I recently made a list of movies I expected to hate, but then I loved them (check it out HERE). We can spin that around too. There have been movies that we all thought would be great, movies we would most definitely love and we were super excited about. And then it turns out they are not that good end we end up hating them. Here is a list of films that I expected to love, but hated.
Ma (2019)
I was so intrigued by the trailer and couldn’t wait to see “Ma”. I love Octavia Spencer and she was the only good part of this film. The characters make the dumbest decisions, I don’t understand why someone like Allison Janney is in it (since the only thing she does it telling Spencer’s character to do her job, literally) and this film was never scary or tense.
Suicide Squad (2016)
The biggest disappointment of the past ten years, for sure. The whole world was excited to see it. And we were all let down. Thank goodness for Margot Robbie’s portrayal of Harley Quinn, she was the only redeeming factor in the entire film. I don’t even know what’s up with Jared Leto’s version of Joker. I know everyone has a different interpretation of this character, but Joker looked like a pimp! No, very disappointing.
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)
Indiana Jones is one of my favorite movie characters of all-time and him coming back after so many years was just the best news. It even brought back Karen Allen and director Steven Spielberg. Well, that wasn’t a guarantee for a good movie. Because “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull” is definitely not a good movie. I liked the comradery between Indy and Mutt, but the CGI is terrible and I simply wasn’t as invested in the story as I was in the previous three.
Movie 43 (2013)
Based on the cast alone, I thought this couldn’t go wrong. Think about, actors like Hugh Jackman, Kate Winslet, Emma Stone, Naomi Watts and Halle Berry are in this, among many many others. It’s a film with interconnected short stories, with several insane and ridiculous stories. For example ( and I’m not making this up), here are some of the stories in this film. A single woman going on a date with the most eligible bachelor, who just happens to have a pair of testicles dangling under his chin. A couple that tries to spies up their relationship, when one of them asks the other to poop on them. And a truth or dare game that goes as far as undergoing extreme plastic surgery. Yeah, it turned out to be one of the worst movies I have ever seen.
The Monuments Men (2014)
Directed by George Clooney, starring him together with Matt Damon, Bill Murray and John Goodman. Can’t go wrong, right? Well, it did. And this is by no means a bad movie, it’s just very boring and misses humor and adventure. So sad, because I really wanted it to be great.
Aloha (2015)
A recent disappointment. I saw the cast. It had three of my favorites in it: Emma Stone, Rachel McAdams and Bill Murray. And I love Jon Krasinski. It lacks logic and meaning and it drags. You can’t blame the cast, it’s just a really bad script.
Spider-Man 3 (2007)
Spider-Man is one of the most beloved superheroes of all-time, he really deserved better. The first film and especially the second film in this trilogy did really well and lived up to our expectations. “Spider-Man 3” simply didn’t and it’s really bad. Don’t even get me started on emo Peter Parker and his cringeworthy dance moves.
The Greatest Showman (2017)
Before you get your panties in a twist, I don’t think “The Greatest Showman” is a bad movie. Not at all, I actually like it to some point. And I love the music. But them together just didn’t work for me. The time period and the modern music just didn’t work together and I was very disappointed after seeing it for the first time. I gave it a second watch, but felt the same. It just didn’t feel right.
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maandag 2 december 2019
Movie Review - Ma
Director: Tate Taylor
Genre: Thriller/ Horror
Runtime: 99 minutes
Year: 2019
Starring: Octavia Spencer, Juliette Lewis, McKaley Miller, Diana Silver, Luke Evans, Allison Janney
Description: A lonely woman (Octavia Spencer) befriends a group of teenagers and decides to let them party at her house. Just when the kids think their luck couldn’t get any better, things start happening that make them question the intention of their host.
Review: Octavia Spencer is one of the best actresses of our time. As an incredibly reliable character actress, she has stolen the show many times in recent years, resulting in several Academy Award nominations and one win for her supporting role. It was only a matter of time until studios dared to give her a leading role.
