This film, like the first two, is just okay. Venom looks like Venom and the banter between Venom and Eddie is fun and entertaining, but that's about it. The Vegas dancing scene is super out of place and distracts from the story, the invincible hunter aliens sent by Knull are cliche and boring, and the forced undertones of an LGBTQ crush or romance between Dr. Paine and her female assistant/associate doesn't really add anything to the story.
They also squander…
I am by no means a LoTR expert, but I make a point to watch Jackson's original trilogy amdnI read the books every five years or so. When I saw they made an anime set in Middle Earth, I was hopeful. I finally had a chance to watch this movie. Man, it was disappointing.
The story is based on one or two pages of appendices in the LoTR books, but they stretch such an undeveloped part of Middle Earth into…
This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.
Nothing super special or amazing here, just entertaining to watch; almost like comfort food but didn't quite get there.
Positives:
Millie Bobby Brown was doing some good acting here. She deserves a shot at some better roles. The dragon design was unique, which was refreshing, and the fact that is was able to speak was fun. The actual countryside they filmed in (the real locations, not cave sets and cgi) were gorgeous. They followed through with the dragon killing the…
I was intrigued when I saw Ewan was playing Jesus, but not even Ewan could save this film. It was boring, the pace was excruciatingly slow, and the story was flat. The attempt at building dramatic tension fell flat on it's face and the symbolism in the film is laughable.
If you are a Classical Christian looking for a faithful representation of Jesus' time in the wilderness, DO NOT WATCH THIS. The theology is leaps and bounds away from anything…
