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Very enjoyable movie with a strong, history-revision, agenda

Atrocities were committed by Whites.
Atrocities were committed by Indians
Yes, I mean North American Indigenous people. My brother-in-law and good friend is full-blooded Indian. He actually gets upset when people use terms like Native-Americans, etc.

This movie strongly emphasizes one side, while ignoring or justifying the other. When one tribe fought another, the narration described it as a noble battle for survival.

Before the European migration, this was an extremely violent and dangerous land. War between tribes was constant. Women and children were often targeted while the men were on hunting or raiding parties. Torture was used to intimidate and destroy morale. The early settlers found that out the hard way. We cannot fully understand the brutality they lived with in those days. It was a lawless existence.

History is fascinating to study. Historical drama can be good and educational. It can also push an agenda. As enjoyable as this movie is, it has a very strong, biased agenda. It should be recognized as such.

I have a weak spot for shark based movies and this was still a big disappointment. For fans of action war movies there is virtually none of that so despite the setting you will be let down. As a horror/shark movie however, well also a letdown. The movie starts with a group of recruits in
boot camp and these scenes for some reason they had them all acting like immature children. Actually the entire movie has them acting unrealistically and a lot of it is so silly it almost wants to be a comedy half the time. It's clear this was made on a very small budget, as all the night scenes are shot very dark and then the day scene conveniently has a thick dense fog bank roll in so you can't see anything. The shark while visually looking very well done they chose to do it with animatronics instead of CG. Normally I'm a fan of minimizing CG, however when doing something like a shark it just doesn't look good. It's painfully obvious it's not real in every shot as the shark is so slow and barely moves at all. There is a big over use of slow motion throughout the entire movie in general. Pretty much all the shark attack scenes are either done in slow motion or are plainly telegraphed and you can see them coming
far before it happens thereby nullifying any sort of scares or tension. They also decided to have the ships faulty air raid siren get stuck in the shark fin giving off a weird sort of screaming sound. This clearly supposed to be terrifying but just comes off as gimmicky and dumb. Now for the woke. The cast consists of a whole bunch of white male's and 1 aboriginal. You know where this is headed. Naturally the DEI is the main character and focus and the only one with any sort of backstory. He is smart, capable, good and all the white females love him. Race is naturally a part of the story with one of the white characters being a huge racist and hating him, and of course all the white characters seem to act like idiots or stupid children. There is another strange thing here that I wasn't going to mention under woke but it seems to be done on purpose so I think it might actually be. The very first scene of the shark
the DEI genius instantly says that it's a female because of it's size and the males don't get as big. This is based on him seeing only the head for about a second in the dark during an attack. All of them then always refer to the shark as 'she'. I may be wrong but it seemed like an odd unrealistic thing that nobody would care about in the moment and forced in just for some kind of gender nonsense.

An interesting movie about Japanese culture and a critique of actors.

Straight to the point: is it woke? No.

Does it have woke elements? Yes. That’s why I add a point for how much of that it has.

That said, the movie stands out mainly because of its subject matter. The woke content it includes is lightly woven into the story to help it move forward and build the narrative, not to shove a political message down your throat, even though the core theme is rooted in a socio-political critique of Japan.

Even so, it’s handled with respect.

Other films have already tackled the idea of “rent-a-family” from a Western perspective, like Lost in Translation, but not like this—and honestly, this one is much better. On top of that, the lead isn’t a smug actor just playing himself, like Bill Murray. I mention that movie because it touches on depression too, which is also explored here, but in a much more positive way and from a more authentic viewpoint, since the director is Japanese. You can feel the love for her country, coming across as constructive criticism rather than the destructive kind we’re used to in the West.

A solid drama. Not perfect, but watchable.

Good telling of a good story

The woke: Toward the end, it was revealed that the French, rival, number-running gang, is matriarchal. The boss is an attractive, black woman. I doubt that's realistic. It seems like maybe it's just checking the box for production. I think all MPAA rated movies need that. It's not too bothersome to enjoy the movie.

