DoNotComeToTheCinemaDepressed Reviews

Sting (2024)

😆 It was Ridiculous at Times 😂

[7/10 · 2 June 2024]

Just Got out of a Screening of Sting

LOL 😂

Elements of the Film -

• 🐢 The Slow Build of the film which I actually liked.

• 👱🏻 The Lead Girl of the Film Charlotte was a Peculiar Insect Collector/Artist. Which actually Lended to the Film Quite Well.

• 📜 The Necessary Drama between the Family was Injected when needed, there could of just been all Out Spider Action, but that would of gotten Old Pretty Quickly.

• 😂 There's a few moments in this that are Either Intentionally(Exterminator Guy close up shot saying "Let's Kill this ***** ") or Unintentionally(The Baby WTH 🍼 😂) Hilarious.

Overall, I mean it wasn't a Bad Time at the Cinema.

Haikyuu!! The Dumpster Battle (2024)

🦅I Had Fun 🐈

[9/10 · 2 June 2024]

Just Got out of a Screening of Haiku!!: The Dumpster Battle

It was a Fantastic Watch 🎉

Elements I Loved about the Film -

• 📜 I Loved the Setup of the 2 Teams Nekoma & Karasuno each possessing a Number of Tall, Strong, Fast & Formidable Players.

• 💭🤔 Another Excellent Element was Kenma being not very Athletic, but Mastering the Tactics of Volleyball, and Knowing the Game inside out & Knowing the Mentality of the Game inside Out.

• 🦅🐈 The Cat and the Crow Symbol of one Team Being Formidable in the Air 🦅 & the Other Team being Strong Across the Floor 🐈

• 🏐 The Actual Battles in the Some of the Rounds were Fantastic to watch, with Build Up in different Motions, Hyperreal Jumps, Slow Motion, Realm Shifts, Symbolisms etc. It was Such a Watch.

1 Gripe I have with the Film -

• 🤷🏻 Why End the Film Like that? It would of been far more effective for him to a slow motion stunning swerve ball shot that curls wildly and it falls just outside of the line and they lose. And then he should say "At the end of the day, I Still had Fun"

Overall, a Very Good Time at the Cinema.

Young Woman and the Sea (2024)

🏊 It was a Good Watch 🏊

[8/10 · 2 June 2024]

Just got out of a Screening of Young Woman and the Sea.

Elements of the Film -

• 🤔 The Film had this Strange Tone to it. Most of the Characters were playing it seriously but Daisy Ridleys Character was doing this Weird Whimsical thing during a lot of her Performance. Which was actually Amusing to watch Actually.

• ⏩ The Film was also doing this Going through the motions thing of "Well, this happened, and then this happened and then that happened". Which actually kept me engaged actually 😂. The Pacing was really good because of this aspect.

• 1.a 📜 The Plotline is based on Real Events (although somebody noted that, many things were either skipped over, or completely made up), of Gertrude Ederle and her Swim of the English Channel.

• 1.b 📜 It's the Feel Good Biopic of a Person is in Some sort of Difficulty, that said person finds a way to overcome that difficulty, and gains the Victory/Overcomes the Situation.

• 🎥🌊🚢 There's quite a few Shots of the water and a shot of the gigantic ocean liner that were huge in scale. Some really Gorgeous Shots.

🏊 The Actual 1st and 2nd attempt swims were great to watch especially the 2nd one.

• 🔍🌊She faces the vast expanse of a body of water.

• 🎶 She has music to help her on her way.

• 🍗 She's continually going forward, she's then hungry and gets some food during the swim.

• 🎵 The music box is then broken.

• 📝 The Press are then putting pressure on her.

• 🎐 She has to swim through a line of Jellyfish. Being absolutely shredded as she moves through it.

• 🌊 She then has to move through "the shallows" with no marker (boat showing her the line towards the beach).

• 🌑 Continue through the shallows in utter Darkness.

Overall, In the End, it was a Good Watch.

Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In (2024)

😳🌆 World Building & Insane Action ⚡

[9/10 · 29 May 2024]

Just Got out of a Screening of Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In.

Positives -

• 📜 The Premise is based on a book called City of Darkness, and the Film itself has Different Gangs Taking Over the Walled City for their own Interests.

• 🙋🏼🙋🙋🏻Characters. Sammo Hung = Good, Louis Koo = Great

Philip Ng = Outstanding. Everyone else was Solid.

• 🌆 The Walled City was such an Experience and Excellent to Watch and Be in. It was Gritty and Claustrophobic as Hell. The Filmakers did so well to Replicate The Real life Walled City in Kowloon

• 🔉Sound Design and Impact Impact Sounds were very good. The Cyclone Sound design was such an experience. Utilising the Surround sound in the Auditorium.

• 🥊⚡ Some of the Battles were Insane, with Absolutely Brilliant Bodily Movement, it had the Perfection of Running in a couple of the scenes. Philip Ng was Outstanding.

1 Negative -

• The Scene with the Ak47s was too much, they should of kept it to 0 Guns in the film.

Overall, the film has many Outstanding Moments.

Hit Man (2023)

👍 Good Film + The Message Walkthrough Scene was Excellent 📲

[8/10 · 29 May 2024]

Just Got out of a Screening of Hit Man.

Positives of the Film -

• 🔥 💕 2 Really Attractive Leads Certainly Helps. Glenn Powell puts in a Good Performance, switching personas as different Hit Men, also the Message walkthrough scene he does near the end was so good. Adria Arjona also does very well and is Super Hot and Sexy as Hell in this.

