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Lee (2222 KP) rated The Predator (2018) in Movies

Sep 13, 2018 (Updated Sep 14, 2018)

The Predator (2018)

2018 | Action, Horror

6.1

(47 Ratings)

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Predator dog... WTF?!

So, another week, another disappointment at the cinema. This week, it's the turn of The Predator.

For the first 40 minutes or so though, I actually really enjoyed this latest installment of a franchise that has always struggled to match the original. Some interesting ideas and characters are introduced and there's a healthy dose of intense action as a captured Predator escapes a facility it's being held captive in. Overall, plenty of potential.

But then, probably soon after the arrival of the huge CGI Super Predator, the movie slowly descends into nonsense. What doesn't help is that the editing is noticeably bad from then on too. Scene cuts that don't make sense and numerous occasions when you just can't tell who is doing what, where people are and who is getting killed. It's a frustrating, jumbled mess.

And in among all of that, there's a predator dog that goes from trying to kill everyone to following them around and wanting to play fetch like a real dog!! Ridiculous.

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Andy K (10821 KP) Sep 13, 2018

Bummer

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Dean (6926 KP) rated Midsommar (2019) in Movies

Jul 18, 2019 (Updated Jul 18, 2019)

Midsommar (2019)

2019 | Drama, Horror, Mystery

6.8

(43 Ratings)

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Something different to the normal "Horror" (0 more)

Still quite predictable in the end (0 more)

A Marmite film

If you have seen the trailer then you know this is going to be an artsy, bizarre film that's different from the mainstream films. It can be equally daft, silly one minute and shocking, disturbing the next. For either reason a few people walked out of the cinema after a while. It is gory at times and as it doesn't feel like a Horror film it can have more of an impact. There are lots of visual clues throughout the film and it does have depth to it. My main problem with it is despite being arsty the outcome as a whole was still quite predictable. It's a little overly long as well. It definitely has a Wicker Man meets Get Out vibe to it. Without being as good as either of those films. Overall a film some will love or hate, but either way it will stick with you after the credits. You'll definitely be talking about it for a while.

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Sarah (7798 KP) rated Moonlight (2016) in Movies

Jan 19, 2019

Moonlight (2016)

2016 | Drama

7.6

(18 Ratings)

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Good story, if a little dull

I’ve always found Oscar winners to be a bit hit and miss, and the majority are never quite as good as the accolades seem to suggest. Sadly for me Moonlight falls into this category.

You can’t fault the acting, everyone in this is truly fantastic. The story itself is fairly unique and the structure of it focusing on the same character at three different times in his life is a smart move. The problem with this film though is that is comes across as a bit dull and boring. While the basic premise is interesting and there are some good scenes, the full story seems to suffer and I’m actually quite glad I didn’t see this at the cinema as I can imagine sitting there quite bored. There is also an unexplained disappearance of a character which is really quite strange, and I find the evolution and development (or lack thereof) of the main character a little disappointing. It’s frustrating when you don’t feel that a character has really changed, especially in a coming of age story.

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Allison Knapp (118 KP) Jan 19, 2019

I still haven't seen this movie, but I was angry when it stole the best picture Oscar from La La Land, which happens to be one of my favorite movies.

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Zach Smith (62 KP) rated Doctor Sleep (2019) in Movies

Jan 27, 2020

Basically a new spin to vampirism (0 more)

The slow stabbing and cutting death of a screaming child, and going after other children was too much for me. (0 more)

Interesting spin

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The movie takes place several decades after "The Shining", Danny is still haunted by the events from the hotel and is even hunted by the evil that was there. He has found a way to trap the "evil spirits". He makes use of his "shining" and it becomes a great story, however the main protagonist is a group of people that have the same special power as Danny and even more, but they've also learned how to suck the power from young children and this results in what I don't think needs to be in cinema. This world is evil enough as it is and to watch a child be cut and stabbed to death slowly while a group kneels over him inhaling his essence is revolting, I almost left the theater over it.
0/10 snore factor, cant sleep through this one!