No much to say here. This movie I great. It can be a bit boring because they are always inside the prison, it's quite routine. The story is magnificent though.
Definitely worth watching.
Definitely worth watching.
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12 Reviews
Schindler's List
(1993)
Good movie, but not the masterpiece I was expecting.
5 April 2021
It's a good movie, based on a real story. One of its strengths is the accuracy and realism with which it depicts the social unrest in the period.
Apart of that, it's a bit too long (3 hours) and the first 2 ones are tiny bit boring.
Not an impressive movie, but definitely worth watching.
Apart of that, it's a bit too long (3 hours) and the first 2 ones are tiny bit boring.
Not an impressive movie, but definitely worth watching.
The Handmaid's Tale
(2017–2025)
Dropped it on season 2
20 March 2021
Season 1 is good
Season 2 is watchable but has too many long scenes where nothing happens (you can just fast forward them, you won't miss anything important). They also abuse a lot of suspense music/mood in this one.
Season 3 is just bad.
Season 2 is watchable but has too many long scenes where nothing happens (you can just fast forward them, you won't miss anything important). They also abuse a lot of suspense music/mood in this one.
Season 3 is just bad.
The Godfather Part II
(1974)
Overrated. Not terrible, but not even half as good as the first.
12 October 2020
I'll be short.
1. This movies suffers from the same issue as the first, where you're only tipped about the hows and why's of the murders and the other mob stories that take place, with the agravants that: a- A few scenes go by before an 'explanation' comes up, although it still just doesn't explain everything. b- The first movie at had more compelling acting, plot and action overall managed to get me tuned all the time, despite the hard to understand parts of the plot.
2. This movie could be made a lot better if it was shorter. It drags too much on useless scenes, displaying scenarios and expressions in the faces of characters. Which leads to the third point.
3. The pace is too slow and makes the movie boring.
Overall, it's a a somewhat decent sequel to the first movie, but at the same time it just isn't as exciting and requires some effort to finish watching, not like the first movie, where the movies takes you along with interest from the first minute to the last.
Definitely, I 100% overrated.
1. This movies suffers from the same issue as the first, where you're only tipped about the hows and why's of the murders and the other mob stories that take place, with the agravants that: a- A few scenes go by before an 'explanation' comes up, although it still just doesn't explain everything. b- The first movie at had more compelling acting, plot and action overall managed to get me tuned all the time, despite the hard to understand parts of the plot.
2. This movie could be made a lot better if it was shorter. It drags too much on useless scenes, displaying scenarios and expressions in the faces of characters. Which leads to the third point.
3. The pace is too slow and makes the movie boring.
Overall, it's a a somewhat decent sequel to the first movie, but at the same time it just isn't as exciting and requires some effort to finish watching, not like the first movie, where the movies takes you along with interest from the first minute to the last.
Definitely, I 100% overrated.
Blade Runner
(1982)
Excruciantly slow pace, lackluster plot.
9 September 2020
This movie is beyond boring. 40 minutes into it and it is techinically beginning.
The main reason for the slow progress are the excruciatingly slow scenes where the director wanted to show his futuristic scenarios, where it takes 5, 6 , 7 minutes just showing stuff around.
Run away, this movie sucks.
The main reason for the slow progress are the excruciatingly slow scenes where the director wanted to show his futuristic scenarios, where it takes 5, 6 , 7 minutes just showing stuff around.
Run away, this movie sucks.
Gravity
(2013)
I wish I had words to describe how bad this movie is, but I don't, you have to see it for yourself.
7 September 2020
If you'll like this I don't know but if you expect a flick like this to have accurate, intelligent science (like 'The Martian'), I'll tell you it doesn't.
If you didn't like 'Interstellar', steer clear from this move, it's awful
Stunning CG though.
All else sucks, especially the soundtrack, which causes an excess of tension, it tries to create suspense every 5 minutes, your brain gets tired of that.
If you didn't like 'Interstellar', steer clear from this move, it's awful
Stunning CG though.
All else sucks, especially the soundtrack, which causes an excess of tension, it tries to create suspense every 5 minutes, your brain gets tired of that.
Chernobyl
(2019)
Thrilling and accurate depiction
23 May 2020
Down to the people's clothes. The woman whom the charactee Lusya was based on, despite some criticism of HBO allegedly unauthorized use of her story, she acknowledges in one interview that HBO have special attention to details. In her case, it goes down to one of her knitted jackets. She says the character Lusya uses one that is similar to one she has at the time. You can also see that the actors depicting Legasov, Dhyatlov, Fomin an others are similar in looks to the real people. The technical information presented is, most of the times accurate, with only some minor deviations that serve (like the cause cause of the AZ-5 button being pressed. It's declared by Legasov in the series, probably as an inference, but in actuality, only Leonid and Akimov knew the exact reason, but does before being asked for it).
Also the acting and everything else is up to the best of HBO's. Soundtrack is bizarre and thrilling, which sounds fitting for some of the creepiest moments.
Also the acting and everything else is up to the best of HBO's. Soundtrack is bizarre and thrilling, which sounds fitting for some of the creepiest moments.
A Scanner Darkly
(2006)
Worst movie I've ever watched.
