Paramount Pictures, Legendary Pictures, Warner Bros., Syncopy, Lynda Obst Productions
Cast :
Matthew McConaughey, Jessica Chastain, Anne Hathaway, Michael Caine, Casey Affleck, Mackenzie Foy, Timothée Chalamet, Bill Irwin, Matt Damon, Ellen Burstyn, John Lithgow, Wes Bentley, Topher Grace, David Oyelowo, David Gyasi, William Devane, Josh Stewart, Collette Wolfe, Leah Cairns, Russ Fega, Lena Georgas, Jeff Hephner, Elyes Gabel, Brooke Smith, Liam Dickinson, Francis X. McCarthy, Andrew Borba, Flora Nolan, William Patrick Brown, Cici Leah Campbell, Kristian Van der Heyden, Mark Casimir Dyniewicz, Joseph Oliveira, Ryan Irving, Alexander Michael Helisek, Benjamin Hardy
Crew :
Lee Smith, Christopher Nolan, Christopher Nolan, Jonathan Nolan, Lynda Obst, Christopher Nolan, Hoyte van Hoytema, Hans Zimmer, Nathan Crowley, Mary Zophres, Emma Thomas, John Papsidera, Eric Sundahl, Josh Lusby, Gary Kosko, David F. Klassen, Eggert Ketilsson, Kendelle Elliott, Harold Skinner, George Cottle, Crystal Hadcroft, Sean Oxenbury, Martin Keough, Steve Miller, Gábor Kiss, Gary Fettis, Patricia DeHaney, Jose Zamora, Luisa Abel, Jay Wejebe, Casey Grant, Michelle Brattson, Jenne Lee, Lynda Foote, Heather Moore, P. Scott Sakamoto, Hans Bjerno, Melinda Sue Gordon, Dane Bjerno, Jordan Goldberg, Jake Myers, Kip Thorne, Thomas Tull, Nathan Davey, Ritchie Kremer, Joel Tobman, Lauren Abiouness, Travis Witkowski, Craig Henderson, Brian Walker, Steven Hanks, Christopher Morente, Darryl Stogre, Mark Weissenfluh, Ernie Avila, Andrew Birdzell, Martha Johnston, Noelle King, Paul Sonski, Eric Sundahl, Sally Thornton, Robert Woodruff, Dan Engle, Todd Rex, Cuitlahuac Morales Velazquez, R.J. Kizer, Alyson Dee Moore, John Roesch, Hugo Weng, R.J. Kizer, Ken J. Johnson, Michael W. Mitchell, Jeff Sawyer, Gregg Landaker, Gary Rizzo, Andrew Bock, Linda Yeaney, Richard King, Scott R. Fisher, James Paradis, Dan Neal, Eugénie von Tunzelmann, Fabio Zangla, Seth Dubieniec, Evan Clover, Trystan James, Andrew McEvoy, Tom Barrett, Lai Lok Chau, Dorian Knapp, Ann Podlozny, Graeme Puttock, Jenny Basen, Harrison Goldstein, Andrew Lockley, Mark Avery, Leigh Bell, Tom Cummins, Sahar Halabi, Kelly Porter, Eric A. Lewy, Alex Gibson, Ryan Rubin, Denny Caira, Bruce L. Brownstein, Mandi Dillin, Rick Lipton, Mark Scoon, Deanna Brigidi, Frank Reina, Donald Likovich, Dixie Webster, Paul Healy, Dean Wolcott, Andrew Kinney, Frank Macchia, Bruce Fowler, David E. Hall, Mato, Kevin Kaska
Vote Average:
8 Count: 6397
Overview :
Interstellar chronicles the adventures of a group of explorers who make use of a newly discovered wormhole to surpass the limitations on human space travel and conquer the vast distances involved in an interstellar voyage.
It's a shame that people are rating this movie so high. I registered just to put some sense into IMDb. I actually don't believe in the ratings of this site anymore. Possible explanation for a high rating is that people are paid to rate the movie or most people think they are geniuses if they tell their friends that they love a sci-fi mind-blowing movie even though that movie actually doesn't make sense. I love Nolan but he dropped the ball on this one. This has potential but he created a mess out of it. A lot of scientific inconsistencies,useless characters, messy plots. One of the most overrated films ever. Let's bring back some credibility in this site
Watched 2001 space od. instead. How can this film get a higher score on IMDb than a classic proper sci film and not some family drama stretched out and a bit of futuristic spice? I can only think this gets such a high rating due to viewers not seeing old films and being won over by modern day bandwagons to jump on. Also the lead character is so wooden. He acts like a 2 by 4. And he mumbles his stiffly delivered bits. This would not matter in a proper sci-fi film but here in this melodrama masquerade it does matter. Or really it doesn't matter. This is over rated tripe. This is the movie that proves what many people by now have already realized: People are being payed to write 10 stars fake reviews! Let me tell you this: This movie is really NOT that great!
First, it's too long. It takes one hour just for the space mission to start. It's slow paced and VERY sentimental, or, in other words, most of it is boring. I'm not an English native speaker, but my English is not bad either. I have no problems watching movies in English, and yet it was very hard for me to understand the main character's mumbling in his farmer accent. All other actors spoke properly, except him, the most important one.
The plot is not very logical: Planets just in front of a giant black hole?! Yes, this must be the place to live everybody is dreaming of. Imagine your colleagues in the space station would say to you: "OK, we're now ready to fly down to that planet. You wait here. Don't worry, we'll come back soon, in... some YEARS!" You'd probably smile and say: "Wonderful! OK, go now!", right? One day they come back and are probably surprised to see you haven't committed suicide because of depression, even though you waited 23 years (!!!) for them. You must be the most patience man in the entire Universe. And again a female "scientist" who looks like a model and behaves like an amateur. An obligatory part of every sci-fi movie nowadays.
This is just to give you an idea. There is much more, so read the other negative reviews. Good night. And good luck. First, about the pain, which is mostly due to the sound. I don't know
how many times we're in a rocket ship blasting off somewhere with everything shaking, the cameras jiggling, the astronauts grimacing, and the sound track roaring, screeching, thundering, blasting the eardrums—I really did have to plug my ears by the end of the movie. Add to that the so- called music, which consisted mostly of even higher mountains of noise, mostly produced by a big pipe organ pumping out its gargantuan decibels in the form of a few simple chords—hardly music, merely a musical instrument adding to the overall accumulation of noise. I don't think anybody should be credited with creating "music" for this film.
As for the stupidity, I was lured into the theatre by publicity claiming that the film had got the science right, or at least the graphic representation of a wormhole and black hole. Well, the graphics may have been right, but they were pretty standard stuff as far as eye candy goes, hardly worth the price of the ticket. What about the science? Maybe it was correct on every point, or on most points, or only on a few points—who knows? Only someone with degrees in quantum mechanics and astrophysics would be able to judge. For the general audience (obviously, the audience the film was aimed at), the science talk came across as sheer gobbledygook. There was no effort to explain the ideas for the public. The jargon was just spat out here and there with the purpose of raising a smokescreen for the current plot point. Very annoying.
I wanted to enjoy this film. I hated not liking it, knowing how much money and effort went into making it. But by the time we got to the last 20 minutes or so, I'd had enough and had to fight the urge to walk out. In fact, I did get out of my seat and watched the last 10 minutes or so from the back of the auditorium near the exit door.
OK, my first IMDb review. I REALLY wanted to like this movie. I love Nolan's work and I'm a science fiction fan. Sadly within an hour I was wondering if I could stick out another two hours. The actors are all great, and they get the few stars I'm willing to give it. I will admit that directing a big production like this is not for the faint-hearted and I'll give Nolan points for that. However, the story is so poorly constructed it just piles on frustration after frustration. Other reviewers on here have described the litany of illogical errors. I haven't read all 900 reviews but we have long known that black holes EAT stars and planets, and when they do, they give off titanic bursts of gamma and x-ray radiation that would sterilize entire regions of a galaxy. I'm willing to suspend my disbelief in service of just enjoying a movie, but when the entire premise is to find a more suitable home for human life and then you choose a planet apparently orbiting a black hole, well that just goes from suspension to just outright disbelief. If Batman had chosen to just use his magic freeze gun to stop the nuke in Gotham I think most Batman fans would have been groaning. That's the way someone like me feels about lazy plot devices like this.
