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The movie was not one I was looking forward to. I could tell it was in bad taste most of the time, but was at least willing to give it a shot. It was not terrible. BUT...it was not great. BUt it kinda had some humor I approved of at times, but then there was the ever present tragic and disgusting reality of the germans and their crummy ways. This was not the Producers at all. But the kids stole the show fer sure. Give it a shot if you like, form your own opinion. For me, it was fairly unrealistic, and obviously meant to be that way a little bit. 6/10 for the bits of comedy, plus kicking Hitler in out the window ( not a spoiler, it was in previews) | 6 |
"One Punch Man" transcends the superhero genre with a unique blend of humor, dazzling animation, and a refreshing deconstruction of traditional tropes. This anime, based on the webcomic created by the artist ONE, is a breath of fresh air that doesn't just break the mold but shatters it, offering a satirical and exhilarating take on the world of superheroes.
At the center of the series is Saitama, an unassuming hero who can defeat any opponent with a single punch. The brilliance of "One Punch Man" lies in its ability to turn the age-old formula of heroic struggles and epic battles on its head. Saitama's overwhelming power becomes both a comedic device and a clever commentary on the predictability of traditional superhero narratives.
The animation, handled by Madhouse and later by J. C. Staff, is a visual feast. The fight sequences are not only impeccably choreographed but also showcase a level of detail and creativity that elevates them to a league of their own. Saitama's deadpan expressions, coupled with the contrasting intensity of the battles, contribute to the series' unique visual style. | 9 |
I have tried several times to watch this movie from front to back, but could only handle it in half hour sessions.
It is simply too busy. Too many leading actors, too much CG, too many plot devices, too many scenes.
The scenes are short and rapid fire. Your senses are attacked from very angle. The director is obviously of the opinion that audiences have ADD and cannot focus on a single scene for more than a few seconds.
It was obviously very expensive to make this movie. It drips with glistening commercialism. Almost as though it was produced by an ad company rather than a film studio. There is an underlying cynicism to its format: just cram as much pretty acting and special effects as possible in there, and the audience will buy it.
I honestly could not follow the plot, nor do I think it had one. The stroboscopic scene changes and over-saturated audio tracks seem to be deliberately designed to distract from the lack of story.
We seem to have entered an algorithmic age of film making. Directors have become financial analysts looking to maximise profits by aggregating previously successful movie elements into denser and denser content.
This movie seems to prove there is a limit, and that more has finally become less. Every franchise has an end, and I hope this is it. | 4 |
American Fiction" is not just a film; it's a masterclass in satirical storytelling where dark humor melds seamlessly with sharp intelligence, echoing the charisma of its main character. Jeffrey Wright is nothing short of mesmerizing as Thelonious 'Monk' Ellison, a writer exasperated by monotonous black narratives, whose wisdom defies racial barriers. The film's portrayal of family transcends racial stereotypes, creating a tapestry of characters that resonate universally. Their interactions are a window into the soul of the movie, making it relatable across diverse backgrounds.
At its heart, "American Fiction" is an odyssey into the realms of self-discovery and collective identity. The enigmatic encounter between Monk and Sintara stands out as a highlight, brimming with unresolved tension. Sintara's confrontation of Monk's elitist attitude and privilege is as poignant as it is incomplete, leaving room for interpretation and reflection. The film flirts with deeper societal issues but judiciously circles back to its human essence, avoiding an overemphasis on racial discourse. This strategic narrative choice elevates "American Fiction" from a mere commentary on race to a compelling exploration of identity in its multifaceted glory. | 9 |
Plotless , boring , story is disintegrating badly Main character have this " look to the other way " thing while talking , it's provoking funny! I thought it's somehow related to Harry Potter but it's far from it , it's just actors names film that seeks money | 5 |
I fell for the hype. Nothing special at all. Not even a good story, nor plot, nor twist. | 6 |
This movie is not your typical change bodies movie. Justin Bateman & Ryan Reynolds were hilarious & you could tell they had fun making the movie. The language & nudity fit the R rating,but this added to the movie. Definitely adult theme & a little over the top,but I did enjoy this. Olivia Wilde was great and also was Leslie Mann. The baby twins of Justin Bateman were really funny & the scenes were a total surprise. Worth renting, will make you laugh out loud & like the characters. The movie did drag a little in the middle,but did make up for it with the gags. I really like the chemistry of Justin Bateman & Ryan Reynolds. Justin Bateman is so subtle in his comedy. | 7 |
There are always some films about which you just end up finding out on the internet or somewhere else and just can't ignore them. RED SPARROW is one of those movies.
I wanted a tension filled action-spy thriller, and that's what I got.
But the level of explicitness is what indeed shocked me to the core. There's a lot of sex and violent action throughout the film. It's not for the faint of heart. I was really finding it unbelievable that it got past the censors without a slight cut.
RED SPARROW has a fast paced first half and while there are subplots later on, it's only due to the thrilling tone of the film that it doesn't really feel boring. But by the time the second half is about to begin, it feels as if the film is already over in a way. The second half is fine but quite slow. Once again, the tone makes even the dullest of all sequences shine.
RED SPARROW excels in the writing. Those who enjoy thrillers will have a good time watching it, though even action fans who want action in limit will be satisfied. Don't expect action of ATOMIC BLONDE or MISSION IMPOSSIBLE kind. There's a good amount of well executed action in RED SPARROW as well, it's just that it's done in an unusual manner for action thrillers.
The film feels far too stretched at 140 minutes. Had the editing been tighter, RED SPARROW could've been a memorable watch worth watching again. It's a decent, one time watchable action thriller also worth watching due to Jennifer Lawrence's excellent, groundbreaking and realistic performance. | 7 |
This series is terrible, but nobody will admit it, they just geek out over nothing. Well I will, it took eight dull episodes to depict a story that could have been completed in 2 episodes. Don't get me wrong the actors and acting is decent but the writing and total lack of interesting development is exhausting. Everybody knew the whole storyline from the first episode, an environment created out of denial. This series couldn't have seemed any longer, in fact, it was vey difficult to even make it through each episode. To be honest, MANY episodes I didn't even make it half way. | 2 |
Worst movie of Tarentino so far.. don't watch! stay away from it if you loved any other of his movies! This movie should have last 30 min's not almost 3 hours! | 3 |
Pretty much a decent boxing flick, with good performances from all three lead actors.
If you're a boxing fan you are in for a treat as the boxing scenes were exceptionally good.
Gets a bit predictable and boring in the middle but somehow still maintains a pretty strong story line.
Definitely watch if you are a sports fan and for those who aren't, they may still enjoy it.
RECOMMENDATION PERCENTAGE: 63% | 6 |
This is a prison escape movie like Alcatraz, escape plan. But made illogically. We do not want any reason why they came in unless that's going to affect the story in anyway. So at start itself this movie got behind.
Keys with wood is just not possible. Argument closed. None of the characters are interesting. This movie goes like it's a drama. Protagonist will win anyway.
He just has 2 keys, wooden keys, and opens any and every door. Later he says he made 39 keys. When did he make it?
In a dark silent night, you can hear someone cough and give signal but not 2 people running, opening locks, opening steel jails, closing doors. Weird. Nothing more to say. | 5 |
Imagining awakening up after about 70 years of being ice cold. That is what Steve Rogers (played by Chris Evans) has to deal with, and it's not just about watching every single classic movie since the 40's. It's also about morality and finding out that those who you trust may not be so trustworthy. When Captain goes after the Winter Soldier, he is branded as a traitor and must line up with Black Widow (played by Golden Globe Nominee Scarlett Johansson) and Falcon (played by Anthony Mackie) to get to the bottom of what is going on here. He also finds out that the Winter Soldier is more than just an assassin.