• 📜 The Reveal by Madison to Ron(Gary) was really good because of the build up of her thinking he's this ruthless Hitman, this means she was confident enough to tell him the situation and us the audience could see this as outside watchers, it was really good.

• 📜 The Ending was Quite Surprising.

• 📲 The Message walkthrough scene was so good.

Negative of the Film -

• 🙎🏼⚡🙋🏼 The Actor that Played Jasper should of been told to add Amp + Zany into his Performance, as he is, he's ok, but it would have made this whole film far better.

Overall, it's Good + The Message Walkthrough Scene.

Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (2024)

👼🏻🌚 "She's the Darkest of Angels" GOD, I LOVE THIS FILM! 🎨

[10/10 · 27 May 2024]

"Do You Have it in you to make it Epic?"

Just Got of a Dolby Cinema Screening of Furiosa.

Anya Taylor Joy and Chris Hemsworth are So Good in This.

1 to 1 Comparison of Fury Road & Furiosa Below.

• 📜 Script Wise, Furiosa is Superior to Fury Road.

1. Furiosa(The Movie) has the Build of a Young Furiosa all the way up to Adult Furiosa and it's Very Good. How She met Immortan Joe etc. It also Feels more Expansive, doing little Bits of Exploring of 3 Locations (Gastown, Bullet Farm & The Citadel).

2. Fury Road is Furiosa Steals the 5 Wives, "Bumps" into Max, Tells Max that they're Heading to "The Green Place", Max Realises that "The Green Place" isn't there, and all of this is happening whilst Immortan Joe and his Army are Chasing Them across the Desert.

• 🎨 Visuals, it's a Tie.

1a. Both Fury Road and Furiosa have Some Stunning Visuals, Both have Amazing Colour Palettes. Both have the Light Blue Sky Coupling the Orange Sand Shots. The Sandstorm Scene in Fury Road and That Blue Scene in Fury Road Looked so Good.

1b. The Very Ending of Furiosa when she is Beating Up Dementus and there is a Shot when her Neck was Amped Up with Veins Popping & Strong, Such a Breathtaking Shot.

• 🎭 The Characters. It's Too Tough to Call. It's Another Tie.

1a. Fury Road has the 5 Wives who Certainly Add much to the film both performance wise and plot wise, it has Of Course Max who is Definitely Missed in Furiosa, it has Charlize Therons' Furiosa, it has Nux, it has a More Significant Performance by Immortan Joe.

1b. Furiosa has Furiosas' mother (Excellent Opening), it has Chris Hemsworth as Dementus who is Very Charismatic in this, it has Immortan Joe but he's not as Prominent in this, it Has Anya Taylor Joy as Furiosa (She's better than Charlize Therons' Furiosa in my opinion, "You Fabulous thing" as Dementus Puts it). It has Immortan Joes 2 Sons. And it has Praetorian Jack.

• 💥 The Action Scenes - Fury Road Wins. Furiosa has Spectacular Action Scenes too but Fury Road has More of them.

Just to name a few.

1. The Bike Jumping Scene in Fury Road, the Guitar Guy 🎸, the Pole Vaults in Fury Road, the Max Fighting Furiosa and the 5 Wives near the start of Fury Road.

2. Furiosa does have some Amazing Action, The Parachute Scene, The Sniper Scene & Dementus on top of the Tower Scene.

• 🎬 Bonus. I noticed that some of the Camera Work was Excellent in Furiosa. The Scene with Furiosas' Mother Captured and "The History Man" in the Foreground & Furiosas' Mother in the Background Tied Up, the Camera Does this Stunning Quick Change of Lens and i just thought it was Brilliant Camera work.

• ⌛ The Endings. Fury Road Wins. The Epic Ending in Fury Road when the Citadel realise that Immortan Joe is Dead and the "Let them up chant" & the Score as Max Looks up at Furiosa With the Little Nod in that moment. You just can't Beat that.

Overall, They're 2 Brilliant Pieces of Artistry within Cinema, 2 Distinct Masterworks in their own right imo. 1 tips the Scales in Story & 1 Tips the Scales in Action.

The Garfield Movie (2024)

💥 Never a Dull Moment⚡

[10/10 · 26 May 2024]

Just Got Out Of a Garfield The Movie Screening

This could Be in My Top 26 Films of the Year 2024.

What I liked about the Film -

• ⚡ First and Foremost is the High Energy Laced within the Film throughout almost all of the Runtime. The Dialogue and Energy is Firing. It's so Energetic.

• 💥 Secondly, the Sound Designed Moments, there's a few of them. 2 Specific Ones I can think of right now are the Electrocuted Bird Sound Design of a BOOM ⚡ 💥. And the 2nd one of the SILENCE 🤐🐇 🔕 whilst Speeding Down Hill past Some Sleeping Animals.

• 💪 The Otto Training Garfield, Odie & Vic Scene was Hilarious at Times 😆😂

• 🎵 The Actual Music within the Film was really good.

• 📜 🐈 🐕 Odie, The Plotline & Characters. The Plotline is Fun with multiple Moments & Garfield, Otto, Vic, Odie(my Favourite), Jinx, Roland & Nolan were All Good Characters within the Film and Service the Plotline Very Well.

• 🎬🔥 The Fire Breathing Scene by Garfield was Good.

