesn't make much sense, there loop holes, plot armours, some dull moments, but hey, who cares, I for certainly won't if the series gives me healthy dose of entertainment. In S1 I thought CGI were not upto the mark, but in S2, they have seriously up the ante. The story is pretty layered, a lot of action and a lot of Henry Cavill. Boy did he not essayed the role to perfection. The supporting caste were also quite good. All in all I enjoyed it a lot. | 9 |
I tend to like western fantasy more, because it's about fictional places and abilities, not behaviors. | 5 |
Even action films need a plot and believable characters. What passes for plot in Extraction is so ludicrously threadbare and lacking in sense that you might as well not have one at all. The central characters are little bundles of cliché tied together with strings of cheesy dialogue. The action itself is, as usual, just mindless violence. The overall experience is like watching someone else play a tedious computer game whose sole object is to shoot anything that moves. The one tiny positive note is a bit of deft camerawork in one scene. And that's it. Really. | 1 |
Fargo is an odd film if you don't know exactly what you are watching before you start. Last year, I watched this movie with my parents, who thought the movie in fact WAS based on a true story, and it was a drama, in the same region as Zodiac. For those that have watched the movie, this is obviously the worst possible way you could watch this movie.
Fargo is a comedy in every form, but also a cold (literally) crime tale with a warm centre in the form of Frances McDormand's character, Margie. The main comedy in the movie comes in the questions asked by the viewer: "Why are they doing this like this? Surely there is a better way?" The point is none of these characters really realise how to do the tasks they've been assigned, and fail in the simplest, most embarrassing manner, like watching somebody fall of a bicycle in slow motion. But the more thrilling parts of the movie come when these characters are given the power to capture, harm, or kill.
To say anything else would risk spoiling the movie, but know that it is an essential to modern contemporary comedy, in telling a repeated story from a unique perspective. | 9 |
it wasn't even close to matching my expectations and it wasn't able to match how much i hoped i would have enjoyed it. My problems with Avatar are that i find it hard to believe that James Cameron spent 12 years making and planning this, it lacked passion, also it had a poor script, and very weak and amateur dialogue, cinematography should had been better and had an opening sequence which was just Bad! But by the end it got better, it begun to look pretty amazing and even the story concept began to improve, the effects were just Brilliant and Cameron begun to show sightly more skills but i still left Avatar disappointed. I feel i could had preferred it but the story structure was too poor and it was too reliant on special effects and that isn't what movies should be about | 4 |
Loved the cast, the costumes and the ambition but something wasn't quite working for me. The characterisations bordered on the surreal and the sequence of events was hard to follow. I also struggled to place exactly when some of the 'between the wars' scenes were being set
However, the make up used to represent the horrors of the Great War was brilliantly done (right down to the glass eye of the main protagonist played by Christian Bale) and the artworks done by Margot Robbie as Valerie Voze had a period authenticity.
All things considered, I'm glad to have seen it. Elements of the film will stick with me and i will definitely discuss it with film fanatic friends. | 7 |
This movie contains some throughly enjoyable moments that are on par with some of Downey Jnr's highlights as Tony Stark. The relationship between Pepper and Tony is taken further and built upon brilliantly in this movie. It contains some really cool and innovative action scenes which are taken for granted now. However the poor villain, a pattern in Iron Man Solo Outings, and the lack of direction meant this is easily the poorest Iron Man Performance. It's still an entertaining watch but you wouldn't be wrong if you skipped this movie when rewatching MCU Classics. | 7 |
And What a big disappointment, it was not funny at all and terrible acting specially the mom and the "little cub" This is one of the movies I just played just to see how bad was! I do not have to say much about this film only that it was on Grammy Awards List and I am not surprised about the choice of this kind of film!
Terrible.... | 5 |
The beautiful music by Zimmer is literally the only enjoyable thing about this film and it's such shame that this soundtrack couldn't have been used for a truly good space film instead.
The first time I saw Interstellar was at the movie theater and I actually fell asleep. Tried to watch it another time on Netflix and couldn't get farther than 1 hour in before becoming bored out of my skull. Can I just say that I love me a good space themed movie. "Moon", "Sunshine", "Passengers", "The Martian". Hell, I can even get through Kubrik's "2001: Space Odussey"! But Interstellar will definitely not be part of that list.
Now after a close friend mentioned this as being one of their favorite films of all time, I literally FORCED myself to watch through it again and man... what a waste of time. (don't tell my friend that!)
Here are my problems with Interstellar: 1) Starting with the acting. Either the actors suck, the direction sucks or the script sucks. Probably a little bit of each. The things these characters say and the way they behave just doesn't feel natural or realistic. So much corny dialogue! The characters do absolutely NOTHING to compel me or make feel anything any sense of attachment for them. Even the little girl character which was meant to tug at your heart strings does nothing for me. Don't even get me started on the robots. To be fair, the fact that I find Matthew McConaughey highly annoying, doesn't help. Come to think of it, what would have helped is if his and Matt Damon's roles would have been reversed. Matt Damon makes for a much more approachable and lovable figure, where as McConaughey has always been much more suited to be kind of a selfish bad guy.
2) So many illogical points in the film that leave you wondering: WHY? I have a tolerance for a certain amount of holes in a film, but this just has too many to bear.
