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Post by Nalkarj on Jan 25, 2019 4:31:11 GMT
Villain by far the most interesting character.
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Post by Nalkarj on Jan 25, 2019 4:38:04 GMT
The problem is that Freeman’s wonder doesn’t work on the audience the same way because we’ve already seen this stuff—far less wondrously.
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Post by Nalkarj on Jan 25, 2019 4:46:21 GMT
Another challenge. So bad guy wins, takes throne, prepares to use armies to wage war, etc.—but then good guy comes back, finds bad guy stole pendant (or whatever it is) to falsify claim, beats bad guy, retakes throne. Right? Time stamp for prediction: 55 min., 12 sec. remaining.
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Post by Nalkarj on Jan 25, 2019 4:49:27 GMT
Poor Forest Whitaker doesn’t have a good track record in these kinds of movies. Got killed in Star Wars and now this. Remarkable how much is borrowed from The Lion King.
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Post by Nalkarj on Jan 25, 2019 5:15:04 GMT
I’m bored. All this action on-screen and I’m bored, I think because I anticipated every single story beat so far.
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Post by Nalkarj on Jan 25, 2019 5:15:28 GMT
Cool costumes, though.
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Post by Nalkarj on Jan 25, 2019 5:19:31 GMT
I don’t get the grunting tribe. That whole thing feels stupid, actually.
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Post by Nalkarj on Jan 25, 2019 5:28:26 GMT
I used to think my favorite character was the villain, but even he became wimpy and one-note towards the end. Now I think it’s the girlfriend. She’s not some great character, but she’s sweet and likeable and somehow not as dull as the hero.
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Post by Nalkarj on Jan 25, 2019 5:30:04 GMT
It’s over. I didn’t like it; mostly I was just bored throughout.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 25, 2019 5:45:18 GMT
So... Best Picture material?
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Post by Nalkarj on Jan 25, 2019 6:11:14 GMT
So... Best Picture material? I mean, I wanted to like it! But I just… For the life of me, I can’t see what’s so great about it. It looks largely like the Star Wars prequels, but other than that there’s little visual inventiveness. The direction is pedestrian. The plot is a straightforward retread of The Lion King, Simba, Mufasa, Rafiki and all. Martin Freeman isn’t even all that different from Timon and Pumba. The hero, so compelling in a movie I didn’t otherwise like, Civil War (I was fond of the scene where he talks to the villain), is here so drab that I couldn’t feel any emotion. He is likeable, an excellent quality, but that’s it. The film somewhat reminded me of a bizarre medley of Rogue One and Solo—the former’s mood and color scheme and the latter’s fervent mediocrity. Somewhat shockingly for a Marvel movie, the action sequences are too small, rather than over-the-top (the usual problem), and not well-filmed. The villain makes a magnificent entrance, and the movie plays with politics in a way that I expected would come back (and wouldn’t mind, because—unlike, say, Cameron’s Avatar—the political fight is interesting, not merely a reflection of the director’s prejudices), but nothing else he does in the movie compares to it. He becomes as bland as everyone else. The one saving grace is Lupita Nyong’o as the girlfriend. Like the girl in Solo, her role is nondescript, but she exudes warmth and humor—and actual acting skill. I think it’s boring and predictable, but those are not really things one can discuss or debate because they’re personal reactions, not objective criticisms. If the Academy loves it, great for them. But a Sondheim story kept rattling around in my head all while I was watching it: As for the theatre, even popular theatre, so for the cinema, even popular cinema.
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Post by Primemovermithrax Pejorative on Jan 25, 2019 6:51:25 GMT
On the positive side, SABATA was really good. Loved the money giveaway at the end.
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Post by Nalkarj on Jan 28, 2019 1:25:06 GMT
Watching Watchmen now. Someone here recommended it to me, if I remember correctly.
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Post by Nalkarj on Jan 28, 2019 1:27:29 GMT
The tone is dark, but the costumes look just awful.
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Post by Nalkarj on Jan 28, 2019 1:33:11 GMT
I like the guy in a trench coat who seems like Batman taken to a logical extreme.
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Post by Nalkarj on Jan 28, 2019 2:04:03 GMT
I’m not sure if I’m going to keep watching. I don’t like the level of violence.
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Post by Nalkarj on Jan 28, 2019 2:11:31 GMT
This somewhat reminds me of that Justice League episode where they kill the president and take over the world.
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Post by Nalkarj on Jan 28, 2019 2:19:44 GMT
The mystery is the only thing keeping me watching at this point.
I thought Rorschach was interesting at first in his insane vigilantism, but the actor is so over-the-top that I can’t tell whether or not it’s supposed to be a parody.
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Post by Nalkarj on Jan 28, 2019 2:44:25 GMT
1:24:34 left, prediction: the rich guy is the villain. He’s ranting about remaking the world now, always a bad sign. And did the girl just say the “Ozymandias line”? As in “look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair”? Callin’ it. Either that or he’s the only one left at the end with the real villain. Both fit the poem, more or less.
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Post by Nalkarj on Jan 28, 2019 3:15:08 GMT
Stopping it. I may pick it up again some other time, but for now I’m just bored.
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