• 🚁 The Drone Scene with the Top Gun Music was Amazing.

Overall, it very well could be in my Top 26 Films of the year 2024, it was an Excellent Watch.

The Strangers: Chapter 1 (2024)

❓ Is Tammer here? Is Tammer Here? Answer the Damn Question, I said, IS TAMMER HERE? 😤

[1/10 · 17 May 2024]

No tammer isn't here and who Wrote and Directed this Film?

Just Got out of a The Strangers: Chapter One Screening.

😴The #1 Cinematic Law - Don't Make your Films That Boring, so Boring, that it is, that Dead of a Watch.

😴The #2 Cinematic Law - Don't Make Your Films That Uneventful.

😴The #3 Cinematic Law - Engage the Audience.

I mean, Just How Bad Can You Make a Film? It was an absolute Bore of a Watch.

My 1 Positive of the Film

1. The Crawling Under The House, Nail Scene

The Negatives of the Film -

😠 - The Film is Trying So Hard to Build Up Tension, and it's just not there. There's nothing that is of edge of your seat stuff Here. Again the Nail Scene was ok.

🤦 - The Absolutely Brain Dead Moments, you're in Multiple Life or Death Situations, you've got a Shot Gun, They've Got Axes and Knives, and you're slowly approaching the Porch ever so slowly to Execute these Psychopaths?(The outcome was Different, but I'm making a point). Does the Protagonist realise that the Antagonists have brought Knives to a Gun Fight?

😒 - There's no Context or Explanation of Anything Here.

Q. "Why are you doing this", A. "Because You're Here"

Well Guess What? THAT'S BORING AS HELL.

🤷 - "But Cut them some Slack, you've gotta see Chapter 2 & Chapter 3". Well after sitting through this absolute Snoozefest, who actually gives a crap about seeing the Sequels?

Overall, an Absolutely Pointless Sit-down in the Cinema. One of the Worst Films I've seen in a Cinema this Year 2024.

Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes (2024)

👎Without Proximus, this Film has Almost Nothing👎

[3/10 · 12 May 2024]

Just Got out of a Dolby Cinema Screening of Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes.

It was Boring as Hell...........until Proximus Enters into the Film.

What I liked -

🐒 - The Visual Effects of the Apes Faces were anywhere from good, to at times Amazing with Certain Expressions.

🌁 - The Landscape Shots and Scenery were again, Amazing to take in. I loved being there immersed in those Shots.

📜- The Premise of the Plotline (Which is completely Wasted)

🦅 - The Very Ending Kill with the Eagles, I thought it was a Good Idea.

⚡- Proximus, as soon as he Enters into the Film, the Boredom Ceases and he Brings the Energy and Charisma.

What I didn't like -

• 🤦 By the time we get to Proximus, it's well over an hour into the film, that leaves everything about Proximus and his Motivations to be Completely Rushed in. There's not a proper build to it.

😴 - The Absolute Boredom and Snooze that this Films Slogs along through (until they get to Proximus)

😐 - The Main Protagonist Noah, he was boring as hell.

😐 - Freya Allens Character, just not a lot presented for her to do, particularly because of the awful Structuring of this Film.

📜 - The Misuse of the Plotline, can we actually have a Build Towards the Premise? Instead of waiting for 1 hour and 20 minutes to actually present the point?

🤦 - When the Flood Happens, why is Sylva Fighting Noah? Shouldn't Sylva be focusing on Climbing to High Ground? It was Stupid as Hell.

Overall, this is Nowhere Near Dawn or War. Not Even Close.

IF (I) (2024)

😢Sad..... So Sad 😢

[10/10 · 11 May 2024]

Just Got Out of a Screening of IF.

Such a Perfectly Calibrated Film Across All of the Aspects Of the Filmaking.

🏠📜 The intro, Build & Plotline - The opening "Shows you" and doesn't "Tell You" of the Tragedy. And then the rest of the build of the film is so well put together in this Slowly unfolding manner, about the IFs, the Plotline with Bea and her Role with the IFs, and also the Plotline of Bea and the Tragedy that hit her and then another trial(with the father) that is shaky and unsure of the outcome. The Reveal of Cal and what he was all along. It's just so good.

🎵 The Score - Again, another perfect calibration, Firstly, we have the Tone of the Score which exactly fits this particular film, and then Secondly we have the Use of the Score, Perfectly Placed When Needed and this Score NEVER outstays it's welcome.

😢The Tone of the Film - There's this Underlying Tone of Sadness Steeped within that's present throughout the Entirety of this Film. That's the Main Contents of the Tone, With Fits and Starts and Glimmers of Happiness.

💭 Imagination Segment - This was such a Great Segment, the Part when Bea Is told by the Bear to Use Her Imagination to Create Anything she wanted and Ryan Reynolds' character is constantly on the ropes 🤣😂 through the hallways and so on. It was Such an Excellent Segment.

💃The Dance Segment with the Grandmother - Such a Beautiful Segment, knowing her Story, and her describing the lighting and dust particles Whilst dancing when she was a Child and seeing her relive that Moment and Reconnect with her IF was Great to See.

🙋The Performances - Cailey Fleming who is Very Good Here, Ryan Reynolds, again Very Good, and then we have John Krasinski who certainly adds to the film.

🎭The IF designs - I really liked Blossom 🌼 and her Voice, Blue was ok 💜, and I really liked many of the Designs, Sunny 🌞, Unicorn 🦄, Robot🤖, Bubble💦, Art Teacher 🎨, Spaceman🌌, Ice Water🚱, Magician Mouse 🐁. All these particular Designs Mentioned, I really liked them.