3) When you want to watch a space themed movie, you're expecting to see some amazing visuals that transport you to another time and place. But even in this department, Interstellar doesn't really deliver. There are a few cool snippets, but for the most part, the movie leans very much on the dialogue between characters.
If you enjoyed the films I mentioned before, you will most likely be just as disappointed as I was by Interstellar. | 1 |
Greetings again from the darkness. As a young kid I saw the original Planet of the Apes at a drive-in with my parents. At the time, I mostly just thought the talking apes were cool and enjoyed the surprise ending, despite having no ability to really process the statement that Pierre Boulle (novel) and Rod Serling (screenplay) were making. Since then, I have had a soft spot for the series, including the Tim Burton version 10 years ago.
As you can tell by the title, this latest version is truly a pre-quel. It is meant to explain the beginnings of how the Apes gained intelligence and created a powerful society that would one day rule humans. It begins in a genetic engineering lab run by James Franco and his team. They are using chimps to test an experimental drug that will hopefully be used to treat and cure Alzheimer's. In fact, Mr. Franco's father is played by John Lithgow, a once renowned musician and teacher, who is now suffering the effects of this horrible disease.
When things go wrong at the lab, Franco breaks most every known law and tests the drug on dear old dad. Of course, it works miracles. The accident in the lab, leads Franco to adopt a baby chimp born to one of the chimps used to test the drug. This chimp quickly becomes the smartest one in the house, neighborhood and city. Named Caesar, his learning curve is off the charts. And yes, after a couple of years, his strength and temper are as well.
After yet another accident, Caesar is put away in a chimp camp run by greedy Brian Cox and sadistic Tom Felton (Draco of Harry Potter fame). Caesar uses his intelligence and the unsuspecting and unobservant nature of the humans to organize a coup. This part is really something to behold.
By far the best acting in the film is delivered by Andy Serkis. Don't recognize the name? You might know him better as King Kong or Gollum in Lord of the Rings. Mr. Serkis is a motion-capture actor-extraordinare. It is sometimes difficult to tell where these effects stop and the CGI begins, but overall the look of the chimps is pretty good and the action sequences are downright amazing.
What hurts the film is the weakness of the human stories. Franco as a genius scientist? Doesn't work for me. Freida Pinto as a primate specialist? The script gives her nothing to work with. Lithgow and Cox are excellent actors, but mere pawns in this story.
Director Rupert Wyatt tips a cap to the original film a few times: tribute names such as Bright Eyes and Dodge Landon, an orange orangutan named Maurice (in honor of Maurice Evans), a quick glimpse of a Statue of Liberty puzzle, horse-back riding, Charlton Heston on TV (as Moses), and a couple of classic lines including "stinking paws".
In what was supposed to be a transition story, this one really belongs to the apes ... and it's teed up beautifully for a sequel just across the Golden Gate. | 6 |
I feel somewhat sorry for paddy considine and Matt Smith, they carried the whole series on their shoulders. The female cast were all generally weak and very poorly cast especially Emma D'Arcy, I find her terribly overrated and looks absolutely nothing like Milly alcock. I have very high hopes for the second season, Matt Smith will need the support of the younger generation to carry this season as I fear the rest of the cast especially Ewan Mitchell, all the young cast have a lot to offer. It was on the whole quite confusing to start, but the variations of the dragons was a good twist but this bonding with dragons was a bit weird. | 5 |
The movie is directed by the Russo Brothers they have done a great adaptation of the comic book with powerful sequences of action, the movie is on pair of Winter Soldier. | 9 |
Didn't work for me. Odd film to be sure. Very little character development with most of the cast two dimensional. If you don't understand chess it's a struggle. I suspect those who do like chess could also find fault. Add to that the ending was always predictable. Netflix seems to have lost its way. | 6 |
Decided to check it out after the epic ratings given to this move. Too chaotic and pointless. Could not help think that this was a destructive, meaningless version of the back to future series. Its almost like some maniac tells you ten plus ten is 257 as there is a contribution of 237 from various universes and you were wrong all along to think ten plus ten is twenty. Idiotic in the extreme. | 2 |
Seriously my favorite serious, animated or not, of all time!!! Excellent writing, beautiful imagery, and great vocal performances. I am still trying to find something to top it. | 10 |
So the "Amazing" Spider-man is a product seemingly aimed at the weepy- eyed romantic audience. I think the same flock who herd themselves to see Twilight in their droves would love this version. The same type of people I would assume enjoy a relaxing Sunday morning watching Dawson's Creek, 90210, re-runs of Friends, the O.C. etc.
It had me worried very early on when it was apparent that Andrew Garfield's acting is timid and sheepish, like a teenager painfully trying to impress a group of girls. When he becomes Spider-man and the cocky side of his character comes out, watching Garfield is really uncomfortable, especially when he starts cursing and false-swearing.
And to nail his Dawson alikeness, the director even thought it would be a great idea to have Peter climb up to his love-interest's window each time he visits. Hey - at least he doesn't need a ladder Dawson!
Peter cries a lot, but that's OK because he fights and gets bruises! The girls will love him. But be warned ladies: he doesn't shower after constantly swimming in sewage and that s**t doesn't wash off!
