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It's hard to say something really good about this movie. You should stop after the action scene in Italy because it's really where the good stuff happens. The rest isn't really great.

The bad: Remi Malek. That guy needs to stop being casted. A log could do his job.

The black woman 007. Average actress forced in the movie to pass the "politically correct" test. It's just not necessary.

Lea Seydoux. Forgettable.

The end.

The good:

Daniel Craig manages to perform well.

Not sure what else to say than, this is a bad movie, period.

From Nolan, you expect something good obviously and I think his name is the only reason people choose to watch it.

Characters are boring and you just can't care about them.

Plot is very confusing for absolutely no reason.

Music is just background noise and doesn't bring anything.

Action sequences are just trying to look visually cool.

It's way too long.

I'm feeling some directors just want to make movies about time travel thinking it's cool and people really want to see that. But honestly, most of the time it fails and it's overly complicated. This movie proves it.

I was bored in the first 20 minutes and ended up fast forwarding the last hour to end my pain. I couldn't care about it.

I'll just say one thing.

Educate your kids so that they don't become stupid and make stupid decisions.

I didn't remember that case until they talked about the video. And it's until around there that the documentary was interesting to me. Although I felt it was quite slow pace. Definitely, this documentary is way too slow. You will find yourself wanting to press fast forward often, especially after 2 episodes. I understand that the wannabe sherlock holmes of internet involved themselves in the "solving of the case" back then but honestly, it's more ridiculous than anything else and the parts where they talk are quite painful to watch. It's just a lot of nonsense. This doc at least proves that these wannabe detectives should leave the job to those who are qualified. They literally wasted their time investigating. Which leads me to say that because of the inclusion of the internet sherlocks in the docu, it really dragged the thing all over the place and that time could have be used for officials interviews instead. So, remove the little sherlocks and we're doing at 2 episodes (2 hours), which would be reasonable. That was a bad production decision to include that, which is why I give such a low score.

Not mediocre but not good enough to make it wort it. Like many other reviews said before me, I thought the movie started well. Although I thought that the actors weren't that great, I gave it a chance. But soon you realize that something isn't quite right. The pace goes off too often and the characters aren't really interesting. There is just not enough suspense building I would say. But ultimately, the major problem of this movie is that it tries to be something that it can't be: a complexe sci-fi Christopher Nolan style. It's easy to see how much that movie wants to be or at least ressemble Inception to fall in its category. But the actors and the overall quality of production is just not there. So trying to make a sci-fi movie with these elements just won't get you up there. The ending was almost laughable. The music with organ (Interstellar) and the profound message... Sci-fi is not an easy genre to get right and especially when subjects like time-travelling come in play. It's easy to get the plot go in all directions and completely loose sense. This movie tried but instead of making something completely original, it just tried to be in the Shadow of Nolan.

Not sure at what point in the production process things have gone wrong but they certainly did. It's clear to me that the producer/director Mr. Knight had 2 movies in his mind when he made this and that's why it's a big entertaining mess.

First, as lazy as I was when the film started, I didn't pay too much attention to the zoom in the boy's eye. Later on in the movie I immediately got understood. In any case, that game thing is always a bad idea. Especially when you combine it to the "death/ heaven theme", which came obvious even before we know it's a stupid game. Funny, that death thing reminded me of a famous TV show on an island... Anyway, I think Mr. Knight just didn't have the experience and budget to make a real sci-fi movie. Also, it's not because you put Interstellar duo that it will become reality!

Talking about the actors... He got the wrong casting for it, definitely. Immediately, when I saw how McConaughey was characterised in this movie, with that funny and ridiculous plot, I couldn't stop thinking that the right guy was Jason Statham. That's just his style and let me know if you disagree. As for the woman, Hathaway is certainly the less credible person in the movie. A B-grade star would have the done job just well and saved a lot of money to the production.

Now, take Statham, plus a random actress and remove all the game, death, heaven BS and you had there a perfect B series movie that would have been just perfect for a Sunday afternoon and probably made more money. For the rest of the script, just trash it or leave it to the experienced ones.