💬 - The Speech that Bea Gives near the Very End in the Hospital. It was so Emotional. There were at least 2 people Sniffling in the Auditorium from what I could hear.

Overall, The Emotional Core Within the Film was So Strong.

Love Lies Bleeding (2024)

👍Starts off well and then loses steam around 1 hour in 👎 and then just turns into an absolute disaster. 🤦

[1/10 · 3 May 2024]

Just Got out of a screening of love Lies bleeding.

• 😤Here's the deal, this film would of actually worked if the film had steeped the tone inside a whimsical framework. Because of not doing that, and being a pretty much dead serious film(with Psychedelic elements), it eventually turns to mush.

• 🎥On a Positive Note. Some of the Landscape Shots of the Night Sky, Stars and Desert Background Were gorgeous to See and the Sound and Score 🎵 were Really Good.

There's not a lot else to say, you have to watch the film to understand.

There was a cool concept in there & then they take that same concept way too far and for me it just completely nullifies the entire film. I was just sitting there thinking "What am I watching? Who thought this was a good idea?" 🤦

As for the Actual Crux of the Plotline with Ed Harris' Character, it is was quite interesting, but again a lot of the stuff surrounding it just wasn't.

Overall, Looking back after I left the cinema, it was an absolute Disaster.

Tarot (I) (2024)

🃏 For what it was working with, it was ok. Could of chosen a different and better ending though. 🃏

[7/10 · 3 May 2024]

Just Got out of a Screening of Tarot

I wasn't Bored, I'll give the film that.

Also the Sound Design was Good, utilising the Surround Sound in the Auditorium effectively.

I really liked the different Scenarios the Tarot Cards put them in.

• 🎴The High Priestess

• 🎴The Hangman

• 🎴The Hermit

• 🎴The Fool(Best one & Quite Entertaining actually)

• 🎴The Magician

• 🎴Death

• 🎴6 Swords(that was the Crappiest one)

• 🎴The Devil(2nd Crappiest one)

My main issue with the film(other than not being Scary) was the ending, they choose the "destroy the demon" path we've seen a thousand times Before. I think they should of went with the "bring back the demon to human form" which is definitely a path offered at the very ending Climactic battle. It's a better choice for this particular film.

Stick around for the immediate credit scene of how Jacob Batalon gets out of his Tarot Situation.(It's ridiculous 😁)

Overall, it was Ok.

The Fall Guy (2024)

⏳The Runtime is too long for what the Film was actually Doing. But it was entertaining nonetheless.⌛

[8/10 · 3 May 2024]

Just got out of a Dolby Cinema Screening of The Fall Guy.

Positives -

• ⚡The High Energy the Film Starts with was Great, that Beach scene with the Explosions and the Director pacing back and forth and being asked questions about the different aspects of her film really sets the pace well.

• 🔬 The Chemistry Between Ryan Gosling & Emily Blunt was Super Strong on screen, that Scene in the first act, with Emily Blunt with the Mega Phone on the Beach was Excellent.

• 🔬 The Chemistry Between Ryan Gosling and Winston Duke was also Great.

• 💥 A few of the Action Scenes were Good, I specifically liked the Club scene with the Eye Popping Visual Effects.

• 😆 Some of the Comedy Worked (others bits of comedy didn't though)

• 🐚 The Dune Parody was Fun to see.

Neutral -

• 📜 The Plotline was Fine, this is not a plot Heavy film.

Negatives -

• 😒 Aaron Taylor Johnson is not Utilised Here Fully at All.

• ⌛The Film went on for too long for this premise.

Overall, it was Entertaining Enough.

I.S.S. (2023)

🤷 I mean, what were you guys expecting? 🤷

[10/10 · 3 May 2024]

Just got Out of a an I. S. S. Screening.

I've been hearing all this noise of just how bad this film was, so I finally hit the cinema to check it out.

What were the vast majority of people expecting? A major life changing event in cinema? Or some mind blowing plot, so good that it was an epiphany within cinema? 🤦

No. What the film was actually doing, was doing it very effectively.

Elements of the Film -

• 🎥 The Build of the Film is Built and Paced Perfectly.

• 🚀Some of the Shots of the Outside of the Space Station were visually great to see.

• 🎵 The Score and Sound Design of the Film is a Major component of this film. It builds the suspense needed.

• 👍 Couple the score with this premise of a friendly situation gone sour and eventually hostile and it produces an effective film that doesn't unnecessarily over complicate things.

Overall, it's another perfectly fine film.

Challengers (2024)

🎾The Structure, the Plotline, the Slow Unfold, the Performances, the Score, it was just so Good 🎾

[10/10 · 28 April 2024]

Just Got out of a Dolby Cinema Screening of Challengers

The Elements -

• 🏠 The Structuring. This is a nonlinear Film, in Filmaking, this can sometimes take the wind out of the sails, not here though, in fact it kept the flow of the wind Perfectly

• 📜 The Plotline. The Plotline is about Tashi and these 2 Guys she's Manipulating, and as certain events happen (especially to Tashi) the Dynamics of their Relationships change.

• 🐢The Slow Unfold. As we Move through the Film, things Slowly Unfold, and we see why Tashi is doing what she is doing, she wanted to keep that Super Rich Lifestyle and also she carries on her career vicariously through Art.

