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Vanquish (2021)
Blessed is he who expects nothing, 'cos he sure ain't disappointed.
Unlike many of the critics who were looking for something to condemn, I went and watched this movie with an open mind, and it wasn't too bad. I had no problem watching the whole movie without getting my panties in a bunch, and didn't feel I had wasted my time as I got to the final credits.
Sure it's no epic full of momentous dialog and sweeping vistas, but it was entertaining. I've certainly seen many movies that are a lot worse.
Battalion (2018)
Totally Unconvincing
I had high hopes that this movie might be a diverting sci-fi action film, but I was very disappointed. It was really quite painful to watch. Especially in the first third of the movie, the unexplained jumping back and forth in the timeline was bewildering.
The acting was wooden, and the dialog clumsy. Speeches from the panel of 3 officers, summarizing the action, were totally improbable. In other parts dialog which may have been interesting was lost due to music, sound effects, or plain mumbling.
The special effects were mildly interesting, but the spray of bouncy black cgi dots when alien shots hit humans was distracting. The humanoid alien robots seemed to have learned how to walk from R2D2.
Did someone really spend $AU 50,000 on this?