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How can this be a prequel when Damien was born from a hound? Is it a joke?
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@requeco I mean, there was a whole bit of the movie where they showed the thing they were "breeding" the girls with was a grotesque, jackal-like creature. A slight twist, but it fits.
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VIP2Probably the dullest, most boring, underwhelming, and unimaginative pile of shit I've seen this year.
Effects are gorgeous. Guns are loud. There are bullet casings everywhere. Blood where you expect it to be.
Otherwise it feels like I went to an abandoned mall and stood in exactly one place and didn't move for two and a half hours. There are absolutely no other redeeming qualities for this movie other than shock value and gore.
There is no plot. Nothing happens. There are no characters. It's just these photojournalists driving along, some jumpscare happens, they stop and take pictures, and repeat.
California and fucking TEXAS for some reason are the states that seceded. You never learn why they do so. There's no details into what's going on. It's just stop, take pictures, and leave.
Do not waste your money on this.
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It's a shame you couldn't comprehend it.
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VIP4Terribly human, for good and bad, Civil War does not shy away from the message it’s trying to portray. The military action sequences are some of the best I’ve ever experienced, and in IMAX each gunshot rang in my ears.
The music was anxiety inducing, even during the calm moments, we feel the characters stress and emotions.
Fantastic film. I wish there was more explanation and world building so we knew why the country was in this state, but I understand the directors decision not to muddy the waters of what he wanted to say.
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@jackdoddy the message was "dont do this"
I just wonder what the heck was on that tape.
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@lifeiscrazy supposed Marylin and Kennedy, it was the affair chased by FBI, CIA, etc
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That was such a good movie. We get more of the comedic banter from Judd and the kids like in the last movie. And even better visuals. Good to see a whole team assembled, both old and new. I hope we get a third movie to see them continue the franchise on properly this time.
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10/10? Damn your bar is low.
So he is the new Martha now
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@great_vc To me, it seemed that it was a moment of realisation that he was not to blame for Martha. That bartender offering him a drink free of charge just like he did with the ice tea to Martha, helped him to see that him performing one act of kindness just as this man did to him didn’t give Martha, justification to stalk him and ruin his life. He was not to blame and he realised it in that moment.
Is this a new and edgy comedy?
No it isn’t, it’s straight out of the 2001 handbook of how to right a comedy.
This isn’t a bad thing in any way at all, it’s a sweet little show that just helps past the time and let’s you switch off for a while…..
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@cuddlelover Hey everybody, check out this guy's toxic comments before you listen to his recommendations lol
Cindy..the news is on!...another little white girl done fell down a well... 50 black people got they ass beat by police today, but the whole world gotta stop for one little whitey down the hole
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What does this have to do with the movie?
Rated this 4 because it is a rip off of the Japanese version which is much better in my opinion.
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..."a rip off" do you understand the concept of a remake? :\
The real horror is watching Kim Kardashian trying to act.
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I actually think she does well!
"I'll always love you.”
Me: Hoping that the movie doesn't end with this "dream over love" shit. Seen way too many movies lately where they break up for no reason then meet again after a few years and act sad as if they didn't leave each other for no reason. And the audience is supposed to get all emotional over it lol. REALLY hope this one doesn't end like that.
The movie: Ends EXACTLY like that.
Was thinking about giving it a 9 (maybe a 10 even) until that scene. I liked almost everything apart from the ending. Ryan and Emma were great, cinematography and direction was beautiful, soundtrack was great (dancing in general is hella cringe but it was bearable here lmao).
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Well we've had the "love wins all" idea for DECADES even when it didn't make sense. Just like they show in the final scene of the movie. Reality is not like that. And no, they didn't have "no reason": she was filming for months, he was touring for months except they were not financially stable yet so it wouldn't be easy to make it work. It was simple bad timing for them.
It wasn't awful, but, I think I must be the only person in the world who didn't think it was great. There were times when breaking out into song mid-conversation without some sort of elaborate set-change didn't make sense, The 2 leads weren't exactly talented singers or dancers -- no wow numbers. The sets improved by the time the final number rolled around, but the singing and dancing remained an afterthought.
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@chaztv i respect your opinion and i think with this movie they were trying to bring an Original movie like no other ones that we are seeing right now, like "The Sound of Music" "Singin' in the Rain" kind of thing. so they weren't trying to make it like a concert or pop thing. so the voices doesn't matter, the only that matter is the message behind it! u gotta see the bigger picture to understand it. hope u get my idea, Thx!
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@the_argentinian because the Mods at TMDB are a bunch of idiots
My brain hurts!
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Go watch something else. This story, even dumbed down for TV, will go waaaaaaaaaay over your head.
Review by Jordy
VIP8Denis Villeneuve is the man!
