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Absolutely loved this, very rarely an ending is just as good as the build up but this is!

Tom and Mark are great in this and the story is true to the series if you like that sort of thing, if you don't know the games it makes no difference whatsoever.

I honestly don't think there was anything they could have done to make this any better...

Massively shocked at how good this was, not a fan of Pattinson whatsoever, so much so that I would steer away from movies he is in, but this was made for him.

Love the new direction with the detective style annotation and emotionless untouchable style of Batman.

I am a fan of previous Batman movies, my favourite being Christian Bale (especially Heath Ledger as Joker) but this is a different beast, this is more true to the style of Batman comics and animated films and 'feels' more like how Batman is supposed to be portrayed, certainly more entertaining and less of a mindless action eye candy film.

I hope we get lots more of these...

I have to say that I have not seen the original or anything else related to Dube, I knew of it and am If the right age to have been around when it was released but it didn't grip me when it was first released. I saw this as a positive going into watch this though, if it wasn't as good as the original then I wouldn't have known and I wasn't tainted by it and hold it against this remake.

Another thing, when I look at a 10* rating I think is there anything else that could have been done to make it better, if there is just the smallest thing which could have made it better then it cannot be a 10*. In this instance I truly think there is nothing that could have been done to make it better, it was faultless. An amazing start to what I hope will be an amazing trilogy!

As a stand-alone film, a one off which isn't part of a franchise or institution I would go e this film a 6/7/8 out of 10. It had a lot of drama and not much action, lots of lovely scenery shots, well made and some early good action pieces. The plot wasn't amazing, loose at points, lacking direction with a baddy who didn't really get off the ground, he was just there to slot around the drama of Bond and his retirement/relationship/child.... Don't get me wrong, as a film I liked that 'this character' had a child and a wife and he was fighting to save them but that's not Bond, Bond is queen and country! Not CIA, wife and child!!!

But it really was lacking, it didn't really gel, it was lacking in.... oomph... an overdose in drama and touchy feely, but no real Oomph... Everyone did their bit, acting was great, scenery, blah blah but it didn't sit right.

It felt like they should have stopped on a high with Spectre. Wait until the end, the final song for the credits just summed it all up for me, absolute cheese.... Not what a Bond film is, it had a Bond jacket on but everything about it was something else.

Anyway, if I look at it with regards to a bond film (note Bond and not 007 film), then I have a whole different thought and hence my rating, because ultimately... this is a Bond film...

The sheer arrogance of the writers Fukunaga to think that after directing 1 bond fi that he has the right to kill Bond off for all future generations of bond fans, to think he will be the last director of bond. I'm even massively disappointed in Daniel Caig whom was my favourite Bond, to be a part in the killing off of the character, it makes me see him in a whole new light, to think he has the right to be the last Bond, to think that himself must think nobody can do better!

Bond is a British institution, a torch to be handed down from generator to generation, bigger than the actor playing him and certainly bigger than the director who has been gifted the opportunity of putting an incarnation of Bond on the big screen. Fleming, Connery they all would be turning in their graves at the selfishness of this generation to think that they own the character and that they can kill him off as they see fit.

It's disgusting to think that my children and my children's children will never have the opportunity to follow this great British character.

Good on Danny Boyle for walking if he truly did it because he disagreed with killing off Bond, at a point in history where we need heroes they've killed off one of the all time British greats. They should have left it at Spectre and waited for a better director and writing team to introduce a new Bond and storyline.

If they wanted to create a New character then make a spin-off film, leave Bond alone, he is timeless and evolves with every generation just like the great British people do....

For the writers and directors of this generation to have the arrogance to think they've do e everything that can be done with Bond and to kill him off, for them to think they can do better than every future generation is shocking, if they cannot think of anything more then it's their limited imagination, they don't have the right to restrict future generations of writers and directors.

