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Men in Black: International (2019)
It's a trap!
What thoughts do you have, when you hear three letters - M I B? For me it's Will Smith, aliens and adventure. Interesting adventure! I understand that MIB has quite dumb plot, but it isn't the main thing. The thing is atmosphere. OK, this is my fault too. There isn't a single four in the title and nothing about Will Smith.
So, what can I say about different sides of the movie?
Cast. You can hate me, but it's weak. Not the actors - cast. There are good actors in the film. Liam Neeson, Chris Hemsworth, Rebecca Ferguson for example. But for most of them it isn't their roles. But for most of them it is not their roles. I like Liam Neeson and Rebecca Ferguson - but there are so little with them. The star of the movie - Chris Hemsworth. And... this isn't MiB. This is James Bond with Thor.
Plot. It isn't the bad side of the movie.This is typical story about MiB. With bad implementation. I have four main claims to the plot:
1. So quick and radical change of locations. Then I saw word "International" and shut up.
2. The main heroine - Agent M (Tessa Thompson). Girl, that all her life dreaming about being part of MiB, behaves as if it another job in office. Aliens, new technologies, new worlds! No. She is interested only in Agent H (Chris Hemsworth). Do you remember first MiB and first time of Will Smith in headquarters? That was surprising and interesting. But here Agent M can have all she wants at one moment!
3. Some scenes. Get me right. There is 1 h 54 min and if you cut about 30-40 minutes, you get the same movie. Some scenes more adjust to adventure film about spies. A crime lord. A night club. Besides, few scenes are so long, that I had a good nap. And after all that understand plot!
4. Humor. Yes, there are jokes, but they so uninteresting... that I can't remember any. And we have one joke about Thor (how amazing!), but it good only for fans
So, we have a fake MiB. With good actors, big budget, many special effects, but it's fake.And the main thing - the movie is boring. Don't spend your time on this fim. There are much better movies.
3/10
Avengers: Infinity War (2018)
Make the Universe great again!
Wow! Yes, there were my feelings after watching "Avengers: Infinity War". Seriously, I was shocking! In a good way. For me Avengers was funny action with stupid story. Sorry, fans. I didn't read comics or watch cartoons or anything else. And when you didn't expect anything interesting, but you got it -it's a big deal!
Thanos is our President!
This is interesting, but first time I like a main villain. Thanos is a main pillar of the movie, the center of the story. He is interesting villain - and he has a dream... (or a plan).
And because Thanos occupies centerpiece timing you start to like him. He has a character and different feelings (maybe somewhere deep inside). Unlike some other villains. And he is very charismatic person. In one word - Thanos is our president!
Why he is so deep character - I don't know. Maybe because of Thanos in comics, or maybe this is coincidence.
Other heroes
Well... and there are we have a problem. I didn't read the comics, so, I didn't recognize some heroes. When fans were shock from heroes (look! Look! This is ... unintelligible... OMG!!!), I was like "Who the heck are you?!". But this characters didn't have a lot of time, so I was thinking everytime "Yup. Goodbye, my nameless friend". Is this a problem? No. This can heat up your interest to this story (and you will turn in this inexplicable fan) or... whatever, this isn't spoil the movie.
The main heroes of the movie are Ironman, Thor, Doctor Strange and... the Guardians (particularly, Gamora with Peter Quill). Captain America is very washy compared to other characters and Black Panther has only episodic role.
But all this pile of heroes showing interesting confrontation with Thanos. Yes, there are many questions about Thanos logic, but, we all need a happy end?
Sorry, story
Yes, about logic. The plot is good enough for such movie. Not very logical, neither detective. Simple story with several plot twists.
If you wouldn't thinking very much, you can enjoy. Besides, Thanos, judging by actions, kind of honest humanist! He has his word and thinking about some "ideal world".
So, this was unexpected, but I'd like the movie! And if you are fan of the fantasy (with some elements of fairytale) - must see!
