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Logan (2017)
Not my favorite side of Logan
I am one of many that have been waiting the next Logan movie for quite some time now and I am very very very disappointed of what I saw. Even though the basic idea was solid (to give us an old Logan for a change), I am sad to say that nothing else was.
First we get a future that is not a future at all. Nothing seemed to me different from today.
Then we get a story that doesn't have a single link with the older movies.
And then we have all those big changes to everything fans loved in the old movies. Professor X has mental issues, Logan is not a lone wolf as he used to, keeps walking like an old zombie due to health problems. And finally Logan gets killed with a wooden stick that goes inside his spine that is made from adamantioum.
Apart from the bad script everything else wasn't so bad.
At least that's my opinion.
Collateral Beauty (2016)
Last 5 minutes
Another solid movie signed by Will Smith. This actor has a special quality that only few in his level do. He knows how to choose the really good works between the rest and knows how to handle them in order to create something at least worth watching.
To be honest, he is one of the very few actors, (Edwart Norton is also one of them) that when I see he is participating in a film I know is gonna be good.
What I really enjoyed in this movie, is how everything changes in the end. This is normal in a thriller, but in a drama like this is the first time I saw it and liked it very much.
Passengers (2016)
Queen takes Bishop
This movie is one of the unusual movies we like to see. Few actors, even fewer setups and still and still it lasted almost two hours. The time Laurence Fishburne entered the scene I said to my self "Finaly we will see some action". Then ten minutes later I took it back.
I could not decide if it was because of the script or because of his acting but Chris was simply not good enough for me. Movie started getting better the moment Jennifer entered.
Even though it is not one of my favorites, it was the best SciFi I've seen the last couple of months.
Autómata (2014)
Slow and Tiring
This movie has two weak spots.
First, it reminds us the I, Robot movie a lot. From the laws that bind the robot programs (that are based in Asimov's novel), to the very design of the robots. The result, way worse in my opinion.
The second flaw I think is in the plot. It is very slow for such a huge story.
Also Antonio is completely out of what we used him for, and what we want him to play. The complete absence of action in this movie makes you want to fast forward it the entire time.
If a friend of mine wanted to watch a sci-fi with robots, I would recommend about 10 to 15 other movies before I think of Automata and if he would ask me to recommend a Banderas movie, I would probably go with every other movie but this.
Edge of Darkness (2010)
Doing what he knows best
This movie is a great example of the fact that an actor is made to be good at one or two types of movies and not all.
Anyway, Mel Gibson is the actor that knows how to handle the part of David fighting against Goliath and actually win. He did it in Payback, Patriot, Braveheart and so many more. For God's sakes he also did it with aliens in the Omen. Being a good father except from a hero is even better since I believe it's a quality he has in him.
Sometimes he is a little over dramatic when he wants to show he gives more than 100% in his effort, but he is still way better than the average father character we see.
Apart from Gibson, the story is good even though to much of a conspiracy theory for my taste, and the plot is solid.
It is definitely a movie worth watching (at least once).
Jack Reacher: Never Go Back (2016)
Not good enough
Unfortunately this 6 out of 10 goes only for Tom's part in the film. What's wrong with this movie, is that they changed the main characteristic that had the first movie. It's like they tried to change a great recipe.
Jack Reacher was a bad guy with no sentiment at all and comes back as a good guy who is in love with a woman, who wants to be a father and who even gets bitten up from time to time.
In my opinion a very good movie who should not be named Jack Reacher 2. Anyway, I believe Tom Cruise is the real deal and his worst movie is way above average.