danteism
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Granted, I only rated it a 6.
If I was allowed to use decimals, I would have given a 6.4 and I have pretty demanding standards for what I want out of any given film depending on the genre. No fanboy apologist or hater here either. I love the best of the Marvel and DC films, as well as serious dramas, arthouse, foreign films, select horror and more.
Given the dismal reviews here and from critics we went in with very low expectations and were pleasantly surprised!
While it's nowhere near the high bar that has been set in recent years by other comic adaptations it's not even the worst Marvel movie in recent years. One of those in my party said they liked it better than Eternals, and I think it's markedly better than the Edward Norton Hulk, the first Thor film, the first Suicide Squad, the theatrical Justice League, and X-Men Age of Apocalypse / Dark Phoenix as well.
Even marginally better than both Venom films in my opinion.
That's not to say it's great, but it had enough fun moments and redeeming qualities to make it worth a watch.
Apart from the first action scene which was solid, most of the rest were not particularly thrilling.
Jared Leto was solid enough and Matt Smith was great.
Plot was a bit thin, dialogue was proficient, and pacing was good.
Special effects were good, general tone and atmosphere was well done, and the styling of Morbius' monstrous side was perfect.
If the trailer held any appeal whatsoever and you go in with very measured expectations there's more to enjoy here than the current ratings would suggest.
If I was allowed to use decimals, I would have given a 6.4 and I have pretty demanding standards for what I want out of any given film depending on the genre. No fanboy apologist or hater here either. I love the best of the Marvel and DC films, as well as serious dramas, arthouse, foreign films, select horror and more.
Given the dismal reviews here and from critics we went in with very low expectations and were pleasantly surprised!
While it's nowhere near the high bar that has been set in recent years by other comic adaptations it's not even the worst Marvel movie in recent years. One of those in my party said they liked it better than Eternals, and I think it's markedly better than the Edward Norton Hulk, the first Thor film, the first Suicide Squad, the theatrical Justice League, and X-Men Age of Apocalypse / Dark Phoenix as well.
Even marginally better than both Venom films in my opinion.
That's not to say it's great, but it had enough fun moments and redeeming qualities to make it worth a watch.
Apart from the first action scene which was solid, most of the rest were not particularly thrilling.
Jared Leto was solid enough and Matt Smith was great.
Plot was a bit thin, dialogue was proficient, and pacing was good.
Special effects were good, general tone and atmosphere was well done, and the styling of Morbius' monstrous side was perfect.
If the trailer held any appeal whatsoever and you go in with very measured expectations there's more to enjoy here than the current ratings would suggest.
Pretty shocked by the very low rating. Yes, it pales compared to the original, but it's actually a step up from the second and third movies.
If you're someone that found Reloaded and Revolutions disappointing and go in with measured expectations, this is definitely worth seeing on a big screen.
If you're someone that found Reloaded and Revolutions disappointing and go in with measured expectations, this is definitely worth seeing on a big screen.
Will Smith fan. Wasn't looking for anything other than a big dumb silly action flick and it didn't even deliver that. It's been years since I've been so baffled by a movie this bad getting generally positive reviews.
Martin Lawrence was painful to watch. The dialogue was wooden and 90% of the jokes didn't land. Even in a packed theater on Saturday night there were maybe 10 times that got chuckles and only 2 or 3 solid laughs.
Apart from a few highlights scattered throughout even the action scenes were dull.
It's been ages since I considered walking out of a movie, and I would have if anything else was still playing in the cineplex I saw it, but unfortunately it was a late show so I stuck it out.
As a counterpoint, one of the two girls I took to the movie enjoyed it, the other hated it even more than I did. That's the only reason I gave it four stars, rounding up from the 33% of our party. Left to my own subjective opinion, it would have been 1.5-2.5 stars at best.
Martin Lawrence was painful to watch. The dialogue was wooden and 90% of the jokes didn't land. Even in a packed theater on Saturday night there were maybe 10 times that got chuckles and only 2 or 3 solid laughs.
Apart from a few highlights scattered throughout even the action scenes were dull.
It's been ages since I considered walking out of a movie, and I would have if anything else was still playing in the cineplex I saw it, but unfortunately it was a late show so I stuck it out.
As a counterpoint, one of the two girls I took to the movie enjoyed it, the other hated it even more than I did. That's the only reason I gave it four stars, rounding up from the 33% of our party. Left to my own subjective opinion, it would have been 1.5-2.5 stars at best.