elainemoonchild Reviews

Passengers (I) (2016)

Mills and Boon in space, totally awful

[4/10 · 28 December 2016]

Not much more to say, actually.

Science fiction element completely irrelevant. Very similar to a book I read, The Caretaker, but at least that had a twist.

Nothing at all happens in this, except the lead characters fall in love.Jennifer Lawrence does little apart from appear in skimpy clothing. Not funny, despite Chris Pratt, who's obviously unable to play a well rounded dramatic character, isn't very funny in this. nothing at all funny in this, actually. story dreadful, script dreadful...don't waste your money. If 2 unknown actors had starred in this, I doubt it would have got a cinema release. Don't go and watch something just because of who is in it. Even major stars make a mistake, and dear me, for 2 people on top of their game, goodness knows what made them sign up to this. One can only assume, the paycheck.

Cell (I) (2016)

decent film, why the terrible reviews?

[7/10 · 15 June 2016]

I don't normally watch films that score under 6/10, but John Cusack, Samuel Jackson, Stephen King..??? Has to be worth a watch. I quite enjoyed it. Typical zombie apocalypse movie, with benefit of great actors and Stephen King screenplay. It wasn,t great, but it wasn't terrible, really can't understand dreadful reviews. It was entertaining, had a start, middle and an end, it all made sense...maybe people have scored it low because of the people involved? Expected more? I don't know. Certainly doesn't deserve such a low score. Watch it, make your own mind up,but I found it perfectly entertaining, and with movies of this genre, what more do you want? It's never going to win an Oscar, but it wasn't made to do so.