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This is the series for you if you enjoy dark and in part gruesome sci-fi. All the episodes span about an hour and play in the near future, I'd say 10 to 80 years. The stories are not connected so you can take your time watching it without having to worry about cliffhangers.
We really loved this series. The plot twist and mindfucks are hard to guess and keep you on your toes during the whole series. There are only one or two episodes we didn't like as much, but the whole series keeps a very high quality throughout with great acting and even better writing.
Our favorite episode was Hang the DJ (S4E4). It is a little untypical since there is basically no violence, don't watch that one with your parents though.
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Finally watched this movie, and it is one of the worst I've seen in years. Great acting, but seriously flawed message. The message is that if you are a horribly abusive a-hole, you will win in the end. Abusive a-holes create great musicians. That is the message. While I will agree that many abusive people are never held accountable, I can say from experience as a psychologist that children and adults who are emotionally abused do not win!
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A mixed bag of a horror. I think it's impressive that two YouTubers I used to watch created this and I'm glad they have come so far as to make a movie. I liked some elements of the film, it felt fresh in ways with the lore and the hand. The violence was very deserved and spared to shock when it came on and surprisingly quite violent with what they did and who they did it with. The make up and effects were really good and I know that's where these YouTubers shined and I'm glad that their work is still great! The opening scene was great though and shocked me a bit. The acting was okay too. It felt a bit bland at times and the teenagers were written to be too stereotypical which can be annoying especially in a horror film. Overall it was a really decent concept with an ending that will either disappoint or satisfy as not many horrors end that way.
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Not worth all the hype It's a okay movie though. Worth watching.
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My new obsession!!!! I can't wait for the next season!! I am going to buy the books to hold me over until I can watch the next season!!!
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This show was absolutely amazing until season 5 which has evolved into a boring, Americanised pile of garbage.
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Well, I didn't like that quite much. This movie had very poor character development, I've seen actors and not characters. Their choice of actions and reactions, their behavior often seemed illogical and unconnected to what they've been five minutes ago. So I just couldn't believe and enjoy. I'm usually the first one to drop a tear, yet this time I got no single reason for that. Also, film is (absolutely) unnecessary, pointless long. I'd say "avoid at all costs" , but musical part worth seeing. If only you could skip all the rest.
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Every war film, even subversive comedies about 'Hitler Youth', contains some heroic action by the American forces (even if they were not there). At the end of the movie which concerns the 'Invasion of Berlin', it looks as if they were fighting hand in hand with the Russians, which kind of ruined the story a bit (did they not show up two months later!?). The rest of the movie is funny, moving and suitably disturbing (in places). I really loved the cast of actors though not too keen on the obese kid with glasses. The stated character would never have been part of this regiment of child soldiers. I think belief in cinema, even within the most fantastic plot structures, is hugely important and please don't muck around with the history. I actually find the changing of military events, way more controversial than any subject matter and everyone (and I mean everyone) is a valid target for jokes; well just ask Mel Brooks. Art in any form should never be bound by moral codes, otherwise nothing of any worth would ever be produced.
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One of the best hand to hand combat action movie. The way cap & winter soldier fought with bear hand was really impressive. Sending nick fury off to grid was really cool. Bucky did great as a winter soldier. Black widow & sam did great. Its a complete action entertainment movie. Storyline was great. :)
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Though DC has the best superheroes, they seemed to be having a really hard time presenting good characters and stories for their live action movies, and its really too bad that wonder woman is no exception. I was really looking forward to this movie and after stellar reviews I really thought I would enjoy it. Sadly I didn't. Like Man of Steel, the opening is done well. But once Steve Trevor reaches Paradise island it all goes to pot. Everything they tried to keep 'secret' was telegraphed from the beginning and the silly story-line just made me mad. In Batman versus Superman, Gadot was the only shining light. She was again the point of interest in this story with Chris Pine's doing a good job. The Amazons were great characters. But one character proved totally out of place for his role in the film. The special effects were kind of sucky with everything looking fake. With all its stellar reviews, the audience was silent after the movie was over and everyone rushed for the exits; that's not a good sign. I know the film will make money but DC will continue to follow Marvel instead of leading.
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Welp, i didnt like "what we do in the swadows" but i wanted to watch this one since i like black comedies and i was expecting something like DoS.
I got bored like 30 minutes in , the only scenes that made me laugh were the ones with Sam Rockwell.
This is overhyped and overrated just like What we do in the shadows.
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Version I saw: UK cinema release (2D)
Actors: 7/10
Plot/script: 7/10
Photography/visual style: 6/10
Music/score: 6/10
Overall: 7/10
The Winter Soldier is the second film starring Chris Evans as Captain America. The first was set almost entirely in the 1940s, and documented his origins. It was a black-and-white good vs. evil story of the kind that is very dated by today's standards... which is exactly what it needed to be, to set up the character that is Cap, the 'Man Out of Time', whose obsolete, simplistic value system often comes into conflict with the complexities of the modern world.
In this film, The Winter Soldier, we see him some time into his new life in the present day, long past the initial disorientation which has been done many times elsewhere and didn't need to be seen again. However, he still has some adjusting to do, as a major institution on which he depends - the covert military operation S.H.I.E.L.D. - turns out to have corruption in it. This was the stock in trade of a number of conspiracy thrillers during the 60s and 70s, during which the world learned to distrust. It's a lesson Cap has to learn at an accelerated pace, in an emulation of those films like 'All the President's Men'.
To this end, the choice of Robert Redford as the calculating villain at the centre of the conspiracy is a knowingly ironic one. Redford starred in AtPM, as well as other thrillers of the type. In fact, over the 40 years of his film career, he has generally been one of Hollywood's most prominent liberal spokesmen, as well as one of its biggest stars.
On Cap's side are two characters who have served to weave together the Marvel film-verse, even though neither has ever had as prominent a role as they do on this occasion. Nick Fury (Samuel L Jackson) is a counterpoint to Captain America: a hero who has learned the bitter lesson of suspicion, and perhaps been blinded by it. Meanwhile, Scarlett Johansson is the de facto co-star (and love interest?) as Black Widow, who goes on the run with Cap. She gets some real emotional scenes and carries them off in a way I would barely have believed if I had not seen 'Her', in which she gives a performance of unprecedented subtlety, showing me for the first time that she really can act.
What the film does well, it does *very* well. The action scenes are exciting, with some cool touches in the fight choreography, and the political allegory, if a bit unsubtle, is forcefully put and well illustrated. If I have any criticisms, they are as follows:
1. The Winter Soldier character himself was pretty peripheral to the overall plot, and his story was never very well explained. I was left feeling like there was a lot more to tell, but surely this, being the movie with him in the title, was the one in which that should have been told.
2. Toby Jones' character, Dr. Arnim Zola, giving what amounts to a massive plot info-dump. Having to explain so much of the story in one expository lump is a sign of lazy writing. His explanation for doing so is not very good either.
The modern comic book action and the tense, morally ambivalent political games don't quite sit comfortably alongside each other but, if you were going to put them together, this film is probably the best result you could hope for.
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1917 (2019) is a movie my wife and I saw in theatres upon its release during the pandemic. The storyline follows two men given a critical mission to hand deliver a message to another regimen who thinks they're about to attack the Germans but in reality the Germans know they're coming and are waiting to massacre them. If they don't get the message to the regimen 1,600 men will be massacred. This movie is directed by Sam Mendes (Skyfall) and stars George MacKay (How I Live Now), Dean-Charles Chapman (Before I Go To Sleep), Colin Firth (The King's Speech), Daniel Mays (Rogue One: A Star Wars Story) and Mark Strong (Cruella). The storyline for this is okay but the cinematography, settings and circumstances are well delivered. The scenarios the soldiers have to overcome are intense and well delivered. The constant running, ducking and dodging wasn't as exciting a storyline for me as other war movies like Black Hawk Down, Saving Private Ryan, Full Metal Jacket or Platoon. Intensity and caring about the characters seemed a step back from those movies. This is still a good movie and worth watching once but isn't the masterpiece of better war related movies. I'd score this a solid 7/10 and recommend seeing it.