There is also WAY too much unnecessary dialogue in this movie, the superb cast are wasted saying clichéd and hackneyed lines. The whole punchline of the "ghost" you could see coming in the first hour, so you just ended up wondering how they would get there over the next 109 minutes. I'm sorry but I thought the music was intensely annoying and was just designed to jar you awake every half an hour. Then there is the whole "Don't open the airlock! Don't open the airlock!" I was sitting there thinking "Just open the damn airlock and get it over with." Everything was either entirely predictable or completely illogical. Floating frozen clouds? Seriously? The least they could do was have Tinkerbell fly onto the set and explain how that could happen. I guess because Cameron got away with nicking Roger Dean's floating mountains in Avatar, Nolan thought no one would complain. But let's face it Avatar wasn't exactly trying to be clever and that's where this goes over the line. If you're going to delve into the BIG questions like Quantum Mechanics, Relativity and black holes you set yourself up to be measured by a whole new set of rules. Nobody complains about Harry Potter flying on a broomstick but have him try and explain it using Einstein and you're going to be in a mess of trouble.
As for the reviews comparing it to 2001, the only things it has that are the same is that it is set in space and there is a wormhole. Absolutely nothing else is the same and frankly it is an insult to compare this to Kubrick's masterpiece. And when people say, "get over it, it's just a movie" they're rewarding someone for being lazy. Just like Gravity this had all the elements to be a masterpiece if they'd just bothered to talk to a few more people in the science community besides Kip Thorne; who apparently understands the workings of the universe all except for the black hole which is Hollywood.
Mickey Rourke, Jessica Alba, Josh
Brolin, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Rosario Dawson, Bruce Willis, Eva Green,
Powers Boothe, Dennis Haysbert, Ray Liotta, Christopher Meloni, Jeremy
Piven, Christopher Lloyd, Jaime King, Juno Temple, Stacy Keach, Marton
Csokas, Jude Ciccolella, Jamie Chung, Lady Gaga, Alexa PenaVega, Julia
Garner, Billy Blair, Patricia Vonne, Bart Fletcher, Alejandro
Rose-Garcia, Samuel Davis, Mike Davis, Kimberly Cox, Alcides Dias,
Vincent Fuentes, Rob Franco, Daylon Walton, Eloise DeJoria, Bob Schreck,
Lawrence Varnado, Jimmy Gonzales, Tommy Townsend, Robert Lott, Gregory
Kelly, Patrick Sane, Greg Ingram, Will Beinbrink, Dimitrius Pulido, John
Wirt, Emmy Robbin, Luis Albert Acevedo Jr., Christian Bowman, Johnny
Reno, Callie Hernandez
Crew :
Frank Miller, Robert Rodriguez,
Frank Miller, Alexander Rodnyansky, Frank Miller, Robert Rodriguez, Bob
Weinstein, Harvey Weinstein, Sergei Bespalov, Aaron Kaufman, Robert
Rodriguez, Robert Rodriguez, Robert Rodriguez, Carl Thiel, Stephen
L'Heureux, Mark C. Manuel, Frank Miller, Mary Vernieu, Caylah
Eddleblute, Steve Joyner, Bart Brown, Jennifer Long, Nina Proctor, Alex
Rouse, Angela Maldone, Joe Rivera, Nikki Taylor, Mike McCutchen, Drew
Guajardo, Jeff B. Adams Jr., Ken Gaston-Kilgore, Brad Engleking, Clark
Crawford, Paula Fairfield, Angelo Palazzo, Paula Fairfield, Tim Rakoczy,
Brad Engleking, Catherine Harper, Gregg Barbanell, Baljot Bhatti,
Jelmer Boskma, Doug Campbell, Ed Chapman, Abhishek Chauhan, Arvind
Chaurasiya, Jon Cowley, Stefen Fangmeier, Sarah Fricker, Omkar Iyer, Tim
McGovern, Dhananjay Parab, Josh Saeta, Anik Seguin, Travis Smith, Joel
Thompson, Christopher Sinnott, Darren A. Bell, Zack Mazerolle, Jeffrey
J. Dashnaw, Rico Torres, P.K. Munson, Scott Cremeens, Kyle Jefferson,
Debra Bruce-Nazarian, Jennifer D. Johnson, Monika Petrillo, Shara Storch
Vote Average:
6.2 Count: 849
Overview :
Some of Sin City's most hard-boiled citizens cross paths with a few of its more reviled inhabitants.
Sin City: A Dame to Kill For is a good film, but because its a sequel
to such a great film like Sin City it just makes you feel disappointed
and rather gutted that it wasn't better than it was. I did like this
film it just didn't live up to the first and after waiting 9 years for
the sequel I'm hardly surprised. The things I really liked were Marv
being as bad ass as ever, Nancy who is showing the after effects of
what happened at the end of the first film, the new guy Johnny (Joseph
Gordon-Levitt) who plays a really cool guy who just has all the luck in
the world who wins big at a game of poker with the wrong people. Then
there's Josh Brolin as Dwight a guy who seems relatively normal to Sin
City's crazy inhabitants but seems to have a rather shady past. I loved
the way it looked that was all really good as you'd expect. Sadly I
didn't feel like I was in the pages of the graphic novel like before
ether, I think this is due to the stories not being at all as gripping,
as the first film. The stories/segments in this film I just couldn't
get on with annoyingly. I did care for the characters but no were near
as much as I should of and I did for the first few in Sin City. Acting
wise this film didn't disappoint for me, Powers Boothe played Senator
Roark fanatically, Mickey Rourke as Marv was one of the biggest
highlights for me he was great to see back and so was Nancy (Jessica
Alba) who's character for me had really good character growth and to
see that in this film was really good. The small part Bruce Willis
played as Hartigan was nice as well. What I really loved about the
first film was its originality and some of this they kept like the
actual style of the film and cinematography but they didn't keep the
shocking story lines (11 year old could be raped and the others) which
had me hooked for the most part in the first one, the credits after
each segment was a little and quite strange thing at first but it made
me love it even more as I hadn't seen something like that before Sin
City which made it that bit more original and interesting to watch. So
to conclude this film was good just didn't live up to the awesomeness
of the first.
Greetings from Lithuania.
"Sin City: A Dame to Kill For" (2014) is a disappointment if you
compare it to "Sin City" (2005). The stories aren't as interesting as
they were in first part, and thats probably the only reason that this
film is weaker. Acting was OK, but i think this picture cost cheaper
than the first part, because production values weren't that exciting or
big, it's not really impressive movie from visual point. The best part
of this picture was Mickey Rourke as Marv all other were just OK,
nothing special. The same i can tell about the whole picture, it's OK,
but nothing special and kinda quickly forgettable.
Overall, 7/10 for "Sin City: A Dame to Kill For" - it's not bad film,
it has it's moments, but unfortunately they are far and between, it's
OK film for a evening, but it doesn't come as near to the first film,
witch was great.
Spoilers Ahead;
First, what absolutely stunning black and white photography if only it
was not in the service of the most depressing visual sewage ever
committed to celluloid with the exception of the original. Please,
people under 40, do not call this film noir. You are hurting
yourselves; film noir was moral Hello? Out of the Past, Double
Indemnity, Laura these are moral films where evil is punished not
glorified. It hurts our ears when you call it noir. Yes, noir is black,
dark and brooding but it is also quite MORAL. Not too much eye ripping,
kiddy rape, torture and cannibalism in my hundred film collection of
film noir. Second, this is MARY POPPINS next to the original Sin City.
That classic featured all of the above features that make modern films
such a joy to the minority of us with morals and a theological belief
system.
The film washes over you like a tsunami of raw sewage. My first
impulse, while showering, was that wonderful quote from Napoleon,"Take
God out of a country and you get a nation of highwaymen." Marv says
this in the first one, how hell is waking up with no meaning or purpose
to your life; well, do not look at us Marv, we didn't think we killed
God, destroyed the family, ridiculed anyone with morals and laid waste
our country, that would be you. Eva Green continues her quest to foist
her rather pudgy, misshapen body on us as if that makes up for her lack
of acting ability. This is the second movie she destroyed after 300:
Rise of Hilarious Misandry. Eva, dear, put your clothes back on please
and take some acting lessons.
Have you ever seen misogyny on this level before? What a depiction of
women? How many heads does Mi-Ho, the discount version, need to sever
before these people get bored. It is long, boring, badly acted cruel
and depressing. I thought if the boys on Omaha Beach could see this
film they would have got back on the boats, let the Nazis win, who
gives a crap? One whole story, the gambler, serves only to make the
Senator as evil as Satan. That is the sole purpose of the story. What a
waste of our time. Yes, we know from the original he is a major A hole;
let's move on OK? It is not film noir; those were moral stories about
good winning though with heavy losses and costs. This is depravity;
plain and simple it belongs in a cannibal missionary cook in; not in
America in 2015. It is so depressing; gee, you think it is why we
cannot go out of our houses at night? How much gore and depravity will
help these impotent worker worms feel better about their pathetic
lives? Keep watching we are not far from the bottom yet.