• 🙋👱The Performances. All 3 of the Lead Performances are Really Good. All 3 Equally as Good as Eachother. We have Patrick who is Confidently Better at Tennis than Art, we have Art who's looking for that final bit of success to add to his already illustrious career and we have Tashi who is Living Through Art(after a certain event happens)

• 🎵The Score. Such a Good Score, it sounded excellent and it fitted the Film Perfectly. Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross nailed this Score.

• 🍃The Ambience and Vibe in certain Scenes, especially that scene when Art and Tashi are playing tennis to help aid Tashis' Recovery and the 3 people in the stands having their own conversation. The Ambience was so good.

Overall, it's most likely a once every 2 decades experience.

Scarygirl (2023)

🎨 A Finely Made Film 🎥

[10/10 · 28 April 2024]

Just Got out of a Scarygirl Screening.

Elements of the Film -

• 🌷The Flow of this Film was Absolutely Perfect, From Plot point to Plot Point, with Characters Being Added at correct times and/or Engaging with eachother in Important Narrative Moments.

• 🎵 The Score of the Film (especially when in the City) was such a good Vibe.

• 🎶 The Sound Design was well done too, with sounds moving from around the screen to the side speakers of the auditorium.

• 🌆 I liked the Animation Style, it served the film well and the Shots of the City were Gorgeous.

• 📜 The Actual Plotline itself was Very Good, the Filmakers kept it Sort of Hidden for most of the Film and then it reveals itself, which was Excellently Done.

Overall, a Very Well Made Film, with Greatly Paced Narrative Storytelling and a Beautiful Vibe(Especially when they get to the City) & Beautiful Visuals(Again, Especially of the City).

Spy x Family Code: White (2023)

🔎On my list as One of the Best Films of 2024💫

[10/10 · 28 April 2024]

Just Got out of a 4DX Screening of Spy x Family Code: White

What I loved about the Film -

• 🔥A Slow Burn into an absolute Blitzkrieg of a 3rd Act. SEE THIS IS 4DX GUYS!

• 🔥⚡Again, on the slow burn, it just works, it keeps you engaged throughout with this quest to find ingredients for this cake for Anyas' Project, and then, because it's "slowly burning"...........it THEN hits you⚡, Which is even more effective because of that.

• The "Family" Dynamic they have with eachother is so good, they're distant yet so close to eachother. This is Excellent Writing 👌

• Anya and the Toilet World Segment was such an experience 🌈 🚽

• 👨‍👩‍👧The Characters were so good, especially Snidel, he added so much to the film in my opinion, Loid was Solid, Yor is excellent and Type F literally lit the cinema on fire. WHAT AN EXPERIENCE!

Overall, one of the Best Films Of 2024.

Boy Kills World (2023)

🙇It Just Didn't Work For me. It was an Absolute Letdown🙇

[1/10 · 28 April 2024]

Just Got Out of a Boy Kills World Screening.

• 👎The Main Reason this Film Started to Get Boring as Hell (Until the Very End Hallway Shootout Scene and the Very Ending 2 Vs 1 fight, Great Manoeuvres in both those Segments) is because Bill Skarsgards Character Doesn't Actually Speak(he has this inner voice over Which is amusing at first, but then runs out after around 15 minutes), the Problem with this Filmaking Decision is that, us the audience are not engaged with the Character, which leads to an absolute bore of a watch.

• 👎Secondly, you have this character that adds another shot of absolute boredom into the film because he speaks gibberish words, which again keeps up the disengagement with the film.

• 👎The Jokes weren't Funny, the cinema was dead silent

• 👎At this point I was out, I didn't care about what was going on, people were checking their phones, one guy was sleeping in the back row, and this couple got up and left the cinema around halfway through the film.

• 👎Some of the Action Scenes weren't that good

• 👎 Where's the World Building? Build the World.

• 👎When it got to the Plotline reveal(which was kinda interesting), I didn't care, I was checked out.

• 👎 Most of the characters were either boring as hell, or Completely Wasted

Positives -

• 💃The Costume Designs, the Set Designs and the tone was Great.

• 🎮Jessica Rothe - I loved her character design, straight out of a Video Game, and her character has an amazing fight in the Very End fight.

• 🎮Michelle Dockery - She Looked Great, Great Costume, she literally looked like a side scrolling video game boss at stage 4.

• 💊Yayan Ruhian - Great Fight Choreography in the Very End Fight.

• 🥊The very ending hallway shootout was good and the very ending 2 Vs 1 fight was Excellent, some of the moves in the warehouse fight in the first act were good.

Overall, it was a Completely Missed Opportunity, it should of had Bill Skarsgards Character speak, keep the energy as a high energy stage to stage type deal, literally like a side scroll video game. And introduce even more Hyperreal, video game type characters.

Aespa World Tour in Cinemas (2024)

🤦🏻I'm sorry but 2 out of the 4 Girls are Terrible Dancers🤦🏻

[3/10 · 25 April 2024]

Just got out of a Screen X Aespa World Tour Screening.

After Watching Beyonces' Film "Renaissance" and Taylor Swifts Film "The Eras Tour" , this Aespa Film Was an absolute Letdown.

3 people got up and left the film 10 minutes before the end. And as soon as the film ended, this couple got up and bolted towards the exit.

