Mana Everywhere all at Once with our legend icon Michelle Yeoh

GHOSTED (2023)
Good fun. Good laugh.

Both leads, De Armas and Evans, are also the Producers for this film.

Definitely enjoyed this film - .

NO TIME TO WATCH (20XX)....

Oh ya, De Armas, looking forward to see her action in Ballerina..

Suddenly an action heroine who may be better than Charlize Theron

Woohoo

Guardians 3 is bonkers hahahaha

Worth the 6 years of waiting long time

Many said somebody dies but.....

Go watch it The revelation is powderful

Dont forget the important end-credits which will steer Marvel over 2 new directions

This post has been edited by skylinelover: May 3 2023, 09:53 PM

Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 3

It's been awhile since I watched a Marvel film in the cinema. The last one I watched was "Dr. Strange In The Multiverse of Madness" like a year ago (time flies!). Skipped the next 3 films largely due to the reception. Later when I did get to watch them - - it was as I expected, underwhelming. The last one, "Quantumania" was really mediocre IMO Even the CGI was super inconsistent and Kang was reduced to like a run-of-the-mill villain that plagued some of the early Marvel films (after all the hype he provided us from "Loki").

Well, this time around, I thought it had to be special since not only was James Gunn returning (one last time for a Marvel film?) but it's also a farewell to the gang. I'm quite confident though, Star-Lord or one of the characters will reappear in the future (only watched the mid-credits scene, later I shall check the post-credits scene).

I went in with a cautious expectation (the last I checked on RT it was sitting at 79%, no audience score yet) so I felt safe since it was at least going to be good.

Well, in many ways, I think it surpassed my expectations. It was emotional in places, funny (the last few Marvel films felt forced), the world building was superb (especially the flesh planet that was reminiscence of the superb Eidos-Montréal Guardians of the Galaxy game that was released in 2021) and the ridiculous intentional background characters. There were even suits/armor that looked straight out of Power Rangers yet it felt right

Clocking in at around 2 1/2 hours, I was surprised it didn't feel draggy or boring. There were barely any lengthy conversations or stop-gaps for the next phase of action, it was just non-stop fun. It felt like the older Marvel films to be honest that had that MCU magic.

As for the emotional bits:


As for the hype about Adam Warlock, I felt the writers (it was James Gunn only I think) didn't really know how to utilize him fully. I believe there were already too many things happening in Vol. 3, that Adam Warlock felt like a passer-by hero/villain-type thing. The scene where he was flying around was similar to Supes flying in "Man of Steel" which was super cool but unfortunately, there weren't many scenes of him doing that. Overall, I feel a little mixed about Adam Warlock's appearance though it was never a bad thing.

Cosmo the Spacedog was done and utilized well. I recognized that distinct voice almost immediately haha.. (voiced by Maria Bakalova, and heard she also provided mo-cap for it).

CGI was exceptional -- I noticed some jarring and inconsistent CGI in "Wakanda Forever" and "Quantumania" but this time around, it was superb.

Overall, this feels like a return to Marvel classic story-telling and humor. Did it feel like a farewell? Somewhat. I think we'll see more of the characters in the future but the gang itself I doubt it.



This one gets a nice 8.5/10 from me. Not really a must watch, but highly recommended if you want a return to form with what made you love the Marvel films in the first place.

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3

I can use one word to describe James Gunn work in Marvel.

That word is consistent!

Marvel had suffered a few missteps.

One might even argue the planet on a whole is suffering from Marvel fatigue!

I argue otherwise.

I say we are sick of being served.... lacking a better term, crap!

Crap with whip cream and cherry on top at the end of the day, it is still crap.

James Gunn "supposedly" ignored Kevin Feige's suggestion during the making of this movie.
I think James had something to prove.

1). His initial firing from the project.

2). His skipping and hopping over to Warner/DC

In a sense, this movie is a "swan song", a complete story arch for

1) James feature directorial for Marvel

2) Chris Pratt as Peter Quill

3) Rocket you can now call me Racoon Bradley Cooper

I have to add, they were handled well.

I would suggest to Marvel that this is the way forward

Get GOOD creative on you project. See them thru!

Look at how inconsistent the Thor movies were.

The latest Ant-Man movie, the less said the better.

I am actually shuddering when I think about going to the movies o watch The Marvels (highly will skip cinema viewing)

Well made Marvel movie.

DO consider going to the cinema and watch.

My Two Sen

Evil Dead Rise (2023)

Yes yes, people who are familiar to my reviews may know that I love horror movies.

There is a sub-genre of horror I do not enjoy.

Gore horror...

The Evil Dead series ARE the definition of gore.