So moving on from Dawson, we've got the villain. He's of the same cut Osborne obviously came from as he loves shouting at the voice in his head and enjoys pursuing madness. Doc Croc comes off as nothing more than a distraction to Peter's love-life and is a poorly visualised CGI blimp who looks strikingly like a Goomba from the 1990's Mario movie.
The truth is though, I wanted him to win. I bet it would have been fun pounding Garfield's wimpy face. And speaking of his face; the director loved it so much he never has it covered. Yes, the new puny Spider-man wants EVERYONE to know his identity, even on one occasion begging a kid to take it off him and try it on. It's true.
No, this isn't a good movie for action fans, especially in the same year as the awesome Dredd is released as well as Avengers. It looks utterly pathetic in comparison and falls short in every category. It's a great movie for aforementioned audience though, which is why I gave it 2-stars. So it's good for something.
Anyone who enjoyed the Toby Maguire version might want to rent this before stumping up the cash for a full purchase. There's no reason to give Sony more money than they deserve. | 2 |
honestly a 9.3? this is the worst brutal mess... There might be some kind of story below all the brainless brutality... But I lost my interest in watching....
Again this is a show that pushes the frontier of brutality as entertainment a bit further. This is nothing to be proud about....
I do not want to know what the exaggeration of this will be in two or three years... disgusting. | 1 |
Queen is not a very different tale but a tale told differently and presented in a great manner. WARNING: If you do not want to have awkward silences, avoid watching it with Kids and family members. Few of the comic scenes are (a bit) only for adults.
Story/Screenplay/Direction: Queen is not a tale about finding true love. It is a story of a heart broken girl who found solace in selfless friendship and discovered her true self. I loved movie's direction and editing. Though in first 45 mins you'll feel like movie is keep on slipping, but that is the beauty of the flick. It goes so smooth and the transition of the story is seamless. 1st half is a bit slow but 2nd half really takes off. One tip, plz do not miss the creative end credits.
Movie is not an out-an-out comedy flick. But it balances itself with emotions, comedy and few dramatic notes.
Actors: Kangana All the WAY! She brought different charm to a role which has been already performed by many others as well. But she managed to stand out. She delivers character's innocence, Her not-so-charismatic personality in a perfect manner. Sometimes you laugh with her, mostly you laugh at her. Specifically the sex shop scene(refer the warning above). Rajkumar Roy also delivered a fine performance, while other actors helped movie to build its charm/atmosphere.
Amit Trivedi's music is lively and suits/sets the movie's tone. I liked it while watching the movie but I doubt that I would listen to it on my phone.
I really liked the movie and it really bring some freshness to the contemporary hyper-action filled bollywood cinema. Please make more movies like this.
I give it 7.5 stars. | 8 |
I honestly don't understand what movie the people who are giving positive reviews saw.
The main Harry Potter series was, of course excellent. Fantastic Beasts was a really fun sequel that introduced us to a bunch of cool creatures and showed us a different part of the Wizarding World. What did this movie bring us? A lot of boring scenes, an incredible amount of "who is related to who" and some pandering to fans who get excited by seeing characters who they've been wanting to see for years, but very little excitement, no character building at all, and basically just a lot of filler. | 3 |
Some of the best episodes in the show are less rated than episodes that are more easy to understand ! | 9 |
Superbad is a truly unique comedy that defines the true awkward horrors a teenager can go through.Seth rogen and Evan Goldberg wrote this when they were like 14 or 15 so I'd they say there pretty smart dudes.this is movie is full of memorable quotes and graphic sexual jokes.I personally think that this movie created a new genre of comedy.and of course Michael Cera and Jonah hill nail there performances as awkward horny teenagers.I think the movie is so funny because of they both hill and Ceras character are being so serious when they they describe things they desire from women is such graphic ways.brilliant film.even if you don't like bad language and blue Humour you should still like this. | 10 |
I am not surprised in the least that the Barbie movie is trash and a truly deplorable career choice by Margot Robbie who will probably be type cast forever in Barbie-type roles.
To begin with, there is just too much pink and superficiality for this movie to inspire anything more than groans and watching your watch waiting for the whole travesty to be over. The plot is completely by the numbers as Barbie has the perfect life in Barbie World. Then suddenly she yearns to see the "real world." Where did we see that storyline before? Let's see... I know... The Little Mermaid and a hundred other movies ripping off the same plot.
But if that's not bad enough, we have to sit through dreary dialogue such as Ken wanting to sleep over with Barbie while being totally innocent of sex and the fairy god mother pressuring Barbie to reject the high heels in order to seek enlightenment, as if Barbie should not make the choice on her own without somebody prodding her in a particular direction.
Even the people who like it can't point to anything original in it. Where that 77% comes from is beyond me. | 2 |
For God's sake, if you already have a great story in books, stick to it. That is not only recipe for success, its a duty towards of million of fans of the Witcher. The season 2 only made me angry and sad. This show changed story in such huge amount it should not be called the Witcher. Thx a lot Netflix... The second star is only for Henry Cavill's great performance. | 2 |
The 2008 "Ip Man" was a rather good movie, and one that turned out to be somewhat better than I had anticipated. Many of these Chinese historic epic dramas tend to be over the top and exaggerating on many levels, but "Ip Man" turned out to be rather down to earth and a rather enjoyable movie.