Let me just say this: Spider-Man is my favorite hero, while Batman has produced the best superhero of all time (The Dark Knight). But, when it comes to the MCU, my favorite hero is Captain America. In this film, not only does he fight for what's good for America, but that also includes going against government officials whose morals have gone out the window. If the American government is corrupt, he will go against it. Captain America is a hero that we need in this time of government turbulence.
As for the actors, well they all play their parts well. Steve Rogers practically IS Captain America, and he conveys the confusion and the morality of Captain America well. Scarlett Johansson is at her MCU best in this film; she is the one who stays by Captain America throughout this whole process. Academy Award Nominee Samuel L. Jackson is his Samuel L. Jackson self in this film, which is always a good thing. But this time we get a couple of newcomers. Anthony Mackie is awesome as Falcon, as he gets a few pretty sweet moments himself. And the great Academy Award Winner Robert Redford always does a great job with whatever role he is presented with.
All in all, a great film! Go and watch it! | 8 |
Quentin, I'm going to find you and drown you in engine oil for this waste of my time. | 2 |
One of the worst films I've ever seen. The plot was confusing, boring, and didn't really feel much like the great Tarantino movies of the past. Not sure why so many people are impressed with this film, it's far from a masterpiece. | 3 |
It's been a while since I saw an amazing TV series with mind bending concepts.
Specially the finale of the Loki's first season blew my mind, and here is my take on it.
If we put aside all subjects related to philosophy of time and the effects of our choices in our past and future timeline, there is only one thing that can help us to become stable in life; and that is to love ourselves and trust ourselves. That's the only way we can become complete, when there is peace between good and evil of ourselves.
After all, relatively speaking there is no real good and there is no real evil in this world.
Just let's be honest with ourselves and things will start to change. | 9 |
What makes this movie for me is the sincere positive emotions it carries. It is a movie with heart, sincerity.
Yet, it is a rather melancholic film. The tone sits between deep sadness and triumphant wholesomeness.
It is about loneliness and people trying desperately to find their better half. It starts a typical romantic movie, the boy-meets-girl type. But, there is something a little off. And, as the story progresses you come to realize that the film has multiple layers on top of each other, and in a very Kaufmanesque fashion it becomes a story within a story within a story.
In a very clever way, the film tells the story of Joel and Clementine in reverse. And the whole movie is the unwrapping of it. That is why the beginning feels random and weird, without being neccessarily off-putting. The whole movie has a slight weirdness that is gives a dreamlike quality to the story. It elevates a rather mundane romance to a more whimsical tale of invariable love. No matter what, they always end up together.
At the core, the movie tells the Joel and Clementine's romance but practically it spends a lot of time on a fictional memory-removal service's office. I enjoyed very much how it presents this whimsical memory technology in a very matter of fact way. There is a quiet routine to it: getting your memories erased is a service you pay for. It is procedure. It is like going to the dentist. Its filled with technicians and support staff that are morons.
And to be fair, the movie almost goes so far into the banality of this practice it almost becomes sinister. The whole sequence with Mark Ruffalo in Joel's apartment verges on uncomfortable and creepy. But, the movie escapes the unease by doing yet again a nested story, where it plunges the story in another story: the romance between Dr. Mierzwiak and Kristen Dunst.
It completely caught me off guard. And again, it results in a love-story told from the end. But, it wraps the plot in a nice bow. The film presents two main love-stories, one that has failed and one that has endured, both in spite of the memory removal. The contrast is also visual: where the first love story is told extensively in various colorful flashbacks, the Dunst love-story is told in the office; it is cold, it is static. Ultimately, the juxtaposition of the two stories, creates a deeper meaning.
The movie is very good on all accounts, the directing, the acting, the visuals. But, it really gets these elements working together to tell the story. Only while writing this, did I realize how intricate the story is. Yet, the film makes it clear and simple. The movie is eloquent yet it is very ethereal, it feels like a dream. At times, it threatens to turn into a nightmare, but at the end it reveals itself to be a nice, comfy, sweet dream. | 7 |
It wasn't bad, but I don't know if I could say it was good, either.
Basic action movie - high body count, lots of plot holes.
Truthfully not sure if I would have watched the whole thing if Chris Hemsworth weren't in it. | 5 |
Absolutely brilliant one-shot execution during the whole movie. Visually very powerful, georgeus sound and setting. However, it lacks of a better plot, characters and depth to become a war movie classic. | 7 |
Excellent casting, and the sit-com send-up was inspired. I enjoyed the slow-burn mystery tone that the show starts off with, but it's body-checked off course by the unnecessary inclusion of SWORD.
SWORD, effectively a spin-off of SHIELD, and its police procedural elements just take up a lot of unnecessary space that could have been spent on Wanda's family and neighbours for a more engaging resolution of the story arc.
In hindsight, casting Evan Peters was clever, and a let down as an opportunity to connect the events of Wandavision with the events of Loki. | 7 |
What an utter waste of money and energy. I am really easy to please and this is a disjointed steaming pile of crap | 1 |
Damn, I just hate the "The Matrix"! The only good visual effects are already shown in the trailer. The remaining 2 hours really aren't worth seeing. Boring, pseudo-intellectual dialogues, the worst computer effects since "Blade" and an ending, which only could get a laughter out of me! | 3 |
It's a master piece in crime thriller. Hats off to the Director, Actors, BGM and big hats off to the creator of Christopher. | 10 |
Christian Bale returns as the caped superhero Bruce Wayne (Batman) for another adventure in 'The Dark Knight'. Unfortunately I found this film insanely slow moving, about an hour overlong and actually quite boring with no mentionable action sequences. This is nothing more than a glorified talkie with a good cast and reputation to thrive on, nothing more. Even the villain is forgettable and Batman himself seems one-dimensional. Looking at all the positive reviews and critical acclaim for this film, I'm not sure whether I missed something here, but this is not a film I will be watching again in a hurry. The ending had me shaking my head thinking "oh, what the hell...!" | 3 |
What the hell is this. I used to be a big fan. Great acting. Horrible story and a nauseating display of wasted money. | 5 |
This was a bad and a boring movie. I love, LOVE, all C N films but this wasn't a film, was more likely a scene from a documentary. Overall bad and boring. Don't trust the high rating. | 3 |
Initially the plot line seemed quite forced. Sam having financial troubles, need of having some Captain America , Super soldier serum being reverse engineered and a young girl stealing it and starting the chain of events. However by the 4th episode, I have started liking the character arcs, particularly the new Captain America (played by Wyatt Russel) and Sam(Anthony Mackie). Sam is the quintessential idealistic person having the humbleness, patience and foresight where the new Captain America (John Walker) is impatient and ambitious but feels underpowered among super soldier adversaries. Winter Soldier and Zemo are so-so in my opinion, but help to move the plot along. Can't help but feel that Zemo is there as the 'Loki' of this series. On the positive side Action sequences are fantastic, Direction is good. Must watch for Marvel fans. | 9 |
The close-to-8 rating is only justified by the last 2 episodes of season 1.
There was a change after episode 4 which made everything more interesting and the story finally became intriguing. Also, there are some great visuals in episode 5 and 6. And the Loki titles got better.
The implications after episode 6 are just enormous and I m happy that marvel finally kicked it off. That doesn't mean though that this storyline is not filled with HUGE plot holes... I m curious to see how they will patch these up.
However, they need to fix the pace and make this series a bit more energetic in season 2.
