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Producer used this acting legends in wrong time content. | 5 |
I was expecting more because of the trailer. Poor acting, poor script, jokes are not that funny, and comparing this to other MCU movies, this is definitely below average. | 4 |
Pluses:
I start off by saying I was pleasantly surprised how well Cavill portrayed his role and carried the series. I had hoped he would but was prepared for disaster.
The sets were good and Netflix obviously opened their purse (however, see below on Minuses)
The fight scenes were excellent
It picked up its pace nicely in the two latter episodes
Minuses:
Summary:
Any comparison with GoT is unjust. We can't compare everything to GoT (besides, that show had a very questionable last two seasons). However, it didn't satisfy wholly. It took me a few days to finish (and I am an avid watcher of sci-fi and fantasy) and as mentioned I am not dying for the next season. Not a hit, but not a miss. Decent watching but mostly thanks to Cavill. | 7 |
This is the best of the Godfather trilogy. This film breaks the norm of the first film is usually the best. Part II of the trilogy, the story, acting and cinematography really transport you into the world of the Corleone saga. | 10 |
I heard great things about this movie, but besides the outstanding special effects, the script was pretty cliché and cringeworthy, and there was very little character development. We are supposed to feel for Kowalski, yet the guy's a cartoon superhero with absolutely no background other than a love of country music (stolen from Apollo 13). Bullock's character is inconsistent--a scared babbling "citizen-astronaut" to an experienced-looking pilot who can read foreign manuals and navigate her way through foreign space stations like she's been there a hundred times.
In general, despite its special effects, and a few exciting scenes, an ultimately forgettable and clichéd film. | 5 |
Anyway, I am thoroughly enjoying this. It was hard to follow at first, but settles down a bit into a very entertaining show. The nudity was crazy and fun in the beginning, but I don't miss it at all now. | 9 |
I am writing this one to point out the basic flaw in the expectation of some users from the show who are now writing reviews shaming that the reasons by HANNAH BAKER were not compelling enough to reason her Suicide. Well because THEY WERE NOT MEANT TO. Think yourself - can any reason justify SUICIDE ? Just for a simple reason that Suicide is neither justifiable nor reasonable. And I believe that the main purpose of the creators was to show that. They didn't wanted the reasons to be reasonable. So, please if you are going to watch it just to find out the enough reason to do suicide maybe don't because there isn't any and nor there will be. . . The series in itself is very gritty and sure tough to watch because of the subject. The acting is on point. | 8 |
The CGI in this looks like it was made by a group of 12 year olds, but at least it's better animated than Crunchyroll's latest abomination. That's why I'm giving it a 4 instead of a 1. At least they actually put some effort into it, even if it didn't turn out as good as they thought. | 4 |
This movie is a masterpiece. It has a broad reach, genuine complexity in the emotional lives of the characters and a compelling storyline. I used to read Marvel comics all the time when I was a kid and this film captures those more fully than anything else in this genre. Peter Parker's anguish, star-crossed lovers, megalomaniacs running amok..it is like Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet and Julius Caesar rolled into an action movie.
Speaking of action, some of the sequences in this film are jaw dropping. The elevated subway ride is the best use of a subway in a movie since The Matrix and is just breathtaking. At the same time the movie is very well paced, razzle dazzle action sequences are mixed up with quiet moments of tenderness. The original Spiderman movie was fine but not in this league. ( Hey, wish the matrix sequels had followed same trajectory!). I also really enjoyed the humor scattered through the movie.
For everyone who loves this comic genre, I'd say this is the movie where they got it right. For people who don't, you will enjoy it anyway. | 10 |
Wow, this girl, Hannah wanted so much attention. What a selfish person she was. She seemed too confident for a person that would kill herself, so no one wanted to be friends?! so what move on. She pushed everyone away and made them feel like it was their fault. In my opinion, the counselor really tried to save her and get as much info as he could but no, she wanted everyone to guess what she felt. Bullshit! What a selfish person! | 2 |
I don't really understand all the hype behind this movie. Maybe it's because I've heard the book was so good that this movie created some buzz before its release. I normally enjoy sci fi movies and I am generally a fan of Ridley Scott. I enjoy being moved by great acting performances and being awed by the mysteriousness and the unknown this type of genre is able to project on the big screen. However, this movie did none of the above for me. Although Matt Damon is an excellent actor, it was difficult for me to fully buy into his character. Despite being alone and stranded on Mars, he lacked emotion and credibility. The other characters in this movie fell flat, too. The biggest disappointments were Kristen Wiig and Jeff Daniels – it was too one dimensional, lacked versatility, and was to cliché. Actually, the plot was very cliché and was very predictable. And the special effects and action sequences were far too similar to what we saw in Prometheus. I guess I expected more with this cast and director but was left wanting so much more. | 4 |
Can a movie without garish designer clothes, multi star cast,flesh flashing item songs, silly humour, loud dialogues, trick photography, absurd stunts et al be categorised as a documentary? If your answer is 'yes', then 'Swades' is not for you.
'Swades' is a self exploring journey of Mohan Bhargava(Shahrukh Khan) who is a smart & successful project manager in Nasa's Space Kennedy Centre who after a span of solitude years feels the urge to meet his nanny Kaveriamma and convince her to spend the rest of her life in more pleasures & comforts with him, she has been a motherly figure to him and many. Search of Kaveriamma lands him in a small village of Charanpur in India where she lives with Gita(Gayatri Joshi), a school teacher by profession and choice. Mohan is in a total contrast situation from where he came and his short stay extends when he comes across many vital unsolvable realities of that village, which help to form a ladder to his inner evolution. And of course Gita's simplistic & idealistic personality helps in develop a loving bond between the two.He takes on himself to provide the basic need of Electricity(generate) thru Water and even tries to open the innocent/ ignorant eyes of many to the unknown and known facets of the world. Mohan's every move, every word gets him closer to the rest and himself . Mohan is capable enough of taking any sound decision at this juncture of his life, so does he fall prey to a comfortable lavish lifestyle layering it in the name of career progression and loosing his real identity or does he want to go beyond the norms and return to his roots and make his life more worthwhile?
The soulful music and the intertwining of songs in the script keeps you absorbed through out. The movie at no point goes overboard in conveying the thoughts of the director(Ashutosh Gowariker),his penchant for detailing and apt characters placement are worth experiencing. I forgot to mention SRK, this is what you'll feel too cos here Mohan Bhargava is at forte which says a lot about the actor himself and even the director who has the capability to extract effective performances from one and all.
The only downside maybe the duration of the movie, but the sincerity of the movie will gently glide you all the way.
'Swades' will be remembered for several firsts(or in a long time) to its credit: * The title of the film. * The promo pictures of the film very different which doesn't emphasise the hero, but the people. * First Indian Cinema to be shot in Nasa. * Subtle romantic moments between the lead actor & actress. * Debut of a senior veteran director Lekh Tandon. * A main-stream cinema not following a rigid path of 'entertaining' cinema.
Someone correctly said 'It is difficult to be simple', but its not at all difficult to watch and muse over this simple piece of work! | 4 |
As a fan of the whole Witcher universe, I can only say this is a must-see for everyone who has come into contact with the character of Geralt before. Henry Cavill totally owns the role, I especially love his voice acting (actually, sometimes it reminded me so much of the game dialogues, I wasn't even sure if this was a new recording). I also really like how they introduced all this little things in the show - they didn't scream everything in your face. And yes, there is a lot of fanservice, a lot of little details that you would only recognize if you knew any of the stories before.
So many people complain about the storytelling, but I actually enjoyed it a lot. Well, the viewer has to think a little bit to keep up, but the way they split the timelines and character stories actually added a lot of suspense in my point of view. Also, this a filmization of the short stories and the format fits this quite well I believe.
As a fan of Witcher, I think a lot of people will love it. If you are unfamiliar with the material, you might need a little time to adjust - thats why my rating is split 10/10 and 7/10.
BTW: If you are watching this because you expected a new GoT, it is no wonder you are disappointed. Do not believe everything the media tells you. Witcher has got nothing to do with GoT. Its two completely different stories and also angles on fantasy literature. Further - people who smush together GoT with LotR really have no clue about fantasy. Comparing Witcher to those sagas is like buying an apple, and then wondering why it doesn't taste like the banana, and also not like the orange, even though they are all fruits?!
Check out Witcher! | 9 |
I don't even know what to compare it to. Of course, I understood that civilization is heading towards the end, but everything is happening too fast. I think that the movie "Idiocracy" was prophetic. Soon we'll all be watching far**ng a*s. And this film will win an Oscar for several years in a row. I can't describe my frustration with the Marvel movies. The film studio was taken over by drug addicts. Pardon my "French". | 2 |
There is really nothing in this movie that did stand out. I did not watched it in 3d maybe this was the cause as I missed the hype but this way I could evaluate the movie.
No characters, no fancy villains, the story is predictable and boring.
When I walked out I really felt like I watched a small action movie produced directly for TV.
Can somebody tell me what is so amazing about the movie?
I admit the effects are great, but it really seems the makers of the movie consumed so much energy on the 3D hype that all the other aspects were forgotten.
Thats untypical for Cameron, looking on his previous movies, like T2, we saw real character development in acting (especially Linda Hamilton).
Here, all characters are too flat, they have no dimension.
Im 29 years old maybe if I were 12 the movie would be awesome to me.
If this is whats left from Cameron, the once great director, then I will rather turn to younger talents like Christopher Nolan, who seem much more dedicated on story and acting then on action. | 2 |
Sex, Lies, and Videotape is a modern day drama from director Stephen Soderbergh starring James Spader, Andie MacDowell, and Peter Gallagher.