Donnie Yen was really well cast for the role of the legendary Ip Man, and he performed quite well, both in his acting performance, but most certainly also so in his martial arts performance. So fans of Donnie Yen will be more than pleased with "Ip Man", but also fans of the martial arts genre should find enjoyment in this movie.
The story, briefly summarized, takes place in 1937 when China is being invaded by Japanese troops, and Ip Man is forced out of his wealthy manor and forced into a poverty, where he has to turn to teaching Wing Chun in order to survive the harsh times.
The martial arts sequences in the entire movie were all very well choreographed and equally well executed by the performers. But more importantly, it was filmed in a very dynamic way, making the audience feel like they were in the fights themselves. It was a true pleasure to watch the fight scenes in the movie, and they alone actually make it worth sitting down to watch "Ip Man".
"Ip Man" is one of the more important movies in Donnie Yen's career, I think, because he really managed to portray the legendary Wing Chun master in a very graceful manner.
The story of the movie is entertaining, and it most definitely is spiced up by the impressive martial arts. However, the atmosphere of the movie is also quite impressive and one to take into consideration. They put a lot of effort into the details to create a believable atmosphere, and it really works quite in favor of the movie.
Aside from Donnie Yen, then "Ip Man" also has big Hong Kong names such as Simon Yam on the cast list. And actor Xing Yu also did put on a very good performance in the movie.
If you enjoy martial arts movies then "Ip Man" is a definite must watch. And if you are a fan of the Asian cinema, then "Ip Man" is a well-worthy addition to your collection. | 6 |
I did not look forward to the end of Grant Ward. It was disappointing after finding out he was *****. I hated him and was glad when he was...******
However...
This season, Brett Dalton is owning the stage with this new character, one that shares the experiences of the former...host. This character could become an ally and who knows, Grant Ward reborn..? He will never kill Daisy.
Great season!
Interesting to see some of the other characters... depart...
JD | 8 |
Other remarkable films or series dated 2019 were True detective (Season 3) (8 episodes) Mindhunter (S2) The Irishman 1917 (Nineteen seventeen) Once upon a time... In Hollywood Criminal: Germany El Camino - a Breaking Bad movie Joker Black Mirror: Smithereens
But Chernobyl was the most commendable miniseries, honored by no less than ten Prime Time Emmy Awards. This fictional documentary, filmed in Lithuania, largely on the site of a disused nuclear power plant similar to that of Chernobyl, retraces the precise course of events from the day of the explosion. It features the main protagonists of the event, Anatoly Dyatlov, the chief engineer who was in command of the reactor, Boris Shcherbina, vice-president of the Council of Ministers of the USSR, seconded by Mikhail Gorbachev to limit the effects of the disaster, Valery Legasov who assisted him and publicly denounced the failures in securing RBMK reactors, etc. Other characters were imagined by scriptwriter Craig Mazin, such as Ulana Khomyuk, a physicist from Belarus, a neighboring state of Chernobyl. The film raised some controversy. Some noted inaccuracies: for example, irradiation cannot cause the photogenic skin burns complacently smeared across the screen. However, the Russian press praised the historical truth of the series. No one can dispute that the leaders of the USSR recognized the accident only after it was revealed by satellite photos and by abnormal readings of radioactivity in Sweden. The Soviets then attempted to minimize the effects of the explosion and waited years before correcting the anomaly at its origin, under pressure from abroad.
The three main roles, those of Valery Legasov, Boris Shcherbina and Ulana Khomyuk are intensely held by Jared Harris, Stellan Skarsgård and Emily Watson, surrounded by many secondary characters, firefighters, miners, divers who intervened, at the sacrifice of their health, even their lives, among the some 600,000 people requisitioned by the authorities to deal with a disaster which, according to Mikhail Gorbachev, was one of the causes of the collapse of the Soviet bloc, five years later. The empathy of these fictitious secondary characters adds to the documented relationship of the accident, and the emotional involvement of the viewer. | 9 |
Technically this series could be described as a police procedural, but it might be better described as an unusual take on the psychological thriller genre. Rather than building tension in the form of suspense, however, a combination of precisely chosen, expressive dialogue and carefully composed visuals are contrasted with the macabre, unrealistically elaborate efforts of serial killers to create a thoroughly creepy, disturbing atmosphere.
The effect is suggestive of a series of tableaux presenting classical works of art, alternating between beautiful and grotesque subject matter. The precision and sense of the aesthetic maintained throughout serve to heighten this effect, giving us a glimpse of the worldview of the title character, Hannibal Lecter.
The style might be described as a combination of Hitchcock and Lynch. It's surprisingly explicit for American network TV, though almost tame compared to some cable TV fare. It doesn't have anything close to enough gory imagery or violence to please fans of the Grand Guignol gruesomeness found in many modern horror/suspense films, but it has enough that a warning to the audience is appropriate.
Each of the regular characters are developed and explored with care, and even the minor characters come to life. The dialogue has the quality of a good play rather than the commonplace, realistic vernacular one might expect from subject matter like a series of FBI investigations. | 8 |
Unlike other Great dynasties in Indian History, there is great deal of written sources about Mughals to make a Historical accurate movie but alas it is too much to ask from Bollywood
AR Rahman's music and Hritik's acting were great. | 4 |
I know it may seem odd to compare this to The Mandalorean, but they are spiritually similar for me.
