Aquaman. Actually not only pretty decent for a superhero movie, but also well developed and written. With a few hints to the previous film (the infamous justice league) and 99.99% focused on the individual superhero. It's quite long but I was so enterteined they flew. Action scenes both "normal" and "underwater" were very well edited.
Spiderman into the spiderverse. Terrific, great, fun, sensitive, colourful... Probably the best spiderman movie in years.
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The 51st State. Terrible film but hilariously terrible, properly gloriously stupid. English actors that can't do English accents, Samuel L Jackson in a kilt, Meatloaf, Jim Royle and Sinbad from fucking Brookside.
Really quite something.
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The ballad of Buster Scruggs Lots of nostalgia for the Wild West here. The Coen brothers did a good job.
Willie Watson & Tim Blake Nelson singing that song is one of many memorable moments.
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On Tv: Happy Gilmore
In the theatre: Fantastic Beasts 1. I don't go to the movies very often.
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Spiderman Into The Spiderverse. And it was raaaaad.
I'm also planning to watch Life of Brian and The Meaning of Life sometime later
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Oh yeah, Gone Girl was a thrilling experience. Totally loved the movie. And Im not much for movies under drama title..
If you like suspense I would suggest watching Nocturnal Animals as well. That one really takes the cake as thriller.
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Finally got to see Aquaman.
Went in with low expectations and I was not disappointed. Character was given powers he was never supposed to have originally. Weak character development. Predictable actions and story. The only redeeming feature it had was the visual effects.
Other than that, a solid 2/10. Would NOT recommend.
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Aquaman
it's not good, but it is entertaining. It feels short for its length. but the fact is, bringing a creative director did bring new life to Aquaman and DC movies in general but in no way changes how poor the scripts have been thus far.
I really like James Wan and hopefully he marks a changing point, to the dull DC formula along with movies like Shazam, wonderwoman(first half).
The fights are dynamic and well choreographed, the movie doesn't have a consistent tone, but it works well and references its source material.
half serious, a bit cheesy, some neat horror sequences because James Wan is a horror director.
But yeah, it had no impact on me. It cares very little about building any character other than Aquaman, it in fact goes to the list of movies that completely wastes Willem Dafoe, he might as well been a cameo rather than a poorly developed Petyr Baelish they trew in. in some scenes he looks in front completly clueless of whats going on, because CGI.
the lack of good characters is most noticeable with its main villain and the Undersea War, as i was more interest in Aquaman rematch than i was with the hilarious and massive war going on.
Where Orm and that earth dude(forgot his name, he has a cool helmet) fit within the villain type is pretty obvious, its just that they have barely any backstory or progression to their character.
Orm is a mad king, he is presented as such the first time we see him, and as much as the movie insists he has a sad backstory being raised by insane father, he might just share the same traits, and thats all he is.
6/10
Bumblebee
Its Iron giant with a dash of E.T. saying this is better than Michael BayΒ΄s Tranformers is low praise. And yet, its even worse.
In gamerΒ΄s terms, Spielberg ordered to slap a DLC skin over Iron Giant and resell it.
what is left is the soundtrack and references to Transformers, including the previous movies to which this serves as a prequel. Its really bad!
2/10
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
This was really cool. Could be even better if the previous Spider Man movie actors appeared as easter eggs.
I do have questions about Miles morales being compared to the other spider men when his universe already has a Peter Parker.
I also, would really like to see more of Spider Noir, because that might possibly be insane (the Cage-iest)
basically he was killing Nazis right at the time Hitler came to power?
And yeah...i dont care about the pig. Spider Pig is the only pig for me, in fact a regular pig that doesnt talk being bitten by a regular spider, that would be funny
8/10
Godzilla: Monster Planet
Is the first film of a Netflix trilogy, and while i didnt disliked it, i have no intentions of following what appears to be an artist pushing his own creative work through an extablished franshise. This one, not really a godzilla movie, but shares some similarities to it, though it wants to go somewhere else, which i bet the sequels will have nothing in common.