"Sin City" graphic novelist Frank Miller reunites with his "Sin City"
co-director Robert Rodriguez for their long overdue "Sin City" (2005)
sequel "Sin City: A Dame to Kill For," with attrition accounting for
the absence of several original cast members. Dennis Haysbert, known
best for his Allstate Insurance commercials, has appropriated Michael
Clarke Duncan's role as Manute the Chauffeur, while Brittany Murphy's
bar maiden character Shellie has been retired rather than recast.
Michael Clarke Duncan and Brittany Murphy respectively died during the
interim between the films. Other changes include Jamie Chung filling in
for a pregnant Devon Aoki as Miho, and Jeremy Piven substituting for
Michael Madsen as John Hartigan's police partner Bob. New characters
wallowing in this amoral cesspool of murder and mayhem include Joseph
Gordon-Levitt as a nimble-fingered cardsharp who takes Senator Roak to
the cleaners twice, and a bald-headed Josh Brolin stepping into Clive
Owens's shoes as Dwight McCarthy. Owens couldn't reprise his role
because he had other cinematic commitments. Meantime, Bruce Willis
reappears as an astral Hartigan along with slinky Jessica Able as
Nancy, sultry Rosario Dawson as Gail, and ghastly Powers Boothe as the
reptilian Senator Roak. Unfortunately, Willis drifts into and out
"Nancy's Last Dance" storyline with little to do in what amounts to a
minor role. Since he is an apparition, Willis cannot participate in all
the butchery and bloodshed. Comparably, "Sin City: A Dame to Kill For"
isn't as gratifying as its landmark 2005 predecessor. Despite an
abundance of sordid violence, this salacious sequel suffers from being
delayed for virtually a decade. Four stories taken from Miller's Sin
City comics interconnect in this gritty, hard-boiled, but sadly uneven
saga. Two of those tawdry tales: the prequel-oriented "The Long Bad
Night" and the sequel-oriented "Nancy's Last Dance" deliver
considerably less dramatic impact than "Just Another Saturday Night"
and "A Dame to Kill for." "The Long Bad Night" and "Nancy's Last Dance"
generate little of the exhilaration or satisfaction as the other two
yarns. Nevertheless, moviegoers who relish watching underdogs win and
lowlifes die will revel in this agitated orgy of blood, gore, and
violence. Similarly, like the original film, "Sin City 2" has been
lensed largely in black & white, with most of the carnage depicted
either in silhouette or with reversed negative colors; i.e.,
occasionally blood is rendered as pale white rather than crimson red.
Sometimes, the color of a character's hair or their eyes appears in
color. Meanwhile, the 3-D version of "Sin City: A Dame to Kill For"
looks spectacular. Fans of traditional 3-D, where objects fly out at
you rather than cross in front of the screen laterally, will savor this
version over the flat 2-D version. Miller and Rodriguez indulge
themselves occasionally with eye-popping images that encircle
characters. At one point, bad boy Marv describes a car chase as we see
him in a head & shoulders medium shot while the careening vehicles
swerve around him. Miller and Rodriguez go the extra mile so that both
medium and long shots are angled in such a way as to suggest greater
3-D dimensionality. Often, they insert falling snow to heighten the 3-D
effect. Moreover, they achieve this optical illusion of depth without
making your eyes ache.
Ultimately, when Mickey Rourke's Marv isn't smashing his opponents to
pieces with fists that he wields like wrecking balls in both "Just
Another Saturday Night" and "A Dame to Kill For," this rowdy R-rated
ruckus just isn't as exuberant as the original. What Rourke
accomplishes with his fists as Marv, seductive Eva Green attains with
her breasts bared like an arrogant Amazon princess. Green did the same
thing in "300: Rise of an Empire," another Frank Miller adaptation. She
manipulates mentally inferior lovesick men with those breasts so that
either they kill other people for her the way that Barbara Stanwyck
controlled Fred MacMurray in the 1944 classic film noir thriller
"Double Indemnity" or they kill themselves in frustration. Apparently,
Miller and Rodriguez struggled to compensate for the two frivolous
segments "The Long Bad Night" and "Nancy's Last Dance" with pervasive
violence that skirts an NC-17 rating. Nobody should take their kids to
watch this melodramatic massacre. Name your favorite appendage, and it
probably gets sliced, diced, and served up like succulent pork on a
skewer. The heavily armed girls of Old Town are back and they don't cut
anybody any slack. In one scene, Old Town, sword-wielding Miho spins
herself in a circle like a propeller blade and slashes the heads off of
four thugs in rapid succession. Marv digs his fingers into an
adversary's eye socket and excavates an eyeball. One of the coolest
visual effects in the lightweight "The Long Bad Night" segment has a
surreal flavor. A ruthless villain slings razor-blade edged poker cards
at an opponent and the cards carve him up into four jagged slices.
If you skipped the original "Sin City" or your memories of it are
short-lived (as mine were until I saw it again), you may find yourself
confused by the interlocking narrative jumble. You may also find it
difficult to differentiate the various tales on a coherent timeline.
Miller and Rodriguez deploy fewer characters in "Sin City: A Dame to
Die For" than they did in "Sin City." For example, nobody like either
Josh Hartnett's anonymous hit-man or Elijah Wood's cannibal ninja named
Kevin show up for this installment. Nevertheless, Eva Green steals the
show with her sexy physique and gimlet-eyed villainy. She gives new
meaning to femme fatale. Powers Boothe's corrupt Senator Roak makes a
memorable villain that you will love to hate. Perhaps the most
confusing moments occur when Josh Brolin emerges from a facial
makeover. Clocking in at lean 103 minutes, "Sin City: A Dame to Die
For" runs about twenty minutes shorter than its superior predecessor.
Despite its sadism and sexuality, "Sin City" qualifies as more of a
cinematic misdemeanor than a felony.
Sin City was a film that brought not only a visually nor style crime
flick but indeed one of the best non-Marvel/DC comic adaptations in
film terms. 9 years after being in 'Development Hell', it gets a sequel
to further adapt more story-lines and characters. I will admit at first
that it's not better or worse than the first movie but it does bring a
strong sense of fun, story telling and more 'Tarantino' styled
characters. Before its release in Australia recently, I have read
reviews that claim that it's not good, poor and yet some where mixed or
open-minded. Being a fan of the first one and the graphic novels, I can
admit I was not disappointed.
The story-lines featured this time are the following (in order);
"Just Another Saturday Night" - Marv wakes up in a middle of a car
wreck, with no memory how he got there. He retraces his steps that lead
him to a violent pursuit
"The Long Bad Night" (Part 1) - Johnny arrives in Sin City, looking to
win big at the local gambling club. Playing against Senator Roarke and
others, Johnny uses his skills to win but comes a price when he crosses
the line of who 'wins' first.
"A Dame To Kill For" - Set years before the events of "The Big Fat
Kill" in the first film Dwight is fighting for a life of peace and
sobriety, but instead is lead into big trouble with his ex-lover Ava
who claims that she wants to be free from her abusive husband.
"The Long Bad Night" (Part 2) - After undergoing the abuse and assault
of his winnings, Johnny sets for payback of his own and confronts the
demon with a surprising twist.
"Nancy's Last Dance" - Struggling to cope with Hartigan's death after
the events of "That Yellow Bastard", Nancy is driven to kill Senator
Roarke as revenge but must tackle her demons and Hartigan's ghost (who
appears to Nancy's mind) who is trying to convince her not to avenge
him.
Firstly, each of the story lines are great in their own way and the
perspective of the protagonist to tells the tale is indeed a strong
factor that makes both the comics and first film's narratives seem
appropriate. The decision to begin the film with Marv's story was cool,
as an audience member I thought it was cool that the action immediately
kicks of the film and shows that it won't be a shot-for- shot sequel
that clones the first film (not to say that personally in a negative
way) but I did like how the mixed narrative structure, black and white
tone and the beautifully shot comic book styled panels were all back
again as it makes the comics alive on screen.
With the characters and development, I can say that it was great and
that the casting choices were picked well and they all delivered to
their best of their ability. The returning actors and actresses from
the first are Mickey Rourke, Jessica Alba, Rosario Dawson, Bruce
Willis, Jaime King, and Powers Boothe while newcomers to the film
include Josh Brolin (replacing for Clive Owen), Joseph Gordon- Levitt,
Eva Green, Dennis Haysbert, Ray Liotta, Christopher Lloyd, Jamie Chung,
Jeremy Piven, Christopher Meloni and Juno Temple. I did love Brolin and
Green in particular, as Brolin made a decent Dwight giving a gruff yet
tough performance of the man who fights for peace and justice for his
wrongs (though Clive Owen did give a great version previously as well).
While Eva Green is no stranger to play as a blood-thirsty bitch (see
300: Rise of an Empire to prove this) but her as Ava was indeed a sight
for eyes to witness and does give a bit of eye candy with her body
language.