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Yes I feel some type of way. I gave a 2 stars to my favorite actor for doing something he dose so well ACT. I gave it a low rating because this film was not at all good, very upset with the DP and Director. Wardrobe had a few hiccups, and a few more things turned me off. This is a timepiece type of movie, so many have been done before this movie that YOU (@ the 3 I just mentioned) could have used to guide you. This movie was supposed to be Epic, you cast the right guys to be Gatsby and Tom but you dumbed the actors with the rest of the film, and NO next time you put Toby in something like this. I DEMAND A REMAKE, movies are meant to be perfect you have camera tricks to help you. Why was Jay-Z playing like that fit in that era, I was waiting on a cell phone to show up. I think I was being harsh 4 stars for the cast.
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Believe me when I say the series is worth watching. As soon as I watched the first episode, I knew that it's gonna be good. I have been a true crime fanatic for a long time. Yes they are usually more serious but this is weird in a good way. And can I say it's really cute watching the guys? Steve Martin and Martin Short are legends for a reason! I'm a big fan of Selena Gomez but she's completely different here. But she does add some class to the series. The episodes are not long but they really hook you up. A perfect binge!
I watched the two seasons twice so definitely worth the buck. Waiting for season 3.
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First review I've written and only because of this movie . I try to give every movie a chance but couldn't with this one . First half was entertaining and second half had nothing . The movie just finished , no explanation of anything and no insight to the future of the story . I don't know where the hype is coming from but definitely would not recommend .
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The main character is a little aloof brat! I could not stand 10 minutes of this little brat whining and arguing and ignoring his father! He is so disrespectful. Maybe he gets better and I don't know what the original Miles was like but I don't care to watch anymore. I don't know why everyone finds him so likeable, he's so overrated. I know you two have different worldviews but be like Flint Lockwood and at least be more caring and try to respect your father, Miles.
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Whole movie pretty much disapointing. Weird actors with little skills.
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Me, a 56 year old white dude, who grew up on actual Marvel comic books, is not too impressed. WandaVision was pretty good, but this is somewhat lacking for me. Could it be that the Marvel universe has been watered down to the point that characters don't feel that special anymore? While the Falcon and Bucky have a lot of potential, this seems to be going nowhere. A new Cap? Not even up for consideration in my book. It seems that a lot of work needs to be done in just 4 more episodes. While this is good, mindless entertainment for the fanboys, it has little substance in the grand scheme of things. Seems like just another money grab.
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I didn't know what I expected from this when I didn't really enjoy the first. But decided to give it a try. It's apparently much worse than the first one in my opinion. If someone told me the budget for this movie is $10million, I would believe it.
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One can't give you reason not to watching it. True combination of story, cinematography, acting. Suspense that you can never imagine and once you come across, it will definitely blow your mind and keep your mouth open.
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This is not a film. This is not a story. This is an experience. See this film at your loudest, largest theater. Nolan's next masterpiece immerses you into an intense war-zone experience with incredible visuals and directing. Unlike most conventional films, Dunkirk does not focus on the characters and their backstory, it has no time for that. War has no time for that. Instead it focuses on one thing and one thing only; escape. Every moment of this experience has you on the edge of your seat, cringing, biting your nails, all because of the intensity of the score alone. I enjoyed every single second of Dunkirk because it forced me to. There was no part I found boring. I truly felt that I was trying to escape from Dunkirk myself. I can't say that about any other film I've seen.
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One thing where this series doesn't fail you is the acting department, it's mind-blowing by the entire lead cast. Story, however, is very average and looks like a wasted opportunity. Art director has done a pretty good job and so has the camera team, using a lots of drone shots, which gives it a very unique country feel. Music blends well with the scenes but nothing that you will remember. Decent effort but falls short of what it could have been. Keep going, TVF!
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Season 1 : 1/10 Season 2 : 1/10 Season 3 : 1/10
A very well shot " piece of crap ".
This series by Netflix was highly recommended to me by my friends for some " horror " entertainment and Season 3 gave me sweet dreams. This SHOW is overrated. There's useless talks ,' make no sense ' romance , boredom boredom and boredom. People are talking about their 80's times revisited , extraordinary performances by the child actors and together , they are nothing but marketing strategies. The Duffer Brothers live up to their names. Just the Netflix version of Ghostbusters. Not worth a single penny. Watch 'DARK' and 'PEAKY BLINDERS' if you think your Netflix subscription would go waste.That Eleven girl is so irritating. Can't believe the ratings are so close to 'DARK'
And IMDb asking for spoilers in my review for this Garbage show... like really? The whole show is itself a S-P-O-I-L-E-R.
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Well, out of curiosity I decided to give this show a chance. And compared to other series launched this year, it's at least watchable. But in the land of the blind, the one eyed man is king.
It's really difficult to make a prequel of GoT, considering everybody knows how it's going to end, also taking into account the last 2 seasons, which were extremely disappointing, especially the ending.
THE CONS of this show
the story is just not so great. And it's basically the middle of the Targaryen history. And actually none of the characters has any redeeming quality, they all wicked in a way.
THE PROS
-the costumes are well made
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Played well with you the Marvel universe and was always a fun ride! And the plot changes were great!!! Cast is awesome and Clark and Chloe and so fun to watch,!
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I never thought I would see the day when a crime/suspense/thriller on network TV would rival those of cable TV. This show has it all. It's dark, eerie, raw, disturbing, intriguing and suspenseful. The writing and direction are fantastic. Mads Mikkelsen is brilliant. And the rest of the cast is top notch.
The only thing that can hurt this program is the network. NBC canceled one episode because of violence among children. Odd that a liberal network would air such a violent and disturbing concept and then cancel episodes. Make up your mind... take a risk or don't... get off the fence.
This show is too sophisticated for the average viewer and probably won't make it to a second season, which will be beyond disappointing. It is a sad day in entertainment when Honey Boo Boo and the Kardashians receive more demand than a masterpiece like this.
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Reading the 8, 9 and 10 star reviews here as people go overboard with superlatives trying to "sell" this movie. Some of the reviews feature adjectives that aren't even actual words.
I gave up on this with a half-hour yet to go.
At the core of this movie is an unoriginal concept about how our lives would be very different if we made different choices in life. In this movie the mechanism isn't angels ("It's a Wonderful Life","The Family Man") but the now overused narrative device of "the multi-verse".
The emotional core of the movie is about a harried Asian woman and her gentle-mannered husband as well as her strained relationship with their daughter.
So far so good.
Then it goes off the rails. It all gets buried under a ton of overdone wire-work martial arts, much shouting and screaming and lots of frantic special effects.
Like a LOT. Like about sixty minutes too much.
I think it was the point where our heroine is fighting two dudes who have anal plugs dangling from their asses that I just rolled my eyes and gave up on it.
At this point I was losing the thread of the plot and, honestly, didn't care about it anymore.
I wanted to get on with an actual story, but we see the same scenes more or less repeated over and over. Crazy fight scene... heroine dies or seem thoroughly defeated... no, wait! She's back up again for another crazy fight scene. And another. And another. Quiet emotional scene with husband or daughter. Then MORE fighting.
It's exhausting and you're a better person than I am if you can get through this endurance contest.
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Oh Marvel you spoiled us in the past, but this series is just NAWT GOOD. Still a few episodes to go, but it does not look promising.
I hope they 'll improve it. I guess this is just a sneak peak of what marvel has planned for the future and i do hope it gets much better than this series.
So I am willing to overlook the somewhat incredibly stupid dialogue moments and just go with it.
I give it a 6 because it's bringing back the action and the avengers/captain america films mood. The action sequences are visually stunning, well made and will keep you invested. 6/10.
| 6
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A good sequel, good action, but the first one was funnier. I like the setting and Tom Hardy and Woody Harilson are doing a great acting as well. That's all!
| 6
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Tom Hardy in his worste performance ever...poor story, very dissapointing...
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I avoided this show until Season 2 was out.
I figured it's just another Disney+ show trying to capitalize on the SM & MS's legacy, with SG thrown in for the young audience.
