While having quite a few moments of earnestness or gravitas, not much makes this stand out in any positive light among the slew of Disney remakes that have come out as of late.
The plot really doesn’t change as much as people might have thought, though some changes are both significant and unnecessary. The new songs are catchy, for sure, but seem to add too little to the movie to justify the changes. On that note, trying to turn this…
A very fun time with lots of energy and a great comedic action lead performance from Jack Quaid, likely establishing as a bonafide leading man. Ray Nicholson is a great menacing presence and Jacob Batalon & Amber Midthunder help give this movie more of a sense of heart and gravitas.
My main problems boil down to two things. The first is that most of the characters outside of our two leads and (kinda) our villain have zero bite to them as…
Shyamalan does do something different here, even if it isn’t the most compelling of things to do: He allows his big twist to be revealed in the movie’s opening minutes and in all the trailers. What makes it compelling, if not seamless, is where he takes it from there.
I’ll admit, the structure and Shyamalan’s direction of his actors really didn’t help the movie in almost any regard, and the tension was very hit and miss while at the concert.…
After getting home from seeing — and then reviewing — Spencer, I watched this on my 4k TV, and I’m glad I did. beautiful visuals throughout, and this is much more of an experiential film rather than a story and character driven one; the likes of the former have grown on me as of late.
I loved it from beginning to end. That sense of maturity and wisdom that I mentioned in my Spencer review, I can definitely sense it…