8 Infinity Gems / 10
Escape Plan 2: Hades (2018)
Escape from Sly
Well, in my old years Sylvester Stallone was my second favorite actor (I'm sorry, but this is true). First, of course, was Schwarzenegger. Yes, good old days (hmmmm... I'm only 29! What is old days!?)
From Stallone you expect always one thing - action, action and action! And a little drama (remember Rocky?). Yes, he can this. But in my heart he always a fearless hero. Besides, I liked another his characters in comedy.
But, Escape Plan. The first movie was good. Not excellent, but you have this "warm" feelings after film. For me, there are three basis of success: good actors, good story and good atmosphere. And Escape Plan partly has everything. Good actors - well, there are "stars of 90th" Stallone and Schwarzenegger. Good story - well, neither new, nor very interesting, but with some charm. Good atmosphere - yes for me.
And from second part I expected two things - Stallone and good atmosphere. And... got nothing.
The story is very similar to old Plan with some modification. In the centre of plot two Asian brothers, one of which work for Stallone's company. But there no interest for looking at all acting. The actors are washy and their characters are similar.
Two pillars of movie - Stallone himself and Bautista, hadn't time and willing to show themself in full force. Sly has a little time maybe of his age. Well, but I turn on this movie because of him! And Bautista... Well, Bautista is Bautista. He is weak as actor and you can use him as one-time characters, such as: "This is Bautista! Wow!". And then forgot about him. His best role is in the Guardians of the Galaxy as Drax the Destroyer. This is mean something, if you understand me.
The overall atmosphere is weird. Creators thought about future prison as collection of dark with color lights, robots and holograms. But this is more hiding bad fantasy, then showing "future".
The movie is so "peaceful", that showing only minimum of the minimums of blood. You know, this "piu-piu" sound and etc. But in the last scene we can look at the beaten face of Sly.
Main villain - are your joking?! He is so cute and useless, that you can't perceive him seriously. Sorry, pal. Even plot twist (if we can call it such word) can't help.
I expected for trap, but not so big! Sorry Sly, but we can't eat this.
Only 2 Sly from 10.
Sherlock Gnomes (2018)
Elementary, my dear Gnomeo
Average, very average movie with locked potential. Seriously? After seven years we can see second part of Gnomeo & Juliet, cartoon from the far-far 2011. And first part wasn't so popular and interesting. Yes, allusion (or parody) on Romeo and Juliet was able to chained interest. Before you starting to watch movie. If not the name, I could not remember what is all about.
And now new movie from the series. And if creators was planning to "shake" our imagination by "original" title "Sherlock Gnomes" and by some mystery - this attempt was unsuccessful.
In our time of SpaceX and 3D printers, create an interesting cartoon is very... difficult. All this 3d and boom-boom with effects can't do your movie historical. More beauty, pleasant - maybe.
Sherlock Gnomes is a display of the recent wave of interest to the old book hero. And creators didn't get on this wave.
All cartoon is average. Really, there average action, average plot, average characters. Average interest to the movie.
With Sherlock you expect on some mystery or interesting thoughts (from Sherlock, of course). But what we have is movie with "There can't be any puzzle, our audience not be able to bear it!".
When you understand, that there are plot twist (!) with doctor Watson (!!) that became a main villain (!!!), the movie suddenly stop and said "I'm a good film!". And after one minute, when you got shocked about unexpected story, all returns to the main villain - Moriarty. Why!? This can be a good ending!?
Besides, Moriarty. Well, what a toy he is? Really, he is baby doll? Or what? Yes, I'm afraid such dolls, but this is more caricature.
And all Sherlock's line is looks like failed caricature on original story.
So, you can spend an evening with this cartoon. It isn't so bad. But why, if there are so many other interesting movies.
4/10
Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation (2018)
Easy and entertaining
It will be short review, because I liked the movie. Yes, it is sometimes kind of stupid, but always kind and joyful. And if you have children (or another person, that like cartoons), then you must see it!