I was honestly surprised by how funny the writing easy, and engrossed by the whole mystery. It's clear that the trio actors are having a blast doing the show!
The intergenerational friendship dimension is rather touching and very welcome, especially their shared concern that they haven't lived up to their potential.
Season 3 is stream of Hollywood's who's-who that, at first, threatens to reduce the season to a string of cameos; BUT this season packs a lot more genuine emotions (curtesy of Meryl Streep).
This is honestly one of the best written shows around, and as someone who's a fan of SM and MS, this easily ranks among their best work for me.
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I don't know why represented Dhaka incorrectly.but the film was good action packed movie.
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I have no doubt that a certain group of the population looking for some mindless violence and action peppered with one liners and average jokes will be thrilled to watch this. In reality we have middle of the road animation, slightly below average stories and plot writing. If you have some time to burn and want to watch something that clearly has a ridiculous plot premise that features a protagonist that literally can't speak English at all and a major supporting actor that is definitely a sociopath and experienced hit man, then yes, this may be for you!
I am going to give this show a 6/10 after 3 episodes. I will be watching the rest here shortly and will update my rating upon completion in case it gets better, otherwise I think my review and rating should be right on the mark!
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Captain America: The Winter Soldier is a fantastic movie with a very well developed plot and an outstanding cast. I kind of expected this to be an average movie that would give us one more look at Steve Rogers on his own before we see him with the rest of the gang in Avengers Age of Ultron next year, but I was mistaken. It stood out on its own as a great superhero film, and is much more action packed than the first Captain America. I won't spoil for anyone what happens in this movie, but I will say that it will certainly have a huge effect on future Marvel films, and I really am looking forward to see how they deal with this situation.
The only issue I had with this movie is that the actual Winter Soldier is poorly developed, we learn big pieces of information about him throughout that is all quite vague. I hope they develop the character more significantly in future films.
The cast is great, Chris Evans is back and as good as ever, Samuel L. Jackson is fantastic as always, Robert Redford is on point, I never expected him to be in a Marvel movie and he did a really great job. Anthony Mackie stars and I have very high hopes that we will get to see more of him as he portrayed the character with great depth, as well as a sense of humour. Lastly, Scarlett Johansson returns as Black Widow, and I really enjoyed her performance. Her character develops a lot more and she's get more time in the spotlight than she did in Avengers. She is slick, cool, ruthless and delivered with pure charisma by Johansson, who has an excellent presence on screen.
It is action packed, exciting and all takes time to add great scope to its key characters. Captain America: The Winter Soldier is a thrilling and very enjoyable movie that I would recommend to all Marvel fans.
Steve Rogers must battle the Winter Soldier as he struggles to deal with the world he lives in now.
Best Performance: Scarlett Johansson
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I remember when this movie came out it was a second most expensive movie after Titanic (I don't know, maybe it still is). I have too say every cent was worth it. After this movie, many similar superhero movies were made, containing similar action sequences, but still, I don't think that any of them succeed to overcome this one. The whole movie was very entertaining, though there was some cheesy dialogs between Peter and Mary Jane (as I noticed, she cause more troubles than any of Spider-Man's enemies), but still it was just a break before another heart-stopping action sequence. Alfred Molina did great as Dr. Otto Octavius, he was very suitable for that role.
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Because in that case, and beyond some epiphanies such as the moment when someone insists that Holmes is young and pretty, if this is a story about feminism, it is not touching more than some postulates that should already be obvious to us: there are non-male-alpha people who are not interested in questioning any privileges, but in cross-dressing in order to appear eloquent and able to exercise those privileges (in a despotic way, of course).
I think Amanda Seyfried embodies an excellent alpha male, if that's what she's been awarded for. If that's not why this series has been made (let's say to show a very 2022 parody), then it has been a waste of money similar to that squandered by that Elizabeth Holmes, with only one motive:
ego, ego and more ego.
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Thanks to americans and their propaganda against soviet union obviously they're giving it 10/10 and those people who are not americans surely wont like it much as them .. There are many good shows to watch My advice just skip this nonsense
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Not one of Adam's best. Also he seems to of lost his go to buddies for this one
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This movie are so bad from all another avengers movie. All movie is work in space and they get Guardians for this,so now we see they dont have no more ideas just copie from another movies. Stupid film ever
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Yawn. Not worth the time to even type this.
Spoiler? Nothing happens to spoil!
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Marvel's "Daredevil" is a real marvel. It is a NetFlix Original and currently available on NetFlix Instant Download Streaming. The actors include Charlie Cox, Deborah Ann Woll, Elden Henson, Vincent D'Onofrio, Toby Leonard Moore, Vondie Curtis-Hall, Bob Gunton, Ayelet Zurer and Roce Johnson. It is the Marvel comics characters coming to life in color and surround sound just as desired by the many fans of this genre. It is directed by Phil Abraham and Farren Blackburn. Writers include Bill Everet, Drew Goddard, Stan Lee, Steven S. DeKnight, Douglas Patrie, Gene Colan, Luke Kalteux, Roger McKenzie, Joe Pokaski, Marco Ramirez and Johnny Romita. The story is that of a blind attorney, Matt Murdock, and his colleague, Foggy Nelson of the firm by the same name who are out to save the city of New York from the forces of evil that lurk in the shadows. I gave it 9 stars. Dale Haufrect
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This movie has the most stupid story ever - so messy and illogical. It's just lazy writing. It is pretty to look at, the colours and scenery look good, but that's it.
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This is not the first movie ever to try and combine 5-6 different genres and be jack of all trades. Each one I've seen so far failed, and this one is no exception... The story is rather simple and movie is simply too long for such simple story. If they made it like, let's say a 90 minutes long gory comedy it would be just fine. probably worth seeing but definitely not a masterpiece or the best movie of 2019
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The movie is overrated, the first hour is so boring, and the story is less than normal.
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On the wall. What the best TV series of them all?
Well, this is certainly one of them. Black Mirror trapped me, looking into it's gaze and I loved what I saw staring back at me.
Each story is different, but all episodes have an undercurrent of technological variations. It highlights what society will become (and in some cases already is), from being completely obsessed with our phones and social media (society is well past this point), to the afterlife and how we might best use technology for the power of good...and love.
There were perhaps 2 weak episodes for me personally, one being 'Men Against Fire' (yawn) and the second being 'White Bear'. They for me were just a bit boring and done to death. All the other episodes border from sublime - to breathtakingly beautiful. All of the episodes are wonderfully acted though.
Do not miss out on this. Disturbing yes- but it reflects a world we actually inhabit now - damned until the end of this civilisation, shackled to our phones and selfies. Some may look at themselves differently after this- I certainly did.
Judging by this body of work, the writer Charlie Brooker is, quite frankly a Genius.
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The pre-movie disclaimer, a pretty standard one these days, drew a chuckle out of me. It went:
"The characters and incidents portrayed and the names used herein are fictitious and any resemblance to the names, characters or history of any person living or dead is coincidental and unintentional."
Seriously, Aditya Chopra, you think anyone is going to buy that?
For Fan is anything but coincidental or unintentional. It's a film that was waiting to be made since the day Shah Rukh Khan became a superstar. It's also a reminder of why titles like 'King Khan' and 'Baadshah of Bollywood' were coined for the man.
The story centers on the eponymous fan and his misplaced sense of entitlement from his idol, both of whom are played by Khan.
As the fan, Gaurav Chandna, behind the jaw-dropping visual effects and makeup, lies a Shah Rukh Khan, stripped of all his stardom and completely vulnerable. After going through the motions in his last few pointless money-spinners, Khan shows us that when he starts acting, not many can match him.
Delhi-boy Gaurav's complete and utter surrender to his idol is brilliantly showcased, right from his room decked with photos of his idol (named Aryan Khanna), the wallpapers of the computers in the cyber café that he runs, to the need to travel WT (even at the cost of his life) to Mumbai and stay in the same hotel room that his hero stayed in.
Very soon, that fanaticism turns to hatred when his bubble breaks after the meeting with Aryan doesn't go as planned. Then the movie moves swiftly to London, Croatia and back to the by-lanes of Delhi, as Gaurav decides to destroy Aryan.
