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Red One (2024)
A great attempt at trying something fresh
I love Christmas movies of all varieties, genres and from multiple decades, I have mixed opinions on a few general opinions, Home alone 1&2 are amazing, however 4 and after including the new ones are duds but 3 is a solid movie on its own merit with a maybe different name, there are amazing films like Klaus, Nightmare before xmas or even Violent night there's plenty of variety of xmas films but it's hard to find ones that feel fresh.
My statement is if the Rock wasn't here nor Evans a lot of people who will attack this movie would probably go higher, there's a modern obsession for panning actors/films/genres with no attempt at having an unbiased opinion.
As a stand alone film, it has action, bits of comedy, new twists on some ideas, a lot of nods to other things from Ant Man to Patrice Evra and everything in between. I think at this point being 100% original with Xmas is almost impossible, technically Arthur Christmas did a military style execution but for me if it's similar I don't care. I just like enjoying films.
It's easy to watch, not remotely boring, acting is standard but this ain't a film winning those kinda awards, it's fresh, modern and creative, my only slight issue is it maybe alienates under 12s with the language depending on your opinion.
I wish people would lighten up, just give things a go, don't go in so bitter and looking to hate, if you read reviews it's easy to pick out genuine distaste to someone just bashing it for non logical reasons, anyone saying 6/10 or under is a Krampua.
Be a red one.
Sabaton: The Tour to End All Tours (2024)
Amazing
This randomly came up as a listing at the odeon and I quite like a few Scandinavian rock and metal acts and Sabaton have loads of albums with really well put together sonata about war and history and they have a really unique but great sound.
£20 each I thought why not, I'm so glad we went, it sounded incredible, the visuals , atmosphere and the crowd were bouncing and it was one of the best concerts I've every watched, they had tonnes more they could've sung to but the set list had a great mix, all sung perfectly but the music was on a different planet, was perfection in rock form.
Cannot recommend this enough.
Gary (2024)
Informative yet infuriating
When after 10 minutes you realise the "shock main guest" is potentially someone who ended the man's life, I feel entertainment hits really murky waters. The woman does herself no favours, she's so cold, she remembers the practiced words to look loving but she's about as uncaring as satan.
The story itself is interesting, I know a lot about the different strokes years and all the troubles for all 3 kids, like his ex wife I felt Howard Sterns show and callers were the last straw for poor Dana Plato who was manipulated for her looks and lived an awful drug riddled existence till age 34. Willis although looking well and caring, had some dark times,
But Gary had a life of misery really, from pain and poor health, to a helping drug literally killing your growth and puffing your cheeks out, it sounds like a marvel film making the hero, it gave him an iconic run on two shows, which haunted his existence and to which he got no money from.
Gary desperately looked everywhere for love and was obviously intense, none of the relationships seemed organic or healthy, only a few friends seemed what you'd expect, the blockbuster employee and his manager were the only two who cared.
He was wired differently and wasn't into the physical but due to his rotten parents stealing all his money and acting stupid, he had scars ontop of scars. The parents knew, the dad taking about demons, guy seemed insane, the lies were easily see through, amazed they got away with it all, I know the later case but don't think it helped.
From then in it's just the cold dead eyed wife, no one heart no compassion and no one to advise her how bad she looks doing this. That 911 call summed it up, poor guy died from hate, when all he wanted was love.
Best kid actor ever
Iconic show
Tragic end.
Children of the Corn (2020)
Awful and I like bad horror movies.
Horror movies for me are the only genre except maybe comedies that I love when they're great but sometimes they're so bad they become iconic and you love them, whether it's the acting/humour or awful looking effects. But this film is just horrific in nearly every way.
The main villain I actually quite enjoyed, she didn't play it in a standard war and was more childlike which is realistic she didn't suddenly become more than was reasonable. Do she is excused from saying that the acting is horrid.
