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43 reviews
My husband sat and watched this movie on a Saturday but then again he likes pretty mindless things after he works 50 hours a week. I watched about 10 minutes of this and said nope, this is ridiculous. The script in this is like non-existent it's almost like no thought was put into this whatsoever. The filming doesn't look as bad as some low budget movies I've seen but all the camera work in the world couldn't help a ridiculous script and terrible acting.
The foreshadowing along with Renner's riveting narration is some of the best edge of your seat entertainment ive seen in a long time. No clue how people think Renner is anything less than spectacular in this, and the series as a whole. Twists, turns, action, lies, personal woes, and surprises is what this fantastically carried out production is. The number of times you are waiting, wondering what whirlwind of excitement is around the corner. For me, It really has everything you would want for a fantastic escape from your regular everyday boring life. I can't wait until the next season, bring it on.
I don't know how this has any good ratings at all. I'm convinced that the crowd that watches this is the same that watch the Hallmark movies. That's about how good I can't explain this show it's like a Hallmark movie. Horrible acting, even for a soap opera because we already know that the acting is terrible in those but this just takes the cake. I can't believe this made it past a table read let alone into production. Good lord that was exhausting. I would suggest that you find something else, doesnt matter what, really anything would be better than this. I felt like I was watching my Middle School drama class.
That's basically it. I really don't know what the show is- I refuse to believe that there are real people like this. Which means that this is a whole lot of scripted subpar acting. They're supposed to be like young kids but it looks like most of them are in their mid to late 30s, it's so weird. I'll be honest I only could get through not even the first episode of this series. It's so over the top and ridiculous. It's interesting because I know that Netflix can put on something so much better and then produce this- which is in my honest opinion, garbage. They really have to start coming up with some new ideas, because this one isn't it.
I love vince Vaughn. I hate Kevin James. I liked this movie. It was a good way for me to see some of the actors I usually like at play somewhat serious roles, even if that meant putting up with KJ. Winona Ryder was definitely good in it, showcased her abilities as a multi faceted actress. Its shown how hard it is for someone to hold on to information they know that may hurt a person they care about, sort of a feel good ending.
It was a little slow at first but then once the plot was starting to pick up it did hold your attention so if you could get past that first slowness think it's a decent movie. But Hollywood....please, I beg of you- stop casting Kevin James.
It was a little slow at first but then once the plot was starting to pick up it did hold your attention so if you could get past that first slowness think it's a decent movie. But Hollywood....please, I beg of you- stop casting Kevin James.
Yea, 2 yrs into this show to finally tried watching but like the others noted, it only took me 5 mins to realize theres no way this is real. The first scene I open to the dude walks into the girlfriends "house", it's as clean as a hotel room, Airbnb feel with no personalized items. Dead giveaway- no one's house looks like that. Also, has to be rented cars, etc. So you're telling me that every single person you have on this show is THAT affluent? Also some of the acting is cheesy and over the top. Like I've titled it, reality? Not so much. Entertainment? Of course it is! Solid if theres nothing else to watch.
Where do i begin with this one? Lighting, acting, storyline, script, what else?? Ten minutes into it and I feel like I'm watching a home movie. Not exactly the WORST I've seen, but runner up for sure. The acting is....yikes. The protagonist tries (I think anyways) but it's not cutting it. The storyline and pace of the movie is very slow. I don't know how I sat through the time that I did, really. It was like watching a YouTube short and I'm questioning why I attempted to watch this. Just bad quality and I'm really glad didnt pay for it. I think at some point I just looked up and said to my husband, "should I just exit out of this?" Yea, that's what everyone probably thought.
I don't even know why the guy behind this "movie" decided that it was okay to release, but here we are. I have to say this is LEVELS below the room, if thats possible. At least the room looked like a real movie. Of course the room had horrible green screens and terrible acting, but at least it looked like it was filmed on you know, a camera. This however, looks like it was filmed on your phone in front of terrible screens but the acting is oh my God.. top tier ridiculous. There's absolutely no edits it's like they left everything in. There are complete inappropriate scenes left in for no reason. I read that this guy was a real estate agent or something and I really think he should just go back to doing that. I want the time i spent watching some of this "film" back.