Maneesh Sharma's experiments with this movie are not just limited to a unique storyline. It's an action-packed thriller, devoid of any songs and without a lead actress or a semblance of a romantic track.
What I was expecting (and missed sorely) was more nods to Shah Rukh Khan's past works, and his journey and rise to become a superstar. A brilliant mela performance right at the beginning of the movie captures Khan's performances through the years. And, there's a song or two from his movies playing in the background, but that's about it.
If only Sharma had been bold enough to blur the line between fiction and reality, Fan would have made for a deeply intriguing watch. For starters, Shah Rukh Khan should have played himself, with his own name. Hiding behind the facade of Aryan Khanna robs the movie from a bit of its spunk.
Twice in the movie, there are establishing shots of Khan's home in Mumbai, Mannat. The scores of fans that rush towards it as he makes an appearance just to have a glimpse of their idol, is so beautifully captured, and goose-bump-inducing, mainly because it's inexplicably true. As the movie makes clear, such is the madness and utter passion of the fans, that even the actor who they are fans of, can't seem to grapple with it.
By no means is Fan a perfect movie. It is strewn with logical inconsistencies throughout. For instance, Gaurav's uncanny resemblance to Aryan isn't noticed by anyone for half the movie. A middle-class boy from Delhi seems to have unending resources to travel to London and Croatia, and also has direct access to the mobile number of the biggest superstar in the country.
A couple of chase sequences, while beautifully captured by cinematographer Manu Anand, seem to go on and on, while the climax isn't entirely going to please a legion of SRK faithfuls.
However, all of that is overshadowed in comparison to the fan himself. Gaurav Chandna is a Shah Rukh Khan protagonist antagonist (?) that will further cement his legacy. He brings together the maniacal obsession of Rahul Mehra (Darr) and the ruthless, vindictive streak of Ajay Malhotra (Baazigar).
This movie is strictly for Shah Rukh Khan loyalists, those of us who've 'ooh'ed and 'aah'ed when he tells Simran to 'palat', or when he brings Pooja 'aur paas' or when he's talking about the importance of 'sattar minute', or scores of other moments that have made men and women alike, swoon over him.
Go watch Fan to remember why you fell in love with Shah Rukh Khan in the first place.
And for anyone who finds this movie ludicrous, rehne de, tu nahi samjhega.
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Let me start off by saying I liked the film.
That's right, I liked it. In my opinion, "like" is a long way from "love", and "love" this film, is something I did not.
Don't get me wrong, I'm a huge fan of Nolan, and I DID love Batman Begins, I just didn't think this film was worth all the hype, it's a great sequel, but that's all it is.. A sequel.
Most people seem think this film is something huge, something amazing, something that outshines all Batman films to date, I can honestly say I disagree. This film is worth a watch, and worth the money, but I don't feel it's quite the movie of the decade, the year, or even the summer.
PLOT One GREAT thing about this film, is it's plot. As with all the Batman films, it has a rich heritage and the director has put his own swing on the tale. The plot itself is equal to, if not slightly better than that of the '89 Burton adaptation of the Joker's story.
CINEMATOGRAPHY Call me a fool, but it didn't live up to Batman Begins, some of the shots were badly placed and the cuts were just too damn short, leaving the tense-o-meter a step too high for what is always just going to be a comic book story at heart.
DIALOUGE They were trying too damn hard for "quoteability factor", and not nearly hard enough on character building. This is a Batman film! People aren't looking to reference the damn thing in their next presidential speech! Some of the dialogue was REALLY forced, and very cringe-worthy for much of the film. The sequence at the end was the only part that was truly great, Gordon's final "Dark Knight" speech to his son, that's where the great quote really work well, not mid-sentence during a meeting between two criminal leaders in a warehouse.. It doesn't really work.
MISE EN SCENE Not much to say here, clue's in the title. Unless your screen is well back lit, prepare for squint-city.
SOUND The sounds in this movie were great, as was the score. A couple of pieces were too casual when they could have easily been given more shock factor with the aide of the score, the famous "pencil" trick, and the few coin-flips. Instead they seemed to resort to using fast-cuts in the wrong places, which are never as effective as a good strings section.
EFFECTS One thing they didn't hold back on. Some great special effects in this film, but some naive audiences seem to forget it's the AFFECT of the movie, not the EFFECTS.
EMOTIONAL VALUE It didn't quite hit me in the heart the way Begins did, it seemed to try and be an emotion-run film, but it really didn't work for me.. It's hard to describe, I felt something, but I was very "aware" this was an action film. Even the deaths and drama, still didn't match up to the feeling Batman Begins gave off, at no point in this movie did I feel over-run with any kind of emotion, besides the initial weird-ness of seeing a dead man on screen in the film that killed him, but you can get that from Enter The Dragon, or The Crow - it's nothing new and exciting.
Final Verdict : The Dark Knight, whilst being a slightly-higher-than mediocre Action flick, really does not live up to it's predecessor, and certainly does not deserve it's current "#1" slot, on the IMDb top 250. I'd say if the third is just as good, it'll make a decent set, but it's not a great film in it's own right, in the way Batman Begins was.
6.5/10
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Why is everyone raving about this empty, meaningless, boring film? And why was so much time spent capturing the night life in the bars - where almost nothing happens - time that could have been used to fill out the story about the two main characters? Lost in Translation proves a theory I've long had about film-making in general: it's extremely difficult, if not impossible, to depict boredom on the screen without boring the audience.
The Emperor has no clothes, and this film has no substance. Ignore the rave reviews. If you want to see a good Murray film, rent Groundhog Day.
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If you can get past the first 3 episodes it does get really interesting. The first 3 episodes feel a little rushed and very confusion, but it has a way of bringing together the stuff that you were confused about. You just have to get through all the foreshadowing in the earlier episodes.
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I love this show. I've read the books and found that Diana to be a bit worrisome and weary. But the TV Diana is strong and willful and shows none of the weak-in-the-knees drivel that the book had. I also love that the TV Matthew is more stable - not prone to outrageous anger or jealousy. This is so much better than the books. I'm hoping they keep the strong couple for the coming season. I did find some parts of the TV show hard to follow at first. Knowing the characters from the book helped but I also feel it kept the show moving at a quicker pace and I enjoyed that. Great show that sucks you in and leaves you wanting more with every episode.
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Stopped watching in 20 minutes, boring at all! Repeated the similar genre movies...
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1st season-Awesome 2nd season- good 3rd season- worst
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Unless you have a weird obsession with comic book super hero movies with a deep knowledge and understanding of DC/Marvel stuff, don't waste a minute of watching this.
I have no love for any superhero franchise output which seems to be occupying contemporary cultural consciousness and so I had no idea what this series was based on, I watched it purely as a piece of entertainment.
It's appallingly bad. The forced pastiches, the dreadful canned laughter, the crap jokes. I get it, it's supposed to be self referencing and ironic but my god, there no subtlety or inferred meaning. It's simple minded and basic.
There's no art to this. It's flat, unimaginative storytelling for people who like simple stories served up to them on a plate.
Actually, forget that, it's not even served. Wandavision is intellectual puréed junk that's packaged into simple squeezable packages for easy digestion. You know those squeezable baby food things, it's like that.
I gave it a go and managed 4 episodes. Why I bothered wasting nearly two hours of this rubbish is utterly beyond me.
Quite frankly one of the worst things I've ever seen.
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I thought this was a pretty good movie, and I wanted the hostages to escape, as well as the protagonist, but mostly for patriotic reasons that stemmed from ideas outside of this movie.
There was just no character development that would have people at the edge of their seats rooting for the actors here. No need to bring your crying towel here at all, but for a little insight into Iranian culture, and patriotic fantasy? this is your movie.
I am not even interested enough to do the research that would probably yield a true answer to whether this movie is really based on fact. Many reviewers contend it is not.
It is a wonderful premise, and could have been so much more, with proper development of the characters, even if not true.
