Let me start this off by saying that this sequel did not feel outside of what we remember.
Blade Runner 2049 maintains the mood and feel of its predecessor. The visuals, the sound... the dystopian future, it's all there.
| FIRST THOUGHT |
I love writing reviews, it comes somewhat naturally to me after watching something that I learn to feel passionate about.
This movie taught me to be passionate.
But... it's really hard for me to express judgment. And I'm going to explain why:
Actually, it's very simple. This was a 3 hours movie. Of these 3 hours, 2 were simply... air. Now, don't get me wrong, that isn't always negative, like in this case. It was refreshing air, but still... it doesn't (at first glance) hold anything on the plot.
Because of this, the viewer (me at least), is left with a lot of questions, the picture doesn't explain itself. Also; as a side note - you most definitely need to watch the first one. The great majority of the runtime is inexplicably useless.
The longer it goes, the longer it begins to add new stuff, and then some, then it seems somehow related to what's actually going on, but right after it deviates the actual story on an ideal from the characters involved, that at a certain point, evaporates. I'm really conflicted about this because it looks to me like the screenwriters and director wanted to leave all of this to theory and the fans.
Why is this confusing? Because it's a very strange mixture of linear narrative and non-linear narrative. One is focussed on one objective, the other starts a bunch of other objectives and then it simply dies. No explanation was given, no closure was given.
And this is aggravated by the fact that it's a 3 hours movie, of which 1 hour of the actual story is spread and mixed amongst 2 hours of absolutely nothing. VISUALLY IMPRESSIVE NOTHING. A VERY INTERESTING BUNCH OF LITERAL VOID.
This is actually the only thing I did not like about the movie. Which, again, if you are like me and enjoy movies that aren't patently explaining themselves, it's not a bad thing. I just feel like it could've been much more interesting if they explained somehow what happened to all the side characters, or just cut them out.
|STORY & ACTORS |
Aside from what I've mentioned before, the more "linear" part of the story is actually not that bad. It's nothing impressive. A part of what I said earlier connects to the fact that this movie constantly keeps juggling between what is real and what is not. Be it by robots, or actual reality that the characters are living. So it came out pretty obvious that the movie would have a twist at some point, somewhere. I will admit that I did not get it until the very end, so, don't be discouraged.
Ryan Gosling was great, also because he as an actor was perfect for his role. Being so that he has this way of being and looking conflicted, and so it portrayed really well on the protagonist.
Harrison Ford had less value to this movie than he did in the last Star Wars.
Jared Leto's character is a mystery to me, but he did a phenomenal job talking random shit.
All of the other actors, Jared Leto included, were there to push the story forward (or to add random bullshit) and that's it. They did a fantastic job, but unfortunately, as mentioned above, at first glance it looks like they don't mean shit.
| CINEMATOGRAPHY |
The movie is visually pleasing, it's bliss for people with OCD. It's perfectly round and at the same time perfectly square. It keeps smooth lines combining great color combinations in the palette, and utilizing great solid colors at the same time.
As I said before it holds perfectly a spot near its predecessor, the mood and feel are almost identical. (Having watched the first one only an hour before going to the theater to watch this one)
I have to say, this one looks A LOT, like A FUCKING GIGAZILLION LOT more gruesome and splatter than the first one. The fighting scenes are brutal, they do not go into dramatic effects, they just are what they should be. A punch in the face, exploding heads and blood.
There is no doubt that this movie looks fucking amazing.
It sounds amazing as well. It has a collection of deep, pure sounds. There is not a lot of music, but when there is it's powerful and present and it makes you wake up and amaze. Same goes for the special audio effects: I have watched it in ATMOS and I have to admit, they did not utilize it at all, except for one scene later in the movie, but the way it goes from absolute silence to seat trembling sensations it's really amazing. The sounds were so powerful I could literally see the movie screen shake and the subwoofer hit made the whole room shake.
I would also like to add that in the Italian version, you can clearly see that they used "incorrect" words grammatically, they used a lot of anglicisms, I guess they've done that to express how language is evolving? It's actually current of our generation, I see a lot of people adapting English words in Italian, so I was very impressed by that.
| FINAL THOUGHT |
I feel like everyone needs to understand, before watching this movie, that you need a time, a mood and a place perfectly fit to sit for a 3 hours movie that it's going to feel like a 6-hour long journey into colors, shapes, and absolute "living" silence.
This is NOT a Marvel movie, there is action, well-done action, but it's not about action. You need to sit, relax and don't think about time, because, trust me, it's going to fuck you.
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Sorry Angelina, you're in the past now.
Alicia Vikander is phenomenal in this movie, and I appreciate the italian version of the movie for not dubbing her "screams" and "moans" because they are fantastic and add to an already adrenaline pumping movie.
The movie is the same as the first reboot game on the "next" gen, personally I did not play it, but I did play the second one and if they are going to make the next movie the same as the game, it's gonna be even greater!
This cinematic reboot is a rollercoaster. Lara's ability to come out of situation is always a bittersweet taste of disbelief that makes you love it even more. But, in this movie they took a nice step back to her and so we get to see a more inexperienced Lara. Because of this, every failed step doesn't look... "fake" as it did (in my opinion) with the original Jolie movies where she was a badass from starters, feared and known by everyone and still went on about and made stupid mistakes which didn't make sense really.
