That was not a 3/5, it was the worst movie I’ve seen in years specifically because of how self-important it presented itself as. I hated it. It expected you to be wowed, and moved, even though the characters make nonsensical decisions, the scenes are random, its plot makes no sense, and its depiction of aliens have precisely zero scientific or speculative grounding. It should have been up my alley: I love weird sci fi, I am not picky about movies, I think about alien civilization might look like too much. Yet I was actively offended.
I could smell the script writers’ ego in the theatre.
I was agitated after, like I had been tricked into watching Ancient Aliens.
And on the other hand, The End of Oak Street.
It’s 80s suburbia. With dinosaurs.
It is not complicated.
It does not take itself too seriously. It provides a quick setup, and lampshades constantly. And it’s just fun! It’s emotional scenes even landed surprisingly hard.
Not once, not during the whole movie, did I ever think “well, that’s scientifically implausible” or “that’s not a realistic decision” because it is 80s dinosaurs and that is clearly not the point. Hence, the movie was a delight.
So yeah. IMO, that determines which side of the panel I land on.
i thought end of oak street was really good, i really liked it. it was kinda dumb, but i liked that i could just eat popcorn with my hubby and have a good time.
a movie i did not really enjoy was the Odyssey. It was too dark, it was too loud, it had some cool scenes, for sure, but it also took itself just way too seriously. like, I couldn’t get into it for some reason, but Oak Street, i could, idk why.
i do wanna say the Hades scene and the Witch scenes were easy highlights for me, that Hades scene really sent chills down my spine with Sinnon and how he had been used by Odysseus.
How serious a movie takes itself is everything.
Take Disclosure Day.
That was not a 3/5, it was the worst movie I’ve seen in years specifically because of how self-important it presented itself as. I hated it. It expected you to be wowed, and moved, even though the characters make nonsensical decisions, the scenes are random, its plot makes no sense, and its depiction of aliens have precisely zero scientific or speculative grounding. It should have been up my alley: I love weird sci fi, I am not picky about movies, I think about alien civilization might look like too much. Yet I was actively offended.
I could smell the script writers’ ego in the theatre.
I was agitated after, like I had been tricked into watching Ancient Aliens.
And on the other hand, The End of Oak Street.
It’s 80s suburbia. With dinosaurs.
It is not complicated.
It does not take itself too seriously. It provides a quick setup, and lampshades constantly. And it’s just fun! It’s emotional scenes even landed surprisingly hard.
Not once, not during the whole movie, did I ever think “well, that’s scientifically implausible” or “that’s not a realistic decision” because it is 80s dinosaurs and that is clearly not the point. Hence, the movie was a delight.
So yeah. IMO, that determines which side of the panel I land on.
i thought end of oak street was really good, i really liked it. it was kinda dumb, but i liked that i could just eat popcorn with my hubby and have a good time.
a movie i did not really enjoy was the Odyssey. It was too dark, it was too loud, it had some cool scenes, for sure, but it also took itself just way too seriously. like, I couldn’t get into it for some reason, but Oak Street, i could, idk why.
I really liked Odyssey, but that is a fair criticism. I would add that it felt rushed, too.
Odyssey was so Chris Nolany is hurts. And Chris Nolany precisely means too dark, too noisy, and very serious.
But barring a few silly fights or scenes, I thought it got away with the seriousness better, partially because it was shown, not told. Mostly.
i do wanna say the Hades scene and the Witch scenes were easy highlights for me, that Hades scene really sent chills down my spine with Sinnon and how he had been used by Odysseus.