There’s only one word that came into my mind after watching it: finally.Finally, a blockbuster that isn’t afraid to be primarily driven by drama and tension, and doesn’t undercut its own tone by throwing in a joke every 30 seconds.
Finally, a blockbuster that puts actual effort in its cinematography, and doesn’t have a bland or calculated colour palette.
Finally, a blockbuster with a story that has actual substance and themes, and doesn’t rely on intertextual references or nostalgia to create a fake sheen of depth.
Finally, a blockbuster that doesn’t pander to China by having big, loud and overblown action sequences, but relies on practical and grounded spectacle instead (it has big sand worms, you really don’t need to throw anything at the screen besides that).
Finally, a blockbuster that actually feels big, because it isn’t primarily shot in close ups, or on a sound stage.
And of course: finally, a blockbuster that isn’t a fucking prequel, sequel, or connected to an already established IP somehow.(Yeah, I know Tenet did those things as well, but I couldn’t get into that because the characters were so flat and uninteresting).
This just checks all the boxes. An engaging story with subtext, very well set up characters, great acting (like James Gunn, Villeneuve's great at accentuating the strengths of limited actors like Dave Bautista and Jason Momoa), spectecular visuals and art design (desaturated but not in an ugly washed out way), pacing (slow but it never drags), directing, one of Hans Zimmer’s best scores: it’s all here.
I only have one real criticism: there’s too much exposition, especially in the first half.
It can occasionally hold your hand by referencing things that have already been established previously, and some scenes of characters explaining stuff to each other could’ve been conveyed more visually.
Other than that, it’s easily one of the best films of the year.
I’ve seen some people critiquing it for being incomplete, which is true, but this isn’t just a set up for a future film.
It feels like a whole meal, there are pay offs in this, and the characters progress (even if, yes, their arcs are still incomplete).8.5/10
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finally, a blockbuster that isn’t a fucking prequel, sequel, or connected to an already established IP somehow.
nobody tell him.
Review by Jordy
VIP8Denis Villeneuve is the man!
There’s only one word that came into my mind after watching it: finally.Finally, a blockbuster that isn’t afraid to be primarily driven by drama and tension, and doesn’t undercut its own tone by throwing in a joke every 30 seconds.
Finally, a blockbuster that puts actual effort in its cinematography, and doesn’t have a bland or calculated colour palette.
Finally, a blockbuster with a story that has actual substance and themes, and doesn’t rely on intertextual references or nostalgia to create a fake sheen of depth.
Finally, a blockbuster that doesn’t pander to China by having big, loud and overblown action sequences, but relies on practical and grounded spectacle instead (it has big sand worms, you really don’t need to throw anything at the screen besides that).
Finally, a blockbuster that actually feels big, because it isn’t primarily shot in close ups, or on a sound stage.
And of course: finally, a blockbuster that isn’t a fucking prequel, sequel, or connected to an already established IP somehow.(Yeah, I know Tenet did those things as well, but I couldn’t get into that because the characters were so flat and uninteresting).
This just checks all the boxes. An engaging story with subtext, very well set up characters, great acting (like James Gunn, Villeneuve's great at accentuating the strengths of limited actors like Dave Bautista and Jason Momoa), spectecular visuals and art design (desaturated but not in an ugly washed out way), pacing (slow but it never drags), directing, one of Hans Zimmer’s best scores: it’s all here.
I only have one real criticism: there’s too much exposition, especially in the first half.
It can occasionally hold your hand by referencing things that have already been established previously, and some scenes of characters explaining stuff to each other could’ve been conveyed more visually.
Other than that, it’s easily one of the best films of the year.
I’ve seen some people critiquing it for being incomplete, which is true, but this isn’t just a set up for a future film.
It feels like a whole meal, there are pay offs in this, and the characters progress (even if, yes, their arcs are still incomplete).8.5/10
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@jordyep "And of course: finally, a blockbuster that isn’t a fucking prequel, sequel, or connected to an already established IP somehow." Hate to point this out, but Dune is very much an already established IP. As you mention at the end of your review, it is an adaptation of a novel (with a rather large following), and it has several earlier adaptations in several media including a not so small movie in the 80's.
"I only have one real criticism: there’s too much exposition, especially in the first half." + "... conveyed more visually."
Totally agree, my main issue with this movie is the same. Even the impressive big shots do not manage to distract from the pacing issues of all the exposition that had to be discussed. Also, I found the main character somewhat lacked to show some character in the first act. It was mostly others describing/planning for him.
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Review by callie_jennings
Jaw-droppingly intimate and sensitive. Be prepared to be wrecked - the whole theater was shaking with sobs at points.
