Andre Santamaria's Reviews
Slow, dull, woke, and pointless.
The movie was essentially a BLM + welfare state propaganda piece with no discernible plot.
Created: 02-17-2024
A decent but derivative sci fi movie.
It’s not the best movie, it’s not the worst movie, but if you’ve got nothing to watch and you enjoy sci fi movies, you might enjoy this. I don’t get the ‘wokeness score’ on this one. There wasn’t any overt wokeness.
Created: 02-17-2024
No wokeness, but not exactly a thinking man’s film.
The plot of the film is riddled with absurdities, but it is fun if you can suspend your disbelief.
Created: 02-05-2024
Good movie, arguably better than several others in the franchise.
No obvious wokeness. Yes, there was a trans actor in the film, but his gender identity wasn’t highlighted at all in the movie, and it really wasn’t relevant to the film. The acting was good, and the character of Snow in particular, was a well-written character with a depth uncommon in modern cinema.
Created: 12-03-2023
Fun early 2000s style comedy.
It’s a sign of the times that making a film about such an obvious and ripe low-hanging-fruit of a comedic area, trans women (men) competing in female sports, is a revolutionary act. The film itself is good, and is not done in a mean spirited way. Zero wokeness obviously.
Created: 12-03-2023
Good sci fi movie.
I’m not familiar with the source material, so I can’t speak to its fealty to the original story, but I can say that going in blind, I enjoyed the movie.
In fact, having watched this film in 2023, I can say that by today’s standards, it was downright miraculous; the acting was solid, the plot was original and engaging, there were zero woke tropes (no bumbling straight white male imbeciles needing to be corralled by more ‘diverse’ cast members, no ‘strong independent women’ / depthless shell of a character whose only trait is a bad attitude and that she’s a she). Even more astonishing was the fact that there were no transvestites nor evident trope inclusions in the story arch to ‘appeal to modern audiences’.
I’d recommend this movie.
Created: 06-13-2023
Fun enough action flick
Not an earth shattering movie by any stretch, Doom doesn’t take itself too seriously and can be enjoyed without much thought. Your standard sci fi action film from the pre-woke era.
Created: 06-08-2023
A bit slow and anti climactic, but not horrible
No wokeness. Just a slow burn that never quite catches fire. Worth watching if you’re desperate for a non-woke couple of hours of content to watch that isn’t completely bad.
Created: 06-08-2023
Stupid but fun.
Not woke at all. Just a ridiculous action movie which can be enjoyed if one likes that sort of thing. Still, you’ll never convince me that an industrial-park dance club full of people will just keep dancing around a shootout lol…
Created: 04-08-2023
A simple fun movie.
This movie isn’t a classic, nor is it a thespian masterpiece, but it’s a good old-fashioned film designed to entertain rather than lecture its audience on the politics of the day.
In addition to its simple but enjoyable story, it’s a home run for a good trip to the theatres because it features a male lead who is portrayed as the hero; a space ship pilot from an ancient space faring civilization crash lands on earth 65 million years ago and he must struggle to survive its harsh environment.
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He’s a capable and tough - though tormented - man who has to struggle to survive as he also does his best to save the only other person who survived the ship’s crash landing, a little girl.
The film highlights the value of old fashioned male stoicism as it shows the protagonist overcome his inner tribulations as he is inspired to fight on despite his feelings of personal loss, all to save an otherwise helpless little girl whose life is in his hands; putting away his own inner torment is made possible by the innocent affections and vulnerability of his defacto ward, the little girl who effectively takes the place of his deceased daughter.
The pair struggle on through a hostile environment filled with dinosaurs to reach an escape craft before time runs out. The asteroid that killed the dinosaurs is inbound, and they have to race against the clock to avoid annihilation.
Created: 03-12-2023
