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The Perfect Storm (2000)
Everything is awesome, except the script
A great demonstration on how a great soundtrack can carry a mediocre film to astounding hights. Watched this when I was younger and was captured by the astounding VFX work.
Now years later, with gimicky tension devices and quite flat caracters that are well performed, it gets a 6. Without the soundtrack it probably would have been a 4 at best but my god, what a wonderful score this movie has. There pretty much is no plot to write home about but everything else is great.
A great weekday night flick to (re) watch with a nice cup of tea under a warm blanked, far away from the sea. An incredible true story.
Eternals (2021)
Movie without a soul
The movie comes across as if a high school kid is reading an assay in front of class. It's stiff, lacks any chemistry or charm. Suprisingly Angelina Jolie did most of the credible heavy lifting in the film. The soundtrack was uninspired and didnt bring any suspense. And to top it off the edit was often quite janky.
Thirteen Lives (2022)
Probably the best streaming-service commissioned film so far
In an ocean of redundant Hallmark and explosive action movies made for streaming this is a breath of fresh air, through an underwater respirator. It's a movie with a lot of heart and great acting by the leads. The cinematography is incredibly tense, there is no reason not to watch this film.
Lightyear (2022)
A fun, heartfelt movie
I liked the arcs and the story. Visually it is stunning. Great sound design and score. Seems like a lot of people were expecting this movie to magically give them their sense of childlike wonder back. Try to take off your nostalgia glasses and watch the original Toy Story, it's pretty much in the same ballpark as this, you're just not a kid anymore.
And yes, feature length films don't entertain kids these days, want to make your kid happy? Give them an iPad with TikTok. But... If you want to have some quality time and not completely bore your overstimulated kid, go watch this movie, it's good.
Overall a great Pixar movie to watch. Fun, memorable characters and a reasonably interesting (though not so unique) Sci-Fi premise.