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A little late to the party, but just watched this last night. I loved the cinematography, long tracking shots, atmosphere and tone of the entire movie. It was different and engrossing, even with the minor letdown of an ending. But I can see why many people found it boring since its not a Marvel or a Fast/Furious flick.
I don't see the problem if he's portraying 2 different characters. It's not uncommon. A quick example that springs to mind is Joe Don Baker. He portrayed two major characters in 3 James Bond movies: (1) the villain in "The Living Daylights", and (2) a CIA agent in "GoldenEye" and "Tomorrow Never Dies".
Also found this in a quick Google: https://whatculture.com/film/24-actors-that-played-two-different-characters-in-james-bond-movies
If this sort of thing triggers you enough that your wife gets concerned, you might want to talk to someone.
Extraction 2: Back in Traction
No Kindle version.
It's a matter of economics. Ullman says that the single road leading thru the mountains up to the hotel is 25 miles long, and that the region receives 20 feet of snow each winter.
Danny is probably not the first psychic to visit the hotel. Grady the caretaker (and later a ghost waiter) went nuts 10 years earlier and killed his 2 young daughters. One or both of the daughters might also have been psychic, which prompted events that led to their eventual demise.
As soon as I encountered that locked door at the end of the tunnel, I would gotten an axe, chainsaw, or anything needed to take that door down. Someone is using that door and tunnel to illegally enter my house at their leisure! Maybe I’d give the State Police a heads-up first but nothing’s gonna stop me from taking out that door. I wouldn’t care whose house it led to. Everything else going on would have been reduced to a priority of zero.
The fact that the tunnel and door never gets investigated or even barely mentioned again is a huge error by the writer.
Do you have any guilty pleasures (movies you love that everyone else seems to dismiss/hate)? Serious question.
Humans are hard-wired to be angry when the world refuses to look and work the way they want it to.
<blockquote>If you experienced trauma, you are doomed and will end up killing yourself or hurting others. There is no hope for you, it seems to be saying.</blockquote>
Actually, this is basically true if you don't confront and deal with your trauma. It will eat you from the inside out. You'll feel no joy or true happiness in life. You'll just be going thru the motions. It will lead to depression and will infect your relationships (both family and romantic) causing even more trauma. You'll spiral.
Rose had years of opportunities to resolve and overcome the trauma of her mother's death by talking with her therapist. But, instead, she keeps avoiding the therapist (hanging up on her, not taking her calls, etc). At one point, right before receiving a call from the therapist, Rose actually sees an email indicating "last chance". She takes the call but then abruptly hangs up. She was now doomed.
Once you're cursed, your reality is turned upside down.
If the movie has jump scares, people scream "cliche". But if there's no jump scares, people lament it's "boring".
I knew one of the first posts would be someone screaming "Woke!". It's such a cliche now. There's been interracial relationships and racism ever since there was more than one race.
The scene in Anaconda (1997) where Jon Voight is being swallowed alive - and all filmed from the perspective of being inside of the snake yourself. I already didn't like snakes, and this scene gave me nightmares for years. I've only watched the movie once and will never watch it again.
1. Get Out - 10/10
2. Nope - 8/10
3. Us - 7/10
Peggy Sue Got Married (1986). Peggy Sue goes back in time and decides to rip off The Beatles' song "She Loves You".
I actually liked this Sci-Fi Noir despite its flaws. The premise (memory recovery) had great potential and implications (privacy, misuse, faked memories, etc.) that weren't explored. The Flooded Miami backdrop (CGI looked great) had little to do with the story and probably could have been dropped and its budget used for more story and script development.
The film-noir genre involves elements (flashbacks, voice-overs, femme fatales, dark endings, etc) which may or may not be as interesting/compelling as they were in 1940's and 50's films. The cast was fine but Rebecca Ferguson (one of my favorites) was underused. Though, I liked how she used her enemy's memory to send a last poignant message to Hugh Jackman.
I'd rate the film 6 or 7 out of 10 stars.
So you wrote all of that just to introduce your one-word review?
Bond's DNA and those nanobots will be used to reconstruct Bond.
<blockquote>So basically he failed his mission. He did not arrive before dawn and he failed to stop the first wave. He stopped off and spent some time with a lady and her baby even though he should have been about his mission. He never used a compass or a map to guide him so I have no idea how he was magically able to find the troops in the middle of the woods. Then when he does find them he takes a knee and listens to a song. Where is the urgency? The more I think about this film the less I like it.</blockquote>
You're right, he was a wuss. So what if he had to go days without decent sleep or food, just a crust of bread to eat? Who cares if he spent the night wounded, tired, hungry, and cold while running and swimming from Germans? Booby traps, dugout cave-ins, snipers, waterfalls, freezing rivers? Piece of cake. How dare he take a break for a minute once he's back on dry land soaking wet so he can gather his wits and strength. Screw him. Since he was a Lance Corporal in 1917, I'm sure he was as well trained, prepared, and equipped for this easy mission as our Special Forces and SEALs are today.
I'm positive you and the other Xbox-trained experts here could have completed the mission in a couple hours while going all John Wick on the Germans and gotten back in time for lunch.