A few things about the movie:
First. The style of animation. It is traditional for Hotel Transylvania - mix of parody, exaggeration and fantasy. And I like it as much as many people like it around the world. When other companies thinking about more realistic animations or more realistic cartoons, Hotel Transylvania has its own style. Good choice!
Second. Story. Emmmm.... Yes, there are some plot. I can't said that the story is bad or good. It is background for animation and jokes. The plot is... simple! Love, hatred and friendship - all this things you can see.
Besides, when I saw trailer for the first time I was angry. All story was told. But! There are plot twist! For cartoon - not so bad.
P.S. You can guess it after 30 minutes, but shhhh....
Third. Jokes and jokes and jokes. This is the main reason for your attention. There are different jokes and funny situation (especially with Dracula in love). Sometimes with a smell - in all meanings. But it is main plus of the movie.
So, going to the summer vacation!
7/10
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (2017)
Ju-Johnson
There are some moments, when you don't expect nothing, but get something. For me this moment is Jumanji. I found out about the movie in 5 minutes before I went to watch. It was like "Hi, are we going to watch Jumanji? Oh, you don't know nothing about it? Ok, I give you 5 minutes to watch trailer".
So, new Jumanji was totally unexpected for me and I had no bad feeling about film. Jumanji is movie from my childhood, although not the most beloved. And not in the top 10 too. And I have one sin - normal attitude to remakes. Not good, normal.
Plot and concept
This is re-write of old story with modern environments. If you are expecting interesting plot - goodbye. Why did you even think about such things? The movie is for children (sorry, children), with many action and with Dwayne Johnson (sorry, Dwayne).
Main characters (four pupils) isn't main at all. This is the key plot twist. And only. Other story is simple. Our not main characters play Jumanji' video-game. They was teleported (transformed? terraformed?) as a playing heroes and this for our good. Really, the not main characters is so typical and boring: dumb sportsman, nerd, glamorous girl and shy (but beautiful and smart, of course!) girl. I even can't remember their names.
But! There is a plot twist. In the Jumanji they being as gaming characters - Dwayne Johnson (hero without weaknesses), Kevin Hart (comedian character, what else can you expect from him? Did you see his movie list?), Jack Black (another comedian character) and Karen Gillan (besides, the most powerful character - her name Martha! Superman and Batman out of the game!)
Now you can imagine that each pupil got not very suitable game character. This is one of the pillars of the comedian side of movie. However, it was such a relief when Johnson didn't speaks in a teenager' voice. I was at fear before his first words.
Another plot is boring and predictable. Really, adventures, some sympathy and love, jokes about penis (girl in the man's body) and so on, so on, so on.
Dwayne Johnson rocks!
And if you love Johnson, then you totally must see movie. He is another pillar of the film. Playing the nerd in a muscular body quite good. Dwayne Johnson play always Dwayne Johnson for me. This is problem of many action's actors (salut, Vin Diesel!). But in this case it is suitable.
Another main characters... yes, they exist. Can't say, that they are boring or not interesting. But on the Johnson' background not so shining. Good. It is word.
So, if you like some light action without interesting and deep story, but with many comedy moments - new Jumanji for you. Especially, if you like this bald guy.
This is not a movie of the year. But you will get few delightful moments for your evening.
7/10
Baywatch (2017)
5 reasons why you should watch Baywatch
Reason one Dwayne Johnson is a god Batman!
If you think that Dwayne Johnson is superb, all women love him and men build a Johnson's sculpture from sand and he is very similar to Batman – this movie for you! No, seriously. All these crazy things from the movie. First five minutes I thought that Dwayne Johnson not only main actor, but also writer, producer, director and The Rock! of the film. Nope, my mistake.
By the way, Dwayne Johnson also was in the previous movie that I reviewed (Fast and Furious 8). Maybe it is fate of Rock?
Reason two Boobs and dicks
And a dick of a dead man. Nope, I'm serious again. Humor in the movie concentrated around this parts of human body. Well, I like some of these parts. But the quality of jokes is very low.