As for the acting: Mobius and Loki are doing great, but the other female Loki seems a bit dry for now. Let's see in the next season.
Overall 7,9/10 let's see if the next one is improved. | 8 |
First of al I don not understand why this movie has not reach at list a 7 star rating all ready for me this movie is a 9 star, because the 2hr and 20 minutes when by like a bullet train, its was that good for me! This movie is base by novel written bi hi rank ex-officer of the CIA, so this means that al the facts of this movie are real but but the real names of the craters and real time of the event happening in this movie are being hidden by the story teller , wich makes this movie very interesting if you are in to spy movies like Tinker, Taillor, Soldier, Spy or Bridge of Spys is not like the typical spy movie like James Bond movies this movie has . amore modern look and film making and spy movies like Atomic Blonde, This movie is about the typical spy them about the double agent/ mole, which it tries to explain how Russian female agents- spys are trained in the psychological part of seduction to establish assets, it is still very good story told and film and the picture is more then awesome, and Lawrence acting as the Russian spy is superb, in order to be a spy, a good one, you have to be the perfect lier and Lawrence dose it, in resume I really recommend this movie . I do not want to tell you more about this movie other than is very good, because is going to ruin it for you! enjoy | 10 |
Maggie Gyllenhaal's nose looks like a pig's snout and is distracting.
Christian Bale - with his obviously false teeth/bridge - isn't that good-looking either.
I wish Nolan had balanced good looks with acting better.
Heath Ledger deserved a more perfect film.
Maggie Gyllenhaal's nose looks like a pig's snout and is distracting.
Christian Bale - with his obviously false teeth/bridge - isn't that good-looking either.
I wish Nolan had balanced good looks with acting better.
Heath Ledger deserved a more perfect film.
Maggie Gyllenhaal's nose looks like a pig's snout and is distracting.
Christian Bale - with his obviously false teeth/bridge - isn't that good-looking either.
I wish Nolan had balanced good looks with acting better.
Heath Ledger deserved a more perfect film.
Maggie Gyllenhaal's nose looks like a pig's snout and is distracting.
Christian Bale - with his obviously false teeth/bridge - isn't that good-looking either.
I wish Nolan had balanced good looks with acting better.
Heath Ledger deserved a more perfect film. | 5 |
It's a rehash of Crooked House of 2017 based on a Agatha Cristie's Book.
Not original!
Thought, CROOKED HOUSE movie was so much better.
The characters in crooked house are with so much more intensity.... | 5 |
Good guys are simple good, bad guy is simple bad. Too short? Ok. | 2 |
I had ZERO interest in this series. I gave it a chance, and I would say it's one of my favorite things Marvel has done. I was really interested in the internal struggles the characters were having. I liked John Walker because he was so hard-headed and had to relent a little bit. I liked Karly because she was so driven, but showed moments of uncertainty. I liked Sam because he was always trying hard to do the right thing, but was eventually steered in a direction he didn't think he'd go. Then, I liked the way they addressed some of the complicated issues the world is dealing with now--the fact that there aren't any easy answers, but that we have to look at things differently than we have been. It kind of reminded me of Jimmy Stewart in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, or Gregory Peck in To Kill A Mockingbird. But with wings, a shield, and a metal arm. | 8 |
Was looking forward to watching this because of the ratings. What a disappointment. Story was weak and poorly told generating little commitment to the characters. Shame...... | 5 |
Every 5 minutes, I have to ask my self "How stupid could these people be? I'm in episode 2 right now, but so far I don't like half of the characters. | 4 |
Dunkirk was a disappointment and is easily Christopher Nolan's weakest movie to date. There were many issues I had with that movie: confusing overlapping story lines, exchangeable characters without any depth, mostly faceless acting performances, a constantly numbing, overtly dramatic and repetitive soundtrack and lots of headache-inducing shaky camera passages, even in parts of the movie when nobody is getting attacked. Those who call this movie one of the greatest war movies of all times clearly haven't watched many films of that kind. Over the past twenty years, films such as Saving Private Ryan, The Pianist, Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War, My Way and Battle for Incheon: Operation Chromite all had intriguing characters, gripping tension, memorable scenes, moving soundtracks and spectacular special effects. Before you voice your opinion about Dunkirk or any of its reviews, you should be familiar with movies like these.
However, there were still a few elements that I liked about Dunkirk that made the movie entertaining and overall slightly above average. First of all, the storytelling is an interesting experiment, as it follows the Dunkirk evacuation from three perspectives: land, sea and air. The land perspective is the most gripping one and follows the epic odyssey of a young British Private. The sea perspective has its strengths when a tragic accident happens on the boat of a courageous civilian who wants to support the Royal Navy but the characters could have been a little bit more fleshed out. The air perspective is the weakest one in my book despite an epic finale because the fight sequences always exactly look the same and it's at times hard to follow what happened to whose plane. A strong element of the movie is its historic accuracy despite a few fictionalized characters here and there. The settings look authentic and especially the uniforms and planes look realistic. It must also be added that stories about the war shall not be forgotten as history tends to repeat itself and as it's important to honour those who fought for the freedom of the future generations.
In the end, Dunkirk has its merits and doesn't go the easy way with heroic characters, stunning special effects and traditional plots. However, the numerous overlapping plots are at times confusing, the characters are mostly redundant and the omnipresent score doesn't add to the movie as it was intended by the makers. If you are interested in the Second World War and have watched numerous war movies already, you might be interested in giving Dunkirk a shot as well. However, if you are less familiar with war movies, you might easily get bored with this film and should watch the movies I have mentioned in my introduction first. | 6 |
No, there is nothing funny about a blond boy who is educated in hating Jews. No, there is nothing funny about an imaginary Adolf Hitler telling a Hitlerjugend boy nazi clichés. The subject is too serious. If you like Hitler satire, watch Mel Brooks' To Be Or Not To Be, not this garbage. 8 stars of 10 is an insult, when it deserves something between 0 and 1. Yet I'd like to write something nice about this film and it's the ending. The last 20 are actually pretty decent but don't really compensate the first 80 minutes of nonsense. | 1 |
I thought about watching this series for some time and I'm so happy I finally did, because this is what an anthology series at it's best can be. Reminds me a lot of The Outer Limits, which was one of my favorites back in the 90's. Black Mirror is a fascinating way of looking in to the future more or less tongue in cheek. The only reason I'm giving it 9 instead of 10 is that I wish there was more horror elements, but you do get your share of horrible imaginary though. Also the first season as a whole is boring compared to the rest of the seasons. (The Waldo-episode was a complete snoozefest.) The acting is really good. I also love the fact that I get to see familiar actors and actresses like Bryce Dallas Howard or GoT's Jerome Flynn, which also do an amazing job. The special effects are seamless and I wish more series and movies had such a fantastic effects. Many of the episodes come together from the simple idea that technology and social media are consuming us and our world at a fast pace and it's dooming us more or less. I am not myself a huge friend of social media or the latest gadgets so I agree 100%. You should most definitely watch this series, it will make your day! | 9 |
At first, I thought i could sum up 13 reasons why u should watch this but decided that i cannot sum it up with just 13 reasons but needed a blog r an essay. So i've tried to list my reasons in a short gist as follows..
First of all, Hats off to Selena Gomez who decided to contribute to this show.
The story is really good. I've not read the original book yet but if it was anything like the way it was like the series, i'm going to love it even more. The casting is really fantastic. Its original. Most of the people would have gone through some or more things in life like Hannah Baker. It slaps us in the face of reality by saying that wee should look at life in another way. This is not some existential crisis of a teenager girl. Not all of them go through the same things but every body would have gone through something in their life.The narration, the brutality of what we are facing in the world, lack of empathy etc.,. is thrown at us as a brutal and Honest truth. It speaks to all of them.
