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Suswatibasu (1701 KP) rated Split (2016) in Movies

Oct 19, 2017 (Updated Oct 19, 2017)

Split (2016)

2016 | Horror, Thriller

7.8

(124 Ratings)

Movie Rating Watch

A little better from M Night Shyamalan, but still not spectacular

By far, James McAvoy steals the show in this psychological thriller, in which he plays 23 different personalities. Suffering from the condition Dissociative Identity Disorder, McAvoy reveals a dark side, where he kidnaps three girls and holds them hostage to his whims, while attempting to seek help from a psychiatrist. In between, we see one girl in particular engage with him, the trauma also bringing out her own demons. And of course a mandatory cameo from the director himself.

While the story has potential, and his acting is flawless - it lacks substance somewhat. Apart from his 'transformation', the film seems to have been created mainly on the premise that there will be a sequel, so you're left in limbo at the end with a small clue of what's next.

It's not particularly scary, so I wouldn't deem it a horror movie as such. The girls' kidnapping also seems slightly pointless, like tools in the movie so that they can showcase Kevin's (the main personality) different sides and what a 'monster' he is. Disappointing, but better than Shyamalan's recent terrible films.

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Sawyer (231 KP) rated Love, Death & Robots in TV

May 10, 2019

Love, Death & Robots

2019 | Action, Animation, Comedy

8.5

(37 Ratings)

TV Show Rating

The animation is just about always amazing in some way (1 more)

I actually prefer these short episodes usually between 5 and 15 minutes

There is a lot of sexuality and nudity including full frontal male nudity that just seems like it's unnecessary most of time (1 more)

It's an aontology show Which means some episodes are just not going to be as good

A variety sample pack of short sci-fi animated stories

So this is a animated show each episode features a short self-contained story with a distinctive different animation style most of the stories are sci-fi in nature with a few being more on the supernatural side I was actually surprised by the overall quality usually in this type of show there's going to be very highs and very lows

I can say for the most part the show is really enjoyable lots of unique art styles unique stories with different backgrounds a lot of them do feel like it's more style than substance though

And there is a lot of Gore violence and sexuality sprinkled throughout the series that is just off-putting sometimes for me

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Sarah (7798 KP) rated Sucker Punch (2011) in Movies

Sep 20, 2018

Sucker Punch (2011)

2011 | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

6.2

(59 Ratings)

Movie Rating

All style, no substance

Apologies in advance to all of the male Smashbombers, but this film basically feels like a teenage boy’s fantasy. I saw it when it first came out at the cinema and wasn’t impressed in the slightest, but I thought I’d give it another go in case I was wrong. Unfortunately I wasn’t.

Girls wearing barely anything, mental asylums, brothels, monsters, war zones, robots, dragons, zombies.... did nobody stop to think that this was maybe a bit too much? Zack Snyder has compared this to Alice in Wonderland, but it is far from it. The plot could’ve worked better if it had just stuck to a girl resorting to a inner fantasy world to escape reality in a mental asylum, but instead it just gets far too ridiculous and silly. Visually it looks very good, although I don’t think the CGI looks quite as good on the small screen as you’d hope, and the soundtrack is great, it’s just a shame the rest of the film is so dull and laughably bad. You’ve got some great actors in here (even a brief cameo from Jon Hamm) but they really are wasted in this.

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Andy K (10821 KP) rated Roma (2018) in Movies

Jan 8, 2019

Roma (2018)

2018 | Drama

7.4

(10 Ratings)

Movie Rating

Beautiful but pointless

I guess I expect a little more from Alfonso Cuarón, director of Gravity and Children of Men, than a slightly boring film about a year in the life of a Mexican family in the 1970s. The film focuses on the lives of an upper middle class couple, their kids and their maid as they go through the events of their daily lives and have a few unexpected things happen to them.

I guess it's kind of interesting as events unfold; however, I was kind of waiting for some meaning or point of which there was none. I would say normally I am not a huge fan of the "slice of life" sort of movie as they usually are devoid of point and this one was no exception.

The beautiful black and white cinematography and long takes make the film a technical marvel, but I wish there was more substance here.

Not sure why it is getting all the hype and attention other than because of its famous director. In a year, no one will remember this film.