Aespas' Music Video Performances DO NOT translate to a Live Performance at all, and it's because 2 of the 4 Girls are not Great Dancers, they were not giving it their all and it completely stands out when all 4 are Dancing Near eachother.

• 🌟 Karina - By far the Best of all 4 of the Girls, Best Bodily Movement in the Routines and she Looks Stunningly Beautiful 😍 too.

• ✨ Winter - Second Best of the 4, she does Very Well in the Routines and again, very Beautiful 💙.

• 🎤 Ningning - Great Singing Ability, but Very Bad Dancer. Too Lackluster. She needs to Drastically Improve.

• 🤷 Giselle - Terrible Dancer, just terrible. The Casting of Aespa could of literally went on to the Street and got anyone for the 4th spot. She needs vast amounts of Dance and Routine training.

Beyonce and Taylor Swift go Full Force in their Live Performances and I understand that this is a Girl group of 4, so it's even harder.

So here's what to do -

• 💃First of all, Ningning & Giselle need to Drastically improve their bodily Movement, it was lackluster as hell at times. Just terrible. They need Sharp and Strong Movements like Karina, not Lackluster and weak as hell movements.

• 🔀 Also, change up the routines, have 2 girls do one routine simultaneously, and have the other 2 girls do another routine simultaneously.

• 🔃 Start getting some new and better moves too. Some of the moves were generic as hell.

It got so bad that the Backup Dancers were better than 2 of the Girls.

• 1 Positive, The Stage Backgrounds looked Great, and some of their Best Songs were great to hear, especially my favourite song of theirs "Next Level".

Overall, this film was nowhere Near Beyonce and Taylor Swifts Films.

Abigail (2024)

💃 Do you see what happens when your Writing is Excellent? It was a Perfect Watch🦇

[10/10 · 25 April 2024]

"I like to Play With My Food"

Just Got out of a Screening of Abigail.

The Build of this Film is So Well Structured.

Elements of the Film -

• 💃 The Intro of the Film with Abigail Ballet Dancing and then into the Subsequent Kidnapping, sets the Film up so well. It Immediately Captures Your Attention with these 2 things.

• 😤 SIDE NOTE RANT - PEOPLE THAT CUT THE TRAILERS, CAN YOU PLEASE DIAL IT BACK? AND STOP SHOWING KEY MOMENTS? JEEZ.

• 🤷 Ok with that out of the way, this is to the Audience and People that didn't see the Trailer or barely go to the Cinema 2 Times a Year - You Guys probably experienced the Presentation within the film, of These Criminals seemingly having everything under total control of the kidnapping of this "innocent 😇😂" little girl. And that little did they know and they didn't know what they were actually dealing with and completely not Prepared for what is about to happen.

• 🍻 Next we have the "Drinks at the Bar" Scene with the Different Characters. Excellent Scene. With Melissa Barrera(Gorgeous 😍) playing a game of detailing certain things about the 5 other Characters.

• 💃 The Performance by this Young Girl Alisha Weir was just so Good, playing innocent, and then playing evil, doing ballet moves during fights, dancing and playing around etc. She was Outstanding in Matilda and she's Excellent in this. She's Going to be a Superstar in the Future (hopefully)⭐

• 🚓 Dan Stevens as "Frank" - Super Charismatic and Strong Screen Presence, Leader of the Pack.

• 💉 Melissa Barrera as "Joey" - Great Narrative Purpose with Abigail, and also a Very Good Performance.

• 💻 Kathryn Newton as "Sammy", she has this somewhat bubbly personality and another great narrative element within the Film later on.

• 🔫 Will Catlett as "Mr Rickles", Great Backdrop Narrative of possibly Popping Up 🍾 later on, after we find out a certain element within the film.

• 🚐 Angus Cloud as "Dean", Love the Music bit with them in the Van Together.

• 💪 Kevin Durand as "Peter", Big Strong Dumb Muscle, with a couple of lol moments.

• 📜 Giancarlo Esposito as Lambert, Another Great Narrative and Proposition moment.

• 🦇 Matthew Goode, the Appearance & Conclusion.

• 😆😂 The Laugh out Loud Moments

1a. The Conversation about what they know about Vampires 🦇 was Amusing to Hear and Watch.

1b. What could actually Work,Stakes, Daylight 🌞, Garlic(doesn't work😅), Crucifixes ⛪, Holy Water ⛲.

2. 😆 The First Attempt at killing her and Kathryn Newton running out the door saying " No, no no, no" was funny.

3. 😂 The Second attempt at Killing her and the Aftermath of Dan Stevens Hobbling and Swearing was Belly laughingly hilarious 😂, one of the funniest moments in the film.

4. 😆 The "And then there was None" moment was another funny moment.

• 🔚 The Ending, it was Perfect, with the Lambert Resolution, the Takeover and then the Melissa Barrera and Abigail Narrative set-up in the beginning. Abigail having the Father Issue, Abigail being straight up Evil but then Playing Manipulative for her own gain. It just all works.

Overall, one of the Best Films of 2024(so far).

Rebel Moon - Part Two: The Scargiver (2024)

🌙 if you even think for a second about the actual premise, it's an absolute Embarrassment of a film, it's utter Buffoonery 🤦🏻

[1/10 · 23 April 2024]

Just got out of a Screening of Rebel Moon Part 2 : The Scargiver.

This Could Go Down as one of the Most Intellectually Insulting Films ever made.