This is a story which is and can be related to each and every person in this world. On the whole, this is a story for ALL Humans.... | 8 |
Thematically this film has similarities to rival DC Comics/Warner Brothers Batman v Superman. Who watches the Watchmen, sorry superheroes.
This is the question asked in Civil War after a disastrous incident in Lagos involving Captain America and his team but the powers that be led by General Ross now the US Secretary of State that various incidents involving The Avengers either as a team or individuals has led to collateral damage. In short, innocent people have died.
The film sets up a confrontation between Captain America and Iron Man and the various superheroes choose sides with new additions including Ant Man, Black Panther and Spiderman. Iron Man feels that there should be scrutiny or oversight by an external body like the UN. Captain America has concerns, rightly so after all he revealed Shield as being corrupted in the previous film and so nervous about history repeating itself.
History does play an important part in the film. The Winter Soldier has history both with Steve Rogers and Tony Stark. Something just ripe to be manipulated by the film's villain Zemo who is planning the moves to pit the various heroes against each other.
What the directors, the Russos get right here is a layered story with action pieces that are well paced. Some of the action sequences in the early part of the film are maybe too fast and frenetic with almost cartoon like action.
The new version of Spiderman is introduced here and along with Ant Man they are there to add zippy humour and expand the Avengers universe. | 7 |
Monica o my darling is a comedy crime thriller movie. It's a fresh concept with enjoyable direction and couple of talented actors. It's a fresh breath of air from those monotonous bollywood scripts and remakes. I like its comic timing and the songs. These songs and background scores can give you the vibe of classic bollywood crime thriller movies.
I am always a fan of rajkumar rao and his choice of films. He always try something new and give his best to pull it off. Radhika apte was also good. Whenever she is in screen, she took all the attention toward her. Its an accomplishment for an actress. And lastly Huma Qureshi with her acting skill, she pulled off the monica character fully. I don't why this talented actress don't get that much chance to show off her skill. | 7 |
Barbie (Margot Robbie) lives in Barbieland. Ken (Ryan Gosling) is always desperate for her attention. All the Ken and Barbie dolls live in a happy matriarchy unaware of the real world. Out of the blue, Barbie starts pondering death and her existence. Weird Barbie (Kate McKinnon) tells her that she has opened a portal to the real world and must fix whatever is her real world problem before she can return to her perfect self. She and stowaway Ken find the real world completely different than their expectations. Mattel CEO (Will Ferrell) insists on putting her back in the box. Mattel secretary Gloria (America Ferrera) had caused the problem by drawing new forms of Barbie.
First, I love the premise and I love the 2001 opening. The start is a lot funnier than I expected. Margot Robbie is great and Ryan Gosling is hilarious. It's a great start in Barbieland. The first moments in LA is a little too much. Quite frankly, Barbie and Ken would not stand out at Venice beach. The male leering is good enough. They don't need to do the stereotype abusive guys. The real world should be realistic. Barbie and Ken would be better fishes out of the water in a recognizable regular world. The more average the real world is, the better it is for the characters to showcase their outrageousness.
Mattel is fun and I like the ridiculous silliness. Will Ferrell is a good way to show their outrageous quality. The movie has a lot of social commentary and that aspect does threaten to overwhelm it. The last act has some wonky moments as the movie tries to wrap its arms around the heavier social discussions. I would like to keep that more contained and concentrate on the mother daughter relationships. It's Gloria and Sasha, but it's also Ruth and Barbara. That's a perfect way to end the movie. I do like the montage idea, but I didn't realize what it was doing initially. It would have been fine to do that for the closing credits. All in all, this is a funny engaging movie and it's able to deal with some of the tougher social material. | 8 |
A generic and not very credible plot, underdeveloped characters (which prevents you from empathizing with them), and the usual action scenes in which a man fights thousands. Is this the worst action movie I've ever seen? No. But it's the kind of movie you watch when you have nothing else to see or do. Would I recommend it? Absolutely not. | 6 |
Season 1 started in the year 2001 and season 8 ended in the year 2010. I watched this entire series for the first time in the year 2022 and believe me it does not feel boring for a single season even after a decade/couple of decades later. Characters, locations, timelapse, casting, music are so perfectly developed during the series. I liked the twists this series presents throughout the episodes. Almost all the time you can never correctly guess who is the real villain and his henchmen are.
There is same formula for series development carried over from series 1 with similar kind of story, heroes, unexpected villains, presidents, associates of presidents, hidden henchmen in CTU, death of protagonist associates, tortures etc. However, the series is powerful enough to root for the good characters. All the presidents are so good and feel real than reel. I believe few sub-plots especially involving Kim Bauer could have been avoided to maintain the fast series speed. Many of the other series starts good but ruins over few seasons, 24 is the exception and season 8 tops that. I give series 9 stars for a good entertainment time and maintaining the excellent consistency for 192 episodes. Now heading for 24: Live Another Day. | 9 |
Try this once and thank me later. It will never bore you once...it is to worth to watch. | 8 |
My review is based on season 2 because I feel like it takes the entire show out of it's original story. The bad writing and storylines ruined a perfectly scripted series and made it into a drama high school show. It is still a unique story about a serious subject with amazing actors. But that doesn't change the fact that season 2 was absolute nonsense and didn't need to happen. | 5 |
They are try to make same as a quiet place movie.but they don't do it.it is too much boring. The ending is good but not to good as I see the trailer. | 4 |
Left the cinema disappointed!
Not a patch on infinity war - in fact I would of preferred finishing the franchise with infinity wars ending! Ragnorak had natural humour - they tried forcing humour into this and it went down like a lead balloon!
Predictable drivel focussing on boring characters - how are people giving this over a 5? Made a mockery of the 21 films before it - hulk and Thor's character????? Ridiculous!
Avengers infinity war 9/10 End game 2/10
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I am really dumbfounded how so many people find this movie so funny. It does have its funny moments. However, the plots sucks big time. It is patterned after B-movie comedies of the late 40s and 50s except for the sex in it. It is really a dumb and senseless plot. Is this what comedy has come to in the current age? It seems like movies today are either grossly violent or just plainly uninspired. There have been a few exceptions, of course, like Juno.
Even the male nudity doesn't score here although some reviewers think that this a great new trend. Oh, save me from this insipidity. There has been male nudity of this sort since the 70s, so I fail to see what the big thing is here. Pun unintended. | 4 |
They made it over-complicated. Over-Confusing. The Plot was good, but the screenplay and direction was not that good. Overrated. | 7 |
With the hype around this show and the good ratings it got I honestly expected it to be better than this, it is not all bad but rather soulless and childish.
