This is the worst Superman film by far, the worst superhero film I have ever seen, and one of
the worst films in general that I have ever seen!
Not exact matches
Of course,
film,
in particular, and pop culture,
in general, have a long history of pushing the envelope, which isn't always a
bad thing.
Each individual Bond
film makes its own mark, be it
in villains, locales, or
general bad assery.
Terrible plot, lackluster effects, a trainwreck sense of direction, and an absolute lack of an epic scope that the first two delivered on so well makes Superman IV: The Quest for Peace not only the
worst Superman
film, but one of the
worst comic book movies
in general
Proyas later went on a tirade against
film critics and
film journalists
in general for manufacturing a controversy over the movie's casting and conspiring to give it
bad reviews.
Though it has a lot of fun playing with slasher tropes and cinema
in general (showing the way Max and her friends are affected by elements like musical cues, monochromatic flashback sequences and slow motion within the fictional movie), the
film isn't funny or scary enough, ultimately becoming a victim of its own satire due to its insistence on preserving the genre's traditionally
bad acting and writing.
In a way, the film plays like a greatest - hits collection of the worst films so far of Summer 2017, from an appearance by the Knights of the Round Table that calls to mind «King Arthur: Legend of the Sword,» the leaden comedy and leering courtship of «Baywatch» and the general «Why are we in England again?&raqu
In a way, the
film plays like a greatest - hits collection of the
worst films so far of Summer 2017, from an appearance by the Knights of the Round Table that calls to mind «King Arthur: Legend of the Sword,» the leaden comedy and leering courtship of «Baywatch» and the
general «Why are we
in England again?&raqu
in England again?»
Top Gun does have a surprisingly good 3D conversion and
in general only 2
films I saw
in 3D
in recent times (1 - 2 years) were incredibly underwhelming (The Amazing Spiderman which is flatter than paper, strange considering the fact that it was shot
in 3D and Dial M For Murder which isn't that
bad but I still can't believe it's the best version out there).
As is inevitable, however, when only nine titles get picked from a longlist of 92, there was far more talk about what was left out than what was kept
in, and the
general verdict from onlookers was that the Academy had erred
badly by passing on Campillo's
film.
It's a testament to the quality of the acting (not to say Harry Potter 1 had
bad actors, but all the venerable British badasses were
in support roles, and the kids really didn't know how to act yet), cinematography, special effects and
general world building that a
film with a (somewhat) structurally flawed script can captivate me to such a level that I spend my hard early free time and money on it on three separate occasions.
Maybe it's because we've seen him play such ordinary guys
in films like «Frank» and «Brooklyn», but young (too young) Domhnall Gleeson channelling a fascist leader as
General Hux, one of the heads of The First Order (the movie's
bad guys, successors to the Empire), didn't work for us.