Post by drystyx on Jun 25, 2018 8:35:18 GMT
Double feature at the Georgetown drive in tonight, in Indiana. Couldn't wait to see the big budget thrillers, mostly to review them.
Jurassic World Fallen Kingdom and A Star Wars Story. Surely one would be top notch.
Instead, it turned out to be a major disappointment.
c
First came the Fallen Kingdom, which seems to be one of many contenders for the WTF did I just watch award.
I can't tell you the plot of Fallen Kingdom, because I have no idea what in the world was going on, and didn't care. It's tough to stay awake through. There are so many flaws, I don't know where to begin. I don't even know if there's anything quality in this, except that it wasn't as bad as Jurassic World, but then what is?
The dialog is horrible. Again, we see that Hollywood has had so many hack writers that now they are the ones hiring other writers, and it shows. The dialog is strained to the max. One almost has to feel sorry for the actors here.
Then there's the horrible special effects. Now, the nerds love it, but no one else does. Why? Because everything is just bang and bang and faster than an eye can make sense out of. You can't watch it without getting dizzy. It's like being in a goofy video arcade where nothing makes sense, and the people making it are proud of confusing you.
They seem to think we can tell one dinosaur from another. Well, that's impossible when they're on screen in one millionth of a second frames, and nothing is explained.
Then the characters make no sense. A little girl is told to scream and run around like Newt from Aliens so obviously that it borders on parody.
Motivation? Well, don't expect anything like that.
I generously gave it a 3/10
The next feature was the Star Wars solo on Solo. Well, didn't expect much, and it was ordinary. Not what one would expect from director Ron Howard.
Howard was fortunate in that his movie was billed with the inferior Jurassic movie, which made it look better in comparison.
Still, it was ordinary and predictable. Solo is likable enough in this, but his luck of a demi god is so ridiculous that we can't relate to him. So, fortunately we're given Chewbacca to follow along with. Chewy becomes the soul of the story. However, it's another terrible use of CGI, full of sound and fury signifying nothing, but not nearly as dull as Jurassic World Fallen was. Still, the trend of ridiculously horrible special effects is undeniable.
I gave this one a 5/10. Watchable, ordinary, average.
Jurassic World Fallen Kingdom and A Star Wars Story. Surely one would be top notch.
Instead, it turned out to be a major disappointment.
c
First came the Fallen Kingdom, which seems to be one of many contenders for the WTF did I just watch award.
I can't tell you the plot of Fallen Kingdom, because I have no idea what in the world was going on, and didn't care. It's tough to stay awake through. There are so many flaws, I don't know where to begin. I don't even know if there's anything quality in this, except that it wasn't as bad as Jurassic World, but then what is?
The dialog is horrible. Again, we see that Hollywood has had so many hack writers that now they are the ones hiring other writers, and it shows. The dialog is strained to the max. One almost has to feel sorry for the actors here.
Then there's the horrible special effects. Now, the nerds love it, but no one else does. Why? Because everything is just bang and bang and faster than an eye can make sense out of. You can't watch it without getting dizzy. It's like being in a goofy video arcade where nothing makes sense, and the people making it are proud of confusing you.
They seem to think we can tell one dinosaur from another. Well, that's impossible when they're on screen in one millionth of a second frames, and nothing is explained.
Then the characters make no sense. A little girl is told to scream and run around like Newt from Aliens so obviously that it borders on parody.
Motivation? Well, don't expect anything like that.
I generously gave it a 3/10
The next feature was the Star Wars solo on Solo. Well, didn't expect much, and it was ordinary. Not what one would expect from director Ron Howard.
Howard was fortunate in that his movie was billed with the inferior Jurassic movie, which made it look better in comparison.
Still, it was ordinary and predictable. Solo is likable enough in this, but his luck of a demi god is so ridiculous that we can't relate to him. So, fortunately we're given Chewbacca to follow along with. Chewy becomes the soul of the story. However, it's another terrible use of CGI, full of sound and fury signifying nothing, but not nearly as dull as Jurassic World Fallen was. Still, the trend of ridiculously horrible special effects is undeniable.
I gave this one a 5/10. Watchable, ordinary, average.