7 May 2020
Not ranting or scorching at it. I'm being honest. There are several reasons why this movie is super bad, but I'll mention just the following ones:
1. THIS NOT A CYBERPUNK MOVIE, even though it's passed on as I'd it was. Period.
It's plot revolves around drug addiction, not futurism. In fact, the plot takes place in contemporary California.
Not to say there are no 'cyberpunk' elements, we find two in this movie: mass surveillance and the 'Scramble suit', a technological device that appears in the movie, but all of the rest is pretty ordinary and for sure the movie doesn't revolve around any of these two elements.
2. The move has a length of 100 minutes, 80 of which you have most of the characters going through hallucinations as an effect of severe brain damage caused by a popular drug (the one the movie is about) without ever knowing if what's happening is meaningful or not. The protagonist himself is very confused and so is everything, up until the last 20 minutes of the movie, when you get to see the 'explanation' for everything, all in a very rushed way.
3. Throughout the entire movie, the mood is creepy and depressive. Theres never a joke, there's never a love moment, never an action scene, nothing, it's just the problems and the slowly dripping depression of the characters, all in, all out. And of course, very monotonous, I only watched it through the end without getting bored because the movie is very suspenseful and at every second i thought there would be a plot twist, but there wasn't.
4. Some clear goofs here and there. One of them is that the drug the movie is all about is supposed to get someone addicted at once, so you either addicted or you never used it.
However, one important character is seen popping some of this drug's pills and are in quite messy state early in the movie, but then in the end turns out they've never been addicted after all. Some serious good here, with some other deal breaking issues one might not pick up but that are definitely there.
If you like real cyberpunk movies, like Ghost in The Shell, Matrix, Blade runner, it wouldn't do bad to skip this one. It's a real bad movie.
It's plot revolves around drug addiction, not futurism. In fact, the plot takes place in contemporary California.
Not to say there are no 'cyberpunk' elements, we find two in this movie: mass surveillance and the 'Scramble suit', a technological device that appears in the movie, but all of the rest is pretty ordinary and for sure the movie doesn't revolve around any of these two elements.
2. The move has a length of 100 minutes, 80 of which you have most of the characters going through hallucinations as an effect of severe brain damage caused by a popular drug (the one the movie is about) without ever knowing if what's happening is meaningful or not. The protagonist himself is very confused and so is everything, up until the last 20 minutes of the movie, when you get to see the 'explanation' for everything, all in a very rushed way.
3. Throughout the entire movie, the mood is creepy and depressive. Theres never a joke, there's never a love moment, never an action scene, nothing, it's just the problems and the slowly dripping depression of the characters, all in, all out. And of course, very monotonous, I only watched it through the end without getting bored because the movie is very suspenseful and at every second i thought there would be a plot twist, but there wasn't.
4. Some clear goofs here and there. One of them is that the drug the movie is all about is supposed to get someone addicted at once, so you either addicted or you never used it.
However, one important character is seen popping some of this drug's pills and are in quite messy state early in the movie, but then in the end turns out they've never been addicted after all. Some serious good here, with some other deal breaking issues one might not pick up but that are definitely there.
If you like real cyberpunk movies, like Ghost in The Shell, Matrix, Blade runner, it wouldn't do bad to skip this one. It's a real bad movie.
A Scanner Darkly
(2006)
Probably the worst movie I've ever watched
7 May 2020
Really, I tend not to scorch or rant at movies ever. If I'm reviewing a movie, I try to be as honest as I can, so let me be honest:
There's several reasons why this flick is super bad, but I'll get to the main ones.
1. It's passed on as a 'Cyberpunk' movie, but it isn't. It takes place in a contemporary age and the only cyberpunk/futuristic aspects of the whole movie are the mass surveillance and the suit used by the detectives. The plot actually revolves around addiction to a super drug.
2. The main characters are mostly junkies that have experienced severe brain damage bracuse of this drug. They are very confusing and the movie focuses on their hallucinations, depression and internal conflicts for 1 hour and 20 minutes. Then the confusion resolves in the last 20 minutes of the movie (the movie lasts 1 hour and 40 minutes) and you get to understand why all the mess.
3. Very monotonous. There's not a single action scene, not a single romantic affair, not a fight, no one lashing out at anyone, nothing, it's just addicted people having hallucinations for more than an hour. The mood is very depressive, as are all the characters, except for Barris.
My tip: skip this movie, really.
There's several reasons why this flick is super bad, but I'll get to the main ones.
1. It's passed on as a 'Cyberpunk' movie, but it isn't. It takes place in a contemporary age and the only cyberpunk/futuristic aspects of the whole movie are the mass surveillance and the suit used by the detectives. The plot actually revolves around addiction to a super drug.
2. The main characters are mostly junkies that have experienced severe brain damage bracuse of this drug. They are very confusing and the movie focuses on their hallucinations, depression and internal conflicts for 1 hour and 20 minutes. Then the confusion resolves in the last 20 minutes of the movie (the movie lasts 1 hour and 40 minutes) and you get to understand why all the mess.
3. Very monotonous. There's not a single action scene, not a single romantic affair, not a fight, no one lashing out at anyone, nothing, it's just addicted people having hallucinations for more than an hour. The mood is very depressive, as are all the characters, except for Barris.
My tip: skip this movie, really.
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