scubax
Joined Oct 2014
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TLDR: It's basically a load of tall blue dudes with cat tails talking English in African tribal accents and hissing at each other likes cats... (way too much) against fantasy world backdrops. The End.
Long version... I'd recommend it to anyone who hasn't seen other movies just so the ideas and plot devices all seem fresh.
The adventure is cheesy and predictable but the action scenes are well sequenced and you can forgive the rampant cheese on the grounds that it's a family movie.
The CGI seemed to have advanced very little since the last outting. And the IMAX 3D I thought was surprisingly weak and underutilized. I was hoping that any dumbed-down storytelling might at least be propped up by stellar 3D but it was disappointing on that front too.
I'm giving this a 4 stars because work clearly went into it and I know underappreciated CGI artists must have worked tirelessly to make all the assets as they do for these kinds of movies.
Given that I'd heard quite a bit of hype over this production along the lines of "best movie I've ever seen" and similar, I had high hopes. My experience was a long way from best movie ever and I really think now, more than ever, James Cameron peaked with Aliens back in 1986.
Long version... I'd recommend it to anyone who hasn't seen other movies just so the ideas and plot devices all seem fresh.
The adventure is cheesy and predictable but the action scenes are well sequenced and you can forgive the rampant cheese on the grounds that it's a family movie.
The CGI seemed to have advanced very little since the last outting. And the IMAX 3D I thought was surprisingly weak and underutilized. I was hoping that any dumbed-down storytelling might at least be propped up by stellar 3D but it was disappointing on that front too.
I'm giving this a 4 stars because work clearly went into it and I know underappreciated CGI artists must have worked tirelessly to make all the assets as they do for these kinds of movies.
Given that I'd heard quite a bit of hype over this production along the lines of "best movie I've ever seen" and similar, I had high hopes. My experience was a long way from best movie ever and I really think now, more than ever, James Cameron peaked with Aliens back in 1986.
Awesome story if you're 9 years old.
This show, unsurprisingly exudes that cheap and nasty vibe (like Agents of Shield) that you can get on a more modest budget... Although that is no longer the excuse it once was. The Mandalorian has raised the bar and shown that modest budget spinoffs can surpass expectations and rival the original material with the right creative team at the helm.
Instead, what we get with Hawkeye is very much Disney filler; piggybacking on the greatness of The Avengers and the absolute weak end of the creative quality spectrum.
Overall the flow of the show could have been vastly improved if the director had occasionally advised Hailee Steinfeld to stop overacting. The cringe of her performance demotes the show from a potentially classy offbeat MCU side story (e.g. Loki) to Bow and Arrow Nancy Drew in a ninja suit.
Only Jeremy Renner's credible performance and the simple appeal of any old action sequence for the younger fans elevate Hawkeye to one notch above terrible.
This show, unsurprisingly exudes that cheap and nasty vibe (like Agents of Shield) that you can get on a more modest budget... Although that is no longer the excuse it once was. The Mandalorian has raised the bar and shown that modest budget spinoffs can surpass expectations and rival the original material with the right creative team at the helm.
Instead, what we get with Hawkeye is very much Disney filler; piggybacking on the greatness of The Avengers and the absolute weak end of the creative quality spectrum.
Overall the flow of the show could have been vastly improved if the director had occasionally advised Hailee Steinfeld to stop overacting. The cringe of her performance demotes the show from a potentially classy offbeat MCU side story (e.g. Loki) to Bow and Arrow Nancy Drew in a ninja suit.
Only Jeremy Renner's credible performance and the simple appeal of any old action sequence for the younger fans elevate Hawkeye to one notch above terrible.