“Ma” is about a group of teenagers in a little town. Maggie just moved there with her mother, who grew up there. Maggie makes new friends very quick. On the weekend, these teens have one goal: to get drunk. But as under-aged high-schoolers it’s not that east to get alcohol. When Maggie asks Sue-Ann to get them some alcohol at the local store, it appears she is the answer. She doesn’t mind getting them alcohol, but she also invites them into her basement, where the kids can have parties. It becomes their new hangout spot. But quickly they realize that Sue-Ann, who they call Ma, isn’t who she says she is and she has a lot of dark secrets.
Let’s start with the positive note: Octavia Spencer is phenomenal! It’s obvious she had a lot of fun playing this role and her performance is super strong.
The biggest problem this film has is the choices director Tate Taylor made story-wise. The timing and structure are all over the place. Some rather useless storylines last forever, while essential things are often thrown into the story suddenly. The film takes more than an hour to create an uncomfortable atmosphere, but when Sue-Ann finally gets on with it, things suddenly go into sixth gear. You almost get a whiplash from the changes in tempo.
The final scenes are really goo and I wished the film dared to be a bit more f***ed up overall.
Allison Janney is also in the movie. She plays a veterinarian and literally all she does is pop into a scene and tell Sue-Ann to get back to work. Such a great actor, but that’s all she has do to. Such a waste of talent.
The film could have been so much better and it’s thanks to Octavia Spencer’s great performance that the film is still interesting enough. But overall, due to the writing, it’s not as good as it could have been.
Rating: 2,5/ 5
Genre: Thriller/ Horror
Runtime: 99 minutes
Year: 2019
Starring: Octavia Spencer, Juliette Lewis, McKaley Miller, Diana Silver, Luke Evans, Allison Janney
Description: A lonely woman (Octavia Spencer) befriends a group of teenagers and decides to let them party at her house. Just when the kids think their luck couldn’t get any better, things start happening that make them question the intention of their host.
Review: Octavia Spencer is one of the best actresses of our time. As an incredibly reliable character actress, she has stolen the show many times in recent years, resulting in several Academy Award nominations and one win for her supporting role. It was only a matter of time until studios dared to give her a leading role.
“Ma” is about a group of teenagers in a little town. Maggie just moved there with her mother, who grew up there. Maggie makes new friends very quick. On the weekend, these teens have one goal: to get drunk. But as under-aged high-schoolers it’s not that east to get alcohol. When Maggie asks Sue-Ann to get them some alcohol at the local store, it appears she is the answer. She doesn’t mind getting them alcohol, but she also invites them into her basement, where the kids can have parties. It becomes their new hangout spot. But quickly they realize that Sue-Ann, who they call Ma, isn’t who she says she is and she has a lot of dark secrets.
Let’s start with the positive note: Octavia Spencer is phenomenal! It’s obvious she had a lot of fun playing this role and her performance is super strong.
The biggest problem this film has is the choices director Tate Taylor made story-wise. The timing and structure are all over the place. Some rather useless storylines last forever, while essential things are often thrown into the story suddenly. The film takes more than an hour to create an uncomfortable atmosphere, but when Sue-Ann finally gets on with it, things suddenly go into sixth gear. You almost get a whiplash from the changes in tempo.
The final scenes are really goo and I wished the film dared to be a bit more f***ed up overall.
Allison Janney is also in the movie. She plays a veterinarian and literally all she does is pop into a scene and tell Sue-Ann to get back to work. Such a great actor, but that’s all she has do to. Such a waste of talent.
The film could have been so much better and it’s thanks to Octavia Spencer’s great performance that the film is still interesting enough. But overall, due to the writing, it’s not as good as it could have been.
Rating: 2,5/ 5
zondag 28 april 2019
Movies to Look Forward to - May 2019
Some great action and spectacle coming up in May.
May 8th – Pokémon: Detective Pikachu
Director: Rob Letterman
Starring: Ryan Reynolds, Suki Waterhouse, Ken Watanabe, Bill Nighy
Description: In a world where people collect Pokémon to do battle, a boy comes across an intelligent talking Pikachu who seeks to be a detective.
May 16th – John Wick 3: Parabellum
Director: Chad Stahelski
Starring: Keanu Reeves, Ian McShane, Jerome Flynn, Halle Berry, Laurence Fishburne, Anjelica Huston, Lance Reddick Description: Super-Assassin John Wick (Keanu Reeves) is on the run after killing a member of the international assassin's guild, and with a $14 million price tag on his head - he is the target of hit men and women everywhere.