The story is dumb to, but mainly the two children handcuff and lead their parents to death, the son does nothing to help the mom despite his only link to the group was being a kid? So strange.
Did send a good message that this new fixation on listening to kids ain't always going to serve you well.
Garbage.
The Crow (2024)
Same every time, ignore the hate!
If you could split the reviews into people who had/hadn't seen the original and even those who've not even watched the new one, there's only the opinions of the ones not biased that you can rely upon.
Seems anytime it's a big franchise or if some films have source material in books, video games, tv or old movie the. You can 95% guarantee the new ones will get slated and hit badly.
On no planet is this anything less than a 6.5, the looks and effort into design is excellent, beautiful and alive. The acting is solid, makes sense and even with a narrative of moving through time etc it all flowed very well.
Main couple had good chemistry not great but good, there were scenes where he looked phenomenal but they'll get lost when the film gets panned. I hated the new turtles because it changed everything that made it cool into this generations soulless pc borefest. Having watched the original after, both are amazing movies, I'd recconemd both and enjoying them as they are.
It's sad when people aren't even open minded enough to be fair to a movie that's taken a lot of time, money and effort! Decent romantic/action/sci-fi/superhero kinda movie.
Borderlands (2024)
Mildly harsh reviews, as a random action movie it's decent
Movies are my biggest hobby. I go to nearly every new release that comes out at my local one on that subscription thing. There are trends you notice where films are almost on an uphill battle before they're even released, those tend to be anything with a popular franchise, a book/ video game adaptation or anything with many sequels, you tend to notice that there are a lot of questionable reviews that aren't as unbiased as is maybe fair, understandable no doubt if you have a bond with the source material etc but it's an unsurprisingly poor review and sad to see less than 2 weeks in it's already down to 1 afternoon showing.
I've briefly played 3 of the games and they're all beautifully designed which I'd similar to the film, my level of play gave me no real bond or recollection of the characters plus I don't think they directly have to.correlate if they want to tell a different story but using the characters in an unfamiliar way is always going to be a risky and pretty much guaranteed to be a negative response.
The acting was passable, clap trap was funny in parts but quickly grated, Jack Black is starting to really get a bit stale, Do people not tire of Kevin Hart and his one dimensional performances? He's mildly amusing in some films but he's no action star and no lead. KB looked great but her delivery and performance was extremely flat as was her character work.
If you'd just seen this with no knowledge of the franchise it looks awesome, some great locations, effects and fight scenes, it all flows ok as a story and is a decent action film, but it'll never see a sequel or future as those who love the franchise have killed this outing.
Harold and the Purple Crayon (2024)
Beautiful and Sweet
I went into this with low expectations, I didn't see how it could fill a movie with this premise, plus how can they not make it look stupid to be honest, I was genuinely surprised and impressed with what they pulled off, was a thoroughly entertaining and thoughtful film and was a mixture of deep but not too in your face or one you're left to think about.
It had flashbacks to IF but was a totally different movie but had a similar heart to it, the acting was great, I know their friends but the actor plays moose seems to just act and talk exactly like Kevin Hart, it's bizarre but he's not bad in this, the girl out of Sex Education as porcupine was brilliant.
The little lad was excellent and Zooey was playing Jovie 2.0 from elf.
It flew by, was colourful and sweet and the right mix of cheese and silliness, I'm unsure why people are hating on it, it's like anything that was a book people get snobby about.
ZL is better as Harold than Shazam.
My Favorite Shapes by Julio Torres (2019)
Who is this even for?
I've seen surrealist humour and this isn't it! Just being so stupid and weird behind comprehension doesn't make it surreal, a lot of that genre are often more clever and engaging when you get over the cooky presentation, might boosh being a classic.
Everything in this was rotten, I think a couple made me smirk did the sheer stupidness that this somehow is on demand on sky in the uk alongside actual comedians, I'm aware he has done other stuff, I'm just going off this, which sucked, he's the type of act todays people will support despite being awful as that's what culture is now, patronising certain demographics to look accepting and open minded.