Overall, It's a definite good feeling that the sequel wasn't
disappointing at all but it's a bit bad that audiences won't rush to
see this because of the 9 year gap it underwent (this caused a bad
Box-Office earning for its first week in the US and had people naming
it a box office bomb for the year).
But take my word, ignore what others say about it as its a decent
sequel that needs to be seen. I just hope maybe it will develop a small
cult status for those who appreciated it.
Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, WideAwake, Genre Films
Cast :
Jake Johnson, Damon Wayans Jr.,
Nina Dobrev, Rob Riggle, James D'Arcy, Keegan-Michael Key, Andy García,
Jon Lajoie, Tom Mardirosian, Natasha Leggero, Rebecca Koon, Joshua
Ormond, L. Warren Young, Nelson Bonilla, Brian Oerly, Jeff Chase, Anna
Colwell, Alec Rayme, Randall P. Havens, Chas Harvey, Dane Davenport,
Raven-Danielle Baker, Chelsea Hayes, Kara Michele Wilder, Briana
Venskus, Jwaundace Candece, Sam Medina, Americus Abesamis, Wilson
Schwarz, Andrew Kochman, Hoke Faser, Ron Caldwell, Ted Huckabee, Jackie
Costello, Joy Glover Walters, Daniel Parvis, Justin Miles, Michael
Scialabba, Matt Mangum, Desmond Phillips, Corey James Wright, Rebecca
Galarza, Katie Deal, Ryan Girard, Jamie Moore, Jamie Renell, Michael
McCormick, Adam Rosenberg, Elliott Dixon, Allie O'Neill, Brittany Susko,
Jennifer Allison Chavez, Caroline Kiger, Rose Locke, Courtney
Patterson, Marc Farley, Patricia Taylor, Patricia French, Matthew Wiese,
Bob Jennings, Jessica Luza, Jason Pendergraft, Patch Darragh, Bill
Pankow, Michael Flores, Antwan Mills, Jennifer Stearns, Sal Verena, Mary
Jo Catlett, Colin Dennard, Damon Sementilli, Chen Tang, Vickie Eng,
Angela Kerecz
Crew :
Luke Greenfield, Luke Greenfield, Nicholas Thomas, Luke Greenfield, Simon Kinberg, Nancy Foy
Vote Average:
6.4 Count: 895
Overview :
It's the ultimate buddy cop
movie except for one thing: they're not cops. When two struggling pals
dress as police officers for a costume party, they become neighborhood
sensations. But when these newly-minted “heroes” get tangled in a real
life web of mobsters and dirty detectives, they must put their fake
badges on the line.
Let me just start by saying that this isn't an over the top blockbuster
film like everyone seems to expect from every movie that comes out now.
For some reason people have these attitudes towards movies that aren't
packed with insane plot holes and story details wrapped up in a cgi
blanket to attempt to blow your mind. This movie is really a funny
movie, no matter what anyone says. My girlfriend was having a bad day
and I was low on energy to try to entertain so we went to see this for
a few laughs. It didn't disappoint. I didn't go in with high hopes that
there would be any real reason to like it very much but it came around
within the first few minutes of the movie. We both left feeling better
and like it was worth it, (and I am an adult so the 'teenager type
jokes' that one reviewer referred to are unfounded). Jake Johnson
really sells the image of a guy just looking for any kind of change in
his life and Damon Wayans Jr. is and actor that really puts a lot of
work into whatever role he is in. I don't want to ruin any of the movie
with bits and pieces that I enjoyed more than the others so I am
leaving you with this. If you have a desire to get enjoyment from a
film without becoming emotionally invested in a story that lasts 3
movies or longer with hints and clues popping up all over the place
eluding to a next installment of whatever series, (and enjoy comedy of
all types) then I would recommend this highly. Not artistic, not over
done, not offensive to the degree some say, just straight up good
comedy. Waaay better than the terrible Seth Rogen movie "the
Neighbors". Hope this helps.
Good comedies are hard to do. Let's face it, we're bored with 'hangover
II etc' and a comedy isn't funny if it just repeats previous comedies
or if it is just banal humour.
Well, this film is neither intellectual nor cheesy. It has a really
nice core story about these two great guys who have had very little
success in life, but then they realise how powerful they are just by
wearing police uniforms. The story seems simple, but the two main
actors play it just right and it doesn't go over the top, but produces
a really humorous film that kept be riveted. One of the best comedies I
have seen, simply because it gets the balance right and is light,
exciting, fun, has a little depth, and made me laugh despite my grumpy
mood. Thoroughly recommended to everyone! No 'shocking'/rude comedy,
simply excellent fun.
Ryan and Justin, both are at a point in life when nothing seems to be
working. Ryan is a former college football star and seems he can't get
a break in Hollywood. Justin is a video game designer and can't get his
cop game off the ground. One day on their way to a costume party, they
discover that dressing like cops give them the respect and attention
they crave. This leads to a path to acting like cops and being part of
the LA police force. All is fun in games until they cross a real life
gangster and discover that being a cop is not as easy as in the movies.
A funny movie and also amazing how Damon Wayans, Jr. looks and acts
like his daddy. Funny and a good story, Let's be Cops is a peek inside
the police world.
At first I was not sure if I liked the movie. I assumed it was just
going to be another quotable movie where at times you had a good laugh.
But because I love both of the two main actors from the show New Girl,
I just had to see it. I actually found myself laughing way more than I
expected and would love to watch this movie again. Some parts were
taken too far but it had a good amount of clean humor and a little
crude humor as well. It takes a lot for a comedy to earn itself ten
stars. This film did not quite do it because of the scenes that were
over the top and probably should have just been left out all together.
Don't expect the same laugh out loud comedy like New Girl from Let's Be
Cops but it can definitely lift your mood and give you an occasional
belly laugh.
Upon its release, Let's Be Cops got negative reviews. It wasn't panned,
people and critics just said it simply wasn't good. There is a group of
people that loved this. Many cult classics were hated at first, then
eventually get a fan base. I am part of that fan base.
What people really need to know about Let's Be Cops is that it's not a
dim-witted comedy. Dim- witted comedies are like Strange Wilderness,
Brothers Soloman, and Dude, Where's My Car? Those are plagued with dumb
characters and a lack of intelligence and heart. Jake Johnson and Damon
Wayans Jr. are the main characters who are much smarter than the
average dim-witted character. Johnson is pretty close, but not quite. I
will admit this movie isn't very funny, nor funny as a typical
dim-witted comedy. Perhaps it would have been funnier if it had more
dim- witted elements and characters. Perhaps not.
Let's Be Cops is about two thirty-year-old best friends, Ryan O'Malley
and Justin Miller (Johnson, Wayans), who live in Los Angeles for
opportunity, but think it's time to go back to Ohio. Justin works at a
video game company where he is a big pushover; Ryan doesn't work and
and aspires to nothing, just wishing he could play pro-football. When
they intercept real police uniforms, they act like real cops, then get
involved in a high-profile drug case. The first little bit when they
dress up as cops and start acting like them is pretty funny because we
all know everybody would try to abuse their privilege. Then the
funniness starts to die down, but that is when the brains of the movie
come.
What makes Let's Be Cops so appealing that so many people miss is what
the police work does to Ryan and Justin. For Ryan, it gives him a sense
of enjoyment and pride which he hasn't had in a long time. For Justin,
it gives him confidence and helps with his assertiveness. That is what
the movie is all about: finding your true self. Is the movie
unrealistic and silly? Of course, but that's what makes it a nice
watch. Two losers put on police outfits and something changes inside
themselves. They find the respect they've always longed for.
Universal Pictures, Legendary Pictures, Fuji Television Network, Dentsu, Michael De Luca Productions
Cast :
Luke Evans, Sarah Gadon, Dominic
Cooper, Art Parkinson, Charles Dance, Diarmaid Murtagh, William Houston,
Noah Huntley, Ronan Vibert, Zach McGowan, Ferdinand Kingsley, Joseph
Long, Thor Kristjansson, Jakub Gierszał, Dilan Gwyn, J.J. Murphy, Paul
Kaye, Joana Metrass
Crew :
Gary Shore, Matt Sazama, Burk
Sharpless, Bram Stoker, Michael De Luca, Ramin Djawadi, John
Schwartzman, Richard Pearson, John Hubbard, Ros Hubbard, François
Audouy, Paul Inglis, Heather Greenlees, David Doran, Elaine Kusmishko,
Luigi Marchione, Michael Turner, Paki Smith, Ngila Dickson, Ana Lozano,
Joe Hopker, Joe Hopker, Tapio Salmi, Beverley Binda, Jessica Derhammer,
Kirsty Vogel, Jordana Finkel, Aine Smith, Beverley Crockard, Rohan
Harris, Andrew Ackland-Snow, David A. Cohen, Daniel Saxlid, John C.
