What film did you watch last night?
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del Toro's Pinnochio
An extraordinary work, quite unlike anything else and perhaps worth watching for that alone. But I didn't really like it, it seemed unsure of what it wanted to be, both more grounded and more fantastical than most takes on the classic tale, and highly inconsistent in tone. It seemed immensely confused, like a weird chimera of half a dozen different movies stitched together.
Almost saved by the seagull gag.
5/10 watch it for the film making rather than enjoying the actual movie.
An extraordinary work, quite unlike anything else and perhaps worth watching for that alone. But I didn't really like it, it seemed unsure of what it wanted to be, both more grounded and more fantastical than most takes on the classic tale, and highly inconsistent in tone. It seemed immensely confused, like a weird chimera of half a dozen different movies stitched together.
Almost saved by the seagull gag.
5/10 watch it for the film making rather than enjoying the actual movie.
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Well that is two contrasting opinions 
Your comment nudged me to re-watch it - still love that film.
The SW fanatics will attack me for this, but it's my favourite SW film... but then I'm one of the weird ones who prefers 1-3 over 4-6... oops
Well that is two contrasting opinions
To be fair, it struck me as a film that some people would absolutely love... just not me.
Smile - didn't finish.
I just don't get the excitement around this, maybe for horror casuals it's fine but for anyone with more than a passing attachment to horror, it's just not good. Jump scares are glaringly telegraphed, it re-treads the same old ground with the build ups, there's just nothing interesting here. I'd normally not have bothered with it but i'm constantly seeing snippets and comments about it on the horror sites I frequent.
I'm a completionist so will revisit at some point, perhaps.
I just don't get the excitement around this, maybe for horror casuals it's fine but for anyone with more than a passing attachment to horror, it's just not good. Jump scares are glaringly telegraphed, it re-treads the same old ground with the build ups, there's just nothing interesting here. I'd normally not have bothered with it but i'm constantly seeing snippets and comments about it on the horror sites I frequent.
I'm a completionist so will revisit at some point, perhaps.
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Smile was a massive letdown. Was expecting far more from it. Bang average at best.
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Emancipation tonight.
We watched this a few weeks back and thought it was really good. I loved how it ended too.
That was the first film my friends and I went to at the cinema when we were underage
Yup, they nailed it. Pacing, story, lore, space battles, everything was spot on I'd say.
I loved this film, but then it's by Peter Jackson so it's going to be of a standard!
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Beckett (2021)
With Denezels son, John. God he sound like his dad, talks in the same style at times.
Forgettable film and barley watchable. I even forgot the name of the film, kept thinking Bennett.
5/10
With Denezels son, John. God he sound like his dad, talks in the same style at times.
Forgettable film and barley watchable. I even forgot the name of the film, kept thinking Bennett.
5/10