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I'm not a horror guy - I hate cheap jump scares, clichés and gore for the sake of it and as a Genre, I don't pretend to know anything more than Joe Bloggs. What I do know, is how much I LOVED this film. There are so many amazing aspects to this film, I genuinely don't know where to start. I guess the sound will be as good a place as any - if you've seen any trailers or know anything about the film, you'll know to survive in this world, you have to stay silent. While the soundtrack and noises such as the wind is the background of this movie, this means the interactions and communication between the characters in this film are genuinely like none I've ever seen, everything is more subtle and nuance. This film assumes you are paying attention, and doesn't spell everything out for you, which I personally loved. Too many films over-explain plot points or moments to which they lose their magic - for me, this film does a perfect job of balancing what needs to be said and what doesn't. It's a very personal story in a much bigger world.

Which leads me onto the performances; all incredible. John Krasinski is phenomenal, Emily Blunt is exemplary, but Noah June and Millicent Simmonds somehow manage to steal the show with their captivating performances, somehow managing to portray their conflicts between being children, but wanting to be better and fit in with this new world. While the world and premise of the film are very interesting, The film really comes alive in the scenes between the family and when it focuses on their relationships.

This film is the most gripped I've been in a long time, genuine edge of your seat tension from start to finish. I would highly recommend this to both fans of Horror movies or to people like me who aren't fans of overused tropes and clichés. This film really breaks the mould on what horror films can be.

Spielberg doesn't make bad movies. I had lots of reservations going into this film; I thought the Nostalgia overload would be too much and that it would be pandering.

Firstly, Ready player one looks beautiful - the CGI is brilliant, while it does sit in the "uncanny valley", it fits the world. The story works, from what I understand, does differ from the book in minor aspects, and while there are moments of eyerolling, for the most part, it does exactly what it needs to show the off the world and character's within. Speaking of Characters, I did notice something which may be highlighted elsewhere and of course the characters are more than just their avatars, but in a world full of mysteries and opportunities to be anything, why are the two Asian characters Samurais, and even the worse, the only African American character seemingly in the entire world is portrayed as a troll?

As I said, Spieldberg doesn't make bad movies - the soundtrack is brilliant, the references and call-backs are subtle enough in some areas to work only if you REALLY know specific movies or games, but also obviously enough that even millennials will get enough from it. It does, however, sometimes border insulting to "Gamers" - "Noob" and "camper" are terms thrown about, slightly off to their real world meaning.

I did leave the film with TONS of questions, specifically about the Logistics of the real world / Oasis crossover, it sorts of picks and chooses what to address. In some scenes they flip and twirl in the oasis but you don't see their real life bodys moving, but in others, where they're running and shooting, you see exactly how their movements are mirrored in the real world. Its all slightly confusing. There are also moments of absolute perfect luck and timing, which of course happen in films such as these... people showing up JUST at the right time etc - Dues Ex Machina indeed. It feels the world is built around the main characters of this film, not that they're part of something bigger.

I think if you look for problems with this film, you'll probably find them, but if you sit back and enjoy the ride, Ready Player One has a lot of fun to be had.

If you go into this film expecting anything more than sky-scrapper tall robots fighting with giant alien monsters, you've gone into it with the wrong mind frame to begin with. I would group this film in the same group as transformers, or fast and furious films (Switch-off films, if you will) - if you go into them looking for faults, you'll find them by the absolute truck load, but go in with a blank mind, you might be surprised by how much fun you can have.

John Boyega's charisma carries the film between the action scenes - his position and relationship in relation with Caliee Spaeny (who I was surprised to learn is 19 - she plays a 14-15 year old very convincingly), is established early on, and for the most part, works well. The supporting cast do what they have to - Scott Eastwood's character arc is predictable, but provides great moments of clarity.

I believe this film is definitely an improvement from the first - the big action moments are far easier to understand who is punching who, the lighting and colouring has been revised so that everything happens in daytime, which is great. Would I recommend this film? If you, like many others, go to the cinema to switch off for a couple of hours, this is a great film. It's not a film of subtilty or nuance, but if you can expect nothing more you'll have a great time.