Beautifully and specifically queer. I've never on screen seen gay sex that felt this much like gay sex. The texture of it. There's a brief, funny, inter-micro-generation terminology convo that if you are LGBTQ of a certain age, you've had. There are two coming out conversations with lines that I swear are plagiarized from my life. There's a delightful subversion, in an early scene, of cruising, that achieves a cocktail of funny and sweet and sad that returns throughout the film (most notably in a moment where a 48-year-old Adam climbs into bed with his parents wearing a 12-year-old's pajamas). The exploration of how things can be so much better than 1987 but still not fine, and the ways the not-okayness of 1987 is still with us, especially in the psyches of folks that were there… so relatable and such a rare and subtle theme.
There is a final twist that, while devastating, does some real damage to Adam's character and, in my opinion, the emotional impact of the movie. Investing incredibly deeply in a fantasy of a relationship with a neighbor that didn’t happen is creepy where imagining you can talk to your dead parents again is sweet and sad. We know early on that the interactions with Adam’s parents aren’t a part of conventional reality and that doesn’t diminish any of their emotional impact, but the romantic relationship being unreal cheapens it.
This last emotional gutting felt unnecessary and unearned to me: it makes me hesitant to recommend the movie, despite how much it affected me, despite the impeccable execution. A friend who saw the movie with me and didn’t personally relate to as many of the queer culture touchpoints felt emotionally manipulated, and I get that. But aside from the last few minutes, my experience of the movie was near-perfect.
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I enjoyed reading your thoughtful comments. I did not have the same issue with the final reveal. I found it built on my understanding of Adams character and the catastrophic effect the events of his life had on his ability to make and maintain relationships.
There are probably more than a hundred movies like this one every year. I really can't understand why it got to the 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die.
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@eduardoaguiar I disagree, I've searched in the variety of male depressant films and wine films. There's a great halfway landmark that Sideways plants the flag for that, that really pushes and pulls both the genres together and I just haven't quite seen it done as good yet.
Movie literally spends its entire runtime trying to explain itself to you and I still have no fuckin idea what's going on.
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@laurenshikari - Glad to know I'm not the only one! LOL
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The cleaning ladies raiding the place like they were Seal Team Six....lmao.
Seriously tho, this is the worst detective show I've ever seen.loading replies
@impostu they are better than Navy Seals. Tribal people are natural born seal hunters.
This is the original idea for the HBO Westworld?
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@archtan Nope, Westworld is taken from it’s original movie Westworld 1973 so I think we can say this movie is inspired by the original westworld movie ... maybe
I seriously don't understand why this movie is highly rated. It's so bad. Poor story, poor character development... Horrible.
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You watch comic book and children’s fantasy movies. The lack of people with superpowers, magic wands, etc. probably explains your derogatory comments about a movie that was hugely successful worldwide and won dozens of industry awards including Academy Awards for Best Picture, Actress, Actor and Director.
no background music for most of the episode and only realistic sounds are used, while it may be correct way to do it. It just removes the FUN out of action and comedy genre of the show and made it into boring documentary.
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There was plenty of background music...
Well, what can I say about this episode. I know this show is about war, & up until now we have witnessed death & serious injuries, but this episode hits SO hard.
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@HeyRishabh - I totally agree, this episode has hit me hard, I could not hold my tears back, I my heart was missing a beat here and there.
In an otherwise fantastic series, this episode is hamstrung by the clumsy narrative and hamfisted direction, pointedly marked by the jarring shift to voice over commenting that will remain an annoying element of the rest of the series. As it is also essentially redundant to its predecessor, I recommend skipping straight from the hauntingly superb episode 6 to episode 8.
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@kopischke not sure we watched the same thing. this was an absolutely haunting episode. a must-watch.
In an otherwise fantastic series, this episode is hamstrung by the clumsy narrative and hamfisted direction, pointedly marked by the jarring shift to voice over commenting that will remain an annoying element of the rest of the series. As it is also essentially redundant to its predecessor, I recommend skipping straight from the hauntingly superb episode 6 to episode 8.
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@kopischke Complete nonsense, this episode was fantastic.
In an otherwise fantastic series, this episode is hamstrung by the clumsy narrative and hamfisted direction, pointedly marked by the jarring shift to voice over commenting that will remain an annoying element of the rest of the series. As it is also essentially redundant to its predecessor, I recommend skipping straight from the hauntingly superb episode 6 to episode 8.
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Really? You recommend skipping one of the most brutal, important episodes.
deserves an award for 'most unnatural dialogue ever'.
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@marahefner This is exactly one of the reasons I loved it. They absolutely nailed the "uncanny valley" aspect.
deserves an award for 'most unnatural dialogue ever'.
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@marahefner yeah, it's supposed to be like that, it's an intentional choice of the director
