Gretel and Hansel

I really like this film

The Fantastic Four (2015)
4/10

Wow, that was pretty bad. At least it was only 1hr 40mins; or maybe that was the problem. The director Josh Trank (Chronicle 2012) complained about studio interference, assumedly for editing/cuts. Except for the beginning, all the story arcs and character developments seems cutoff and stunted, the ending even seemed abrupt.

The special effects were pretty cool. But unfortunately there's very little action.

There were changes from the superhero comic cannon, but the worst part of it was the horrible lack of rendering of Dr Doom's powers. If they were going to keep it lowbrow and shallow, the audience could have at least enjoyed cool special effects action of the Fantastic 4 type, but alas, no.

MARY 2019

A family sets sail on a rebuilt sailboat with a mysterious past.
Predictable and tiresome right down to the youngest daughter's foreshadowing crayon sketches.

I only saw that one once, and don't remember much about it. I do remember that I enjoyed the two where Chris Evans played the Human Torch a lot better, and didn't feel that any of the characters or the story were developed that well in this version. I also saw the cheesey one that got shelved back in the early 1990s, and even found that one entertaining in a chessetastic or "so bad it's good" sort of way. It's almost sad for the new one when I'm finding ways where even the cheesey one that shelved in the '90s is more enjoyable than this one. ::big grin::

Double Feature: All Hallow's Eve/Tales Of Fear
 

The last time I checked out a relatively new movie from recent years was a little double feature on Prime, where I finally got to see "All Hallow's Eve," with our friend Art the Clown. This one starts off as a parody on the original Halloween, parodying the scene where Laurie Strode baby sat the two children, watching horror films after trick or treating. The boy finds a VHS tape in his bag, not knowing where it came from or who dropped it in there. It turned out to show a Art the Clown killing different people in different ways. The baby sitter turns it off, saying it's all just fake, but the children are still scared, thinking it's real, and that the clown might show up to get them all. After putting the children to bed, the baby sitter watches the tape to see the different people getting killed off in different ways by Art the Clown. The rest is overall predictable but still overall well done and worth a look. Fans of both the slasher genre and of our friend Art the Clown should find this one enjoyable or at least worth a look for one time. ::devil::

I also looked back at the new horror anthology film I mentioned a while back called "Tales Of Fear," which, as mentioned before, is a good live action version of stories based on E.C. Comics with bad karma getting those who have it coming to them in unique, original, and entertaining sorts of ways. ::danger::

You can never go wrong with an Art The Clown/E.C. Comics double feature! ::cool::

With the Fantastic Four (F4), it's kind of like when George Lucas said he started the Star Wars saga at Episode 4 because the technology wasn't there to do the first three properly. The F4 done right require a lot of great CG, which is possible now. Besides an 'origin story', an F4 film needs to be crazy loaded with complex CG action.

I enjoyed the first F4 with Chris Evans/Human Torch too. I haven't seen the sequel yet.

I thought that recent Fantastic Four movie wasn't that bad. I remember it had a body horror element with what happened to the characters. The director recently talked about the racial aspect of the movie.



I saw Terminator Dark Fate. I know one of you around here wanted to know my thoughts. I'm getting them together.

BROOKLYN'S FINEST (2010). Gritty well made saga of three Brooklyn Police Officers; a seriously burned out Veteran (Richard Gere), a Young Task Force who needs money quick for his family (Ethan Hawke) and an Undercover Man who is getting in too deep (Don Cheadle-great here). Good cast includes Will Patton, Ellen Barkin, Lili Taylor and Wesley Snipes. Also three actors from HBO's THE WIRE. ***

THE DEEPER YOU DIG 2019

A teenage girl goes missing and her mother tries to use physic powers to find her.

I thought this movie was excellent.

Ooohhh, I'll have to look for this!