I gotta say that if you let yourself be immersed, the suspense in some of the scenes is thick and palpable. The line between mythos and reality is thin, but it develops perfectly near the end without resulting boring or monotonous.
Regarding every other aspect of cinematography: I have to say, some of the CGI felt a bit cheap, but usually is surmounted by the amount of action the movie delivers, sound editing and engineering was on point, note that there aren't really big, romatic or thought-provoking photografical shots, but it's to be expected in an action movie.
Alicia Vikander is perfect for the role. I absolutely loved her for the entire runtime and she honestly kept my interest up entirely on her own.
I don't know if Square Enix is to be thanked for the level of quality and "textuality" of who Lara Croft is and what Tomb Raider is about, but I think it's a safe bet and I hope it stays this way.
Please if you have the choice, watch the movie in english, it might sound creepy or weird, but Alicia's screams are fuckin fire in this movie, it gives depth and dignity to the struggle of a character that is supposed to be strong.
Is Marvel just going to keep increasing the comedy value?
How much is enough?
Thor Ragnarok is a comedy action movie, or simply put ->
https://i.imgur.com/OqUYCJX.png
| FIRST THOUGHT |
Take Thor, mix it with Hulk.
Put your hand on the "comedy" button, press it and never release it.
It's this movie.
And it doesn't actually stop, throughout the entire time. You can't quite figure out how much it takes itself seriously. And it's so goddamn good.
Before you go on about and watch it, you need to put yourself in a spectrum where you're going to enjoy senseless beating and constant, crispy comedy.
It is definitely worth watching. It is worth your time, your money and putting on clothes to get out of your home. (Or just do it like me, I never put on clothes.)
| STORY & ACTORS |
Well, what can be said about the story on a Marvel movie?
However you want to put it, it's actually nothing so special, there's obviously no level of "deepness" to it. It's very linear, of course, with a happy ending - Although I have to admit, very enjoyable.
It's structured for the sole purpose of starting what is going to be the actual, gigantic movie: Infinity War - while closing down the history and settling the character of Thor for good. (Much better than what they did with Iron Man)
I think Marvel, with this one, truly captured the perfect combination of "comedy" and "action" to it's MCU. Sorting out everything that lacked in the second installment of "Guardians of Galaxy".
The comedy was throughout really enjoyable, it was predictable, but we can't pretend much of it - it's classical "Thor & Hulk" memes.
The story also doesn't hold to a very interesting villain. It's really unfortunate because of Hela's position in the comics, but at the same time I can understand what the movie wanted to speak about, so I really cannot be as frustrated as I did with other movies. cough*Wonder Woman*cough
It does, at the same time, bring up new, fun characters (To the MCU). Korg (voice acted by also director Taika Waititi) was an absolute blast and pure enjoyment at everything he said. It can come out as pathetic or annoying, but that just means that you shouldn't watch superhero movies.
I can't talk enough about comedy without entering the realm of "acting", and in doing so, eventually to the actors.
/I will only "in-depth note" some of the actors\
I'll say this, and it took me SIX movies to finally agree and accept it: Chris Hemsworth brought Thor to a level as high as Robert Downey Jr. and Hugh Jackman did with both Iron-Man and Wolverine. I can't "unsee" a Thor that isn't Chris Hemsworth, and this movie put on that thought the final stone.
He showed passion to a character that ended up developing itself positively in barely 2 hours and 10 minutes.
Mark Ruffalo, boy, they finally made him lose that terrifying, horrible gloomy attitude of the Avengers movie. He finally embraced his nature, and so Mark had more room to depict a promising version of Bruce Banner.
Cate Blanchett was disintegrated by the flatness of how they shaped Hela. The villain was disregarded and had no soul. It was just big talk, terrible powers, besides being a Charlie's Angel and ultimately she didn't show anything positive for the movie, except some stuff you will need to see.
Tessa Thompson was a FANTASTIC Brunnhilde. She portrayed that character to a point where the seconds passed and I loved her more and more. I can really say nothing more or add to it, just watch her.
I won't talk about how the Hulk acted because you need to see it first-hand. He's the big star here, remember, this is Hulkhor: Ragnasmask.
Jeff Goldblum as The Grandmaster is fucking weird, man... Weirdly good?
| CINEMATOGRAPHY |
Here's where it gets interesting.
There's a load of color combinations that I found soothing, very soothing and that is perfect because it brings out from the screen the variety and SATURATION of what this movie actually is. The palettes were perfect.
I found the CGI, in some of the action/fighting scenes to be lacking a little bit, especially in very fast-paced shots it looked very unrealistic. And the same can be said about everything, to the brittle of walls getting destroyed, to some of the weapons portrayed.
I don't actually know what happened there, maybe I was too focused on it and eventually could see past the CGI (which is a big mistake to make), but unless you are actively trying to do so it's really minor.
Choreographies, I was actually impressed. The past "Thor" movies were just a bunch of "tank & spank" moves. Fortunately, this wasn't entirely the case, near the end, it lacked a bit, but it's not very noticeable considering everything that's going on.
Music, there was distinct moment where it went from a more classical route to then being mixed out with a more electronic feel, it was a really hearing stimulating oxymoron, so to speak.
