Barbarian - was not at all what I thought it was going to be after the first 10 minutes. Like...at all - I was way off and I love movies that can surprise me like that. I really, really enjoyed it though, Justin Long was great in it.
Smile: This kinda reminded me of The Ring. It has some really intense and creepy scenes, and I was really invested in the main character and what was going on. However, I feel like The Ring did it better. I was also disappointed with how it ended. Also, if suicide is something that is triggering to you or you have a hard time with, you definitely want to skip this one.
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Crimes of the Future was probably the most half-baked Cronenberg in awhile.
He's never been a big "narrative" guy, but the lack of general cohesion really added to the feeling that the movie was just moving from set piece to set piece.
6.5/10 if I'm being honest, but still watchable for the weirdness and some actual use of practical effects, which is always appreciated.
Crimes of the Future was probably the most half-baked Cronenberg in awhile.
He's never been a big "narrative" guy, but the lack of general cohesion really added to the feeling that the movie was just moving from set piece to set piece.
6.5/10 if I'm being honest, but still watchable for the weirdness and some actual use of practical effects, which is always appreciated.
I thought it at least came together in the end.
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He spends the entire movie in an uncomfortable state not being able to eat and when he eats the plastic bar his internal growths were finally satisfied. I assume he would take over the whole underground synthetic food thing.
Fiennes and Hoult were great as usual. Something about Anya-Taylor Joy that i do not like, and felt like her character really brought the film down.
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The film (despite Joy) was great, until she was let go. The social commentary was basic and not nuanced. The entire concept was better established in the one scene of Pig (horribly underrated):
6/10. Decent dark comedy that tries to be something more.
Fiennes and Hoult were great as usual. Something about Anya-Taylor Joy that i do not like, and felt like her character really brought the film down.
Spoiler!
The film (despite Joy) was great, until she was let go. The social commentary was basic and not nuanced. The entire concept was better established in the one scene of Pig (horribly underrated):
6/10. Decent dark comedy that tries to be something more.
Loved Pig, Nick Cage is our generations Brando, 9 times out of 10 unwatchable and mailing it in and then 1 time out of 10 sublime and transcendent
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Fiennes and Hoult were great as usual. Something about Anya-Taylor Joy that i do not like, and felt like her character really brought the film down.
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The film (despite Joy) was great, until she was let go. The social commentary was basic and not nuanced. The entire concept was better established in the one scene of Pig (horribly underrated):
6/10. Decent dark comedy that tries to be something more.
I happened to like that part a lot. she played the game, since she was a wild card and was not factored into their original plan, and turned it in her favour
Pig was good too, the third act in particular was great, but I thought the menu was stronger at what it was aiming for from start to finish and leaned into its self aware madness, pig was more watered down as it meandered early on with what felt like bits of every other nic cage movie with a few great moments of commentary once it made clear exactly what the story was about
you're underrating the entertainment and comedic angle that the menu brought to the table I think .. everybody was in stitches at my viewing consistently throughout, and that should give it more points
Watched Rhinestone with Dolly Parton and Sly Stallone. It's about a country singer (Dolly) who makes a bet she can turn anyone into a star with her boss and has 2 weeks to transform NY cab driver Stallone into a star. It's basically the plot of She's all That ...... movie is hilarious but certainly not everyone will like it. But it did give us Stallone singing Drinkenstein.....
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Black Adam wasn't nearly as bad as some made it out to be and not nearly as good as it could or should have been. DC is just so frustrating.
It's available on Crave now should you be interested.
It committed the worst possible sin a “blockbuster” can: it was painfully boring. Everything about it was mediocre, it felt like the film equivalent of eating lunch at a co-op. It couldn’t even reach good bad status it only exists and that’s it. Awful
It committed the worst possible sin a “blockbuster” can: it was painfully boring. Everything about it was mediocre, it felt like the film equivalent of eating lunch at a co-op. It couldn’t even reach good bad status it only exists and that’s it. Awful
I must concur. I dont think it was as bad as some people screaming from rooftops were claiming, but I feel no incentive to ever watch it again. Nor am I concerned or interested in 'what comes next.'
I generally like The Rock. He is who and what he is and he tends to play characters and roles to that effect. He is a known quantity. You get what you pay for and he tends to deliver that.
But then you see him talking about how he wants Black Adam to be DC's new Flagship property or something? Build the Universe around him?
Dude...nobody even knows who Black Adam is and whats more, they dont care.
Stop trying to make some sort of Adam-verse happen. Its just not streets ahead...
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