What was even the point of this show it doesn't build anything, Loki is acting like a baffoon and it certainly wasn't entertaining at all, the only interesting aspect seems to be the multiverse which is also expanded upon in the least episode with long and I mean. LONG
the dialogue where a main problem in this show and this is not me saying oh there is not enough action and all they did was sit around and talk, no this is me saying the writer is not freaking good, his dialogue is so dumb and out of place like Loki and Sylvie just meet and they are forced to work together to get back to the TVA and survive so why are they talking about their love life exactly? Like the first time you meet your alternative version and you ask them about their sexuality? Or Loki and Mobius dialogue as well, was I supposed to be touched by 'nobody is ever truly good, nobody is ever truly bad' why is Loki talking like that? He is Marvel's god of mischief and they reduced him. He is a punching bag he gets thrown around a lot. And has not an ounce of intellect and everybody here praising tom Hiddleston's acting skills like he wasn't acting like a Buffon half the bloody time
which brings me to my next point THE ACTING, the cringeworthy acting that doesn't belong in a company like Disney and marvel, the actress for Sylvie is honestly an amateur and it shows, Hiddleston just like his character is dumbed down the only and I mean the only acceptable thing about this show is Mobius, everyone else can screw off tbh that's how you do a morally grey character.and maybe kang as well. | 2 |
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I have read some reviews giving this show really low ratings and I find them a bit boring talking about reboots derisively, I admit with a lot of reboots I speak the same way but not this one. I was a fan of the old Lost In Space but this is a totally new show taking it to extents never even thought of in the 60s. This is not a 10 out of 10 series but be real, it is very entertaining. | 7 |
If you like tough guy action films with superb fight sequences you will love this. Not the most intelligent, thoughtful film, but I found it very enjoyable indeed. The main tough guy character is played perfectly, and was a pleasure to watch. The performance of the Indian boy, too, was absolutely brilliant. I am not able to watch gore, and there were two bits I closed my eyes during, fearing they would be gory, but generally the violent scenes were impressive rather than gory (and since I closed my eyes briefly I do not even know whether those two bits I feared would be gory were in fact gory). | 7 |
Not a bad representation of how things where in South Africa in the 70's , 80's and into the 90's.Daniel Radcliff played a good role Although I think they could of rather used a South African for the Lead. Not a bad way to spend a evening watching you won't feel like you've wasted 2 to 3 hours of your life. | 6 |
Soulless, incomprehensible, and unfunny.
Typical "vehicle" movie, with a studio paint-by-numbers approach. Very very mediocre. I like Reynolds, his charming and personable act has some mileage on the clock now, but this pantomime is memorably bad. | 4 |
I don't know how they did do.... but they did do well. This is merhaps the best show ever to air (get it) in the histroy of world, growing up watching this gave me literal life To quote my friend "Uppa in dad." | 10 |
I don't think I have to make any remarks on season 1-4, they were brilliant and would deserve 9/10 or 10/10.
But season five was just... utter garbage. | 7 |
Unfortunately - this wasn't as good as it looked. It's not terrible...but it feels a little cheaply done...and the writing isn't the best, in fact, the writing could really use some improvement!!! The performances aren't bad...everyone does a decent job...but I think it's just the overall story. The writing isn't very good and again...it just all seems cheap. I wanted it to be super cool, but it just came across as kind so so and not awesome. Thus, I'd give it about a 5. And that's my basic thoughts on it across the board. I was hoping it was going to be better. But it was kinda cheesy and obvious! | 5 |
Before you say I'm not being fair, I agree with you. I can't count how many times I have tried to watch this film. I had to stop at 5 minutes the first time and graduated to 10 minutes the last time. I am a big fan of Tom Hanks, so he's not the reason. It's just so slow that it just doesn't grasp my interest and I've tried, really I have. I guess I'm just one who simply doesn't get it. | 3 |
Why are there so many different accents within the same family? It took me out of the moment. This remake ruined the songs and the characters (actors were mostly terrible), with lines delivered flat (except for the annoyingly camp one). Won't need to see this version again. | 4 |
The story is typical of agents/spy movies and reminds me a bit of Atomic Blonde. The plot was rarely exciting, so it was mostly boring. In total, the film has earned a maximum of 5/10 and a second time I will not watch it. | 5 |
Direction: Avengers fame stunt director Sam Hargrave turned into director first time. Look-like this will be cake walk for Sam as all big credentials are involved in this Netflix project. However he failed to keep the momentum in this action thriller.
Performance: Chris Hemsworth(Thor) gave solid performance as action hero and emotional father. Randeep Hooda was surprisingly brilliant in his first full fledged Hollywood outing. Rudhraksh Jaiwal was also good in touch. Golshifteh Farahani was looking stunting. Good supporting role played by Priyanshu Painyuli.
Script and Screenplay: This is the weakest point of this major project. There was nothing new offered by Russo brothers who directed magnum opus Avengers: End Game. They have placed one suspense which was quite obvious and it exposed quite early. When movie based on Indian backdrop, naming convention of father- son should not be western e.g. Ovi Mahajan.
Action Sequences: Definitely this department will gave you some goose bumps. All action sequences were world class especially Chris and Randeep's 11 min long action sequence.
Last words: If you can understand Bengali, you will enjoy it more. | 7 |
First of all, I want to emphasize the brilliant acting, especially from Dylan Minnette ( Clay ). The series deals with a serious topic : suicide - and contrary to all those reviews, which outline the series as bad, cause it does not provide a proper solution of how to deal with suicide, it does : throughout the whole series we frequently experience how important it is to talk, to talk about feelings with someone. Many criticize the character of Hannah as selfish & unlikable. And I totally agree up to a certain point, though that's nothing what makes the series bad or illogical, it's quite the opposite : it gives the series a realistic touch and brings another important topic into effect : the pursuit of reputation among teens and the resulting inner- conflicts, which sometimes lead to illogical decisions.
The only reason for giving just 9 stars, is due to the episodes 7 & 8 which ( in my mind ) lack a bit of tension. But all in all I do strongly recommend this series to all people ( maybe not for someone who is currently in a depression ) , since it has a thrilling plot, great acting and a important message.
Cheers, Tim | 9 |
This movie strongly reminded me of several different things as I watched it, the first was American Beauty. A film with a strong experiential component that is not matched by its actual message or "literary" value, and as such overrated in the moment and forgotten with time. Parasite is a very well composed and executed film, in terms of emotional engagement with the story and characters it gets you all dressed up and it's easy to feel as if you must have had somewhere to go. But you didn't.
The second was 'Let the Right One In'. That was a good movie that was basically rated 2 stars higher than it deserved by everyone in the United States because it had subtitles. Exotic and slightly more challenging to watch is easily conflated with quality by people who aren't especially self-perceptive in their thinking. Had Let the Right One In been in English and set in New York, well, the dumb and silly parts would have just seemed dumb and silly, and it would have had to stand entirely on its own quality, and not an imagined quality. Parasite is the same way. If it starred four American actors trying to get jobs as household help in LA, people would be quite meh about it. Actually given the nature of the plot, I think most people in America currently giving it a 10 would probably be a little insulted by screwball comedy plot that simultaneously seems to fawn over its own profundity, and would give it a lower rating than my 5 stars.
And third, this movie can't help but make me think of America's original class conscious, degenerately poor sitcom family, the Bundys from Married with Children. They even match by character: the intelligent but lame son, the beautiful but still poor sister who connives to get what she wants, the dead-eyed father crushed by life, and the ball-busting mother who really doesn't make anyone feel better. Just like the Bundy's they're comically poor while placed in a real life setting where anyone with their talents, willingness to work, and lack of any significant vices means they would at worst be regular poor. And probably decently well off.
They're also selectively stupid when required to be in order to make the plot work, which seems a little more forgivable in a weekly sitcom where the writers are forced to create drama dozens and dozens of times a year, but less so in a movie where they don't. The writers of Married with Children were also smarter in allowing their comedy to shoot for simply being funny, where here the slapstick situations lead to completely unfunny, dark, but still stupidly slapstick conclusions in a badly planned out gambit to give the movie "meaning".
Reading others' reviews, including some of the top ones on here, gives a good impression of why people liked this movie, as they discuss how it opened their eyes apparently to the relationship between the rich and their servants and perhaps the rich and poor in society generally. Which tells me that most of the people who really liked this film are for the most part, very inexperienced in life, and also not yet well read. I'm sure for someone with no first hand knowledge of the world and who hasn't delved into quality literature ever before, this is pretty profound stuff. It's easy to forget that if you're not just now crossing the starting line of life.
