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Endings make or break a movie and this is a classic example where the ending makes this a forgettable movie.
We're in a 19th century German village and Nosferatu is east in Bohemia. A woman named Ellen (played by Lily-Rose Depp) calls out "Come to me, come to me" and this awakens Nosferatu from his long sleep. Ellen's husband, Thomas (played by Nicholas Hoult) is hoping to start a new job, in real estate. His boss tells him, there is a client in Bohemia who is too weak to make the trip and that if he makes this journey to complete the contract and bring him to the village, he will be hired by the company. He accepts.
He makes it there, albeit after some interesting and unwanted, detours. At the destination, which is really a castle, Thomas "meets" Nosferatu or to Thomas just a client. Thomas is very suspicious and scared, but does sign a contract. Thomas asks to leave, but Nosferatu does not let him and traps him in the castle.
Nosferatu then unleashes a plague upon the German town and also starts to possess some individuals in that town to do his bidding. All of this is very well down and interesting.
However, in the last one-third of the money, the movie lacks creativity and surprise. The ending is not satisfying and is way too simple. I have a hard time imagining someone writing this movie and doing such a good job on just about every part but then not thinking of any decent way to close the movie up.
I do want to point out that there are also some somewhat creepy parts. I'm mainly referring to demon on human sex scenes. So it is a bit of a weird movie. But I do not think that hurts it.
Overall, I just can't give it a 7 because the most important part of a movie is the ending. And I cannot give it a 5 because of the many different parts that the movie does a good job with: the acting, the writing (with the exception already mentioned), the scenery, and the appearance of Nosferatu.
We're in a 19th century German village and Nosferatu is east in Bohemia. A woman named Ellen (played by Lily-Rose Depp) calls out "Come to me, come to me" and this awakens Nosferatu from his long sleep. Ellen's husband, Thomas (played by Nicholas Hoult) is hoping to start a new job, in real estate. His boss tells him, there is a client in Bohemia who is too weak to make the trip and that if he makes this journey to complete the contract and bring him to the village, he will be hired by the company. He accepts.
He makes it there, albeit after some interesting and unwanted, detours. At the destination, which is really a castle, Thomas "meets" Nosferatu or to Thomas just a client. Thomas is very suspicious and scared, but does sign a contract. Thomas asks to leave, but Nosferatu does not let him and traps him in the castle.
Nosferatu then unleashes a plague upon the German town and also starts to possess some individuals in that town to do his bidding. All of this is very well down and interesting.
However, in the last one-third of the money, the movie lacks creativity and surprise. The ending is not satisfying and is way too simple. I have a hard time imagining someone writing this movie and doing such a good job on just about every part but then not thinking of any decent way to close the movie up.
I do want to point out that there are also some somewhat creepy parts. I'm mainly referring to demon on human sex scenes. So it is a bit of a weird movie. But I do not think that hurts it.
Overall, I just can't give it a 7 because the most important part of a movie is the ending. And I cannot give it a 5 because of the many different parts that the movie does a good job with: the acting, the writing (with the exception already mentioned), the scenery, and the appearance of Nosferatu.
As I write this review, the movie is rated at 7/10 here on IMBd and that surprises me because I think the range for this movie is 8.0-10.0. I have went back and fourth between a 9 and 10 on this one and I don't know what I will settle on by the time I am done typing my thoughts.
Overall, there is a lot to like about the movie. The acting, the story, the action, the scenery is all 10/10. Where the movie fails to deliver that same quality--and perhaps does 'merely' good instead of excellent work--is in the ancillary aspects. Then, you, the viewer, have to decide whether you forgive this movie or whether you don't.
The movie has a lot of speeches that are delivered. Sometimes these speeches are a little too cheesy or go one or two sentences longer than they should. It's not the worst thing in the world but it could be better. The worst part of it was that the worst speech was the very last one. It's not that the substance of what was being said wasn't great--It was just the awful wording, kind of like the phrasing that would be used by a politician one might hate.
Along similar lines, there were a few parts where the movie has a bit more drama than the situation warrants, or at the very least that seemed like the vibe.
Early in the movie, there was a scene where someone significant to the main character, Lucious (played by Paul Mescal), dies. And we get a scene of Lucious looking at that significant other being taken by a Grim Reaper character on a raft. Not sure how the writer thought that was a good idea.
The movie needed to do a better job of selling certain ideas to me as a viewer. The evolution of Lucious's feelings towards his mother is one example.
Now, if I was to go trough all of the positives, the text would be many times longer than my text above. So I'll leave it right about here because it's 2:01 AM and I just got done watching.
Overall: somewhere between masterpiece and not a masterpiece.