We've had a decade of Game of Thrones, The Walking Dead and Star Wars (*cough*) aiming to reach deep and be part-societal commentary almost. With varying success. Nothing wrong with that, we've all enjoyed it for the most part.. but in the past few years I think people have grown slightly tired of it which is partly why those series faltered.
This show, along with The Mandalorean like I say, following somewhat in the trend of Stranger Things, moves back toward more simple and pure entertainment. Doesn't have to all make intricate sense, doesn't have to be politically correct, some of the dialogue is cheesy- but it feels like pure fun and is very refreshing after the relatively "heavy" shows of the 2010s. | 8 |
A great series indeed with compelling characters and arcs it's so enthralling but isn't free from issue either certain drawbacks related to power and originality etc. Regardless the development of character over the whole dragon ball series is impressive and done to such a great degree | 8 |
The story idea is great, but the the writing and acting are really poor. | 3 |
It's kinda kid movie or family movie or both, but it's not what you expect from super hero movies these days. Was with friends and I thought "oh finally credits are there". And after the movie turns out every one felt the same:( so disappointed - DC failing | 6 |
A surprise smash hit in 2019, Rian Johnson's Knives Out proved once more that audiences are hungry for star-studded whodunit mysteries, with the adventures of Daniel Craig's colourful southern detective Benoit Blanc quickly being green-lit for more adventures that have eventuated here in Netflix's massive acquisition Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery.
Transporting the action from a Gothic American estate/family drama, Glass Onion finds Blanc on an isolated Greek island owned by Edward Norton's billionaire entrepreneur/disruptor Miles Bron who has invited Blanc and a collection of his closest friends to his lavish abode for a weekend away, that just so happens to be a potentially real life murder mystery event.
As is the case with any of Johnson's previous films, Glass Onion is anything but a one dimensional and singularly layered feature with many components working together in tandem to give viewers a unique watching experience, one that here finds an all-star cast having a blast bringing their flamboyant characters to life and acting alongside one another, in what acts as one of Netflix's most extravagant and polished films that provides the type of viewing experience that fans of the original will be chasing again this second go around the Blanc merry-go-round.
Much like the original surprise hit, Glass Onion has plenty of laughs, double crosses, ducking and weaving back and forward around key plots and lots of metaphors and meta musings but despite the fact this is a well-acted, sharply scripted and vividly filmed whodunit much like Johnson's first Blanc outing, the actual central mystery at the heart of all the comings and goings isn't utterly gripping, while the films pay-off and long in the tooth runtime does start to grate as time wears on, making this a fun and pleasurable crime solving jaunt but also one that has been adorned with undue praise calling it one of 2022's best.
It's not too say some of the praise is unearned, with Johnson once more showcasing that his one of the most talented screenwriters operating today, with Glass Onion providing more than its fair share of quotable quips and ponderings, while new additions to the Knives Out universe such as Dave Bautista's gun-toting Twitch streamer Duke Cody, Norton's Bron and Janelle Monae as the complicated Andi provide a number of great moments and chances for his actors too shine but there's something a little off about Glass Onion's components all coming together at once, halting the film from being a masterpiece you sense Johnson wants it be, even if it's an undeniably crowd-pleasing one regardless.
Final Say -
There's a lot of fun to be had from Glass Onion and fans of the first Knives Out are going to have a blast joining Benoit Blanc for another adventure but the curious sentiment around Johnson's film being a new age whodunit masterwork feel slightly over the top, much like Miles Bron's no expenses sparred island retreat.
3 1/2 napkins out of 5.
Jordan and Eddie (The Movie Guys) | 7 |
Really wanted to like this, but there was little to like. | 3 |
Expectations could vary depending on individuals. Some of us will love this just because it's full of action and of course the inclusion of Chris as the lead. And some of us will absolutely loathe it because it has zero plot importance and weak characterizations!
To be honest I find myself in the middle. Frankly saying; Most of us already knew what's going to happen with the movie. You can't really expect much in terms of depth from an out to out action piece! And it surely stands out on what it promised.
This has some scintillating action set pieces, with breathtaking adrenaline rush. Although the same scenes could look familiar for Regular Action fans but they look pretty good on screen nonetheless. The camera work here is phenomenal in those particular moments. The screenplay might not be that great but certainly it shines the most whenever any action starts. The technical efficiency can be easily noticed. I truly admire the efforts that have been put in by the Debutant Director here. As far the production value goes this ought to be on the top tier as Russo brothers are behind it. Hence the Execution looks matured in thrilling moments. I must mention that 11 Minute long one take scene; that looks magnificent. The Hand to Hand Combats, the Gun Fights all looked great as well. It's apparent that The technicalities are the major highlights over here.
