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The film clip lost some serious credibility when it used a 2022 shutterstock image on the easel with the rocket backpack kid. That mock-up would have been drawn.
Great production value, cinematography, and sound design. Laughably bad script/acting. I laughed out loud every time Cage was on screen-twice as hard when he sang songs. Maika looks confused and weird through the whole movie and severely got on my nerves. Maybe the worst depiction of the FBI ever.
Oz Perkins is one of the best new horror directors. February, I am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House, Gretel & Hansel and now Longlegs (tickets booked!)
Yeah, I think with so many other sequels being unsuccessful compared to their predecessors and Pixar being out of cinemas so long with anything good that this was seen as likely to flop
I’m with you Mark I love those minions and wish the studio would just make minion movies. I want to see their side jobs and how they get the cash for their costumes and props.
Saw this last night and honestly was a little disappointed. I think the first half of the film is fantastic. Genuinely scary and tense. But for me it falls apart in the 2nd half as things start to be revealed and Nicolas Cage starts being Nicolas Cage. Still think this is an admirable film and worth a watch but I did leave hoping for more.
If you're going to quote from the Book of Revelation Don't keep calling it the Book of Revelations There's no "s", it's the Book of Revelation As revealed to St John the Divine See also Mary Hopkin She must despair.
Very little chemistry between the two leads in this one. Not much character either; it was hard for me to say anything about them beyond their work. Also, the Artemis plot felt contrived.
Seeing it Today in the evening with packed crowd... hopefully it will be one of the best cinema experiences I had in a while. I seen A Quiet Place: Day One in the cinemas earlier, and I was disappointed by it... did not work for me at all and I like the first two Quiet Place movies.
I think it has a creepy atmosphere sporadically, except for the hilarious Cage performance and ridiculous full on dive into the Satanic in the third act
The true sign of a problem is if Mark becomes one of those people who repost Minions quotes on FB (even if they have nothing to do with Minions and are about how the poster doesn’t care what people think)…if that day comes then we can get a butterfly net and drop Mark off in the woods.
