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I recently watched the FNAF movie, and I had a great time with it!
Now, does that mean it was a good movie? Ehhhh...
First of all, I should clarify that I'm not really into FNAF. I know it involves animatronics and a killer who targets children, and now those children are the animatronics who, in turn, go after other kids while pretending to be animatronics... yeah.
I should also point out that I'm not a fan of horror in general. I enjoy intense movies, but watching a film about a demonic-looking creature brutally attacking someone isn't my cup of tea. However, in the case of this movie, aside from some corpses and intense scenes, it wasn't all that scary. Maybe I'm not a fan of horror because I don't understand the appeal of wanting to be scared. Many scenes that were meant to be frightening came across as laughable. I found myself chuckling during most of the "scary" scenes, which were essentially lame jump scares you might see in a Halloween candy commercial. If you're easily frightened, your experience might be different from mine, but it seems many people share this view, so I'll consider this as a feature, not a drawback.
In general, this movie felt strange yet oddly uneventful. Despite throwing a lot at the audience and being based on FNAF, which is known for being unsettling and scary, the movie surprisingly had a lighthearted and slow pace.
Furthermore, it didn't feel like much of a FNAF movie. It seemed like a mishmash of various ideas vying for attention. A significant portion of the movie had little to do with FNAF, focusing instead on a character named Mike who tries to rediscover parts of his childhood through lucid dreaming or something similar to find out who kidnapped his brother. The movie also delved into Mike's struggle to gain custody of his little sister, Abby. If you're wondering, yes, this is supposed to be the FNAF movie, and we still haven't even touched on the animatronics.
So, if you're wondering how any of this connects to the game, well... Mike takes a job as a security guard at Freddy Fazbear's. That's about it. Did you expect something more complex?
From there, Mike discovers that this place is much weirder than he anticipated ....FNAF. You know what FNAF is. If you're still reading and don't know what FNAF is, I'm not sure why you're here reading this in the first place. But you're welcome to read my review anyway.
The biggest problem with the movie is its scattered plot. As I mentioned earlier, many plot points don't seem to come together until the climax. The movie itself moves at a very slow pace, and while the plot isn't necessarily bad, it tends to drag. While I was interested in the characters and their stories, many scenes felt dull. A lack of tension and conflict permeated much of the movie, with characters aimlessly wandering through scenes, waiting for something interesting to happen. One of the issues is that the movie doesn't fully utilize the fact that it's a FNAF movie. I know I've mentioned this multiple times in this review, but the lack of balance in how the movie incorporates FNAF elements disappointed me. In the first act, the film hardly seemed to care that Michael was working at Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria. It's frustrating to see how the third act rushes to combine all these conflicts, making you realize the untapped potential this movie had.
Due to the poor pacing, many moments don't make sense either because they are too slow to care about or too rushed to explain what's happening.
As I mentioned, I was intrigued by Mike's internal conflict and his relationship with Abby. While these aspects didn't have a strong organic connection with Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria, I appreciated how the movie slowly integrated multiple ideas. However, it didn't go far enough. The climax felt rushed, resolving all the setup from the rest of the movie in less than 15 minutes. It was enjoyable, but I couldn't help but recognize that the climax could have been more complex and explored in greater depth.
Despite my criticisms of the script, I have to admit that much of what I described was actually quite fun. There were scenes that were boring, but there were also genuinely interesting moments. The characters were well-developed; Mike had enough personality to make me root for him, Abby was endearing, Vanessa was likable, and the animatronics themselves were fascinating. I'd like to discuss the main villain, but I want to avoid spoilers, and he's barely in the film, just as I mentioned earlier, the climax was rushed. The acting, while not exceptional, was competent, and the charisma of the actors added to the movie's enjoyment. The animatronics themselves were well-executed with the use of practical effects, and Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria as a location struck a perfect balance between being a child-friendly pizzeria and a sinister, mysterious, and eerie place. From the colorful main stage to the grimy security room and the dark hallways, the setting felt complete. The film's soundtrack, featuring appropriate licensed songs and a memorable original score, added to the overall experience.
The editing and cinematography were impressive, with colors fitting the high-stakes yet over-the-top story. There were some great shots, especially at Freddy's. Overall, kudos to the direction department.
In the end, it's a mixed bag, offering both lackluster writing and entertaining direction. I'd give FNAF a 6/10; it's worth watching, if only to see a lady cut in half.
