fromwithin

I was in the mood for something light-hearted, and usually that means that I'll laugh at even the most ridiculous of films. This abomination, however, ended up leaving me feeling like I'd just had all trace of joy sucked out of me. It's hard to describe just how unfunny it is, suffice to say that it never even raised a smile, let alone a laugh. The set pieces in the film are so forced it makes you cringe, and they are so obvious that you see the punchline coming a long, long time before it happens. The acting is pretty dreadful, but only to be expected with such weak dialogue. Maybe it seemed good on paper as it attracted a good set of names for the lead roles, but obviously the director had no concept of comic timing, pacing, or excitement. Think of the most cringe-worthy unfunny moments that you've seen in the most mediocre comedies that you've come across. Put them all into a single film and call it "Gone Fishin'". One of the worst films I've ever seen.

The Matrix:Reloaded was good. Not as good as I would have liked, but good nevertheless. Revolutions was unfortunately many degrees below that standard. The feeling I got throughout the entire film was that the Wachowski's had the phrase "wouldn't it be cool if..." on their minds, and due to the success of the first film, nobody would stand up to them and say that, well, actually, it would be pretty cheesy. There are so many scenes that are just awful cliched nonsense. I hope that in ten years time, as happened with the Highlander series, somebody will come along and pretend that these original sequels never existed and create some new ones following on from the first film.

Too many characters with too little substance. Scenes based on effects instead of story, characters based on ability rather than being interesting. A pile of rubbish really.

This was good; I enjoyed it. But it wasn't good enough. This is the first film from Jim Carey that has been worse than I expected. Previously Jim Carey's films have seemed a bit cheesy from the trailers but the films have turned out really well. This one was the other way around.

Although morality is difficult to avoid with such a strong religious theme, the film got too moral too soon. I don't really mind having a religious theme, but this presented with a detriment to the comedy. Not enough fun was had with Bruce's new powers, and as a result, the funniest part of the whole film ended up being the out-takes during the credits.

A good film, but not great.