The film starts off with Anne (MacDowell) in her therapists office telling how her husband (Gallagher) has invited an old friend, Graham (Spader), to stay at their house without her permission. She reveals to the therapist that her marital life is poor and then there is a cut to her husband having an affair with another woman who is later revealed to be Anne's sister. When Graham arrives he is not the old friend that John remembers because he changed quite a bit. Anne is instantly attracted to him because the fact that he is impotent and she feels that society as a whole values sex too much. It is then revealed that Graham videotapes women talking about sex and that is when all the sex, lies, and videotapes truly begins.
The writing for this film was truly original and deserves the Oscar Nomination it received. The script for this film has so much depth, you understand how the minds of the characters operate and that only happens rarely in films. The plot was intriguing the whole way through and the film had a sense of purity about it. The only thing I didn't like was the ending because it wasn't very memorable but for a film like this one it is about the ride it takes you on.
The acting in this film was quite good, MacDowell was excellent as Anne. She finely portrayed the qualities of innocence that Anne had and was easily the most relatable and sentimental character. Spader gave a solid performance as Graham also portraying innocence and an odd feeling about him. His performance could have been better, but he did just fine all the same. Gallagher gave a good performance as the husband having an affair, it is not an unusual role for an actor to have to play, and he did a good job at it but nothing extraordinary.
The direction of this film was very good which shows why Stephen Soderbergh is one of the biggest directors in Hollywood today. He had many complex shots and did a great job of letting the audience get to know the characters. He truly put together one of the greatest first feature films of any director.
The score for this film was outstanding, it was right in all the right places. It was sentimental, suspenseful, it was truly magnificent.
Overall I would give this film a solid 8/10, definitely worth watching just because it is Stephen Soderbergh's first feature film. I would recommend this to anyone who likes to watch genres or films with pure, raw emotion. | 8 |
The word masterpiece is also less for this movie!!Oo man the movie shows the best ever human-dog friendship movie can be made in all possible way.. This movie is perfect in every way.. 10 out of 10 star rating also can't describe the art of the movie..Rakshit shetty has given sole to his role.. Wht a brilliant acting!!! Don't miss it and be grateful to watch this gem of a movie. | 10 |
Could not go ahead after two episodes...it's not fun, nor compelling...it doesn't encouraging going ahead... | 4 |
So so over hyped a bit above average but far too long. The hype here is real thank goodness I only paid $5. Wait for it come our on Firestick. | 3 |
This film made me feel neutral. I found the using-science-to-solve-problems aspect interesting but that isn't what makes a film resonate with me. It's the characters. The characters in this film do not feel like people. They feel empty. Sure, Mark Watney, the lead played by Matt Damon, has a personality I guess. We learn early on that he is an easy-going guy who can remain calm in most stressful situations. However, there isn't much else to him. I had no reason to connect to him. No one bothered to give him any sort of arc or background. He doesn't change or grow as a person at all. I know not every protagonist has to go through some sort of change but this character could have with at least a little bit of internal conflict.
This applies to the rest of the cast as well. Only four characters in the film stood out to me in anyway: Watney, Rich Purnell (Donald Glover), Vincent Kapoor (Chiwetel Ejiofor) and Michael Peña's character. Watney because he is, I suppose, more well rounded than the rest of the cast; Purnell because an archetypal quirky genius character is better than no character at all; Kapoor because his skills in communication and persuasion make him stand out which is a required quality for his job (Mars mission director, I had to look it up on Wikipedia); and Peña's character because of the two tiny moments of banter between him and Watney. Everyone else is defined by their jobs (which I've forgotten for the most part anyway) and what actions they need to do for their job.
When it comes to technical aspects, nothing was really done badly but nothing was done exceptionally either. The direction served its purpose but didn't impress. The cast did a pretty good job in their roles but no one made up for their lacklustre* characters. The visual effects are good. Granted, nothing stood out but that wasn't the purpose. They're supposed to make the spectacle look convincing, and they accomplish that.
Lastly, I would like to mention the score. Throughout most of the film, I didn't really pay attention to it but in the first few scenes when Watney is stranded on Mars, I felt that the music was too overdramatic. This probably isn't that much of a problem as I forgot about it quickly but it's distracting when the score is too intense or emotional for the scene it's accompanying.
Overall, this film neither impressed nor annoyed me. It's competently well made but it feels empty. If either the premise or the problem solving aspect interests you, you might like it. Otherwise, you can skip it.
*That's the British spelling of "lackluster" apparently.
http://letterboxd.com/lloyd_morgan/film/the-martian/ | 5 |
I saw this film yesterday and I figured I should write a review before all the enthusiasm has faded away. But then again, I could write the review in a year, or in five years - i'd still love it by then. Gong Fu is just a comedy classic. When I first saw Shaolin Soccer, I was sure this was Chinese humor at its best, but now all that glory goes to Gong Fu. It deserves a place in my top 3-4 comedies list next to Monty Python's Life of Brian, Holy Grail and Shaolin Soccer. The CG is brilliant, the acting is great, the humor is superb, there's just nothing bad I can say about Gong Fu. If you miss it, your eyes will shrivel up. | 10 |
What superlatives can I hurl at this film that you haven't already heard? Okay. Let's try this one....The night before they strap me into the electric chair, I'm demanding TWO things...a big plate of cheesy homemade lasagna and one more screening of "G2" (which should bring my cumulative total up to about 53).
This is it. The filmmaker's bible. The ne plus ultra of American cinema. "TEN" ain't a high enough number for a vote on this one. This is in a category by itself and should be viewed as a one-piece unit with "G1" as THE reason that they invented film in the first place.
Not a word out of place. Not a shot that isn't perfection. Indelible. Wanna impress other life forms in the galaxy? Put "G2"and "G1" in the capsule and send it up. And besides, I understand they need a good recipe for meat sauce on Alpha Centauri.
When they look back at our civilization a thousand years from now...they'll recognize this film as our generation's contribution to the development of the culture of all mankind. And maybe they'll forgive us for "Titanic". | 10 |
THE PLOT TWISTS!!! THE REVEALSSS THE LORE EVERYTHING WE THOUGHT WE KNEW CHANGED WITH THIS EPISODE | 10 |
The series has unfortunately completely failed after a promising start.
Two (!) Filler-episodes (3+7) in the first season that add absolutely no value to the plot and probably only serve ideological (promoting LGBT) purposes, a very slow pace with hardly any action, a terrible actress as a cast member for ELLIE.
This series is a negative example of how to turn an amazing story of a video game into a boring series while destroying the chemistry, authenticity and sympathy of the characters. The plot in the game is dense, its action driven and atmospheric, you feel with the characters and are involved in the story. You care about them. Here, I wish that Ellie would just die as she is nothing more than annoying and unable to portray any emotions besides this.
Too bad, I had such high expectations after Chernobyl.... | 3 |
Lots of feet and shoes! Brilliant acting but disappointing | 3 |
The following is my opinion: Watch 'THE SPACE BETWEEN US", a 2015 Indie short by: Marc S. Nollkaemper. Then decide if Guillermo del Toro stole this story. First of all, I want to mention that the Dutch filmmaker kindly shut down the growing talk of plagiarism but...It's still pretty Screamingly Obvious. And, it bothers me that Guillermo del Toro accepts the credit and financial gain from what is really, a story written and directed by a STUDENT filmmaker. "The Space Between Us" has haunted me since I watched it in 2015. And, when I saw the movie poster I initially thought "The Shape of Water" was a longer version. You'll notice the cover art for "The Shape of Water" is the final shot in the original film. When I realized they were made by different people, I began to look into other de Toro "creations". I found that the bulk of his successful work, i.e., everything from Hellboy, to Blade, to the Pale Man are based, and not loosely, on someone else's work. Comic books, novels, Victorian short stories, indie movies and Japanese mythology like Y'golonac and Tenome, to name some of his source material. Not an original idea in the bunch, just the addition of certain components and/or maybe a costume change. The original is more beautiful than del Toro's remake, because there's no unnecessary sex and violence. The addition of sex and violence was just the easy way to lengthen the movie. But, it shifted the focus from the lead characters shared oppression to a vaguely crass love story. Destroying some of the depth the story was intended to communicate and instead creating the chance to titillate the audience with intimacy between the leads and add violence in defence of their love. del Toro took the easy way when fleshing out the movie, as the genius was already there in the original storyline. I think there's an obvious reason del Toro chose to "create" this movie, it fits his talent for taking a solid mature plot and/or character(s) and repackaging them for public consumption. A very useful talent and, admirable if you acknowledge that's what you're doing. del Toro has a reputation for creating original works, which I believe, hasn't been fairly earned. Rebranding an existing creation to develop marketability and pump up a bottom line, are far different talents versus originating something new that prior to you, didn't exist in ANY form. Frankly, in the case of this movie, it's the classic story of a young student having their work stolen by an older person with cash and reputation. This particular student has been smart enough not to fight a very expensive uphill battle but, is spinning it into something positive for his career. Another testament to Marc S. Nollkaemper's brilliance. Bottom line, moving forward I'll search out anything Marc S. Nollkaemper is involved with, as he obviously has the potential to become a major talent. And, I'll avoid anything connected to Guillermo del Toro because I no longer trust that the work is genuinely his. I can't support this type of blatant theft of another artist's ideas as it's already tough enough for an artist to hold onto to intellectual property in today's world. Lastly, I know there are those who will still say, there's no relationship between the films...Just watch them both in the order they were released, the truth is pretty straightforward. | 5 |
I have just finished watching the first epi of the TV series, so there's nothing much to comment about actually. Have read the manga, but haven't watch the movie yet. Personally, I can't accept the moral values expressed in this story. But if you don't mind about morality and stuff, then this one is just right for you. Based from what I've read in the manga and if they are going to bring the exact storyline from the manga to anime, then I would say that the first few episodes would certainly be very interesting to watch. It'll give you a jolt to your human conscience, whether it is right or not for a human to act this way or that. Anyway, Ryuk rocks! ^-^ He certainly looks cool and funny in his ragged clothes! He's adorable! So overall, it's worth watching if you are too lazy to read the manga and prefer motion characters. | 6 |
Pretty pathetic, full of pathos and cheesy one liners yet another Tom Cruise movie. Cruise did his usual thing, other actors were ok I guess, but the story line is dumb and boring. Val Kilmer looked ridiculous as a navy veteran.
