anarchistica
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Genie (2023) - Rated 18 Aug 2025
"My brother and i always loved Bernard And The Genie, the original version of this film. Watching this was painful. It literally copies things from the original and it still manages to be worse in every way. There is zero chemistry between anyone, all the jokes are off (i laughed *once*) and Bernard is a terrible dad instead of nice schmuck. Any rough edges have been filed off. McCarthy doesn't even wash her hair in the toilet! Please watch the original instead, it's great."
Hero (2002) - Rated 30 Jul 2025
"Hero is a dreadful slog with an awful message. It starts out well enough with nice visuals and flashy action, but it never goes anywhere. In fact, it gets worse. The visuals mostly become different colour filters and the action becomes repetitive and laughable. I love Crouching Tiger but i got bored with this halfway through. The story is utterly moronic too. The actual conclusion is "Emperor Palpatine was right". It's basically CCP propaganda. Really, really disappointing."
The Thing (1982) - Rated 06 Jul 2025
"Both my brother and i felt conflicted about The Thing. The special effects are great and memorable. The film is mostly engaging throughout. But it has a few flaws that keep it from being unequivocally good. The characters don't really act like people. They discover an actual ufo and an alien and don't respond to that at all. They also know not to split up but keep doing it. The Thing itself is also overly convenient, being able to perfectly imitate anyone. It's still a really really solid film."
Captain America: Brave New World (2025) - Rated 18 Jun 2025
"Cap 4 is the first AI-generated McU film. Or it feels that way. Someone asked a LLM to mix characters from Incredible Hulk and Falcon tv-show with elements of Iron Man 2 and Cap America: Civil War. There's a robot-suited hero, a hulk, a black widow, a baddie in an old army base and brain-washing. The LLM connected them in a convoluted way and added action and dialogue you've seen done better a million times before. I saw this a few hours ago and i'm already struggling to remember it. Atrocious."
The Road (2009) - Rated 18 Jun 2025
"I've wanted to watch this for a long time and it was very disappointing. The Road is an empty movie. It never even tries to explain how things went wrong. The pair's journey seems aimless and pointless. Some things are completely nonsensical, like leaving the bunker or a half-blind grandpa surviving. The entire thing is made completely lifeless by the lazy grey filter. It's a slog and i didn't care for The Man at all, which makes it hard to be invested in what little actually happens."
The Falling (2014) - Rated 29 May 2025
"This is one of the few films i had to rewatch to form an opinion. It's weird and artsy and interesting. And also a bit too pretentious and meandering. I appreciate what they were going for, but it doesn't all work for me. Honestly the best thing about it was discovering Florence Pugh's singing voice."
Yojimbo (1961) - Rated 29 May 2025
"Yet another wildly overrated "classic". The Bodyguard's main weakness is its tone. Much of the film is so goofy and unbelievable that it feels like The A-Team or a cartoon. Then suddenly a people get killed, brutally in a few cases. It's amusing to see the protagonist play with the warring parties but i could never take anything seriously. The final fight is especially dumb. The movie is too slow as well."
The Fearless Vampire Killers (1967) - Rated 08 May 2025
"Fun anecdote: When i was a kid i was afraid of vampires because of the ending of this film. Rewatching it now, i'm surprised i managed to keep my open for that long. Dance of the Vampires (as it's called here) is dreadful. A comedy without humour, a horror film devoid of shock and overall a film without a coherent plot. Very little of this meandering mess is worth watching."
Joker (2019) - Rated 24 Apr 2025
"Throw Taxi Driver, V for Vendetta, Fight Club and King of Comedy into a blender. Add one spoonful of Batman for brand recognition. Voilà, it's Joker. Mostly it just fails to hit the mark. Even Phoenix' good performance can't make up for it all feeling artificial. Every bad thing in the world happens to him. And also he has a personal connection to Wayne and basically creates Batman. It's hard to feel sorry for Fleck and even harder to take this film seriously."
Mandy (2018) - Rated 24 Apr 2025
"I really expected to like Mandy but it's awful. The first 45 minutes or so are okay, and some of the stylistic elements later on are nice as well. But when the cult leader started talking it all collapsed. Just another shallow revenge story in which the girl gets brutally murdered on screen. The film actually gets slower after that. Worst of all, we barely get to enjoy the revenge killings. I was hoping for some brutal stuff but half of it doesn't even happen on screen. Boring trash."