Reason three Really "family team", but you don't remember any names
As in the original Baywatch the main characters is rescuers. How can we characterize them? That one blonde with great boobs, another one with boobs and another
I was looking in Google about her boobs after last few words – and yes, she has boobs, but didn't show.
Another half of the team is more interesting. Dwayne Johnson, "the guy who vomits (with two Olympic gold medals)" and this fat guy who loves that blonde with tits. Must say that Dwayne Johnson and Zac Efron (vomiting guy) looks good. Very good. Maybe I'm envy, because I'm fat. That is real reason to watch movie. But would you watch only for fifteen minutes??? (and all movie is about two hours!)
Reason four You adore a very simple script
I mean very-very simple. And the script of more than two pages is a scientific sh*t.
The script has as many clichés as you can accommodate on this two pages. It is story about friendship, love, betrayed
stop, stop, stop. We have one guy (Zac Efron) and team of rescuers. Our guy is bad at the beginning and good at the end. Somewhere you can find also drug dealers, story about friendship between Johnson and Efron, several love stories
All this are so uninteresting, that you will be shocked. But there are boobs!
Reason five You can wait for two hours only for 30-second with Pamela Anderson and David Hasselhoff
I don't remember original Baywatch. Frankly, I remember only boobs. And I have never been a fan of this series. So, I can't say that true fans wouldn't like new Baywatch (guys, are you really like a dicks in the movie???). But if it is remake of old TV series then the connection is very weak. There are several references and David Hasselhoff with Pamela Anderson appear. But there are no atmosphere of previous series.
This is bad. Very bad
2 bald Dwayne Johnson out from 10
The Fate of the Furious (2017)
Fast and boring
The Fate of the Furious is the eighth movie in franchise. And I expected more. More
I don't know. For me Fast and Furious "in one harness" with Pirates of the Caribbean. Yes, I understand, that they very different, but both have such atmosphere of adventure and action
So, I like them all. When many observers said that Pirates are the bottom of the franchise, but new Fast is superb, I was delighted. I liked the last Pirates, so Fast should be excellent! But you read the heading and must understand – that's not true.
(this review contains spoilers!!!)
Citius, Altius, Fortius! (Olympic motto)
Main problem pf the movie – it is boring. Really, don't understand. In the movie from which you expect action, action and only action this action is not interesting. Paradoxically. There are several interesting moments, for example race in the beginning, some moments on the Russian military base.
But all this flow of action flashes before eyes. And you are getting bored. Creators tried to put in movie more and more action, that it became a problem.
Old, old Diesel and his frenemy
For me Diesel is an actor of one role. He played himself. Man of the rock. But deep inside, he is very empathic. This is problem for many actors, that "find" their best roles and then play only them. But in Fast 8 you understand, how did Diesel got older. How old is he? Okay, wiki
50! Sometimes camera was shooting him from different angles and you see this. Fast 8 shows, that a few more films and Diesel must change his "emploi" on scene. But he is good now. And he is first of the two reasons to watch movie.
Second reason is Jason Statham. He is a bright spot on this film.
Other comrades of Diesel can be characterized as The ROCK! I'm sorry, Dwayne Johnson, two Afro-Americans, smart girl, always dissatisfied Michelle Rodriguez and Kurt Russel's guy. That's all, what's left after "10 friends of Diesel" from previous parts.
Character of Dwayne Johnson turned out to be uninteresting in this part. Agree, if the dancing of Maori's haka with thirteen-year girls was only interesting moment for Hobbs, that means something.
Main villain (or Charlize Theron) was interesting character, but only on the beginning. Charming and incomprehensible
she ceased to be after several scenes with her. This is problem of the script, not Charlize. When villain only sitting indoors with computers and saying strange things - it is bad. Bad for image of villain. And her assistant - Kristofer Hivju (that red-beard guy from Game of the thrones). I understand that you can make terrible face. For a script you are nothing.