All in all you have to be really bored to watch this. | 3 |
Interesting concept, and yet OK writing. Almost perfect casting, and yet rather odd acting. Visually stunning, and yet not very exciting. First of all, this movie is no Dark Knight, which is truly Nolan's best so far. It is also NOT The Matrix or Fight Club. The problem with the movie is it started out very interesting and grabbing audience attention right away, and yet with more and more detail being lay out, you started to realize it is not really that big a deal, In the theatre, as an audience sitting there watching people getting shot at and as the intensity steadily going up, the movie gives nothing, no fear, no pain, no emotion. Because all it is a dream. The worst possible outcome, you go insane, like we are not already. The movie lacks conflict which every good movie should have. Two, because the movie is set in dreams, so realistically, there shouldn't be too much emotions which Nolan got it right. Yet for a movie, it is a disaster, because without emotion there will be no feeling. Half way through the movie, I really didn't feel bad for Dom at all. His pain was like fantasies. It was all in his dreams. Even his personal family difficulty didn't strike me as painful. In today's global society, the situation he was in was just unbelievable. Last, the ending. It just doesn't make sense. To be honest, I can't even go into detail to explain why it doesn't make sense, but it just doesn't. A movie is still a movie. However, since Nolan can make a comic book movie actually make sense, and even nominated for Oscar. I will forgive him on this one. Either way, I recommend people to see it because it will make you think about it. Any movie that makes us use even the smallest amount of our brain is worthy of a viewing. | 6 |
I have high expectation before walking into the theater. However, the illustration of atmosphere of the film is not as mysterious as the previous series of Harry Potter. It seems to be more suitable for children. There is much room for improvement in the future. The monsters in the film are somehow more cute than magically terrifying. If the director can focus more in creating an atmosphere of mystery, magic and wonder, this movie can be a lot better. Also, the final fight is a little bit too simple that is not making me feel excited and nervous enough. Perhaps my expectation is too high because of the great success of the previous series. Another minor point is the female main character is not as charming as Emma Watson. Generally speaking, this movie is still worth watching if you are a fan of Harry Potter. | 6 |
Not exactly like the game but has the same basics
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A very good Anime series that has created a huge following. If you have the conviction, you can achieve your dreams! Top notch Anime that I would recommend for anyone looking for Anime to watch. The production quality, and expected silliness is there for all to enjoy! | 9 |
Honestly this series could be great if they dropped all the other terrible attempts at weaving several narratives together. The only good episodes follow Geralt and his monster slaying duties and are stand out episodes in both series so far, everything else is boring, poorly acted and with dire scripting. It's painful and uninteresting to watch and you're just waiting for the program to jump back to Geralt. Ciri and Geralt are well cast but Triss is not good. Many of the other characters feel like a diversity shoehorn and this is where the overall quality really suffers and becomes apparent when contrasted against the two more accomplished and skilful actors.
If it were to follow a Xena or Hercules format of following Geralt around slaying monsters with 2 episodes per season progressing a story arc then it would be a solid 8 at least but as it stands, it's a 6-6.5 at best. I gave it a 1 to balance out the biased crazies.
Not enough monsters. Not enough Witcher in 'The Witcher'.
Jesus, series 3 is absolutely dreadful. They dropped the ball even more. What a narrative mess, the actions sequences...dreadful. A handful of decent actors within the entire series try to piece together scraps of garbage. I presume this was written pre emptively as if the writer strike was already underway as a demonstration of what it would be like without them.... The 'special effects' very underwhelming and the amount of woman on woman crying and drama would be at home in a soap opera. One of the episodes involves ciri running round the desert narrating the obvious that you can see with your very own eyes, as if the writers could not trust you to work it out for yourself. Insulting. Not even another 200% diversity could save this total and criminal waste of the Witcher licence. | 3 |
Disclaimer: This review is my own opinion. Everything that coming out in this review is from my watching experience.
After it was released in 2011, I watched this anime ten years later. However, after seeing it, I believe it is no longer an old anime. Everything in the anime is so amazing that it's all mixed up. The plot is a tad twisted and a little bit complicated, but it's nothing compared to other time-traveling science series. I'll break up my opinion into each part.
The plot moves along smoothly, but it has a significant influence on the viewer, such as myself. Every episode is truly enthralling. As the plot progresses, you will find yourself traveling between time more and more. Jump in and out of the time machine. I really like the direction in which the series is heading; if the past might be changed, how about the present? Are there any modifications? I usually thinking follow the main character and guessing what will happen next; it's a lot of fun. In the series, there is a combination of every emotion, including sadness, laughter, stress, excitement, and more. There will be certain sequences that will make you chuckle, and then the director will hit you in the face with sorrowful thoughts, which is driving me insane, but it's truly fantastic.
Every character in this series has a distinct personality. Rintarou Okabe (primary character) is a bright guy and a mad scientist, and I adore his feelings and emotions throughout the entire series. Mayuri Shiina and Kurisu Makise are also two of my favorite characters. Kurisu is a cautious and astute figure who stands out due to his red hair. Mayuri is a brilliant young lady, and I adore her catchphrase "Tutturu" when she meets someone new. The other character is fantastic. With a fantastic tale and dialogue, you will grow to adore these characters as the series progresses.
This anime is basically an outdated style of anime art in terms of scene. However, it still appears to be a solid option for me. I initially mistook it for a 2015 anime, but it isn't. It's excellent artwork for the 2011 anime. The studio did an excellent job. This series' music is such an earworm that the opening song has been stuck in my brain since I first watched it. Every song in this series is melodic, thus I would recommend the playlist of songs in this series.
Lastly, I strongly recommend this anime to whoever haven't seen it yet. 26 episode is not that long it's similar to other anime. It's pretty great and my first place of my sci-fi time travel anime.
Good Luck. El Psy Congroo. (Okabe Rintarou) | 9 |
Worn out dystopian future premise, virtual reality goggles that havent gotten smaller in 30 years???...and 80s music?? Make it stop! | 3 |
I will be damned if you don't feel the #Josh after watching this amazing movie #URI #TheSurgicalStrike | 10 |
In an era full of spin offs and great failures, like Lord of The Rings series, House of the Dragon is quite interesting, even it is far from GOT quality in this first season, but still quite interesting to keep you engaged on it's whole first journey.
In my opinion the series starts slows but gets on track around episode 4-5, where the script gave me everything what I was looking for. I was not expecting another Game of Thrones, in a good way.
The cast is pretty good, enough to forget all the characters from the original series but comparing some parelelism between all the members of the houses it's even in some aspects superior.
The script is quite predictable at the beginning and not as risky as Game of Thrones, but it has really well development idea, and looks like the writers knows where to go.
So, overall great promising great season with its ups and downs, but overall great on action, grittines, gore, passion and originality keeping in mind its not easy, as Game of Thrones explored previously almost everything before.
Waiting for season 2. | 8 |
Did they forget to ad an interesting plot to this film, character development? some sense of suspense? pacing? interesting dialog?
What is this movie other than a DC comic book character turned to a film?
I'm baffled what goes on for entertainment these days in the cinema, but this is another line of terrible that I've come to expect from Hollywood.
Perhaps this is the decade of the television series where creativity and good stories get the proper attention and cinema is for those that want to leave their brains at home.
Avoid | 4 |
Let me preface this by saying that I loved Season 1, it was one of my favourite shows in 2017. But it should have stopped there, the story in the book ended there. Season 2 was hugely dissapointing and season 3 was downright garbage. So I went into season 4 with zero expectations and it still managed to disappoint me.
There's no narrative thrust to this season, no plot, no reason why it exists. It's just people walking around doing stupid things and saying stupid things. Why can't people in this show communicate with anyone? Why are people sleeping with each other just to gleam information from each other? Is that how people behave in america? The dialogues are horrible and the constant "You can get through this" rhetoric adds nothing new to help out the people suffering from mental illness.
If you want to see a great show about anxiety, paranoia and depression then go watch the incredible Mr Robot. | 2 |
Group carelessness. Does anything create more tension? While setting up for the eventual disaster, you at least become slightly relaxed watching these kids have fun.
Ouija Boards? OK Boomer.
Talking to the dead isn't enough. We want to become possessed and then act like no harm will come of it. Party time!!!
Honestly, I loved this movie for many reasons. Aside form the careless aspect that every teenager and his/her friends have- there are some great practical effects in this movie. The designs of the putrid flesh or quick images of a tortured soul in hell give Hellraiser and 80's flicks a run for their money.
The intro scene is confusing and then disturbing...but it starts off 90mph.
