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This seems to be a standard in these kind of movies. Earth spends every last penny to send a bunch of emotional and unprofessional buffoons into space.
I thought that's what that was. Man, On the Beach was a real uplifting flick. lol
Honestly not horrible for a Netflix movie. And comparing it to other Netflix movies only, it could be a 9/10.
Nailed it. Kept me watching.
That's a pretty good write up. It did have that "let's send out some woke messages at the expense of a decent story" feel to it. I'm all for equality and a progressive future, but not at the expense of good writing.
Not a bad review. I don't think I would watch it again either but glad I saw it once?
Well the humor or lack thereof was a big part of the problem. It just wasn't that funny. It was an example of where poor writing is excused because it pushed a popular woke agenda. They could have had the same agenda with a hilarious movie and I would have a different opinion.
I have to admit, I am watching it for the first time right now, and I'm not overly impressed. This works as an average 50s musical, but I am not sure how it is such a Christmas tradition. I mean, I see Die Hard as more of a Christmas movie. As far as 50s musicals go, Singin in the Rain, 7 Brides For 7 Brothers, and even Brigadoon were much better than this. The song White Christmas is of course a classic by itself.
There were way too many fat jokes in this movie. I'm all for people losing weight, but it seemed a bit much.
I did get kind of bored and went to Wiki as well, although I did finish it.
Because of the success of the first two Alien movies, they can make new movies that lack the fundamental greatness of their predecessors and get away with it. Not to say that the movie was horrible, but I completely agree with you.
Very few movies are better than Aliens. One of the greatest films ever made. Character development is off the charts.
The future is full of stupid people it seems.
Any Alien movie I compare to Aliens. One of the greatest movies ever made. I think you are right. I did not care about any of the characters except maybe Shaw and David (and only a little bit). I also guess I missed how the humans figured out that the ship was going to Earth to destroy it.
Ah that does make sense, thanks. I think it was so surreal in that I would not expect normal people to act in this manner that I was more focused on what is wrong with these people as opposed to the director pushing an allegory.
This is very true. He was paid to kill without any thought in the matter. Yes, he accidentally killed someone he was not contracted to kill, but then he went and killed the cab driver who I think was innocent other than driving the q-tip and friend to his house from the airport.
He definitely should have had a contingency plan. The guy he worked for even said this, that he had enough money to go anywhere in the world and live out his life happily. The safe room sounds like a good idea as well knowing the business he was in.
I'm not a historian, but the Japanese soldiers were aware that hostilities had ceased. When they saw the American plane fly over and tip it's wing to signify that it saw the POWs, the Japanese knew who had won. Maybe they knew before, but regardless, the POWs were now seen, and executing them would have had consequences. The Bird had already fled his post, so the soldiers on their own made the choice to not shoot anyone.
Also, I think there were some liberties taken in the movie and it probably did not occur in that exact manner.
Maybe, but what was the point of warning her at all then? It changed nothing.
Yup I agree. This movie was a success because it was the woke thing to do to go watch it. It could have as easily been a Netflix movie where the whole movie ultimately revolves around and serves one or two preachy monologues.
I don't even disagree with the bulk of the message, but I could have gotten the same talking to from a 30 second infomercial.
The fact that we live in a male-dominated society is a legacy of millions of years of primate evolution. The physically strong were the protectors and the leaders, and that was almost always men. While I agree we need to step away from this as physical strength no longer should be the primary attribute in deciding greatness, I'm not for sweeping history under the rug and denying the greatness that was man. Barbie's shock when she sees the US currency has only men's faces on it? Well, those were the leaders who founded the country. Maybe if the country was founded today, there would be more women on the currency. Those men started us on a journey where women could be equals. They belong there. The movie implied there should be an issue with that. I don't agree.
With AI and deepfake, maybe they can edit the movie so that Dirty Harry is the one who catches the mule in the end (and takes out the whole cartel).