Reviews

I went to see Captain Marvel last night and actually loved it! If I had read the stream of negative reviews on IMDB prior to going to the cinema, I probably wouldn't have gone and that would have been a shame. I would give it a strong 8/10 in reality, but 10/10 to balance out at least one negative score here. I am also a huge Marvel fan (have been for 40+ years) and have watched all of the MCU up to this date. This film had all of the elements that I enjoy. A good story, lashings of humour, some good action scenes and great CGI. I imagine that the reviews that claim that this film is 'boring' stem from the younger part of the audience who have been spoon-fed on adrenaline for the past 10 years or so. For me there was more than enough action! There may have been a slight miscast in Jude Law layers, but otherwise I feel that totally got my money's worth. I also really like Brie Larsson. Imagine having a 'happy' super hero....that probably disappointed those who were looking for a tortured soul. Hopefully, some more mature reviews will come in over the weekend.

I see a lot of negative reviews for this movie, but mostly from die-hard Star Wars fans. Perhaps this is true, but I approach this review as a fan of movies in general.

I only have a passing interest in the Star Wars franchise and didn't much like the previous instalment. However, I found this to be a truly entertaining movie.

It has all the elements a good movie requires. Humour, excitement, action, a splash of sadness and some surprises. I felt that both the main characters had found their stride from the previous movie and that the acting and production values were excellent. Sure, there were one or two elements that could be viewed as being re-used from the other Star Wars films, but isn't this true for all franchises? I thought that there was a lot of new stuff too and liked the direction the movie was going in.

To be honest, I suddenly felt like I had gone back in time and had that feeling where you weren't de-sensitised to everything. Where you came out of the movie theatre sad, because the great experience was now over.

I wasn't a fan of Star Wars, but I think I am starting to get there.

I initially wanted to watch brave when it was released (being a fan of most Pixar moves). However, i found myself being swayed by bad reviews from viewers, even if the critic reviews remained steady.

Finally, a couple years after release, i found a copy for 2 euros at a flea market. Thus i found myself watching Brave for the first time.

Apparently the people handing in bad reviews were watching "another film" called Brave, because i could not see how it could be this one they were talking about.

First of all the animation was out of this world. Especially the rugged Scottish scenery and attention to detail.

But the thing i found most surprising was the fantastic story line which had me paying vivid attention throughout...and this was what most people complained about??? It was a great story about independence and learning to accept differences (interjected with some mystery, history and a little bit of wonderful silliness).

Finally i must mention that i laughed out loud on a least 12 separate occasions! In my opinion...Well done again Pixar!! Give this one a go.

The only film I have ever fallen asleep to in a cinema.

To start with, this is an extremely dull film. The acting was melodramatic, punctuated by supposedly meaningful looks . This film lacks any kind of gumption and includes a truly mind numbingly wishy washy plot.

On the plus side there are some good scenery and costumes. Quite high production values.

I have seen many better Swedish films than this e.g. "As it is in Heaven"

If you really have trouble sleeping at night then i recommend this film and a comfy pillow.

There are some differences in the way that the British and the Americans speak. They say "sidewalk", we say "pavement". They say "good film", we say "pile of rubbish".

Unfortunately I have just spent two hours of my life where I could have been doing better things (i.e. plucking nose hair, de-worming the cat) watching "Olympus has fallen" or "intelligence has fallen" or acting standards have fallen", I don't remember which. Don't get me wrong - I am a true Die Hard, Mission Impossible fan. However, this isn't even a close cousin to those classics. Heck, it isn't even a third cousin twice removed!

I do understand that the Director wanted to use the script written by his 9 year old son. It would have been rude not to. What I don't get is Aaron Eckhart agreeing to act in it. OK, I can understand that he wanted to have 'President' as one of his acting attributes, but now he can add Turkey as another. Morgan Freeman and Gerard Butler I do understand. They have both been known to choose some cheesy roles…only this time the opted for a mature Stilton. So, now we choose the North Koreans as bad guys. Guess we must be running out of enemies to portray. The only thing missing was a kick-boxing, machine gun toting Kim Il-Sung (though this would have probably improved the average quality of the movie). To sum up - Acting was bad (with the slight exception of Finley Jacobsen), writing was incomprehensibly bad, prejudices were high and the audience was robbed blindly. I usually only give good reviews – there's enough grumpiness in this world already – but I feel that people should know what they're letting themselves in for before practicing dental surgery on themselves.

First of all i would like to ask how any of the other reviewers could possibly give this film 1 out of 10? They must have some deep rooted personal reasons for this i guess.

I nearly didn't watch this film for all of the negative reviews. I would have so missed out on something good.

The film was excellent! Great plot. Creepy bad guy and a reasonable amount of suspense. I have never read the Jack Reacher books, so cannot compare Cruise to the title character. I imagine that some people might have been disappointed at the lack of huge explosions and transforming robots etc etc, but this was a fine old school action thriller with many new tricks which i haven't seen before (check the buss stop scene. Classic!). I loved the pacing and the great interaction between players. Sure, some of the one liners seemed a tad forced, but they were not so common. Well done Cruise again.

Do yourselves a favour. Ignore the negative reviewers and give this a go.

Wow!

First let me say that i have read the other reviews and agree / contra disagree with them. I am not approaching this film as an independent element, but rather as a large fan of all the Musketeer films.

This one ROCKS! It's not out to get an academy award. It follows some of it's predecessors in giving pure entertainment (remember that the critics didn't like The Fifth Element at first either, but turned their cowardly tails when the public hailed it as a success).

The Three musketeers has all you want from a matinée adventure! Humour, action, suspense, and surprises. Well done Luc Besson! You provide scenes that make you want to hold your breath and still stick true to the original source material. Plus you add a pinch of spice from your French roots...Notre dame amongst others.

Give this film a try if you want entertainment, some fine performances (check out the young actor who plays Dartongnon) and an escape from reality.

I have watched 7 Musketeer films and this is the second best (only being bested by the 1973 version). Vive la France!