And if for some reason you can't stand it he main character? Wait it out, it pays to watch! | 9 |
Not worth all the hype it's getting, but it was still a very charming and engaging series; didn't know I would care this much about chess in my whole life ...I guess that means the show was a success! | 8 |
The savage girl in this movie was gentle like a poem for a while, and then played the piano again, as if to become a princess-like girl, inaccessible. Sometimes like a neuropathy, no one can stop her when she is angry. But such a girl is so hard to be loved, and may meet many people in our life, but the only one who can enter your heart, the final ending of the film is still a beautiful ending | 9 |
I've written hundreds of reviews on series and movies and this is the first time EVER that I can not figure out how to comment on a series. I typically have a format that I follow but this series is impossible to fit into that format and quite frankly the series deserves much more. So I guess I'll just let it flow for a few minutes because that is exactly how I felt after the opening scene in the first episode when I heard Joy Division playing on the soundtrack and knowing the tragic death of the band's lead singer Ian Curtis. My blood started to pump, the compartments where I hide all my different emotions started to crumble and those reccesses in my brain where all my hidden secrets and memories are located started to seep. I was in conflict whether to watch this show or not but it was too late now. I lost friends and family members to suicide during my childhood, my teenage years and my adulthood. Without getting into my own personal life in detail let's just say the show resonated with me on so many different levels. Hannah speaks of the Butterfly Effect in the series, well this had a trigger effect on this viewer. Memories started rushing in about inflicting emotional pain on others and being the recipient of the very same pain. Whether this was done unintentionally or not is really arbitrary. What is done is done. One can only hope to learn from the past and not relive it for a lifetime however long that may last. How was I to know at the time what the possible consequences were that lay ahead? Well I learned from personal experience what those consequences are for fact. Was it my fault I lost friends and family? Was it my fault I ended up the way I am today? These are questions this viewer will be pondering once again for some time. You can never know what is going on in someone's mind but you can help by thinking about your actions and the consequences that result from them. You can help by being present and listening. You can help by being present as a friend or family member. However sometimes a person's choice, as selfish as it may seem, is decided and irreversible for reasons sometimes only known and legitimate to them. The creator of this series Yorkey, the author of the novel on which it was based Asher and Netflix deserve recognition for tackling and depicting accurately such controversial subject matter and bringing to light some of the reasons people make such a tragic choice. It is done with boldness and brilliance. I've NEVER suggested in a review of a film / series that an individual view it or not as it is a matter of opinion. I will honor the series and that piece of my format, as the series warns from the opening. If a person chooses to watch this series, hopefully it will help people even if it's just one person. Sometimes sharing by any means helps. I now realize that by at least attempting to review this series by briefly writing about how it affected me, it's helped this viewer. | 9 |
Best thrilling entertainer after so long. Second half was the best and bgm will haunt us. | 10 |
Acting: 10 Scenography: 10 Photo: 10 Sound and music: 10 Costume: 10 Dialogue: 10 Story: 6
The motivation from a great villan always has to be relatable. You have to see your own darkness in a villan, and his/her motive. I don't see this at all in the vilian of stranger things. I also think Eleven should share the same motive, with a twist. I don't see this either. In great movies with evil characters you should always have this "underlying" thought, that you root for the villian somehow, otherwise the story feels unimportant. I feel this in stranger things.
Also, don't like "the touch" of wokeness. | 7 |
Visuals: 10/10 Storyline: 5/10 Barely worth watching. | 7 |
Nagraj P Manjule, has yet again delivered a phenomenal splendid job with this movie 'Jhund'. This is the reality of the 80% of india's population. They are in majority but suppressed and intentionally ignored by the actual minor in population which is the rest upper class.
This is the factual drama brought on screen with the help of a real story. And it is not just a documentary style film, it has meaning in each and every scene! All the scenes in the movie are very impact full, rampant and those hit hard on you!
Especially the ending scenes like when the guy has some burden of crimes, and unlawful conscience, but he was baptized on screen when he finally comes out clean from the metal detecting machine door leaving the illegal stuff behind. That scene brings tears. Such an emotional, meaningful hard hitting scene. Similarly the wall of disparity and the real huge wall in the area which they cannot cross being minorities and from slum, but in the end, with their capabilities and talent they not just crossed the wall but they Flew over it! That scene again bring Goosebumps!
Kudos to the director for such a masterpiece. And this must not be a subject to resent especially from only the upper class, just because the minorities are being highlighted and Dr. Ambedkar and Ambedkarites have been displayed with enormity. And they rate it intentionally low. That is shallow heartedness.
34 out of 36 found this helpful. | 10 |
This is a character ensemble, and the roles and actors are great. What are people thinking complaining it isn't "Knives Out"? KO was fun, and witty, but you knew who did it and what happened early, so that's not an advantage for it. Lots of similar themes. The plot is not terribly sophisticated & may have been done before - it borrows from other movies & not gonna give it away, but again, this is a character ensemble with a chance to talk about lots of pandemic effects. There were some loose ends, but very enjoyable. Also, notice the music Easter egg stuff in the film. Lots of laughs. It's worth at least one viewing, and has rewards for 2nd or 3rd ones if you are interested. BTW, it's meant to be a whole different movie AND title; not a sequel, but a novel-like film with a new detective hero. A southern charming Nuevo beau decidedly not old school not misogynistic; a kind of oxymoronic twist on the southern gentleman. Perhaps, even, an intentional offense to the South. | 8 |
For me the movie felt somewhat uneven, as if it doesn't quite know what it wants to be. Some parts are very over the top, then it becomes very serious but the drama didn't do it for me. Plus it was even kind of dull at times. I was never convinced that Jojo was a real fanatic no matter how many people insist that he is. | 6 |
At the beginning i found it so confusing but i couldnt stop watching it literally has you hooked throughout then it starts to piece together. This is one of my favourite films its so intense but thrilling! Amazing film!!! | 7 |
I just got done watching Umbrella Academy (Netflix) and The Boys (Amazon) & since I was on a role I figured I'd watch Hunters. I'm not comparing the three shows, it's just I don't normally like bingeing an entire series so when the mood strikes I was as much as I can. A lot of people complained Hunters is a Tarantino rip off but I look at It as an homage. I liked the idea of the show but I definitely agree with viewers who said it was too long. This could've easily been a two hour movie if all the unnecessary crap was cut out. | 8 |
Spiderman on a world scale is arguably the most popular comic book character there is. Many polls have been taken and most of the time Spidey sits proudly, perched above Superman and Batman as the comic book character everyone loves. Generally in England we prefer Batman because Bruce Wayne has a kind of British sensibility and aura about him, probably because he is posh and well spoken, how us Brits are stereotypically perceived. In terms of film translations from the comics I thought the first film was definitely one of the best, alongside X Men 2, The Crow, Superman and Batman. It was a great film, full of action, drama, thrills and al made so effective because of the characters in it. Raimi has made the characters and their journeys the important thing of the two movies and it makes them not just good action films but good films. Spiderman was a great film and while the sequel could easily have gone the typical sequel suit and up all the action and make everything more spectacular and forget about characters to focus on spectacle, this goes the route of the first film. Simply put, Spiderman 2 is a film of pure brilliance and can now easily be named as the best comic book film ever made.
Poor old Peter Parker went through hell in the last movie and this picks up pretty much near where the last one left off, with Peter unable to live the life he wants because of responsibility. He has several jobs to hold down, his studies at College and all this combined with the responsibility to the public as the cities vigilante crime-fighter. All of this while the one thing he really wants, Mary-Jane, is un-obtainable. The whole movie has you aching for Parker because you feel for him so much. The poor guy goes through hell and the character has real depth, the likes of which action films never ever have. He is a real person, and relatable, that is what made the character so popular to everyone since he first appeared eons ago. His best friend Harry is growing somewhat distant to him and Harry is driven by his hatred for Spidey and need for revenge. This tears at Parker so much as well. Harry also resents Parker because he makes money from taking pictures of Spiderman. Mary Jane has also been pining for Peter. She needs confirmation that he really loves her and she needs to know she can rely on him but when she can't she decides to get married. All this in conjunction with Dr Octavious who in the typical accident in his attempts to create a new super energy through fusion, ends up disfigured with 4 titanium arms welded to his spine and which control him. He is driven by the desire not to cause destruction and kill, but to finish his research but his maniacal state blinds him from the fact that this energy source could actually destroy half the city and in his attempts to get the resources needed he will rob banks, destroy buildings and kill. Parker through his stress and loss of enthusiasm for his job as city protector begins to lose his powers. He then calls it quits as Spidey and this causes a 75% rise in crime figures. This is all great stuff and soon Parker must try to regain his powers as he must save Mary-Jane from Doc Oc. There is a brilliant scene with Parker as a mere mortal. He spots a burning building and there is a child inside. The fire department can't do much but Parker runs into the building, he manages after a struggle and nearly killing himself, to rescue the child. It's an act of selfless bravery and he is commended for it by the firemen only to be told that someone was on the floor above and didn't get out alive. It dawns on Parker how special his gift was giving him an advantage over mortal men and women, he must use his advantages top help people and he knows he just can't sit by and let things like this happen, he could have saved both people from the burning building if he was still Spidey.
The cast once again are superb. Toby Maguire was born to play Spidey, he is Superb. He gives a sensitivity and likeability to the role that perhaps casting more of a poster boy star would not have had. He's a great actor and that adds to the power of the film. Similarly Kirsten Dunst is excellent again as Mary-Jane. She brings warmth and natural beauty to the part. I was also really impressed with James Franco as Harry. His role is significantly extended in this film in terms of depth. Franco brings out the inner torture brilliantly, we see the first signs of a future insanity. Rosemary Harris is just excellent as Aunt May. She has nailed the role, plain and simple. Also to those who though that JK Simmons was excellent as Jonah Jameson and wanted more well you get it and his role is just as funny and much bigger. If you also thought that Willem Defoe was superbly villainous as the Green Goblin then you will love Alfred Molina as Dr Octopus. The cast really do add class to this. Also look out for Bruce Campbell as a snooty usher.