Unsane is a film of two halves. The first, an unsettling guessing game of what is real and fiction, who is telling the truth and who is the person they say they are. The second is a bit of a mess, a sloppy attempt to crescendo which ultimately leaves you wanting something more. The photography does a fantastic job of adding to the unsettling vibe, and while it is obviously filmed on a low quality camera, that is the entire point. While the characters are well acted, and everyone does their job, the real struggle is the script - it doesn't feel as though the main character is a real person towards the back end of the film. Everything feels as though it could be resolved by simply talking to each other, but instead, the main character is abusive, violent and erratic, all characteristics of someone which she is trying to prove she isn't

The pacing of the film is good, it doesn't last too long and tics along at a nice speed. As mentioned, the filmography is brilliant, Dutch angles galore to disorientate. But the film blows its tension about half way through and never quite recovers. This film will be on Netflix within the year, and wouldn't have looked out of place as a Netflix original.

Going into this movie, I had very high hopes - I loved the previous movies (for all their flaws and silliness), and have played and enjoyed almost all of the games, including the reboot this movie is based on. What this movie feels like, is pandering to the "Lara Croft" name, it adds nothing new, in terms of the Tomb Raider Mythology or any action movie in general. The script is generic, boring and predictable. The entire cinema actually scoffed at a line close to the end, during a scene which was supposed to be dramatic, but came off as fake and unusual.

The characters' motivations were never fully explained, including Lu Ren, who flips between "this trip is suicide there is nothing that can make me go" to risking his boat and his life for £1000 within a 30 second scene. The characters themselves seemed entirely one dimensional, there is a scene early on with Lara sharing eye contact with a female which hints at an affection as it lingers for slightly too long, which would have been a really interesting thread for a 21st century twist on her sexuality, but that character is never seen or mentioned again in the film.

The "mythology" side of the story I enjoyed, while it was more grounded than the previous movies or games, this wasn't a bad thing.

Alicia Vikander looks the part, certainly, Daniel Wu is passable, and Walton Goggins, for his credit, is fine. All of which are compliments, because the script is written in such a way that no characters are really able to show depth or development. I think my biggest issue with this film is how stupid almost every single character is. Without going into spoilers, there are moments particularly in the final third which baffled me. Why, when trying to kill someone, would you not use a gun? Why, turn back on yourself? Why? Why? Why?

The CGI is average, passable in the darker scenes but jarring in the daylight. Action set pieces are few and far between and the plot starts well, but by half way through drags and could do with being 20 minutes shorter at least.

Let me start off by saying I enjoyed this film. Two very pretty actors who very good at their jobs, with support from Michael Sheen, made the almost 2 hour run time fly past. They, and Laurence Fishburn to a lesser extent, all did exactly which was asked of them. I actually laughed a lot more in this film than I thought I would have - but maybe that was just my dry sense of humour, but the Sheen character provided a lot of these juxtaposed moments.

The problems come with the script and the plot. The movie doesn't really know what it wants to be, and therefor struggles with its own identity. It could have easily been a love story, or a disaster movie, or even something much deeper, but fails to really tick any of these boxes. It introduces very complex questions at an early stage: what would you do if the only person you will ever know or love for the rest of your life, decided your fate and to take your sense of purpose away because he was lonely? It then glosses over the emotional implication of this - for example why is she never shown to be anything other than angry? Why isn't she scared, why isn't she empowered? And most of all, why does it not matter as soon as the threat of life or death for others is introduced? She is already dead, as he took her life away, so why should she care any more.

I can get over the questions relating to the science of the film, its left ambiguous enough that we don't know how long has passed from present day and which technology advances have happened, which can possibly power the ship for 120 years at half the speed of light, for example. There could have also been additions to clear up the time between the last time we see them, and the end of the film - once they had dedicated the main characters were choosing love above all, adding a child to this would have introduced even more thought provoking questions, but I can see why they didn't want to add more.

Yes there are big plot holes, yes there are dues ex machinas and yes the film raises more questions than it answers. But it was enjoyable, sexy and fun. Michael Sheen's performance as the comic android was a personal highlight. Would I see it again? Probably not, but I'd recommend it to my parents.