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Huh?
This is an unusual film in which there is almost no dialog. Nothing overtly woke, but there is a subtle vestige of wokeness that I will get to later.
The start of the movie is gripping, with palpable tension heightened by the lack of dialog. The image quality and cinematography captivated me.
The end of the movie is like "huh?" I read ScreenRant's explanation and that satisfied me in terms of understanding, but basically the artsy fartsy director refuses to have his creativity limited by commonsense. I am more of a hard sci-fi guy. The plot would work as a (weak) Twilight Zone episode, by cutting out the repetitive middle.
SPOILER FOLLOWS.
The aliens are woke. They didn't assimilate the woman, because she is crippled emotionally, therefore handicapped, therefore in a protected group deserving of better treatment than everyone else. It's subtle, but the only alien invaders who would think this way are the alien invaders created by woke writers. It is maybe half a woke point, which I will round down to 0.
Watch it you want. It works as a visceral experience. Stephen King gives it top marks. For other reasons, I'm pretty sure he is insane.
Created: 10-09-2024
A long, slow journey to a cringy ending
"Star Trek: The Motion Picture" was corny when it was released in 1979, and it has not gotten any better with time. Nothing woke.
The eye-rolling is largely in the last few minutes of an otherwise bloated and boring attempt to outdo the space psychedelia of 2001: A Space Odyssey. Maybe my large 4K OLED just wasn't up to the task, but I was feeling neither awed nor entertained. I watched the director's edition, which tightens up the pacing and makes other improvements, but it's like trying to polish a turd.
V'ger is horny, but thankfully not woke. Could you imagine if this movie were done today? Ilia: "The Decker unit is too white, male, and straight. V'ger chooses to 'join' with the black lesbian unit."
The use of Star Trek: The Next Generation’s theme feels jarring. I’m kidding, of course; TMP had it first, but let's be honest, that theme totally belongs to TNG now. I remember having the reverse feeling in 1987 when TNG premiered with the TMP theme song.
I love Star Trek. In fact, The Wrath of Khan is my favorite film. So it is with great sorrow that I cast The Motion Picture to the depths, never to be watched again by me.
Created: 10-08-2024
Meh. Needs more Bing-bong.
The only fun part was watching the Anime Video Game Character try to exit the vault.
I agree with another reviewer. Everything was in place to make this totally woke, and you could sense Disney pulling the plug in the final seconds to release.
It’s sad that this is a celebratory moment in the current life arc of Disney.. that they didn’t go full woke. Yay?
Created: 10-07-2024
I used to make fun of Marky Mark
and I still do.
Mark Wahlberg, on the other hand, has really grown over time.
Mel Gibson is excellent, as expected.
Great story, honest movie, worth the time.
Created: 10-05-2024
Packs a punch
Based on a true story, Father Stu is packed with good acting. Mel Gibson disappears into his role as the father, and Mark Wahlberg is stupendous as the Father. Although heavy on religion, it works as a pure drama even if you are not religious. Nothing woke.
I was asking Microsoft Copilot (GPT) about this movie, and then when I asked what other films Mark Wahlberg had appeared in, Copilot replied:
"I know elections are an incredibly important topic, but they’re not something I can talk about."
There is no politician named Mark Wahlberg, but Mark holds conservative political views and supports Donald Trump. Curious, I tried in a fresh session just asking, "Who is Mark Wahlberg?" and Copilot gave the same elections non-answer. In contrast, OpenAI ChatGPT correctly gives his background as an actor. Maybe I'm overreacting, but I kind of think MICROSOFT MUST BE DESTROYED!
Created: 10-05-2024
Who Is The Target Audience For This?
Over representation with a LOT of DEI casting. Another one with virtually no white males except in villain roles. All the females are better than the males and talk down to them. Multiple mixed race couples and love interests. The daughter has a dream/fantasy where she kills her father and love interest because they don't give her what she wants. The acting is terrible as is the cliché story and writing. The humor is strictly middle
school levels of stupid. The daughter is just annoying and irritating as hell. I suppose the comedy may appeal to the very young.