The action is brilliant. The scenes are spectacular and as you would expect the effects are first rate. Raimi is a genius with effects. He really knows how to use them, he doesn't just put them in willy nilly and try to go for the coolest shots possible. He knows how to use them and combine them with the camera movement in a way that other effects geniuses like Peter Jackson and Jim Cameron can do. If you have also thought that Raimi has lost his raw edge and wackiness that he had in the Evil Deads and longed for full on Raimi style then you get it. This is Raimi unleashed. There are great references to Darkman and Evil Dead in this with P.O.V. shots and a lot more of Raimi's quirky style and humour. This film is not only dramatic and thrilling but it's also really funny and borders on slap-stick at times. Remember how well that blending worked in Evil Dead 2, well it's a combo that works superbly here. Also as ever Danny Elfman is the comic book score king. This is a great score.
Overall this is almost certainly is and will remain the film of the year, easily. It's in the same ball park as how good the Rings trilogy was, it really is that good. Also look out for Stan Lee's cameo, it's priceless and had me jumping off my seat in applause. ***** | 10 |
Very nice comedy and which natural forest life shown in this movies it's increase love about nature. And if I will talk about comedy I was unable to stop laughing, some moment was too laugh of loud. When I fell upset definitely I was this movie and fell happy and happy. I can't stop my self watch this movie again and again. Work (acting) of Eric Roth was too good he act just like a real life overall amazing job. And rest all also act very well that's why peoples like too much this movie. Every one feel "yes it is worth no body feel we are we spoiling time. I request to everyone please watch this movie and hit it on the screens. Overall I want to say amazing movie. | 6 |
Just wondering why it's highly rated. The story is weak and it's another ordinary story. Maybe because it's Korean. I believe the Founder movie is away better. | 4 |
Argo, the years Oscars, for the best movie. I have seen its competitor - The Ang Lee flick Life of a Pie, and they go neck to neck.
The movie is about a rescue, a CIA operative going into a rebel zone in order to rescue his fellow citizens as a mark of duty. How do they do it? Delta forces, special rescue squads or a bomber! Nopes, they do it in a manner which characterizes this movie. They make a fake movie and provide it publicity. They try and mask the rescue under the cover of exploring the location Iran. How they do it? How close are the rebels in discovering that the movie is a hoax? All bind the movie in a slow yet neat direction, with effective screenplay.
The big question one could ask is - how justified is the violence done by the rebels! | 7 |
This movie is a complete work of genius. I do not even consider it a sequel just a complete equal to its counterpart being the Godfather. The movie battles between two stories of the past and what is happening in the present day. It shows the corruption of the dark side of the American dream throughout the 1900's with Michael's story going on in the present and the background story of Vito beginning the advancement of his family in the early 1900's. The characters in this movie are very complex and evoke strong emotions throughout the movie. The audience feels the decisions they make as if they are the ones deciding. The work of cinematography is amazing. The camera angles and lighting are the most apparent in making specific scenes timeless. It has won many awards and is considered to be one of the greatest American made movies ever created. This movie is rated R for adult situations/ violence and language. It is also very time consuming coming to three hours and twenty minutes yet it is worth every minute of it. | 10 |
Let me start off by saying that I am a big Harry Potter fan; I loved all 8 HP movies, and really liked the Fantastic beast and where to find them.But Fantastic Beast and the Crimes of Grindelwald movie just didn't really amuse me. There was absolutely nothing to complain about visually; the movie was even more stunning than the first one, with even more beautifully designed 'Beasts'. And as many other people have mentioned, as a Harry Potter fan, you just can't hate this movie. Where Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them only contained a handful amount of references to the Harry Potter series, The Crimes of Grindelwald has tonnes. Enough to hype up any Harry Potter fan. | 6 |
And not a very good one. Gave it 4 episodes, but the writing was so trite, the plot so predictable, and the characterizations were all over the place. Just soaked in boring mediocrity, despite half-hearted efforts to shock with sex and violence. Tries to put a shoddy girl power veneer on the same old tired middle aged man/teen girl medieval relationship. I genuinely wanted to like this, but I veered between zoning out in boredom and being mildly irritated by its insipid banality. I don't know how this is rated so highly; the quality just isn't there. None of the actors are particularly charismatic and none of the story lines are especially compelling. Very disappointing effort. | 4 |
No brainer. Don't waste time watching it. Only action is good. | 2 |
Best thing about this movie is, that, it is made. Only fools have criticized it by calling it a propaganda film by the govt. There is not a single scene nor a single dialogue you ll find as propaganda. Some of the Indian audiences should better change their mindset and watch movie only to live the story for 2 n a half hours. | 10 |
The rating of this show was very promising. However, the hopes were not justified. The series has nothing to do with the real story. It was created on the materials of the Western press and permeated with hatred for the Soviet Union, so that the Western audience kept all its stereotypes. The main idea is that the authorities of the Soviet Union were more terrible than the Chernobyl disaster. Fortunately people who have experienced all the horrors of this disaster are still alive. And they gradually begin to express their opinion about this show. First of all, nobody worked at gunpoint. The second, all received iodine, other drugs. Third, no one blocked the evacuation, on the contrary, it was organized, albeit not immediately, because authorities did not understand the complexity of the situation. Fourth, none of the workers were interested in the first place, how much money they will receive for the elimination of consequences. These were not those times. When there was a disaster (accidents, earthquakes, etc.), thousands of volunteers came and helped. Fifth, none of the authorities did not communicate with the workers hiding behind the soldiers. All ministers came out of the people and were part of it. Just read their biographies on Wiki. Sixth, no one drank vodka while working there. A dry law was declared there. The entire population was evacuated, shops are closed. There was nowhere to buy vodka even if you would wanted to. But dining rooms were organized for workers, where very good food was offered. No one lived in horrible tents, no one ate bad food, no one drank vodka all the time. There was no fear, no looting, no working at gunpoint. In the film, nuclear power plant workers are shown absolutely incompetent specialists who roam like zombies and do not know what to do. Dyatlov just ran into the bunker saving his life. This was far from this. Just today, because of this disaster, we know more and see more problems and ways to avoid them. These people (scientists, workers, engineers, military) were real heroes. And those who worked there, and those who eliminated the consequences of the accident. The series shows the dirt, sloppiness, drunkenness. And dirty walls and heating batteries even in the hospital. I'm sorry, but I don't think such a story can be described as real. | 3 |
Problems;
Confusing plot.
Underdeveloped characters despite lots of screen time.
Bag CGI especially Rare species the one with dragons, very bad. The dragon was talking but his mouth wasn't moving. (If the series wants to be in the same league as GOT they need to work on the CGI department)
Non linear timeline
Unnecessary nude scenes
Romance or Love angle moves way too fast especially that of Geralt.
Names and locations of kingdoms
this series is very confusing coming from a person who has neither played the games nor read the books and I'm sure I'm not alone. I hope they will make the plot more simple and less confusing in season 2. Henry Cavill is truly one of the things that will make me come back for s2.
Ohh I heard they are planning on making a prequel series hahaha Netflix already milking a series that is only started to find its footing. | 7 |
In this movie he uses the feature of being repeatable in a hard blockbuster and tricks us. The chase part is completely out of frame. After the insomnia, Batman trilogy, Dunkirk and Tenet , and maybe Interstellar, the rest of his works does not resemble a movie, maybe a promotional teaser. Especially in this movie. A completely anti-human film in praise of violence. I'm not saying it's that bad, but it's weirdly overrated. Except for the main male role, none of the actors match their roles. I hope this movie will get out of it's overrated situation. A very bad shape movie The movie itself is worse than the poster. Watery and cardboard
This movie has very good things for under twenty-two years old of before 2000. For lovers of romantic and ridiculous actions like this movie. | 2 |
Just to show a 15-minute tricks which will only support future movies, they made a complete series of 9 episodes. As they had nothing to show, they set it in 60-90s era just to fool the audience with some overused jokes of that time. This is a classic example of lazy writing. After watching first two episodes, I completely understand that all these upcoming shows are only to support the upcoming movies which make billions and millions. | 1 |
Besides lousy plot lines and scripts, I have issue with the characters. John Robinson is a wuss. Shown as a special ops, he cannot think for himself or do anything an expedition needs. HE need not be there at all. Parker Posey is a really bad actress. Her dialog is terrible as well. | 6 |
Marvel fantasy origin film.
Based in 'Wakanda', which is an African fantasy location. The source of the population vast wealth, and advanced technology is an ancient cosmic metal called 'nonsenseanium'
The plot is poor, the acting is wooden, with no humour and hardly any action. We see how the 'Lion King Simba' rip-off becomes king and is challenged by the 'Scar' rip-off for his throne.
The film has been over-hyped and not as good as the reviews lead you to believe, it appears that reviews are being cautious of giving honest criticism in fear of being called racist!
I didn't much like Wonder Woman either, but this isn't even as good as that. Overly long (134 minutes), very disappointing and boring. | 4 |
They compensated first season with second, it's twists, turns and full of enjoyment. Hoping third would be phenomenonal. | 8 |
Like all Pratchett TV reworks, tonally this doesn't work - it's neither funny enough or weird enough. I gave up on Gaiman's American Gods in S2 despite (like Good Omen's) very bright start.
The premise, cast and pacing is fine - two leads specifically are amazing - but this just gets lost in story, and fails to nail down one specific tone to keep you on board. It should have been darker, funnier, more fantastical - it ended up sort of in the middle of all of it, and frustratingly beige.