It does bring out an idea I have been convinced of since the unarmed folks trying to make their way across a bridge to better conditions in Texas were shot by authorities during the horrific aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. The government is definitely our enemy as normal working folks. You, as the majority, would be wise not to forget that.
This movie brings that to the forefront, with the official line of abandoning the mission, and it took two individuals to bring it off. Who knows if that's true?
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At no time during this movie do you ever feel the connection between what is happening on-screen, to the terrors and reality of what actual occurred at Dunkirk. This is nothing more than a handful of rather boring sub-stories, tossed into a poor setting, which is supposed to represent one of WWII's worst events for the allies of France.
It's as if the historical episode of Dunkirk only involved a handful of boats and ships, a few airplanes, and a couple hundred British troops standing on the beach. Not even the town of Dunkirk is portrayed as being in a state of peril - other than a few columns of black smoke and some homes missing some windows and doors.
An awful attempt at making you 'feel' the reality of war. It's is nothing more than a daytime soap opera, played out on the water and beech. BORING!
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When you sit down to watch a film with Bill Murray in you can expect 90% of the time there will be at least a smile on your lips. The guy was just born to make you laugh. He can make you laugh in the most subtle ways. His best characters are usually judgmental and cynical who slyly poke fun at others and use very sly wit (see Groundhog Day and Ghostbusters). His character here is again this way (as he mocks the how annoying his hosts are) but unlike his other films 'Lost in Translation' is not mostly devoted to his humour and this time he is playing alongside a young actress who is every bit as eye-catching. Whereas previously Murray has stolen scenes and is clearly the class act, here Scarlet Johansson puts in a performance that demands just as much attention.
There are still many occasions where you will find yourself grinning at Murray but this film is not a simple comedy. Far from it. This is more a character examination than a film. Here we have two characters, at different stages in their lives and yet with identical personal issues. Both are in marriages that aren't working for them, both suffer from insomnia at night and of course both are a little lost in the foreign culture they find themselves in.
Filmed with extreme deliberation by Coppolla, sometimes too much so, we get a real insight into human relationships and communication. The setting of Tokyo provides the film with jaw-dropping visuals and makes for easy viewing when this portrait of two complicated characters lives might veer towards depressing. But Coppolla does not allow that to happen because with the right injection of humour and wondrous cinematography you remain light-hearted about the whole thing.
Some may find the negative representation of the Japanese offensive but it serves up some humorous moments and the film would not have worked without it. And thank you Coppolla for not making the ending overly sentimental, as at one point I feared it would. Because lets face it a romantic relationship would never have worked out between them. Would it?
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Making a light, entertaining comedy apparently wasn't enough for Gerwig and Baumbach. For some reason -- maybe to maintain their intellectual bona fides -- they couldn't resist weighing the movie down, after its light-hearted beginning, with increasingly serious Messages -- a whole heap of Messages, in fact, about Patriarchy and Feminine Self-Realization and What It Means to Be Human, blah blah blah, to the point where I tuned out all the sermonizing, all the earnest Life Lessons, and was simply grateful for the occasional chuckle.
In support of one of its Messages, the filmmakers pretend that the toymaker's managing board is 100 percent male. (It's actually half female.)
The high point of the movie comes in the opening minutes. I fell in love with that spot-on "2001" parody, even though it feels like an inspired afterthought. (So does Helen Mirren's brief narration.)
The entire first third is amusing. After that, it's all downhill. "Barbie" becomes increasingly sour and eventually downright tedious. It's at least half an hour too long.
I confess to being somewhat baffled by its success, both with critics and the public.
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It's a good tv show but not that good. Everyone is hoping to see an epic story between David and Julia but no. The writer decide to play the retaliation and clear my name game which sucks. Turns out it's just a tasteless tv show within a sneaky coat. Disappointed... But the main actor and actress was brilliant!!!
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I just don't understand why anyone would enjoy this rubbish, well except for the stoner sitting next to us in the cinema. The first movie was good, but this was garbage from the offset and remained consistently uninteresting throughout ! !
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It's extremely popular these days in the silicon valley to claim , regardless of how much success you have yet to have, that it was the result of 'hard work' and certainly not luck. You know, these TED x talks encouraging your fellow man or woman to put in 19h days in front of the PC every day or be 'a sore loser'. Replace your meals with pre-made smoothies, don't socialize, it will all be worth in the end when you eat caviar at Harrods.
In my opinion, this can only create a society formed of frustrated future millionaires with devastating results on mental health. Whiplash, however, begs to differs.
It initially explores this theme using all sorts of unrealistic plot device to anyone with a basic understanding of music school, but it's ultimately at the 1h20 mark that it delivers a love story to bullying and self-effacement for the glory of 'being signed to blue note' (AKA money, getting rich).
On the plus side, there's something organic about the style of filming in 'Whiplash", and it's undoubtedly a pleasure to watch in that sense.
There's also a great deal of risk being taken here, with a good 2/3 of the movie being just well, jazz (imagine the script "Andrew plays, then plays some more"). So kudos for that, it's courageous no doubt, especially as it pulls off its ending brilliantly.
These courageous decisions sadly do not stop the movie from leaving the audience wondering if they should root for a sadist or for someone so driven by success that he loses his humanity in the process... And offers no subtlety in its conclusion.
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Good. Not bad at all. The story takes quite a huge turn so I could see how some people might come to hate it but overall I enjoyed the story. The mood changes along with the story but to me it seemed like the mood changes slower so it's like the air is catching up to where the drama is going? And as it comes closer and closer the intensity of it all grows bigger too.
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Well written & directed Love the cinematography & ERA of 1989. Poetic & meaning of love is so well executed.
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Following unexpected events in Endgame, Loki is a great introduction to who can be in the multiverse. Each varient of his is fun and exciting, putting a different spin on the character. Tom Hiddleston just seems to be having fun playing his character, and the show leaves plenty to be excited (and honestly terrified) for. The show has plenty of wild moments, really giving a twisted view on the MCU and what lies outside of its respective universe. Hopefully season 2 will be just as rewarding and intense.
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First of all Plotless story n unnecessary action scences, secondly totally misrepresentation of Bangladesh. Finally it can be said Netflix's one of the worst movies ever made.
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Just watched in theatre with my family....what a great experience I had seriously mannnnnnn........Don't go to reviews of filthy news sites like scroll, financial express etc etc......go to imdb & see what r people saying....it was a classic real like wartime movie....very close to Hollywood movies like lone survivor & 30 hours....I believe it's better to watch some real life movies like this other than nonsense like Simba.... tell you what in the cinema hall my mom literally cried & at revenge time people were whistlin, clapping & what not.....u must watch the movie....I bet u will feel the efforts the cast has put into.........my rating would be 4.5/5 .....hands down.......👍👍👍👍
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I heard about it before but haven't watched movie or animated adaptations, mostly because I was never interested.
What actually picked my interested was the setting of the TV show and the whole mystery thriller approach (in a way I thought it's going to be more world building oriented)
Now here is the thing, I like the show for most part but towards the finale, everything felt like half measured and rushed to an ultimate disappointment final climax.
Why build all that tension and plot around supposed 'destined' nemesis, only to have it handled so poorly.
The second season really needs to address this. The show had a strong start and then mediocre attempts to keep you engaged, for me at the very least started everything to fell apart somewhere after the episode 6.
Now, there is a lot of promising material lay out for season 2and the character building and characters have not disappointed but this show is not all about that, it has overarching plot that needs to be handled better.
Another thing is the whole we have all this supernatural beings and casters, but we are not sure how to handle them, as in trying to keep everything mundane, while undeniably dance at the edge or magical.
It just doesn't work. Second, we need more context of the world around. Like, more about outcasts and normies, how exactly do they come to live together in some sort of neutral agreement and etc. More about Nevermore, the show totally missed the spot there.
