I think this is my opinion on it
Greta is a movie that harkens back to adult thrillers. It’s not a horror film. It’s like those Ashley Judd films from the nineties. A thriller involving young women. Eventually, the story makes no sense and is resolved in a exciting yet boring events. Sadly, this one too is like that.
While I appreciated it for what it was, it wasn’t me who would’ve chose to see this film. If it’s up to you, maybe. I don’t recommend it though.
3 of 5 stars.
Captain Marvel was giving out Thor vibes almost venturing into the Dark World. It’s most likely waiting for the big summer blockbuster, Avengers 4: Revengers!!! Looking forward to that.
Overall, what a weird attempt to reform our thinking of Skrulls. They’ve been bad like forever that I don’t know what to think. Damn SJWs! LOL! It’s just a joke as I thought it very interesting to twist us with and understanding that the Skrulls are misunderstood and are really the refugees of the MCU. If Captain America can be fascists, then Skrulls can be good guys. It’s just comics and they always retcon something anyway.
Sorry, this has been a while. I’ve been lazy. More so than most times!
3 of 5 stars.
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World is the finale of strange trilogy. It started in 2010, had a sequel in 2014, and finishes with this last installment. Amazingly, they allowed the characters to grow up and older –from a teenager to a young man in these films. I don’t know if they were following the 9 year arc, but it still ended up being an interesting way to tell this story.
3 of 5 stars.
I have read the manga back when it came in the floppy and reversed comic version available at your local comic shop in the 90s. It was actually titled, “Battle Angel Alita.” It’s been 20 years and it has finally made it onto the screen as Alita: Battle Angel.
At first, I wasn’t going to watch it, but you know what I just had to. I mean twenty years!!
Robert Rodriguez directed this in conjunction with a long gestating James Cameron script. Cameron was attached to this all through the twenty years. He even modeled his television show heroine in Dark Angel as a proto-Alita. Cameron must’ve really loved the manga. Personally, I found it okay, but I was young in the ways of manga reading at the time. Plus, it went into the weeds and the releases were few and far between before I could pass judgement.
A bit of Rodriguez leaked out. It came in the form of some cheesy love bit that felt like it was from Spy Kidz. It felt contrived, but all movies are love stories in the end. But the film redeemed itself by being rather good and not being a bad anime/manga adapation.
I’m hoping for the sequel.
3 of 5 stars.
I was curious about this movie, Happy Death Day 2U, because I read a review that said it was interesting. Hopefully, if you read my review, you find the film interesting, and you too will decide to watch it. But don’t blame me, if you don’t like it. My reviews are short and don’t cover the film just my reaction to it.
That being said, I went to see this on the first weekend. Then the theatre couldn’t figure out how to put the hard drive into the projector. I was disappointed, so I got my money back.
But I finally caught it the second weekend. It was okay.
The first one was more a thriller than a horror movie. This one was more a science fiction film than a horror movie. They all have some comedy to them. Don’t be surprised that it makes you laugh rather than scared.
I would watch it again — on TBS next year.
3 of 5 stars.
Koe no Kotachi or A Silent Voice is an anime from 2016. It had the unfortunate luck to be released in the same summer as the anime blockbuster, Your Name.
At that time, I was more excited to see A Silent Voice. It came from Kyoto Animation, one of my favorite anime studios — see my exuberant reviews for K-ON! or Haruhi. Also, I had read the entirety of the manga in one weekend. It is a great and very much recommended read. These things made me look forward to it.
Yet, the US distributor really mucked up the release in America. It came out for a week in LA and NY to make it eligible for the Academy Awards. It didn’t get a wide release until later, but in the short window. When I was aware that it was playing, I missed the local show by a day. I was not going to miss out. The BluRay is taking a while to be released. Maybe this spring.
A Silent Voice is about bullying and redemption. Liking yourself and hating yourself. It will make you cry. It will make you kyun. Smile. The manga made me want to know more about their future. I still want to know more.
4 of 5 stars.
What? A new year? A new set of movie reviews to sit in my queue and not get done until three weeks have passed. Here’s the first one for 2019, for The Upside. It’s the Kevin Hart vehicle that wants to make him a serious actor. Yet, the film had been categorized as a comedy. There are laughs, but it isn’t a Kevin Hart comedy.
Actually, there were chuckles and bemused smiles. Laughs, gut-belly laughs, were hard to come by. It was about a paraplegic needing to connect with living again. Kevin Hart was supposed to be the one to do that. A tough inner city dude showing the rich how to live. Is that how it works? Maybe in film. In real life, I’m sure that’s complicated.
This film was based on a foreign film about a true to life friendship. I should seek out the original and see if it was a comedy, too. Or because of Kevin Hart’s attachment did the remake become one in the US.
3 of 5 stars.
Second Act is an American movie starring Jennifer Lopez. Funny thing is though it’s crazy Filipino.
There’s the love angle. Then a fantastic job with benefits. Then they throw in a curve with a long lost daughter. Then the love angle goes away, but comes back at the end like a long, lost puppy dog. Then she becomes a success even though she was exposed as a fraud. Stuff that happens in a normal Filipino drama.
3 of 5 stars.
DC has some catching up to do with Marvel. They are trying to rectify their lagging behind. Aquaman is a start.
It’s a film done by the director of The Conjuring, James Wan. He’s gotten more money this time and he’s thrown a ton of things into the movie to see what sticks.
It’s a fine try. Maybe they’ll get better at it as they expand the DC Cinematic Universe. But until then, make mine Marvel.
3 of 5 stars.
Ralph Breaks the Internet should have the same alliteration as its predecessor. Shouldn’t the title flow nicely: Ralph wrecks the internet? Yeah? I know. I guess it has to match those memes of things that “break” the internet. That’s how it goes.
This movie was a quite different in mood than Wreck-It Ralph. It was sadder. They would have to explain how if she stays away from Sugar Rush, then why wouldn’t it be unplugged? Some holes in plots are left to your own imagination to fix.
3 of 5 stars.
