Favorite films
Don’t forget to select your favorite films!
Don’t forget to select your favorite films!
Let’s start with my thoughts on the social media maelstrom that preceded this movie. A mixture of annoyance at the Whedon cut and the desire for Zack Snyder to finish his movie was something I could have probably lived without.
I subscribe to the idea that if you are presented with new information you can and should reevaluate your position and with that in mind, I think I was mistaken in needing this movie to be released. This movie should…
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Where to start with 2019’s Pacific War movie? Well, it’s very good. Moments of wry humour, some incredible set pieces and action in spades. From the history viewpoint, it’s one of the more accurate war movies. Roland Emmerich has crafted a movie which captures the feeling from an era of war and pain and sadness while feeling fairly uplifting at the same time. The movie starts in 1937 Japan and quickly moves toward December 1941 with an action set piece…
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Adapting arguably the greatest Graphic Novel of all time was going to always be tricky. However, any fears you have can be allayed early on. From the perfect casting to the near perfect adaptation with some modern sensibilities(nuclear weapons are a more apt choice of world ending weapons than a squid) this movie pulses towards a hopeful conclusion only to kick you in the face at every opportunity. From it’s penthouse fight at the beginning which sets up one of…
A welcome return to form from a series suffering from fatigue and viewer apathy. 1 average movie and 2 below par movies had me going into Dark Fate curious to see if a once great franchise could recapture it’s halcyon days.
And I’m pleased to admit that this movie does. This movie has your impressive fights, great action set pieces, lovely callbacks to the first 2 movies and the return of Linda Hamilton adding something that elevates this movie above…