The fake audience or laugh track were too obvious aswell. As a one off joke, bits could work but not on tv, definitely not as an hour long special. Garbage.
Piglets (2024)
How does this get commissioned? How?
Firstly I'm aware the latest generations of kids are obnoxious, entitled, self unaware hypocrites who've destroyed long established norms in society and made it a free for all for the vain and lazy. Any recent comedy that's coming of age or slightly older kids adapting for the last few years have been rotten, this is one of the worst shows I've ever watched and I enjoy childish comedy to so it's definitely an issue with this mess.
Firstly it's like they hired Mark Heap to play Jim from Friday night dinner but go completely braindead and forget how to talk or act like a human, as bad as police might be, it's not clever humour putting buffoons into roles for cheap laughs especially when it's unfunny.
Callie (blonde girl) is tragically untalented, seen her in henpocalypse to that rivals this for being 0/10, she's unfunny, clunky on sceen and a poor actress. Even in the stranger she was naff.
It's not just her the woman police officer from trollied had a couple of funny lines but the rest of the characters were so lazily put together and thought out that whoever did it must've been promised a slot no matter what. The dialogue is garbage, the jokes are purple, lazy and basic, I'd be disappointed if 12 year old wrote this.
Honestly couldn't get through ep 3, it was too bad, except the dopey chav who's a clear rip off of many characters, none were funny or memorable or good.
Awful, not to be watched and Mark Heap you should be ashamed .
My Spy The Eternal City (2024)
Overly harsh scoring.
5.7 on IMDb and 37 on meta?? You'd assume this is a bad movie that very few would enjoy and I genuinely don't understand why people are disliking it, for the style of film I couldn't see much wrong here.
With growing up there's always changes and the super talented Chloe is back with a bit of a teenage angst understandable in her situation and whilst a bit corse she's never overly rude , just exactly what you'd expect a kid that age to say whilst going through what kids do. She's one of the best child actors of this era, she's very likeable and the hair is amazing, she's caught in a love triangle which is well explained and plays out really nicely. She gets to show off some moves in a few fight scenes and they made it mostly logical, she's not picking up huge men etc. She was great.
I like Batista, think he left a sour taste after being negative on guardians but he's quite versatile and I've found I've enjoyed nearly all his movies, this one however impressed me as it was the most natural and human he's seemed, he was very funny in parts, but I guess if they connected well in the first it's understandable you'd be a little emotional when they grow up into women, the chemistry was great.
The story was pretty good, logical as can be in those things, it explained things well as it went and all of the cast were really good, from the kids, to Ken and Anna who are naturally funny people.
I don't know what people expected out of this to mark it so low but at no point was it slow or boring, all the interactions were solid, humour on the whole was really funny, had some howl out loud moments, for this genre of film I'd gladly watch it again.
Twisters (2024)
What a great surprise
Twister in 1996 was out when I was 9, I never ever forgot the moment that cow flew round, I mean out of all the moments of great cinema my childish brain rates that higher. It was a cheesy, averagely written but well executed film that's genuinely a great watch even now, I think I've seen it about 8 times and I always enjoy it.
Problem these days is you assume it'll always be better because of advancements but I'm not sure acting is as strong but either way I just saw it as being a lazy cash grab using an existing dormant IP that people will be curious about. I went in with low expectations.
I'd seen the lead Glen in anyone but you as the cocky, love interest with a face you'd wanna slap. But he was very good in this, much better acting and although was playing a bit of a stereotypical character he added depth, genuine charm and was a great lead. It's nice to get your opinion changed for the positive. Him and the hero had great chemistry.
I wasn't that familiar with Daisy but she was excellent in this, there's a desperation in Hollywood now to paint all women as tough and above any man's help because that's now blasphemy. But this wasn't done in a cringe, trying to look good kinda way. They built her up as the most competent, intelligent person whose inactivity was based on a phenomenal opening sequence. Her performance was pretty much bang on.