Stuver, John T. Cucci, Dan O'Connell, Chris Hogan, Mervyn Moore,
Christopher Assells, Ann Scibelli, Peter Staubli, Jon Title, William R.
Dean, Frank A. Montaño, Jon Taylor, Tim Stevenson, Ben Lambert, Nicolas
Hernandez, Simon Scott, Fiona Campbell Westgate, Sara Bennett, Scott M.
Davids, Matt Kasmir, Christian Manz, Ivan Moran, Glen Pratt, Peter
Pedrero, Buster Reeves, Cosmo Campbell, Patrick Loungway, Pete
Cavaciuti, Jasin Boland, Richard Philpott, John Mathieson, Paul Edwards,
Lizzie Kelly, Ian Franklin, Rachael Webb-Crozier, Erik Rogers, Rudy
Lopez, Carlton Kaller, Ravi Dube, Kathleen Weir, Sasha Gibson, Mally
Chung, Greg Burridge
Vote Average:
6.1 Count: 1644
Overview :
Vlad Tepes is a great hero, but
when he learns the Sultan is preparing for battle and needs to form an
army of 1,000 boys, including Vlad's son, he vows to find a way to
protect his family. Vlad turns to dark forces in order to get the power
to destroy his enemies and agrees to go from hero to monster as he's
turned into the mythological vampire Dracula.
I am so happy right now after reading almost all your reviews that all we know: During Ottoman times All of the nations the Ottomans governed They just became slaves of Turkish people and never had the opportunity to be an administrator. They spoke Turkish and they practiced only the Islam and now it is the same. And also they passed the last one hundred years with complete peace and freedom after they liberated themselves from the Ottomans. We the Turks were always the barbarians and always will be. And we the Turks did nothing for the Civilization.
Just think about it.
I HATE melodramas and boy the over exaggerated emotions are flying through this whole movie.
But the movie really died for me when Vlad kills like 10 turks by himself before he even becomes infected. The stupid, childish, lord of rings action with 0 realism doesn't impress me or interest me at all.
I did enjoy Tywin Lannister as the creature who infects Vlad, but that short scene cant save a whole cgi trash movie! This movie felt A lot like a made for TV movie, no realism, bad guys are bad, good guys can explain away their mistakes like butchering towns like its no big deal.
The required made for TV line: "now its time to play the game!" response by good guy: "this isn't a game!". I almost puked at how over used this trash is.
Summary: avoid it unless you are really stupid, then its on your level.
History can't be change with lies, you can just masturbate.
Scenario have full of racism and lie.
It is really interesting that you think you need to sell honor, soul, everything for defeating Turks.
This give help no one that abusing racism, telling lie about history and slandering about a nation great people. For me the story writer have no differentness from members of ISIS and the other terror organization about damaging the peace.
Don't forget that every action cause reflection. I hope this will end of the series and you will apologize for manipulating the history.
This re-imagined origin of the blood-sucking vampire Dracula is based on a real historical character Vlad the Impaler. He is a valiant prince of Transylvania. The cruel Sultan Mehmed of Turkey demands from Vlad 1,000 male children to join his ruthless army, and that should include Vlad's only son. Pushed to the wall to defend his son and people, Vlad was forced to turn to the dark side. He sought the powerful intercession of the Master Vampire to turn himself into a monster which could strike extreme fear in his enemies in order to overcome and defeat them.
This film has a historical graphic novel look and feel, like many popular films nowadays, much like the "300" films. The computer- generated effects were quite well done. The battle scenes were quite stylishly shot, without excessive blood and gore. There are also some nifty-looking fantasy shots, like the Master Vampire's memorable tongue scene. The vampire transformation scenes were also quite effective.
Luke Evans has a nobility in his look and stance that makes him a good choice for this interpretation of Vlad. Vlad here is a good man who had to sacrifice his own soul to the devil in order to save his family and country, and Evans was able to give a balanced portrayal of this conflicted character. He recently had an intense turn in the small slasher film "No One Lives", and that intensity also served him well here as Vlad. We had seen this Welsh actor in more mainstream hit films like the last "Fast and Furious" film, as well as the last "Hobbit" film, so his career is well on the rise.
The rest of the supporting actors did their best on what basically were one-dimensional roles. The beautiful wife MIrena as played by the ravishing Sarah Gadon is ever loving and loyal. The Sultan as played by a sinister Dominic Cooper is brutish and violent. It was very good to see two members of the Game of Thrones cast in this film. The formidable Charles Dance (Tywin Lannister on GoT) played the Master Vampire as pure evil. Young Art Parkinson (Rickon Stark on GoT) played Vlad's son Ingeras.
As a whole this film was adequately diverting and entertaining, though not exactly outstanding in any particular way. I do hope this Dracula gets the sequel it promised at the end of this film. I admit I am curious on how this new Dracula would fare as a good guy in more modern times. 5/10.
Does not need to write a lot of failed movies 1) RACISM 2) OK, this is a fantasy film, but extremely distorted historical facts 3) There are unnecessarily hostile attitude towards Turks and Ottoman Empire 4) was very bad pronunciation in Turkish dialogue. unfortunately it just was able to understand who knows the Turks language. so we concluded that enough attention is paid to movie
Van Damme's 1996 revenue made me think of the movie called The Quest of seeing such films. We used in many Hollywood movies, wine, depicted in the image Persians Turkish characters in this time we encounter as the make-up. A fiasco character and attitude reflect the fact that the facial features such as Faith's armor. Vlad is literally opposite the characters in the image resembles a lot with Vlad in history. Aka Vlad the Voyva the date on cruel and barbaric, the undersigned under the death in her heyday movie 'oh dear how helpless man is in self-sacrifice, if only to get everyone going to be good Dracula' deserves to be extremely victims portrays the desperate fairy godmother. Scenarios and characters are exaggerated so that those left will end with the death of the Conqueror's history so far. Now, some of my review out 'this is not a date movie that fantasy fiction film which is normal for what you expect,' 'can say. But this movie is full of many-membered containing anti-Turkish sympathies far from fantastic film innocence. 300 Spartans' t think it was like a rematch against Iran. Or the American flag visualize the many Hollywood movie hero soldiers killed in Baghdad how bad rescued in Afghanistan t innocent right? How Vlad killed Faith example! Here is the world's countries, an indication of the extent to which some of the major economies in the ranking to examine evaluated independently from America's Hollywood movie industry to take part in the summit as the 5th economy. This highly effective visual sector to consider the impact on the people. How are they sending messages to our subconscious! Science fiction or fantasy you intend to increase the extent you miss the measure does not matter innocence will emerge. Vlad Dracula, also had their share of that whopping.
James Franco, Bryan Cranston,
Zoey Deutch, Megan Mullally, Griffin Gluck, Keegan-Michael Key, Andrew
Rannells, Casey Wilson, Zack Pearlman, Steve Aoki, Adam DeVine
Crew :
John Hamburg, John Hamburg, Ian Helfer, Nicholas Stoller
Vote Average:
10 Count: 3
Overview :
A dad forms a bitter rivalry with his daughter's young rich boyfriend.
When I saw that Bryan Cranston had signed on to do a comedy film I knew it wouldn't just be any old movie. He's actually a brilliant comedic actor (as anyone who is familiar with 'Malcolm in the Middle' will be fully aware of) but his career has also advanced past that point and he can now pretty much pick and choose his roles as he likes. The other indicator that this was going to be a quality film was the attachment of writer/director John Hamburg. He has shown himself to be a sure sign of a great movie ('Little Fockers' probably being the one exception). Sometimes though, movies that you go into with the highest expectations turn out to be some of the worst. Fortunately that wasn't the case here, as 'Why Him?' is a very fine movie.
There were actually a lot of similarities between this and 'Meet the Parents' (also a Hamburg film), only with the roles reversed and the daughter's boyfriend being the crazy one. Quite a similar formula was followed and that makes perfect sense to me, because 'Meet the Parents' was a very enjoyable film.
The 'R' certainly helped it a lot too. Movies with the freedom of that rating are just so much more enjoyable to watch. Nothing feels off limits and the actors seem so much more comfortable in their characters with no restrictions on them. This is particularly prevalent in actors who like to improvise, and you could tell that improvisation was heavily used in this film, especially from James Franco.
What I love most about this film though is that while it is undoubtedly crass in nearly every scene, it also has a heart. While these characters might be mildly unrealistic, you can still relate to them and understand them as genuine people who actually mean well. Franco's performance is actually quite outstanding in this way. A lot of actors playing this role would probably come across quite unlikeable, but Franco never does. This could also be put down to excellent writing, but I give Franco equal credit.