I will never get tired of The Immigrant Song by Led Zeppelin.
| FINAL THOUGHT |
All things considered, if we're about to take this logically...
The pros definitely beat the cons in this one.
It is, on that thought, WORTH A WATCH.
And I'll add something that might stir up some grunt:
My official "favorite MCU movie" has changed.
Movie: 8/10
Hulk: 11/10
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Hands down the best episode in whole of Attack on Titan. AND THEY ONLY TALKED!!!!!!!
Another 10/10 episode. THE DEMONS OF PARADIS ISLAND ARE HERE, THE WHOLE GANG
-- DISCLAIMER: THIS BELOW IS ENTIRELY MY PERSONAL OPINION, YOU MIGHT NOT AGREE WITH IT --
So "The Defenders" is out, or how I like to call them "Heroes for Hire" (Whatever happened to that anyways?)
The Defenders, is the endpoint of each and every single one of the stories we've seen so far in the Netflix MCU.
It puts closure on all of the characters, not indefinite, but closure of what we've seen of them so far.
Because of this, I was not going in with high expectations, and thankfully in doing so, I didn't leave entirely disappointed.
Here's the catch tho,
I believe we can all agree that - this - is Marvel trying a more "serious", a more "adult" way for their MCU.
We can all agree that we cannot expect a Netflix series on Daredevil, JJ or even the others to be action-packed, mindless punching, d!ck hard-straightfoward-nofucksgiven-whatdoesthepoliceevendoanyways as much as we're accustomed to see on the big screen with The Avengers or Guardians of the Galaxy.
But let me tell you this:
There is a point - in time - where a man (or a woman) has this "we're the police let us do our job" - "you gonna end up in jail" - "You shouldn't do this, that" kind of bullshit talk so far up his butt, that it is impossible not to hate it.
The extent of milking out minutes and minutes, adding absolutely nothing valuable to the story is REALLY starting to annoy me very much. It was very light in Daredevil, it started showing in Jessica Jones and from Luke Cage it really went downhill. There's a whole new way of talking around, and around, and around pointlessly in these last shows that is really tiresome.
I'm talking about the side characters pointing out the same things, over and over and over and over, one time after one time after one time after one time.
"We are the police we can help you"
"Let us help you, you can't do it alone"
"You're gonna get in trouble"
"You're gonna go to jail"
Listen, screenwriters: shut the fuck up! They gonna do whatever the fuck they want anyways. We know it, you know it. And it showed.
I believe we can all agree (or at least try to) that Marvel won't ever (hopefully not) come up with something so profound, so intense, so serious (Maybe like we've partially witnessed with Logan) because they are too focussed on cliches, too focussed on this bullshit way of having to show how rebelious their characters are, and never focussed on the actual emotions and portraying them or conveying them to the people. I don't necessarily believe they should, that they are trying to do this, but at least... cut the bullshit a little, huh?
And I'm not adding more to that statement.
Alright, since that's out of my system, let's talk everything else.
The baseline of the show and the story aren't that bad. I like that finally we get to see the Hand entirely, for what they are and who they are without the mist of bullshit that we ingested the past shows. The action "side" of "things" isn't quite as horrible as we witnessed in Iron Fist, so that's a huge pro.
The fighting coreographies weren't really that stale, let's be honest: who doesn't enjoy watching JJ or Luke simply lifting goons, or watching Daredevil jump around and that fucking metal batoon hit sound, ohhh so good...
But then... here comes THE LIVING WEAPON. HURRAAAY!
No. Definitely no hurrays for him.
Let me tell you this, chaps, and I won't put spoiler marks on this part because there's nothing new to this:
Danny Rand - did not - evolve from his standalone show, his character depth and importance is just words in the wind, his appeal is just as strong as watching a golden retriever with his face out the car window and his dribble splattered all over.
He's A FUCKING NOOB, and yes, I did scream that out loud, a few times. (Same goes for his girlfriend).
Someone needs to explain to me why Danny got a scar on his chest tattoo in the first episode and then it disappears for the rest of the season.
Plus, someone needs to explain to me if elektra can punch JJ and Luke so hard that it makes them shake a little bit, why doesn't she destroy Daredevil or Iron Fist with the same punch? How can they sustain a damage that can make Luke Cage feel pain?
And that's really most of what's wrong with this show.
Believe me tho, once you see it, you'll understand why I can get so upset.
What more could be said?
Music was good, I enojyed the few pieces, they were well placed.
The colors are always fucking cold and stale, the light almost always dark.
Sigourney Weaver is a great actress portraying a terrible, empty character, but ehhh, whatever.
It is definitely worth watching if you liked Daredevil and Jessica Jones. I could bare Luke Cage more here, he was kind of different, in a good way.
You know what's missing from this show?
A FUCKING GOOD ASS VILLAIN. BRING ME FUCKING KINGPIN.
Jesus christ I fucking hate Danny Rand and his stupid fisting duracell fetish.
-- FIRST EPISODE REVIEW ONLY --
-- THIS DOWN IS MY OPINION. YOU MAY NOT AGREE. IF YOU DON'T, EXPRESS YOURS, WITHOUT BEING A DICK. --
-TL,DR
When you think of X-Men, you think of Xavier, you think of Storm, of Cyclops, Rogue, Wolverine.
Forget those overused mutants.
The Gifted brings you the more underestimated, underappreciated of the mutants in the Marvel Universe.