By ep4 I had pretty much given up but for six episodes I stuck to it, and frankly was glad it was all over. A shame really, but maybe sometimes the unfilmable are just that | 6 |
After watching #NH10 , Frankly Speaking I personally felt that it can give very tough competition to any Hollywood Flick n it's very "HARD" to handle by typical Indian Men. NH10 capture the Growing India ( Read :Barte Bachha) in a realistic way (Read : Nakedly ) and utter the Ugly Truth that after the last mall of The Town our so called Constitution n Democracy Of India also ends. Thanks to AnuragKashyap n AnushkaSharma to deliver this Gem (without any "Nacha" , "Gana" ) n to teach Future Indian Women how to Act or Fight back. Finally salute to the lady, who is really in "Form" wink emoticon and give her Best ever performance till now.Back to back "Double Ton" Anushka (Read : PK , NH10), now waiting to see a Tripple from your bat( Best Wishes ) | 8 |
My husband and I really enjoyed this show. The actors were excellent and the storyline kept you on the edge of your seat. We are old enough to remember the original version and we can say it honestly was a well done reboot. | 9 |
There are a few suspenseful scenes and a decent plot, along with comedic dialogue, but that's it. It's not a "metaphorical masterpiece" that some critics and users are saying. I feel as though too many people are trying to be expert critics like on that episode of South Park where the entire town writes crazy yelp reviews for all the restaurants. | 5 |
What an excellent movie. A new age in Bollywood after decades. There were times when Ketan Mehta, Gulzar and other directors were making realistic movies. This movie came after decades hitting audience hard with the reality of larger India. Salute to entire team. Unbelievable performance from every single artist. This is a MUST TO GO OSCAR movie from India. | 10 |
Quite literally one of the most worthless movies I've ever seen. The first few scenes set up what could only be anticipated as an action packed murder mystery type movie, only to be followed by a nearly pointless flashback with categorically pointless scenes attempting to make you feel something for characters that make absolutely no sense. This movie had serious potential, with an amazing cast. I took three friends and I feel like I owe them several hours of wasting their life. I had read somewhere that Christian Bale had trouble staying in character because of how funny Chris Rock was, which must have been the greatest exaggeration of the decade with Rock's two or three paragraphs of dialogue. It's as if these A listers were bored in Covid and took this job solely to leave the house. Utterly pointless. | 1 |
Absolutely nothing scary. Boring. Things falling off tables. A staring doll that does nothing. Don't bother. | 1 |
i loved the film, it was awesome.
The story is about events of the political direction of shield, but its really a simple story, kind of dumb actually like any other marvel movie, but the theme of the movie is kind of relevant in our current lives and that kinda makes this movie really bold, it even has a point of view!. the winter soldier will be there kicking ass, and let me tell you he is awesome, a freaking delight to watch, and they give you many action scenes with him involved, but the movie is not really about him, its about shield, winter soldier will start his story here, but any development of the character will be made in sequels. also black widow who was on cap's side all the movie and falcon, the team 's Milhouse were really cool specially widow, who is kinda more interesting, and for some reason her relation with cap was my favorite thing in the movie.
The action was class A material, super soldier serum awesomeness, cap falls 20 stories, breaks walls, kicks ass, and the winter soldier does the same but on the opposite side, the coolest thing is that his metal arm is kind of a reversal to cap's shield in some ways. There's is just enough action here. The acting was great as always (thank you marvel studios) Evans is cap, and widow feels kind of right this time by being the same but more developed (not sure if it makes sense). The directing of the Russo brothers was top notch, great cinematography, choreographed scenes, a couple of dumb moments but overall, a major step up from the first film, this movie really kicked ass.
what i liked most is that is kind of a bromance movie, but between cap and widow, you feel they are really bonding, in a bro way, some sexual tension yes, but mostly good awesome fun multi gender friendship, the writers really made widow cap's current best friend and both together were really fun to watch, you can see they're having fun with each other.
spoiler talk!!! Crossbones is born at the end of the movie, winter soldier is free looking for answers, and shield is down!, I'm really curious on what they'll do next but I'm freaking excited for the 1st after credits scene, the twins are ready, and judging by the Italy shoot, the first mission in movie 2 will be in baron Von Strucker's castle, fighting the kids. | 8 |
When you have more than one helicopter in a movie you can be pretty sure that it's going to be rubbish. No exceptions here ! | 2 |
Every point was touched but Lecture at SK's Students was Missing at the end it felt incomplete. | 6 |
*Two hopeless people doing random errand.* And none of them are any way decisively leading anywhere. You can watch first and last 5 minutes, and won't miss a dime.
-Movie lacks goal, throughout I couldn't see where it's going. -At times felt like dragging. -Japan shown in kind of negative light. -It was unnecessary to show female protagonist in seducive light on bed.
It's not that the new country is depressing, but YOU Are. New is the door to endless possibility. But of all those things you gotta find the first girl you get and do the most primitive thing- 'cheat'. From the start it was cheat, cuz you didn't tell that to your spouses. Maybe they don't care enough, still not the point.
"You first talk-it-out with your partners, solution is always intrinsic." (Enlightened reviewer)
Not jus go outside and do goofing around because of your 'lack of emotional intelligence and healthy relationship skill'. | 5 |
Southpaw is a movie about the successful boxing champion Billy Hope (Jake Gyllenhaal) whose life begins to fall apart because he cannot control his high temper.
To begin with, the story line is simple and not very original. The protagonist who has everything suddenly loses everything and needs to find a new way to win it all back. Haven't I seen this before? And I'm not even talking about movies in general. Actually, one can find boxing movies with a very similar story (for instance Rocky II or Raging Bull).
The characters depth is nothing near to the ones we see in "Raging Bull" or "Warrior" (movies in which motivations and reasons of characters are more complex and interesting). In Southpaw, the characters lack depth, thus they become a tad boring. Personally, I felt like flat character design was one of the main issues of this movie. Furthermore, you always felt like someone already told this story in a much better way. Why should I waste my time to watch a poor remake? Naturally, this sounds harsh and may be a little exaggerated, but I honestly believe this is the major aspect of the movie that annoyed me – unoriginality and the incorporation of many clichés.
I would still recommend you this movie, only because of two people: Jake Gyllenhaal and Forest Whitaker. These two tremendous actors made this movie not a total waste of time. As aforementioned, Gyllenhaal plays in the lead, portraying the struggling fighter Billy Hope. It is a stupendous performance from a brilliant actor. Although the character is partly despicable and should be hated, one does still feel for him. That is the work of a master in his craft. Academy Award winner Whitaker plays Tick Wills, an older gym owner who later becomes Billy's mentor and new coach after his demise. The relation between those two characters is the best one in the whole movie. What happens when chaos and fury meet experience and discipline? These two spectacular actors were the absolute highlight of the movie, which makes it a bit frustrating to see so less of them on screen. The filmmakers rather concentrated on Billy's relation with his daughter than on the one I found deeply entertaining.
This leads to my other point. I found that the role of Oona Laurence was a miscast. She plays the daughter of Billy and is devastated after a certain incident. Things between her and Billy do not work quite well (I can just recall, "Haven't I seen this before?") The only scene of this side story that touched me was when Billy got slapped in the face by his own daughter. That's it, nothing more. Moreover, I did not like Laurence in the movie. No offense, but she was not very convincing and rather annoying.
On the other hand, I thought that the rest of the cast delivered. Rachel McAdams and even 50cent impressed me – gorgeous casting.
All in all, the movie was nothing exceptional or anything to remember. I think "average" sums it up pretty well. Southpaw did not quite live up to my high expectations, although having some great actors on board. What you see was nothing original or mind-blowing, it felt like a bad "Raging Bull" spin off. I can still recommend the movie to people who love sport movies in general and want to see some great acting. Otherwise, leave it and don't watch it. 6/10 | 6 |
I had read the book shortly before the movie came out and found it very intriguing and an interesting premise. Honestly I've never seen a worse adaptation. Beyond a couple characters and locations being the same, this movie is NOTHING like the book. It's not brilliant or intellectual, it's an absolute mess with no idea what genre it wants to be. Absolute waste of money. | 2 |
Let's resume this as an extremely detailed animation, the devotion and care of the animators really take place on this anime and it's what it makes it so unique. The plot and characters are amazing by themselves, even that sometimes some of them don't feel exactly human or emotional, it's actually what the main story needs and it fits really well, but, not everything about it it's good, when the story needs more human characters, they take a role that almost make them seem like fake people, and that makes you loose the bond with them. It's a great story, with an almost perfect animation and good intervention of this with the characters, when they act how they're supposed to be. | 8 |
When I saw a 9.1 rating I thought it would be one of these really good shows that keep you going. However I was disappointed to realise after I gave it many chances that it's not really up to the expectation nor the whole hype that was created around it. I was hoping that episode after episode it might get better and maybe I was missing the point? Just came to realise that it really lacks content, structure and overall conclusion. There was many situations I couldn't explain and didn't feel too realistic. (Why were the people throwing rocks at the photographer's window? I mean i get it Hannah exposed him in the tapes but how does that mean that people will throw rocks at him? Why was a picture showing his butt getting passed around? and how is that even funny coming from Clay? and many more situations like these. The students didn't seem that harsh with Hannah to the point where she would commit suicide. I just don't get it nor the point it's trying to make. | 3 |
The Coen brothers flash the based on true story disclaimer for a real 1987 Minnesota incident. It's one of the misdirections. Jerry Lundegaard (William H. Macy) hires two bumbling criminals Carl Showalter (Steve Buscemi) and Gaear Grimsrud (Peter Stormare) to kidnap his wife and force his hard father-in-law Wade Gustafson to pay the ransom. Jerry is miserable working for Wade in his car dealership and he's in desperate need for cash. The kidnapping goes horribly wrong when more people get killed including a police officer. Pregnant sheriff Marge Gunderson (Frances McDormand) goes to investigate.
