Reviews

I enjoyed the beginning of the film which looked to be authentic real life footage of BUD/S training. I thought the film was well cast, Taylor. Kitsch brought a humanity and toughness to his character that drew interest.

The cinematography and action scenes were fantastic, realistic, and intense. I could feel the fear, the adrenaline, and also the courage these men had while facing such a worst case scenario.

The part of the film that ruined it for me was the scene where the four "heroes" contemplated murdering innocent civilians and children in order to conceal their position. At that point the SEALs are no better than the terrorists they are fighting against. Willing to murder civilians in order to support their cause.

Mike Murphy's father by the way calls BS on the story and says Luttrell is full of S. He says Luttrell told his him a different story before writing the book, and also claims his son would have never killed civilians or put that up to a vote.

Either way, true or not, the characters in the movie were not heroes, but self preserving murderes who wanted to kill civilians to save themselves. Aren't heroes the ones who are willing to lay their lives down to protect civilians?

I don't mind dark films, but this one just no meaning or redeeming qualities. Sometimes darkness can make you appreciate the light. This one just makes you want to forget it.

I'm the opening scene, the protagonist, played by George Clooney murders his own girlfriend. After a gunfight he tells his lover to run home and call the police, as she does so, he shoots her in the back murdering her. That is your hero. That is your protagonist. You have 2 more slow hours of watching a heartless cold blooded murderer plan on murdering more people, or helping people murder more people.

The worst part is the casting of George Clooney. He is known for having a broody humanity to his characters. The movie is advertised and sold as an action/thriller with George as the dashing hero, but he is just a piece of s-- murderer with no compassion and no soul.

If you at least went in knowing what to expect, I think you might be able to appreciate this dark tragedy. My review, bowser is partially reflected on how the film was promoted and sold.

First of all, I always rate movies based on their genre. For example, I don't judge an action adventure movie in the same way I judge a historical drama. So for this movie, as a comic book, super hero movie, I think a 6 out of 10 is appropriate. It's entertaining, fun, decent acting, and visually appealing. As for the negatives, I agree with so many of the other negative posts about the story, the plot holes, the lack of action at times, etc, but it doesn't deserve a 1/10.

The first Wonder Woman I felt transcended it's genre and was much more than a super hero/ comic book movie. This one was disappointing in comparison to that movie for sure, but I'm rating it on it's own merit as opposed to how it compares to the first.

The positives. As always, Gal Gadot is stunning and perfect as Wonder Woman. She jumps off the screen in every scene that she is in, and I could just about watch a movie about her sitting in an office cubicle. The intro was amazing, and one of the best parts of the movie. I had high hopes after the intro, and I wish it could have maintained that majestic quality. The 80s setting was well done, and really had the feel of an 80s movie, not just a movie set in the 80s. I was into that theme until the plot started to fall apart.

The negatives. The "wish" aspect to the movie was just too weird and unbelievable even for a comic book movie. It is just too much and creates a world that is so bizarre that it is no longer relatable in anyway. I felt that the moment Diana made her wish, the movie started to go south.

Brining back Steve in another man's body was troubling as well. They never addressed the ethical dilemma of Steve overtaking another man's life, and Diana never hesitated to let that be permanent. It was distracting throughout the movie, because I kept thinking "what about that poor guy? Does anyone care what happens to him?"

The final negative was that the ending was so anticlimactic. The damage done by the antagonist was so extensive, and so bizarre, there is no way it could ever be explained or undone. The way Diana allegedly spoke to everyone in the world telepathically and somehow got every person on the planet to renounce their wishes was bizarre and anti climactic also. I like the "feel" of what they were trying to do... it was just so bizarre that it took away from the film. Even a comic book movie needs some suspension of disbelief to make it engaging, and this movie went far beyond that. This would have done better as an animated movie, or a graphic novel, but as a live action movie it was just too strange.

Despite those negatives, it was still worth a watch in my opinion, and I think enjoyable if you go in with no expectations.

I LOVED the first 3rd of this movie. Everything right up to their first day on Skull Island was amazing. I was mesmerized by the movie and terrified by the sights of the giant Ape. The casting and acting was excellent, and the cinematography excellent! .... then came the action.... ugh! The over-the-top use of CGI fantastical action was so unbelievable that I was pulled right out of the movie I was immersed in and I was placed into a video game. Unless you're at a KISS concert, or the AVN awards, more is not always better. Then comes the Dinosaur Stampede. -sigh- At this point, the movie was completely ruined for me. Watching Jack Black weave in and out of stampeding Dinosaur legs was laugh-out-loud funny... but ruined the movie. Finally, the giant bugs and the "Aliens" inspired machine guns. I didn't realize that a Tommy Gun from the 1930s would have the same effect as the futuristic machine guns or Aliens, Starship Troopers, and Terminator.

Despite these distractions, I really enjoyed the rest of the movie. I think this was a 10/10 movie that was edited poorly into a 5/10 movie. With different editing, this is quite a fantastic movie.

It had it's moments, like brother getting his head blown off, and Dag bouncing in the water naked... other than that.....arghhhhh! The box shows a hot blond wearing a short tied top, and daisy duke short, and shows her side-kicking a guy in the head. She's not blonde(at least not that blonde), she never wears that top (or anything close to it), never wears shorts, and never kicks anyone in the head. As far as the tag line of taking on a whole gang... she is going after one unarmed nerdy guy who is scared out of his wits.

The cover of the box should show a brown haired girl dressed like Han Solo, riding on a bike. That's pretty much the movie.