Raven Braithwaite

I think this movie is worth watching, at the very least to form your own opinion. I gave it a 3 but would give 3.5 if I could. The 1980s Annie is one of my favorite childhood movies so I couldn't help but go into it with that in mind. I think one of the things that bothered me the most was the lack of choreography. Maybe a musical doesn't necessarily need dancing but the dancing was one of my favorite parts of the original. Especially during the Hardnock Life song. That's like the best and most well known song, they could've done something bigger with it. Cameron Diaz's Ms. Hannigan was disappointing. There was another movie where she basically played a drunken lowlife and she was really funny so idk what happened here. A missed opportunity for a modernized homage to Carol Burnett's Hannigan. Although I wasn't completely mad at the "Little Girls" song. I didn't love all the modernized versions of the classic songs but I didn't hate them, they were just ok. I just wish they didn't try to make everything sound like a modern pop song. I was bummed they cut out some of the songs/scenes from the original but in terms of time and flow i can understand why. I really liked the Opportunity song and it was beautifully sung by Quvenzhane Wallis. Other than Cameron, all the acting was really great I thought. Jamie Foxx added his charming comedy and the other actors playing the foster kids did a good job.

Personally I think The Rage: Carrie 2 was way better than this remake. Chloe Moretz just isn't a good actress. Other roles I've seen her in have felt to forced and unnatural and her portrayal of Carrie is no different, both as the sheltered, awkward version and unhinged unyielding murderous version. The best performances go to Julianne Moore and Judy Greer. The rest were ok but didn't really stand out. As a whole the movie was just ok, nowhere near as good as the original. Moretz's Carrie just really ruins it for me.

So boring and not original. Lack of world building and character development. Dialog between characters was dull and the conflicts/obstacles between them didn't add much to the story, and were honestly kind of predictable. There's no connection to any of the characters really, as individuals or as a group. The acting wasn't amazing overall but I did like how the synthetic human character Andy was portrayed the best. Some reviewers were put off by how young the actors/characters were but I think if the script were better it probably could've worked. Like i said there wasn't much character development that told us why these young people ended up in this situation and how they crossed paths with eachother. One thing I appreciate about Alien (and all movies in general) is pacing. Both films were 2 hours long but with Alien it felt like the story built up gradually with good ebbs and flows whereas Romulus kind of jumped into the action right away and stayed there. It seemed to rely on action and jumpscares more than story, but even some of the action scenes weren't that thrilling. And there were too many scenes that didn't make sense and where the characters made dumb decisions that made me roll my eyes. For instance the xenomorph's bodily fluids are supposed to be so acidic that it burns through flesh and metal, but apparently it's totally fine to stand there with your foot on top of it in victory after you just shot it to death. And then there was the big reveal of the new species which I guess was supposed to add shock and more terror but even that fell flat for me. At best it was just gross and weird and I found myself laughing. As a fan of the franchise I was really looking forward to Romulus but it just didn't do it for me. There was no emotional investment for me at all. Apart from a couple tense moments and aforementioned jumpscares, it wasn't funny, sad, scary, gripping, fun. It was just...meh.