The decline of modern cinema in 90 mins.
Is this for kids or grownups? The sex, violence and f-bombs suggest the latter but the "plot", "dialogue" and cartoonish characters suggests otherwise.
Why do all these military expert-cum-martial arts masters go into battle dressed like they're in a hip hop video? And by that I mean the men are in leather jackets, vests and "bling", while the women are dressed like prostitutes. The main female characters are anyway. The female extras are prostitutes.
Garbage all round.
Contains my favorite Doctor Who dialogue of all time:
Doctor: "This is Clara. She's not my friend... she's... another word--"
Clara: "I'm his carer."
Doctor: "That's right, she's my carer. She cares so I don't have to."
The extended fight scene was a bit too much and pushed the limits of my suspension of disbelief. If I'm being brutally honest it felt like watching an episode of Power Rangers at times. That said, the outcome had real gravity and pushed the stakes even higher for next season. Also, that phone notification!
Lulls you in as a typical silly Sandler flick (complete with potty humour) but then does a sneaky on you half way through and goes for the sentimental overload that hits you right in the feels. I keep thinking I'll get through it without crying but I never do.
I was surprised how much I enjoyed this. Not sure why my expectations were low because both Merchant and Chaudhry have form for good comedy (I'm especially a big fan of Chaudhry). Perhaps it's the short runtime and the "TV movie" status, but that works in its favour. It's funny, well paced and feel good, just what Christmas needed.
Visually stunning, musically charming, emotionally disarming. I could watch this over and over again.
I don't know what I dislike most about this movie: it's racist depictions of warring tribes fighting with spears played by Westerners affecting stereotypical fake African accents, or riding armoured CGI rhinos... Whichever way you look at it it's not good.
This series is getting stranger and stranger, and I'm not entirely sold on it. At the moment it feels like a mish mash of Stranger Things and Twin Peaks, a show that isn't really sure of its own identity or direction (please don't go all Castle Rock on us OA), but I wait to be proven wrong.
Well that was 50 minutes of my life I won't get back. One of the worst episodes for one of the worst characters.
The introduction of Fraser Crane.
Thanks for the spoiler in the preview image trakt!
Our Rob or Ross? :wink:
Stranger Things Season 1 set a new bar for how stories should be told. Not a single bad episode, spectacular writing, perfect pacing, awesome visuals and soundtrack. It really was a perfect serial of 8 episodes.
Channeling the spirit of John Hughes and the 80s, Empire Records is a sort of Breakfast Club for Generation Z. It's a story of misfits and underdogs thrown together on one ordinary yet extraordinary day that changes things forever.
When I discovered this gem via a friend sometime in the very early '00s, I'd watch it on a weekly—nay daily—basis. Amongst our circle of friends it became a cult classic, with characters who are instantly quotable (none more so than Rory Cochrane's zen-like Lucas) and a soundtrack that was legendary (even, and in fact especially, Rex Manning's kitch 'Say No More').
Clearly all these bad reviews have been written by The Man. Damn The Man, save the Empire!
It only went and made me scrike
We laughed and we cried.
Wonderfully refreshing!
"They love blood. They love action. Not this talky, depressing, philosophical bullshit."
Touché.
A funny, heart-warming tale of tolerance that's as subtle as a sledgehammer.
Not a bad effort but not the modern classic being praised in other reviews. It's a reasonable, plot driven story that younger viewers will enjoy (but which older viewers may find a little predictable), with enough humour to raise a few laughs from both kids and grownups alike. The film's message - while honorable and entirely befitting of today's climate of fear and tribalism - was delivered in such a ham-fisted way as to risk removing the audience from the movie experience. There isn't really a lot else to complain about though, so it's a thumbs up overall.
The enjoyment of Primer doesn't come from understanding the spaghetti mass of time travel threads, it comes from being in awe at them.
7/10
A solid survival flick; good but could have been great.
Matt Damon puts in a very good performance as Mark Watney, astronaut-botanist stranded on Mars., The rest of the cast I found to be rather anonymous and flat. Sean Bean looked like he'd turned up to the wrong film and Jeff Daniels as the head of NASA didn't really work for me. As for the rest, they were the usual bunch of stereotypes and one-deminsional characters that nobody ever cares about. That said, Watney really is the only character that matters in this film and Damon was superbly cast for this role.
The movie is aesthetically stunning, well paced and very well directed. Watney's trials and tribulations are engaging, but I often found myself feeling it was a little too dumbed down ("I'm going to science the shit out of it") and the comic relief a little too overused leaving the viewer without any real sense of the danger or despair Watney would surely have felt in such a situation. The only time I felt any of this anxiety was in the last 15 minutes and then I really was on the edge of my seat!
Despite a few shortfalls I found it a very enjoyable film; it was entertaining, interesting and engaging.
Pound shop Han Solo :see_no_evil:
Much better than the first movie. Not as camp for a start, though still a little dated. The plot thread of Peter Parker struggling with his responsibilities and the sacrifices he has to make as a young man elevates this above a simple action flick.
This is a really long episode of Power Rangers!
Superb close to a great series. I cried at the end :sob::see_no_evil:
Now that is how you end a show!
Re-watched this for the first time since its release in 1997 when I watched it at the cinema. At 18 I remember it being pretty good and of course it was probably the only Scream clone to make any lasting impact, but watching in 2020 it seems to me that most of its success was down to the cast (two in particular eh?) and a hunger for teen slasher movies, and yes, I'll concede that the villain was memorable but compared to Ghostface? Pah!
Its bad. Its badly written and the acting is terrible. Scream could get away with certain clichés and silliness because it was self aware and Craven knew how to tread the line between humour and threat, but IKWYDLS takes itself far to seriously so has none of the charm it's progenitor has. The jump scares aren't going to get anyone today.
We had more fun picking it apart than we did watching the film itself.
Was this episode written by Stephen King? I mean a telepathic octopus seems like something he would think was a good idea.
I was pleasantly surprised by this. The dynamics between the newly assembled Avengers was entertaining and the action was pretty good. Not sure I ever really felt any sense of peril, but I doubt I ever would. The super heroes are bound to win, of course.
It's difficult to get behind a hero who is as unlikeable as Tony Stark. Why would practically perfect people like Rhodes, Potts and Hogan give their time to this self-centred, egomaniacal man-child? I hope they tone him down for the remainder of these movies (I've promised my kids we will watch every single MCU movie) because otherwise they'll be pretty hard to watch :-/
"I love the power glove. It's so bad."
I enjoyed this movie as a kid in the midst of the home videogame explosion. It probably wasn't a great film in the grand scheme of things but it does have that classic (albeit cringeworthy) quote. Not a bad take on the underdog story either.