The opening sequence shocked me a lot, there was a guy from Apples show, Sisters, Netflix's Sabrina and the best friend in Atypical also on Netflix, one of the most shocking but enjoyable openings to a movie in ages.
Rest of the cast was great, lad from transformers is always good, a nice mix of extras, it's a genuine tense, exciting and enjoyable watch, it's what the cinema is about. Just excitement and enjoyment.
Not sure if it's there but 3D would be awesome.
Despicable Me 4 (2024)
I like this new direction
I think for any franchise to continue into sequels they need to evolve and change, if you keep the same patterns, same character types and same kinda plot then audiences especially now will decline because cinema is expansive.
But I much preferred this one to the point I actually think it's my favourite, Gru as a bumbling good guy being manipulated by a young girl and desperately trying to get love of his bang son was a great new idea, I felt the kids weren't featured quite enough in this one, especially Agnes who's just the cutest. The humour is kid friendly and adults will enjoy.
Some review said this made their kid cry for days, it's not scary, despite it being insects, they are actually sweet looking so nothing remotely scary about the villain, it was actually a good idea given their reputation.
The neighbours were a fun addition as was the school setting, seeing the family go into hiding aswell was another fun new twist to the standard. Seeing Gru without control and struggling to get the upper hand was far more fun.
Having him as a bumbling dad and shining a light on other characters including young girls is a fun direction with endless possibilities, gets kids involved, can make female heroes, male, animal or whatever, this new direction has endless potential.
The minions were the best since the original, hilarious and again a fun fresh way of trying to use them.
Cant fault this film. I genuinely was having a bad day and I adored this and laughed a lot. Very well put together, well thought out and bravo for trying a new idea.
10/10.
Bad Boys: Ride or Die (2024)
2 Bad boys and their narcissistic granddads
I was a huge fan of the first two movies, at the time there was a lot more buddy comedy action films back then and these were up their with the best of them, rewatched both over the years. The third was ok, not great and not particularly memorable, I was kinda surprised they did another but I think the reason is pretty simple... Will Smiths popularity and reputation took a huge hit for a long while and this being one of his most popular franchises was more likely than a geriatric fresh prince.
I for one was a huge will smith fan from awful movies like WWW to his music and tv but last 6-8 years I've found I've gone off him and his style a lot and this film really drove home stuff I don't like, the endless shots of him pulling faces, the fact he has to be the hero, talking down to others, his character is not likeable, Lawrence is near 60 with endless hair dye doing the same stuff as when he was mid thirties, it felt forced and a bit tired to me. I didn't find any of the healthy living jokes that funny.
I found the young generation saved this film from being a walkout for me, the couple, the son and son in law were great, especially the son, the scenes were great with him in, he was very believable. One thing that bugged me was that the "good guys" fall into an animal enclosure and think it's ok after winding it up to attack the animal. Hardly standard good guy behaviour.
Story was ok, but far fetched and lame but that fits in with this maybe being forced out, who knows, but either way as a stand alone film it's probably quite entertaining and watchable but for a fan of the series and 2 actors I've enjoyed a lot this didn't land.
A Quiet Place: Day One (2024)
Don't get the negativity.
I'm struggling to see why people are criticising the movie about, the ones who hoped for more backstory to the aliens and their journey which was never really hinted at in the trailer, that alone could be another succession in the series however it'd be extremely difficult to do with the quiet styling so maybe something that's done at the end or a spin off called Loud place.
The acting was phenomenal, Lupita was exceptionally great but she always is, such good expressions, you feel the warmth from her in parts, battling an awful disease, whilst trying to tick off a probably quite common bucket list goal. The cat was probably the true star and a really refreshing clever way to enhance moments, also bravo for not using a dog! I imagine getting a car so perfectly trained is not the easiest.
