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Fred (860 KP) rated A Star Is Born (2018) in Movies
Jun 25, 2019
A Man is Bored
Watched this last night with my wife. About half way through, she asked if I liked it. I said "Not really." She laughed & said the same. There's no question that Lady Gaga is talented. Every time she sang, her voice gave me chills. Her acting is fine too. I like Bradley Cooper, but his singing is just not that good & his bad accent in this film just takes away any believability. That aside, I found the film boring. There is definite chemistry between the two stars, but I never felt any connection to any of the characters. It felt rushed. Everything happened too fast & I never felt like there was enough character development for me to like anyone. And for a movie over 2 hours, there should have been some sort character development. Without that, and without caring, the movie felt empty. When it was over, I was like, "Well, so what?" I still give it 5 out of 10, just to hear Gaga.
Emma @ The Movies (1786 KP) rated Gringo (2018) in Movies
Jun 29, 2019 (Updated Sep 25, 2019)
Harold's hum-drum life take an unexpected turn when he finds himself in Mexico, recently single, possibly jobless, and on the wrong side of a cartel boss.
I have to say, the first few minutes of this film were quite possibly my favourite... Harold (David Oyelowo) singing in his car... yep. That's how I start every morning and it just made me smile.
I like the fact that the trailer didn't give away any of the twist for this one. It made for a nice surprise and amusement. It was a nice little film, but I'd put a vote in for more Harold and Mitch (Sharlto Copley) time and less of everyone else. The pair made a great little double act. And while there was at least a good ending for Harold, I'm surprised that they didn't give him a little more romance. When the film ended, while satisfied, I did wonder if they just gave it the ending they did just so they could say they didn't go with the cliché one.
I have to say, the first few minutes of this film were quite possibly my favourite... Harold (David Oyelowo) singing in his car... yep. That's how I start every morning and it just made me smile.
I like the fact that the trailer didn't give away any of the twist for this one. It made for a nice surprise and amusement. It was a nice little film, but I'd put a vote in for more Harold and Mitch (Sharlto Copley) time and less of everyone else. The pair made a great little double act. And while there was at least a good ending for Harold, I'm surprised that they didn't give him a little more romance. When the film ended, while satisfied, I did wonder if they just gave it the ending they did just so they could say they didn't go with the cliché one.
Emma @ The Movies (1786 KP) rated Beauty and the Beast (2017) in Movies
Sep 25, 2019
I can't remember if I had already said that I wasn't looking forward to Beauty and the Beast. I wasn't disappointed... and by that I mean I was expecting bad things, and got bad things... but not where I expected. After seeing the trailers I wasn't really feeling it, Beast looked terrible, as did all the other CGId characters. Once there though I was pleasantly surprised by the animation of Beast (not so much the others). The original is obviously a hard act to follow, I mean, those songs were perfect... but the village song near the beginning of this new version was really difficult to decipher. And the one thing everyone loves about a Disney film is that there are singable moments, but there really weren't in this one, not in the same way... don't get me started with Tale As Old As Time. Incoming unpopular opinion... I didn't enjoy Emma Watson's singing. Disney leads should have powerful and moving voices, and she just didn't. The best think about the film was definitely Kevin Kline, he was amazing.
Kim Pook (101 KP) rated Frozen II (2019) in Movies
Aug 25, 2020
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Just like the first movie, it starts with Anna and Elsa as children. Their father tells them a story about when he was a young boy and how he became king after an attack on an enchanted forest where he lived. Fast forward to the present day and Elsa keeps hearing the same singing voice her dad heard when he was saved as a boy, this leads her to awakening the enchanted forest spirits and arandale has to be evacuated. In order to save arandale Elsa, Anna, Olaf, kristoff and Sven must go to the forest and find the voice.
Once again Disney have done it again and created a movie with an excellent storyline, lots of humour, plenty of emotion (tissues most definitely needed), amazing visuals and memorable songs such as 'into the unknown' with Idina Menzels powerful voice.
The ending I wasn't expecting, but when you think of the circumstances and listen to the lyrics of Elsas songs, it finally gave Elsa her happy ending that she so craved throughout both movies.
Once again Disney have done it again and created a movie with an excellent storyline, lots of humour, plenty of emotion (tissues most definitely needed), amazing visuals and memorable songs such as 'into the unknown' with Idina Menzels powerful voice.
The ending I wasn't expecting, but when you think of the circumstances and listen to the lyrics of Elsas songs, it finally gave Elsa her happy ending that she so craved throughout both movies.
Kim Pook (101 KP) rated Isn't It Romantic (2019) in Movies
May 18, 2020
A romcom that isn't a romcom
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Natalie is an architect at a business where nobody respects her, and is looked down on except for a male colleague who unbeknown to her has a big crush on her. One day Natalie is mugged and hits her head causing her to wake up in an alternate universe. In this universe every male is being nice to her which makes her feel uncomfortable, however she thinks the way to get back to reality is to make a guy fall in love with her. This movie is definitely a big middle finger to romcom, it has every cliche you can think of from a spontaneous singing and dancing scene to kissing a gorgeous bloke (and boy is he gorgeous) in the rain to which as a romcom hater, Natalie comments on every time. Just like I am pretty, the movie has a strong message to women to love yourself for who you are. I thoroughly enjoyed the movie and would definitely watch it again.
colin... (64 KP) rated Cats (2019) in Movies
Sep 30, 2020
As a man who has been through the musical theater ringer, I can confidently say that this is one of the worst things, if not the worst thing, that I have seen this year. It is incompetent at all of the aspects that set apart a musical from a normal film. The choreography is bland and uninspired, as it takes the most basic steps of ballet and refuses them to a nauseating degree. The singing on all parts is bone-chillingly awful, even for the people cast who can actually sing! The song to story ratio is obscenely high and doesn't give the audience any time to breathe whatsoever, especially my girlfriend who was in bewildered amazement and horror the entire time. As for aspects that fall under the actual filming aspect, the mocap is disgusting, the acting is subpar on all counts and the mess of a story resembles a poorly baked cookie just crumbling at the slightest breeze.
Thanks for ending the year off with a bang that we haven't seen since the Boston bombing.
Thanks for ending the year off with a bang that we haven't seen since the Boston bombing.
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Lee (2222 KP) Jun 25, 2019