Lancia34
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Few quick one:
The Old Guard (Netflix) - So it seems Netflix like taking a B movie script and then attaching a AAA budget and stars to it and hoping it will be some amazing action film....seems like a massive waste of money.
Both this and Extraction (and probably several others I haven't watched) use this formula but come out of being watchable if not great films. Back in the 80's this would be a DTV $5-10m movie with some B movie action star but nowadays you just attach a big star and spend $70,100,150m and release on streaming.
The Old Guard is perfectly watchable. It's plot is non-existent, action scenes on the whole not too bad but it suffers from anything interesting happening between those scenes. I feel that this could have been a decent TV show through the ages similar to Highlander crossed with Quantum Leap. Luckily it's not too long and doesn't quite outstay its welcome but again it just seems like a waste of money and talent. The idea is solid but and with a better script and ideas it could have been fantastic.
6/10 - Extraction is way, way better in every way.
Frozen 2 (Disney+) - So school holidays and the boy wanted to watch this again as I missed the cinema trip.
I really liked the first one, which was a surprise, so expected something similar although wasn't sure how they were going to match the first. Luckily they had an ok story that weaves itself into the characters backstory quite well. The songs aren't as good apart from "Into the Unknown" which does luckily have the stunning Panic at the Disco version at the end, but they are fine for the most part, maybe half are decent and rest forgettable.
Good humour and some good action in it as well but does lack the magic of the first I think. Basically if you likes the first you'll like this as well.
Oh and it looks amazing, the animation, especially the environments is mind blowing. These animated movies are going to look better than live action ones soon!
7.5/10
The Old Guard (Netflix) - So it seems Netflix like taking a B movie script and then attaching a AAA budget and stars to it and hoping it will be some amazing action film....seems like a massive waste of money.
Both this and Extraction (and probably several others I haven't watched) use this formula but come out of being watchable if not great films. Back in the 80's this would be a DTV $5-10m movie with some B movie action star but nowadays you just attach a big star and spend $70,100,150m and release on streaming.
The Old Guard is perfectly watchable. It's plot is non-existent, action scenes on the whole not too bad but it suffers from anything interesting happening between those scenes. I feel that this could have been a decent TV show through the ages similar to Highlander crossed with Quantum Leap. Luckily it's not too long and doesn't quite outstay its welcome but again it just seems like a waste of money and talent. The idea is solid but and with a better script and ideas it could have been fantastic.
6/10 - Extraction is way, way better in every way.
Frozen 2 (Disney+) - So school holidays and the boy wanted to watch this again as I missed the cinema trip.
I really liked the first one, which was a surprise, so expected something similar although wasn't sure how they were going to match the first. Luckily they had an ok story that weaves itself into the characters backstory quite well. The songs aren't as good apart from "Into the Unknown" which does luckily have the stunning Panic at the Disco version at the end, but they are fine for the most part, maybe half are decent and rest forgettable.
Good humour and some good action in it as well but does lack the magic of the first I think. Basically if you likes the first you'll like this as well.
Oh and it looks amazing, the animation, especially the environments is mind blowing. These animated movies are going to look better than live action ones soon!
7.5/10