So, theres small synopse to a prequel that doesn't exist, introduces a bunch of characters, sets the story in motion.
Slow paced, keeps the monster mostly hidden, has its on big reveal, it's not satire, but it has its own space politics. Once on earth, characters spend most of their time strategizing plans, that are reduced to nothing in mere moments, like some of the tech they bring.
heh, ok i guess,after that ending and its dumb plot twist, im not really convinced.
5.5/10
Velvet Buzzsaw
It's a shallow satire,not that i want to look at it that way. For one i do prefer simple 80s horror, that's my main criticism, it's not a very good horror film.
Jordan Peele's adds much Social Satire to his work. but first and foremost, they are great horror films on their own
3/10
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I wish S. Craig Zahler would get higher recognition. Dragged Across Concrete is not yet at Tarantino level.
But he is doing great work grabbing b-movies that i love and well...Drag them across concrete.
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Reminds me of From dusk till dawn. I felt Brawl was closer to just exploitation, but still great. Dragged Across Concrete is an interesting mix between 90s cop buddy movies with Vigilante films like Death Wish. It was a perfect character study with some social commentary on the side.
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Us (7/10)
Lupita did an amazing performance like always. The other cast member did a decent job as well, even the kids. The music was great for the most part. While Michael Abels composed a great soundtrack, the track, "I Got 5 on It" felt overused. As for the ending, it should have been left open to interpenetration. I get what Jordan Peele was going for, but the big reveal only makes the character's previous actions questionable. While I didn't feel scared or much of the horror aspects, it's still a good movie overall.
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I think the movie underdelivered the ending.
I thoroughly enjoyed the soundtrack and the movie up the the point of culmination of story. It felt intense, scary and acting was great.
But it just ended plainly and uninterestingly.
Not to get into much detail regarding spoilers - but the twist of the story really didnt add anything to the story. It filled in about nothing. One little detail gets explained by the ending and it wouldnt have really made a difference if it wouldnt have happened. So basically it was done for the sake of having a twist.. just like one-liners one after another for Winston Duke - cheap laughs out of audience (me included), but its just so unmemorable (just like most of the characters)
Also it had really great shroud of mistery around it up to the culmination of story. After that it lost all the mistery and became a regular horror movie with thriller elements to it..
I liked the movie and I agree that it was overally good movie but it lacked decent amount of qualities to it that Id expect from modern horror movie
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Shazam! - 7/10
A surprisingly lighthearted movie from DC Comics. I also really like how Billy is able to share his superpowers to his new siblings (especially to Freddy) - something that's incredibly rare (or maybe non-existent) for many other superhero movies. P/S: This is the first time I've heard of Shazam. Went in (the cinema) didn't expecting much and came out pretty much satisfied.
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Anabelle (2014)
Oh, my...
Watching this movie was literally a nightmarish experience. Shallow and predictable story (whis often isn't a big deal in horror movies, but Anabelle, in quite a miserable way, trying to be something more ambitious), bland music, and really, really awful acting (especially by Annabelle Wallis). 2/10
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Annabelle (2014) was one of the movies we had a great laugh while watching.
Its mediocre and unmemorable movie. You could watch it 5 times and it would still mix up with all the other mediocre horror movies of this decade that tries to pull off the same recipe the conjuring pulled off and perfected over the years
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Watched Green Book few days ago, as I try to watch the each year's Oscar winners after they are announced. It's not an outstanding movie, more of a light comedy touching upon a tough subject of racism. It's enjoyable, but probably not Oscar worthy (although it makes sense that it got an Oscar).
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holmes and watson π
way better than rdj's movies, at least i can laugh a bit with this.
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Here we go, I'll start.
Don't Be Afraid Of The Dark (2010) - This movie is a joke. At first it's interesting, then it's boring and then it's just funny/pathetic. And they put it in a "horror" genre. Words are not sufficient. Nosferatu is turning in his grave. 3/10
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