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There are few kinds of people with certain memories of their life past that will be super susceptible to this movie. Victims of war, parents, grown up children who lost their parents are among some of them. I am a father of two kids and someone who lost both of my parents due to tragedy. I watched this film by accident. It was to be my first contact with the works of Ghibli studio. I don't know why I chose exactly this one. In doing so, I sealed my fate as someone who was absolutely and completely moved by the image I witnessed. The film shook me profoundly, made my heart break into thousands of pieces, each one being a fragment of my past that resonated idly with the content of this beautiful and moving film. I'm 48 years old, I've seen a lot in my life, I've seen many movies, but none in my life has moved me as deeply as Greave Of The Fireflies. Today I know that this masterpiece will forever remain the most beautiful and sad and at the same time the most personal I have ever seen in my life.

This movie is everything what Godzilla is about. It is a statement of the previous generations. It is a direct in the face response to the crap Hollywood has been feeding us for the last dozen of years. I am so happy that it is Japan and Japanese filmography that were able to defend and maintain their own legacy. Godzilla Minus One is simple, mighty, straightforward, grainy, merciless and modern representation of the beloved and old-school classic from the 1954. It is an example how to benefit from the special effects in order to not spoil and overdub a good plot and support a well-crafted acting and real emotions. Top it up with absolutely stunning soundtrack and you have a classic that can withstand time and is worth going to cinema not one but two and maybe three times. This is how movies should be made.

I rarely review anything. On the other hand I really enjoy watching movies (especially horrors). I went through all of them classic 50's to 70's, mid-era 80's-90's and modern 2000's. I've seen bad ones, terrible ones, better, good, excellent and just purely classic ones. I went through many bad and great disappointments. There are movies that stroke me from the beginning and the ones that grew up slowly on me. This one (Us) is another lesson of how not to trust any of the reviews. I have no idea how this title could score such a tempting and inaccurate ratting. This movie has no tension, not even a trace trace of a captivating plot. It' boring, dull and offensive to the imagination. I didn't give this title one star because it does have fairly decent acting and is based on a good, quite original idea and that's all. Really - see for yourself. I couldn't stand it and pulled the cable off after 30 minutes.

I've never ever yawned watching ANY previous Star Wars movies (not referring to episodes I, II, III which I still didn't happen to see) until now. The first half of the movie is just boring! For more than hour we are given to watch escape of evacuation ships. The jokes... What the hell Disney thinks? Do they really think that bringing the "up to date", trendy jokes taken from today's sc-fi Marvel flicks will do Star Wars better? Example - Rey was so desperate to find Luke because the Galaxy faces such serious threat from the 1st order yet she so freely and frivolously trifles about the force saying that she thinks it is about "lifting rocks"? 'Cmon... What they've done to Luke is beyond any reason. He doesn't remind the Luke we used to know. And it is not because of acting or the fact he is "older" or became cuckoo because of the years of solitude. It is because he was entangled is a really badly executed relationship with Rey. They dialog between those two is one of the most awful in the movie. There is absolutely no chemistry between them. The moment Luke screams "resist it Rey" sounds totally blunt and artificial. Fin... what the hell is this pointless relationship with the midget girl about? What was that? A romance? An unexpected friendship? With who? And what's next? A wedding? Leia - poor Carry... what have they done to you? Carry, if you hear this.. They made you blast into space like Yondu in the Guardians of The Galaxy except you managed to survive swimming back to the spaceship like a pro-swimmer. And it is all because of "the force".. Little puffin-like creatures... 'cmon Disney - is that really the peak of what you actually can come up with? The only character that still saves to script and movie is Poe Dameron who really brings a freshness into the whole story. The way Disney decided to separate the current from the previous trilogy makes me worried about future of Star Wars franchise in general.

I'm a long time fan of the whole series (especially the first two movies). After watching Prometheus I really hoped that Mr. Scott will learn the lesson and focus on what's most important and not only correct many technical and plot issues but also saves this franchise and proves that he is the one who should be pulling the strings here. Nothing like that has happened. Instead of delivering an intense alien ride we fans deserve, answer many questions concerning origins of this fascinating race of space creatures Mr. Scott again proved to be in any control of the story and vision he tries to film and show us. Whatever is happening in his mind is nothing that he is able to film and visualize. Instead of clear, dynamic and mysterious plot we're getting blurry, illogical and predictable movie with totally unexplored characters. I gave it 3 out of 10 for sake of great photography by Dariusz Wolski and decent effects.

I saw almost everything whats's been done in term of so called "Lovecraft Cinema". From '63 The Haun­ted Palace , through '85 Re-Animator and 2005 Call Of Cthulhu. This is by far one of the best Lovcraftian adaptations. It really holds the right spirit of both his books and early 50-ties sci-fi cinema. If you're looking for speedy CGI action - forget about this one. If you're into Edgar Allan Poe books, '31 Frankenstein or '56 Forbidden Planet and know at least who Lovecraft is you should definitely see this. Decent acting, good script filmed with the right pace and an old-school production. A perfect alternative for these days cinema. Highly recommended!