Now, does that mean it was a good movie? Ehhhh...
First of all, I should clarify that I'm not really into FNAF. I know it involves animatronics and a killer who targets children, and now those children are the animatronics who, in turn, go after other kids while pretending to be animatronics... yeah.
I should also point out that I'm not a fan of horror in general. I enjoy intense movies, but watching a film about a demonic-looking creature brutally attacking someone isn't my cup of tea. However, in the case of this movie, aside from some corpses and intense scenes, it wasn't all that scary. Maybe I'm not a fan of horror because I don't understand the appeal of wanting to be scared. Many scenes that were meant to be frightening came across as laughable. I found myself chuckling during most of the "scary" scenes, which were essentially lame jump scares you might see in a Halloween candy commercial. If you're easily frightened, your experience might be different from mine, but it seems many people share this view, so I'll consider this as a feature, not a drawback.
In general, this movie felt strange yet oddly uneventful. Despite throwing a lot at the audience and being based on FNAF, which is known for being unsettling and scary, the movie surprisingly had a lighthearted and slow pace.
Furthermore, it didn't feel like much of a FNAF movie. It seemed like a mishmash of various ideas vying for attention. A significant portion of the movie had little to do with FNAF, focusing instead on a character named Mike who tries to rediscover parts of his childhood through lucid dreaming or something similar to find out who kidnapped his brother. The movie also delved into Mike's struggle to gain custody of his little sister, Abby. If you're wondering, yes, this is supposed to be the FNAF movie, and we still haven't even touched on the animatronics.
So, if you're wondering how any of this connects to the game, well... Mike takes a job as a security guard at Freddy Fazbear's. That's about it. Did you expect something more complex?
From there, Mike discovers that this place is much weirder than he anticipated ....FNAF. You know what FNAF is. If you're still reading and don't know what FNAF is, I'm not sure why you're here reading this in the first place. But you're welcome to read my review anyway.
The biggest problem with the movie is its scattered plot. As I mentioned earlier, many plot points don't seem to come together until the climax. The movie itself moves at a very slow pace, and while the plot isn't necessarily bad, it tends to drag. While I was interested in the characters and their stories, many scenes felt dull. A lack of tension and conflict permeated much of the movie, with characters aimlessly wandering through scenes, waiting for something interesting to happen. One of the issues is that the movie doesn't fully utilize the fact that it's a FNAF movie. I know I've mentioned this multiple times in this review, but the lack of balance in how the movie incorporates FNAF elements disappointed me. In the first act, the film hardly seemed to care that Michael was working at Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria. It's frustrating to see how the third act rushes to combine all these conflicts, making you realize the untapped potential this movie had.
Due to the poor pacing, many moments don't make sense either because they are too slow to care about or too rushed to explain what's happening.
As I mentioned, I was intrigued by Mike's internal conflict and his relationship with Abby. While these aspects didn't have a strong organic connection with Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria, I appreciated how the movie slowly integrated multiple ideas. However, it didn't go far enough. The climax felt rushed, resolving all the setup from the rest of the movie in less than 15 minutes. It was enjoyable, but I couldn't help but recognize that the climax could have been more complex and explored in greater depth.
Despite my criticisms of the script, I have to admit that much of what I described was actually quite fun. There were scenes that were boring, but there were also genuinely interesting moments. The characters were well-developed; Mike had enough personality to make me root for him, Abby was endearing, Vanessa was likable, and the animatronics themselves were fascinating. I'd like to discuss the main villain, but I want to avoid spoilers, and he's barely in the film, just as I mentioned earlier, the climax was rushed. The acting, while not exceptional, was competent, and the charisma of the actors added to the movie's enjoyment. The animatronics themselves were well-executed with the use of practical effects, and Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria as a location struck a perfect balance between being a child-friendly pizzeria and a sinister, mysterious, and eerie place. From the colorful main stage to the grimy security room and the dark hallways, the setting felt complete. The film's soundtrack, featuring appropriate licensed songs and a memorable original score, added to the overall experience.
The editing and cinematography were impressive, with colors fitting the high-stakes yet over-the-top story. There were some great shots, especially at Freddy's. Overall, kudos to the direction department.
In the end, it's a mixed bag, offering both lackluster writing and entertaining direction. I'd give FNAF a 6/10; it's worth watching, if only to see a lady cut in half.
