Reviews

A traumatic boy trying to cope by being a vigilante.

A foster child that becomes a street-smart opportunistic on-the-edge character.

A criminal mop-boy that does what the investor bid him to do.

They all are very relatable. Just like Joaquin's Joker.

The winner in this version is the Riddler.

Paul Dano really played to his strength, the psychopathic serial murderer that left his digital manifesto in a warped-city of Gotham dwellers.

It's a truly comic book movie turned right.

Never a boring moment.

But I preferred to watch it in my local theatre.

Several points that I found annoying:

• Jessica Henwick's breathy way to speak her character's dialogues was frustrating, it was barely intelligible and she did it a lot. Had to muster some extra focus just to keep at pace with her words.

• Keanu was basically John Wick being lost in the Matrix. He was only Neo when he's bald or in the "real world".

• The fights...... so boring. Neo, didn't perform. Only having some sort of energy field around him. C'mon Wachowski... give him some more credits. Even Smith seemed interesting, heck even Dougie Howser was stealing some Quicksilver ability and made his character looked interesting.

Some points that I liked:

• The story. If WB wants another Matrix movie, it's better handled by The Wachowskis.

• Trinity. And her connection with Neo.

• Dougie Howser, and his cat.

Didn't expect much at first sight, but of course I was BLOWN AWAY! The directing and editing and scoring are EXCELLENT. The plot and flow of the movie is IMPECCABLE.

I have not yet read the book, but having faith with Gaiman's old works was enough for me to guarantee the quality of the story, and apparently I receive more in return because the production actually yield very ENTERTAINING, MOVING, and GRIPPING episodes.

The casts are PERFECT, I love Laura mostly, then every other characters starting from Ostara, Media, Shadow, Wednesday, Mr World, Anubis, Jackal, Bilqis, to the other whole ensemble of characters. The CGIs are better than some blockbuster flicks in the cinemas that you could appreciate the dedication that this production team aspired to create.

Update season 3:

Though no Sweeney here, and a bit dragging on most episodes, always love Laura's and Bilquis' appearance.. even Techno-boy starting to grow on me.

And much appreciation that they keep the shows' theme so artsy, absurd, and surreal. One of the best shows I can hope for. Can't wait to see season 4... hopefully Amazon can keep this show until its final season.

It's been a long time since X-Files and The Fringe have I watched and binged TV serial just for the sake of the chemistry between the main characters.

So when I found this serial, the first season I watched it due to the acclaimed Emmy nominations. But then I fell into the rabbit hole, it is just too good to be true.

The execution, especially for the first 2 seasons, is worth me buying the Bluray alone. Then the next 3-4 season, they are essential, because they successfully made me feel so invested in the interaction between Linden-Holder.

I came for a great detective mystery, I get so much in return. The casts. The directing. Scoring. DOP. And ending.

Netflix wrapped it up lovely. Thank you!

I watched this movie with low expectation. And the first ten minutes did confirm the bad reviews I read beforehand. But starting when Vin Diesel investigated his friends' office, the pacing of the movie got very enjoyable.

I didn't think much about the lack of originality or the mishmash thrown around the entire festive (as other reviewers pointed out), it was designed to collaborate anyway.

I enjoyed the casts very much, especially Rose Leslie as the good witch. Been fangirl-ing her since the GoT series. Despite the awkward chemistry between her and Vin -- honestly Vin looked like a pervert bodyguard during the "I-heart-you" scene -- the duo played professionally well.

So... if you're interested to see this movie, just lower your expectation, and enjoy the ride.

If you go in a cinema just to nitpick, what a waste of money. Unless you're being paid to nitpick, I'd say thanks again.

Saw the review of this movie a few days ago, brutally scored in Rottentoma***s for 28%. I used to rely on their rate-o-metre for any movie in the past, but when I read their meta-critics, somehow deep inside I know I didn't agree. So after watching the movie this morning with hub, I must say I'm glad I listened to my gut. The hell with the so called expert critics, a good movie is always a good movie.

So the story revolves somewhere in Johannesburg again. Nostalgic of the District 9 scouting ground. What really made this movie alive are not Dev Patel or Hugh Jackman, or even Sigourney Weaver, nu-uh, just the 2 new comers : Ninja and Yolandi Visser -- and of course America and the good ole Sharlto Copley (personally, this guy is an awesome actor).

The story is simple yet it has the vibrant entertaining spirit that is so thick of Blomkamp's style. Very reminiscent of District 9. The gore, meshed up scene by scene that were interwoven melodiously, it was a full-on entertaining piece.

(And to read how most "movie-experts" were jumbled by the story I could just feel sorry that they didn't get the entertaining piece except by tearing apart a good movie.)

Earlier scenes were somewhat paced by boring introduction of the weapon company, and we hit the boredom button at its peak when focusing to Dev Patel's character and his rivalry with Hugh Jackman.

Jump to next scene where Yolandi, Ninja, and America were busy dealing with the mob boss and we were transported to the real deal.

Their silly ideas and what follows to the abduction of Patel and Chappie were the ones that made the movie starting to flow non-stop to a next-level ending.

A creation who creates his creator and transfer consciousness from one medium to another?

And making so in a OH SO ELOQUENT movie? Does this movie really deserve a 28% in ROTTEN****S??

I don't think so.

This is a very good movie, been long since I found an interesting movie these days. Way better than the ordinary common Hollywood pieces... oh wait, those stuff that most critics adored, no? Just saying.

I just watched this movie after having it on the watch list for a couple of months. Been wanting to know what interests me in the first place ever since I watched the trailer.

Was it the quirky idea of cute little trolls hiding in a box? Or was it the idea of trolls afraid of humans and only came out during the evening? Or simply because the animation, and because the movie-trailer editing was fascinating? Ah, I'm quite certain that mostly because the casts are those bunch of creative artists whose previous works I deeply adored.

The first thing that I found extremely different was the dialog. Then the characters. I am smitten with the Winnifred character, so ironically adorable. Then the comedy. (Oh how I love the idea of a "wealthy girl in danger" -- such cynical dark humor. Not everybody's cup of tea, obviously, but it definitely suits mine.) Lastly, the moral of this story. (This is actually the most significant part of this movie that made me infatuated. So much reminders delivered by the movie makers to adults and teenagers with a flair of hilarity and flawless depth -- actually, scratch that, there's a lot of flaws in this movie but the flaws what made this movie having so much to enjoy about.) And lastly, it has a touch of philosophical end. (with an exquisite mention of the meta- related worlds).

Watched the movie a coupla hours ago, was dissatisfied due to the end of credits scene (after the twin scene) was totally not worth the wait. Just watch it on youtube.

The Captain was as handsome as usual. Chris Evans is such a purrfect cast. The whole story though, a bit of a drag. No surprise factor except a spectacular action-vaganza.

Expect to be very entertained for the fast moving vehicles, fighting moves whether on the ground or in the sky, and waiting for the bomb to not explode.

The characters who made me interested are the Winter Soldier and Falcon. Other characters, are simply garnishes. Not really meaningful, especially that female Shield agent played by Colbie Smoulder. Why is she so underused? Her appearance is never as funny as Coulson, and yet she portrays an important position. Only made an appearance not as much as the total of my fingers.

The twist was ... a big spoiler if I say it here, but it was not a BOOMbastic twist. Not a breeze of fresh air at all. As a matter of fact, it was an old story made into the play. And this made the story goes stale.

But my crappy critic is nothing compared to the entertaining visual effects, acting, and flow of the movie that I am willing to give it an 8/10.