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Prospect (2018)
Recommended! (But obviously polarising)
As you can see by the reviews posted so far, this little gem polarises the audience.
One share of the Reviews is 7-10, the other 1-3. Almost nothing in between.
Probably this his to to with the expections.
Well, if you're looking for some fast-paced space battle pew pew laser action this isn't the movie you want to watch.
This isn't a movie about aliens or about high-tech spacecraft.
It's a movie about a few people in a difficult situation.
Made using simple means but with love to the detail. Retro in the best sense. Slow but thrilling. Good acting.
To give away too much of the plot would be a shame. So just watch and enjoy.
(Or don't watch if you only like movies with tons of explosions and lengthy chases.)
Annihilation (2018)
Clearly no Sci-Fi movie. Unclear what it is...
First of all I'd like to point out that this is NOT a Science Fiction movie.
For 80% of the reviews it seems to go without saying that it IS a Sci-Fi movie. Hoewever I don't see why it could be classified that way.
Of course, there seems to be something extraterrestrial. But since the movie does not explain anything and stays vague and mystical till the end, there obviously is no science in this fiction.
But if it's not Sci-Fi, what is it then? Hard to tell. As I already stated, the whole movie is quite vague and mystical. There really aren't much hints (and certainly no explanation) about what is going on in the "world" of Annihilation. And since you don't get to know what's happening, you can't really classify the movie. Just from the things that are shown and said, I'd call it a rather bad mystery thriller. But I also see that a lot of people seem to describe it as some kind of metaphor for a psychological disorder.
The Girlfriend Experience (2016)
Unresolved plot
To make it short: This series will make you feel betrayed.
It starts several arcs of suspense that make you continue watching but it finalizes nothing. There is no resolve at all.
At the end of the first season the viewer has no answers to questions that seemed to drive the plot.
And at the beginning of the second season the viewer realizes disbelievingly that this starts a completely new plot with new characters.
Waste of time.
Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi (2017)
I have never been a big fan of Star Wars
I have never been a big fan of Star Wars because I found the movies to be mediocre in most of the relevant aspects.
They had mediocre stories placed in a galaxy of mediocre creativity with cheap aesthetics and a questionable concept of man.
So watching a Star Wars movie has been a mostly boring experience for me in the past.
Now guess what: This one was a positive suprise. Probably because I didn't have high expections.
Of course the story isn't really good. It's in a lot of parts ridiculous and it's 100% predictable. Of course the movie irritates an intelligent human being from the first scenes on:
Why do we have bombers that have to fly "above" the target in space? Why are their bombs falling "downwards" as there were gravity? Why do laser shots have a ballistic path to their target? If you can destroy a whole fleet with a light jump why didn't they "weaponize" this long ago?
But to hell with such questions. Star Wars always has been fantasy and never Science Fiction. They nerver understood space. They never had an inspired access to technological fiction.
So why did I enjoy wtching this piece then?
Because I start to like the aesthetics and the well made action scenes.
And this is said by someone who normally hates the overuse of boring action sequences in movies. But somehow the overuse of action sequences didn't seem boring to me. Dont' know why. Maybe because there were those super-cool red guys? Who knows.
So overall I can say that I found the new Star Wars entertaining. But I feel a bit sad for the real fans of the franchise. I guess they had some expectations about character development and continuation of story that weren't met. Because this must be said: The charecters are mostly colourless and dull. The movie tells us almost nothing about their history, their psychology, their goals. What's about this Snoke guy? Oh never mind, he's dead before you learn anything about him anyway...
... but hey - who did expect a decent story from Star Wars anyway?
A Good Day to Die Hard (2013)
Uninspired and boring
I liked the three 'original' Die Hard Movies and I found the fourth one to be a pretty much successful modernization.
But this one, the fifth, is just boring and therefore not worth watching.
The main problems are in my opinion: - There is really not much humor in it. They try sometimes... but they fail.
- The story is boring and uninspired. They should have taken some of the money and invested it in a good screenwriter instead of the destruction of tons of hardware.
- There is too much shooting and destruction. It's okay to have a lot of action in a Die Hard movie. But endless action scenes can't compensate for the lack of story.
- The characters are colorless. Even John McClane isn't really acceptable in this part... not to speak of the others.
I'm giving it four stars because the action and the filming is professionally made. But that doesn't mean that anyone should go watch this boring piece of celluloid.
Django Unchained (2012)
Another overrated Tarantino
First I must say that I'm not a big Tarantino fan anyway. I really like Jackie Brown, but the other Tarantinos I saw could in my opinion never live up to the hype that was made about them.
Now Django is not much different. It's not really catastrophic. It actually is even funny in quite some scenes. But I still don't see what should make it from the solid B-Movie it really is to the masterpiece that a lot of people want to make us believe it is.
I like the humor, I like the music and I like some of the homages. But it's too long and it isn't enough compelling or intelligent to make it a really good movie.
Act of Valor (2012)
Wirklich ziemlich schlecht...
Dass dieser Film hier eine doch recht anständige Wertung von derzeit 6.4 inne hat ist wirklich kaum nachvollziehbar.
Einige Actionszenen mögen durchaus halbwegs gelungen sein - aber das sollte selbst für die hartgesottensten Actionfans keine ausreichende Entschädigung dafür sein, sich durch den Rest des Filmes zu quälen.
Nicht nur dass die Story ziemlich langweilig, uninspiriert und teilweise auch einfach frei von Logik ist, nein, auch die Schauspielerische Leistung ist insgesamt eher dritt als zweitklassig.
Den Vogel abgeschossen haben die Produzenten allerdings mit den wirklich absurd schlechten Dialogen, bei denen man sich oft nur an den Kopf fassen kann.
Ich kann jedem nur empfehlen, mit seiner Zeit etwas besseres anzufangen als diesen Film zu schauen.
Act of Valor (2012)
Wirklich ziemlich schlecht...
Dass dieser Film hier eine doch recht anständige Wertung von derzeit 6.4 inne hat ist wirklich kaum nachvollziehbar.
Einige Actionszenen mögen durchaus halbwegs gelungen sein - aber das sollte selbst für die hartgesottensten Actionfans keine ausreichende Entschädigung dafür sein, sich durch den Rest des Filmes zu quälen.
Nicht nur dass die Story ziemlich langweilig, uninspiriert und teilweise auch einfach frei von Logik ist, nein, auch die Schauspielerische Leistung ist insgesamt eher dritt als zweitklassig.
Den Vogel abgeschossen haben die Produzenten allerdings mit den wirklich absurd schlechten Dialogen, bei denen man sich oft nur an den Kopf fassen kann.
Ich kann jedem nur empfehlen, mit seiner Zeit etwas besseres anzufangen als diesen Film zu schauen.
Centurion (2010)
Mediocre
Generally I'm very interested in Roman history but this movie wasn't really able to fascinate me. The plot of the movie is neither especially thrilling nor does it seem very plausible to me. Actually a lot of it seems quite implausible. The movie has some interesting moments in it but most of the time it's long-winded. A positive thing about "Centurion" is that there isn't the typical 'good and bad' thing. But the reason for that is, that no character is really symphatetic which on the other hand is not very positive. Better ways to entertain yourself with Roman history are out there but for some pastime it's okay. Don't expect too much.