On the other hand, that hardly qualifies this movie as being great. If those who gave this movie a 10 are blown away by Parasite's subject matter, they need only head down to their local library and begin reading 19th century English literature to get a thousand times greater picture of what it is like for the serving poor and the separation between them and the rich. Victorian authors living in England included these basic facts of life out of course in their storylines without even meaning to have them signify some message, and if you liked that aspect of Parasite you'll quickly find the movie put to shame in its shallow depth of portrayal on the subject.
In the end what we really have is a dark comedy that misses it's own setup, and ends with a flailing attempt to create a message at the expense of creating a good story. It won't be the first Best Picture winner to lose its luster with every passing year as people look back upon it without hype and blindness for objective quality, but it at least is another to be added to the list.
5 out of 10 stars! | 5 |
Absolutely amazing. Spiderman has always been my favorite superhero and I'm so pleased that Sam Raimi has treated the original comic book with the greatest respect.
The action is breath-taking. Some sequences I never wanted to end. The movie is held together with good storylines and a solid underlying message. The whole cast do a great job, especially Tobey Macguire who seems absolutely perfect in the title role.
It looks like the comic book and the story unfolds like a comic book. The whole thing left me wanting to see Spiderman 3 immediately.
This is the new benchmark for Superhero movies. | 9 |
An unforgettable classic, a real benchmark. The performances, the direction, the music. All of It it's just on the same right, miraculous path of Triumph. Masterpiece. | 10 |
Just blown by the brilliance of each and every scene. Although I am not a great fan of SRK but now I realised why people called him"Badshah "of bollywood. The chemistry between lead actors is beyond perfect and music is the main soul of the movie and supporting cast also played their roles brilliant ly. | 10 |
I am big marvel fan and am following this since before the first season came out. It's a piece of art. It deserves the same level of recognition as games of thrones and breaking bad. All seasons were amazing except second half of season 2. Season 3 is an absolute masterpiece. Introduction of bullseye and reintroduction of Kingpin took the series to a new high. Action sequences in all seasons are breathtaking especially the hallway fights which get better than awesome with each season. Season 3 has an 11 minutes one shot prison fight sequence which was so thrilling and compelling that it would seriously be remembered for generations to come as an epic and nail-biting piece of one shot cinematography. People usually watch a series when they get bored or have free time. Trust me this is one of those series for which you'll willingly take out time. | 9 |
Expectation was high because of its cast and Studios. All I want to say is "Disappointed. " & I miss Stan Lee very much. It could be better if it was written by Stan Lee. | 1 |
What to say, give it 10 episodes and you will try and watch all other episodes as fast as you can. Amazing story with great world building and characters.
One of the best adventures out there. | 10 |
When you go for a war film, you watch out for a couple of hour long intense exchange of bullets, bloodshed and ultimately, the glorious triumph of one over another. But URI is a film which fails to give you any of them!
I'll keep it short and simple. The first half of URI revolves around the lengthy backstory of the characters, especially our man Vicky Kaushal. The first half also tries to evoke patriotism amonst the audience through catchy one liners. In fact, the brand of patriotism that has been imparted is not very different from what we were taught in school about how we should respect our National Flag, our National Anthem,etc.So spoonfeeding primary school stuff would not really prove to be interesting experience for most.So summaryof the first half- An Overstretched drama!
And the 2nd half revolves around the operation- the Grand Surgical Strike. The makers potray the Surgical Strike exactly as it was carried out in real. So the audience gets to see nothing new, coz we have already heard all about it in the news.
I feel, a War film should be innovative, and innovation has to be brought about by adding new elements than what happened in real. That way you get to please the ones who have grown up watching Hollywood war films,the ones who know what a war film really should be like. Sadly, URI has nothing new to offer and it becomes exactly like a History Channel/Nat Geo documentary of the entire operation in the 2nd half!
But for those who just wanna lay back and enjoy a mindless massy movie, you can go ahead. The rest..... the movie is not for you all, unfortunately! | 9 |
Bingewatched in a few days. Reminded quite a bit of Broadchurch (small town, secreta that start to emerge, etc.), but still quite different . | 8 |
Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) of the secret IMF team once again finds his life in danger when he must must track a secretive super villain (Kristoffer Joner) with a nuclear device. Hunt is also being shadowed by a ruthless CIA agent (Henry Cavill) with his own agenda.n
This 6th film in the MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE franchise defies the narrative of some of its predecessors and as a result should just be seen as a spectacle in its own right; something it delivers in enormous and expensive looking quantities. The plot and action ducks and weaves but should be enjoyed purely on its merits as a slick action movie. Co-produced by J.J. Abrams. | 5 |
A timid guy Karthik who is been bullied all his life finds himself a loser in his job, social and love life.Frequent meetings with a psychiatrist(Shefali) also fail to help.When things get completely out of hand, he attempts suicide.He gets an anonymous call(who claims he is also Karthik) right at that time, with tips to change his life. As time progresses he becomes a winner in all aspects of life but becomes heavily dependent on the early morning calls from the other karthik.When his new found girlfriend Shonali(Deepika) insists that he keep no secrets, he is forced to reveal about the other Karthik. From now on the plot gets sinister as both Shonali and the psychiatrist try to stop him taking these calls and get help. I would have a given a lower score but there are seriously creepy moments in the film. But there are too many holes for example Karthik is supposedly a CA and IIM topper.You cannot get into IIM if you are that low on confidence, they look for leadership material.His parents never seem to care, wouldn't you care if your son mysteriously disappears for months. And why would a great looking girl like deepika fall for a vey ordinary Farhan and seek him even after his extremely weird behaviour.I will not mention more as that would completely reveal the anyway predictable plot. The suspense is very predictable and director never cares to explain the root cause of Karthik's behaviour. Farhan please stick to direction, you are seriously lacking in looks and an average actor. | 5 |
To beat Scorsese,Mendes,Tarantino and Philips AND to beat The Irishman,Once upon a time...,1917, et al - I really was expecting this to be something special. I saw it with an afternoon audience who were mostly in their "twilight" years and the majority of comments at the end expressed puzzlement that this was the best picture of 2019. Lack of laughter during the performance implied that the film missed its' mark as a comedy. Perhaps its' role as a satirical social commentary of the gulf between the poor and the rich in South Korea might have been hitting targets but surely that would only be appreciated by a minority audience.
Personally, I felt that Ho had been given a box set of Ealing comedies made by the likes of Alexander Mackendrick, Charles Crichton, Robert Hamer and Henry Cornelius and simply transferred the tone to a South Korean environment. Of course the influence of Hollywood's "wild man", Quentin Tarantino,had to appear in order to appeal to a modern audience and of course it is there in the second half. I can only imagine that nowadays, the voters at Cannes and the Academy are made up of people too young to remember films such as "Kind Hearts and Coronets","Whisky Galore","The Lavender Hill Mob" and "Hue and Cry". Otherwise they would have realised that what is being exhibited is not "new" and different but is a retread of old classics.
