Aliens has great movie magic. When your buddy says “hey do you want to watch a movie,” this is the kind of movie they are talking about.
There are some interesting ideas regarding company and its effect on the military, colonists and aliens, but mostly the movie squanders opportunities to build on the best parts of the first film.
The suspense is replaced by action scenes that aren’t that creative or fun. I was shocked when Cameron just showed the…
I hate this little freak. Everything about David as a character and a performance is annoying to me. The sex robot is good but all the other supporting characters fall flat, especially the comic relief teddy bear robot. The parent’s actions are needlessly cruel to their own son and the stupid little android and don’t make any sense. The movie is too long for no reason. There are some interesting ideas presented here but it’s clear that Spielberg was the…
Pros:
- Luigi goes to hell
- Color palette
- Funny Mario stuff (stirs the heart)
- Understands the spirit of the source material
Cons:
- Chose the coward’s approach to character voices
- Goomba erasure
- Very lazy plot
- Underutilization of original Mario score
- Over utilization of licensed music
- Bad kart scene misunderstands the spirit of the kart and could have been a magical yoshi taming/riding sequence
- Includes musical number
- Shows at every turn…
All you need to know to understand Road House is that it’s directed by a man named Rowdy and it immediately implies that there is a nationally recognized hierarchy of bouncers
This is the horniest film about moral complexity that they’ve got and the fight scenes fire on all cylinders
