The BFG

2016 - 1.7/5

When I first saw the trailer, I thought it was going to be Jack & the Bean Stalk. When the title was mentioned, I can honestly say that that was the first time I’ve ever heard of The BFG. So going into this, I really didn’t know what to expect

The first 10 minutes were a bore, then the BFG came into the picture and it got better, but the plot took a hit when Sophie and the BFG came up with ‘the plan’.

Sophie got to be a bit annoying pretty quickly.

I loved how the BFG would hide in the human world.

Absolutely loved how dreams were presented.

Loved the look of the BFG.
Loved the language the BFG used.

I found that there could have been more character development; however, that’s not to say that the BFG wasn’t a lovable character, I just more so mean that the bond between the BFG and Sophie didn’t seem as strong as it could have been. This is a Disney movie after all.

There wasn’t as much adventure as there could have been.

Seemed more targeted towards a younger audience.

To me, it didn’t feel like a 2 hour movie, it just had bad pacing.

Even though I haven’t read the book, I feel as if there was something lost in translation when it became a movie. It seemed watered down.


***SPOILER ALERT***
I was not a fan of where the movie went when they started to put their plan in motion. Going to the Queen for help seemed to be an extreme stretch. It was just hard for me to stay on board. And the pop that made them fart was stupid.

Ghostbusters

2016 - 0/5

I really didn’t know what to expect going into this movie. I’m not sure if I’ve seen the original Ghostbusters in its entirety, let alone any of it… I remember the song… and barley that. Also note that I did not see this in 3D.

Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig and Chris Hemsworth aside, I had no idea who anyone else was. As for the cameos made, you could tell that they were shoehorned in.

I knew going in that it wasn’t going to be the story line that would hold my interest, it would be the comedy from McCarthy and Wiig. I enjoyed most of their others movies, I liked the idea of a remake of the original but with a female cast, and I was really hoping it would be the dialogue that would keep my attention. It did have the typical type of humour I’ve come to expect from McCarthy and Wiig. It just seemed as if the actors were reading their lines and I found that the jokes just didn’t land and they were as flat as the paper it was written on.

The characters were so one-dimensional, there was *no* character development. Chris Hemsworth as Kevin as a point of comic relief got to be so repetitive that it was just annoying. And really, his character was useless to the plot.

A lot of things seemed to be added in for the sake of being added, and something’s that you might have hoped for further explanation never really happened; for example, where did they get their money from to make all the equipment? Why did Abby and Erin hair colour change at the end? Why was the villain doing what he was doing (his motive) – nothing was explained.

There were some aspects of race and gender that I wasn’t really happy with. It didn’t sit well with me that the only black character in this movie was the only character that wasn’t an academic/”educated”. She was the stereotypical “street-smart” one in the bunch. I mentioned earlier that I liked the idea of this movie being an all-female cast, but I didn’t think it would be at the expense of men. I know Hollywood does that all the time when it comes to women in certain roles, but did this movie really need to do that with the men in the movie?

An hour into this movie, I looked at my watch and was just hoping it would end. I just wasn’t on board. I was hoping the script would be the saving grace, but that didn’t work out for me.

I cannot justify giving this movie anything more than a zero. It had no redeeming qualities.

The Fundamentals of Caring

2016 - 4/5

Trevor (Craig Roberts) was snarky, but how Ben (Paul Rudd) reacted was what dictated whether or not it was funny; and lets be real here, it’s Paul Rudd, so obviously it worked. For someone who I’d never heard of before, Craig Roberts did a very good job.

Selena Gomez isn’t an actress, and it shows, but she did well enough.

The Secret Life of Pets

2016 - 2.3/5

Going into the movie having only watched the trailer less than a handful of times, it seemed like it could go 1 of 2 routes. The first being an awesome movie, with lots of funny jokes and something new brought to the table. The second being a typical paint-by-numbers movie. Unfortunately, it was the second one.

The plot is nothing we haven’t already seen before. Disney did it better with the 2014 short Feast. Same premise. It had really good pace. At no point was there a lull in this movie, but does that mean every scene was a good one, well not really.

As for the dialogue, the movie did have some funny moments, but nothing memorable. As soon as that part was over, you forget what was said; it had laughs for the moment, but nothing that stuck.

Louie CK and Kevin Hart aside, I had no idea who voiced the other characters. I looked it up on IMDB, and I still haven’t heard of most of the voice actors.

As for the characters themselves, I liked Max and Chloe the most. I didn’t find Kevin Harts character (the bunny whose name I currently forget) funny at all, he was really annoying actually.

Overall, the movie was too cutesy and it didn’t have many jokes for adults.

Room

2015 - 0.5/5

 meh.