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Alien: Battlefield Earth (2021)
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I'm rating this film simply to drive down the 2.1 rating that it currently has. IMDb should use the median or mode rating rather than the mean, because this film really should be rated 1 out of 10.
It does deserve 1, because of the amusement factor, which can be achieved by watching it for only one minute.
There is extensive use of stock video and what looks like news footage and nonsensical repetition of the same footage over and over. They don't even bother to match the apect ratio of the clips, and the special effects are equivalent to 1980s television sci-fi comedy.
I've seen better quality acting on early morning daytime soaps like Sunset Beach. Way better.
House of Gucci (2021)
Italians in Italy don't speak with Italian accents
As soon as I heard that this film was in production, I couldn't wait to see it. Adam Driver and Lady Gaga in retro Italian high fashion. What could be better?
Well, the accents, is the answer to that question. It's like a comedy. Set in Italy, with American actors speaking with very poor, exaggerated Italian accents. If the objective is to depict Italians in Italy, have them speak Italian or English with regional English/American accents, like so many other films have done successfully.
This also would have served to illustrate that Gaga's character was of a different class - have the Guccis well-spoken and Gaga a commoner, for example.
I was so distracted and disappointed I couldn't see it through to the end.
Bullet Train (2022)
Abysmal
The formula flavoured by Guy Ritchie relies heavily on dialogue that's well scripted. This dialogue is appalling, juvenile dialogue and there's way too much if it.
Painfully stilted performces from a great cast (except Joey King, who was just dreadful). Why cast Brian Tyree Henry as a young Brit? Like there are no black, age appropriate, British actors.
Watching this, I was waiting for that moment when you're transported into the story, you forget you're watching sitting in a chair a screen. Instead I found my mind wandering and started checking my phone.
If you want a solid, easy action comedy, which I think this is supposed to be, choose anything starring Jason Statham. At least then you know your going to get.
This film is complete waste of time. Thankfully, we waited free to stream.