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I thought It was very good. The majority of my horror fan friends thought it was very good. I'm not sure what criteria you're judging the movie on but I thought the kids playing those parts were great and even if you were to take the supernatural aspect out of it I would still watch a movie about those characters. There are very few movies that are going to please everyone but I have to admit that if you think It was one of the worst movies you have ever seen, you and I simply prefer different cups of tea. I still find it hard to imagine anyone would think The Snowman is good, but perhaps you will see something in it that I did not.
I can only speak for myself but there are several movies I've enjoyed over the past few months including It, The Foreigner, and even Happy Death Day was a really fun movie experience. But my point had nothing to do with any other movie. I was just saying that this wasn't some conspiracy of critics choosing this to flop, it really is as bad as they are saying (at least imho).
I agree, the trailers looked pretty darn good and I was actually looking forward to this one. I was aware of the low RT score but hadn't read any actual reviews and didn't think it could actually warrant that low of a rating. I was wrong. It was bad. Really bad.
Yeah I didn't think it could really be as be as bad as 9% on Rotten Tomatoes would indicate but just saw it and it was awful.
Did you actually see this or are you just assuming this as having been "chosen" to flop? Because I just saw it and I really thought it was awful. It was boring, joyless, needlessly confusing, and not even all that well acted. The first part of the climax which had potential was so poorly shot it was difficult to tell what happened and the second part of the climax just seemed like lazy writing and ultimately anti-climatic). Perhaps it worked well in the novel but if so it didn't translate to the screen.
I'd say this is a pretty good assessment. Saw this yesterday and rather liked it as well, especially Pierce Brosnan.
Honestly I'm not trying to be a smart-ass asking this but if you boycott his movies why are you posting on the message board for this film?
Not a big fan of Tom Cruise as a person and I find his views misguided for sure but I don't care enough about him to boycott his movies. I go to a lot of movies and if one of his looks good I'll see it. That being said I rather liked this film but definitely wouldn't classify it as a must see.
Well speaking as someone in their 40s I'm guessing if I was suddenly rich beyond my wildest dreams I'd probably start acting like I was in my 20s too lol. No idea what the real Barry Seal was like but the movie spans the years where he was 39 to 46. Photos of the actual Barry look absolutely nothing like Tom Cruise though (Barry Seal was a bit hefty).
I think his character was supposed to be 40ish.
Eh it happens, we've all been there.
I hear what you're saying but if they are simply trolls you're taking their bait and in doing so have labeled those who don't like the film as sheep and morons and quite frankly I find that an unfair statement (and I'm someone who like this movie). Just my opinion but you're better off responding with a civilized insult-free argument or just not responding at all because true trolls feed on you insulting them.
I know, I hate it. I come here (and IMDB before it) because I like to discuss movies both good and bad. I actually like to hear opinions different than mine and get a different take. Overall I liked this film but I don't feel threatened by the fact that many people did not, nor do I think it in any way makes me more insightful or intelligent. I'm sure the same people found value in films that may not have done anything for me. I'm still interested in their opinion. No idea when so many people lost the ability to RESPECTIVELY disagree with others.
Not to mention the number one movie in the box office the past two weeks is It, which had Stephen King pretty vocal in bashing the president leading up to it's release. Put in that perspective and it becomes really silly to think that Lawrence's political comments made any real impact on this film's box office.
I guess it depends on what the surprise ends up being. A twist ending can make a good movie great if you didn't see the twist coming. The Prestige does a marvelous job of hiding the twist in plain sight throughout and when you're hit with it at the end, the movie as a whole gels perfectly and that movie becomes a truly special experience (if The Prestige doesn't work for you insert some other movie that gave you that "aha" feeling).
With Mother, regardless of whether or not the ending grows on me anymore, it's not an ending that gave me that "aha" moment that gelled the rest of the movie and made it special. That type of twist is getting harder and harder to pull off so I'll give them credit for going completely unique with Mother. And it's also not to say the ending is not thought provoking or bad, just that for me, the ending didn't do anything to push what I consider to be a very good movie up to that next level.
I'm honestly still not sure how I feel about the ending but (SPOILER ALERT)I think I was expecting an ending somehow grounded in reality. Particularly that Jennifer Lawrence's character was an agoraphobic simply descending into madness (aside from the front porch she doesn't leave the house until the baby is taken from her so I was convinced she was suffering from agoraphobia and also a near crippling case of jealousy whenever her husband shows attention to anyone other than her). Now I realize that may be the predictable outcome, but I would've been fine with that because I was so taken in with the feeling of uneasiness created by the performances throughout. Unless I know going in that the movie is a supernatural thriller I generally prefer an explanation grounded in reality (like the way the old Scooby-doo cartoons used to end).
So most likely my dissatisfaction with the ending is probably just because I guessed wrong...I'm petty like that haha. Honestly I'm still digesting the ending (i.e. My slow brain is still making sense of it) and I may feel better or worse about it in a week.
I liked Annabelle...and I liked this. Doesn't have to be either/or. I'm sure there are people that hated both as well.
I liked them for different reasons. Annabelle was a solid but conventional horror movie, which I will always be a fan of. Predictable? Perhaps a bit but that doesn't make it bad just as being unpredictable doesn't necessarily make something good. If you went to an ice cream shop and they gave you a cone full of manure its something you wouldn't predict but it sure wasn't something you'd like and you probably wouldn't try any of their other stores.
Mother was a completely different animal. It did seem to drag at times but still I couldn't look away. No idea if any inspiration was taken from Roman Polanski but I felt much of the same vibe as I felt watching Repulsion and to a lesser degree Rosemary's Baby (both of which I love). I'm still not sure how I feel about the ending but the journey there was enthralling enough that even a less than satisfactory ending only slightly diminishes my experience with this film.
I think it took them a bit of time to gel but once they did they really did have good chemistry. The bigger problem for this movie is it just felt too long. Some of the scenes felt endless. I feel like there was a much better movie hidden within the actual movie that needed to be edited down.
Also not a sitcom but a fairly lighthearted mystery show, McMillan and Wife in the 70s was rebranded as just McMillan around season 4 or 5 and it was explained his wife died in a plane crash.
In the 80s ther was a show called Valerie starring Valerie Harper but after contract disputes early in the show's run they killed off her character and renamed the show Valerie's Family and eventually The Hogan Family.