Script, script, script
This time writers decided to be original. Trailer told us, that Diesel is turning to evil. But in fact, all this is more prosaic. Yes, Diesel is forced to be evil. But because his son and some woman were captured by Charlize Theron. I didn't re-watch all 7 films, so really, who is this woman? And why nobody didn't know about his son? It's like "Dom, where are you going?" "I'm going
for carrot. Will be late!" Letty (Michelle Rodriguez) – his beloved – didn't know anything? But main villain knew!
And main question – why does she need Diesel? Does she have no money to pay for good specialists? But she have own plane with group of special forces. So, she have money. She sent Diesel himself on different tasks (important tasks). If he fails, the operation failed. What motivated the villain to such behavior? Because we need a conflict. And we need Diesel. So, script is simple with some rudiments of intrigue.
What are good in movie – that are shooting and cars. Scene on the Russian military base in the winter – beautiful.
But as a result, the whole movie is boring. 4/10
The Mummy (2017)
Another "nothing special" and divinity of Tom Cruise
Few weeks ago
I had such period, when you want to watch a movie, but don't know what exactly. How old is your friend? Because it's scary movie - warned me at the box office. I was intrigued. There are two chances - good marketing or really scary movie (and some parents complain about the film). Unfortunately, none.
One week after...
And I can't remember anything about movie. After mental efforts I remembered overall script and some details. But, this is a bad sign, isn't it?
Remake of popular trash
Old Mummy is one of my favorite movies in the genres of adventures / comedies / trashes. Yes, I think Mummy is a kind of trash. But creators of the new Mummy have very straight association: ancient Egypt - mummy - dark - serious - secret organization - dark - dark - serious - serious - very dark and serious! Guys, guys, this isn't remake of Underworld.
There is something more troublesome - movie departs from trash and comedic roots, but instead didn't become really creepy and serious. Oops!
Scary movie on the horizon! I didn't see anything that can startle you (if you have seen several movies at least). A dark atmosphere, some screamers... Script is very poor for logic and interesting scenes, but rich for action. This isn't a best strategy for movies at our time. Also, the weaving of elements from other books into the story... Can't say that the best choice. When I first heard about Dr. Jekyll, I thought "Cool, allusion". But there is really doctor Jekyll! Jekyll and Hyde! Writers, what are you doing with me!
BTW, I had some hope for the ending. There is one plot twist, that could save the movie. I am talking about the death of Tom Cruise and dramatic ending. But at the last moment creators thought "Stop! Sequel!". And we lost that moment. Everyone happy, evil is defeated, dead are resurrected, Tom Cruise is god. Praise him. And I'm not kidding. This is really the ending of the movie.
Medium. Very medium. Sorry, Tom Cruise, but your divinity can't help.
5/10
The Lego Batman Movie (2017)
Too serious, but for kids
It turned out that I liked the movies that I watched recently. Coincidentally. This film isn't exception. And if you haven't watched it yet, you should. Especially for Batman fans.
I'm Batman
Movie is collection of jokes and satire not only on Batman franchise, but on all genre of superheroes. Don't think about script or logic - you should enjoy it! This movie is nuclear mixture of good humor, the Lego style (from children's games) and directness of action, action without masks. Sometimes it seemed to me that movie is serious drama with non-serious characters. But if we imagine that all superheroes battles have personal reasons, than movie is right!
But there are Joker
Well, I can't without any criticism. First of all, its script. I'm not talking about logic. The script is serious. Filmmakers hide it behind humor, but you feel it almost all the time. You can take the script, take any drama and... he will fit! Miracle! Of course, the script is full of plot stamps.
Second - this is "adult" movie with processing for children. Or children's film with processing for adults. Don't know. It's like "Wow, that girl is sexy!" (remember that we are family movie!) "Let's be friends!".
But two words - must see
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (2017)
An intelligent movie with a strong script? Are you drunk?
Let's make the point. What are you looking for? A strong script, a dark atmosphere and an unexpected twists? And you going to watch Pirates? In this case score it as sh... bad film and let us have done with it. But if you are looking for action, jokes and Jack Sparrow (sorry, captain Jack Sparrow) then you are in the right place.