I get it, majority watch this as plot around one of their favorite family members, that is makeshift Elena Sherlock, but seriously though it won't hold for long and the show needs more subsistence if it is to continue with more seasons (and it has potential, as far as producer's imagination goes really)
For me this was fun to watch for most part but it left conflicted and not so much engaged. At the end, i didn't really care about unsolved mysteries, it didn't grip me to hold my breath until the next season, for no other reason than how awful last two episodes were and how sloppy 'curtains are down' reveal wasn't handled (not to mention cliche)
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Marvel had a chance to explore the struggles our two main leads have to face. Falcon overcoming the challenge of becoming the next Captain America. As well diving into Bucky putting away the Winter Soldier persona and make amends with those he hurt, to explore how these characters are handling their own personal struggles is great.... oh and there's a Captain America wannabe who trained in the military and served for his country (I know total villain). As well as fighting a ginger activist (didn't bother knowing her name) who is trying to get the world back to when Thanos snapped half the world.
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#MCUrewatch. Dr Strange is a strange film. No pun intended. Its visuals (Inception like) are the greatest strength of the film. But for me it is also the only strength. The main character is a copy of Tony Stark, only even more arrogant. Cumberbatch plays it well, we've just seen it before (and better). Swintons casting as some sort of Shaolin monk in recent years has become controversial. She is okay but it is strange that Nepal is populated by Western looking people. Mikkelsen is a good actor but out of place as a mystical sorcerer. Same goes for Ejiofor. And MacAdams plays "girl of the hero" 101. A total bore. And the story...well...it is confusing, ridiculous, boring....all of that. The further we get in the film the stranger it gets. By the time we reach the finale, with galactic baddie Domammu, it's just a bridge too far.
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This movie will show how the india people is. and how they are emotionally attached to their country
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Really funny show. a hilarious take on time travel/dystopian future.
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Season two is a dumbed down season as a result of bad writing. It basically destroys the image you have of characters from the first season and makes you dislike them.
And it also effects the storyline that is now dumbed down to very unintelligent people traveling trough space that's now turned evil. It's so cliche and bad. Infuriating to see that they have messed up season two as much as they have.
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'Once Upon A Time ... In Hollywood (2019)' is disappointing. Frankly, it's just not very good. It not only lacks substance, it lacks style. The story meanders, the characters don't change, the plot-lines don't gel and the entire thing just feels like a bit of a wasted opportunity. It doesn't seem to be about anything, really. It's as if Tarantino decided to set a film in Hollywood in the 60s, then started writing and just didn't stop until he'd ran out of paper. Don't get me wrong, the filmmaking is on relatively fine form; the camera-work is assured, the cinematography is clean, the set-design and costuming are cohesive and the performances are all pretty much perfect. It's just the storytelling that's subpar. Rather than showing any real reverence for the period, the piece appears to despise it - or, at least, have no respect for it. I mean, you just have to look at the much-discussed Bruce Lee scene to see that (seriously, what's his problem with Bruce Lee?). This would be a strange stance for any cinephile to take, let alone perhaps pop-culture's most renowned cinephile, and it does make you wonder why Tarantino even bothered to dip into the cinematic history that he has so often aped. It's not even as if it's some sort of satire, which could have had the potential to work. Instead, it honestly comes across as fodder to feed an ego; most of the time, it's either like we're directly being given a history lesson or indirectly being told what would have happened if the writer-director was around back then. The alternate-history angle is perhaps the most intriguing thing about the entire enterprise, but it's mostly squandered on childish caricatures or tired machoism. In either case, it's inconsequential outside of enabling the two core characters to exist in a more-or-less recognisable 'real world'. The biggest changes don't hold any proper 'what if' weight because their aftermath is never explored and the characters they most keenly affect aren't really characters at all. This sadly includes Sharon Tate. It's bizarre that a story which apparently started with the intent of exploring and celebrating her very real life instead ended up focusing on two entirely made-up men. Tate gets no real agency and has a limited role, mainly serving to remind the audience of the odd fact/fiction dynamic and the looming Manson threat. While I'm on the subject and without spoiling anything, it's safe to say that the picture ends in quite a bit of bloodshed - if not in the way you expect. It's arguably Tarantino's most violent - or, I suppose, 'sadistic' - piece, mainly because of its apparent realism and accompanying brutality. The thing is that it's just so unnecessary and unnecessarily gratuitous, actually feeling unjustified in its near-glamorisation. There's this uncomfortable sense of 'revenge', I guess. I'm not one to squirm at on-screen violence, either - I haven't flinched at any of Tarantino's previous efforts, for example. The strange thing is that the flick also makes a point of getting involved with the age-old 'movie violence vs real violence' debate, depicting its 'real violence' as much more disturbing than its 'movie violence' but also going out of its way to have a few characters name 'movie violence' as the inspiration for their attempts at 'real violence'. The messaging is mixed, to say the least, and will do the filmmaker no favours when it comes to journalists poking at his stance on the matter. At least, I suppose, there's an awareness of theme in this aspect, however unhelpful its conclusion may be. The rest of the picture doesn't seem to have any semblance of this, settling instead for a scene-by-scene sort of thing that never really comes together. In a way, there's a plot but there's not a narrative (loosely speaking). Some of it is quite entertaining, to be fair. It's not exactly boring but it's not exactly engaging, either. The best stuff involves Dalton shooting a guest-spot on a western TV show; these scenes are fairly enjoyable, bring out the best in DiCaprio and feature a 'film within a film' that's probably more fun than the film itself. The sequences with Booth just feel like an extended B-plot, with no real drive behind them. The feature eventually gives up and skips forward a huge chunk of time, opting to use narrated exposition to fill in the gap and then over-explain a faster-paced final third. Interestingly, the stuff that is skipped appears as if it could have made for a more-than-decent story that actively changes the core characters. The final movement moves faster but it isn't any more compelling. Plus, by the time you get there, you've not got the energy to care. Overall, the picture is unfocused and unimpressive. It has its merits, of course, and the performances really are top-notch. However, it's not particularly entertaining and it's actually rather predictable. It's quite problematic, too; it has an undercurrent of unpunished, hero-perpetrated violence against women, for example. 5/10
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Not quite as good as A Quiet Place, but this is still a good thriller with a killer gimmick.
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It is the best animation series i have ever watched. It is very good.
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Good parts: (i) the special effects and the 3D experience of space (ii) the symbolism of life emerging from space destruction, then water and finally earth(last scene basically) and (iii) Having free tickets for this one.
Bad parts: Everything else. The rating of this movie is definitely inflated (seriously 8.7??) They say "Gravity" is a drama but probably they don't understand what drama is. There is no drama without character development, emotional investment, without dilemmas or confrontations. The plot is laughable, the dialog is childish and the main storyline totally predictable. My 3 stars go solely to visual effects.
Bottom-line: If you want to see some cool visual space 3d effects or you don't invest much in viewing, you should go. If you invest intellect and emotion in your movie, don't; you will be utterly disappointed.
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Great show. Nice to see a different take on superheroes but seriously what the hell is it with Karl Urban's accent! It's really distracting and not all Londoners use the C word in every sentence.......
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"Stranger Things" is quite an anomaly in today's overly saturated market of media crap and thin drama - and a good one. The 80s are for children what the early 60s were for young men, the "decade du jour" of all things good and valuable: friendship, character building, fantasy, adventure, learning the facts and pains of life without overprotective parents and eyes constantly gazing at iPhones. It was also the high point of the second golden age of cinema, when George Lucas and Spielberg were kings and the highly emotional rollercoasters fun films were the norm - and special effects were meant to dazzle and tell a fantastic story, and not distract us.
It's a particular sentiment of comprehensible nostalgia that has been attempted to be "captured" and "reproduced" before by J.J. Abrahams: "Super 8" comes to mind again and again when seeing "Stranger Things". It's like watching a craftsman building a vintage car from scratch: it's the same thing, and at the same time, it is most certainly not. All of the elements are there, complete with slowly fading credits with film scratch marks, but it's impossible to avoid seeing the modern touches of editing, lightning, CGI, and the eventual winks to the audience that this is a period piece (which is particularly painful for those, including myself, who have lived in that era).