The two leads journey was just so great, I'm glad they didn't go stupid and add in some element of romantic attachment but how they did it was just really genuine, felt realistic and the pacing and bits of humour were great.
The enemies are well designed, akin to Last of Us or Stranger things, the reasoning behind the defence working is yet to fully be explained, will there be mutated ones immune to it? Will there be a fight back, I'm definitely hoping for atleast one more of these style and then a ground zero, origins or the day before kinda vibe.
Thoroughly enjoyed it, flew past.
I'd love to see how scores would come out if everyone had the monthly subscriptions, I've found myself enjoying more variety and marking films slightly higher since moving over. I imagine for £20 a time, unless something is undeniable then you'll probably be a bit down on it.
In a Violent Nature (2024)
Horror-ble
I have seen a few of these older versions, which I guess i appreciated and enjoyed more because they were more revolutionary and imaginative when not everything could be cgi or green screen. My first misgiving was no mention of this in the trailer, they don't indicate it's POV or anything, the speed it moves in between scenes indicates it's just a normal horror movie. That's not right in my opinion especially at £19 a ticket.
I think it'll probably be a cult success with younger viewers as it's akin to playing a video game, the movement, a long slog between action, plus we bizarrely live in a world where the "celebrities" are just people who let others watch them play video games, so this could be to their taste.
For me if the kills had of been remarkable or done well, or the victims anything more than generic cliches then it could've been marked up, I saw it at a scream unseen and within 30 mins I'd say a 3rd of the audience had walked out , with a fair few at the end looking for refunds, I've seen some bad films but this was first in a while that annoyed the audience like this.
It is predominantly and lazily one angle behind a weak lead character who's back story was lame and performance even worse, it'll make you laugh the first couple of times, then you'll get really tired, very quickly because it's boring, I'd hate to see the run time with walking cut out! RIP off.
Misfire from Shudder who have had some absolute bangers lately.
Boy Kills World (2023)
It felt like all the others thrown together
Saw the trailer and was convinced this was my type of film, funny, action, gore and horror and seemed to be imaginative and fresh. However watching it it felt like ideas from about 7 movies squeezed into one but it just doesn't feel like it works well in any genre.
Some of the humour is great, as are the fight scenes but the story is genuinely awful, the characters aren't remotely interesting or ones you really care about. You'll probably float through thinking it's fine, but then when you get out, you'll have forgotten everything.
The cast have no real chemistry either, some of the choices were baffling, seemed they just had jokes in mind they wanted to get in.
Challengers (2024)
Surprisingly good. Except for the music
I've been in and around tennis my whole life, so I was curious to see how they'd execute it within the story, the only other tennis films I recall is Match point which felt a little less tennis based, Wimbledon which was early 2000s rom com great but in terms of authenticity on court, wasn't quite by there. Then lastly the comedy by Andy Samberg about the longest ever match which was hysterical.
The casting was genuinely perfect, Zendaya looked like a pro, frame wise and physique she had it, she seemed to have bulked up her upper legs for the role as her physique was different from showman/euphoria. Her line delivery was great, her motivation at times was confusing and overall I came away feeling like she was the villain, but my mom felt another way, I like that.
The two lads had an amazing chemistry, they really felt natural, like they were really that close, if they didn't know each other before then, that's incredible acting! Both played people in tennis I've seen a lot, the professional who even at his lowest, wears the respectable gear, cares about image and carries himself with dignity. Then the slightly unkept, wasted potential, mismatched gear who could've been great if not for himself.
From the tennis side and the realism, it was perfect, the love story is open to interpretation and I think can probably hit people differently, one is a natural villain but the part where he is blamed for going awol, if anyone had said what Zendaya did to him, I'd have been furious to, that was the only part I thought made no sense if they had an idea of exactly how they wanted you to feel.