The pilot was GREAT. It had the right formula to kick of a seaons that, in my opinion will be phenomenal. (It's a tv show so it's really unpredictable).
If I got them right in the pilot we see Polaris, Sunspot, Thunderbird, Blink and Shatter.
The Strucker family is new, really, but maybe there's a connection with Baron Von Strucker of hydra? We don't know.
Also, Sunspot isn't really Sunspot but "Eclipse" an alternate version created in Days of Future Past. (Basically the same hero). Maybe done to avoid having to create an entire CGI for one hero, being that Sunspot has a... peculiar look.
There's a mixture of easter eggs all over the first episode, there's a Stan Lee cameo, there's X-Men and Brotherhood name mentions, there's ringtones from the animated series. So everything a nerd needs to nerdgasm.
It is definitely worth a watch.
And if you're a fan of Marvel COMICS or just X-Men in general you won't be disappointed (at least so far).
It is clear that the FIRST EPISODE was produced by people who know what they are doing. Not like cough*Inhumans*cough.
-STORY-
This is basically an aftermath of the X-Men disappearing, for whatever reason. The mutants are hunted because humanity was tired of all the conflicts, the death. So we get a new federal police force called, "The Sentinels" (I know right?) and we see a kind of "Xavier's School", but more underground, so just like it was in the beginning of the X-Men story, outlawed mutants going out to discover and save new mutants that appear everyday.
Personally I think this is a great take to build up a "marvel mutant" story.
-ACTORS-
It's really early to express an opinion on the actors, but what I can say is that I have not felt any usual "fuck I hate this guy/girl" thought throughout the entire episode. The more dramatic scenes were pictured really well by the actors involved in them, everyone seems passionate about what they are doing. But I can't really get into details because I've not seen enough.
-CINEMATOGRAPHY-
I didn't enjoy the visuals as much as I could have. I can see they tried in the beginning into making scenes visually stimulating, such as slow-mo shots and nice color palettes, but then it really didn't improve. It got to a point where you aren't really amazed at what you're seeing. This isn't bad, to be clear, it's to be expected from a tv show that's divided, obviously, in episodes. But there's a whole lot of improvement that can be done. In general it's... just good.
This was a first episode concentrated in literally launching the season to the air, so I hope they will focus more on all the other aspects of what make good cinematography magical.
Special effects weren't too HARD on the picture, you can see they are really well done and well thought. All the powers we've seen so far have been produced in a well manner. There's no obivous impact on the scenes where you can say "that doesnt' belong there", which I think it's great.
Usually I don't think much about special effects, but clearly this is a show where it matters a lot. So it's important we see all of that budget money going into great effects. Blink's portals ARE FUCKING AMAZING.
Go watch the first episode.
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Great episode.
Starting with a bang.
Fuck Iron Fist.
Terrible movie. Terrible acting. Terrible stunts. Terrible sequel. Terrible logic. Terrbile plot. Terrible.
I could feel a sweet taste in my mouth coming out from the cinema after Ready Player One knowing I’d be coming straight back here, my very own “Oasis”, to write this very review about a movie that I hope will be a landmark for all the other people, who like me live in a world where “pop culture” isn’t just a part of history, but it’s a part of real life… or simply IS real life.
Ready Player One isn’t a movie for everyone. It’s a gem that is only to be understood by the people who it is made for. A hymn bellowing aloud to every single person who struggles in life.
The misunderstood, the shunned… people who don’t know what place they have on this earth, people who don’t know how to start living, people who hide and those who create an invisible shell around themselves separating them from everyone else… people like me… the internet people.
Those of us that live in a world where comic books aren’t just “books with figures for kids”, where videogames aren’t just brainwashing violence, where movies matter and they have to be talked about, where the line between fantasy and what is real and tangible is so thin, that it enables us to expand our minds and so deeply changing every single one of us: the way we talk, the way we look, the way we think, how we interact, how we live!
Those are the people Ready Player One was made for. Me and you reading this.
This is for US.
I feel sorry for those who cannot possibly feel the relevance this movie has. Who did not understand any of the references, the little things this movie was brought up upon, the lingo the characters use, the way they are portraited the way in which it takes them a blink of an eye to feel like family, to trust one another completely and depend on each other, the need they have to feel included and not eclipsed by society.
There is only sadness in that, at least for me writing this, I could not live a life without this, it would be colorless.
Ready Player One is an amalgamation of pop culture concentrated in 2 hours and 20 minutes in the form of a videogame where everything your imagination wants is right in front of you.
The characters will fight against an “EvilCorp” to take control of “Oasis” the virtual reality that is the pinnacle of society’s future by racing to find the ultimate “Easter egg” and ensure the community is safe from exploitation by greedy goblins that do not want you to install “AdBlock” as a mod.
The movie struggles to have a very clear line between real and virtual because of the consistent switches between CGI and “regular” film, this up until the very end where it finds balance and leaves the viewer, who understands what is going on, with a message that to me is most important in all that happens: take a break from the internet.
I shouldn’t need to say this – but render unto Caesar the quality of CGI is out the roof, everything is super-detailed and the animations are PHENOMENAL, which is on-par with the few real-life choreographies that are featured in some of the switches between real and virtual that I mentioned earlier. The colors are so vivid and perfectly placed some of the scenes are dreamy and give a sense of everlasting life to what is happening which further thins the line between you – the viewer and it – the picture.