May 23rd – Ad Astra
Director: James Gray
Starring: Brad Pitt, Tommy Lee Jones, Ruth Negga, Donald Sutherland, Jamie Kennedy
Description: Astronaut Roy McBride (Brad Pitt) travels to the outer edges of the solar system to find his missing father and unravel a mystery that threatens the survival of our planet.
May 23rd – Brightburn
Director: David Yarovesky
Starring: Elizabeth Banks, David Denman
Description: What if a child from another world crash-landed on Earth, but instead of becoming a hero to mankind, he proved to be something far more sinister?
May 30th – Godzilla: King of the Monsters
Director: Michael Dougherty
Starring: Vera Farmiga, Millie Bobby Brown, Charles Dance, Bradley Whitford, David Strathairn, Sally Hawkins, Kyle Chandler, Ziyi Zhang, Ken Watanabe, CCH Pounder
Description: The crypto-zoological agency Monarch faces off against a battery of god-sized monsters, including the mighty Godzilla, who collides with Mothra, Rodan, and his ultimate nemesis, the three-headed King Ghidorah.
May 30th – Ma
Director: Tate Taylor
Starring: Octavia Spencer, Juliette Lewis, Missi Pyle, Luke Evans, Allison Janney
Description: A lonely woman (Octavia Spencer) befriends a group of teenagers and decides to let them party at her house. Just when the kids think their luck couldn't get any better, things start happening that make them question the intention of their host.
May 30th – Rocketman
Director: Dexter Fletcher
Starring: Taran Edgerton, Bryce Dallas Howard, Jamie Bell, Richard Madden, Tate Donovan, Stephen Graham
Description: A musical fantasy about the fantastical human story of Elton John's (Taran Edgerton) breakthrough years.
May 8th – Pokémon: Detective Pikachu
Director: Rob Letterman
Starring: Ryan Reynolds, Suki Waterhouse, Ken Watanabe, Bill Nighy
Description: In a world where people collect Pokémon to do battle, a boy comes across an intelligent talking Pikachu who seeks to be a detective.
May 16th – John Wick 3: Parabellum
Director: Chad Stahelski
Starring: Keanu Reeves, Ian McShane, Jerome Flynn, Halle Berry, Laurence Fishburne, Anjelica Huston, Lance Reddick Description: Super-Assassin John Wick (Keanu Reeves) is on the run after killing a member of the international assassin's guild, and with a $14 million price tag on his head - he is the target of hit men and women everywhere.
May 23rd – Ad Astra
Director: James Gray
Starring: Brad Pitt, Tommy Lee Jones, Ruth Negga, Donald Sutherland, Jamie Kennedy
Description: Astronaut Roy McBride (Brad Pitt) travels to the outer edges of the solar system to find his missing father and unravel a mystery that threatens the survival of our planet.
May 23rd – Brightburn
Director: David Yarovesky
Starring: Elizabeth Banks, David Denman
Description: What if a child from another world crash-landed on Earth, but instead of becoming a hero to mankind, he proved to be something far more sinister?
May 30th – Godzilla: King of the Monsters
Director: Michael Dougherty
Starring: Vera Farmiga, Millie Bobby Brown, Charles Dance, Bradley Whitford, David Strathairn, Sally Hawkins, Kyle Chandler, Ziyi Zhang, Ken Watanabe, CCH Pounder
Description: The crypto-zoological agency Monarch faces off against a battery of god-sized monsters, including the mighty Godzilla, who collides with Mothra, Rodan, and his ultimate nemesis, the three-headed King Ghidorah.
May 30th – Ma
Director: Tate Taylor
Starring: Octavia Spencer, Juliette Lewis, Missi Pyle, Luke Evans, Allison Janney
Description: A lonely woman (Octavia Spencer) befriends a group of teenagers and decides to let them party at her house. Just when the kids think their luck couldn't get any better, things start happening that make them question the intention of their host.
May 30th – Rocketman
Director: Dexter Fletcher
Starring: Taran Edgerton, Bryce Dallas Howard, Jamie Bell, Richard Madden, Tate Donovan, Stephen Graham
Description: A musical fantasy about the fantastical human story of Elton John's (Taran Edgerton) breakthrough years.
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