This is a great movie. It has its funny moments. It has great visual touches, the quirky characters, and the off-kilter style that is the hallmark of the Coen brothers. Macy is incredible as the sniffling little weasel. It walks the absurd line between dark and comedy. It has plenty of both. It is simply wonderful. | 9 |
Oh look another political talk down I didn't need to hear. Now that's how you ruin a series. | 3 |
Typically if you show me a decent trailer involving actors of the calibre of Matt Damon and Christian Bale, I will be at least interested in seeing more. Couple that with a film that appeared to stay faithful to racing's core principles and sparsely use CGI for stunts, I was then invested in seeing where this depiction of Le Mans '66 would end up going. My doubts, regretfully, were reinforced roughly halfway through the film: the plot had devolved, the characters inconsequential, and the on-screen action boiled down to a clunky contest between the "God-driven, hard-working" Ford company and their lazily-stereotyped adversaries at Ferrari.
Carroll Shelby (Damon), an ex-racer now mechanic/expert on the national circuit is recruited by Lee Iacocca (Jon Bernthal) to begin work on a racing outfit under the name of Ford. Interestingly, Bernthal (a highly regarded actor in his own right) was painted in the trailers as a key figure in this film - however, he is marginalised almost instantly, making the final product appear recut since shooting finished. Shelby recommends the British driver Ken Miles (Bale), a notoriously difficult but brilliant driver to race under Ford at Le Mans. However, a comically minor incident between Miles and Chief Exec Leo Beebe (Josh Lucas) begins the most out-of-proportion grudge between the two, constantly trying to screw the company over for absolutely no founded reason other than they rubbed the wrong way.
This is the plot for the next 2 hours, interspersed with ugly stereotypes of either the English (through Miles and his family) or the Italians (portrayed as evil, scheming foreigners working under Enzo Ferrari's orders). This further ruins the realism of the entire film - am I really supposed to believe that the conglomerate that is Ford Motors is really the altruist in a story about the authenticity of racing? Further to this - isn't it beyond indolent to completely omit Miles' driving partners (Bruce McLaren and Denny Hulme) in a film about a race requiring two drivers throughout? The narrative constantly eludes that "only Ken Miles is good enough to drive this race", and yet he is constantly partnered with someone who must have been as good to maintain their success.
The driving is almost secondary to the glaring errors throughout the film, but it does provide some relief from the cringeworthy American narrative. The cars do look authentic and rough; the clothing matches the era, and the design of the film on the most part is clean and period-accurate. This shouldn't really come as a surprise given the profile and budget of the film, and almost makes the real issue (something I wasn't focussed on but that my father did point out) even more glaring: the driving makes no sense. Miles will be "visualising" his perfect lap, smooth changes and steady racing, and then come race-day, will slam the gears in and yank the steering wheel round corners like nobody in an endurance race ever would. This, to me, is a killer to a film reliant on accuracy - you cannot expect the audience to respect your work if you yourselves cannot stay faithful to the source material.
I wanted to like this film. I am still waiting for a film based on cars or planes to really blow me away. Dunkirk mad me sure that this sort of cinema can be done well, but they need both a director who breathes the topic, as well as a production company willing to take the financial risk to fully commit to creating this sort of feature. | 5 |
Steven Spielberg has to have the biggest flex in telling his own story of filmmaking through film itself.
Sammy is taken by his parents Mitzi and Burt Fabelman on his first trip to the movie theater to watch Cecil B. DeMille's The Greatest Show on Earth. A nervous sammy watches in horror with mouth-agape fascination, as a pair of circus trains collide. To us, as 2022 audiences, the crash effects are crude and the scene is pretty lackluster, but to sammy in 1952, it truly is, The Greatest Show on Earth.
On the ride home, sammy's parents are debating if the movie was too scary for him but sammy says nothing, still wondering what he saw and that night, he goes to bed dreaming of trains. We then see sammy screaming for his mom at the top of his lungs and we instantly assume The Greatest Show on Earth has given him the Greatest Nightmare on Earth. Alas, that isn't the case. Sammy is jauntily jumping in bed and he knows exactly what he wants for Hanukkah: A Train Set. He then recreates the crash scene from The Greatest Show on Earth with his train over and over until his mother gives him the family's 8mm camera to shoot his own version of the sequence. She thinks that the camera will get the crashing trains out of his mind, or at least encourage him to stop smashing the very expensive toy around. Although it does happen, it's not quite what you'd expect; instead, sammy has now transferred his interest from the train to the camera and once he did, he never let it go as evident from the film and his director itself.
What's most intriguing about this film is that you can tell, that even after 70 years, the real Steven Spielberg remains equally obsessed with movies. He's obviously learned a lot about how to make them since 1952; but he has never lost sight of the why.
The performances in this film are just heartbreaking and beautiful. Paul dano has never had a bad performance in his entire career and his streak remains intact. And what's even more impressive, he has given us the role of a psychopath on a murderous spree and that of a loving, heartbroken father wanting what's best for his boy both in the same year. Truly one of the best actors of our time. Michelle williams OMG. What an absolute icon. This might be her most nuanced, emotionally-wrecking role to date and that shows. She was obviously the best part of the film for me because although the film never antagonizes paul dano's character (because he truly is the nicest person to exist who thinks rationally and is confined to reality), you know that he and michelle william's character can't stay together for long. They eventually have to seperate. The film uses this plot point like a chekhov's gun waiting to fire, a powder keg waiting to blow and steven builds up to that moment of lives being shattered with utmost delicacy. Even the after-effects felt due to that are felt to the core and just brilliantly written. Gabriel LaBelle honestly is literally me. He is afraid, emotional, unsure of what to do in life if not following his true passion and even willing to sacrifice that passion for the sake of the family. Truly a standout performance and I wish to see more of him in future films. Rest of the performances are also really great and not a single loose thread.
The background score. 2022, a year of such great musical numbers and background scores. We have avatar 2' action packed score, babylon's trumpets, and the batman's epic and rousing theme (which I still think is the best score of the year and the academy does a real disservice to michael giacchino by not even nominating it). Just when we thought we had it done and dusted, john williams rose from the ashes and gave us the beautiful score of this film. Truly some exceptional work here. Each and every single one of the piano pieces are beautiful and I desire to have this on vinyl.
The cinematography is also beautiful and not wanting to say much here without spoiling the absolute beauty of the shots, the 2 best scenes of the film for me are michelle williams gracefully performing in front of the car headlights in a gorgeous white gown and the last shot of the film which skillfully shifts the horizon from the middle to bottom.
I'm just happy that even though I had the chance to watch this at home, I decided to wait for that theatrical experience and got the best out of it.
P. S.: truly bummed and shocked to see this film's box office failure. Cinema is truly dying and only we can save it guys. Please go for this film in the theatres if you can because this is spielberg's most personal film to date and it deserves your attention. | 10 |
The Witcher is a bit fragmented and difficult to follow. However, if you read the books, you understand why. So they made a fine job piecing the Witcher together as best they could.
However, the Witcher is completely destroyed by willy nilly forced diversity. The Witcher just goes bonkers with inserting africans and all sorts of races whenever and wherever it can. Or rather cant. In the Witcher universe (the American tv series that is) the gods roll a dice whenever a child is born and hey presto, you end up a chinese person to african american mother and spanish father. Or whatever. Which makes this show really stupid and insulting to me. Its impossible to respect a show that is this anxious about race. And obviously, they create huge new problems with this forced diversity. Because since what race anyone is in the tv series is completely arbitrary, any casting or actions by someone of a certain race will obviously be interpeted as the prejudice of the creators of the witcher. If they had just bit the bullet and stayed true to the polish source material they would have saved themselves a world of hurt and made this show actually watchable. | 3 |
From Story Writing to Casting to Direction to Cinematography to Post Production Best In All. Best movie for civilians to know how armies are working with their heart especially for nation for brotherhood. Awesome movie! Loved it!! | 10 |
Captain America: The Winter Soldier turns out to be about some guy named The Winter Soldier, rather than Cap himself being a winter soldier (you know, because he was in deep freeze). Well, with that mystery solved, I settled in to watch what has become a rather typical comic-book movie: intelligent, evocative, thrilling, and entertaining.
Here's your quick-and-dirty summary to set the scene; comic-book nerds out there, please correct me if I'm wrong, because that'll prove someone's reading this other than me. The movie takes place after the events in The Avengers. Captain America (Chris Evans) is trying to assimilate into the present day, and he leads an elite forces team. In the opening scenes, his team, aided by Black Widow (Scarlet Johanson), infiltrate a SHIELD boat that's been commandeered by terrorists who have a beef with SHIELD. Cap and the Gang roust out the bad guys, but Cap is somewhat surprised to see Black Widow grabbing info from hard drives. He's soon briefed by Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson) that SHIELD is involved in a huge defense program called Project Insight: three enormous helicarriers that are linked to spy satellites, the better to knock out threats before they happen. Shades of Minority Report.
Fury has joined forces with the World Security Council and its leader, Alexander Pierce (Robert Redford) for this enterprise, and true to comic trope, there's soon skulduggery afoot. It's not hard to see who's treacherous and who's not, but that's part of the fun of these movies, anyway. As a result of the cloak-and-dagger atmosphere, Captain America and Black Widow, along with new superhero Falcon (Anthony Mackie), who sports an exoskeleton with wings and weaponry.