"Stranger Things" borrows from it all: apart from the obvious "Super 8", there's bits and pieces of "ET", "The Thing", "The Goonies", "Fire Starter", "Akira", and even some nuances of "Neon Genesis Evangelion's" Rei Ayanami on Eleven's speech and behavior. Sometimes it fails, being a "paint by the numbers" replication of those formulas, leaving plot holes and thin characterizations behind like a trail of bread crumbs leading you to what media produces today for the millennial audience unaccustomed with plot and emotion. On some times, it succeeds going beyond that level and portraying an engaging story that invites you to look beyond the clichés and enjoy this series for what it is.
All in all, "Stranger Things" can be truly recommended, is a guilt pleasure of the most extraordinary kind, and rarely you will find a moment where, albeit flaws, you are not enjoying it.
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I recently wrote a review for "Equalizer". In that review I complained about encountering the same old clichés over and over again in action movies. Clichés that you will find in John Wick: a mysterious protagonist who has lost his wife in unknown circumstances to the viewer, the bad guys who always happen to be Russians and/or speak with a funny accent, and obviously, the protagonist being capable of taking on an army of killers as if they were Playmobile figurines. No need to say, that even though he finds himself in the most stressful situations, he's always calm enough to use sarcasm when he speaks, have perfect hair after every battle, and even have a few ladies fall in love in the process. And all the troubles and the hundreds of killings (yes Keanu Reeves kills more people in an hour that in the Matrix trilogy) over a stolen car and the killing of a puppy! I jest!
Anyway, enough with my own dose of sarcasm. There's only three words to describe this stereotypical action-packed-I-have-seen-it-all-before-movie: boring, boring, boring. But I guess that since it still manages a surprisingly high 7.3 rating, my opinion is only shared by a few. So watch it at your own peril, and whether you like it or not, tell me if anything I say here is untrue!
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Okay, maybe this movie isn't awful. It's closer to mediocre, but I just can't resist the urge to lower its over-inflated rating.
To be fair, Inception has a strong cast, inventive CGI, and an interesting premise. Nonetheless, the film ends up being surprisingly tedious and unaffecting. Images rush across the screen as jargon-rich dialogue whisks pasts your ears. The film's methodical score swells and swells until you can barely make out what the characters are saying. It's all so complex, but complex like a brainteaser or a riddle. If you concentrate very hard, you can decode the film's narrative trick of dreams within dreams within dreams within, well you get the idea, and multiple action sequences all taking place at once in parallel dreamscapes.
But, what do you get for all of your narrative attention? Very little. The story is gimmicky and the characters are flat: you just don't care what happens to them. In fact, when watching this film, I did not feel as if I were watching characters navigate a story world. Instead, I felt like I was watching movie stars speak difficult dialogue while performing stunts.
By the way, any movie that can make Joseph Gordon-Levitt seem less than fascinating must have something wrong with it. If you do not believe me, then watch Manic, Mysterious Skin, or The Lookout. Then marvel at Inception's ability to mask— or at the very least waste— his considerable talent.
As for the movie's imagery, it is initially striking. Then, like the movie's narrative trope— a dream within a dream within a dream— it becomes simply repetitious. Whose dreams look so leaden and dull? And whose dreams are so relentlessly consistent and coherent? There are so many good movies that replicate the bizarre visual logic of dreams-- Vertigo, Badlands, The Last Wave, Videodrome, Blue Velvet, Until the End of the World. Has director Christopher Nolan ever seen any of these movies? Has he ever even had a dream?
In short, Inception delivers some new cinematic tricks, but lacks emotional depth or provocative imagery. It's a notch above Hollywood's typical comic book based summer extravaganza, but only a notch.
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This is like "Good Luck Chuck" meets "Along Came Polly". The result is a movie that has more male nudity than female. And also some strange cut scenes that somewhat resemble Family in a strange and perverted way.
Anyway, a man loses his famous girlfriend. Somehow they meet up in Hawaii when he is trying to get away from her and she is trying to have a relationship with a rocker. Throw in some odd ball honeymooners and Mila Kunis as part of the wait staff and you got some sort of movie on speed pills.
Jason Segel, who is not the best looking man in the world, shows the world who he is in more than one way. And I was intrigued with Mila Kunis in this movie, whom I have seen in "That 70s Show". She is more beautiful than many actresses that I have seen and should be given that.
Overall, strangely funny. "B-"
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I love this movie because the beauty of Kangna ranaut and Europe. I feel like in Europe and after watching the movie,and believe me immediately i start to prepare itinerary for Europe visit.
Vikas behl is very fine to shoot some best Europe.
OK OK i stop to be greedy for Europe.
Return to movie main character Rani, she is in pain for incomplete marriage. It was shock for her, but i like the way the story twisted from there, Rani came try to came out from this pain by taking bold decision of solo honeymoon. Yes it is a new term introduced here.
But it really works for Rani and us, Coz it gets Rani out of pain and let her to be more confident and it also let us to enjoy Europe in 2 dimensioned screen.
Best movie and better it is called as best movie based on travel.
Great job by Kangana and Vikas
Must watch
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This series is a prequel done well. It acts as a great homage to a fanbase hungry for more after Game of Thrones ended, also somewhat controversially and rushed.
There is less inside this series than the more expansive Game of Thrones series, but what it does on a smaller level, it does well. You'll get to see warring factions, intrigue, dragons and gory betrayal. There's not a lot not to like. At times the series runs slow so I did find myself tapping in and out. As the series progresses, it crescendos into a narrative that you can't stop watching and I eagerly look forward to the second season!
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Chris Nolan is one of my favorite modern directors. He tries great things in almost every movie he makes. Weather he succeeds or not, he always feels like a wizard, playing with our perception, and proving us that the perception makes the "truth". In Inception he tried the impossible: to build a story spanning different levels of consciousness. Technically it might be argued that he partially succeeded. He even succeeds suggesting how the perception modifies when changing the level of consciousness. But he fails to play with our own perception of the subject. Not quite the Nolan I was expecting. 9 for the inception, 6 for the story, 3 for the delivery.
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First 3 episodes were superb, original and so refreshing from anything on netflix lately. It is hard to predict the development and show leaves you thinking about several possibilities how the story could go. But everything goes away from big twist episode, you're getting contra-information, investigators seems lost, everything seems slow. Pre final and final is wierd and doesnt feel right, especially when they negotiating it seems nobody have common sense. Really really missed opportunity but it was so refreshing. Giving extra point for finally something great to watch on netflix and another one for excelent first 3 episodes
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This movie had good special effect and visually nice to look at. It also had a lot of superheros.
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I don't get what the Marvel/superhero fans seem to especially like about this one. They have the most challenging perspective for me to understand and this has not helped me get closer to understanding them. This is simply not a great movie. If you are not a fan of superhero movies in general, don't bother with this one, it is the same old fare. I watched for Zendaya who is a wonderful actor (Euphoria), and she is very likeable here too, and the chemistry between her and Holland believable and enjoyable. But unfortunately we see very little of actual character development, they're too busy blasting through hundreds of millions of dollars making spectacular visual effects which frankly are boring and without substance.
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First I thought this was an American remake of Run Lola Run, but it turns out to be a completely different movie.
Forrest is an Anthropomorphic Personification of America, he gets involved in everything from war to business, ping pong to peace protests. But he is a little bit slow, so he is an innocent.
Is this how America sees itself, an innocent, making itself through the world? Possibly. Interestingly this movie is incredibly popular in China, maybe for the same reason.
It is an entertaining movie, showing the history of America, not through the eyes of important people, but ordinary people. Forrest is the person you see in the TV footage gaping at important events, getting to go all sort of places without any plan or idea of where he is going.
The music is perhaps a little bit too laboured, with 20 songs for every time period, and some little scenes having multiple songs.
So Run Forrest Run......
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I hate even thinking the thoughts I do about this film because it is so, so great to have black representation in this genre, late alone far reaching Hollywood style films. On that level it is a 10/10. The trouble is, the film is terrible. Good news, I think most of these Marvel films are terrible. Their over-reliance on CGI has made them silly and instantly dated. If the goal was to make a film relegated to the pile of forgotten and unwatchable movies in under a decade, it was a success. What makes this one worse than most Marvel films; however, is the terrible writing. I am going to focus there because the acting was actually really great from all involved with even a few standouts from Jordan and Wright. One example ought to do. How can you tell me this "kingdom" is the safeguard of easily the most advanced technologies on earth and yet they decide their kingdom's ruler by hero death match?!?!?! Does it get any more barbaric. This could be possibly overlooked were it not for being the central device driving the entire movie's plot forward. This is inexcusable and just lazy writing.
