They're all good, except when they're not. Lover of genre film. Grades like a teacher, under 50's a fail, over 50's a pass. Gentleman critic despite not owning any horses. Doctor of Zingology. Too poor for the Netflix free trial.
It has issues, such as editing, pacing and frankly, a protagonist that is quite difficult to get behind. Besides that I see what they were going for but the end result is just ok.
The format of primarily home movies with a little narration is my least favorite music doc format so it loses some points there but the story itself is really good.
Stylish and very 60's cool in aesthetic but also borderline incomprehensible in the editing and way it tells it's story. Style over substance, but oh so much style that it's a positive viewing experience overall.
Up until the end I found it interesting but ultimately the zealotry of the main character was a little distancing but the last 5 minutes reframes the whole thing and really worked for me.
Based on the internal logic set out by the first one this comes across a little implausible that society broke down THIS much in the short time between 1 and 2 but it's pretty good on its own.
Less post apocalyptic than I remember, more like near future shit show but they still had working television, lounges, hospitals and courts. Revisiting the sequel will be interesting as I remember that as being very post apocalyptic.
I could be snarky and call it Game Of Clumsy Inserts but given the history I'll forgive the inelegance of the original and the reshot footage. I enjoy it.
This is a movie saved by the large number of horror luminary cameos. Otherwise it is nonsense masquerading as something more than it is while being poorly directed and looking as cheap as a 90's late night soft core tv skin flick.
Flimsy Freddy return and even flimsier way of taking him out and a lead who isn't too interesting until all her friends die and she absorbs their personalities and skills.
Weirdly tame on the violence. Jason takes Manhattan, but for only about 30 minutes. I guess it is a better title than Jason Takes A Boat. Also, lousy ending.
Troma level trash. Not for the casual bad movie fan. Considered a black comedy horror but I struggle to recognize what I saw here as any kind of comedy other than puerile or amateurish. A bunch of unlikable people you just wish would melt.
Us (2019) A premise that stands up to exactly 0 scrutiny coupled with a twist you can see coming from space really hurts this film. It really only works on a surface level. If you aren't trying for deepness that is fine, but if you try for importance and fail it is so much worse,
Unfairly maligned. While not up to the highest of standards of Pixar, comparing it to anything else shows how much others are lacking in the family animation department.
Classical dramatic storytelling in that prestige picture genre. It is not a revelation or anything, but Spielberg, Streep and Hanks are pretty much incapable of fucking up this kind of movie.
If we're being honestly critical, sub porn level acting, scripting and directing. Fucking terrible, but nobody watches The Room expecting actual quality. Any points it gets are purely on the bad movie enjoyment scale. On technical merits it deserves a 0.
The people behind this film definitely watched Blade Runner because the visual palette reeks of it. Move past the fact that it is ScarJo and not an Asian actress and you get a decent sci fi film. Never saw the anime so not comparing it.
It amuses me but it won't be for all tastes. It's a low budget riff on 80's tropes. It's like Bloodsport by way of the Karate Kid but in a "fear of a punk planet" setting world where Dance Dance Revolution is just how shit gets settled, son.
This over the top love letter to Vin Diesels ego is quite fun if you go into it with the right mindset...in other words turn off your mind and have fun.
Intentionally paced, Del Toro once again goes down the violent original fairy tale route. When you acknowledge something as a fairy tale it does make some of the logic easier to take. Just make sure you enter into it with that frame of mind.
Del Toro is always on point with the visuals. There are a couple of points I have to admit I thought were a touch sloppy, story wise, but overall it as Del Toros usual way of making a violent "modern" fairy tale that charms.
Lackluster leads really drag this down. Was hoping for another Fifth Element from Besson but the actors/characters really weren't very engaging or entertaining.
What exactly is wrong with me when my favorite character is a chicken with no lines whose pure stupidity made me giggle every time. This is a really fun movie though.
I'm not going to hold the predictably stupid final line against what is otherwise an entertaining, if at times heavy handed in it's messaging, movie. A little more of what the last 20 minutes gave us throughout would have been appreciated though.
Yup, Pixar knows what it is doing since, once again, it takes a Randian philosophy that would be aggravating under any other circumstances and manage to turn out a great animated film... again.
I've said it before, I enjoy the Disney house style for their action adventure films and this one had the requisite big action set pieces to be an enjoyable 2 hours.
Nostalgia reference hey remember that the movie. Also, the guy everyone worships is amazingly unlikable and would be awful to be around. Otherwise I quote enjoyed it. It's got the Spielberg hallmarks
It has been too long to be truly honest about my thoughts, since I probably haven't watched this in 15 years, buy my memories are pretty sure that I thought it relied too much on being bizarre for differences sake and yet it still manage to be pretty kick ass.
The joke is more the presence of Will Ferrell and Kristen Wiig in a Lifetime movie than anything that happens during the film as they play it straight for 98% of this tv film. One of the most meta jokes ever and enjoyment will vary based on that fact more than any other.
