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Goodnight Mommy (2022)
American remakes taking back the tension, as usual.
Not bad, it can be entertaining for those who didn't watch the original Austrian film, but if you did watch it, then you'd realize there's no suspense anymore, just a family drama without the tension it's almost predictable, that eerie feeling of uncertainty doesn't strike you as good. In the original, they give off clues of one of the twins' death and don't mention anything about it throughout most of the film, at least the mother plays the role and tries her best to bond with her son. The mother here is all whacko so as a result the viewer distrusts her almost immediately; more like an evil nanny than a regular mother. Can be good, just not as good.
Spiral: From the Book of Saw (2021)
"Everybody Hates Chris."
Samuel Jackson is one of my favorite actors... he wasn't a lifesaver though, and Chris Rock doesn't help. It's painful to watch a comedian being dragged on to a project out of its genre, like Jim Carrey in Dark Crimes. I think this saga should've stopped in Saw 3D... The traps are not imaginative anymore, they're just bland and clueless. Nowadays Charlie Clouser's iconic "Hello Zepp" theme makes every stupid plan sound like a true horror mastermind. You know? It reminds me of an episode in Two and a Half Men... when the three main protagonists are in theaters watching Saw 33 as they grow old. Used to be funny back then.
Prey (2022)
So happy to see Predator back in action!
A pumpy ride definitely worth your while, although with some inconsistencies get stuck in the way it's hard to remain unnoticed. For example, it's 1,719 and everybody speaks fluent English... or the fact that the main actress, Amber Midthunder, doesn't really share the visage for the Comanche Nation party. Nevertheless, as a Predator fan, I can tell wholeheartedly that it's a prequel done well in the ambience of the natural world. Yes, the CGI animals may give off clues of its flaws, but it can be anecdotal. After Shane Black's 2k18 Predator, I kinda lost my faith when Prey aired out, but gee, have I been patched up with this one.
Pinocchio (2022)
Ghastly decal.
Never been a fan of live action movies, especially when it comes to Disney. Now, some of these live actions take on the magic we knew as kids and manage to preserve it adapted to real life with pretty decent minor changes... such as 101 dalmatians or Peter Pan. But, what happens when you trace every single motion of the animated classic and do it pretty badly you never thought you'd see in your most terrible nightmare? That's what the modern Pinocchio version is. The poorly woke choices for the blue fairy and Pleasure Island, where all the kids escape their homes and run from their parents because... they want to eat plastic junk food and drink root beer. Because hey! The whole point of Pleasure Island was to teach kids about the consequences of consuming adult junk, but we don't condone kids smoking to teach you that because we're woke, so consume our movie, parents, please! Not to mention Jiminy Cricket's horrendous CGI puppet... Total waste of time.
Elvis (2022)
Not even half as good as the trailer portrayed.
I read it somewhere... "Most overrated musicians draft", they weren't lying. Damn repetitive scenarios come and go jumping out the window over and over again... So hard to focus what's going on it makes your eyeballs sting. It's like they blendered in a bunch of distinct music clips together and turned it into a massive psychedelic trip with so little dialogue, not to mention Austin Butler's inadequate performance leaves much to be desired. Although he wasn't entirely terrible, he needed to workout the acting method-I reiterate, acting, not singing, or dancing-for the Rock n' Roll King. It's not a bad movie if you talk about the dramatic scenes... maybe Tom Hanks can save it.
Orphan: First Kill (2022)
First half: blood-pumping. Second half: disappointing.
My rating is 5 out of 10 and it's being generous, I thought it was a clever move to play the part of a missing child-which I did not expect-Isabelle Fuhrman is just as creepy as the first movie and her acting skills are decent, so I'll do my best to keep her out of my thoughts on this one. How do I begin...
First off, I wouldn't call it a prequel for it doesn't exactly add up to the events said in the original as it should have, you've just gotta listen to the vital call from Dr. Värava to Kate Coleman: "she tricked a family here in Estonia into adopting her, when she couldn't seduce the father she killed him, his whole family and burned the house down"... which didn't happen; not like that. Esther/Leena finished them off because she was cornered by the mother and her son once her mask has slipped, which led me to ask myself why would they play all tough and brave to a dangerous psychopath knowing they've put themselves in jeopardy in the first place? It's just not rational and just leave my questions unanswered still.
Honestly I laughed when Tricia discovered her son stabbed to death-as obvious as it turned out to be-in the aftermath of her lame motherly badassery... "No! What have you done?!" What did she expect??
Long story short: Not a bad movie, but it's not even close to being as enjoyable as the original and won't fill its plotholes. The characters take a ridiculous twist by acting like complete morons and bring the movie downhill. The title's pretty self-explanatory.