I draw the line for gore at Drag Me To Hell.

Boy, is this movie's gore way exceeds that.

Having said that, I did find the movie as a series does do original stuff.

Well more likely Director & Writer Lee Cronin introduces past concepts with it's own unique spin.

I give it points for that.

What evil did to the family is unforgivable.

Having said that it will not be evil if it did not do that.

If gore is your cup of tea, by all means, go watch this.

My Two Sen.

Well The Marvels make me meh after this JG masterpiece

There wont be another Marvel for 6 months and i am all 4 it

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023)

Bar the second Venom movie, Sony's Spider-verse movies are showing Disney-Marvel the lost art of storytelling.

The origins story of Gwen Stacy/Spier-woman i great!

Hollywood's de-coupling with China is very displayed (in a good way).

I really like this movie.

There were parts I was concern about how long the movie was
I hope Sony can continue the great story telling.

I highly recommend this!

My Two Sen.

sony and its spiderman universe can never be separated even if DISNEY throw billions over sony hahahaha

The Boogeyman (2023)

What a treat!?!

An actually scary horror movie!!!

I was kept at the edge of my seat.

I had squirmed.

I had shut my eyes.

I was concern for the characters in the movie!!!

Good job Rob Savage!!! I shall keep an eye out for your work!!

My Two Sen

Like Black Phone

Small title but surprising hit

A little bit different story wise.

Blackphone is evil by human.

This is evil by unseen entity.

I think this is similar to Lights Out. Not huge budget and have to add effective!

The Little Mermaid (2023)

Wow, no love for this movie here...

What a difference 34 years make.

Why did I say that?

When the animated movie Little Mermaid was release in 1989, it was make or break for Disney Animation.

Disney Animation had been floundering (get it, a character in Little Mermaid is called Flounder) since Wlat Disney's passing. Disney animation always made their animated movies, WITHOUT script. They continued to do so after Disney's passing. I believe Jungle Book was the last Disney animation Walt was involved it. So what came after Jungle Book (1967)?

The Aristocats (1970)
Robin Hood (1973)
The Rescuers (1977)
The Fox and the Hound (1981)
The Black Cauldron (1985)
The Great Mouse Detective (1986)
Oliver & Company (1988) (I did not even watch this... Not yet)

After The Black Cauldron many thought that Disney Animations days are numbered. Studio funds were reduced to the project put into Disney Animation products and if you had watch The Great Mouse detective, it looks more like TV movie rather than a feature animated movie.

Michael Eisner who was the head of Disney put his foot down and only greenlit The Little Mermaid (1989) project IF an actually script was written and used for the animation project.

It was a smashing success and a renaissance of sort occurred during the period for Disney.

Now we have the live action The Little Mermaid.

Most of the songs remain from the 1989 animation movie. Some are even expanded and new songs were written.

Why did I say what a difference 34 years makes?

When it was announce that Halle Bailey was to play Ariel in the live action movie, that news almost broke the internet (not is a good way).

It did not matter that Disney got

1) Javier Bardem as King Triton
2) Melissa McCarthy as Ursula
3) Disney spent 350 million dollars to product this movie.

They did not matter.

The public has spoken and before their even watched the movie, Halle Bailey, Ariel does not make.

I want to make things clear, I almost did not watch this at the cinema.

The general consensus out there is not good.

Unlike the rescue of the Disney Animation by the 1989 animation movie, this may end up losing Disney ALOT of money.

ALOT.

There are three new songs and one of them is actually very VERY good.

As for Disney prince go, Jonah Hauer-King is a very very good match to the animated Prince Eric.

Melissa McCarthy killed as Ursula

I can see where the money went in the movie.

In my humble opinion, some money could have been saved. Disney was over enthusiastic about the movie and over indulged in the production....

I did enjoy the movie.

The end was tweaked and I am still not sure if I agree with the tweak...

Overall it is actually a good live action adaption of the animated movie.

Do yourself a favour, go watch this with your love ones or little wants.

You will find yourself humming with Melissa McCarthy when she does the "Poor Unfortunate Souls".

I kid you not!!

My Two Sen

This post has been edited by Mov_freak: Jun 5 2023, 10:38 PM

Woke is strong inside

Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (2023) - enjoyable to watch.. go to watch it guys
Extraction (2020) - Great action flick, I really enjoyed this one. Can't wait for Extraction 2...

Extraction 2020 they added some sentimental value with great action. Hope they keep some good storyline on part2, rather than just action. Releasing next week!!!

1. Never liked TF since Bay-ism era haha
2. Chris quite an action guy surprisingly post-Thor haha

Haha chun