it was a really entertaining movie, nothing really to point out. the plot was good enough, I really liked how the "videogame" was structured, opened a lot of space for jokes and laughs. I genuinely laughed at many jokes in the movie, just a really well made comedy nothing really to add to that.
If there's something that I kinda need to criticize is the way they handled Milo.
I really liked his interaction with the rest of the group and I think that his slow way of talking really added a lot to the comedic side of things, but just him deciding "you know what I'm gonna stick in here for the rest of eternity" doesn't feel right to me. Like, dude has a wife in the real world, what is she supposed to believe? How could they ever explain her what happened, is she supposed to just accept that her husband disappear in thin air and she won't even have a body to cry on? It feels rather selfish for him to just avoid the consequence of...well, death. Because sure, dude was apparently about to die and that by itself is a pretty good reason to stay in a place where you won't die, I get that, but still...it was built to be an emotional moment and it kind of was, but the entire time I was just thinking "dude what are you doing, you are just gonna be a flying horse for the rest of eternity now? aren't you gonna miss your wife, your life, literally anything about the real world??"
Eternal life might seem like a blessing but eventually you get bored no matter what and it looks like nobody wants to ever come back there, so nobody will save him if he ever regrets his decision. It does look like they setted something up for a third movie but it would just feel cheap to have the character be like "you know what fuck this get me out of here" after that moment. I can see him maybe helping them out or something, but making him change his mind would make the whole thing pretty pointless.
Either way, it's not like I watched this movie for the plot lmao I watched it for laughs and a bit of action and I was pretty satisfied so there's that
Review by WingoBlockedParent2021-11-27T22:49:48Z
it was a really entertaining movie, nothing really to point out. the plot was good enough, I really liked how the "videogame" was structured, opened a lot of space for jokes and laughs. I genuinely laughed at many jokes in the movie, just a really well made comedy nothing really to add to that.
If there's something that I kinda need to criticize is the way they handled Milo.
I really liked his interaction with the rest of the group and I think that his slow way of talking really added a lot to the comedic side of things, but just him deciding "you know what I'm gonna stick in here for the rest of eternity" doesn't feel right to me. Like, dude has a wife in the real world, what is she supposed to believe? How could they ever explain her what happened, is she supposed to just accept that her husband disappear in thin air and she won't even have a body to cry on? It feels rather selfish for him to just avoid the consequence of...well, death. Because sure, dude was apparently about to die and that by itself is a pretty good reason to stay in a place where you won't die, I get that, but still...it was built to be an emotional moment and it kind of was, but the entire time I was just thinking "dude what are you doing, you are just gonna be a flying horse for the rest of eternity now? aren't you gonna miss your wife, your life, literally anything about the real world??"
Eternal life might seem like a blessing but eventually you get bored no matter what and it looks like nobody wants to ever come back there, so nobody will save him if he ever regrets his decision. It does look like they setted something up for a third movie but it would just feel cheap to have the character be like "you know what fuck this get me out of here" after that moment. I can see him maybe helping them out or something, but making him change his mind would make the whole thing pretty pointless.
Either way, it's not like I watched this movie for the plot lmao I watched it for laughs and a bit of action and I was pretty satisfied so there's that