Every generation has had a take on Bond and every generation has been different, that's the joy of Bond, every actor portrayed a different version of the same character and that's what makes Bond, not 007, Bond great! The shaken not stirred, martini drinking Aston Martin driving, super spy who puts queen and country first!

As a Bond a 0/10, as a film in general an 7 (being massively generous), so meet in the middle and make it a 3.

I had not seen the original film so I was excited to see this, but I had a general idea of the original and the plot and love the premise!

Let me start with to be completely honest, the film isn't not scary whatsoever, yes there is some blood but no jumps... more of a thriller...

I heard a lot of people say the original candy man was absolutely amazing, really scary and a great horror, very excited!! But...... I didn't get that from this film, overall I enjoyed it and yes it was good, but not what I was hoping for.

Personally I don't like hearing people described as orange/yellow/black/white/brown man/woman and therefore when I did it hear it (quite frequently) it distracted from the film and annoyed me, but it stayed on the right side of it and didn't lose me.

Acting was good, plot was loose but good, not a huge amount of story but held on to me, hung a lot off the original film history, I enjoyed it and was routing for the lead woman at the end!

Then... it tipped it over the edge and did what I hoped it wouldn't.......... became less about a film and more about propaganda, such a shame...

If it had been scary and a horror and lived up to my expectations then I would have given it a 7, but it wasn't so minus 1, just scary whatsoever maybe a 6, minus 1 for the propaganda which I had to sit through so a 5 and if I'm honest I am thinking a 4 as I was left disappointed so much by the film carrying the name 'CandyMan' and I was expecting so much more.

Everything he touches turns to gold... reminds me of Ryan Reynolds "Buried". Visually, throughout the movie nobody else matters and doesn't really exist, it's all about Jake and he does an amazing job at it.

I loved "Buried" and I loved this, just like ""Buried"if I had known in advance what it was I wouldn't have watched it, but I'm thoroughly glad I did!

Loved it!! Highly recommended!

I went into it blind just on the IMDB rating of 6.7, but then someone I was wayching it with recognised the dorector JamesnWan and told me his other work all of which I thought was good!

Look at James Wans other work and if you like that this won't disappoint!

The intro felt cheap and made me think twice, but past the credits it just got better and better, the ending blew me away, very original and so well done!

Yes I guessed it but the people I watched it with didn't.

I almost didn't watch this because of the serious amount of negativity.

Comments like "not believable" and "ridiculous situations". Aren't films all about this? Isn't that the point? Retelling stories about the exceptional Moments, the near misses, the "I can't believe it's"? Why would Anyone make a movie about anything else, a mundane day or a walk in the park where nothing exciting happened...

Anyway, the selling point for me in another review was "if you like Nicholas cages recent B movies then you will love this" and it was every bit that.

Oh and yes there was a lot of horrid sexism towards her (women in general) and their treatment of her was awful in the first half but that was typical of the time and showed the diversity that women had to Overcome, she overcame it and it changed the men as well.... Men thought it was ok to behave like that "until it wasn't", people grow, it was common of the times. In this the men and the story evolved, the men weren't the same men who started the journey with her.

An amazing film, beginning middle and end, it doesn't fall flat at any point.

Such an enjoyable watch! Hammer and Caville are literally the perfect match, on paper I wouldn't have dreamt it but on screen I cannot imagine anyone else pairing up as well by a long shot! Colander does an amazing job at doing her bit and I look forward to seeing her in the future, keeping the trio together would be a dream team but Caville and Hammer are the dream!!

All the pieces are here, laid out in beautiful artistry for us to enjoy, cast, set, style and music!

Bring on The Man from Uncle 2,3,4,5,6!!!

Great as always to see mister Grant doing his thang!!!

On a separate note, Henry Caville would be a brilliant Bond, Roger Moore had Sean Connery like Daniel Craig should have Henry Caville, "suave and sophisticated" to "rough and ready to get the job done".

Nobody can beat Daniel Craig for his no messing style so we need a Caville - suave and sophisticated for his.