🌙 - These 2 Films Premise is that a Intergalactic Empire of Huge Scale, need this Wheat 🌾 from a Small Village on a Planet called Veldt. Q. Is the Wheat Superpowered and gives you temporary Superpowers every time it's eaten, so that you can continue and make it even easier to conquer other planets? A. No it doesn't do that, it's just Regular Wheat. Q. What? That's it? Wait, Hold on a Minute....

🌓 - Q. Can't this Intergalactic Empire Make other types of food? Can't they find other food sources somewhere else in the Galaxy? A. No, they can't, but there's something about that wheat though, I'm telling you.

🤦🏻 - The Village has around 200 people. Q. Well that's good, should be an easy defeat if things go sour right? A. Well no, the Villagers have Better Battle Tactics, such as digging ditches underground, and making underground tunnels, so they can surprise attack the Empire. Q. What? I thought this Intergalactic Empire has Superior Weapons, Equipment, Armour, Land & Air Vehicles and Tactically Trained Soldiers? A. Yeah, but the Villagers have Pitchforks, a couple of Rocket Launchers, Some Musket Guns, Axes and Swords. Q. What? Are you joking? A. No.

Do you get the Picture?

More Buffoonery -

🙇 - The Final Battle was Ridiculous with the Numbers and lack of numbers on the other side, and it also turned into Star Wars Point Blank Misses by Storm Troopers Stuff.

🤦🏻 - The Bridge Battle with Tarak, General Titus & The Villagers was an absolute Embarrassment of a Watch. Watch the Celebration Aftermath 🎉of that battle, with the villagers holding damn Melee Weapons in their hands after beating Assault Rifled armed Soldiers. 🤦🏻

🤦🏻 - Tarak is running around with 2 damn axes, whilst Red Laser Gunfire Beams are flying all around him and not a single bullet hits him? It reminded of how stupid the Storm troopers were in the Star Wars Films.

😂 - It got to a point where it became an absolute Laugh of a Watch. Atticus Noble decides to destroy the grain 🌾 because Kora is there at the village? But what about all that fuss noble kicked up at the village in part 1?

Things I actually liked about the film -

🌌 - The Visual Effects During the Battles were Great, I really liked the shots and the choices of the framing and it looked Stunning at times, with Smoke, Dust, Lighting & Slow Motion. The Hallway Gunfire scene with kora was good and the Jump by Kora in Slow Motion with the Handgun was Great to see.

👍 - The Backstorys of some of the characters, I would like to see more of that because it's actually better than this current time line.

👘 - Again on the Backstorys, the Costume Designs were Eye Gazing, absolutely beautiful costumes, coupled with the gorgeous cinematography & Visual Effects.

👱- So Princess issa was the one to dismantle all War Operations of the Motherworld, but Balisarius was not happy with this New Direction at All. And made Drastic Plans with Many other Nobles within the Empire. This Plot Point is so good. Is Princess issa the Key to a New Motherworld? "I Forgive You" - Did issa say that to Kora, knowing of Koras Forced Betrayal, yet also knowing the true extent of her Powers, Knowing the Pull Through and that all is not Over?

🎁 - I liked the Gifts scene when the young villager girl gives Kora & her companions gifts during the party 🎉

Overall, other than some of the Visual Effects and Close Shots(which I liked) in certain Scenes, the actual premise is so laughable that it turns into sheer Buffoonery. Get some drinks and some of your friends around. And there's that side of the entertainment factor.

The Book of Clarence (2023)

💡Man, the Level of Difficulty to pull this thing off with this exact tone was ridiculously difficult.💡

[9/10 · 19 April 2024]

Just Got out of a The Book of Clarence Screening.

There's one Tonal issue I had that was with a Speech 💬, that I think they should of delivered that speech in the Whimsical Tone rather than the Serious tone, it would of worked far better. All of the other serious moments worked though.

Other than that.

Excellent Film with a Massive Payoff.

Multiple Different Elements Intertwine & The Shadow Becomes the Body and then Clarence Knows & Believes.

🤔 Clarence Doubts God & Jesus(as does his Twin Brother Thomas doubts Clarence, and Clarence has an issue with Thomas Leaving) and Clarence flat out admits he thinks there is no God(or so he says until Life changing events occur)

💚I love the Build of this Film. The way they have Jesus presented within the film as "sort of there in the film, but also far off within the film" was Masterfully Done.

💙I loved the Tone, coupled with the English Accents and African Accents, the Binary Tone of Mostly Whimsical and also Serious Moments, was so good in this film.

😂Some of the Comedy Worked, Some Didn't. And that Barabbas line about Taking down the Roman Empire Alone was Hilarious..

🤔The multiple Plays on Biblical Accounts that they use in this were not only smart, but also make you think about the real life nuances in these multiple different things they present in the film from the text.

Because when the Film Presents the Accounts Like this in this sort of Whimsical Tone, it makes you think more about it. Like what in real Life terms, would these situations actually be like? (Aside from the truncated information Given in the text). It Was Great to see this on Screen.

Things like, People trying to force there way into becoming Apostles of Jesus, the line when Clarence asked Joseph "did you actually believe this" and Josephs comedic toned cut off response.

The "Another Messiah" and then "Yet another self professed Messiah" lines. Again, this makes you think "Man, this was how it was going on in real time"

🎥 The Gorgeous Shots of Jerusalem throughout the film were great to see.

🤹The Benedict Cumberbatch "double turn"

💡 And then Finally we have the Lightbulb and what it represented each time. I thought it was Brilliant.

