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Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021)
Haven't we seen this before?
Went in knowing it probably wasnt the most original reboot. Later I find out they picked apart so many things from the origonal. As for the charectors I wouldn't say they are bad but there is no pay off at the end except they have a greater appreciation of grandfather. There financial issues were not solved as I hoped it would. Seeing the origonal ghostbuster back in action at the end was satisfying but came off as abrupt. The cgi Harold Ramos was done alright. Overall I would say afterlife was entertaining but contains many flaws. More of a kids movie than anything.
A Life Lived (2016)
Uninteresting
A life lived focuses on a one dollar bill that passes through the hands of many characters who all happen to have some kind of drama going on. For a movie that runs under a hundred and 20 minutes. The movie has so many characters without a concise story which will leave the audience more bored than interested. You'd think at the end there would be a way that ties everything together but nope. While watching it made me think the writers were trying to have a pulp fiction kind of style with the intersecting stories except that movie was actually good and everything ties in at the end. They try to use a little star power by putting Denise Richard's on the cover but she only gets about 5 minutes of screentime. With all that being said: Dont watch a life lived!
X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014)
Best action movie of the year!
From start to finish this movie is engaging, entertaining,and exciting. The plot is simple and easy to understand; something that is lacking from many modern movies. The present is in chaos because Mystique's power is used for military purposes. In order to fix this the wolverine must go to the 1970's. He cant do it alone, so he must get the help of x-men characters from the time. This is the factor that makes the movie so entertaining, it's interesting to see them interact when they where young. It's definitely without doubt the best x-men movie and one of the most creative movies in a while. This is coming from a non x men fan so its easy to say that almost any action-movie fan can enjoy this movie. I highly recommend it.
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999)
Definitely underrated.
I can under stand many of the complaints about this movie, but I think most people come up with complaints based on others. Recently the prequel trilogy has been receiving bad criticism by many who hardly know what they're talking about. When this movies was newer it(along with the other prequels)was looked upon as better and more exciting than the original trilogy. I knew many many kids who hardly cared about the original trilogy but was obsessed with the prequels. I think many of these individuals have changed their opinions because of what others think about it. I think if you stop comparing it to the originals, which i equally agree are superior,you will realize it is an amazing movie with great characters and settings. The beautiful thing about the phantom menace is that you get to see how the events in the original trilogy came into place.
A Million Ways to Die in the West (2014)
Worth it!
Although most people despise this movie, it was actually good. I still have some minor complaints. Many of the jokes were either over used and clique or too disgusting. I also didn't how Liam Neeson was shown briefly in the beginning, but was completely ignored until very late in the movie. It has one of those awkward plots where there are two main conflicts that are almost unrelated. First is the conflict of Seth's character trying to get his girlfriend back. Once that is finally resolved near the end of the movie,Liam Neeson comes to claim revenge on Seth for seeing his wife. Besides that most of the jokes are funny. Its definitely not the most memorable comedy, but its still worth watching.
The Amazing Spider-Man (2012)
Putrid movie.
There's not much to this movie that stands out as good, it's basically an undated version of the first Spider-Man movie. This makes it practically a remake, however most remakes improve upon the original. This movie has nothing good to offer that the first movie didn't. Instead the villain is mediocre, and none of the characters are very good. The problem with making this movie not look like a remake is that they have to go out of their way, sacrificing what makes a good movie, to come up with ideas. There's no point in making a movie that doesn't have any thing to offer. Even if the preceding Spider-Man trilogy didn't exist it would still be a bad movie without a better movie to compare it to. Peter Parker's character wasn't what I expected, instead of being socially awkward he had a over exaggerated sarcastic personality. The only memorable actor was Martin sheen as uncle Ben. Over all this movie is not worth it.
Gravity (2013)
terrible but entertaining
I was skeptical going in to this movie. I thought it would be boring because it would all take place in space. Another concern was that there were only two characters. I later found out that was not how it failed; the problem was that not much went on overall. I think it would work better if there were more events leading up to were they had to abort there mission. The events were dragged out by introducing new problems frequently. Another main problem is that Koloski is lost early into the movie. I think it would work much better if him and Ryan got separated near the end. The drama was well done but did not have as much of an affect as it would of it wasn't constant. Since this movie fails in plot it excels visually. It was realistic looking and entertaining in that part. I think that this movie is worth watching just because of the entertainment value.