The last point wasn't enough to knock a point off, the movie is very close to perfect for my tastes, not sure how non tennis fans will feel but the reason I knocked 1 off was it was the worst music score to a film I can remember to the point where I've never complained about one before, the music didn't fit the tone of the film or the moments happening, it was loud and just didn't feel the right reflection of this movie.
Abigail (2024)
This film is just fun!
Went to see this on my weekly cinema trip with the mother (70) and we both loved it, the design, the humour, not following the same trend of every other horror going. Out of all the genres, we like horror most as a lot of the films atleast try to be different and memorable and between ones like talk to me and blackening there have been some gems lately.
Alisha Weir as Abigail was genuinely incredible, she's 14! Blew my mind.
The only two negatives was I found Dan Stevens seemed to have a strange accent that kept slightly changing, he didn't seem particularly natural with it. The other criticism I'm going to be honest about and this is before we knew he passed away or about his story (very strange seeing parts of this movie if you knew he was gone IRL) but his mumble style of talking was quite difficult to understand, didn't enjoy or have any interest in that character as he felt very current, plus this generation suck as people.
Big shout out to the big guy for the humour!
After only just seeing Lisa Frankenstein, Kat Newton is a horror star! She's again great here!
Back to Black (2024)
Cash grab with no real point.
I like Amy Windhouse, not her music particularly but I liked her as a whole, the fact is she died a fair while ago and there's already been a movie and atleast 3 tv documentaries that have covered all of this with far more detail and context, I'm unsure who wanted this, maybe Blake as there seemed a real effort to portray him as the victim. Also the dad wasn't squeaky clean like portrayed here.
It's very peculiar, it focuses on the cheap stuff from heat magazine, doesn't dive deep, show hard moments or any scenes of any real emotion considering the subject matter. It's not bad but for a cinema ticket it is theft, just turn YouTube on and read Wikipedia.
The resemblance was pretty good, there were a lot of moments that could only have been recalled by Blake which seems a questionable direction to go. The obvious scene your 100% sure you'll see and think it'll break you, they chickened out of and used text. Poor.
She had issues, she was immature, she struggled with personality disorder, didn't grieve, was desperate to feel love, materialistic things meant nothing and she couldn't live without the toxic relationship slowly killing her, whether he's innocent or not, meeting him wasn't a good thing at all.
Her music is great, I do think it's massively overrated because of her passing, but she was no doubt talented and creative, I just wonder what help could've even saved her, or was the ending inevitable especially when nan went?
Not bad acting but felt way too long, chickened out of doing tough scenes/moments and rushed through important bits for shallow moments, lastly the UK press need to be made accountable for harassment and stalking, they should only be allowed to photograph people with their consent. It's time to stop these idiots contributing to any more death.
Do not pay to watch this, watch the stuff already freely available,
Monkey Man (2024)
Too long for the material it had
This is a promising debut, in no way a bad film, in places it seemed to drag a long time, the action bits are good no doubt, there was even some woke attempts by including a specific third gender of people in Asia, it didn't affect the movie, did it feel the right choice? Arguably not, but that's the world now, no long right people for the job, who fits what box.
Whilst the action is good, we have seen so many of these kinds films, plus a lot do it better, some stuff was clever and the characters weren't bad but still did those stupid 8 on 1 fights that are legit impossible to win or 4 people with guns in the same room and none can connect.
Ending was strange, not bad just a bit flat, definitely not a film that needs returning to, if it was half hour shorter and focussed more it'd be far better.
Plus I'm sorry but I don't buy Dev as a badass or tough guy,
Mothers' Instinct (2024)
Waste of real potential
The budget was clearly blown on the two female leads, then someone googled "generic white 40 year old actors" then these two popped up, they were bad. But for me this is the 6th film in 3 year I've seen with JC as a lead and she's abysmal, such a forgettable and weak actress, from mannerisms to line delivery, just bad, the only reason this was watchable was Anne who was amazing!
