Reviews

This movie is a sign that these monster movies are going the way of many of the MCU movies after End Game, which means they're not very good.

All that Iwi stuff seems contrived. The way too human traits given to the apes is absolutely ridiculous. The Dan Stevens character as a veterinarian whose training just happened to include dentistry on a giant ape and he just so happened to have a giant tooth on hand is beyond silly. In addition to that, he travels to hollow earth in the same ship as everyone else but when Kong needs medical attention again, his vet vehicle just happens to be down there where a giant mechanical glove probably a prototype when Tony Stark was designing Veronica, coincidentally is also down there.

Brian Tyree Henry's character is there for comedic relief and nothing else. This was a poorly written movie and if they should do another one it better be a lot better than this mess or they're going to lose their fan base but if that should happen they'll probably just reboot the whole damn thing.

Where do I begin? Horrible writing for one. Randall Wallace attempted to many times to be overly sentimental that it turned out to be embarrassingly mushy. Some of the lines made me cringe particularly when DiCaprio as Louis was trying to impress Christine.

This is my least favorite of DiCaprio's performances. He was miscast. Who in their right mind is going to believe that after wearing an iron mask for 6 years your face which hasn't been cleaned in 6 years has absolutely no blemishes and hardly any beard growth? Come on, at least give us some pimples.

Gabriel Byrne is the only one who did a fine job with what he was given but it's not the fault of the other actors that they were given so little to work with. Jeremy Irons as Aramis was ok until the scene to break out Phillipe from prison. Who's going to believe that he actually had a full grown man underneath his clothing? Not realistic at all. It didn't even look right.

I love the Three Musketeers but don't wait until the last 10 minutes to give me swordplay. That's what they were known for.

The best line in the whole movie was uttered by Edward Atterton who played Lieutenant Andre when he said " Magnificent valor. " He said even more with his eyes while saying that line.

I need to go watch a real Three Musketeers movie to cleanse me from this mess.

I thought I would be watching a full on fantasy flick about killing giants only to discover it ain't that. It is a good movie reminding us of how fragile some of us are when the going gets tough. Some of us have a hard time coping and like so many we invent a world where we come out on top, winners, and heroes.

I'm not familiar with the comics but I read where the comics teach young kids how to deal with tragedy. Even adults need to learn this because for a lot of adults, drifting off into fantasy is replaced with drugs and alcohol or we just try to mentally run away from our problems and hope they'll go away on their own so we won't have to confront them.

This movie is worth the watch and Madison Wolfe did a fantastic job as Barbara. The only question I have is since it's Barbara's fantasy world where only she sees the giants then why does her friend Sophia notice what is quite clearly the humungous footprint of a giant in the forest?

Go ahead and give it a try. It may even bring a tear to your eye.

The only possession I'm interested in now is in what was possessing the film makers? This movie doesn't serve the original one at all.

Nothing original regarding the demon possession. It's the same derivative dribble as in all possession movies.

I don't get the exorcism block party. Hey everyone, come on over and let's get these demons out of these poor girls. That's not how the church would actually do it.

Since it's God who triumphs over the devil, I found it disconcerting that the church going family lose their daughter but the unbelieving father keeps his daughter.

They should have built more into what actually led to the possession in the first place. Was there a demon out there in the woods just waiting for some unsuspecting prey?

If you watch this make sure to watch something else right after to wash your brain of this mess.

I know he doesn't need the money so why is Mel Gibson going the way of Willis, Seagal, Van Damme, Cage, et al and making straight to DVD/streaming movies? Did he lose a bet? He actually replaced Bruce Willis for this one. He must owe a lot of favors.

The movie is very predictable especially the ending. There is so much that's just plain wrong. You have a man that's bleeding to death so the doctor and the cop have to go to another apartment for supplies. After finding the supplies and tending to the less wounded cop whom she shot, she takes the time to make goo goo eyes with him? There's a man who needs serious medical attention according to your diagnosis! I don't want her as my doctor unless it's for turn your head and cough.

How does a guy who is clearly taller and heavier than Emile Hirsch fit into his shirt? And how does a guy get away with keeping a dangerous animal presumably a tiger in an apartment? The animal attacked the owner requiring hospitalization so just when would he be able to go in and clean the litterbox? Near the end when it jumped out to kill the bad guy, I thought it was a pitbull.

Trust me, save yourself the time and find something else.

The six rating was because I'm a huge Jason Statham fan and given how all his movies are action flicks with no shortage of anything and everything exaggerated, I wasn't surprised at this one.

Just how many elements can you copy from Jaws? Doggie goes in the water which of course must have been an Olympic swimming dog for it to be swimming around as long as it did before its rescue, I think that even the name of the dog was identical to the one in Jaws, Pippet, let's get in a shark cage and see if we can jab it with a poison spear tip, fat kid in the water, panic on the beach, oh and let's not forget putting a tracking device on the shark, and finally, let's blow it up.

There was no character development and a few were quite annoying. Ruby Rose... nuff said, Bingbing Li, uttered her lines in such a way leaving me wondering if she just isn't very good or is it her accent and lack of the English language, Page Kennedy was totally insufferable as the constantly complaining coward. They also need a new doctor. In talking about Lori's wound he says it missed her liver. Of course it missed her liver, her liver is on her right side not her left where the wound was. And what's with the commando outfits at night when the billionaire and his guys went hunting for the shark. Was the Meg fooled by this?

As shark movies go, there will never be another Jaws, but I still found it entertaining and paced very well. If you just sit back and take it at face value, you won't feel like you wasted your time.

This is such a pleasant and enjoyable movie especially for the nostalgic. Woody Allen is a magnificent screenwriter. Totally deserving of the Oscar.

The characters are very well played. Wilson's portrayal of Gil is smooth and natural. The only negative is as Hemingway pointed out, too self-effacing. Writer's are observant so how could he be so naive about his fiancee's affair? McAdams did a fine job creating an unlikable character. Who would ever want to marry someone who constantly emasculates her man in front of others? Sheen as the overbearing pedant was just as unlikeable but the actor did his job.

The scene stealer was the ravishing Marion Cotillard playing Adriana. For me, the best line was when Gertrude Stein is arguing with Picasso about his painting of Adriana claiming it had no objectivity. She then asks Gil and Ernest what they thought about Adriana as she stood in the doorway looking so beautiful, Gil responds," Absolutely lovely" But Hemingway replies " Well, you can see why he lost all objectivity." What a better way to describe her beauty and how they feel about her.

There's way too much one can pull out of this movie and if one is looking for a message it's as simple as, just make the most of the time you live in and make it down the road, someone else's golden age.