We all know who Spider-Man is: an orphan who lives with his uncle and aunt, likes photography, one day, he gets bitten by a radioactive spider and gets superpowers.
Obviously, I didn't have to tell you that. But what I would like to ask you is, what Spider-Man are we talking about?
When you think of Spider-Man, you probably remember the one from the cartoons or the comics, but most of us think of the one from the classic Sam Raimi movie adaptations . They we're fun and campy, but also intense and action-packed, and alongside movies like The X-Men movies and the Fantastic 4 movies, they popularized the comic book movie genre, that we've later seen evolve into a money printing machine back in the 2010's. They are iconic, and even while the 3rd movie got mixed receptions, the trilogy was a huuuge success at the box-office.
After the third movie made almost a billion dollars, talks for a fourth movie immediatly started, and Columbia Pictures announced on Twitter that Spider-Man 4 will release in May of 2011: "Sony Pictures @SonyPictures
Sony Pictures to release Spider-Man 4 on May 6, 2011.
6:53 PM · Mar 12, 2009"
But after a troubled production, the movie was cancelled in January 2010, and instead they decided to just reboot the franchise, with Marc Webb as director, James Vanderbilt as writer, and Andrew Garfield as Peter Parker.
So, the movie came out in 3rd of July in 2012 in the US, and while it got mixed reviews, it made around 758 million dollars,successful enough to get a sequel in 2014 that I'll talk about in the future.
But what makes this movie stand out from the Sam Raimi Trilogy?
The story is pretty much the same as Spider-Man 2002: some orphan dork gets bitten by a sipder, becomes powerful, his uncle dies and then finds himself the enemy of some antagonistic scientist. There's some romance, some action, and at the end Spider-Man defeats the bad guy with the help of New York and, of course, his superpowers.
But this one is different. The tone is a litttle bit darker, the story is longer, and we get more scenes of Peter both as a teen and as a vigilante.
In my opinion, I would categorize the movie in two halfs: the first one where we see Peter's origin story, and the second half where we see him as Spider-Man fighting The Lizard.
The first half mostly consists of dialogue scenes and world building, where we see the daily life of Peter and of Dr. Curt Connors, but also how they get their powers. To be honest with you, the first hour of this movie was pretty bad. Obviously there was some good stuff, but the pacing was all over the place and the dialogue was mediocre.
-I actually like Andrew Garfield as Peter Parker, he fits the bold yet nerdy personailty of our friendly neightbour, capturing the youthfulness of adolescency and I like that he was more flawed, and that he's fascinated by science and skateboarding. I just wished that his motivation was more well structured and that the transition between Peter and Spider-Man was less abrupt. Also we get more of him and his parents, but the scenes don't really go anywhere besides being loosely related to the antagonist.
-I didn't care about Uncle Ben's death, because the times where we saw him had so e really stupid dialogue. They tried to make him funny and relatable, but we don't see him form a strong emotional bond with Peter. Aunt May was a nice inclusion.
-And while I liked Dr. Curt Connors, I wish he was less of a one dimensional science guy. He came off as cartoony and annoying, and not behaving like a human being. I wish the characters behaved more like human beings in general. Overall the first half came out as pretentious and overly ambitious, trying to do too much than it could and was neccesary.
And this is where we go to the second half of the movie.
Once we get to see Spider-Man swinging around the streets, the plot starts being more straightforward. The characters' motivations becomes clear and easy to digest, the interactions are more relaxed and the tense scenes of this half are the highlight of the movie.
-Dr. Curt Connors's motivation, while arguably juvenile, it was enough to understand him, but also to become a threat to New York.
-Spider-Man's motivation is more clear, and is pretty logical since he was researched on the subject, understading the threat of The Lizard.
-Spider-Man and The Lizard have similar, interconnected backstories, making for a great conflict between the two powerful beings.
-The tone an the dialogue became more consistent, and the characters strated to have a presence
Overall this movie feels like it wanted to be so many things, but ended up a simple super hero flick, but surprinsingly unique. It has an interesting protagonist, in a threatning antanogist and some nice action and interactions. And while is not great, I still consider it a worthy addition the Spider-Man series.
Obviously, I didn't have to tell you that. But what I would like to ask you is, what Spider-Man are we talking about?