Story was good, they didn't commit to showing the scenes that'd have caused shock and sadness, it was all tame, arty and well, boring. The pacing is super slow and how the relationships capitulate is unrealistic, from best friends to accusing of murder? Bit much.
I felt sorry for the wrong person for 95% of the film, then I just gave up caring,
It's a bit far fetched and ludicrous in places, overall this had big potential but poor pacing, casting and decision making ruined it.
Seize Them! (2024)
Shameful, lazy and embarrassing.
Most of this cast are people I really like, I didn't mind it being female led as you had 3 genuinely funny women leading the film, so couldn't see this being bad, then the showtimes came out, it was obvious the cinema saw the film as a flop, so went anyway.
Let's start with James Acaster, from a big role in the new Ghostbusters to this? I mean everything here was unprofessional and weak, if it'd have been a free tv movie on Dave you'd maybe like it more but at nearly £20 a ticket this is disgusting, it shouldn't have got to the screens, luckily I pay subscription.
The script wasn't funny, seemed to want to mimic horrible histories and ghosts kinda sense of humour but nothing landed, the acting was just weak but the script didn't help, there was more groans in the screening I was at. A few chuckles but not enough to excuse paying for this garbage.
This cast could've put together a great movie even with this idea, I'm amazed having nick frost in here, that you'd not get his advice or opinion!
The world was ok, costumes were garbage, endless unnecessary swearing, alot of stuff that didn't fit with time line, just a real mess.
Please don't waste your money on this, free stream or tv then fine but honestly you'll regret wasting a penny on this.
Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire (2024)
Immersive and beautiful
Reading through the reviews, it's the same every time with these kinda films, from marvel to transformers, there's those people that will hate on everything they do, yet keep going to more films, disregard anyone who gave this under 6, they never saw it or just likes to be negative. It's so tedious the same arrogance and sabotage on giving big franchises awful scores.
The film itself was great, went really quickly, the design and the effects were top draw, they had a great range of characters who weren't one dimensional, I enjoyed that a few side characters were more versatile here, the fight scenes were great. The little girl to be so good with no lines!!! Credit to her.
Honestly I can't understand unless you hate these types of movies how you'd not like it.
Kung Fu Panda 4 (2024)
Good addition
I'm unsure why people are so addicted to being negative and hating on new movies, I'm all for criticism and giving valid feedback but as soon as you give movies like this 1/10 you just lose all credibility, even if you're not a fan, on no planet is this a bad movie.
It's slightly different from the others but it's been a bit of a gap now and new people involved.but it does seem that studios are obsessed with finding a way to get Awkwafina into every animated film now from angry birds to this to migration! I'm a huge fan of hers but less is definitely more.
The characters are good, story is a bit predictable as an adult but I don't think kids will see the twists coming as easily. The design is always stunning in these films, It was a curious choice to leave the 5 out but in this film it'd have made little sense paying those actors for a few lines.
A great little addition however, with cinema prices reaching insane levels it's hard to think a family trip and food to watch this for £60 is really worth it, as a £10 dvd it's brilliant, I do think price can affect score massively, I have the subscription so see unlimited films for £11 a month. Something to consider.
Ricky Stanicky (2024)
Few good moments but mediocre overall
I was excited for the movie and thought it was going to be more like Drop Dead Fred but they did it another way and frankly it trips itself up because even as someone who can suspend their reality, this pushed it far! The acting was mediocre at best except Cena who did his role pretty well.
I watched Zac in a new wrestling movie, he looking incredible, in this one his face looked surgically altered and a bit strange, he was off! Wes was the best out the three, he was easily the most natural. That Andrew Santorini (ginger guy) is so awful, he's kinda ok as a background friend but he's such a bland poor actor. He's not remotely likeable and even in this came off awfully and just not someone you want good things for.
Majority of the stuff was too harmless aswell, except the brisk which was weird. It should've been wacky but wasn't, relied on stupid too much, ironically enough, stupid is only executed well when it's intelligently put together.