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OMG. I only started watching this a few weeks ago after a friends semi suggestion. I initially thought it was ok. By the end of season one it had become my go to "background noise" show that I could have on while doing other things. By the end of season 2 I had basically come to dislike the repetitive nature of the show until Tony Hale showed up. I LOVE Tony Hale. To be honest...the best part of the show are the Buy More crew. I am currently in Chuck Hell. How many relationships and how many times is the show going to use the "will they or won't they" mechanism. It's boring and kinda dumb. Take a look at Jim and Pam from The Office...nuance, feeling...and so mych more. Doubt if I'll finish this one...so much better stuff to watch.

Last year we were treated to Blake Lively's "The Shallows" which was little more than a showcase for her tight little body and admittedly cute posterior. I gave that film a "2" and as you guessed it by my "1" star rating, this is worse. This time there are two young ladies and while there are not "booty" shots, Mandy Moore does ask her much younger sister "does my butt at least look cute?" as she's wiggling into her dive suit. Oh, I almost forgot...the sisters are headed down below in a cage to see the sharks up close and personal. They hadn't planned on it but Mandy Moore's character got dumped by her boyfriend because "she was boring" and what better way to show him than to go off to Mexico and go down below with the sharks. "I wonder what he'd say if he could see you now" says her sister...AFTER they become stranded at the bottom.

This movie was so ridiculous I don't even know where to start. The foreshadowing? "If you drop my camera you'll have to pay for it" says one of the guys they went out on the boat with. Moments later...said camera was dropped. Shortly after that, the cage shook and there was mention of the fear of the cage dropping...moments later the cage plummets to the bottom and in case that wasn't suspenseful enough it drops again after the cable snaps in the middle of them being rescued.

How about suspense? Surely, sharks and the deep dark ocean lends itself to suspense. Sorry, there was seriously not one single moment where I was on edge. They put a lot of effort into using music to create suspense but that was about as cheesy as the dialog.

Is it just me or did those air tanks seem to last an awfully long time after initially being depleted so quickly in a very short in the beginning? Is it just me or is it strange that the shark was so very accurate in swallowing that tiny, tiny camera but somehow two fairly large (by comparison) human beings managed to be super elusive? The cheesy dialog, the horrific acting, the terrible CGI and a plethora of other negatives about this film aside...I have to say it was good to see Matthew Modine on the big screen again.

I know I'm probably in the minority but for me Wonder Woman was not all that. Let me start with the good. 1. Gal is FINE! 2. The fight scenes were pretty cool. 3. It had a decent villain. 4. Gal is FINE! Now the bad.

1. I felt NOTHING. With Logan I felt something. I was connected With Ant Man I felt something (Joy) In Wonder woman, I cared so little about every character that no sooner than I left theater the film didn't register. This was the biggest one for me.

2. I didn't know the origin story but by the time Diana left the island without being "told the truth" I figured the sword wasn't't that big of a deal. It was also pretty obvious that the guy they wanted us to think was Ares...wasn't't. I was however surprised by who he turned out to be.

3. The only thing more irksome that Robin Wright Penn's accent was the contrived romantic and comedic elements. A few examples..."What's that?" "Oh, it's a watch" #CRICKETS The whole sleep with each other thing on the boat...#AWKWARD

4. The numerous things that made no sense. Exhibit A) Is it me or did it feel like the sole purpose of Steve's suicide mission was to serve as a catalyst for WW to get mad? Was there really no other way of disposing of the bombs? Exhibit B) It was established that gas masks were useless. I guess the British speaking German bad guys didn't get the message. Exhibit C) Since its creation, no one has ever stumbled across their island? There are a ton more nonsensical things that could have been put together tighter.

5. Continuity errors are common in films but how glaring was it when within a matter of seconds it went from daylight to pitch black? Think, motorcycle chase in Dark Knight Rises.

I would have liked...back story on The chemist or anyone. It would have been cool to see more of the Gods...maybe I missed a few things, I dozed off no fewer than 3 times. Is this better than B V S? Yeah. Is it the best DC film so far. Maybe, but it does not approach Dark Knight greatness.

SCORE 6.5/10

I'm writing this review with about 15 minutes left to go so that should tell you something. From the trailer I thought that this has potential and unless Mara's character is cut from the same cloth as Morgan, this movie makes ZERO sense. How else would you explain the beating she took? Now if Mara's character is cut from the same cloth...I the film was super predictable. I suppose if viewers hadn't concluded that Mara was the same type of being then the movie holds water but after the fall out of the window, who wouldn't have figured out what she was. Oh wait, I was right and wrong but mostly right. Either way...disappointing. On a positive note, the song that played during the credits was pretty cool. I'm going back to re-watching Happy Endings.

Often my friends call me "snob" when it comes to movies...I guess I am. This movie makes the ABC movie of the week look like "Classics" Last year I had my students make short films. I gave them a month. More than a few were far superior to this film.

1. Picking up 2 random folks on a highway is always a dangerous thing to do but I wondered...where did they come from? I mean, did they see a broken down car somewhere? Maybe it's a Canada thing..."sure hop in" 2. I get that they weren't aware of the terrain (the cliff) BUT I would have thought they'd at least prepare...you know, food, maybe use some of the money they got off the old man to buy GLOVES, HATS etc.

3. The entire story was just ridic. The back story with the lost job. What was that? I just can't go on.

I wasn't planning on writing a review until 10 minutes ago when I came across an article about this film on Yahoo and the very first line read...