I had to leave a review of this purely because of all of the negative reviews!

I read negative reviews and they do indeed impact my thoughts on whether to watch a film or not and when I read the ones for this film It made think twice, but it's Mark Wahlberg how can it be 'that' bad!?

Anyway, thank god I did watch it, it's an amazing film, a mix of Highlander, Wanted, 22 mile and various other films but so what!?

It's a great film, loved it, acting was great, effects were great, story was great! Would love a sequel but it wasn't lined up!

I hope it never ends, literally the best series ever, I'm on my third time round and I never watch anything twice!

A difficult film to watch, scary when you think he loses grip over reality but did he? It is co fusing and doesn't answer a lot, did his direction ever change or were we just watching him recall the route he actually travelled?

I'm not sure if it was a message to people about how they travel their life, the destination being the same but it's how you get there, and ultimately like on this film what state you want to be in.

It's thought provoking but is it meant to be? At points I thought he was trapped by an alien and was waiting for him to wake up in a cell somewhere like the Matrix.

Personally I think it was a study of the main characters decisions throughout his life and how things could have been different had he not learned from mistakes, how if he had not learned from his decisions how if he had turned to drugs each time things got hard what his life would have ended up like when he was sat next to his mum on her deaf bed.

But hey, like I say that's my interpretation and the film leaves a lot to interpretation... 😬

Overall I found this film great to watch with some amazing visuals, thoroughly enjoyable, scary in a losing your mind kind of way and brilliantly acted, it does well to give you an ending but the sort of one you expect, it has you guessing a lot and not always in a good way.

A mix of films 'requiem for a dream', 'butterfly effect', 'the matrix' and 'Donnie Darko'.

I was literally stunned that this was even able to retain the same name as the first release.....

It's like the first release by Whedon was 1/20th of or was movie in fast forward or a trailer even, a summary of or was 'loosely based' on the a actual Zack Snyder movie.

It's a 4 hour movie so obviously it has more content, but it goes beyond that and it's weird, it literally feels like a completely different movie. I was worried about watching this and thinking ah yes I remember this bit, and like I felt I had watched this movie before but I didn't, Every once in a while you watch a scene and realise "yes it's a film I've seen" but it really ends there. the bits that were in this movie from the original made it feel less than de ja vue they were that infrequent.

Whedons felt like another WB/DC near miss, Snyders felt like a DC movie if Marvel Did it, dark Marvel... I appreciate and enjoy Marvel (I've given 10/10 reviews for Marvel) but DC has always deserved more, Marvel has an Audi R8, DC has a Mercedes Gullwing concept, says it all...

I wanted to love this, trailer was great! In fact the trailer was better than the film as it had oomph! The editing of this just didn't work, it was lacking substance, I couldn't put my finger on it as the actors were all great and they all did a great job, effects were good enough, at some points it felt a bit TV sci-fi but still acceptable. I think it was just lacking atmosphere, possibly lacking background effects or music to build suspense or a sense of mood, I'm not willing to watch it again to figure it out. 😬😂

Absolutely amazing, James McVoy is amazing, the subtleties and nuances in his performance are beyond great!

I was absolutely in love with this whilst watching it, everything added up, it was enjoyable, everything g was going in the right direction, original actors playing the same characters, story was good Mcavoy was just amazing, everything was going great! Then the ending..... I was literally in shock.... what, that's it?!? No....... I don't want to give a 7 because the ending literally destroyed the film for me and gave me such a bad taste in my mouth, but I think it unfair as the beginning and middle was literally so good that I would have given it a 9.... a 9 if you exclude the ending, a 5/6 because of the ending...

