@RR529 I thought Lightyear was ok. I really liked Socks, the robot cat. I thought that the female captain Buzz was friends with was pretty cool. That's about it, I didn't click with most of the characters, but most of them were bareable.
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But man, I HATED the Rookies. They were just not a fun trio. All together, they were not interesting, but separately, things are a bit different. The gay captain's granddaughter was fine, but she had this dumb thing where she was afraid of space. I thought that was dumb, and her getting sappy over not living up to her grandma could've been better executed. But the pen guy, I just didn't think he was funny. If the pen was a running gag and actually saved them out of nowhere, I think that would've been funnier than what they actually did with the pen guy. And that old criminal, she's not bad, but she should've been a murderer. I don't know why.
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But the villain, oh god the villain. He was AWFUL. I hated him. At least the alternative Socks was kinda cool. For the two minutes he was alive.
Of course, this movie was completely unnecessary, but whatever, it's been said before.
Didn't see it in 3D since I don't usually watch films in 3D, but I can see this movie working well in 3D.
But yeah, this isn't Turning Red, so heck this movie, 0/10.
@HotGoomba MAJOR SPOILER So if Buzz is evil Buzz from the past how did past Buzz stay in the past so he could then go to the future and also why use a device that will age people and not the driver even if he wears a special suit. If there are 2 Buzz's and time travel is in play, could more Buzz's be out there, like if everytime he time travelled he created a time clone that would be neat. But alias this film is a Disney film and you know what people say about them
1. In the original timeline, Evil Buzz kept jumping into the future (like our Buzz was doing) until tech was advanced enough to go back in time. He arrived at a point in time one week before our Buzz's recent jump (this is as far back as he could go with the amount of fuel he had), and thus changed events so current Buzz didn't keep jumping forward to become him.
2. It wasn't the use of a special device that caused him not to age while everyone else did. That is actually how current science believes near light speed travel works. The faster you move the faster in time you move. IIRC, they've done experiments where it's shown that after awhile someone who spends time in space for a year or so is technically a whole second or two "younger" than people back on Earth do to the extra speed they've travelled.
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Finally saw Men yesterday.
It's an interesting movie with gorgeous cinematography, a haunting score and great acting. The tension was palpable throughout most of the movie, which isn't easy to accomplish.
Unfortunately Alex Garland wasn't able to stick the landing with this one. The third act became so ridiculous that the movie lost all its meaning. 5/10
Finally watched Doctor Strange: Multiverse of Madness now that it's out on Disney+.
Words can't even begin to describe this one. I'll try to sum it up as best as I can:
* The cameos/reveals were brilliant. Mr. Fantastic, Peggy Carter, Professor bloody X, were absolutely incredible. The way they were brutally murdered was also..... something I'll tell you what but I'll talk more about that later.
* I loved America Chavez. She definitely screamed 'Plot Device: The Character' but her development throughout the film was fantastic (if admittedly somewhat predictable).
* As someone who was gripped the entire time through Wandavision when it was first rolling out on Disney+, seeing closure for that series was nice as well (especially that ending scene with the kids just ooh, that one hit me right in the heartstrings).
* At first I was surprised to see a Marvel movie with a 14+ rating, especially one that seemed so integral to the plot of forthcoming films. By the end however, I was shocked with how it wasn't higher. It is absolutely Marvel's horror movie and you can't convince me otherwise. Witches, extremely violent deaths (poor Black Bolt and Mr. Fantastic good lord), Cthulu creatures, the whole shebang. For christ sake there's a ******* ZOMBIE that rises from a grave that is haunted by the 'spirits of the damned' and then uses them Morbius-style to fly up to a temple guarded by both demons and an eldritch witch. HOW DO YOU COME UP WITH THIS STUFF.
In short: 8/10, prefer the first one, I need to go detox with a more down-to-earth Marvel movie like the Iron Man trilogy because dear god there is too much to digest with this one.
@Fizza I loved the end credit scene because I love Bruce Campbell, also Blackbolt's death was pushing the edge of PG-13... Dude's brain got turned into a beef stew, and Picard got his neck snapped (smart idea tbh, for a guy with brain powers) all round brutal stuff... I think I need to watch Dark Crystal again to get over what I saw...
@Fizza I really liked how it pushed the boundaries of PG-13, especially some of the imagery and death. Well, Disney's PG-13 at least.
Funny thing is, Venom and Doctor Strange: MOM are both rated PG-13 in the US when MOM is more violent than Venom. And then the British theatrical rating of MOM was 12a compared to Venom being 15 for some reason.
Oh, and the end credits scene was absolutely amazing.
Toy Story 4, saw it last night and I liked it. Honestly, wasn't expecting it to take the direction it took. I was expecting Gabby Gabby to wind up with Bonnie, she didn't but with another girl, while comforting her when scared (side note, I always did like how comforting plushies are, so that scene spoke to me a bit). I didn't expect Woody to go with Bo Peep and leave everyone, and make Jessie sheriff. I teared up, not as much as Toy Story 3, but still, I overall enjoyed it.
Ok Disney+, Sheriff Jessie spin-off when? I like Jessie and I would totally watch it, lol.
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@Sunsy I'm never gonna watch Toy Story 4 I feel the story wrapped up with 3. I still remember "kinda" seeing it in theatres (I used to have a fear of theatres because of cloudy with a chance of meatballs 3D and I would sit in the washroom for 40min till the movie started...)
@Kermit1 That's fine, up to you. Toy Story 3 was the only one I saw in a theater. I saw Toy Story 2 on TV back when my family had cable, and I saw the first on tape. Feels good to have seen the third on the big screen at least.
Though I watched Toy Story 2 for the first time in years tonight. Jessie's story always gets me. Funny really Woody was my favorite in the first, and after 2, I like Jessie more.
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@Kermit1 Can't blame you on that one, I like Brave. Saw it for the first time awhile back. Having Disney+ now, I can catch up on Disney and Pixar movies I missed, and older ones I've seen but never picked up on DVD or Blu-Ray.
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