I feel like many people had the same reaction I had after watching this episode. Basically, WTF. Many of us looked for some review of comments about this one especially. I guess we all need to see what people think about this episode because we have doubts. Don't go on the officials websites, it's full of politically-correct, blinded-fans type of comments.

I used to pretend to enjoy "art" like this during my university years studying cinema because I couldn't make the clear difference between art and BS. Well now, many years later, I can. I totally enjoy some weird, artistic, out of the box moments playing with the narrative in order to enhance the movie or series. I think that a great production will be a well balanced mix of elements of dream that bring different emotions.

But this episode is not about cleverness or what we call "art". Sorry but I really feel like it's all about BS. I can understand that this is some sort of attempt to later give explanation to some elements or characters but who needs a full hour of this? The answer is simply: nobody who is watching a weekly TV series need or want this, period. If you say you want this, sorry but I think you lie.

I feel like this is a new trend in TV series. Now that we had some very successful and amazing series over the last decade, the "artists" are taking advantage of the series market because "art" has been cut in the cinema market. We are now getting series with slow paced rhythm to make you think there is some sort of natural evolution of the story while actually, they are just trying to make more money by spreading the jam.

In the case of Twin Peaks, we are watching it just by nostalgia and in hope to find answers. The truth is, so far, even with David Lynch behind the wheel, it's very average.

Review from a fan's point of view.

My expectations were somehow accurate when I first heard a long time ago that they were working on a documentary, made in USA. When I saw the first trailer, with the cool effects and images of Japanese swords and other Japanese cultural icons, I knew it would not be the documentary that says it all. But maybe the intention was not to be X Japan from A to Z. Not so sure if they jumped from A to Z or just went from A to B because there is a lot missing.

X Japan is an amazing band. The fans liked, like and will like this band not only for their music but also for their story and the charisma of its members. This band was Japan's Beattles and Elvis Presley during the 80s and 90s, when that country was loaded with money and later going down. This was an era in Japan when many similar bands emerged from that, which was still making the popular culture bloom extravagantly. Yoshiki, the leader of the band (aka almost the band by himself), creative and passionate as he was, was going straight into this, blind folded and probably not realizing the impact he had. Now he probably does.

This movie is pretty much like digging a gold mine only on the surface, while you have all the machinery to go deeper. Now don't get me wrong, it is a good movie, but not a good documentary. I thought that the overall editing was especially excellent, but sadly this is clearly not what you want to see when you watch a documentary. You want learn and leave the room with the feeling that you gained knowledge about the subject.

I went to see this movie in Japan and the crowd what obviously fans who knew about the band. The reactions after the movie were very silent but I did hear a few "it was OK" because obviously, they know much more about what it is said in the movie. I didn't need confirmation to think that this movie was made for the Western countries because clearly, it was, and it's OK like that. There was numerous documentaries made in Japan and also many books written on the subject. Non-Japanese fans deserve to get something too.

But my concern was more about those viewers who knew little to almost nothing about the band. The movie can't explain clearly, in a chronological order the history of the band. We get some bits and parts here and there but nothing that will make the viewer leave the room and understand X Japan and the position that the band had in Japan. I wish that they took this very first opportunity, with such a great coverage, to talk more about how the band was important, successful and how it impacted the rock scene in Japan. Although the fact that the movie does a great job on showing Yoshiki's story, emotions and passion (which is the obvious focus), it could have done the same with the other members and taught the public about how great these musicians are. For example, I think that Pata, the second guitarist since the band's early days, has about one minute of coverage. Nothing is said about how this guy joined the band and how he supported them during their struggling times at the beginning. That's just one example.

Overall, if you are a fan of X Japan and know the story well, you might be disappointed because the footage and the editing is great. It does bring some emotions, like any movies should, but the lack is really the depth, and it's a little bit frustrating, especially for the fans who can't understand Japanese enough to get their information in other media than this movie.

To the non-fan viewers who read this before watching, expect to have a good moment but you might not understand much about X Japan apart that it's a band coming from Japan with a leader named Yoshiki. So, if a viewer has no knowledge of the band, which also means no attachment to its charismatic leader Yoshiki, I don't know what can be expected from that. It's definitely better to listen to their music instead.