I'm a big fan of single scene movies. This one takes place entirely within the Cutter's shop. The acting and story line are showcased this way. Both are exceptional. There's obviously more to Leonard than meets the eye. When the story finally gets through all the layers, the ending is worth the wait.

I recommend watching.

This is what people think is quality these days?

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Honestly, I'm mad right now. I went into this movie with high hopes due to the buzz around it and even had some people tell me it was good. It was not only not good, but it was one of the worst movies I've seen in a while. And it just keeps getting worse as it goes.

It's nothing but a propaganda piece trying to race bait the viewing audience. The movie starts as a mediocre movie pushing the race divide making all white people the bad guys and then gets barely watchable when they put that aside and start to turn the story towards vampires. Then, after some absolutely horrible cheap FX that looks like it was done on someone's iphone, they jump through that whole part of the story to make sure and show a black guy slaughtering 50 klans men at the end. To add to the catastrophe, the audio for the movie is terrible. This movie is the nail in the coffin of Rotten Tomatoes proving that the ratings are fake BS.

Movie Rating: 3/10
Woke Rating: 7/10. REALLY woke.

A straight-up classic comedy

Nothing woke here. Just a great comedy with class-based humor in the Naked Gun style, aiming for nothing more, and nothing less, than to give you a good time and make you laugh.

Highly recommended!

Enjoy it!

Garbage-tier slop

This series is awful, and I’m not even going to get into the details of why, because not even the angry actor’s PR shields can defend how bad it is.

That said, if you’re in the mood to watch a cheap, low-effort show starring a smug actor who thinks he can insult half the country and then play president in a TV production, go ahead and watch it.

Otherwise, I suggest you watch something more interesting.

Such a great movie. Instant Classic.

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I've seen this movie three or four times now... and it's always a blast. Incredible soundtrack. Classic heist vibes. Definitely a must watch. 8/10.

Wokeness: Absolutely none!

Now, that's unexpected

The Rip being a Netflix movie, I didn't hold out much hope for it at all since it's a known fact the they throw money at the most shit screenplays and this one has Matt Damon and Ben Affleck in it. I don't know if or how much they're past their prime, but I bet the two aren't cheap anyhow.

Turns out, The Rip isn't too bad. Zero woke garbage. I mean, there's women on the police force if you want to split hairs. And the film's first half is a lot more fun than the second half since that part devolves into a big police chase and gunfight. And it's been done one way or another forever, but it's fun and the story keeps us engaged.

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The one problem I had with this movie is these damn goody-two-shoes cops and, well, almost everyone involved being such sniveling do-gooders. They should have hidden the money and stole a bunch of it. Like, what the hell is the government going to do with the drug money? That kind of annoyed me.

Folk Horror? More Like Woke Horror.

This was terrible preachy woke garbage. An isolated community run by a religious pastor. The entire premise is an oppressed woman rises up against the evil patriarchy and kills all the men. Really. All the men are violent, abusive and evil and all the women are good, victims and abused. Even the closeted gay character is bad because he's hiding his true self. The acting is actually not that bad and the FX are decent enough. There's even some beautiful scenery and wonderful cinematography in certain shots. However pretty much all the shots with actual actors in them look terrible. It's like it was all done by someone walking around shooting it on their phone camera, I'm not sure what it is but it just looks fake and off. The creature as well looks terrible and is hidden most of the time by fast cuts and weird high contrast lighting making it look like just a black shadow.

Jesus is brown in the movie.

I stopped watching after that.

Well that was a disappointment. A 70's horror film with Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing should of been at least worth a watch. While the acting is indeed pretty good that's about all it has going for it. Most of the movie takes place on a train and it is a whole lot of nothing. There is very little actual horror, and the FX are lackluster to say the least, mostly consisting of white contact lenses and some blood around the eyes. Even the monster is very clearly just a poorly done suit. One laughably poor scene has a character very slowly and lightly tap a heavy duty chain and padlock with an axe only to blow it apart almost instantly. Oh well at least it wasn't woke.