The performances are decent enough. Considering it's the Action Genre. But character build ups failed to impress. The writing falls short on many aspects. The Kid Character, he acted pretty well but I wanted to see more from him and his past or daily struggles. Being a Kid of a Druglord must be a Burdening thing on a day to day basis. Pankaj Tripathi as Indian Druglord; Well he was literally in one scene. It's Unfortunate to see such a talented individual getting such a low recognition here. Randeep Hooda as Saju was brilliant. Chris Hemsworth as Tyler performed great. His dedication and hardwork pays off. The Bangladeshi druglord, well I see him as more of a Cliched overpowered villain like we used to get in 80's rather than a more structured modern day one.
In the end It's a fast paced entertainer that hasn't got much depth in it. But it's full of Gruesome, Violent stuffs that Action Junkies might prefer a lot. For an ordinary group of audience this would be a Fun, Popcorn flick. Nothing more. | 7 |
Can anyone tell me please the reason, why they made this movie?
Only the last part there is something to watch
Please give me my 3hours back😅 | 2 |
Its yet another completely uninteresting remake. I don't understand how this movie is getting such high ratings.
The acting is ok except for Lady Gaga who isn't particularly good. I was just wishing for the thing to be over the the last hour. The movie starts off as a 6-7, drops to a 5-6 in the middle, and falls off the cliff for the last 45-60 minutes.
My wife usually loves movies like this, but she put it as a 6 or so, which is low for her.
Don't believe the hype. Find a better way to spend 2 1/2 hours - maybe the dentist is still open? | 4 |
I just hate Machine Gun Kelly that is why i rate it 1 | 3 |
First, let's get the obvious praise out of the way: Henry nails Geralt in ever way imaginable. Voice, mannerisms, everything. His passion for both his craft and the source material absolutely carries this series.
But there's a lot of negatives with this series. The writing is subpar, the pacing is horrendous, and the dialogue rides the razor thin line between cringeworthy and ludicrous. There's zero world building, and watching this with my girlfriend required a lot of pausing to fill in the blanks that were obviously neglected by the writers. The casting is, for the most part, pretty terrible.
If you've played the games or are familiar with the books, it's unlikely you'll be able to recognize most of the characters in the series. Very little attention was paid to obvious, identifying details (e.g EVERYTHING about Triss, hair and eyes included). When the show finally gives the character a name, you'll be absolutely aghast at how grievously they've deviated from the source materials.
This series is NOT a faithful retelling of the Witcher novels. It's a fairly fun action series with a Witcher flavor, but not much else. | 4 |
Let's start with the positives, The choreography is good, I kinda liked Zac Efron's character, and I thought the child acting was fine.
My main problems with this film stems from how pandering and inoffensive it tries to be.
The real life P.T. Barnum was a slimey crooked scumbag who tried to get rich off anyone, he even coined the phrase, "There's a sucker born every minute." So when this story tries to depict him as an innocent guy trying to "do the right thing" I can't help but feel the film is trying to pathetically bamboozle me in to sympathizing for a scumbag character. It also bothers me that the inter-racial relationship between Zac's character and the trapeze artist is glossed over, that would be interesting to explore that dynamic in the late 1800s, but no we have to keep things simple for mass audience appeal...
Now to be fair, there are those audience members who don't give a crap about historical accuracy, and that's fine. However even with out the historical inaccuracies, the film still fails for me due to the overly simplistic nature of the plot. P.T. is poor boy, poor boy likes rich girl, rich girl likes poor boy but rich parents don't approve. The same tired plot with an unrealistic main character. (For example, when EVERYONE goes to visit the Queen of England, in real life it was just P.T. and the Little Person Napoleon.
Another thing that bothers me is the CGI in this movie, it all looks so fake, even when they're in physical locations, the backgrounds and everything look so phoney. Also the Little Person actor looked digitally altered somehow, and his real voice was badly dubbed over and looks terrible.
Oh and of course the critic in the film is joyless and unhappy (what the studio thinks the naysayers of this film are like). Which is a cliche that always bothers me, but after ragging on P.T. the whole movie, in the last 15 minutes he complements P.T. and his show..... for some reason.
