jonnytheshirt

Well shot, looks well, good sound and score and great cast - looks like there's more producers than cast members. This is a solid movie although heavy is the metaphor here. Likely lots of viewers were expecting a full on horror from the promo however it's certainly not that although the horror manifests at pace through the film. A small cast in an enclosed focus is part of the metaphor however other viewers will see this as limiting and if the movie had not been done so well in other areas would have been quite a hinderance. Finally, I've watch many a movie with a 'creature' I'd think maybe less is more is a good approach but a certain practice seems alive and well and probably my only disappointment in this flick.

A slick HBO offering with a stellar cast with solid performance - Kidman and her tremendous steely glare, Grant and his roguish easy charm, and Donald Sutherland showing some actors only get better with age with every scene he's in popping. This is a binge watching worthy series with many twists and turns but ultimately I feel doesn't end with what I had hoped it promised. It does keep one guessing all through and is great at that, it also gallops along at a fairly good pace however to be honest I preferred the ending I had in my head. Worth it anyway for the great performances and the guess work, but not a fan of the ending here.

Yeah this was a fun old fantasy, subverting the usual tropes - kind of. A strong cast round out Millie's establishing star power. Mind you the ham is almost panto level acting occasionally and script chat GTP generic, the movie could most certainly done with a bit more self awareness - hell it even had the OG princess bride in it hamming up the badness. Not a joke in sight other than some smarmy lines. The movie was quite uneven with scenes you'd have thought that cgi looks pretty good then scenes it most certainly did not. In the end however there were some good ideas and well executed scenes, and the movie galloped along - while there could have been more scope to highlight the more interesting dark side of the tale which would have made a distinct memorable movie, still a decent Netflix and chill.