Overall, there is a lot to like about the movie. The acting, the story, the action, the scenery is all 10/10. Where the movie fails to deliver that same quality--and perhaps does 'merely' good instead of excellent work--is in the ancillary aspects. Then, you, the viewer, have to decide whether you forgive this movie or whether you don't.
The movie has a lot of speeches that are delivered. Sometimes these speeches are a little too cheesy or go one or two sentences longer than they should. It's not the worst thing in the world but it could be better. The worst part of it was that the worst speech was the very last one. It's not that the substance of what was being said wasn't great--It was just the awful wording, kind of like the phrasing that would be used by a politician one might hate.
Along similar lines, there were a few parts where the movie has a bit more drama than the situation warrants, or at the very least that seemed like the vibe.
Early in the movie, there was a scene where someone significant to the main character, Lucious (played by Paul Mescal), dies. And we get a scene of Lucious looking at that significant other being taken by a Grim Reaper character on a raft. Not sure how the writer thought that was a good idea.
The movie needed to do a better job of selling certain ideas to me as a viewer. The evolution of Lucious's feelings towards his mother is one example.
Now, if I was to go trough all of the positives, the text would be many times longer than my text above. So I'll leave it right about here because it's 2:01 AM and I just got done watching.
Overall: somewhere between masterpiece and not a masterpiece.
Currently, this movie--after being out for about 3 weeks--sits at a 6.2/10 on here. That's not unfair. I think if you see it while in a good mood, you might give it a 7 and if you see it while in a bad mood, you might give it a 6 (that might tell you what mood I was in when I watched it).
The story is that this somewhat older and wealthy lady at an ultra expensive hotel ends up with a dead young man. She calls for help, and a hitman type character (played by Clooney) shows up. But, a little later and out of nowhere, another hitman-like character (played by Pitt) shows up as well. It turns out that the hotel had a camera and does not want the bad publicity, so they had sent in their own guy to clean up this "mess." I'm not giving away anything here because this is shown very early in the movie. The two hitman-like characters do not like each other but they have to work with each other for reasons the movie will reveal to you.
Let's look at two different aspects of this movie: its comedy and action. First, as to the comedy, there are not moments where you will laugh out loud unless you are super young or just don't watch very many movies at all. Having said that, there are moments throughout the entire movie that will make you smile and almost laugh. That's something. The comedy stems in large part from the two main character (again, Clooney and Pitt) not liking each other.
As for the action, there isn't a ton of it--this isn't like the John Wick movies--but there is some. I don't think it's more than 10 minutes of action and I'm basing that only on feeling. The action itself is fairly decent quality but nothing that you'll remember 2 days after watching this movie.
So this is a hitman comedy that won't cause you to laugh out loud, but will still have a degree of funny in it. It has some action of reasonable quality and has a simple and interesting story. You'll be entertained--there's no doubt about that--but one month after watching this movie--if not 2 or 3 weeks--you won't ever remember having watched it. But it would be wrong to call it a "cash-grab" type of movie. Some thought was definitely put into it, even if there's nothing ultra original in the entire movie.
Having said all of that, for a movie with big names like Clooney and Pitt, we have to expect more.
The story is that this somewhat older and wealthy lady at an ultra expensive hotel ends up with a dead young man. She calls for help, and a hitman type character (played by Clooney) shows up. But, a little later and out of nowhere, another hitman-like character (played by Pitt) shows up as well. It turns out that the hotel had a camera and does not want the bad publicity, so they had sent in their own guy to clean up this "mess." I'm not giving away anything here because this is shown very early in the movie. The two hitman-like characters do not like each other but they have to work with each other for reasons the movie will reveal to you.
Let's look at two different aspects of this movie: its comedy and action. First, as to the comedy, there are not moments where you will laugh out loud unless you are super young or just don't watch very many movies at all. Having said that, there are moments throughout the entire movie that will make you smile and almost laugh. That's something. The comedy stems in large part from the two main character (again, Clooney and Pitt) not liking each other.
As for the action, there isn't a ton of it--this isn't like the John Wick movies--but there is some. I don't think it's more than 10 minutes of action and I'm basing that only on feeling. The action itself is fairly decent quality but nothing that you'll remember 2 days after watching this movie.
So this is a hitman comedy that won't cause you to laugh out loud, but will still have a degree of funny in it. It has some action of reasonable quality and has a simple and interesting story. You'll be entertained--there's no doubt about that--but one month after watching this movie--if not 2 or 3 weeks--you won't ever remember having watched it. But it would be wrong to call it a "cash-grab" type of movie. Some thought was definitely put into it, even if there's nothing ultra original in the entire movie.
Having said all of that, for a movie with big names like Clooney and Pitt, we have to expect more.