The other stand-out (in a film that had zero weaknesses in terms of cast, they were all brilliant in their own way) was Keegan-Michael Key. The man knows funny. I imagine he was also improvising heavily and that freedom really lets his performance flourish. He manages to make some lines funny that really had no business coming across that way. Also one moment on the dance floor had me in stitches. His facials are as impressive as his line delivery. A great addition to the film.
I really enjoyed 'Why Him?'. The only flaw I could possibly find was a similar one again to 'Meet the Parents', where I found that lot of Cranston's actions (which drive the story) can come across a little unjustified and unnecessary, much the same as Ben Stiller's character in that movie. It's a minor problem though and something that is easy to get past. There is no shortage of laughs throughout and the film has a genuine heart, which is shown no better than in the final couple of scenes. A terrific effort from all involved.
I was able to see a preview in a pretty full cinema which gave a great atmosphere. The majority of the audience appeared to be enjoying this old fashioned knock about comedy. The laughs come mostly from the crazy situations the Cranston and Mullalley characters find themselves in and also from James Franco's awkwardness around his girlfriend's parents. Keegan-Michael Key also has his fair share of the gags most especially when he has to help out Cranston's character with an automatic toilet, this is one of the funniest but at the same time low-key scenes I have seen in many years. All of the performances are fabulous each one brings their own style of comedy to the film and young Griffin Gluck holds is own with his older co-stars. I have read reviews of people complaining that there's no depth to this film but I disagree it's about one character wishing to feel a part of a family while another wanting to remain relevant in their family and work life. I really enjoyed this film and left the cinema feeling good and intend see it again.
Possibly more so than any other genre, a solid ensemble cast (as well as the script, of course) is the absolute key to unlocking a decent comedy and unfortunately, the very central piece lets the whole film down: Bryan Cranston is not a leading comic and it very obviously shows. As one of this year's Best Actor nominees, Cranston fails to come across naturally in this lead role, with every joke and riff feeling more like a stiff and laboured effort than an organic energy, as the rest of his cast demonstrate, who are all more typically associated with the genre - and it really rather shows. His lead co-star, Franco, does a far more convincing job and manages to translate what should be an irritating and obnoxious character into a far more likable and funny character than expected. Megan Mullally is also worth a mention; the Parks and Rec star has a rather small role but manages to make quite the impression as Barb, even when the script doesn't quite serve her well enough, including a prolonged scene in which she is determined to have sex with her husband - this same plot was employed with absolutely hilarious results in Parks and Rec (in which she played the outrageous Tammy Two) but it falls completely flat here through no fault of her own. It's another example of a committed performance ploughing against all the odds. Talking of ploughing, the absolute star of this film is the youngest cast member - Griffin Gluck is continually hilarious and awarded the script's biggest laughs, but it is his conviction and joyous performance that secures these laughs, making him the most memorable element of the film, even with the lowest-billing of the main five stars.
Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford,
Carrie Fisher, David Prowse, Billy Dee Williams, Anthony Daniels, Peter
Mayhew, James Earl Jones, Kenny Baker, Frank Oz, Alec Guinness, Jeremy
Bulloch, John Hollis, Jack Purvis, Des Webb, Clive Revill, Julian
Glover, Kenneth Colley, John Ratzenberger, Michael Sheard, Michael
Culver, John Dicks, Milton Johns, Mark Jones, Oliver Maguire, Robin
Scobey, Bruce Boa, Christopher Malcolm, Denis Lawson, Ian Liston, John
Morton, Richard Oldfield, Jack McKenzie, Jerry Harte, Norman Chancer,
Norwich Duff, Ray Hassett, Brigitte Kahn, Burnell Tucker, Bob Anderson,
Lightning Bear, Richard Bonehill, John Cannon, Mark Capri, Martin Dew,
Peter Diamond, Stuart Fell, Doug Robinson, Tony Smart, Alan Harris,
Tiffany L. Kurtz, Mac McDonald, Ralph McQuarrie, Ralph Morse, Terry
Richards, Michael Santiago, Treat Williams, Jason Wingreen, Shaun Curry
Crew :
Irvin Kershner, Gary Kurtz, Leigh
Brackett, Lawrence Kasdan, John Williams, Brian Johnson, George Lucas,
George Lucas, Bob Edmiston, Irene Lamb, Terry Liebling, Norman Reynolds,
Leslie Dilley, Harry Lange, Alan Tomkins, Michael Ford, John Mollo,
Paul Hirsch, George Lucas, Marcia Lucas, Peter Suschitzky, Robert Watts,
Jim Bloom, Bob Anderson, Lightning Bear, Peter Diamond, Stuart Fell,
Doug Robinson, Tony Smart, Alan Harris, Ralph McQuarrie, Terry Richards,
Howard G. Kazanjian, Nick Maley, Patricia Carr, Bruce Sharman, Gary
Kurtz, Terry Pritchard, Tiny Nicholls, Herbert W. Spencer, David
Tomblin, Steve Lanning, Paul Huston, Richard Edlund, David H. Watkins,
Bonnie Koehler
Vote Average:
8 Count: 3869
Overview :
The epic saga continues as Luke
Skywalker, in hopes of defeating the evil Galactic Empire, learns the
ways of the Jedi from aging master Yoda. But Darth Vader is more
determined than ever to capture Luke. Meanwhile, rebel leader Princess
Leia, cocky Han Solo, Chewbacca, and droids C-3PO and R2-D2 are thrown
into various stages of capture, betrayal and despair.
I saw "The Empire Strikes Back" first when it came out in the Special Edition. I didn't expect to like it, so you can imagine my surprise. The entire film blew me away. I was amazed by the emotional impact. Princess Leia became a role model, Han Solo became an object of lust. I knew before seeing it, I wanted a career in movies, but this one helped me make up my mind for certain. I used to have over 10 different favorite movies, including West Side Story and Rebel Without A Cause, but I found that Empire left me breathless every time. In my opinion, The Empire Strikes Back is the best cinematic experience in history, and will remain the best.
Even better than the first one, this movie is fun! Better special effects and bigger adventures and to top it all: the mother of all soap opera plots!(And I bet EVERYONE knows what I'm talking about) Unlike the first movie, this one is not a stand-alone movie and it connects directly to the third (or should I say sixth?) and final part. You still get the feeling of a complete story and it's f-u-n. Lucas is a genius. Great characters, great worlds of wonder... Wow. Oh, and make sure you watch the special edition! Just buy the special edition trilogy. I agree I really enjoy the Empire Strikes Back. Out of all the 4 Star Wars films I think that it is the second best of the lot. what annoys me is how unanimously most reviewers automatically point out that Return of the Jedi is the worst of the series.
(Many even say that the childish film, TPM is better than ROTJ???!!huh???!!!!!!) To be quite frank, WHY?
After reading surprising reviews from critics and fans alike I feel like it is necessary to point out why ROTJ is better than ESB:
First of all, except for the "I am your father" it was not as emotional and sentimental as Return of the Jedi. Sure the "I am your father" statement was a surprise, but I get tears in my eyes when Luke reveals to his sister the truth about how they are siblings. But even that pales compared to the last 40 minutes of the movie which is an extremely dark confrontation between Luke/Darth Vader/Palpatine. Darth Vader's final redemption is just the most touching/meaningful scene out of all the Star Wars movies. And the "I am your father" statement just does not have as much sting as "Father... Father I will not leave you.." and then Anakin dies.. or even "You have failed your highness, I am a Jedi like my father before me."
Has anyone ever thought how silly it was for Luke to learn how to become a near Jedi after one afternoon and nearly defeat Vader? Come on, he did not even know how to handle a lightsaber before he met Yoda.. All of a sudden he is doing all those impressive flips and swashbuckling moves? Give me a break. Or how about knowing how to use the force to get to Bespin? How? A Jedi that can barely use the force to lift pebbles. Hello?
This movie was slower paced. I must agree that some of the sequences in the asteroid belt seemed to drag at times. Jedi, (the longest of the three) on the other hand gripped you for all its 133 minutes.
Where is the big space battle? I like to see spaceships getting blown up... Is this "Star Wars" or "Star Trek"? On the other hand, the Space Battle in ROTJ is widely considered The Greatest Space Battle Ever Filmed.
The Battle of Endor was great because it was ironic and unexpected. Everyone says how much they hate the Ewoks but the charming thing about this battle was that the Imperials were supposed to win since Palpatine had foreseen it. I was in turmoil after the line--"Your friends over there on the Endor moon are walking into a trap.. It (the shield generator) is quite safe from your pitiful band...An entire legion of my best troops await them.. Oh! I think that the shield generator will be quite operational when your friends arrive.." After this I thought how could the rebels possibly win when the Empire had the upper hand. When the Ewoks came and surprised everyone I was breathtaken! I always get emotional when I see the underdogs take on a much more powerful foe!