Im about 17 yrs late here but I have to write how much time it wasted watching this but I was forced to sit through it and well....this movies wild y'all! First we're supposed to believe the tale of Noah to begin with but then this orchestrated over the top obnoxious movie puts it in full throttle. Honestly is this just a Broadway production of Noah. So we're supposed to believe that this dude turns into Noah, his family thinks he's going insane so they just peace out?? Like sorry man, you are in a crisis but we're out. All over the news he's building this ark oh yea after purchasing 8 empty lots in his (very affluent) neighborhood...right. If you want this much fiction, take yourself right to the children's section at Barnes & Noble.
I'm going to piggyback off of another person's review and say that this is the worst thing I have seen; and I've seen "The Room". The rooms camera work was "better". You know the line where he says "you are tearing me apart Lisa!"?? Remember how you cringed? Yea that's like every time the main character opens his mouth. I've never seen this type of "acting", screen transitioning, green screen usage, lighting, or questionable scenes in all my 39 years. If I were the producer, writer whoever of this movie I would go and hide. I think that channels like the Hallmark or whomever is putting these movies out, need to just put it to rest.
3 words. What. A. Snoozefest. I kept waiting and waiting for this movie to catch my attention to no avail. Is it supposed to be funny? Feel good? Dramatic? Who knows. It was like watching paint dry. I dont get it, a lonely old man travels to visit each one of his kids. Im guessing this is a "life lesson" type movie and that's how it's supposed to go. It's filmed weird, like close shots & dark rooms, and its almost painful to listen to them try and eek some type of script out of thier mouths in each scene. Also, they also expect u to figure out what's happening like the back story of his kids lives too. If I didn't look the storyline up I would have been clueless. Oh, we're supposed to guess his son is "only" a percussionist, and not a conductor which irritates dad? Ohhhh ok, got it.
Almost like a small talk conversation with the same people at the water cooler. Weather's nice isn't it? U see the storm coming thru?....that type of convo.
Weird story, weird. What a waste of time.
Almost like a small talk conversation with the same people at the water cooler. Weather's nice isn't it? U see the storm coming thru?....that type of convo.
Weird story, weird. What a waste of time.
As much as I love both of these actors this falls flat. It had so much potential to be really funny & really good. I can't explain how I felt about Jason's character bc he's so hateable. He's depressive & pessimistic in general. I know it's just a movie, but it's hard to get into it when first of all it's slow moving & I don't feel pity for his character whatsoever. Not only that, but it's very predictable and hardly any comedy. I don't even think I laughed at all. It should have been more of like a drama or something. She's done so many way better rom-coms; just go with it, the break up, etc...watch one of those instead, even if you've seen them before.
I think people are not brushing up on history if they think this film is boring. You must pay attention, and must have some knowledge of this actual story or WW2 in general. I admit, the scene switching was confusing at first but definitely a unique perspective. WW2 was a very confusing and scary time for people, and security was key. That's the point. At this time, no one trusted ANYONE. Matt Damon is outstanding, as well as Murphy. Actually, even the smaller parts were amazing...if you don't like science, history, or military films than don't bother. Nolans intense scenes and music fit the film. People have to understand the capacity of this before watching it, that's why it's so loud and lengthy. When a subject is interesting to someone, it's not hard to sit through such a long film. It deserved the recognition. Lol but side note....hilarious that Sean Avery makes an appearance in this.
Since these 2 were in how to lose a guy in 10 days, I figured that they would have been good. I was wrong. Yeah, sure it's a fun adventure type movie, but it is unbelievably slow. Legit it couldn't even hold my attention for 30 mins. Not To mention I didn't understand a word that Donald Sutherland said almost the entire movie. The girl that played Sutherlands daughter was bad acting as well. Another negative is that it is so long. It's bad enough when there's a movie that's really good- you can sit through it, but when it's something that's moving this slow it's really hard not to turn off. If you like to just play movies when you're doing household chores. I would suggest this one but other than that, no. Glad it was free on TV and I didn't pay for it.
Netflix should just stick to stand up series and other documentaries, because anything supposed to be funny by them is not.. . There's a reason why this show made it on the list of watchmojo's worst Netflix shows. Do you like watching Hannah Montana or That's so raven? Good, because you'll like this grown up version of it. Seriously, I thought that I was watching a Disney show and that was just 10 minutes of this. It's cliche, over produced, misses the mark on any comedy, has a that 70s show canned humor feel and is a complete waste of time. I feel like there's so many platforms for series and TV nowadays that they're actually running out of ideas. YIKES.