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As I'm sitting here with nothing else to do, I figured I'd look at the show that's been previewed on my TV. My first impression is holy cow Nicole Kidman Looks like a cat now. A cat with no emotions. I think she needs to settle down on the fillers. She can still look useful without as many . I'm really getting tired of these shows that are dark and move around to weird frames and you don't understand what's going on.. like others I've read here ,I have absolutely no emotional connection to any of the characters. I understand when you're grieving you are not acting right, but Nicole Kidman getting upset about her child drawing Jesus and then harboring on it in the middle of her party was strange and if there's meaning to it ,they should probably explain. Mercy is very unlikable. I don't know what it is about her, but I just did not connect with that character or actress. Nicole Kidman and her husband have no chemistry like others have mentioned, although I did kind of like his character. I don't know I just think that this would be a waste of your time to watch, and seems to be like they rushed it into production and something is missing.
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I can understand a show being bad even though the badger was high, although pushed diversity and political correctness can't be forgiven. Triss is clearly portrayed as having chestnut-red hair and cornflower blue eyes in the books, so unless they had hair dye and coloured contact lenses in medieval Europe, Triss should be white, redhead with blue eyes. Yennefer is an Indian? Give this show a pass and read the books instead, don't let Netflix brainwash you.
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The first venom was barely OK this one can't hold the interest though. It's mostly OK at the start being funny with the venom /Tom hardy chat. After that it just becomes a boring boss fight.
The next movie will have him team up with Spiderman...... Big deal.
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Talk to Me is the feature film directorial debut of popular Australian YouTubers Danny and Michael Philippou, and especially for first-time filmmakers, this is just an excellent horror movie loaded with a sense of dread that you should definitely see. It may not have the most promising title and the same budget that explosive action movies work with, but you'll probably be more towards the edge of your seat than most films can do.
The storyline is very simple; a group of teenage friends begin to seek thrills by using an embalmed hand to see and communicate with unusual spirits, until one of these teens lets a spirit in for too long. The spirit doesn't want to leave his body, and it possesses him into committing horrific acts, such as extreme self-mutilation. It's violent, disturbing and there's lots of blood to see, so it's obviously not one to bring the kids along to see.
It feels so rare nowadays that moviegoers and horror fans get to see a strong cinema flick that actually frightens them, and you'd never expect that kind of horror movie to come from a pair of Aussie YouTube brothers with a budget of less than $5 million. Well, this film is extremely creepy and utterly terrifying, not necessarily relying on cheap jump-scares and violence to scare you. The sense of dread picks up from the first time we see them communicating with the dead, and a twisted final scene leaves you with thoughts, wonders and goosebumps.
Settling in with the characters, whose cast members each deliver incredible and convincing performances, might start off feeling like a bit of a rush if you're expecting a steady intro. But thanks to the direction, cinematography, sub-plot themes of grief and mental health, as well as some really scary imagery, you'll want to stay for the rest. The effects and depictions of violence also feel very real, which only increases how disturbing it is. At a perfect runtime of 90 minutes, it's paced perfectly, refusing to waste any time. So try to go and see Talk to me. It's definitely a horror film worth paying to go to the cinema for. Good low-budget movies like this high-class creation truly deserve our support.
If you liked this review, check out the full review and other reviews at aussieboyreviews.
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The movie is too long and It's not like any another movie of tarantino is Sad to say but is a bad movie is art and it is almost no action in the movie
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Let me first start with the things I liked about this film. I enjoyed the cinematography and acting. I also thought the creature design was interesting. But these things for me can't fix an overall broken movie. Firstly the messages in the story were quite forced. There were obviously messages of racism and other such discrimination against different groups. It all felt very forced and I never felt like when the messages where delivered they were being said by the characters with personalities and not some Hollywood writer. The pacing felt all over the place and felt rushed near the end. There were some minor problems also like how their were shell casings coming out of a revolver. I felt like it was trying to be artsy but it came off as uncomfortable and unfitting.
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It's about sincerity and closeness, and how this closeness is achieved through conversation, not necessarily sex.
The main attraction here is James Spader and his enigmatic character. The mystery around him is enough to keep you watching, and Spader's performance is captivating as usual. This actor has a sort of surreal edge that makes him fascinating. All the others are memorable in their roles, especially the younger sister.
Special credit must be given to the outstanding score, which emphasizes the dramatic build-up. It's discrete, mysterious and it's in the right places, and puts a neat finishing touch to Soderbergh's project. Because the movie does look like a filmmaker's personal project. It's very close and personal, with documentary-like sequences and private conversations filmed indoors. Everything clicks - acting, script, direction, and there is a satisfying simplicity to it. Soderbergh is known for his daring, smart experiments ("Schizopolis", anyone?) and this is one of his best.
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I personally first discovered Batman as a child in the 60's. All the things that made Batman so cool - the gadgets, the Batmobile, the over-exaggerated expressions, the stupid puns, the fun villains, the batcave, Robin, and the action/fights....are all so lacking in this film. Its just not fun at all. Kids (and a lot of adults) will be bored stiff watching this. The movie is too dark, literally, and the action scenes make you want to shout, "Back that camera up!" - the camera is too close and the scenes are too dark, you really cant tell what's going on. The plot is also very muddled; people on either side of me said more than once, "I have no clue whats going on in this movie". All in all, a disappointment. We should've seen Star Wars again instead.
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There is a website called "Jumped the shark". The website chronicles when the users think a TV show dug it's own grave. To me 24 went downhill, when the TV movie came out. Not because it was a movie spanning "only" 2 hours of a day (instead of the 24, though if you watch them without ads, then you never are getting full 24 hours, more like 18 hours or less), but because it never felt as driven and at least I saw through all the clichés. Even the show as it is, has many clichés and if you really look there are quite a few logical errors (the writers admitted to it themselves), but the show had other advantages the movie did not have. Unfortunately season 7 carried on with that. And while Season 8 had a few highlights, I never felt the same about the show again.
You might call that nit-picking (and you may be right), but that is how I felt about it. Having said that, the first seasons were action and drama packed. So much so, that you did not have time to breathe. While shows like Lost tried to intrigue you with another sort of cliffhanger, 24 went straight for the adrenalin! Viewers were so intrigued by the show that they were actually angry at people who opposed the character Kiefer Sutherland plays (Jack Bauer). Which coincidently has the same initials as James Bond and Jason Bourne. Or is it a coincidence? ;o)
What I really loved about the show, is that it is unpredictable (until the movie as stated above). So you never knew what was going to happen next or if your beloved character might have some fatal "accident". And that is what kept everything going. There is an alternate ending for season 1, but I am happy they went with the one that you can see (and could see on TV). Still a nice addition to the Box set of the show. The commentaries on the other hand are like a box of candy. You never know what you will get. Some commentaries are boring, because they tell you what you already see, some are a bit curious (an actress who never appeared on the show, but is "a big fan", was allowed to be on one(?)), but the majority is a good listen. There is a 24 website were you can check which are worth you while ...
Enjoy!
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Accept Lot from it But Disappointed movie missed it's Plot instead of showing wizard and magic movie focus on animals and failed to used Jonny Deep as Actor.
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As a tinnitus sufferer I found this a great movie. Sent me to sleep in no time. Overrated and boring. The music and pace of this movie suits the action. Why I have to write another 420 characters before I can submit this review is beyond belief but I will as I have nothing better to do and waste more time in my life that I don't already have. Now down to 244 characters before I can submit review .....,,, now 195, movie still boring as this review probably is. Weather nice today nearly there only 101 characters now left. Oh look ....... Now 64. It's Tuesday tomorrow. Got some ham in the fridge defrosting for tomorrow sandwiches, going to the museum, minimum characters met ! Phew !
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