Anyhoo, aside from one or two decent songs/dances (the bar scene in particular was very nice). I wasn't impressed by this film, it's better than Marry Poppins Returns, but it's sure no Chicago or Rocky Horror Picture Show. | 5 |
One problem I have with the godfather it lacked tension cause I was pretty bored throughout the whole film. Nothing really going on in the movie that capture my attention maybe beside the one scene where Al pacino gf died in a car explosion. Im all for dialogue between characters if done right but this one I can't see to engaged by it due to director bad directing in the movie. The camerawork has big part of the movie being boring cause the director use the basic camera work back and back forth on the face when having the conversation between the character as opposed of thinking of new camera angel to get the audience engaged by the dialogue. The characters talking in the movie is like how someone talk in quiet place that has no energy and no personality which failed to engage when we watch it. If I want to watch that, I will listen to my parents in a conversation when we eating dinner which will be more entertaining. Also all characters have no personality, their just so egoistic an narcissistic that it's hard to root for them. The movie is just lifeless dull so I don't get why it's considered a masterpiece to cinema . | 4 |
Ridley Scott's The Martian is a Too Much technical movie. Why people watch movie?? To enjoy it but this movie is like we learn some kind of NASA SPACE program.Too much technical story. That how to bring a Astronaut to the earth. Too much lengthy discussion. Ridley Scott not shown any challenge to the Matt Damon on the MARS just he grew some potatoes on MARS "This is what we gonna see in the Ridley Scott's movie" come on. He can show some alien stuff some kind of challenge. Now about the spl Effects the every big budget Hollywood flick is coming with good spl effects.The Sandara's Bullocks The Gravity movie is very good movie in every aspect. In Martian there is no Action there is not adventure just lame acting buy Vincent kappor and Jeff Daniels. i don't know why this movie getting 8.5 Rating on IMDb.Because its a Ridley's Scott movie. I gave only 3 stars out of Ten just because of spl effect. There is nothing to watch on theater you will waste your 2:21:00 Hrs. watch it on DVD | 3 |
What a waste of time and money. Dreadfully boring soap opera. They had a whole season and they've spent all their screen time bickering about who'll take the throne, who will marry who and crying on the bench about irrelevant bullsht. Dr who guy is the only memorable character and is basically carrying the whole show with his acting. Him and the other dude with the eyepatch and white hair. The rest are more annoying then jefrey from game of thrones. Ugh i cant stand this. 0 rewatch value. Infact it makes me cringe just remembering the lame scenes. Every time i finish an episode i ask my self why have i wasted my time again falling for the hope that it might be interesting. No more. You had your chance and you wasted it. | 1 |
I did actually find the movie interesting and I liked the characters, but I don't quite understand what the plot was about. It just basically told the story of the days in the lives of some actors and apparently certain parts of the movie are actually true, which I didn't know when watching the movie. There's not much action in the movie until the last 30 minutes, which was quite interesting I have to say, and I didn't know why that scene was happening until I read the plot after watching the movie. | 6 |
I love Rowlings' Potter universe. The layered, diverse characters. The modern sentiments within classical aesthetics. The new yet recognizable good-vs-evil lore. Going into Fantastic Beasts, I fought hard not to let that pre-adoration paint this new branch too brightly too early. So when I felt myself snuggle in at hearing the familiar musical theme during the title sequence, I got a little nervous that Hedwig was carrying my critical credibility right out the window. As the film played out though, I became more assured. Not that this matches the near-perfect heights of the original series; this new narrative isn't as smooth or strong, nor is it trying to be. However, its lack of longing to match the import of its own predecessor allows it to be pure, magical fun. Occurring nearly a century before the Battle of Hogwarts, we follow wizard-zoologist Newt Scamander as he tries to wrangle some mystical animals that've been unintentionally released in New York, but ends up uncovering a secret sinister plot by mysterious dark wizard Grindelwald. Scamander's line, "My philosophy is: with worrying, you suffer twice", really captures his childlike naiveté and endless wonder, a feel the entire film really hangs on. The characters are sincere, sweet and funny, including a disgraced American auror, her bombshell sister, and a lovably goofy no-maj (aka muggle; aka non-magical human). That breezy tone carries the film past its shortcomings (pale comparisons, narrative clarity, slight fan-service) thanks to director Yates' comfortable visual control and Rowlings assured handling of her own creation. Fantastic Beasts is a fun start to what will hopefully continue to be a uniquely emotional, surprisingly comical & morally intriguing fantasy-action series. | 7 |
This trio of main characters are such a delight to watch. The writing is witty, clever, and smart. Steve Martin, Martin Short, and Selena Gomez are brilliant together and deliver each line with perfection. The chemistry between them is amazing. Not to mention the phenomenal guest stars each season. The setting is a character all its own. Between the enchanting building itself and the magic and aesthetic of New York City, it embraces and encompasses, wrapping everything up into a cozy, comedic mystery. The stories are engaging and the twists are always a surprise and fun to watch unfold. The end of each season leaves you wanting more. | 10 |
Great show! Magical, beautiful, dangerous, and sexy. I could've done without the musical-comedic aspect though...hence 9/10 stars. | 9 |
It's amazing to see this movie again, and realize how much other stuff that came out after was inspire for it. In my point of view, that really means something.
The movie itself is hilarious, Michael Cera and Jonah Hill are two of my favorite comedy actors out there, and see they work together in a kind of "mix" of the two different comical style is really a great experience. The whole cast is tremendously talented, with Seth Rogen, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Emma Stone, Bill Hader, it would be very difficult to go wrong.
The history is pretty original, and brings a "refresh" for the genre, thinking about the period that it was realize, when we had a bunch of American Pie movies, and American Pie inspired movies.
Besides that, isn't really much to talk about it, I don't want to give any spoiler, so I just rightly recommend you to check out, if you haven't seeing it yet.
"MCLOVIIN!!" | 9 |
This was probably Marvel's best written series and filled with the most potential but also is nothing more than a set-up for the next phase of Marvel's grand design.
The dialogue was sharp, witty, & has the right amount of comedy and emotion. The CGI was believable in most places but those that relied heavily on CGI; well it was noticeable.
I throughly enjoyed Tom Hiddleston's chance at showing us what the Loki character is and can be with enough screen time to explore the character fully. Sophia Di Martino as another alternate Loki AKA Sylvie complimented Tom's character and their on screen chemistry was completely believable. Jonathan Majors character was interesting and I guess we'll see more of him given the new direction the Marvel Universe is heading with the Multiverse storyline. The biggest disappointment for me was the lack of interaction overall between Loki and Owen Wilson's Mobius. The show was being advertised as a buddy cop show but we really don't get much of it and the Mobius character is a bit wasted.
