Cebo_ SA

I am Zulu. I admit, the Zulu in this movie was dead and as a South African It's really shameful and offensive how Africans who happen to be in America portray Africa but I've come to realize ignorance is bliss, especially for Americans. That being said the movie was extremely entertaining. I laughed so much and thoroughly enjoyed the characters. I honestly don't expect much from Mike Epps because his sense of humor is something I've always struggled with. But I really love this movie and his presence didn't take a lot from the movie itself. 10/10 from me. As long as you are not offended easily, this is a great movie to watch.

I didn't read the book (s) so I watched the movie for what it is rather than what it should or could have been. Putting aside the clear over-budget, the movie was a complete waste of 3 hours. Boring is an understatement. I struggled to understand where the movie was going, who the important characters where and why they were important. Paul was called "the one" for some odd reason. I don't think the movie made any real effort to make that believable. Perhaps it had to do with his dreams that didn't seem to add any value to to movie or his character. Paul's father died but that wasn't a big deal because no one cares - not even Paul. Even Duncan's death felt like it should have been more than what the movie achieved. Overall, Dune gets 0/10 for story and entertainment. 5/10 for casting. 10/10 for budget which seems a waste. If big flying machines, high-tech and cool scenery are your thing - this movie is perfect but if you want a story and characters who you connect with, this is a waste of time.

The movie felt off. The Baroness was more Cruella then Estella was Cruella. Even when Estella needs to be full blown evil, she still falls short and that was frustrating. It seams she cared more about looking fashionably better than the Baroness than getting the character of Cruella right - it honestly could have been a different movie with a different title and that would have been fine. The whole "misunderstood hero" thing is really getting old and quite frankly it just wasn't done properly in this movie. If you're going to shove it down our throats every chance you get, at least make it a point to enhance believability. Everything felt rushed and at times Estella/ Cruella's sweet/evil nature was just confusing rather than believable. I blame it on poor storytelling. A high budget movie- so not everything was utter dreadful. The costumes were nice and the CGI was fine... but not necessarily good in 2021.

So they managed to batman v superman the hell out of this franchise. I feel like movie was less about the grudge and ghosts and more about the pointless back stories of several characters. And what's up with Americanizing the ghosts - I liked the Japanese ghosts that tormented people. This should not be called the grudge - even the jump scares were lacking. Big fat 0 from me.

I'm not sure what part of the planet or universe I have to be in to enjoy this movie. As I struggled to get to the end, I just kept thinking "what's going on?". You can't possibly make a movie with such bad acting, awkward script and confusing story line. If this was idols SA, this movie would get a wooden mic award. Easily the worst movie I have ever sat through. Tommy Wissoe can finally get out of his cave a make another movie - I'd rather watch his movies.