The movie starts like the trailer, showing how kick - ass decides to be a superhero, but as soon as he meets hit girl and Big Daddy, who were already super heroes before him, the whole
point of the movie entirely changes to satisfy the revenge plot between Big Daddy and the main bad guy.
Not exact matches
If Zeffirelli's Hamlet does resemble an actual
movie at several
points, it's thanks almost
entirely to the inventive and atmospheric lighting
of veteran cinematographer David Watkin, whose somber, gray - green palette gives the film a dignity and substance it would otherwise lack.
This whole approach earns some minor
points for trying to avoid a total repetition
of the original
movie, but these changes to the titular character kind
of miss the
point entirely.
We may have reached a
point where there's a dozen awful video game
movies for every successful — relatively speaking — attempt, but it's films like Silent Hill that keep me from developing an
entirely pessimistic view
of the popular trend.
None
of the live - action
movies have — though Deadpool 2 could certainly get away with a Christopher Plummer joke if they just decided to cut him out
entirely at this
point — but a voiceover role would be really easy to replace.
At this
point, the question shouldn't be whether the world needs a live action Metroid
movie but which genre should it be; thriller, horror, a mix
of the two or something else
entirely?
The well - mounted
movie, told
entirely from the
point of view
of a young girl (Sareum Srey Moch) and impeccably shot by Anthony Dod Mantle («Slumdog Millionaire») with a sensitive score by Marco Beltrami, made audiences weep and scored a rapturous standing ovation.
By the aforementioned halfway
point however, I'd started to get the feeling some
of the
movie could be tighter and scenes such as a mock «deep and meaningful» dissection
of song lyrics could have been cut
entirely.
To be fair, through the eye
of Yates those visuals are formidable, and Rowling fills these scenes with some truly original, weird events, but up to the
movie's halfway
point it's almost
entirely focused on fantasy beasts and action instead
of a coherent plot.
The film thereafter establishes itself as a fast - paced, downright fun horror -
movie ride that's ideally suited to its Midnight Madness slot, although it's admittedly difficult not to question the inclusion
of an
entirely useless subplot detailing the ongoing exploits
of Brent's best friend (ie it seems like the two storylines are going to converge at some
point, but this never happens).
But those moments are accidental and
entirely beside the
point — a smart version
of this
movie would capitalize on them instead
of appearing not to notice them at all.
In director Colm McCarthy's newest film - The Girl with All the Gifts, he has made a zombie
movie that feels
entirely unique in it's own way, making themes
of science, freedom
of choice, and nature vs. nurture as the main focal
point of a group
of people surviving a zombie outbreak.