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Can’t believe most of it is true! Jesus! This stuff actually happened! The ending murder didn’t happen, but heck all the cases showed were real! 🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯
quite a disappointing film. i would have been very disappointed if i’d gone to the cinema for it. Not funny at all, takes ages to get to the point, saw some of the twists coming. it was all very bland. reminded me a lot of The Killer; interesting idea but the end result is sort of nothing
quite a disappointing film. i would have been very disappointed if i’d gone to the cinema for it. Not funny at all, takes ages to get to the point, saw some of the twists coming. it was all very bland. reminded me a lot of The Killer; interesting idea but the end result is sort of nothing
I agree with child #2. I really enjoyed the first half of Kingdom Apes as it meant I bonded emotionally with the characters. I wasn't to bothered about seeing this in the cinema, but very, very pleased I did. It also has some of the best CGI world building I've seen, without it being too in your face (significantly better and subtler than Avatar). I'm a CGI professional and started to forget I was watching a bunch of pixels.
This movie was a big dissapointment to me. Not because I expected more of the same, I knew it was gonna be different. At its core this is a revenge movie and the revenge stpry fell completely flat. Bad story telling throughout sadly... CGI was also way worse then fury road
As a 54 year old man who has realised that he has become more and more invisible as he has aged this film infuriated me. The lack of support Paul got from anyone in the film resonates so much with my own life experience. As you age you lose so many of the things which the world considers to be important, sexual attractiveness, physical strength, societal recognition and cultural relevance to the point where in todays society you may as well just die. There are of course people in their 50s and 60s who are still considered icons or cultural touch points but that’s usually if they continue to be a character…someone who may not be what they were but who act in a way that is counter to their original persona. I genuinely haven’t been as upset by watching a film as I have by watching this. I take from it that my life is fucked. There is no positive to this.
How can you gush over Mia Goth's "late stage Johnny Depp" caricature (not character) acting in X and Pearl, but barely say anything about the 100% Awards-worthy performance by Nell Tiger Free. Baffling. I really think you've got yoyr "too attached to the source material" goggles on and it's affecting your objectivity on this one.
I finally saw this last night. A remarkable, chilling, harrowing film that makes you question your own indifference and the paths it can lead to. Remarkable.
Just watched, a whole lot more entertaining than Furiosa, nowhere nears as well made but so much more fun. Screening wasn't packed but more than what I had at the screening for Furiosa, wide range of people from different age groups all laughing out loud several times. The movie didn't feel like it was too long either. Michael Bay's cameo was fine (no idea what he shouted).
Made properly and looks like everyone committed. Was a bad boys film and nothing else which is good for the hardcore fans. Always great seeing Lawrence and smith share a screen. Some good laughout loud moments. Interesting, if not over use of drone filming. A fairly simple script executed ok. A very enjoyable 6/10. Probably the 2nd best film in the series. #mazzareviews
Saw this last year at the BFI film festival and loved it - one of my faves. Biased as I've generally loved Linklater filmes since Slacker and Dazed, but I think this one has wide, general appeal and is very easy going.
To be fair there is nothing in this film that says anything other than tv movie, it’s perfectly acted and written, and entertaining enough, but there is zero in direction that I would suggest benefits from it being on the big screen.
I cannot fathom the negative response to this. It was pretty much excellent, faaaaar better than it had any right to be. If it wasnt a horror the lead would be up for an Oscar. Incredible shots, stunning sound design through headphones, , genuinely surprising and challenging imagery. It has a few minor misteps, including the whole epilogue (directors cut: remove it ENTIRELY please), occasionally on the nose exposition dumps, and casting Nighy instead of say Udo Kier, but DAMN are we in a golden age for horror. This was a slow burn and gets CRAZY good.
This felt like a Paul Thomas Anderson film ala Boogie Nights or Licorice Pizza with the retro vibe and atmosphere but I personally could have done without the supernatural part of it that gets obvious at the end. Otherwise the acting and screenplay was on point.
I don't normally comment, but I'm actually in this film as an extra (I moved to Durango, Mexico from the UK a few years ago and this experience was definitely a vindication for that choice!). It's not out here yet, but I'm glad to hear so much positivity about it, because my experiences on set were wonderful. And a shout-out to Marcel Zyskind, the cinematographer, he was such a great person to work with and he even learned my name out of respect, so he could direct my positioning more personally. Viggo was amazing (and actually gave me direction first-hand, which was awesome) and I had some great chats with W Earl Brown and Solly McLeod. So even as a lowly extra I had such a great time on-set. Can't wait to see it, especially after this review and the glowing comments here!!
What a curmudgeonly review this is. It’s just okay for about half an hour and then it’s solid entertainment from the plane sequence onwards. I also appreciate any movie that looks like a movie and not visually flattened Netflix “content”.
I went into the movie fairly sleepy, and yet wasn’t bored for second. The other big theme of the movie is colonialism, with the Danes looking down on the Icelanders, and the differences between the two peoples’ spiritualities. These differences and conflicts are what tear Lucas apart.
It was fun, entertaining, but hardly a memorable film I'll ever watch again. My main complaint about the film is the ending (no spoilers) - just an unrealistic tonal shift that felt abrupt and jarring. It didn't seem to respect or continue the complexity that came before. I didn't even mind the thing they did together, just the way it shifted in a weird ending that seemed like it was from another movie.
Saw it tonight and it was great! Perfectly goofy and a fun little story. I just wish I didn’t need to use a vpn to get access to American Netflix to watch it - it’s insanely annoying when a film is gate kept from other countries on what is supposed to be an international streaming site. When Netflix advertises “Streaming June 7th” IT SHOULD BE EVERYWHERE SMH 😤
Not sure it’s going to get a review because it only get a limited release but I quite enjoyed Young Girl and The Sea, it was a lot better than I was expecting