Reading the reviews is almost always a mistake, ironic as that is considering I'm writing one expecting people to eventually read it, but there you have it.
I read some of the reviews and as usual, people did not disappoint with the ridiculous vitriol and clueless takes:
1. Jennifer Lopez is NOT an old, washed up, emotionless terrible actor. She is in fact extremely good at portraying a wide range of emotions, has a good understanding of her physical body, facial expressions and motions, and controls everything quite well. She was excellent in this role, which was particularly challenging considering she's on screen almost the entire movie. She portrayed a deeply flawed human being with deep emotional scars, but also one who is uber intelligent, insightful and hypersensitive to her surroundings. Where she runs into trouble here is the writing and pace of the movie. Things were really rushed to the point of annoyance, and her character lacked the time to develop any further emotionally.
2. The CGI was brilliant. The only way someone could say otherwise would be if they were watching on a 30 year old tube TV with the cheapest internet connection money can buy....or their phone.
3. As stated earlier, the pace was rushed....a lot. Great action, amazing fight scenes, loads of explosions, very cool tech....but the actual story suffered by the pace. I needed a ton more back story to really get involved with the characters emotionally. The plot is nothing new whatsoever, so more background such as WHY Simu Liu decided to become Bender and suddenly 'kill all humans' would have been really nice. Would have really liked to see more of Lana Parrilla's character too, showing more of a connection to building the entire AI population before they turned on her.
C''est la vie. Fantastic Netflix ride, not made for the big theatre but for your living room. Not a 10. Solid 7 imo, but I'm giving it a 10 to offset the insanity of saying it's the worst movie ever.
I read some of the reviews and as usual, people did not disappoint with the ridiculous vitriol and clueless takes:
1. Jennifer Lopez is NOT an old, washed up, emotionless terrible actor. She is in fact extremely good at portraying a wide range of emotions, has a good understanding of her physical body, facial expressions and motions, and controls everything quite well. She was excellent in this role, which was particularly challenging considering she's on screen almost the entire movie. She portrayed a deeply flawed human being with deep emotional scars, but also one who is uber intelligent, insightful and hypersensitive to her surroundings. Where she runs into trouble here is the writing and pace of the movie. Things were really rushed to the point of annoyance, and her character lacked the time to develop any further emotionally.
2. The CGI was brilliant. The only way someone could say otherwise would be if they were watching on a 30 year old tube TV with the cheapest internet connection money can buy....or their phone.
3. As stated earlier, the pace was rushed....a lot. Great action, amazing fight scenes, loads of explosions, very cool tech....but the actual story suffered by the pace. I needed a ton more back story to really get involved with the characters emotionally. The plot is nothing new whatsoever, so more background such as WHY Simu Liu decided to become Bender and suddenly 'kill all humans' would have been really nice. Would have really liked to see more of Lana Parrilla's character too, showing more of a connection to building the entire AI population before they turned on her.
C''est la vie. Fantastic Netflix ride, not made for the big theatre but for your living room. Not a 10. Solid 7 imo, but I'm giving it a 10 to offset the insanity of saying it's the worst movie ever.
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