The movie forces Steve Rogers, aka Cap, to face parts of his past that he might be better off leaving alone. His girl from back in the 1940s, Peggy Carter, is convalescing in a home for retired people, Steve's apparently last living link to that past. But Steve's straight-arrow, black-and-white moral compass seems oddly out of sync with the gray areas of the present, which makes Black Widow a great match for him. You know, opposites and all of that.
This is a movie in which secrets upon secrets are revealed, like layers of an onion and often just as odorous. Anyway, although it's not tough for Cap and Black Widow to determine who the bad guys are, stopping said villains is another problem altogether. This leads to several fantastic action scenes, very well choreographed and a treat to watch - even in 2D, or perhaps especially in 2D.
I sat, by necessity, in the second row for this movie, which meant that my head was inclined as if I were talking to a giraffe with an overactive pituitary gland. It also meant that I needed to focus harder on the action before me, because at that distance the illusion of the celluloid tale can more easily be broken. This movie captivated me throughout, pardon the pun, and it's a terrific vehicle for both Captain America and Black Widow, not to mention the slippery Nick Fury himself.
I did wonder, as the plot centers around something that could endanger the entire world, where was the rest of the Avengers squad? Tony Stark is mentioned once (but not Iron Man), and we see a portrait of his father, but that's it for connections to The Hulk, Thor, Hawkeye, and Iron Man. If the world's about to be harmed, you'd think that would rise to the importance level of those guys, right? Okay, that's nitpicking.
It's true that the movie's plot is familiar and that many of the characters, being based on comic-book characters themselves, lack real depth. But these problems are minor, because the action scenes - hey, this is a comic-book movie, not some weepy melodrama! - is so exhilarating. Great care has been taken to curate the Marvel Universe in cinematic form, and Captain America: The Winter Soldier is not only a fine standalone picture but also a elegant lead for the next Avengers movie - not to mention future Captain America movies. Watch those end credits! | 7 |
Back & forth, no timeline, no sense of day& time. Stretchy | 6 |
Created by Leslye Headland, Natasha Lyonne, and Amy Poehler (and starring Lyonne as the lead), Russian Doll follows Nadia Vuvokov, a struggling thirty something in New York who accidentally falls into a time loop, repeating the same evening over and over; only to die in each timeline and repeat the cycle. The series is quite funny, I really liked Lyonne as Nadia. The plot was a bit loose, especially in the second season when they just skip the daily time loop thing altogether and moves into magical time travel with trains, buts its an equally interesting premise as the first season. My favourite scene was early in the first season when Nadia shows up for a "code review" meeting (she's a developer for 30 seconds of the plot) and it's literally a room full of developers congratulating each other on their code. Like "Wow, good job Greg, you submitted some great code this week." hahaha why have we never done this? ... Overall I'd recommend if you got nothing else and you like any of the people involved, but still only the second best series about a young adult dealing with time travel as a side affect of their grandmother's holocaust induced schizophrenia I watched this week. Bonus Fact: This series uses the same intro song, Gotta Get Up by Harry Nilsson, as used by CBC's Michael: Tuesdays and Thursdays Everyday. It's been stuck in my head for what feels like an eternity. Good tune tho. | 6 |
I stuck it out, wish I hadn't bothered. So slow, it didn't get going until episode 4 and then it quickly went back downhill. Don't bother. | 4 |
Fun action, GREAT comedy, interesting story, and a likeable dynamic between Venom and Eddie Brock! Even of it can be formulaic, I still had a good time! | 2 |
What worked: Visuals and action sequences: I must say the action sequences are fabulous, entertaining and enjoyable, and the movie has many of them, some better than the other. But overall great entertainer as Michael Bay movies. Some of the sequences were commendable. What did not work: Editing, screenplay and direction: the movie failed majority in these areas and that's what let this movie viewing experience down. Editing was out of place, and bad at times. The narrative could have been harnessed and garnished if only the movie was well written and executed. Final verdict : watch it for the explosion, action sequences. Lots of them. And it's not disastrous as some of us are saying. | 7 |
Why does this show exist I don't know. The show starts with this new character "Ani" she is the worst character by far. It ends with a terrible twist. The soundtrack is good. Cinematography is not bad but the colors are terrible. Good acting by Dylan Minnette. It's not worth watching. | 5 |
I apologize in advance for overruling the "don't review other reviews" guideline but... that is exactly my problem: I have read DOZENS of the reviews on these pages, trying to get a little thoughtful insight... and they're all the same: "Ooh... this show isn't eXACtly dreadful but... 'Our expectations are SO HIGH, Joss! - SO HIGH!!!' ...couldn't you have just... oh, we dunno... lived up to 'em just a little?? ???"
Chrissakes! You people are DISGUSTING!! STOP WATCHING THIS! You have no business even trying to comprehend this show! I have read (& OWNED) every single one of the comic books (since the 1950's!!) ...that were written to get toward getting these movies (then, this TV show) made ...EVERY one... AND, I am the Biggest Browncoat in the 'VERSE, this side of Nathan Fillion or the Whedon Family... ...and it just upsets me NO END that all you Miserable TROLLS(!) even bother to watch this show... or ANY of Joss's shows! You're only watching it to have something else to WHINE about! You're all the same people who turned up on fireflyfan.com to gloat about how "Serenity" was a financial failure! TAKE A HIKE! Go find something you can actually get behind and ENJOY it for a change! And let the rest of us enjoy THIS show without your petty, ignorant sniveling!
Now, I have not only owned & read every single one of these comics BUT, I have watched Every Single Television Show in HISTORY(!), since Annette Funicello was a Mouseketeer and, I can authoritatively assure you that there has NEVER been a better television show IN HISTORY(!)... than The Agents... none... Bar None!... not L.A.Law, not The Smothers Brothers (despite those Beatles videos), not My So-Called Life, not Allie MacBeal and, for all us Browncoats (least... those that were payin' attention), CLEARLY, this is the New Firefly. Joss couldn't resurrect Firefly in a way that fully carried on its spirit in a direct fashion and so, give the man a little Clout/Moolah and look it(!) ...'Serenity' takes off as 'The Bus;' Planet Earth is The 'Verse an Coulson is "Cap'n Tightpants, Sir!" Not to mention the Flying "Family" of Outsider Misfits and, even, the occasional cowboy with a shotgun! All ya gotta do is get to the next job... "...just need to Keep Flyin'..." Didja happen to notice Ron Glass? To quote Napoleon Dynamite, "GO-OSH!"
But see how it works out?... I missed Firefly so much and Lookit! Here I am being handed 'Neofirefly' on a Silver Platter. I love it! It's like Joss 'n' Jed took the lessons that got beaten into them with Firefly/Serenity, hooked up with Mr. Stan Lee :-) :-) ...and figured out how to do it even better! Man, if any of you TROLLS can do better with your fine know-it-alledness, why don't you get your OWN miserable TV show and prove it? Put - your - money - where - your - mouth - is... or (to quote Ginny Weasley) "SHUT IT!" ...and let the rest of us enjoy the Whedonverse without your miserable, STINKY opinions clouding up our breathin' air?
"Go-OSH!" N. Dynamite | 10 |
Too YA for me and I didn't really get invested in any of the 7 main characters. I gave this 7 episodes and it had some ok moments the generic fighting with music playing over it is just not something I was into at all It didn't keep my attention... I ended up typing the song from the fight Istanbul not constanople on YouTube I was that bored hahah. The guy who plays serial killer Ed Kemper in mindhunter is in this, he's such a good actor truly chilling performance in mindhunter, in this he's good too one of the better things about this. I'll give credit to that kid too he does a good job his acting is believable. Robert Sheehan was so funny as Nathan in misfits in this I found him quite irritating tbh, which is a shame. Ellen page is now a boy so I don't know where they go with that story line in season 3 maybe they stop the apocalypse again and on the way get Ellen Page a penis. I couldn't take the big guy seriously either cause every time he was on screen I could just see Bronn for GOT laughing at his characters name Dickon Tarly hahah. Yeah give this one a miss it's not the best | 5 |
I think I managed one laugh during the whole film and although it was amusing in places it's an insult to comedy films to call it such. Accepting it's meant to be a goofy style of comedy,the acting is poor along with the plot. There are not many films that I regret wasting time watching but this is right up there. | 1 |
I REALLY wanted to like it. Yet, sometimes you just shouldn't mess with a good thing? This remake seems completely unnecessary. So much of the emotion from the original was completely missing. You couldn't connect with the characters - even though you should have been able to easily.
The movie is beautiful! And I do mean beautiful. That ends anything good I can say. | 4 |
As with its predecessor, Spider-Man 2 benefits from its excellent casting. Although mostly returning to their previous roles, the addition of Molina and the expansion of Harris as May again give this film the great depth that many superhero films lack. Molina especially encapsulates his comic book character and is visually inspiring.
Again with the lead being so relatable despite his abilities, the plot offers so much more than stopping the bad guy. Love interests, financial struggles and inner turmoil regarding one's identity are expressed excellently by Maguire.
CGI/special effects are brilliant for its time and still hold up very well now, with an added increase in POV and swooping shots of Spidey swinging through the city. Fight scenes and action is well choreographed, and whilst there are less iconic scenes than in the first film, the train scene stands out as one of the best across all Spider-Man films.
Occasionally there are little parts that are daft and laughable, but they only add to the enjoyment of everything. It's not perfect, some interactions would be excruciatingly awkward in real life (such as sharing cake in silence with the girl across the hall you barely know), but they're only for a moment and in a way display the awkwardness of the character without powers.
Maguire is fantastic again and matched by an equally brilliant villain. | 9 |
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