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Larsii90's rating
Listen, I liked this movie. It was good, I just wished it gave me more. Felt like there was some underutilizing of potential, so it felt s little hollow for me.
It didn't tug on my heart strings or emotions ever, but it made it chuckle and Timothee was great as Wonka. A lot of unecessary singing. I can fully get into a good musical if the songs are good and properly placed and spread out, but I can't stand it when they sing songs just to sing, when they could just... talk. Some of the songs the movie weren't really catchy or even good, and felt pointless.
Positives: great casting, funny, beautiful sets and costumes. Could watch it at home just to watch a cozy movie (if you're into musicals), but not worth seeing in the theaters like I did.
It didn't tug on my heart strings or emotions ever, but it made it chuckle and Timothee was great as Wonka. A lot of unecessary singing. I can fully get into a good musical if the songs are good and properly placed and spread out, but I can't stand it when they sing songs just to sing, when they could just... talk. Some of the songs the movie weren't really catchy or even good, and felt pointless.
Positives: great casting, funny, beautiful sets and costumes. Could watch it at home just to watch a cozy movie (if you're into musicals), but not worth seeing in the theaters like I did.
I have been waiting for this movie for years, and yesterday I finally got to see it in 3D! It was overall just a great time and I was not disappointed.
This movie stays very close to the animated one, which I was hoping for. A couple iconic scenes have been changed/cut from this one, which was a shame, but overall they included everything we loved and just made scenes longer or added scenes and a couple songs.
The cast is perfect IMO. Everyone does a great job, but the highlights are without a doubt Halle and Melissa as Ariel and Ursula. Halle is absolutely beautiful inside and out and you can see that go into Ariel. And her voice... MY GOD it gave me chills. Absolutely incredible, I had tears in my eyes every time she sang. Melissa camps the hell out as Ursula and it works perfectly, down to the singing and her manerisms. That's not an easy challenge! Surprisingly, Sebastian is a main scene stealer. His voice and accent is perfect, and Scuttle worked pretty well too. Flounder is there. He's cute. I was happy with Prince Erik too. They gave him more of a backstory and motivation, and the chemistry between him and Ariel is impeccable.
Songs are great and visual effects are stunning. All in all a great time, and the best Disney live action movie since Beauty & The Beast. I only took a couple points of for a couple missing scenes that I really wanted to see.
This movie stays very close to the animated one, which I was hoping for. A couple iconic scenes have been changed/cut from this one, which was a shame, but overall they included everything we loved and just made scenes longer or added scenes and a couple songs.
The cast is perfect IMO. Everyone does a great job, but the highlights are without a doubt Halle and Melissa as Ariel and Ursula. Halle is absolutely beautiful inside and out and you can see that go into Ariel. And her voice... MY GOD it gave me chills. Absolutely incredible, I had tears in my eyes every time she sang. Melissa camps the hell out as Ursula and it works perfectly, down to the singing and her manerisms. That's not an easy challenge! Surprisingly, Sebastian is a main scene stealer. His voice and accent is perfect, and Scuttle worked pretty well too. Flounder is there. He's cute. I was happy with Prince Erik too. They gave him more of a backstory and motivation, and the chemistry between him and Ariel is impeccable.
Songs are great and visual effects are stunning. All in all a great time, and the best Disney live action movie since Beauty & The Beast. I only took a couple points of for a couple missing scenes that I really wanted to see.
Let me just start with I love the SATC show, and I like this movie. The show is obviously better than the movie. The movie has a slightly different tone, is more colorful and doesn't have the same great writing as the show. This movie almost seems like it's a short, final season of the show made a few years later than the original seasons wrapped.
However, there is a lot to enjoy here. It's fun seing the girls back and all the characters. The chemistry between the girls is as strong as ever, and there's plenty of comedy. The story though is quite thin for a movie this long, so after 2h you might be more than ready for it to end. The focus put into fashion compared to the show is a little ridiculous. Fashion was more of a backdrop to the story on the show, while in this movie it's such a big part. They could honestly call it fashion and the city. The times the women are in luxury stores just hanging out and shopping, walk around carrying 5-10 bags from luxury boutiques is insane. The one scene were Samantha walked out of Chanel (I believe it was) in BH with a bunch of men carrying the bags into her already luxury bag filled trunk was just beyond stupid, it looked like it was a campy dream sequence. It's obvious that every designer wanted their clothes, purses and shoes wanted in on the movie, but this was just way too much.
All that said... it's enjoyable enough to make time go by on a plane or for a girl's night, and it will make you laugh plenty because the actors are still very good and funny, even if the writing is lacking. But I do believe they should have wrapped the saga her, because the ending is the perfect conclusion. The second movie is just BAD and unecessary, and don't even get me started on And Just Like That, or as I call it: Woke And The City.
However, there is a lot to enjoy here. It's fun seing the girls back and all the characters. The chemistry between the girls is as strong as ever, and there's plenty of comedy. The story though is quite thin for a movie this long, so after 2h you might be more than ready for it to end. The focus put into fashion compared to the show is a little ridiculous. Fashion was more of a backdrop to the story on the show, while in this movie it's such a big part. They could honestly call it fashion and the city. The times the women are in luxury stores just hanging out and shopping, walk around carrying 5-10 bags from luxury boutiques is insane. The one scene were Samantha walked out of Chanel (I believe it was) in BH with a bunch of men carrying the bags into her already luxury bag filled trunk was just beyond stupid, it looked like it was a campy dream sequence. It's obvious that every designer wanted their clothes, purses and shoes wanted in on the movie, but this was just way too much.
All that said... it's enjoyable enough to make time go by on a plane or for a girl's night, and it will make you laugh plenty because the actors are still very good and funny, even if the writing is lacking. But I do believe they should have wrapped the saga her, because the ending is the perfect conclusion. The second movie is just BAD and unecessary, and don't even get me started on And Just Like That, or as I call it: Woke And The City.