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Us (2019)
Plot holes sink this otherwise well built ship.
The person playing the "real" father in this movie sums it up himself with the comment: "Is this some kind of F'd up performance art?"
There were things to like (really liked Nyong'o), but the WTF light in my head just kept glowing brighter and brighter until the bulb burned out at the end.
Not that a planet overrun with flesh eating zombies makes perfect sense, but once you accept the premise you can go with it. Here, the questions just keep coming and that ends up killing one's ability to suspend disbelief.
And just to note, I thought Get Out was the best horror movie in a long long time.
The Nice Guys (2016)
Had high hopes for this to work
Had a few chuckles, but nowhere near enough to make up for the other 100+ minutes.
Maybe if they had scratched out the character who plays Gosling's daughter there could have been a better chance to develop chemistry between him and Crowe, which only starts to develop with the "at least you're drinking again" line towards the end.
Uncomfortable in some scenes for all the wrong reasons. Sometimes for how the daughter speaks and sometimes for how random near off-scene participants get randomly shot during the 2-3 overly long shoot out scenes.
If there's to be a sequel, I hope they learn a few things:(
A Hologram for the King (2016)
A painfully awkward 90 minutes.
First Hanks flick I haven't liked since I don't know when.
Kept waiting for the story to develop or for something humorous to happen. No such luck. When you find out it isn't some trippy dream he's having is when you really start to wonder what this movie is supposed to be about.
Maybe he was miscast. I didn't read the book, but I just checked out the Amazon reviews. Sounds like maybe this would have been better suited to a William H. Macy type.
Could have sworn this movie was over 2 hours long. Cannot think of anything redeeming about this movie unless you enjoy the feeling of being perplexed for 90 minutes.
Eye in the Sky (2015)
A good movie, but real life is not a movie
A good movie, with an excellent cast.
They do a superb job of boxing you into making a choice as to whether or not the life of an unknown innocent child is worth sacrificing in order to take out 2 soon to be suicide bombers who will most likely kill a far greater number of innocents.
It was nice to see the bad-guy leader from Captain Phillips play a hero role.
This is a major "push your buttons" kind of film. You are either mentally yelling "launch the f'ng missile" or "don't you dare hurt her".
Very frustrating, but a valid picture of opinions on drone strikes.
That said, 2 suicide bombers plus 3 high-value terrorists = I hope she lives through the blast.
The VVitch: A New-England Folktale (2015)
The longest 90 minute film I've seen in a long, long time
I don't know what to say other than why was this film made? Do you need to be religious or actually believe in the existence of witches to have any emotional buy-in? Since we find out early on there actually is a witch, it kind of kills any ability to feel for the paranoia amongst the family as to who among them is the evil one.
There are repeated scenes of the father going out to chop wood and each time the soundtrack would get ominous. These were the only tense points in the movie for me because I thought he was going to have a bad swing and cut off a body part. Alas, not to be.
Had the cinematography and acting to be a much better movie but the finished product was boring and pointless. "Best horror film of the year"? Well, if you're scared by the sensation of boredom then they may be on to something.
Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015)
Disney = The Empire
What power does this corporate entity have over movie "critics"? The first trilogy got pretty tepid reactions from the "critics" but the fans spoke with their $$ and repeat viewings.
I knew I was going to see this movie, but wasn't that amped to go 1st night till the "critics" came in with near unanimous praise. Patton Oswalt was quoted as saying "JJ did it!" So next thing I know I'm ordering a ticket for opening night on Fandango for a 10PM showing.
I wait in line for 2hrs to make sure I get a good seat. I am amped.
The crowd roars as John Williams theme rolls. At this point, the hook is in.
And then the rest of the movie happens. I'm okay up until the point that our new heroine fires up the Falcon and goes from bouncing it across the sand to becoming a proficient pilot.
There is zero tension, zero heart and zero storyline to this "product".
It's titled The Force Awakens. In the first trilogy we saw that it took Luke, son of Darth Vader, assistance from Obi-Wan and training by Yoda to begin to master The Force.
In this re-launch, the heroine, an orphan who survives by scavenging, just awakens to her powers and is immediately able to do Jedi mind tricks and wield a saber, almost besting the new Sith Lord, who was trained by Skywalker!? And then there's the Death Planet, the utter void of explanation for how the rebels and the galaxy got to the state they're in and the list grows.
The Rover (2014)
What in the Hell was that?
It's very hard to give credit to anything in this movie, even where it might be do, when just about everything that happens involves people behaving like idiots.
This nonsensical mess goes on and on but manages to be so off the charts bad that you are kept from leaving early.
And then you receive your "reward" for waiting, an ending that will make you lose the mental brake that keeps you from spouting words at random at an elevated volume that convey to others the impression that you've just been had and feel a considerable amount of displeasure about the fact.
"10 years after the collapse"? Of what, brains? Animal Kingdom at least made some kind of sense.