I've watched ho's "The Host" and "Snowpiercer" and can't help but feel that he has potential but is not the maestro some,usually sensible, film critics claim. For one thing he needs to tighten up the pace of his storylines and keep to a central theme without going off at a tangent. There is also a whiff of patronisation here which implies that everyone in the "industry" were surprised that a South Korean could come up with a global hit. The moneymen are surely thinking that this is not a breakout hit for Ho but a breakin hit into a lucrative South East Asian market. Would it be the same hit if it had not been awarded "Best Picture"? I doubt it very much. | 4 |
Try to sit through this formula film. Aside from the special effects, which I guess were a big deal in their day, you will be subjected to the same old tired Hollywood formula of the protagonist being invincible and dodging every bullet, while the bad guys die by the dozen. The fight scenes are so bad. Example: One guy does the punching while the other guy just stands there absorbing the hits, Then they switch and the OTHER guy does the punching while the original guy just takes it. The martial arts scenes are so bad...I mean....don't rip off Bruce Lee from decades before and then produce WORSE kung fu fight scenes than he did. Supposedly set in the future but conventional weapons, aircraft, architecture etc seem to be the only things available. And then there is the appearance of unexplained weird creatures that just seem to be there to fill in the blanks of a weak story. Hey! It still has a great rating and got a bunch of awards! It must be me. | 2 |
I really wanted to like this film, but there's just too much wrong with it. There are too many plot holes and historical inaccuracies, and the script is lacklustre at best. The story is frankly stupid, and seems like something some drunk studio execs dreamed up over a boozy dinner after watching Saving Private Ryan.
It's a shame because an awful lot of people put an awful lot of effort into this, and the two main actors were great. The cinematography is excellent, but there are several important scenes which are spoiled by badly composited CG elements, particularly the climactic running shot which is just a mess.
There are some amazing films set in WW1, and so much scope for making more, but this is not one of them. Paths of Glory it ain't.
Finally, the soundtrack was really distracting at times. Some of the incidental music was highly anachronistic, and I really don't think anyone from Devon would have sung Wayfaring Stranger in 1917. There are lots of English hymns and Westcountry folksongs of the period that would have worked just as well. It was nicely sung, but a very odd choice of song. | 2 |
This was so interesting and witty! The story comes together perfectly with humor, suspense and great acting. Can't wait to see what the next season brings. | 9 |
What direction salutes to director they Direct a movie by risking his life . The movie the action and everything what we want and that we get . The action we want action we get the action is best . The acting is class we know that all the actors are very well classified in their way they done grateful job in this movie. The stroy line is okay or basic but the action is to heavy to watch they done well and cars scene are best for me they delivered and they shoot the movie in India ots indain to believe that they shoot here in here I can't believe that they deliver this movie and what can I talk watch this brillent movie. | 7 |
I'm very glad to say that south Indian movies are outstanding in action, story and bgm. This movie gives goosebumps many times. A good action flick by karthi and team. Love it. ( I'm from india 😊) | 9 |
I walked out of this movie upset that I wasted my money. The only redeeming quality of venom is dynamic between Eddie and venom. Everything else is bad, bad plot, bad characters, bad acting, bad movie. I don't get why people liked it, was over an hour tell venom finally showed up. The main villain riot was playing hide and seek in different people 90% of the movie. I also love that venom at first was like "I want to eat everyone and kill all humans." Then Eddie Brock who wasn't much of a person at all. Was like " how about you don't do that venom." Venom then was like "okay sounds good." Uhh didn't like it at all, probley because I don't like Eminem or hot topic. | 2 |
Interesting depth, plot and character development. | 8 |
I should start by saying that the series is great to watch for anyone that desires down-to-earth episodes, full of suspense and with an incredible amount of quality action.
Make no mistake, this will keep you up for many nights... at least if you are like me :) I just HAD to watch one season over at most 2 days, otherwise I couldn't even sleep properly. Yes, it's that well made.
There's a really high quality level in terms of acting and of the plot.
The only thing that actually put me off is the number of times Keifer Sutherland is pronouncing "nuclear" as "nucular" :) but it's manageable.
You won't find a better action movies series than this. I'm just sad that I found out so late about it. Have fun! | 10 |
A must watch film for every indian...this movie is a masterpiece...awesome acting by each and every character...JAI HIND..🇮🇳🇮🇳 | 10 |
This movie is not clever. It's not funny. It's just a bunch of white noise on my screen.
I cant imagine someone writing this and then sitting down, looking at their work and thinking; "wow, this is so good i should do more writing".
There isn't a single character that i developed any sort of interest in or attachment to.
The only thing worse than this movie is the 600 character minimum for reviews imposed by imdb. I mean how many ways can i say "this is a crappy movie"?
124 characters left until i can submit this hazardous materials warning label.
I hope whoever greenlit this movie is forced to take time off and consider alternative career options. | 3 |
OK, I've not seen part 4, 5 and 6. I've seen the first three and now, almost, the last one. I know the backgrounds, but that doesn't change the fact that this movie was boring. The first 15 minutes and the last couple of scenes were good. The rest was an accumulation of nice forest shots and teenage bickering which once again confirms this is not an adult universe.
It's a bit heavier than the early years, but remains a kids story. If the world is coming to an end, I didn't feel it. I fail to see the hype, even now it's almost over. It's too nice to ever get dark and far from the brilliance it is credited with. A Sunday afternoon movie at best. | 5 |
...but that would require me to know what was going on. I watched the first Fantastic Beasts and enjoyed it. The story was fairly easy to follow. Not so here. The main problem is in the title. Both the Fantastic Beasts and the Crimes of Grindelwald aspects had their own stories to follow, and they just didn't quite connect. Add that to far too many subplots to follow, and you get a big confusing mess. This movie was more like a bunch of TV show episodes. Every time you think you know who the story will be about, it's suddenly about someone else. I really wanted to like this movie. I love the wizarding world. But it just went in too many directions at once to form any cohesive story. It definitely wasn't worth a trip to the theater, but may be worth buying on home video if you absolutely must see more of your favorite characters. | 4 |
The people in the academy must be nuts ! How can this be the winner of the Oscar ?? Art should be the winner. A good story with good values should be the winner. This movie totally distorts reality. Or, at least, what we understand for the "official story" about the hostage crisis in Iran 1979. It plays with the following idea: "the official history says the Canadians did everything, but let's say, in this movie, that it was the CIA and that, in fact, we made the world believe the Canadians prepared all the rescue operation". Is it possible ? Maybe, but it belongs much more to the realm of conspiracy theory, than to what may have really happened. I admit the narrative keeps the audience interested in the movie, but that's all it has.. No good acting, scenario, picture, or direction
And it got the Oscar ??? How come ?? | 4 |
After watching a lot of thrillers and drama over the lockdown period I wanted to see something different, simple and funny. And the choice of Panchayat did not disappoint at all. Look, there is nothing much happening in the series, there is no thrilling plot, no high-low emotional dramas, no exciting climax..nothing. But still you would love it because of its simplicity and rural journey the plot undertakes in 8 episodes.
The story is set in a rural village of UP. The lead of the series is from NCR who couldnt get into a corporate role while his friends have. He took the opportunity in as a panchayat secretary in UP village just as there was no other alternate options available. Still throughout the story he still want to appear for CAT and get into IIM and from there to a corporate life. What I liked about about the story is that there is no dramatic change of his feelings and overnight he doesnt become emotionally close to the village. No nothing, he still wants to get out of the village and pursue the corporate career dream. So there is consistency there and no dramatic change as such.
The highlight of the series is the acting from mostly all of them. Jitendra Kumar, Raghubir Yadav, Chandan Roy, Neena Gupta, Faisal Malik all them have given their best shot. But to me it was Raghubir Yadav who stole the show. His character mostly goes through the shades of chauvinistic male politician but still a caring husband and a caring father, practical and cunning politician but still good at heart, a good friend. He was simply good.