I don't like Robin as a character but I absolutely love this, I put off watching it as I thought it was going to be the normal TV series rubbish like the tons of Marvel dribble they show on TV at the moment just because the films are good. Titans is amazing, I love it, It's dark.... so dark just as it should be, amazing fight scenes, savage fight scenes, Robin is awesome! The best Marvel/DC universe TV series yet! Batman is my favourite character ever but I am glad he is not in this, it's not about him and the others carry it pretty well. Only bad point so far is beast boy and the slightly poor CGI for the tiger.

I'm not a Bros fan but I loved this, I really appreciated them, the fact that they put their all in to everything they do, their bond, the manipulation they went through , it's powerful stuff! I expected it to be one sided but they are very equal, they're both equally right and equally wrong and that seems to be where they clash, they deserve to be happier with each other, they're brothers. I hope they do well as Bros again because they have done so well alone.

This is not a horror, it's tense and atmospheric, the acting is first class, there is not much dialogue, you sit through it constantly asking yourself questions hoping for answers, which you get drip fed throughout.... I watched this thinking it was a horror and was initially disapppointed at around 30 minutes, but it kept my interest and I'm glad I changed my expectations and kept watching. I want to say 3/5 but I think that's because I expected something else, I think it's worth 4/5 as for what it is it does a damn good job, tense, moody, suspenseful and a thinker, acting was great.

I was put off by the negative reviews so this took me longer to get round to watching than it should. I'm glad I did watch it though as I found it really good, better than some of the recent big budget horrors. The jumps are good, atmospheric all the way through, good acting, there is no special effects to speak of but visually it's really good, all in all a very satisfying horror! Personally I liked the ending, it wasn't a let down like so many recent films... Highly recommended.

I honestly don't think they could done any better than this! Tom Hardys interaction with the symbiote is just as expected, awesome! Venom isn't evil, he is an antihero and they did everything right to make you feel it, for the first time ever Venom and Brock are portrayed as they should be... Everything thing else just falls into place, even the ending which is where a lot of origin stories fall over on was great! Loved it, I loved Spider-Man, all of them, this is different, funny different, but that's how it should be... it's a man hearing a voice in his head with super powers, What'a not funny about that! 😁👍 I honestly don't know how it could have been better, hence 10/10...

Honestly the opening scene was cringeworthy, Sandra Bullock tempting to show using a face which is so full of Botox it cannot show an ounce of emotion.... honestly, really..... Anyway once I got past that and the sheer shock of it being acceptable (media, society etc where are her friends and family) the film was good, easily as good as the rest in the series, all great actors doing great jobs! I want to say 7/10 but think that's because of the opening scene, whereas the film actually deserves an 8 so I am going for 8.

Awesome feel to it, I was really pleasantly surprised!

It's common practice for film series to get worse with each one, each subsequent being worse than the last and never reaching the greatness of the first, not with the mission impossible franchise though, they get better and better and this is easily my favourite!! A slightly different feel to the previous films in a really good way, I absolutely love the scenes with no sound and just an overlay of music which are just gripping! Love it love it love it!!!m I was going to give this a 9 but then realised that I couldn't fault it, it literally couldn't have been any better, I cannot think of any way this film could have been improved on... Hencenits a 10, it's perfect for what it is....

I love Bruce Willis and really like Frank Grillo, he is now getting some good roles which I think he deserves, his acting really makes a difference to a film in my opinion. Bruce Willis has obviously peaked and in the last ten years I feel has just taken roles which require minimum effort/ appearance but maximum money, I can't blame him to be honest, but recently I think things have changed, he is trying again, he cares what he puts his Hollywood brand name against... I'm not saying this is great but Bruce's standards seem to be lifting, he cares what he is in again which is great because I hate to cringe when he is on screen, it really upsets me with some of his 'appearances'. Anyway, this film is decent enough, it's easy to nitpick but I don't blame the actors, they did their bit, I think Frank is really under rated and a skilled actor and he carried the film, Bruce did his bit, looked awesome had good screen time and it worked well. I enjoyed it, have my complaints but they are trivial and more to do with storyline and production but nothing heavy. Worth a watch!