Re: The English Movies Thread (No Spoilers Please) Watched: 1. Onward (2020): With so many good reviews about the movie & a promising trailer, I decided to give this movie a try. Well, the movie had good intentions but the execution, character design was totally a miss. It’s totally bad and amateur. The emotional moments work but it lacks in imagination and the characters are mostly annoying. The action picks up towards the end but by then I was thinking when will this movie end. The characters never really grow on you and the storyline is just plain - 2/5 2. The Platform (2020): This movie correctly represents how rich and powerful have the complete authority and represents our society’s ugly reality. This movie takes you to a dark and deepest corners of the human soul. The movie is very graphic and disturbing to watch but I feel thats what our society has reduced to. A very well executed idea but the end kind of leaves you disappointed. 3.5/5 3. The Boy (2016): If you think this is your average horror movie, think again. I don’t know why this movie has such low rating on the internet maybe because of lame ending or weak side cast but The storyline and plot are so gripping that the ending of movie leaves you wanting for more. I would say with so many ‘doll’ movies out there I finally found some originality in the movie (read unpredictability). Do give it a one time watch but don’t expect this movie to end well maybe the second part that's come out in Feb-2020 would make some sense. 3.5/5 4. The Invisible Man (2020): This movie should be named an Invisible plot movie. There were moon-sized crater in the movie’s plot but I gotta hand it to Elizabeth moss. She is simply brilliant and kept the movie going. Like Jodie Foster, she plays victim’s role so very well and was evident in the movie. Just love it. She was able to induce anxiety and tension between the movie scenes. This movie reminds of ‘Hollow Man’. A good one time watch if you don’t want to apply too much brain - 3.5/5 5. Wonder Park (2019): It's an absolute joy to watch this movie. A perfect family kids movie. Believe me you are gonna love this movie for its cute voice, characters and animation. It’s not the best movie but not definitely not a bad movie. A very well written animated movie - 4/5 6. The Way Back (2020): It is just another basketball movie wherein the coach (Ben Affleck) deals with his dark past and his demons. Ben Affleck is just awesome and truly brings out the sadness and grim associated with its character. It is because of him the movie deserves an appreciation otherwise this movie has got nothing else going on for it. The movie is very very predictable and one might say that it's boring. A lot could have been done for the movie but sad to say it wasn't really there - 2.5/5 (just for Ben’s sake. Yes, I’m stupid) 7. Don’t Knock Twice (2016): I guess these kinds of movies have become too cliched these days. You wake the ghost, it latches on to you and you either die or kill it. This movie has absolutely nothing going on in its favour. Average cast, weak storyline and awful ending. How hard can it be to give a proper or at least a decent ending but no, they have to mess it up. I would pass this movie if I were you - 1/5 8. Away (2019): Don’t judge this movie just because its animation is poor, which I guess it is but this movie is more than that. It a short silent movie which says so much more than your average movie. The background score used in the movie is so much brilliant and is very peaceful. Do give it a shot with your kid to amplify his imagination. -3/5 9. Hurt Locker (2008): I guess I watched this movie out of a sheer number of awards it has won but sadly I don’t really see why it has won so many. The movie is simply boring, senseless and lacks commitment to scenes. so in the movie, all the Iraqi people are portrayed as terrorists and all US soldiers as lone-wolf assassins. I am not judging anyone here but that's what I felt. You are better off without watching this movie. - 2/5 10. Searching (2018): Well, watching this movie was a reaction of getting super bored on a Monday night. I was like, hey, I know this guy from Harold and Kumar series and Star Trek series, why not give a shot and what a shot it turned out to be. Except for a few plot holes this movie is amazing. It might seem like something it is a gruesome movie but it will leave you in tears (emotionally). It rightly depicts how social media affects our children. A good watch - 4/5 |