Empire Strikes Back is a great movie in its own right But.. Special kudos goes to the greatest film in cinematic history-- Episode 6:Return of the Jedi. When I first saw this movie as youngster, I thought it was good, but i was into the Action Packed Star Wars and Return of the Jedi better, but now i have a different outlook of it. Now it my fav of the series and probably of all movies. It has deep meaning to it. The scenes with the all-knowing Yoda and Luke. There also were some good action sequences on Hoth, the Icy planet. But the duel between Vader and Skywalker is one of the best sword fights EVER! If there is anyone out there who is reading this and hasn't seen this movie or Starwars, then see them all NOW. As a matter of fact, u can probably bye them for a cheap price as a set at your local Best Buy or where ever.
The Empire Strikes Back is just a notch down from A New Hope, but still an excellent film in the trilogy. After the Death Star was destroyed, the Rebellion was chased from their secret base and relocated to a bunch of different planets over three years, until they're finally settled down on the ice planet of Hoth. Darth Vader, obsessed with finding Luke Skywalker has sent probe droids across the galaxy in order to find him and his friends. This film is very action packed, ranging from the AT-AT battle to the chase in the asteroid field. The acting is quite better than the first go around, especially from Mark Hamill, and the love scenes between Han and Leia are excellent. Darth Vader is at his most evil in this film, choking people to death who fail him. His lightsaber duel with Luke at the end is ten times better than between him and Obi Wan in the original and the point where Darth tells Luke who he REALLY is is shocking, even when you know what happens. To sum it up: The Rebellion is defeated, Luke abandons his training, Han is captured and taken to Jabba The Hutt and Luke gains a daddy and loses a hand. Excellent film in the series.
Universal Pictures, Dentsu, Relativity Media, Kennedy/Marshall Company, The, Captivate Entertainment
Cast :
Jeremy Renner, Rachel Weisz,
Edward Norton, Scott Glenn, Stacy Keach, Joan Allen, Donna Murphy,
Albert Finney, Michael Chernus, Oscar Isaac, Corey Stoll, David
Strathairn, Michael Papajohn, Dennis Boutsikaris, Sheena Colette, Louis
Ozawa Changchien, Corey Johnson, Jennifer Kim, Elizabeth Marvel, Shane
Jacobson, Page Leong, Robert Christopher Riley, Zeljko Ivanek, Lou
Veloso, Ruby Ruiz, Madeleine Nicolas, Antonette Garcia, Joel Torre, John
Arcilla, Faye Yvette McQueen, Rachel Black
Crew :
Frank Marshall, Tony Gilroy, Tony
Gilroy, Eric Van Lustbader, Patrick Crowley, James Newton Howard, Ellen
Chenoweth, Stephen H. Carter, Shay Cunliffe, Charlie Campbell, Molly
Hughes, John Gilroy, Henry Morrison, Jennifer Fox, Robert Elswit, Kevin
Thompson, Leslie E. Rollins, Felicity Bowring, Diana Burton, Wanjin
Choi, David Dowling, Erwin Arenas, Wendy M. Craig, Kate Edwards, Jeffrey
Fayle, Cheryl Kilbourne-Kimpton, Nathan J. Busch II, Jerry DeCarlo,
Chris Harrison-Glimsdale, Kathe Swanson, Sunday Englis, Joanne Jacobsen,
Björn Rehbein, Sue Wyburgh, Junsik Park, Joseph Santos, Jennifer Lane,
Sheyam Ghieth, W. Steven Graham, Deborah Jensen, Hinju Kim, Marion
Kolsby, Doug Anderson, Yong Xi Chen, Christopher Hébel, Lia Lorms,
Jordan Lovelace, Roman Lystvak, Kosyo Minchev, Danh Nguyen, Charles R.
Suter, Christopher Weiser, Ken Nelson, Philip Canfield, Per Hallberg,
Christopher Assells, Peter Staubli, John C. Stuver, Chris Hogan, Dino
Dimuro, William R. Dean, Dan Hegeman, David Parker, John T. Cucci, Dan
O'Connell, Chris Jargo, Kent Blocher, Abi Cadogan, Vanessa Cheung,
Benjamin Chua, Hal Couzens, Scott M. Davids, Michael Bruce Ellis, John
Heller, Dhuha Isa, Kieran Nicholas, Gary Nolin, Tracey Leadbetter, Seth
Kleinberg, Dan Bradley, Chris O'Hara, Hans Bjerno, Sean M. Harding,
Andrew Rowlands, Mary Cybulski, Cory Geryak, Barry Idoine, Burton 'Joe'
Kuchera, Pepito Mirador Jr., James W. Harrison III, Nick Monton, Nic
Ratner, Ravi Dube, Sylvia Nablo, Coleman Robinson, Cecile Vitan, Dianne
Dreyer, Susan Hegarty, Dennis Penney, Julie Kuehndorf, Nikolo Juban,
Nicole Eckenroad
Vote Average:
5.9 Count: 2067
Overview
The fourth installment of the
highly successful Bourne series sidelines main character Jason Bourne in
order to focus on a fellow estranged assassin Aaron Cross. The story
centers on new CIA operative, Aaron Cross as he experiences
life-or-death stakes that have been triggered by the previous actions of
Jason Bourne.
Keyword :
assassin, wolf, maryland, suicide by gunshot, rooftop, exploding house, laptop, tracking device, fake id, seoul south korea, pharmaceutical lab, government conspiracy, roof chase, manila philippines, hunted, false passport, alberta canada, lieutenant general
With very little connection to the first three movies, the storytelling in "The Bourne Legacy" is hollow, the action is sparse, and does not truly follow the legacy left by its predecessor. I believe Jeremy Renner is fully capable of taking over the franchise so closely associated with Matt Damon. The fans of the Bourne trilogy that followed the adventures of Jason Bourne still can't get over the fact that their hero is gone and has been replaced by Renner, a very suitable leading man, physically and emotionally. Rachel Weisz and Edward Norton added gleaming support to the rather lackluster structure of the film, screenplay-wise.
Robert Elswit's arresting cinematography and John Gilroy's smart editing makes the film look first-rate. The chase scene in Manila is reminiscent to the iconic Moscow car chase scene in "The Bourne Supremacy." Though the motorcycle chase sequence shot in our busy streets will never be able to equal the adrenaline rush elicited by the first three films, it's fair to say that it comes close. The rest of the action scenes were solid and not overdone.
The script was infused with jargon and sufficient action to divert the viewers from the movie's lack of soul. Even the great performances by Renner, Weisz, and Norton couldn't save the movie's thin plot and bleak conclusion. The ending was unappealing and abrupt it left most viewers at a loss. You can easily paint the disappointment etched in their faces as they hesitantly stood up from their seats and slowly left the theater. There are many questions left unanswered, such as why Outcome chose the Philippines as its laboratory for the sought-after pills. If the writers' intention is to leave room for future vicissitudes in the franchise's continuity, then it makes for a lame excuse. The idea alone of making a Bourne movie without Jason Bourne is ludicrous. In this respect, the fimmakers have succeeded in making the Bourne fans feel cheated and the new audience underwhelmed for trying to force a puzzle piece that just doesn't fit.
For something so highly anticipated and over-hyped, "The Bourne Legacy" is a huge letdown. I gave this movie a 7/10 just because 25% of it was shot in Manila (a preposterous judgment for an equally absurd film). In the previous films it is the story of Bourne's quest for identity/redemption that drives the narrative. With the carefully constructed development of the Bourne character you "empathise" for Bourne. He is an "innocent" who doesn't kill unless he has too. As good as Renner is as an actor, this movie didn't gel like the others which Is a director/script problem. Aaron Cross is simply not a compelling character. Gilroy might have written the screen play for the other movies, but previous director Paul Greengrass does a far superior job in directing both the action and plot elements. His work is sorely missed in this movie.
Other problems abound throughout the movie. Where are Pamela Landy and Noah Volson? Tacked on the end as a cheap after thought so that there can be a sequel. The ending feels odd as there's no real resolution. One of the most powerful elements in the previous films was the music; the clear musical 'themes' in the previous movies for each character/scenario instantly conveyed both plot and gave the audience an emotional connection with narrative. I would have expected to hear echoes of these themes in a movie claiming to be a "legacy" of the previous movies - but not one of these is present which I found really disappointing.
This movie had big shoes to fill ... and didn't. It feels like a studio trying to cash-in on the success of the previous movies. Where do i start with this movie, I have very mixed feelings about it. If judged by the standards of the previous Bourne movies then it is at best mediocre and thats probably being a bit too generous. If judged on its own and ignoring its predecessors then it's actually pretty OK. Lets start with the positives. The action scenes are for the most part well shot and edited. The main chase scenes suffers from a few too many close up shots and quick cuts which can make it a bit hard to tell exactly what's happening but overall it's pretty good.