Critics vs Fans
So, you can rate movie from 1 to 10 based on your expectations. Is this the best part of the Pirates and the best role of Johnny Depp? Of course not! But is this the worst movie you have ever seen? Nope.
I'm really annoyed by people who criticize the Pirates for "stupid action and lack of ideas". And because of the use of the charismatic character of Johnny Depp. 3 of 10, no more! However, Fast and Furious, they said, is good movie. Without weaknesses of the Pirates. Double standards.
Pluses
My expectations were not high: Jack Sparrow, Barbossa, pirates and action. Not so much, actually. After several shocking bad movies, I doubt sequels.
We have Jack Sparrow, I think that this is one of few reason why people go to this movie. For me interesting character is Barbossa, with his evolving from evil to chaotic good. If you like Orlando Bloom and Keira Knightley they also return... for a few minutes on the beginning and at the end. Besides, do you remember the names of their characters?
Then action, action, action with some jokes. And cool graphics.
Minuses
I will mention only a few of them, that tortured my brain the most. The script. OMG, where did you get it? It's... it's...it's at the level of a book for children. You must turn off the brain and don't ask questions! Script has several interesting scene, for example how Jack got his nickname. But at all it's too childish.
Villain. Captain Salazar is the most non-charismatic and poor villain of all Pirates. He is some sort of hybrid of Davy Jones and Barbossa from first Pirates without charm.
"Captain" Jack Sparrow. Didn't expect to see him in the minuses? In this part I realized who Jack is - he is a loser. Judge for yourself - in the final he gets all prizes, but every movie we meet him at the social bottom. This part of Pirates emphasizes his failures. It's problem of script.
Sea battles. Yes, we have them. But creators on the way to the Fast and Furious model. Ships - have, sea battles - who loves them?
Because of my expectations and just because of them - 7/10
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017)
Sequel? Oh, no!
One word - disappointment
Never being fan of comics I liked the first Guardians. It was unexpected discovery - characters, humor and space entourage. So my first thought was "Hey, when is the sequel?". Yes, I know that sequels are often worse than the original. But there are exceptions. And this is not the case.
Two words - so stretched
The main problem is that this isn't the first part. At all. There are the same main characters, there are lots of jokes, some adventures... But this is different movie by its behavior.
In the first part we have comedy adventure with blotches of some serious things. Characters act because, because... well, I can't remember, why they acting. They wanted money and in some point BOOM! And they are saviors of the galaxy. In Vol.2 heroes are actually heroes. They act like heroes, although have some non-heroic habits.
For me the movie is too long. Somewhere near the middle, the film began to sag. At that moment you must understand main plot and, if you over six and watched several movies in your life, understand who is the main villain. Also at the middle I have such a feeling "Boring!". I even thought, that director want to make some kind of thriller scenes (in the middle of the film!).
Three words - the sly plan
But, I need to admit it, the plot is interesting and there are many references to comics about the Guardians. Even I, person that don't know anything about world of comics of the Guardians, understood it. Joy for the fans.
The bad thing is - do you remember the story of the first part? Forget it. Villains from the first movie on vacation now, sorry. But we have new villain and new sly plan to conquer the galactic. Generally, interesting.
Four words - where is the raccoon???
Our favorite characters come back with several others not so beloved. And if Yondu (guy with blue skin) is interesting as a character, the other one - Nebula (Gamora's sister) is looking awkward.
Yondu comes to the fore and this is a good decision. You should see the film for scenes with him. But Nebula... This is stereotyped character: I hate you! Oh, you didn't hit me? I don't hate you! And I'll help you. This is all you need to know about Nebula. And new member of the Guardians team - Mantic. Cute. Can't said more.