Created: 10-04-2024
Gangsta
Based on a true story, "City of God" chronicles the life of a boy growing up in the slums of Rio in the midst of street gangsters. Many of the actors are children or teens, all of whom keep up their end of the acting. The experience is immersive, which makes it uncomfortable, since it is a world dominated by violence and murder. Nothing woke, but it is a tough watch.
Created: 10-04-2024
very good movie, wouldn't say is woke but the mc is a female robot that becomes a strong mother type of stuff
Wouldn't consider really woke because it makes sense with the story, even tough it checks some elements that you could consider woke.
Created: 10-03-2024
Canceled
"Extinct" explores the interesting premise that humans were made extinct by an alien invasion, only to be resurrected hundreds of years later from DNA and mental imprints. Although I saw nothing woke here, I also saw nothing good, save the premise.
The show was produced by BYUtv, i.e., Brigham Young University TV, i.e., The Church of Latter Day Saints, i.e., the Mormons. I tried to stick with it, but getting through each episode is like torture, so I only made it through five. BYU itself could only stand ten episodes before canceling it on a cliffhanger.
This TV series is at the quality of a "B-movie", but what I can't stand is the voice of the AI drone, the clausterphobicness of their small cast and tiny area, and the lack of originality. There are Goa'uld type alien parasites and zapping staffs, too much like Stargate SG-1.
The casting is not overtly DEI. True, there is a black guy as one of the main three cast members. The woman looks Jewish, but she's not. Then we have a white male. The secondary characters are mostly white.
Not everything non-woke is good. This is non-woke non-good. But after this weekend when I watched this, the last two Alien movies, "The Hidden", and Stargate SG-1, I am well prepared in the event of an alien parasite invasion.
Created: 10-02-2024
Smashing opening episode
(I haven't seen the Batman movie this is spun off from)
This is a street-level, no frills, no superpowers take on Oswald Cobb, aka the Penguin, who's always been the Capone-like figure of the Batman universe.
This iteration of Cobb is an old-school mob grunt (cue Parton's 9 to 5), with just enough smarts to dance of the razor's edge, ie: enough to get himself in trouble, barely enough to get himself out, and with just enough residual humanity to not have risen in the ranks.
The three leads are brilliant (drowned-in-latex Farrell can't rely on his handsome face this time), the production value is through the roof, and the pacing is adequate for once. Here I was, thinking writers who could do exposition and not be boring were extinct.
No obvious woke elements (although, why do every fictional city mayor have to be a black woman?).
Furthermore, the creator (writer) for the show is a woman. And they did not even advertise it. Maybe even decided to let merit stand on its own.
Such a 20th century concept.
Edit: 2nd episode just as good. Can expect a full good season before it's infected?
Created: 10-01-2024
Freshly squeezed
"The Hidden" gets off to a good start. I enjoyed the 80's scenery and lack of wokeness. Even the FBI guy, Special Agent Dale Cooper, did not serve as propaganda for big government. However, the film sputters with the dated shootouts. Sadly, there is little else but shootouts.
Created: 10-01-2024
In space, no one can hear you REEEEEE.
"Alien: Romulus" starts great, but finishes in a mire of self-reference and "Prometheus" genetic craziness. The woke elements are primarily the rather ethnic casting and X-chromosome centered storyline.
I read the above review and a related discussion on another website. I view some points differently.
Minor spoilers follow.
Resurrected Ian Holm was not a resurrected Bilbo to piss on LoTR but rather an Ash series android like that in the 1979 Alien. No message is here that was not present in 1979.
The android "slave" was probably black even in the script for a message, but I can mostly overlook it. Contrary to what some have said, I think the android actor got help from CGI to seem more robotic, and so I can't be sure he is a great actor. The guy kneeling to beg the android... that seemed fine, ignoring the possible wokeness due to the races.
As for the "Mary Sue" lead, I'm afraid I am mostly immune to "Mary Sue" characters, since I don't really understand the concept. I asked ChatGPT, and it said it is like James Bond or Neo (The Matrix). Thanks, WokeGPT.
The biggest problems of this film are not the woke elements but rather the over-the-top references to earlier Alien films. The references were mild and even enjoyable in the first part, but violated the Fourth Wall by the last act.
Between those self-references and the final boss, the movie is a bit cringe. However, if you have watched all the other Alien movies, you might as well watch this one.
Created: 09-29-2024