Steven Spielberg is a master at giving life to what could very well look bland and lifeless and for that, I shall thank him till the day I die.
It’s always a pleasure to see Easter eggs and references inside movies, like we’re used to with the MCU, but I daresay this one is an entire different level.
Let me explain to you why: Everything you see, from the WIRED magazine, to the “Twitch” streaming mention, to the DeLorean to the Iron Giant, Tracer, Halo, Gears of War and also all the Back to the Future tingling sounds that warm my heart, these aren’t just references or Easter eggs, and this is why this movie it SO GOOD, they ARE the movie!
It’s just a facet of our life that is there to remind ourselves that, however sci-fi the movie might look like, if you think deep enough it’s actually a mirror of everyday life (if you’re a nerd, like me).
The story itself isn’t too shallow or a Denis Villeneuve mindfuck, it’s a simple low and high climax with a big reveal and a moral story, so it’s a textbook good story… but it is the way it was shaped to enclose everything that just fucking shoots at your brain so seamlessly that makes it even better.
Besides my personal opinion, I think the cast overall was just spot on. I don’t think I can contribute objectively on this subject, for this particular work.
I rarely enjoy Ben Mendelsohn, especially as a bad guy.
What I can say is that I loved the perpetuating and profusing synergy between Tye Sheridan and Olivia Cooke. I LOVED how bad-ass Lena Waithe looked OOC and how massive her character looked in-game which also showed some soft spots which gave it more depth.
Win Morisaki did one thing near the end of the movie that I won’t spoil but I screamed the name of that thing in the room and everybody was both pissed and annoyed by me (Don’t regret it)
In general, I just loved the crew altogether, bit of a weak villain but honestly, it’s not that bad, it’s really hard giving dignity to someone who you know is going to lose anyway, unless you are Andrew Kevin Walker and like fucking up everyone’s mind.
To end this review I would like to say I almost cried in 10 scenes purely by nerd-gasm, I definitely cried when Win Morisaki did that thing that I cannot speak of without spoiling, with the big purple sword and that bang-bang-bang-bang and those tin-tin-tin from Back to the Future and also all the brum-brum-brum, also cried on the dance swooshy-swoosh scene where they – and so I kept crying and I had to hold my breath when she did that thing with the bike that they mentioned and that was my big “whoa” and then the movie ended and they said that thing and I was like “fuck that I don’t take days off I gotta learn RS6 Siege”.
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This movie almost made me think DC was actually going to make a great movie.
ALMOST.
Wonder Woman can be summarized as a great interrupted nerd coitus.
The starting was really enjoyable, everything was going smooth as butter. Movie was fun, was interesting, was hyping as fuck. Gal Gadot is phenomenal, Chris Pine made me gay (again), Elena Anaya converted me back to being hetero... but then... the inevitable happened.
Something I was expecting all along, something I expect every-single-time a movie about a DC character gets announced.
SOMETHING - FUCKS - UP
(badly, very, very badly)
In other movies like... BVS or Suicide Squad, wait a minute... I admit it's not entirely fair comparing it with those two, considering at least Wonder Woman was a bit enjoyable for the first 2.5/4 of it.
Anywho, in this case, what bothered me a lot - interrupted nerd coitus - was the ending.
The movie transformed from a breath of fresh air to the same overbuilt, overcheesed, oversped, overfucked, overterribilized™ piece of stinking shit that DC (Or whoever fucks their characters up) accustomed us to.
Why you ask? Well... it's simple.
The major problem was in fact with the speed they clearly made the ending to be.
I can explain this with a simple equation:
Lover("I love you"+Suicide)+(Terrible cgi)=Angry Gal Gadot=God Wonder Woman=????????????????
She kills Ares, but it wasn't Ares (no shit) - then Ares appears (no shit) - then he's way too powerful (no shit) - BANG! BIG SECRET REVEALED (no shit) - Gal Gadot is so confused she hit herself (no shit) - Big Jim does a Captain America and saves everyone (no shit) - Gal Gadot becomes god -- "INSERT HERE STUPID PHOTOGRAPHY, CGI, POINTLESS GLORIFYING WALKING SCENES" - Ares is dead (no shit).
That said: I must say that I enojyed this movie more than... scratch that, this is the only DC character movie I enjoyed following the current DCCU (DC Cinematic Universe)[God Bless Christopher Nolan's soul]. It truly had meaning and potential, but I guess they ran out of minutes.
Sad.
PS:
Gal Gadot is hot as fuck.
I'm sorry if you watched this movie thinking it would be similar to Baby Driver.
You were wrong.
| FIRST THOUGHT |
This movie isn't anything special. The story is very short, there is no music, there are a few actors and most of them aren't even in the picture, but have just some voice-over.
Why a 7?
Well, as I said before the movie isn't actually anything special.
But it's the way it was directed that makes it good.
First, the camera almost never leaves the car, which is, by the idea of the movie a GREAT thing, with this you can enter the mindset of the protagonist (the driver) and experience the situation fully.
The story is very short, but it's fast and straight to the point. There is no Hollywood nonsense, there are no cliché conversations.
It starts with a car, it runs on a car and it ends in a car.