Jeremy Renner is another plus, he does an excellent job with a very poor script and tries his best to bring some life to the role. By far the biggest plus point of the movie is Rachel Weisz who does an excellent job as the damsel in distress and is the most believable character in the entire film. Now for the negatives. The story line is awful, set to occur simultaneously with the events of the other Bourne movies Ed Nortons character tries to shut down all the various operations with super spies which led to the creation of Jason Bourne and Aaron Cross(Renner) in case the public becomes aware these programs exist. He then tries to kill all the agents and succeeds apart from Renner obviously.
This is where the problems start as Renner then has no other mission apart from scoring more of the drugs he needs to keep himself pumped up. He has nothing to discover or learn about himself or why this is happening and his character never develops. He doesn't try to find out who is responsible or why. He still has all his memories so there's nothing for him to learn and there are a series of pointless flashbacks to his previous life which tell us absolutely nothing. The pace is very slow and takes ages to get going and when it does the chase lacks the suspense and sense of danger that made the previous Bourne films such a thrill. There is also no resolution its like the chase ends and then so does the film, I'm not sure if this is so it can lead into a sequel but Renner and Weisz are just sailing off into the sunset having accomplished nothing more then scoring his drugs, which then why does he need if he's just going to sail off and retire. Which makes the whole film seem very pointless and like a complete waste of time.
By far the biggest plot whole which is completely inexplicable is that after Renner scores his drugs Norton sends another super spy to kill him. Fine you'd say, every movie needs an equally tough baddie to challenge the hero but they'd just killed off every other super spy and only Renner survived so how is this other guy suddenly available for work. So overall not bad if you just want to watch some action and good chases but let down horribly by a poor script, storyline and complete lack of character development and purpose. A poor addition to the franchise and clearly released purely for an easy buck and not because there is anything to add the Bourne storyline.
Legendary Pictures, Warner Bros., DC Entertainment, Syncopy, Cruel and Unusual Films
Cast :
Henry Cavill, Amy Adams, Michael
Shannon, Diane Lane, Russell Crowe, Antje Traue, Kevin Costner,
Christopher Meloni, Laurence Fishburne, Jadin Gould, Tahmoh Penikett,
Ayelet Zurer, Richard Schiff, Dylan Sprayberry, Michael Kelly, Carla
Gugino, Richard Cetrone, Mackenzie Gray, Julian Richings, Mary Black,
Samantha Jo, Rebecca Buller, Christina Wren, David Lewis, Doug Abrahams,
Brad Kelly, Alessandro Juliani, Jack Foley, Robert Gerdisch, Harry
Lennix, Jacqueline Scislowski, Sean Campbell, Raj Lal
Crew :
Zack Snyder, Christopher Nolan,
David S. Goyer, David S. Goyer, Christopher Nolan, Joe Shuster, Jerry
Siegel, Hans Zimmer, Wesley Coller, Jon Peters, Lloyd Phillips, Charles
Roven, Deborah Snyder, Emma Thomas, Thomas Tull, Amir Mokri, David
Brenner, Kristy Carlson, Lora Kennedy, Alex McDowell, Anne Kuljian, Vlad
Bina, Chris Farmer, Aaron Haye, Dan Hermansen, Craig Jackson, Helen
Jarvis, Kim Sinclair, James Acheson, Michael Wilkinson, Diana Acrey,
Anji Bemben, John JayBee Bivins, Anthony Di Ninno, Curt Kanemoto,
Elizabeth McClurg, Dan Youngs, Claire Simon, Brian Avery, Damon Caro,
Jay Oliva, Allen Hall, Nancy McCrumb, Kevin Kaska
Vote Average:
6.5 Count: 4692
Overview :
A young boy learns that he has
extraordinary powers and is not of this earth. As a young man, he
journeys to discover where he came from and what he was sent here to do.
But the hero in him must emerge if he is to save the world from
annihilation and become the symbol of hope for all mankind.
This movie make me one time more disappointed about super heroes movie. Marvel and DC have so much good stories to explore and to give a good twist with to make it realistic and touching, how much difficult is to make a good super hero movie?
I can't understand how people can give some money to see this. I'm 100% agree with Lyre comments. How is it possible?
US movies are passing a bad time like they no more care about a good plot and invest all the money using all this technology to compensate the lack of substance of their work. This movie could not be more illustrative about what I'm saying: everybody knows Superman story, why anybody care to give it a twist in order to captivate spectator mind. All these inconsistencies are ridiculous.
This movie is a disgrace for all movies, but isn't the only one of its kind.
Spoilers ahead.
Not even remotely kidding. Not really caring about the comics, all I wanted to watch was a good movie. Something like the Batman reboot. I don't mind if it follows the canon or not, or whatever.I didn't even care if it was Oscar potential. All I asked for is to be entertained.
Nope. Didn't happen at all.
Sure, the SFX are great. And the new suit is OK, I guess. Other than that... what on earth did I watch? I waited and waited. The first half was slow and boring, but I thought it'd build up to a terrific climax. As many pointed out, I wondered about the plot holes (how did Superman know he had to go north? How did Louis Lane fall in love with Superman? How did he do all the amazing feats of strength while near the ship? Why didn't Superman take the battle outside Metropolis? The list goes on and on), but didn't care that much.
What I did care about was - the second half was just explosions and nothing more. Violence, destruction, and that's it. The Avengers was fun because the characters had someone to talk to while mayhem happened around them. Batman was interesting because he had Alfred and the Comissioner around. Superman has.. nothing. All we see are loud crashes everywhere. The action goes by so fast you don't really see a thing.
The characters are completely forgettable. Even Laurence Fishburne is a bore.
I really can't believe this movie had something to do with Christopher Nolan. Batman begins is leaps and bounds better than this movie. I really wanted to like it, but in the end it's just as forgettable as Superman Returns. And that's a really bad thing.
It seems Christopher Reeve will forever be THE Superman, after all.
This may have a small spoiler - depends on what you call a spoiler!
I'm not a critic - just a girl who grew up on Superman movies, and has loved all of them....even Returns, although it wasn't my favorite one. I had been anxiously awaiting the arrival of this movie since 2011, when I found out it was being produced by Nolan. When I left the theater I felt very much like I had watched a Transformers movie, and not a Superman movie. This was a summer blockbuster special effects movie and not much more. I thought the actors were great (although I did think Zod was miscast) The writing was fine, for what it was, and it seemed like they were trying to give some depth and character development in the first half of the movie, but then....nothing... except grand explosions and superfluously long battle scenes.
By far, the biggest disappointment to me was the Clark-Lois relationship, in which there was no chemistry, (they didn't take the time to build any - although the actors could have portrayed it splendidly, I think), no suspense, and basically no romance - although I THINK the movie wanted us to believe they were in love.... That's how badly done it was, I couldn't tell if they were in love or not. I went from thinking "This is a good start to a friendship" to "they just kissed, why did they do that?"
Lastly, what's up with Lois shouting Clark's name while he's wearing his Superman tights? OK - seriously, they should have known better than that.
This film isn't even close to the same level as the Batman Begins trilogy. Just too much action and not enough character development and relationship.
Essentially, they turned it into a "guy's movie." As someone who's not interested in explosions, I got quite bored and a bit depressed with the last half of this movie. Richard Donner still has my vote, by far.
I have to agree with the critics on this one. Man Of Steel just doesn't compare to the original Superman films.
The movie is all about special effects. They are too fast and jerky which makes the action scenes very hard to follow. Was it really necessary to have so much destruction? There are too many spaceships and scenes in space and what was with the laser eyes? They were more fire than laser....ridiculous!
The majority of the acting is amateur. Russell Crowe is average, Amy Adams (Lois Lane) should be put in a soap opera, Henry Cavil as Superman has no screen presence whatsoever and Michael Shannon as General Zod was awful.
Where was the hero factor? In Superman, didn't you all get tingles and goose bumps when he first turns into Superman, catches Lois and then the helicopter?
Superman films should be Cert U or PG. All I can manage to give it is 3/10 folks....
Why do Directors today feel we the public need 1 hour of loud continuous destruction scenes???? The movie started out great with interesting character building and story line. The last half was the same old been there done that green screen video game action. The director really missed a great opportunity to make a film with some real SUPERMAN story punch. Instead, he pandered to the easy green screen visual assault on the senses with sound so loud, the dialogue was lost. Had the ending action sequence been less over the top, I would definitely want to see this movie again. Knowing this, I doubt I will ever want to watch again. Get a new director.
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