Spectacular and fantastic! I was VERY worried about this film going in for the reasons many have mentioned, as Indiana Jones is pretty much my favourite film **** they got everything right. It is hard for me to imagine how anyone could love Indy Jones and not love this movie. It was in part dark and gritty, in part sad, but on the other hand full of discovery, thrill, and adventure, solid characters, the familiar wonderful music, amazing locations, action scenes that were way better than what I was expecting, and just everything you can love about this series. It was exactly what I longed for, and a perfect ending for my favourite film character of all time, given his age.
The Last Crusade remains my favourite in the series, but Dial of Destiny more than holds its ground with the other films, which is saying a lot.
Darren Aronofsky is one of the greatest filmmakers of all time, and we are blessed to be able to see his movies.
Very few working directors today are as bold and as willing to explore truly stories ripped from the very epicenter of the human soul.
What makes him such a great director is because he can achieve the above even when concerning stories or characters that on first glance, some may find absolutely nothing to connect with or identify at all. Such as myself and this movie. Everything that happened, all the characters in it, were so far away from anything I thought I could connect with - but by the end I was absolutely stunned, and left to contemplate the mysteries of life, death, and the universe. A feeling that lingered long, long after the movie was over.
What an incredible way to close the final chapter. Love these characters, love these stories, and they filly delivered in this last installment. About the talked about animal abuse scenes: Hopefully people realize how much of this takes place in real life as well. We should stop tolerating this through our purchases and through our votes.
Absolutely fantastic - the action, the style, the locations, and yes indeed story. While the first 3 movies of the franchise are all at least fun, this takes it up to a legendary crescendo. One of the best pure action films ever made.
While the acting performance by Miller is phenomenal...almost everything else about the movie could not be more of a waste. The protagonist that Miller plays is not simply 'flawed,' she is as unlikeable as anyone can be, but the film doesn't even seem to realize that. What is more, almost none of the plot is actually focused on the main mystery that the story advertises, in fact it is hardly touched at all. Instead, almost the entirety of the runtime is focused on screaming matches between a family. Other than the acting, just nothing much of value in this film.
Horrific mess of a film from top to bottom. Is it even a film if the artistic vision is non-existent and absolutely everything is political messaging shoved down your throat with 0 subteltly.
BADASS! Absolutely brutal, no-holds-barred, magnificent superhero film. When is the last time you heard that? By a clear margin the best superhero film in many years, with the Rock bringing a truckload of intensity and presence to the character, a great story from the point of view of the anti-hero that is not often told, and truly entertaining supporting characters. This is what fans want to see, this is how these movies should be made. And an absolute epic showdown incoming that is already building excitement.
No one should have the slightest interest what the 'critics' have to say - very rarely do they write reviews focused on the actual content anymore. They are the antithesis of what art and movie-making represents - and they are gloriously being drowned out by this fantastic film. Thank you Rocky!
I have deeply disliked movies before, but I don't think I've ever hated one to such a complete extreme. It grated me on every single level. All the action/fantasy was as obnoxious and as stupid as anything can possibly be, and all as a viewer's front for the lamest, soapiest of teen dramas anyone can ever put together. I am absolutely embarrassed for everyone involved in making this, and for anyone who enjoyed this. Get better taste.
Apologies to the talent invovled but that was one of the very worst Marvel movies to date. While I loved Ragnarock as much as everyone, LaT was just silly goof nonsense from beginning to end. It had its moments, and the first act was solid, but then nothing was taken even remotely seriously, and there were too many awkward wink moments to the crowd.. Just felt like a waste.
Surprised at the high ratings for this. Whether it was or wasn't, it felt as low-budget as it could be, with the dialogue very stifled. Plot has interesting beginning but doesn't lead to anything that meaningful.
Fantastic entertainment and so, so well made. Jordan Peele is fast becoming one of the very best working directors in the industry today. Every scene is engaging, crafty, and accomplishes something - too many movies lack this vision today.
Hard to talk about the plot and story without being spoiler-heavy, but it is all well worth the ride. Admittedly it does peter off toward the end and the payoff, while not bad, isn't quite as awesome as the build-up was, but it leaves room to potentially revisit the story.
Just about decent. On all technical aspects the film is great - acting, directing, immersion in a real and detailed world. It was greatly lacking in any real tension or conflict, however. The story itself was not, but the way the plot was presented it just never felt like anything significant was at stake.