Overall, I actually think this Film is a Masterstroke.

Butterfly Tale (2023)

🙇A Shocking Snooze😴

[1/10 · 19 April 2024]

Just Got out of a Butterfly Tale Screening.

One of the Worst Films of the Year 2024 so far.

After Seeing Many Excellent Animated Films. Stuff like this completely stands out as being absolute Rubbish.

It was an absolute Bore of a watch.

At First, when they Announce the Migration, you think "Yeah, this sounds Great and is Going to be a Fun Road Trip" but it just ends up being a Flat Bore of a Watch 😴.

Mainly because of the boring as hell characters and the Structuring of the Film, it's terribly Structured, it's all over the damn place. And then the Constant Generic as hell Score doesn't help either. Don't over Score your films.

Overall, an absolute Snooze.

Back to Black (2024)

😐 The Rise and Fall of Amy Winehouse 😐

[7/10 · 12 April 2024]

Just Got out of a Dolby Cinema Back To Black Screening.

It's a Biopic that depicts the Rise and Fall of Amy Winehouse.

• ⭐ The Central Performance by Marisa Abela was Outstanding. She literally nailed how Amy Winehouse was. Even the Voice was on Point.

• 🎶 I really liked the Singing Segments, especially in Dolby Cinema.

😐 But.........that's about it, this Film is a Rough watch most of the Time.

💘 It has a Love Story(if you can even call it that), that is completely and utterly destructive.

She gets signed to Island Records and Makes it Big with her Second Album, Topping Charts Around Europe and America.

In the Midst of all that, is multiple different types of Drugs, and then you pretty much witness the Absolute Destruction of Amy Winehouse.

That's it.

Overall, it's a well shot Film about the Rise and Fall of Amy Winehouse.

Civil War (2024)

💥 WHAT AN IMAX EXPERIENCE! The Cinematography is Excellent and SUCH A SENSORY OVERLOAD! 💣

[10/10 · 12 April 2024]

#1 Joint Greatest Experience in the Cinema This Year 2024.

Just Got out of a Civil War IMAX Screening.

The Battles were Insane, Bullets Flying from the Front, Side, and Rear of the Auditorium, Helicopters Flying Overhead, Cars Speeding Fast, The Loud Gunshot Sounds and Impact Hits, WHAT A SENSORY OVERLOAD! GUYS, WHAT A TIME TO BE ALIVE IN CINEMA!

What I liked about the Film -

1. 💥 The Sensory Overload was so good. Super Loud Gunshot Sounds coming from the Speakers Behind the Screen and from Around the Auditorium.

2a. 🎥 The Sweeping Vistas of America on the Gigantic IMAX Screen was a Sight to Behold. Some, Beautiful Skyline Shots, others were Beautifully Horrific Dystopian Shots, like the freeway shot, the crashed helicopter shot, the Dark Sky with Ammunition Flying through the Sky in the Background of Wagner Moura & Caliee Spaeny as they Talk to eachother. The Film is Almost Constantly Gorgeous on the Eye & is such an Experience. That Stadium Scene was a Stunning Scene, shot absolutely Beautifully.

2b. 🎥 Staying on the Camera, So Many of the Shots and Camera Movements were Excellently Done. Panning Shots and Tilting Shots and then stopping to Take that Stunning Shot. Such Excellent Camera Work. That Horrific Tilting Shot of the Grave then Up Towards Jesse Plemons as he holds them Hostage was another Stunning Shot. When they drive through the Dark Road and there are Orange Sparks around the car and in the air, that was another Amazing Scene. So many Scenes. Guys, experience this film in IMAX.

3. 🙋 The Performances by Kirsten Dunst, Wagner Moura(he's the Best Performer in this film for me), Cailee Spaeny and Stephen McKinley Henderson were all good Performances.

4. 🤷 The Ambiguity of the Film - So we have the 3 Factions Stated Below, then we Have Jesse Plemons' character who seems to be a Rogue American Nationalist. Wagner Mouras Character is Latin American Right? But Jesse Plemons character doesn't Execute Him Immediately when he says he's From Florida, so was Jesse Plemons' character only allowing American Born? The Graves he was filling were of all Races. Another Example was "the Antifa Massacre" mentioned by Caliee Spaeny, was it a Massacre by Antifa? Or a Massacre Of Antifa? Again, Ambiguity, Open to interpretation, and not holding your hand is key in what makes this film so Interesting 🤔. We've seen cookie cutter Plotline war films a thousand times before.

5. 💣⚡ The Final Battle, Again more Bullets Flying, Rocket Launchers, Explosions, Helicopters Flying, Soldiers Positioning themselves on Rooftops as the IMAX Shots of Washington D. C. and it's Landmarks serve as the Backdrop, and Orange & Yellow Gunfire Lines are Visually Seen through the Dark Night Sky. 🌃

I hope Civil War makes Money at the Box office in it's Run, I would Love a Sequel to this Film, and it can Expand Upon(still keeping this ambiguous approach though) the Major Factions and what Caused it. (I'm guessing the Presidency Turning into a Dictatorship was part of the Overall Picture)

• 🔵 The Western Forces Lead by but Reduced to "after Suffering a Heavy Defeat", the Republic of California & the Second Republic of Texas

• 🔴 The Florida Alliance

• ⚪ Loyalist States

Overall, it's my #1 Joint Greatest Experience in a Cinema this Year(Along with Dune Part 2).