Overall you will love the rural charm and the feel good factor. Just watch it for that. | 7 |
This is one of my favorite genres. One would be hard-pressed to introduce me to something decent and I not enjoy it. This show, however, is unbearable to me. Who would write this drivel and put their name on it? I will make a point to memorize the script writer(s) and avoid at all cost in the future. | 2 |
My thoughts on actions films in a nutshell:
Instead of fifty car wrecks, 100 gory death scenes, a million bullets flying, and about a billion euros in property damage, just have one, well-choreographed event. I am so tired of the school of film-making that says, "if one car wreck is cool, let's have dozens of them." The problem is that there is no tension, and action without tension is boring. Violence without consequences is a cartoon
Just the amount of money spent on the ridiculous opening sequences could have funded ten good films.
And it keeps going, as I write this in real time. I suppose they think they can just completely overwhelm the mouth-breathers by never stopping-or even slowing down-to have any sort of story.
I have a rule. If the trailer has more than one explosion, the movie is a huge dump fit only for disturbed adolescents. My rule is almost always true. | 5 |
the film in and of itself is not too bad, aside from the ridiculous and at times downright vulgar cinematography - the acting is for the most part competent, and the dialogue is funny. it is undeniably a film many people will - and have - enjoyed my mistake was watching this after already being a fan of the television series starring jeremy brett. oh, and also being a fan of the books. as i say the film is not too bad, i am just annoyed to the point of offense that a whole generation, if not the entire world, will be mislead into perceiving this as the definitive sherlock holmes. its not. its a very very loose interpretation of sherlock holmes held together by a few misused quotes, as performed by captain jack sparrow (there's nothing wrong with that, i liked the first pirates of the Caribbean, and its not meant as some sort of a jibe - but after about 30 minutes it suddenly struck me - EVERY mannerism is copied point for point off of captain jack sparrow.) and there is nothing wrong with 'loose interpretations' either - i have liked many. but the dialogue and story writing are just TERRIBLE in comparison to the original works, and ignoring them in favour of THIS script is just wrong. i mean the plot is truly awful, and not just from a 'this is not how the book is' kind of way. its just plain bad. i guess the thing im most annoyed about is how despite being English himself, guy ritchie has managed to take every subtlety and all propriety that was brilliant about sherlock holmes and replace it with crude Hollywood clichés and americanisms.
i just urge anyone who reads this, even if you still decide to watch the film, to at least download/rent the "adventures of sherlock holmes" starring jeremy brett afterwards, and see how much better it is. i really honestly don't mean to be a buzz kill, these films do have their place, but if you want a Hollywood blockbuster then go see the terminator or die hard or something. if you want to watch sherlock holmes, then this is not it. its like james bond starring tom cruise with an austin powers accent, im sure it could be done, and im sure it would get a (shocking) 7.8 star rating on IMDb, but for the love of god, it really shouldn't. | 4 |
A vulgar and violent approach to the great theory of the multiverse where its total lack of substance and character development is masked behind a hyper inflated budget or CGI... | 4 |
Ousted from the Bolshoi and in desperate need of money to look after her sick mother, Dominika , is dragged into a world of international espionage by her uncle. Showing an aptitude for the work, she is sent to Russia's Sparrow program, which teaches recruits to honey trap potential targets. She is sent to retrieve information from Nate (Joel Edgerton) regarding a high ranking turncoat in the Russian government. However, when Nate offers her a chance to get herself and her mother out of Russia she agrees, but with the stakes so high, where do her allegiances really lie.
The trouble with "Red Sparrow" is that though competently shot and edited, it neither has enough to say to be an "issues" film nor enjoyable enough to be considered "entertainment". In fact, it can be a brutal slog at times, with Jennifer Lawerence's Dominika seriously injured in the opening scene, surviving multiple rape attempts and enduring several other scenes of humiliation and torture.
Further compounding the films problems is the fact that the plot is well worn material. Aside from the fact that all espionage films use the "who can you trust double triple cross" trope, last years "Atomic Blonde", not great itself, covered similar ground to a better effect, and the TV show "The Americans" has covered the sparrow program and the whole Russian Spy experience with greater depth and merit.
The films failure at the box office has left some pointing the finger at Lawrence herself as not being a box office draw. This seems harsh to me, as the films failing go way beyond her and her occasionally hilarious Natasha from Rocky and Bullwinkle Russian accent. I hope it doesn't discourage her from taking varied roles in the future. | 4 |
Story tottaly off pace, confusing, and script is basic. Ofcourse i have to mention the forced diversity agenda that ruins the show. When your focus is to represent the social cultural scene of 2021 onto a Fantasy tv series you have a recipe for disaster. It needs more than "representation" to make a good story stick together, engaging. Season 1 was good, this second one is a disaster.
Also, whats up with the elves looking like bums??
Season 3, please god no. Just let it die. | 1 |
Fargo is a very overrated movie.
I've seen Blood simple, Raising Arizona, The Big Lebowski, and now Fargo, and I have to say, the first three win big over the last. What I like most about Coen movies is the originality - look at the crazy biker guy in Arizona, or the climax in blood simple, or the the entire movie in Lebowski. Their movies are stunning and ahead of their time.
Fargo, on the other hand, is not. In fact, the script lies down so flat it's hard to believe that someone actually made this movie... it simply didn't need to be made. I have to give credit for poking fun at the north midwest - I was born in North Dakota and moved to Rochester, Minnesota and then St. Paul before heading East - but that just doesn't make this a good movie.
The premise (guy hires thugs to kidnap his wife and he gets the ransom) isn't original. The criminal hi-jinks (kidnappers shoot everybody and anybody in their way) certainly aren't original. And please, Frances McDormand's character might just be the biggest cliche in the entire movie. Good cop gets the bad guys in the end. There wasn't even any suspense, nothing went wrong... most of the entire movie was predictable. And even though McDormand delivers a fine, fine performance, she's only in the movie for fifty minutes or so!
The Coens' unmistakable touches on the film are what save it for me. The humor, the accents, the situational irony are superb. But they can't save the plot, which is just too ordinary.
Overall a 6.5 or 7 out of ten, for fine cinematography, a very good score, the realistic accents, and the great ensemble acting. And any movie with William H. Macy in it deserves a good rating, IMO. | 7 |
Its great to see the old cast back. I love the fact that Andrew Garfield got the praise he deserves. But the plot doesn't make any sense at all. They could've done better with the film. And it wasn't nostalgic enough since the entire plot was kind of obvious and some scenes were leaked as well. | 4 |
It was coming on TV and I normally don't watch too many bollywood movies because their song, dance and melodrama does not catch my fancy however living in South Delhi and always travelling to Gurgaon for meeting friends and clients , this movie got my attention. By the end I could see that it was basically a script taken of many other Hollywood films (or British) like Eden lake (but not children) however lets not take anything away from the film. The direction, editing , background score and surprisingly Anoushka's (whom I actually don't like much) acting was pretty good too.
It should what rural Harayana quintessentially is like without any tongue in cheek humour which is what I liked. It's not some to joke about. The movie is definitely worth a watch or two until and unless you are from rural Harayana or U.P then the truth might hurt you. | 7 |
Ortega did a FANTASTIC job as Wednesday. She is lovely and dark! Who I can't stand watching are Guzman and Jones as Gomez and Morticia Addams. These characters are so iconic. These two actors failed where others have been successful. Their acting failed these two characters. Gomez always had a positive upbeat attitude who was always passionate and over the top. Guzman falls flat in his interpretation as Gomez. Jones is beautiful and classy but she lacks the spice required to be Morticia Addams. I'm so glad most of the series lacks both of them and concentrates mainly on Wednesday and her mystery solving. | 8 |
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