When you think of Spider-Man, you probably remember the one from the cartoons or the comics, but most of us think of the one from the classic Sam Raimi movie adaptations . They we're fun and campy, but also intense and action-packed, and alongside movies like The X-Men movies and the Fantastic 4 movies, they popularized the comic book movie genre, that we've later seen evolve into a money printing machine back in the 2010's. They are iconic, and even while the 3rd movie got mixed receptions, the trilogy was a huuuge success at the box-office.
After the third movie made almost a billion dollars, talks for a fourth movie immediatly started, and Columbia Pictures announced on Twitter that Spider-Man 4 will release in May of 2011: "Sony Pictures @SonyPictures
Sony Pictures to release Spider-Man 4 on May 6, 2011.
6:53 PM · Mar 12, 2009"
But after a troubled production, the movie was cancelled in January 2010, and instead they decided to just reboot the franchise, with Marc Webb as director, James Vanderbilt as writer, and Andrew Garfield as Peter Parker.
So, the movie came out in 3rd of July in 2012 in the US, and while it got mixed reviews, it made around 758 million dollars,successful enough to get a sequel in 2014 that I'll talk about in the future.
But what makes this movie stand out from the Sam Raimi Trilogy?
The story is pretty much the same as Spider-Man 2002: some orphan dork gets bitten by a sipder, becomes powerful, his uncle dies and then finds himself the enemy of some antagonistic scientist. There's some romance, some action, and at the end Spider-Man defeats the bad guy with the help of New York and, of course, his superpowers.
But this one is different. The tone is a litttle bit darker, the story is longer, and we get more scenes of Peter both as a teen and as a vigilante.
In my opinion, I would categorize the movie in two halfs: the first one where we see Peter's origin story, and the second half where we see him as Spider-Man fighting The Lizard.
The first half mostly consists of dialogue scenes and world building, where we see the daily life of Peter and of Dr. Curt Connors, but also how they get their powers. To be honest with you, the first hour of this movie was pretty bad. Obviously there was some good stuff, but the pacing was all over the place and the dialogue was mediocre.
-I actually like Andrew Garfield as Peter Parker, he fits the bold yet nerdy personailty of our friendly neightbour, capturing the youthfulness of adolescency and I like that he was more flawed, and that he's fascinated by science and skateboarding. I just wished that his motivation was more well structured and that the transition between Peter and Spider-Man was less abrupt. Also we get more of him and his parents, but the scenes don't really go anywhere besides being loosely related to the antagonist.
-I didn't care about Uncle Ben's death, because the times where we saw him had so e really stupid dialogue. They tried to make him funny and relatable, but we don't see him form a strong emotional bond with Peter. Aunt May was a nice inclusion.
-And while I liked Dr. Curt Connors, I wish he was less of a one dimensional science guy. He came off as cartoony and annoying, and not behaving like a human being. I wish the characters behaved more like human beings in general. Overall the first half came out as pretentious and overly ambitious, trying to do too much than it could and was neccesary.
And this is where we go to the second half of the movie.
Once we get to see Spider-Man swinging around the streets, the plot starts being more straightforward. The characters' motivations becomes clear and easy to digest, the interactions are more relaxed and the tense scenes of this half are the highlight of the movie.
-Dr. Curt Connors's motivation, while arguably juvenile, it was enough to understand him, but also to become a threat to New York.
-Spider-Man's motivation is more clear, and is pretty logical since he was researched on the subject, understading the threat of The Lizard.
-Spider-Man and The Lizard have similar, interconnected backstories, making for a great conflict between the two powerful beings.
-The tone an the dialogue became more consistent, and the characters strated to have a presence
Overall this movie feels like it wanted to be so many things, but ended up a simple super hero flick, but surprinsingly unique. It has an interesting protagonist, in a threatning antanogist and some nice action and interactions. And while is not great, I still consider it a worthy addition the Spider-Man series.
This is gonna be one of my shorter reviews, since the movie isn't bad, neither great.
The voice acting was surprinsingly good. Keegan-Michael Key, Charlie Day, and Anna Taylor-Joy were my favourites. Chris Pratt as Mario worked pretty well, since this is a new take on the plumber.
The visuals were good: colorful enviorements, beautiful effects and entertaining action.