It doesn't need anything less and nothing more. It's the way it is and it's enjoyable.
I'd say it deserves a watch.
| STORY & ACTORS |
As I said before, the story isn't anything special. Nor it's complicated or too long.
It has a precise length because it gets to the point real fast.
It's very linear. And it keeps the pace.
What I liked specifically a very small part of the movie, near the end that expresses driving culture and passion. (You'll see)
Everything else is held by whatever is around it. Like the actors, who were in my opinion really good. (And I mean the voice actors as well)
Frank Grillo portrays an ex-con who is the designated driver for bank robberies in order to pay a debt he accumulated while being in jail.
He doesn't talk much, but he's capable of making the viewer feel included in what he's going through. Much like Tom Hardy in "Taboo" (Which was clearly on another level, but you get the point)
His lines are sharp and fast, he doesn't waste time. Time is an essential part of the movie, so please pay attention to whatever the protagonist says and how he says it. And how much time it takes for him to make a decision. This is REALLY IMPORTANT.
We don't get to actually SEE most of the other actors, but the few we see have done a great job, I'm referring especially to Caitlin Carmichael, the daughter of the protagonist which synergizes to an already great character and shoots up the movie to another whole level of goodness that will make you think "Yea, this movie was worth a watch".
| CINEMATOGRAPHY |
The movie is for the vast majority of the time shot in the car.
Inside the car, on the sides of the car for a few action shot and the only two times it leaves the car only a couple of minutes pass. Nothing more. I don't have to add that this is the biggest reason this movie is good. It doesn't leave room to pointless shit that could ruin it.
Visually it holds nothing of note. There isn't an intentionally placed color palette. It is shot at night so, we get to enjoy lights shifting through the car's body, the rain being illuminated by the street lamps and this compliments the general mood of constantly being on the edge of an anxiety razor while trying to comfort ourselves to the stillness and fortitude of the main character.
I don't know why, but the movie doesn't have music. This isn't bad, to be honest. Most of the scenes are covered by racing sounds, driving sounds, just like most of the shots. Gas pedals being pushed, tires screeching on the asphalt, engines revving, exhausts bursting, turbo valves popping off. In some way, it creates a composition of music, without actual music, and it's good.
| FINAL THOUGHT |
This is nothing exceptional. Nothing GRANDIOSE.
It's just a little, enjoyable movie that was created accordingly to what it wanted to sell.
There isn't anything to add. Maybe some of the scenes could've been shorter, but the ones I'm referring to weren't bad at all, so I won't mention it more.
THIS IS NOT BABY DRIVER.
Watch the movie, it's good.
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This show doesn't have anything to do with the comics.
I envy those of us who don't read, and in doing so may be prone to like this one.
In my personal opinion, and in my experience of reading Inhumans, with a passion, this show is garbage.
Marvel can't go lower than this. But I said the same about Iron Fist, so.
I feel extremely sorry for those of you who expected a classical Batman movie in Japan.
You got it all wrong.
This is JAPANESE ANIMATION - WITH -> BATMAN (and Ninja)
An entirely different concept.
Appreciate it for what it is and not for what you expected it to be, because you're 100% wrong.
This one is gonna be incredible. The animation on it is absolutely insane.
Another 10/10, this season just doesn't stop giving. HOLY FUCK.
REEEEEINNEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEERRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!
Black Panther is the Marvel version of any PornHub video titled "Black dick fucks very tight white pussy"
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No, but... really... this movie was the eye-candiest of them all.
There is NO objection whatsoever (from me) about this.
The picture was SYMMETRICAL PERFECTION.
Color palette was ORGASMIC.
Everything that is related to visuals was a 10/10.
Some of the shots were straight up MAJESTIC. The camera angles, the production, the way everything is placed was on point.
It was so mesmerizing at some point it looked like Wakanda actually existed.
The culture so vivid, so beautifully crafted and mixed to real life beautiful african culture.
Music, perfectly mixed between traditional african and current african-american. DRUMS! DRUMS ALL THE TIME!
It was not a bland, glorification of the relation between black people and hip-hop music.
It was a perfect and ear-gasmic balance of the two.
But... but, but but... it does fall short, and it's mainly because of movie scripting.
The story finds some difficuly into forging itself into something that is unique. You can clearly see the tentative but it does fail, it's not your simple superhero movie story, but it's not even a big sociological message, it's a weird combination of the two, at times wrongly mixed and neither one of them actually leaves you with the feeling the movie is actually over, it needs more. The part between the start and the end was a hit and a miss.
What this movie did horribly wrong - despite all previous Marvel movies - was the comedic part of it.
And you could really tell after you get to see a "Vine meme" inside a major feature film. All it needed for me to be completely disappointed was a "Deez nuts" joke. Gladly, Marvel is owned by Disney.
At the end of the day, for peace of mind, it was a very pleasurable experience and it deserves to be seen.
Still, my Marvel movie leaderboard - of which not a single one of you give a fuck about - is completely untouched.
It isn't that bad, on a premises of completely forgetting the original manga/anime and instead thinking of this as an american spin-off.
The cinematography was very pleasant.
Story a bit shallow, maybe because we're so used to western pictures. This was turned from something very dark and profound to a want-to-be smart romance supernatural story.
It is although worth a watch.
I missed how much I loved this show.
