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Nope (2022)
He's done it again...
I am a Peele fan, loved his other films. This is also good. There is a variety of happenings and the atmosphere is dark and moody. Visually it is appealing and for me there were a few big wow moments. I think for the best experience go see it at the IMAX.
In the stream of trite, familiar nonsense Hollywood churn out every summer, this feels like a unique and different fish.
Resident Evil (2022)
Truly awful
This is beyond rubbish. No one wants shows like this, who does Netflix employee to do their vetting?? Sack this person(s) immediately! You could hire anyone of the people on here that added a 1/10 stars, and they would guide your programming more effectively.
I don't have a problem with wokeness, or diversity, if it's logical, but I have a problem with lazy writing and deviations from source material. This isn't resident evil, this is a teen drama with a bit of weirdness. If executives keep doing this, they'll effectively teach a whole generation to never get excited, because every damn thing they turn out is the SAME predictable pap! It would been more interesting to do a scene by scene copy of the original game and build from there, but the people in charge do not understand their audience.
Bye bye Netflix, I'm leaving like thousands already have, and we know thousands more will follow.
Between Waves (2020)
Someone step in and tell these people to stop...
If you want to demonstrate awful acting to a class of film students, show them this film. I decided to watch it until the end, I might have masochistic tendencies, or maybe it was because I was mesmerised by the crapness. Either way, I feel less successful as a person because I did.
Also awful, the photography, script, direction...editing. But the acting...use it as an example to help others avoid the same shame.
The Nan Movie (2022)
Who is this for?
I could not watch much of this movie to be honest, it's just too bad. The humour is beyond simplistic, the acting atrocious and as for Nan- vomit inducing.
I hope the cast and crew take time out to have a good think about their contribution to the world, and their reflections lead to the conclusion that they are part of the problem, because they blatantly are.
Antlers (2021)
Folk-gore
It's not wildly original in its delivery or concept, but it is entertaining and explicit. It tells the story openly, without too much mystery and intrigue which is something I like in film.
There's also a good commentary on unresolved psychological issues; which can lead to over associating with others and blurred boundaries. It gets to the point without too much faffing and I thought if was nicely shot, atmospheric and entertaining.
Obvs there's a few cliches, which is a shame, these kids in films and their journal of sketches, Jesus when do they find the time? Be nice if a director or two played with a few other ideas on how to demonstrate a child is disturbed, but for some reason they can't be bothered.
Encounter (2021)
Yes a change of tone, from interesting to boring..
So tired of nonsense like this. The first 15 mins looked awesome! The opening sequence and graphics were really intriguing. But...then out of the blue, enter the super annoying children, doing the usual, crying, whimpering, running away. OK they got a bad deal in the film but by them becoming the focus of the film, the film then loses all of its chicanery.
It becomes a run of the mill yawn fest, with crap sub-plots. Don't know how it ended, had to turn it off. Not even a nice try. In the spirit of honesty IMDb should remove the sci-fi tag on here and add: very annoying children's film.
Invasion (2021)
How do these shows get the green light?
This show could definitely benefit from an invasion and a few aliens; if only to destroy all the annoying kids in it.
Waste of time, money and effort by all involved.
No One Gets Out Alive (2021)
Dark, mysterious & violent...
It's a mixture of things this film. It has a dark atmospheric feel, with mysterious parts and good horror components. It also takes things to the extreme with an imaginative and ritualistic finale.
If you like creepy, moody with weirdness then give it a whirl. I was surprised at the low rating, and it's a shame when something we enjoy gets panned; but we all know by now that we have to judge for ourselves. Some of you will love it for sure.
Old (2021)
Awesome film...
I'm late to the party, but felt I wanted to comment. Really liked this film, there's so much to enjoy about it. Lots of layers, twists, turns. And an actual ending!
Well done M. Night. S, keep taking risks, and telling weird, original tails. You will always have fans.
Help (2021)
Completely ruined with the ending...
So disappointed with the last act, I can not make sense of why this show finished the way it did, for me it was ruined. Just a bizarre deviation from the main plot. Turned the last 5 mins off.
Aftermath (2021)
I'm divided.
The acting in this film is so shockingly bad that it's hard to choose which performance is the worst, female lead probably inches it, just. However, the suspense and horror elements are alright, I found it slightly unnerving, a little creepy and it kept me interested.
If you consider some films work because they're corny, adding too the entertainment, then you'll like this. If you are more concerned with quality you'll hate this. Like I say, I was divided, but I'd be embarrassed to recommend it to a friend, so I guess I would have to class it as a guilty pleasure at very best.
