Tarantino Lite
A host of well imagined, edgy characters like a Tarantino film but the story did not gel in any admirable way. Too bad. This had promise. 5/10
shareI also felt like it was a lighter Tarantino-ish film but I really liked it. I'm always a hesitant with films that approach the 2 and a half hour mark but I didn't find this one dragging at all. 8/10 for me.
shareThe undercover G Man
The thief pretending to be a priest
The lounge singer bedeviled by racism
The unhinged cult girl
Her rescuing sister
The cult leader
The penitent ex-military bellhop
This list of characters is great. A glance at this makes one think that the movie could write itself. Sadly it felt as though that is exactly what happened. So many threads meant nothing and in the end the "solution" came from the same nowhere that so much else disappeared into.
I find my expectations can really affect the way I enjoy a film sometimes. For example this one I had almost no expectations and I just found myself having a blast with it. If I had been super excited for this perhaps I would've been let down. In any case I've been recommending this one to friends so if they take my advice maybe they'll come back cursing me for sending them to this.
shareLol, I know what you mean. I went to Venom expecting it to be as stupid as the trailers made it seem. And sure, it was stupid but I enjoyed myself. I went to El Royale expecting it to be fantastic. Other than the characters and a few situations (that went nowhere) I felt majorly let down.
shareVenom was awful though.
shareYes. That's the point I was making. Often we can enjoy an awful movie ... like El Royal, for instance.
shareI just can't get over how bad Venom was. It really took me by surprise.
shareYou expected something good? Even after seeing the trailers?
shareAs a rule, I don't watch trailers. They give away too much.
shareToo true. For years I would avoid ALL trailers of any movie I knew i was going to see no matter what. Not so much nowadays since there is a much lower bar of quality in film overall.
shareSometimes if I'm really on the fence about watching something I'll start the trailer and watch up to 30 seconds to see if it can pull me in.
shareMe too. I had no idea what to expect and loved it! I thought it was a great film.
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