Good performances aren't holy. They can't mend to a cliché, long, boring story. My vote is only sustained by Viola Davis, who was outstandingly good. Not her fault the rest... simply isn't there.
Let's put it this way...
Gave me interest in a character that has failed to do so for a decade.
(I'm talking about Aunt May of course, have you seen how slamming Marisa Tomei is? Goddamn.)
This picture is a true marvel.
It defies romanticism, it defies comedy, it defies drama. This movie is entirely in it's own league and level.
It's sexy, and interesting, and captivating all at the same time.
It touches taboos, makes them feel completely normal. It drives the watcher to feel included.
This is a movie that everyone should watch.
-- DISCLAIMER: THIS BELOW IS ENTIRELY MY PERSONAL OPINION, YOU MIGHT NOT AGREE WITH IT --
When you're used to the level of the MCU, such as like: Daredevil, Jessica Jones and even Luke Cage, you go in with such high expectations for the next one that it's really easy for them to make simple mistakes.
But here I won't be talking about simple mistakes, I'll talk about HUGE mistakes.
Danny Rand is the Iron Fist, a child survivor of a plane crash that killed his whole family, gets adopted by mystical monks on the Himalayas that train him in every combat style, armed and unarmed and make him "The Living Weapon" or "The Iron Fist", bonded to a lifetime duty to protect the monastery.
You might say: "There's nothing wrong with that", and I fully agree. Iron Fist's background, and development, and history has been one of my favourites to read in Marvel Comics.
In this TV show, we get an underpowered, discredited and frankly... with not that much screen time Iron Fist.
I started the show, AT LEAST, expecting sick fighting scenes, I mean, these are people trained to become warriors, skilled in every combat art.
And what do we get?
SLOW FIGHTS. actors CLEARLY WAITING on set for the counterpart attack to resume the fight, almost EVERY fighting scene had terrible choreography. There was nothing put into it other than a few sick jumps and two punches done right using a body double.
Really, if you pay attention and put aside the hype of seeing Iron Fist fight, these scenes are all terrible.
This story is filled with mental diseases from everyone.
Danny seems like a bad version of Batman with rage controlling issues. As I said before he's WAY UNDERPOWERED. He can only light up one fist, break one gun, take down one wall, or one door at a time and then going into the LONGEST cooldown humanity has ever seen. In the comics he punched a helicarrier so hard he made it "land".
Ward's character is a mess of... paranoia and frustration, but there was really nothing put into him other than daddy issues, there was no depth to the character at all other than a constant jokerish attitude, making jokes about everything that made him feel uncomfortable, and the stupid ass "drug addict" attitude, not to mention the UNEXPLICABLE hallucinations he's getting for some reason that didn't get explained, and... the murdering rampage, obvious as a blue sky.
Joy's is plain as cardboard as well, same daddy issues Ward's got. The PERPETUAL struggle between dark and light inside of her. Doing bad stuff with her company, and crying and complaining for two straight episodes afterwards. Then, when she gets a possibility to make everything right, to change life, build something she likes, nah, she banters that she feels useless, that she wants to keep the company because it's something she made. After 9 episodes of seeing her cry and conflicted for working that very same job.
Claire and Gao took the entire first season on their backs and kept it there, if it wasn't for them I wouldn't have kept watching. Gao's malicious as fuck and the actress like in the other MCU series did a marvelous job. Claire had better fighting scenes in those 10 seconds she did than Colleen and Danny put together for 12 episodes.
Colleen is a mystery to me. Looks like she was placed there to be the girlfriend, that's it. I didn't like the Karate Kid sensei attitude she had, I didn't like her inexplicable idea to go fighting in the cage after literally one episode before she was bantering one of her students not to. Also... why the hell doesn't she use her katana in 8 episodes? Like... WHAT?! Bushido my ass Colleen.
I'm not even going to talk about the other characters, because they were utterly useless, the had no impact at all in the entire season and they shouldn't be mentioned for that very same reason. They were there to say a few words and go out. Yes, I'm also talking about Ward's and Joy's father.
The story is very predictable, there's no cliffhanger, no unexpected twist, it's all out there waiting for you to think one second and reach to the same conclusion you will later see. At episode 8 it got so boring I've fallen asleep for a while.
Also, some scenes look like they were taken out of the Power Rangers. Sometimes the audio was clearly changed in different recording studios, you can clearly hear the actor's voice changing in echoes and quality. Sometimes it's simply plain and with no effect that should emulate the room they are in, in the episode. Sometimes new b level actors pop up with stupid lines put there just to extend the episode's length, with plain "I'm on camera" looks on their faces. I'm just... blown away.
All MAIN actors aren't that bad really, this was just poor writing, poor character placement and not a lot to work with. There's no synergy, no connection at all between then, this was just terrible.
Finn Jones doesn't really get the character to a point where he could just simply take the entire series on his back, just like it happened with Luke Cage. He's got the looks and the chest tattoo, but nothing more.
Tom Pelphrey is pretty good I gotta admit, even with his stupid ass character, his acting skills where very emphatic, I felt his fear, his frustration, his rage. And I gotta admit it made me uncomfortable.
Jessica Stroup is a beautiful face that couldn't do more than the character they gave her.
Jessica Henwick is a mystery to me.
Thank you Rosario Dawson and Wai Ching Ho for saving this entire horrible first season.
