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Thumbs Down Cinema!
Sep. 4th, 2017 04:57 pmWe have been watching a lot of movies lately, but two were definitely thumbs down.
First up is Chappie which I bailed on this afternoon after 20 minutes or so. It's just insufferably bad and boring. "You can finish it on your own," I said to my husband, cuz I have better things to do with two hours than sit through this terrible movie. I loved District 9 so much but Neill Blomkamp's follow up movies are just not as good. Even his short films available online aren't fully realized stories and perhaps that the problem with Chappie. It has all the right ingredients - an interesting premise, star power and a cool looking robot - but it just fell horribly flat with me. Robocop it's not.
Valerian left me so woefully confused afterwards and I know I'm not the only one. Maybe it's because the only Luc Besson movie I have watched is The Fifth Element and expected something in the same vein. Valerian was an extremely beautiful movie but another confusing mess. Valerian and Laureline are supposed to be top agents, but they look and act like bickering, inept teenagers. It's hard to believe that they love each other because the acting is so wooden. Again, another interesting story idea and gorgeous visuals, but little star power. We couldn't figure out what the point of the movie was supposed to be at all.
First up is Chappie which I bailed on this afternoon after 20 minutes or so. It's just insufferably bad and boring. "You can finish it on your own," I said to my husband, cuz I have better things to do with two hours than sit through this terrible movie. I loved District 9 so much but Neill Blomkamp's follow up movies are just not as good. Even his short films available online aren't fully realized stories and perhaps that the problem with Chappie. It has all the right ingredients - an interesting premise, star power and a cool looking robot - but it just fell horribly flat with me. Robocop it's not.
Valerian left me so woefully confused afterwards and I know I'm not the only one. Maybe it's because the only Luc Besson movie I have watched is The Fifth Element and expected something in the same vein. Valerian was an extremely beautiful movie but another confusing mess. Valerian and Laureline are supposed to be top agents, but they look and act like bickering, inept teenagers. It's hard to believe that they love each other because the acting is so wooden. Again, another interesting story idea and gorgeous visuals, but little star power. We couldn't figure out what the point of the movie was supposed to be at all.