I think people were expecting a "typical mob" film.....this is not it. It's to document his illness, and last year of his life. If you are looking for the guns, murder, violence, action or drug Lords, this ain't it kids. I think it's interesting because not a lot of movies portray the "boring" lives of these type of people they just focus on the crime, jail, and various other hurdles of this type of person. Tom Hardy is pretty made up in terms of costume makeup and he does a pretty good job with speaking kind of sounds like James gandolfini, so I think he did a pretty good job. If you need action, pick another film....if you want a more relaxed or quiet evening, try this one. Especially if you like Tom Hardy.
This movie is weird. It's kinda shot Good, in terms of lower budget film making, but the main guy character is terrible at acting. Plus.. the concept of someone living in a jack in the box is ridiculous. I've never even seen the "first" one, but I don't want to now. It's also very sloooow moving. Living in a manor with no internet, phone, or house phone...plus a 9pm curfew, weirdo jack in the box clown killer thing, a dying bedridden woman, you see where this is going. The answer is nowhere. It's a shame because with better acting, a not so predictable storyline & faster movement would have made this halfway watchable.
Yikes. I didn't even watch the first 20 mins before I dipped out on this movie. The dialogue, acting, storyline....just no. Usually I give things a chance but I couldn't even get into this a half hour. I mean the storyline is wacko like are you trying to do a family movie because I don't think it's working out very well. So either one of two things have a family-based movie or feel good movie whatever you want to call it or an action one, not both. The dialogue is probably the worst part of it......just seems like the script was written by someone in Jr high. Skip this and pick basically anything else.
First one was ok, so this one was bound to be, right??
No. Other than the gore factor, the movie drags out. Think The Shining, only 10000000x more bloody scenes. Sorta falls flat. Unrealistic scenes as well (OK I KNOW its just a movie)...but like, a person getting extremities cut off and their face ripped open but they still aren't dead? I also think that theres a whole lot of suspense without it leading up to anything if that makes sense. The dream scenes are confusing. Its just an all over mess.
One other stupid thing that bothered me was the setting. Its dark, looks like its supposed to be in the late 70s (again, Shining). Just weird all the way around. We did not finish it.
No. Other than the gore factor, the movie drags out. Think The Shining, only 10000000x more bloody scenes. Sorta falls flat. Unrealistic scenes as well (OK I KNOW its just a movie)...but like, a person getting extremities cut off and their face ripped open but they still aren't dead? I also think that theres a whole lot of suspense without it leading up to anything if that makes sense. The dream scenes are confusing. Its just an all over mess.
One other stupid thing that bothered me was the setting. Its dark, looks like its supposed to be in the late 70s (again, Shining). Just weird all the way around. We did not finish it.
If you want to listen to a bunch of girls in their early 20's complain about why they're not married yet, then this show is for you. Well, with the exception of a few guys. The one girl is literally like 23 & complaining because she's not engaged yet. I cant understand why this is a show. A lot of men run so far away from these sort of situations because a person cannot pressure someone into marrying just to be married. I just want to scream at the TV, so I can't watch it. I have to mention that the idea is pretty stupid too, considering that they separate and "date" another person for a certain period of time....its just a dumb idea.
Dont listen to the reviews that say this show is "boring" or "pointless". I turned it on to watch on a whim and I'm glad I did, because it's hilarious. If you have a dry sense of humor and like food, theres a good chance you will like it. Not just the dry humor, but the camaraderie between the two guys takes me back to college years.
Most of these reviews seem like this is the worst thing they have seen..... you mean to tell me that this is worse than movies like Bucky Larson or the ultra famous bombs like The Room or Trolls 2?? I mean it's no masterpiece for sure & quite boring but at least there are features that make this film different from some low budget film. (The filming style, locations of filming, etc.) There also isn't a lot of dialogue which is frustrating, IF you would like to follow along. A lot of these reviews are over exaggerated. I can name 5 films off the top of my head that are WAY worse ( Superbabies 2, anyone?) Anyway, if ur looking for hot people with minimal clothing or background noise, dont overcomplicate things. If you dont like a movie within the first 30 mins, just turn it off.
Thought this may be interesting by the cover on Netflix. You know the old school like rescue 911 or UM reenactments? Its that, for 30 mins & in
black &white. Use your judgment! Lol just kidding, its awful.