I find it funny that before or right after the first Avengers, so many people were bringing up "Superhero Fatigue" and that we'd all be sick of them by now. Clearly that hasn't happened as the studios, both WB and Marvel/Disney, have learned from their mistakes with each film and have almost perfected the craft of bringing the audience engaging and fun storylines. I look forward to what the future will bring and truthfully, when I first saw Iron Man in the theatre; my god, 13yrs ago; I never thought this is where we'd be so many years later. | 8 |
I went to see the movie with the feeling it was being hyped to much and with not so high expectations, -even though I admire Greta Gerwig a lot- but not even fifteen minutes into the movie I was already laughing and crying and hooked. It is definitely one of the funniest I've seen in at least 2 years, it has a simple storyline that works exactly as it suppose to without trying to be something else. The message is powerful and easy to understand, I found it refreshing and truthful, sometimes it may feel even a bit naive, but in the end it is what it is and I appreciated that. The performances are really delightful and full of small nuances that make them easy to connect with, even though the tone is satiric and farcical. Great movie, a lot more than I expected. | 8 |
The way Sherlock bullies Watson is not fun not interesting. | 6 |
For the first 20 minutes, Sandra Bullocks' character is doing nothing but hysterically screaming 24/7. She then proceeds to somehow know absolutely nothing about being in space. How she got sent, much less how she was allowed to do a space walk, I will never know. Though the biggest plot hole in this entire movie is the space debris. Every hour and a half it passes just to conveniently destroy every shred of matter, except for whatever the main character is in/or attached to. Interesting concept, but it sucked. | 3 |
I watched Hannibal in 2016 and still, at this day, after a dozen of rewatches, this remains a masterpiece, food for the eyes as well as for the mind. Pun intended.
This is not a crime show, or at least that part is just functional for all the other important topics raised in each and every single episode.
Hannibal is a love letter to Harris' works, it takes inspiration from them but elevates them to something else entirely. | 10 |
Very watchable but not Jed mercurio's best lead actor a little wooden (or maybe this was part of the plot) after line of duty anything is going to be hard to follow. | 8 |
I really liked Ed O'Neil's act in Married with children and he was the reason to begin to follow this title - although I knew I had to expect a presumably much different show.
But it's not only about him. The other actors I did not know beforehand, but they play awesome in this well-written, interesting and funny story of three related, but diverse families. The characters (aside from a few things detailed below) are realistic and ordinary, the followers easily can embrace the personality of the woman who has to rear three different children and do everything at home or the teenagers who only want to meet young girls or boys. I feel Lily's character far-fetched: the makers might have done her as a counterpoint of her "parents" who always has a cynical phrase - but these are often not funny, and as a matter of fact she doesn't do anything else, she doesn't have got any cute moments that we would expect from a 4 year old girl. Furthermore, Cameron is too hysterical (even if it's revealing for gays) which me really annoys; and the portrayal of Hailey's stupidity is excessive, unbelievable.
Albite it's a quite funny production, in almost every episode there is a little lesson, a message: you know, accept yourself as you are, don't make your children realize your own dreams etc. Unfortunately many of them are simple commonplaces.
What could be said at last? Despite of these little flaws I'm looking forward to the next episode. Keep up the good work, at least on this quality!
PS.: Ariel Winter, if you read this and feel like chatting me, please send me a message :) | 8 |
Why even name the villain Mandarin if you don't even mention or show the 10 rings of power.
They even had trivia before then movie when i went to see the movie and that was one of the questions. The mandarin was a magical type villain got his powers, from his 10 rings of power. Not some common terrorist with a AK47.
Why cant marvel get anything right. They say they study the history of characters and then they make a movie and totally forget the history. Then claim they cant show everything because of just don't translate in real character movies.
If thats the case then ANIMATE THEM.
Still waiting to see a good ANIMATED version of THE INFINITY GAUNTLET | 4 |
Frankly, dull. What could have been a triumph of plotting and explanation of how governments and people would cope under the all too present real danger of a global flu-type epidemic falls between all stools - it is neither rigorous enough to be truly scientific, or driven to be a disaster movie - or even innocuous enough to be a bureaucratic take on a global dilemma - so what the viewer gets is a half-baked, half-produced, and half-finished film.
Given the stars on display, the ideas involved, the scope this truly is probably the most disappointing film of the year - it is not terrible per se, you can sit through and not cringe, but it never goes anywhere. Static film-making, a turgid script, and frankly incredibly underworked ideas, all leave the viewer going meh at best.
By all means see it when it comes round on TV but paying to see this in the cinema might encourage more, and honestly, if you can't, with the resources available, make a great film out of these stars, this plot, and this budget, then it's time to call it a day. | 4 |
The books were awesome. I came to them after the first series (cause I'm a sucker for a spoiler!). Just gonna say it, I loved this series! 1 & 3 in particular, 2 a bit dry for me but felt the same reading the second book also.
The changes they make in the adaptation suited the screen perfectly. Characters beautifully portrayed. Made me smile, made me cry. Powerfully storytelling done well. | 9 |
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