T But the main problem with the movie is it's lenght. In 80 minutes, you don't get that much out of it. It feels like they had a script for a 2 hour movie , but it was shortened to not bore the kids in the audience and to save some cash.
The movie features a lot of locations, but it's pretty lackluster in it's world building since we barely spend any time in those. The dialogue is extremely limited and the scenes go by so fast, that many times, they become somewhat irrelevant to the plot. Since the characters got out of a sticky situation with so much ease, it fails to make you care about anything. How am I supposed to care for Mario since he defeats his enemies with so much ease. Same with Peach: she just gets into sticky situations, but a few seconds later she just gets out of it with the help of some deus ex machina crap.
There's no set up, no polished character arcs, there's no pay-off, no forshadowing, almost anything.
The characters are flat, boring, and lacking in personality. Their relationships don't feel authentic, cause they barely spend any time together. The movie is so short that they spend like 30 minutes togehter (in the best case scenario, sometimes it can be less than 10 minutes) and at the end you're expected to feel like they formed some great friendship, to feel that they have chemistry and things in common beyond: their humans, they want to defeat the same villain.
Also it has a lot of Mario Stuff I guess....
The reception for this movie was kinda pathetic. It was either pretentious critics, acting like this movie killed cinema or some trash, or a bunch of manchildren who need everyone to agree with them "What did you expect from a Mario Movie?". From the Mario Movie. You would expect... a movie: a story with conflicts that pay off. Likeable characters and immersive world-building. It's a movie; of course I expect to me more complex than the Mario Games.
I honestly didn't k=connect with the movie. I was just waiting for it to end. I didn't even intend to watch it until the internet decided that this is some ground breaking divisive movie. It's not. Maybe it's gonna leave a big impact on the industry, since in made over a billion dollars, but I highly doubt I'm gonna remember this movie once The Flash or the FNAF movie will come out, and people will move on to the next big shiny thing.
With both terrible and good stuff, the movie is OK: a low-key waste of time, with mildly entertaining scenes and bright colors. I don't see anyone outside of Mario Fans and Families getting that out of this.
The voice acting was surprinsingly good. Keegan-Michael Key, Charlie Day, and Anna Taylor-Joy were my favourites. Chris Pratt as Mario worked pretty well, since this is a new take on the plumber.
The visuals were good: colorful enviorements, beautiful effects and entertaining action.
T But the main problem with the movie is it's lenght. In 80 minutes, you don't get that much out of it. It feels like they had a script for a 2 hour movie , but it was shortened to not bore the kids in the audience and to save some cash.
The movie features a lot of locations, but it's pretty lackluster in it's world building since we barely spend any time in those. The dialogue is extremely limited and the scenes go by so fast, that many times, they become somewhat irrelevant to the plot. Since the characters got out of a sticky situation with so much ease, it fails to make you care about anything. How am I supposed to care for Mario since he defeats his enemies with so much ease. Same with Peach: she just gets into sticky situations, but a few seconds later she just gets out of it with the help of some deus ex machina crap.
There's no set up, no polished character arcs, there's no pay-off, no forshadowing, almost anything.
The characters are flat, boring, and lacking in personality. Their relationships don't feel authentic, cause they barely spend any time together. The movie is so short that they spend like 30 minutes togehter (in the best case scenario, sometimes it can be less than 10 minutes) and at the end you're expected to feel like they formed some great friendship, to feel that they have chemistry and things in common beyond: their humans, they want to defeat the same villain.
Also it has a lot of Mario Stuff I guess....
The reception for this movie was kinda pathetic. It was either pretentious critics, acting like this movie killed cinema or some trash, or a bunch of manchildren who need everyone to agree with them "What did you expect from a Mario Movie?". From the Mario Movie. You would expect... a movie: a story with conflicts that pay off. Likeable characters and immersive world-building. It's a movie; of course I expect to me more complex than the Mario Games.
I honestly didn't k=connect with the movie. I was just waiting for it to end. I didn't even intend to watch it until the internet decided that this is some ground breaking divisive movie. It's not. Maybe it's gonna leave a big impact on the industry, since in made over a billion dollars, but I highly doubt I'm gonna remember this movie once The Flash or the FNAF movie will come out, and people will move on to the next big shiny thing.
With both terrible and good stuff, the movie is OK: a low-key waste of time, with mildly entertaining scenes and bright colors. I don't see anyone outside of Mario Fans and Families getting that out of this.