As much as I still maintain that the first two movies in this trilogy are fantastic, you can see the cracks starting to form underneath the surface as they strain to stretch the beloved story across 3 films. And unfortunately, it’s in The Hobbit: The Battle of The Five Armies where those cracks are finally revealed.
The movie takes the final 30 pages of the novel and uses all the extra unnecessary subplots it started in the first two movies…
I’m struggling to think of another studio produced animated movie that feels more factory produced than Despicable Me 4. It exists purely because the studio has made tons of money off the franchise, and since this one made just under a billion, they definitely got what they wanted out of it. But what did I get out of it? Well about ninety minutes of generic as hell storytelling, almost zero laughs, and even less character development. Even the voice actors…
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes is proof that no franchise needs to end, as long as there are still stories worth telling in their world. This was a story worth telling, told by people who clearly care about the past, present and future of the Planet of the Apes films.
Director Wes Ball picks up the torch from Matt Reeves and creates something that both, fits seamlessly with the previous trilogy and creates an identity of its own.…
I respect the hell out of the indépendant spirit and the creativity that made Hundreds of Beavers possible. It’s clear the filmmakers had a ton of passion, and wanted to do their best to makes this a modern slapstick comedy circa 1920s silent film era. That said, I did both get very much enjoyment out of watching this whatsoever, and it became kind of an endure ce test for me the more it went on.
There is no reason this…