The Tomorrow War (2021)
Gets it mostly right...
Nowadays films like this can rarely hold my attention, when they do it's a positive. I was interested enough to see it through to the end and glad I did.
It's funny, exhilarating, the aliens are vicious and rendered well. The plot is nuts, and probably full of holes (not that I would notice) but sci-fi needs to be like that some days or the movies wouldn't make it out of the ideas stage. I feel like I witnessed some epic scenes and I would love a sequel, although not sure where they would go with it.
A few annoyances, why does every single damn monster/alien make the same guttural clicking sound nowadays, are they all related? The sound effects department needs a reprimand for being completely unoriginal. And the sound track? Not every single film needs those stupid crescendo, pause, horn blast hooks, they feel at least 20 years old. In fact they're older than the aliens in this movie.
All in all though, fun and frantic, so worth a go.
She Dies Tomorrow (2020)
No one really wants to talk about this...
This film encapsulates the collective fear that bubbles beneath the surface for every single person on the planet. Personally I love movies with space and atmosphere, enabling the viewer to simply wonder and ponder whats happening for the character(s)
There's obviously more going on here than meets the eye, we have addiction, philosophy, mystery and possible alien intervention. But the stand out concept is our mortality, our fragility, we spend time doing things, but those things only really distract us from one gleamingly obvious commonality. Read the title again for a clue.
One criticism, please find a new editor, and stop doing the whole - oh everything's loud, quick switch to silent. It's a really annoying technique.
Sound of Metal (2019)
If you leave too much to the imagination, you're not telling a story...
It's not a bad film by any stretch of the imagination, it's a decent film & I enjoyed it while messing around on my phone, in fact it's perfect for that, it doesn't require full attention.
The acting is superb, but the overall experience was tepid. They did zero research around what makes a good drummer, added cliche scenes they just didn't need to & left gapping emptiness at the end. Some people love that, I think it's really overused tool in film making.
Basically, what happened next?? Give us hint at least. Well there might of been a hint, but for me it was a massively unsatisfying conclusion.
Cats (2019)
Disturbing.
If you want to understand why this film is so unbelievably bad. Watch 1 second of the trailer.
Alien Worlds (2020)
Two documentaries in one. Half alien, half humanoid.
The problem is it's ratio is not even 50/50, more 65/35% in favour of the human action. It's also slow & uninteresting which is quite an achievement when the subject matter is suppose to be alien. How does one make a program about aliens uninteresting? Tune in to find out.
It should of been way more dramatic & over the top, worlds colliding, ridiculous alien species, how would an alien creature fair in a fight with lion? I'm getting carried away...
For now I'll settle for my own imagination.
Greenland (2020)
Human nature is all about survival and self preservation..
I enjoyed this film, I thought the acting was good, much better than many half naked disaster movies out there. I really felt some of the emotions of anger & loss, it was very immersive and the 2 hours flew past.
The ending was good as well hooray! It could of been amazing, but at least the makers half committed to the original premise of the film and ended it in appropriate satisfactory fashion. A little more thought and they could of really cemented a solid movie, but like I said it was good and that will do.
Give it a shot.
Spontaneous (2020)
OK, dire predictable ending.
Great start and middle, but unfortunately this movie had to drop the most predictable & tiresome ending on us, it made me queasy.
It trundles along quite nicely, there's some good symbolism, metaphors, it gets you thinking. The love story is touching too. However, the message it's trying to portrait is so old: live for the now, grasp each moment etc.
How about an actual ending? An attempt to create a moment of wonder, an explanation? Something different? Too much thought involved in that for some filmmakers I suppose.
Love and Monsters (2020)
Formulaic, trite, dull...
I have always loved monster films & love that there's still scripts like this flying around out there. What I can't stand is the extreme lack of creativity or originality that is adopted to bring them to life.
This just has zero charm or appeal and what makes it worse is the fact they obviously had an OK budget to mess with.
Not even the special effects kept me interested, turned it off about halfway through. Last point, every character sucked.
God's Not Dead (2014)
Awful, just awful.
Every person involved in the making of this film, or who enjoys this film would ideally be embarrassed by it. But of course they wont be, because the unfortunate truth is that faith religion and superstition are still prevalent in our society.
The film conveniently avoids homophobia, religious wars, child sexual abuse, among other things. The central character (a philosopher apparently) is an idiot who doesn't once reference any of the above, when he's trying to win an argue against a moronic student who he should of just thrown out of the class in the first place.
This movie is as simplistic, vacuous and as offensive as religion itself.