So, all points concluded I gotta vote this series no more than 6.
This was WAY below the level the other series put up front.
Even whilst Luke Cage lowered that level a lot, this still wasn't as near to it.
All considered this seems way more of a... "transitional series" to what will become either a very budget powered Iron Fist or a fantastic Defenders series. We will see.
I think I experienced the full range of human emotions.
SPOILER FREE!
DC never fails to fall into the same pattern of errors. I am legitimately convinced there is something deeply wrong with how these movies get produced.
| INTRO |
Justice League is DC's take on all the Avengers movies that have been booming in the superheroes genre of late.
What DC fails to understand is a simple key factor that gives Marvel the upper hand. Besides sheer talent, which the DC team clearly shows lack of, it is how the timeline is being shaped. Now, we need to put into account the fact that DC is clearly pushing the line to get all movies out as fast as possible, but when is enough really enough?
When is timing, producing fast, too fast to lose passion and quality just to print more and more money?
| REVIEW |
DC skipped most of the origin movies for its superheroes to push a team-up as fast as possible.
Justice League tried to connect these new characters, and as you might think already, it did a very poor job. And this isn't only a talent related issue, it is actually a problem with how fast the movie needs to go and how little time we have to develop an entire character to create synergy with all the others.
The movie is structured to have a precise climax oriented pace, that is well kept throughout the entire time. The story is short and simple. They give a taste of the characters we don't know, showcasing them and the interest peaks, but then...
We are left with an amalgamation of senseless beating, worsened by an acrimonious artificial look, horrible B level movie CGI production and straight up terrible dialogues and uninteresting, cheesy, cliche jokes that do not land at all.
Character deepness is unexistent. Like with previous DCEU movies they are placed there to push the story forward and don't bring anything personal at all. I will admit that this time DC was smart about placing signals and starting points to connect the future solo movies some of the characters will have, but that is about it.
Obviously, the villain is as uninteresting as the superheroes. Steppenwolf doesn't bring anything to the picture other than to push the story forward, again. He is depicted as a megalomaniac big dude with horns that repeats the same things, over and over and it looks like he was produced with play-doh instead of computer-generated imagery.
But let's pick the characters apart:
Batman & Superman, I need to keep them together because for some inexplicable reason DC tried to build up a bromance that eventually failed and isn't logically explained and is inconsistent with all the previous DCEU movies. Worsened by some of the most stupid and senseless dialogues ever, in two words shared by them I lost completely my interest.
Wonder-Woman, everyone talked about how progressive her solo movie was, how much it fought objectivism against women. Well, sorry ladies, this movie just took 2 or 3 huge steps back.
Aquaman is what kept my interest alive, Jason Momoa is a great, expressive actor that showed a deep level of interest and passion for his character.
Cyborg is SO INCONSISTENT it actually hurts to think. He started out as the moody bitch and then took a 180° and became a teddy bear ready to help everything and everyone without asking questions.
Flash is just fuckin' annoying man. Cheesus Crust someone shut him up. The suit is tremendous though, wish they would keep that one for the TV Show, instead of that knitted POS.
I need to admit that the cast wasn't bad at all, there was good ACTOR synergy and the flow of the movie wasn't hurt at all. It's the way DC treats his own characters that baffles me, why do they hate their own universe?
DC movies are only kept up in interest just by inherently draining the goodness of the comics, the ideological feel we have for its superheroes and their stories. This is also their kryptonite, the flash fast speed they use to jump ahead of character deepness only to fuel action and to generate money, if they don't learn to respect their characters more and give them justice there will be no league for which I will ever praise one of their movies.
The movie is a "Fair" - 6/10.
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This is a review of the first episode only.
At first it looks like any kind of psychological thrillers. A blind woman goes missing, returns after 7 years with her eyesight restored. You can say nothing is special about that, we've seen plenty of shows with a similar plot. You're then after presented with a set of characters that are each different in character, but they are all tied up by diversity, and their uprisal from society, and in their personal changing, like crossing a line, "from childhood to adulthood". I will say their presentation came out a little flat, but I do have hope for more expanding. All we know after this episode is just the basics.
The episode then leads up to a specific moment, that I will not explain to avoid spoilers, but throws the near-end of the show into a kind of "journey" that I personally found very inspiring, and it's almost like a sort of poetry, the music, the colors, the words, all tied up perfectly.
Sounds and seems like a lot, but in reality I can't say I'm left with high expectations to this show really, might sound negative, but I think it's actually quite perfect. This is a show you need to enjoy lightly and spend time thinking of the meaning of things while you watch it.
Fuck me the last 3 minutes of this episode...
Nothing you expect about this movie is what you'll actually experience.
Ok, let's go down a few notches and forget this is supposed to be an historically accurate depiction movie of someone's life.
Done? Great.
9/10.
Can't forget?
4/10.
This show makes me upset. It's wrong. There are numerous irregularities. Like the "magnetic locked" cells in a Russian old Gulag. The sniping part of the Doctor, where she could've easily killed the guards escaping him. Plus you don't hear bones cracking if you have a muscular or nerve issue. Also, the russian scientist that suddenly realizes that someone else was CUTTING HIMSELF, other than cutting him so that it all goes to the point where she realizes Firestorm requires two people. This episode was a mess.