It was entertaining. One of the most energetic, fist-pumping action films I have ever seen, so that alone pushes it into the 'good' quality. The story and protagonist characters are also **** what lets it down are the antagonists. I challenge anyone to find a more ridiculous, one-dimensional group of characters than the antagonists in this movie. Even cartoons have more nuance. But if you can get past that, absolutely worth watching.
Ouch. The set up and the first half of the movie are actually quite decent and a bit of good fun, Kevin Hart is always enjoyable. But the plot, the story, everything plunges into a pool of goofy bland pointless nonsense. Hard to understand how better scripts aren't green-lighted.
Some amising scenes, but plot way too convulated, everything came across as hackneyed. Obsession over media and representation but not actual quality movie. By far the worst of MCU.
Wonderfully crafted in terms of complex, multi-layered characters, and an unpredictable plot. And while I appreciate the story is up for interpretation, there wasn't much about the big picture and the whole point and meaning to really move me or captive me in any way.
Another absolutely phenomenal showing for Marvel. A crazy film that went everywhere, from full-on horrorcore to some of the funnest use of CGI any film has ever delivered, to progressing the great characters of Wanda and Dr. Strange. Marked the ever loving life out of a few surprise appearances. Wacky until the very final frame. One of the best movies of the year for sure.
Excessively, absurdly violent, with very little in the sense of story and developed characters to give said violence meaning and purpose. I appreciate the talent involved, but it is hard to understand what the film was looking to achieve. As a mediation on viking violence and Norse lore it is mildly entertaining, but doesn't hold a candle to Valhalla Rising (2009). As far as plot and character go it is all rather one-dimensional, engaging in places, but meandering for the most part. The score was the best part. Overall would fall short of recommending it.
Surprisingly a very enjoyable and fun movie. In terms of style and theme it has very little, if anything to do with the Shining, which remains probably the best horror film ever made, but the two can be appreciated separately on their own merits. Doctor Sleep is a bit of an 80's roadtrip horror bash, not to be taken too seriously, borrows a bit of a Lost Boys spirit, and is absolutely worth a watch.
A 7.5/10. A fascinating psychological movie, and they could not have found anyone better than Remi Malek to play the lead. Not perfect in terms of pacing and coherence, and the ending should have been more impactful, but it certainly wasn't afraid to try something new and stir the pot, which is to be respected.
Great acting, an important message, and a decent set up for the first act of the movie, but after that the plot plateaued very hard. The second and third act simply went through the motions with little achieved other than what was established in the first act, and it just slogged on until the message credit cards. Noble intentions behind the film but for the most part it didn't come together.
Kind of shocked this is getting ok reviews. One of the most bland, uninspiring, flavorless and pointless movies I have seen recently. A good cast actually, and sure RR's quips are always amusing and worth a **** the plot and story was Saturday morning cartoon level. Cannot believe how anyone thought this was worth making a movie about.
A movie of such tender, fascinating beauty. It is the first time I have cried watching a film in many, many years. We live on a planet of some incredible miracles. But few things are as precious as the bond between two creatures of two totally different worlds. We need to protect this planet and its creatures. We need to cherish them, respect them, and love them. This is the purpose of life.
Honestly this did not work well as a movie. Disjointed, rushed, too much plot crammed in, barely giving the story room to breathe. Yes the performances were enjoyable, a big collective of talent, but that alone can not save it.
Surprised this doesn't get better reviews. A truly great movie with a message of freedom that most people secretly wish for but are not brave enough to aim for. Extremely fun as well.
A much better movie than what the scores suggest. A fun, positive, upbeat adventure which stands out in the midst of negativity in media. It didn't try to be something fantastic, and succeeded in what it delivered. RDJ carried with great charisma, and the animals were so enjoyable. Kindness to animals is what is needed more in this world.
Very funny movie, very enjoyable. It is more or less Idiocracy Part 2, but it is done right.
And for the message, yep. We are herdling straight toward our doom, and either we care but can't or won't change it, or we have been brainwashed to deny reality. Sad.
One of the better movies in recent years. Intense and deep storytelling, and great acting. Let's you see a difficult life, puts you in other people's shoes, and stays with you after the ending.
Two fantastic, very watchable actors, but a story devoid of almost any and all intrigue or interest. Non-eventful, or at least the events depicted were not given enough gravity.