"There's a sophisticated intelligence behind this movie, manipulating suspense with unexpected twists. This does not happen very often."

You're kidding right? Any teen with half a brain could see every little so called "unexpected twist" from a mile away, even the dolphin bit. Yes, the dolphin bit. On a scale of ten, how likely was it that the shark was lurking that early in the film? ZERO.

Trust me, there were no new Blake fans after this film. If you liked her prior to this movie you liked her after. If you didn't like her before this film...guess what? She is one dimensional with two facial expressions both of which are cringe worthy at best. Is the whole "mouth open" thing supposed to be sexy? It's not. Hold up. With the exception of her bit in THE TOWN, she sucks as an actress. The Age of Adeline was OK but puhlease.

It gets a 2 because she has a pretty tight body, which this film is basically a vehicle for. So, yeah, I'm not sexist the people who made this film (they knew what they were doing) are.

WOW...color me impressed. I just finished up and I have to say with the exception of a few moments that make me scratch my head in disbelief, I have to say this is a very good film. I was really shocked at how it ended with the two characters. I knew the dog would come into play sooner or later but where were the dudes people? Did they think he just stayed out in the rain. How unexpected was it that the very end played out like it did? VERY but I liked it. My questions below.

What was up with the little boy? What happened to the hooker? Why did 8 have so few men around him? How on earth did dude manage to sneak up on him with all that open space? It is so weird that I find myself pulling for these bad guys?

"8" really just wants a better life and he loves his girl. The girl just had his back and loved him...I guess. This was a suspenseful film and having lived in Italy, it's always a pleasure to see the country on film. I have no idea what the one guy that rated this film "1" was thinking about but after looking at his other ratings it would appear he is a kid that has no clue. Watch it. Solid 8 for me maybe 8.5 but I can't give half points and it's closer to 8 than 9.

As a QT fan I have to say that I am disappointed. I was just telling some friends that QT has not had a bad film, though some do not think Jackie Brown was up to snuff. This is just underwhelming from start to finish. I found the writing sooooo very boring and with the exception of Walter Goggins and Sam Jackson, I can't say anyone was vaguely interesting. The story SUCKED. The opening sequence (ode to Sergio Leone???) was terribly long and boring. I didn't really mind the excessive use of the N word, (yes I'm black and the word doesn't really bother me) because he's done it before (Django) but this go round it simply wasn't funny. The other thing that I found unnecessary was the re-telling of what happened prior to the crew arriving at the cabin...at the tale end of the movie. What did it add? NOTHING! It was a lame attempt at God knows what. It's been done to death, put it at the start.

I don't know, I thought it was bad and 4 may be generous.

Let me start by saying that I wasn't to enthralled with the first movie but after it was given high praise by one of my co-workers I decided to give it a shot. I don't really know what to say...I thought it was terrible, terribly boring and a waste of time and money. It was basically the exact same movie as the first one albeit with a few subtle changes. I was completely and utterly bored for the first half of the film and completely and utterly bored during the second half although the reasons are different. The latter half was painfully boring because it was painfully predictable. I found myself passing the time by looking for continuity errors, they weren't difficult to spot. for example, there was a scene where Catniss used just about every arrow in her quiver. I made a comment to my date as soon as the fighting stopped....less than 30 seconds later, she had her full stock of arrows. A petty and expected thing for sure but a testament to how bored I was. Character development, you ask...there was none but there was CARICATURE development. I could go on but I could be writing about something more deserving. This movie was one of the worst films I've ever seen. I don't want to offend anyone but it felt like it was written for 12 year olds. I am truly baffled by the positive reviews I see on this site and others...makes me wish I could be a fly on the wall of some of these folks brain.

i have to set the record straight because the first reviewer suffers from delusion. This movie was absolutely terrible. It was so predictable, I left the room several times, played Othello on my cell throughout and didn't miss a thing. There was absolutely zero suspense which wouldn't have been a problem had the acting been even slightly better than a TV movie of the week. As a fan of Halle Berry...I was taken aback by how bland she was until I realized she's never been a particularly good actress, I just always thought she was beautiful...and what was the deal with her hair. (Think Danny Masterson from "that 70's show) Back to the film, her boss and her were supposed to have this "You can get over the fact that you lost a caller to a killer...like two days ago" thing going...again poorly acted. You can't take being on the phones, so you become a trainer and low and behold during a training session she takes over a call and (SPOILER COMING) TO NOBODY's surprise another girl is abducted and we find out by the same guy that took the first girl. What are the odds of that happening? you should have played the lottery in the film...winning would seem at least as statistically probable. The Hair...The Hair (In my Marlon Brando/Kurtz accent at the end of Apocalypse Now) O'll end this here, I still have 20 minutes left in the movie...that's after falling asleep 30 minutes into it the night before. FYI...I'm only going to finish because I've come this far.

This is one of the worst movies I've ever seen. I started skimming through it 10 minutes in and turned it off shortly thereafter. To say it strains credibility is an understatement oh let me count the ways. An officer calls on the phone...where exactly does that happen? He stays on the phone while he questions any and everyone. How many teens do you know that would allow strip searches etc without calling (WAIT FOR IT)maybe a parent...what about the manager..or is everyone lacking common sense. I have to say that if this film is based on a true story, I feel very sad for our society. Back to the film, I do believe that some of the performances were decent but overall it was just bad. I get the point they were attempting to make but they would have been better of making something up. TERRIBLE FILM