Well, I'm glad I finally saw it - the effects were seamless and often fantastic and Sharlto Copley proves he's no one-trick pony. Every time he was on screen, the film came to life and his scene with Alice Braga was probably the one point in the film where I felt any emotion or, when Copley starts to lose it, levity.
It's a shame in a way, because I might have liked this more if I wasn't constantly comparing it to District 9.l I certainly enjoyed it enough until it got to the flaccid denouement. This just didn't have the emotional connection that Blomkamp's earlier film had and while the antagonists were still sketches of evil in D9, here they really stood out as snarling baddies - Copley's deranged psycho excepted.
A couple of the action beats are nice and the design and visuals are superb. It just didn't have anything new beyond that, for me.
I experienced an invasion of my mind by a transcendentally rational mind, as if I had been insane all my life and suddenly I had become sane.
The further I get from Into Darkness, the less I like it. It's just a bunch of empty lip service to what pseudo-fans wanted (Klingons! Khan!) that actually makes nearly no sense.
Spoiler: spoilers
The final insult is Kirk dying of radiation to be immediately revived by magictribblesorwhateverandfuckthisscript.
I still think there's a good hour in the middle of good-looking space battle spectacle, but its totally empty as a whole. JJ still hasn't delivered a wholly satisfying film yet as a director, in my opinion. The less of a hand he has in the Star Wars script the better.
I experienced an invasion of my mind by a transcendentally rational mind, as if I had been insane all my life and suddenly I had become sane.
Going back to Faster, because The Rock. The only thing I didn't care for was the cringe worthy delivery Billy Bob Thornton gave of his line "I made my own hell." That and the mega rich assassin who kills for $1. LULZ
"Fuck Rob. Also, he has a podcast called Podcaust. Edgy Holocaust humor lulz indeed." - The Faraci
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