Phenomenal acting by Jake, deeply engrossing and makes this watch more than worth it. Thrilling story as well, though with a short run time it doesn't get a chance to really go somewhere too far or too deep. It could have been a fantastic movie with a few more layers.
One of the better horror movies out there, with a deep story that will leave an impression and even move you. The actual horror/supernatural elements are a little bit B-grade, so those going in purely for the horror will not be highly impressed - but those that don't mind a film focused more on world themes than trying to scare you will appreciate it.
It's impossible to not like a sentimental Tom Hanks movie. It's one of the last pure joys of Hollywood we have left. And Finch is all that, a warm, good-hearted movie, though very limited in scope. Feels more like a long vignette than a 3-act feature film, but that's ok sometimes.
Some really gorgeous balloon scenes, really beautiful, and talented actors keep this movie afloat and watchable. The story is not really there, however, and seems they neglected a very interesting real history for some bland movie romance that didn't come off at all.
Hard to write something very positive about this. I love the idea **** monster movie clash, and though they have two of the very top dogs in this, it is all just so heavily, heavily disneyfied. The scenes where we did get the big lads going at it were I suppose, just about worth the 'price of admission' and to give this movie a very generous 5.5/10, but the little girl and her pet monkey trope and the ragtag nincompoops sideplot were intolerable. At least they didn't shove in a romance angle, so at least there's **** they could have made a truly brutal, epic, pound-for-pound slugfest of a battle film, and they didn't - to be 'safe' I suppose.
Both these titans deserve better.
A better movie than critics suggest. A very interesting and compelling look at Apocalypse-level survival logistics that felt very plausible. And unlike many disaster movies these days it actually delivers a bit on the disaster aspect, it's not all words and obscured glimpses.
The family drama admittedly was at best half-backed, but Butler and Baccarin are so charismatic they pulled it off.
There is a good bit to say about this film. I love the concept, and I love Taika, and indeed all his parts as Adolf were hilarious. The problem is they only comprise of a very small part of the movie, and at the end amount to little more than a SNL sketch. The rest about the boy and the girl is at most mildly interesting...there are a couple of dramatic notes that have a strong effect, but other than that it just mostly fell flat. Creating a blend between comedy and drama is tricky and this film unfortunately fell into the neither here nor there category, where instead of complementing each other both elements mostly cancelled each other out. Again, there are some genuinely funny and moving scenes here, but overall I don't think it worked to the extent that it could have.
Probably the worst effort Disney or Pixar have ever made. Felt completely by the numbers, predictable in every way, devoid of anything interesting. The focus on the brother's relationship is hard to dislike, but at the same time it was delivered in the most unremarkable and uninspiring way.
Despite the great acting and cinematography, I found the story and plot almost painfully formulaic, and to be honest a bit shallow at the end. It felt that it said nothing, achieved nothing. I think Paul Dano can expand his ambitions a bit.
One of the more interesting and well-made alien features in recent times. Combines old and new elements in the genre and is entertaining from beginning to end. There is/was a potentially deep story that could have elevated the film to really great heights, but as others have mentioned the plot didn't execute it all that well, speaking namely of the connection between the two main characters. Still, absolutely worth a watch.
There were some interesting quotes and themes mentioned in the movie, but the surrealistic approach to examining them didn't do much for me. Life is confusing and is a mixture of contradicting feelings and emotions...feels like the message of most surrealistic films, and this one is no different. A movie that could have been going somewhere interesting but lost its way, at least in my view.
The Last Samurai is one of the most beautiful, spiritual, rousing, epic spectacles you can ever hope to see. It is a masterpiece in every last way a film can be a masterpiece. No film has served as a better ode to the virtues of honor and bravery. This is a movie that will shake your soul.
I did not find it enjoyable. I can appreciate that they recreated a very detailed and believable time period, and although as a writer myself I can appreciate the importance of telling this story about the battle of credits...there was very little of anything I could consider drama and moments inviting emotional investment. It just did not move me.
A surprisingly solid, at times near-great film, one with a clear unapologetic drive, purpose and execution that you rarely get these days. Not every historical movie is supposed to be muddled with every last subject depicted as monstrously dasdardly. Sometimes it's ok to have a clear story. So thoroughly enjoyed this film and I wish directors had the balls to make more of these. Also 1000 extra bonus points for being one of the very, very, very few not to have dumb romance plots thrown in to appease the romance mandate for every film.