I don't have the pre-existing comic knowledge that makes some people (my husband) upset by this movie.
I enjoy a lot of what's going on here, even though Apocalypse is a pretty boring villain, by no fault of Oscar Isaac. There's a lot of Magneto, Mystique, and Beast, aka my favorites, and I like the new kids. I might be biased because that includes Sophie Turner and Lana Condor. Can we give Jubilee something to do in one of these other than look cool and cute in a yellow jacket though?
I love Jennifer Lawrence's 80's hair. She's looking great.
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Before he was James Bond (<I>Goldeneye</i>), Pierce Brosnon starred in 1992's <I>The Lawnmower Man</i>, which is based on a short story by Stephen King.
For a film that was released over 30 years ago, <I>The Lawnmower Man</i> offers impressive onscreen computer graphics at a time when most people, especially students (like myself), were playing The Oregon Trail or using LOGO with ridiculous commands to make a turtle turn left, right, up and down. Luckily, we're no longer stuck in that era.
The screenplay, written by Gimel Everett, and direction under Brett Leonard take us by the hand and allow us to observe a man's descent (maybe ascent?), from being intellectually disabled to gaining powers that extend beyond the human realm, but enacting many sinister abilities along the way.
The computer graphics scenes are quite impressive, especially for 1992, when they were just becoming a "thing" and slowly being embraced in the film world. Luckily, I watched this on my LG OLED in Filmmaker Mode, which really enhanced the color and beauty as it was intended to be seen. Rich, colorful, and, yes, powerful as my eyes were given a much-needed visual surprise.
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One of the few great Stephen King adaptions, ranking high with <I>The Mist</i>, <I>Shawshank Redemption</i>, and <I>Sleepwalkers</i>.
America Ferrera has been choosing roles to inspire and lift up women from her very first film. We love America Ferrera.
This embodies that early 2000's indie film aesthetic. I spent most of the movie being mad at her mom, so I guess it really put me in the shoes of the teenage lead. Overall it feels very real: the characters, their dialogue, their struggles. The only thing that made me go hmmmm was being able to apply to Columbia after graduation and get accepted with a full scholarship, but I'll let them have that one.
Me during the first 15 minutes when I see Heidi Gardner, Queen Latifah, Ben Foster, & Jaleel White: 😮🥳😊❤️
Me during the 10 minute montage at the end when it turns out basically every other character was an NBA legend, often playing themselves, but I thought Charles Barkley was the only cameo: 🧐🥴🤨
Me when I Google Juancho to see what else he's been in and the answer is "the NBA": 🫠
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I'm an inconsistent South Park fan. For every part I love, there's a part that just isn't for me.
In this case, I love that they made a musical and fully committed to it. I love What Would Brian Boitano Do?, and I love Stan trying to become political to impress Wendy. I love Ike; what a cutie. Then there are the things I don't love: Terrance and Phillip, Satan, Saddam. You win some, you lose some.
If you like 90's/early-2000's Disney made-for-tv movies, and you like them unironically and not for the nostalgia, AND you like big budget science fiction, this is the movie for you. It's a very specific set of parameters. I could see it being popular with tweens if it had debuted on a streaming app and was at least 45 minutes shorter.
I did enjoy Kathryn Hahn and Keegan-Michael Key fighting a child robot, and I think Britt Robertson is likeable. There is a part where she is in a car and is screaming because something crazy happened in the passenger seat, and it was VERY believable. I think she should try a horror movie or two; there could be something there for her in the scream queen realm.
It's so fun having the two X-Men casts merge, especially watching it right after all the others while everything is fresh.
I am glad it changed the outcome of The Last Stand, because even though I like that movie, I was sad about a lot of character deaths. Now I'm happy again.
Magneto is still my fave, but he better reconsider coming for Beast.
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I thought this was going to be pretty bad and cheesy, but honestly it's pretty fun. It doesn't take itself seriously at all, and it ends up being sort of charming.
There are so many foreshadowing puns before they get their powers Chris Evans is funny as Human Torch; the scene where he's with Ben when Ben wakes up after the accident genuinely cracked me up.
There's one part though where Doom's assistant asks him "Why Sue?" though, and that's truly the most unbelievable part. Why Jessica Alba? Why would someone be interested in Jessica Alba?!
** Note: I watched the Extended Cut.
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🎶 girl, it's so confusing sometimes to be a girl, girl, girl, girl, girl 🎶
Kudos to Bo Burnham for writing such an amazingly accurate portrayal of awkward teenage girlhood, and double kudos to the casting for making perfect selections from Elsie Fisher as the lead through all the supporting roles.
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Begin Again meets School of Rock, with a Little Giants "let's build a ragtag group of underdogs" montage. So it's a five star movie meets a five star movie with a dash of another five star movie?! Yes, it is.
Obsessed with Lucy Boynton as Raphina with her Lana Del Rey energy.
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The action scenes are mindless fun, plentiful, and long (maybe because I watched the extended cut). The dialogue is pretty generic. Logan stops a villain from killing Yukio and then he says, "Don't hit my friends." Don't hit my friends?! Not even a Bub at the end.
Viper is giving heavy Poison Ivy vibes, and the Silver Samurai looks like Shredder. Maybe those are comic accurate; I don't know.
Edited to add: Mariko gets kidnapped so many times, and it's always just two dudes holding her hands and running away with her
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"Your parents are UPPER. MIDDLE. CLASS." has the same energy as "You're a virgin who can't drive."
If you go into this expecting a horror film, specifically a slasher, you will be disappointed. It is much more of a thriller/mystery. Overall strong performances and an interesting perspective on this type of story that I haven't seen before. Fun soundtrack. Very Gen Z, which could maybe be a barrier to entry for anyone who is anti- the TikTok generation.