But we have problem with the main characters. Throughout the film I felt that Star-Lord and Gamora are more important. Yes, the plot is concentrated on Star-Lord's parentage. But Rocket, Drax and Groot... feels like heroes of the second plan. Yondu has more charisma and he is more interesting. If I wasn't watching first movie I can think that this is Star-Lord and his team, but not the Guardians.
Even so, this is the good film. Not so good as first part. If you don't expect too much or if you are fan - can see.
Life (2017)
Do you really like Ryan Reynolds?
I am not. Ryan Reynolds is a very popular now, but for me... After I saw poster with him first thought was "OMG, not again"! But I decided to watch movie and was surprised. Pleasantly surprised.
Script. The unknown alien creature at the space station... wait a minute! Have you watched the trailer? Then you know all script. And I will not list in what order crew members died, and who remained.
The script is typical for this type of horror movies. And, it should be noted, it works. Limited space, unknown threat and persons that want to escape. There are typical behavior of characters some clever "thing" with the Harvard diploma. It's a classic. But the main question about implementation.
Operator works. Great, I really like it, especially on the big screen. You have space station with limited locations, so there are not so many option for shooting. But in this case it's harmonious.
Actors and characters. Houston, we have a problem. The characters in the movie are weak. I don't know why. Perhaps because of the actors. Perhaps because of the script. Don't know. But you have such feelings "When will that alien kill this character?". Mostly for all characters.
We have typical characters with short characteristic: smart, humorous, serious etc. Yes, you do not have time in the film, but create one interesting person!
Overall atmosphere. It's one of the best horror for me lately. I don't understand why movie is compared with "Alien". Well, actually I understand - because marketing strategy. Some spirit of "Alien" you can feel. But it's different films. Also, moments with "game pause" were bad for me. Changing scenes and action are normal method, but you feel some kind of automatism. At one moment they run away, and click! - characters at once forget about chase. Such moments repeat and repeat, which irritates
The movie has problem with interesting characters, but all this is compensated by the atmosphere.
8/10
Get Out (2017)
Bad realization of stolen idea
I didn't know anything about this film before put my ass in chair in the cinema. So, after the film I asked my friend "Dude, why did we go at this movie?" And he said "IMDb and Kinopoisk (website with reviews in Russian) gave high rating" So, what's wrong, people?
SPOILERS BELOW!
Script. An ordinal black guy (Daniel Kaluuya) going to girlfriend's parents in countryside. He nervous about his appearance, because white family may not like him. You may thinking about some difficult racial problem, but no! This topic will not appear in future and it's good.
You see tense atmosphere, feeling that girlfriend's parents lying. And at this moment everything goes topsy-turvy. Everyone likes him, talk about his good form... And I don't go too far. It's truly was in movie. You can think "Oh, I know few sexual jokes about one black guys among many white people". But writers know them too and they showing it! Character of LilRel Howery is typical comedian person. In the middle of social thriller he told few sexual jokes. Ridiculuous. In an instant the whole atmosphere is lost. You can think that it is new part of "Scary movie" in some moment. For thriller this is bad, very bad attitude of spectators.
Then we have typical behavior of the protagonist. Sometimes I wanted to shout famous quote from "Scary movie" - RUN B**CH RUUN!!!
And the ending! It's big mistake. They had to stop earlier.
Actors. Normal. I don't like their acting much, but I don't hate them either. Daniel Kaluuya is serious always, even when smiling. LilRel Howery is a typical comedian with a small role in script. Parents are typical "parents" with some secrets. Allison Williams was the one acting which I liked.
Operator works. It's good. It must be skilled to spoil such simple locations.
Overall atmosphere Well, bad. You can feel the tense moment, but after few minutes it's all gone. And another time, and another. Problems in poor script (he is straight as rails - Ukrainian proverb), inappropriate jokes and bad realization. Movie has very long beginning, then parody on decoupling and then bad action. And ending, OMG! All it's calling social thriller.
The general idea was stolen (I don't blame for this) - you can find body kidnapping in many authors. But I blame for bad realization. If you doing social thriller do it! Do not waste time on another things.
3/10