Dave Sunhammer

I am still so confused on how polarizing "Lifeforce" is. Is it Epic? No. Are there Oscar winning performances? No. But niether is it junk. Part of the problem with the reception of the movie isn't with the movie but with when it was released. Big things were happening in "Hollywood" in the 80's, Brit films were not one of them. Esp one with a $25M budget. I found the lore interesting, life stealing aliens who return periodically to Earth to feed and repentish. Human myths and legends skew past visits to "blood sucking vampires" rather than life-essence stealing vampires. For me, this is a nice change-up. In my experience, people who hate on this movie tend to also be fanbois of The Walking Dead, World War Z, and other plot-holed, random writing quality, fictions that are just as improbable. Personally, I think "Lifeforce" has a lot to offer for a B movie from English cinema.

I don't understand why some movies get the hate they do. Most of the hate for "Attack on Titan" (movie) seems to be due to hardcore fans of the anime. Having no connection to that I found the visuals for this movie adaptation very inovative and original. While Im not a huge fan of anime action sequences I think this film captures that asthetic pretty well: insane jumps, fly-by-wire, odd camera angles, a very Japanese asthetic. The Titans concept is definitely not "American" and I think that originality, of giants who see humans as cattle to be grazed on at will, refreshingly new. It certainly beats another Batman reboot or failure to cash in on StarWars. Is Attack on Titan going to get any Oscars? Who cares, Oscar died long ago. But it definitely is a better time than a lot of American movies being pumped out.

Everyone has their opinion, but I can't understand why Chronicle doesn't get more love. I think it is because of 3 key factors: 1) It is a "super hero origin story" for an off-brand band of people who don't fit Marvel/DC so comic nerds cant complain about "cannon". 2) If it is a hero origin story then it is even more a villain origin story with a bad ending (I actually like the ending but many people in modern society cannot deal with "consequences") 3) "Found cam footage" type movie. I think it was less jarring than say Cloverfield but none of that bothers me to much. The story far outweighs the film style. - I just don't see these as reasons to hate it. The acting is solid. The story is solid enough it "could have been" the Superman origin story (in an alternate universe). Probably the only mentionable inconsistency is "physical damage" which is hinted at being difficult with the fork. But even that is "less" compared to other franchises. - I enjoyed it... twice. And am willing to recommend it to friends. A more mature take on super-humans than we sometimes get fed from other brands.

I love Terry Pratchett's books. The Hogfather movie is the only adaptation (so far) that has been done with such high quality that I was instantly mesmerized from the opening. Hogfather is now one of my annual movie traditions and I have not even finished viewing the first half. "A must own visual experience." - Someone "I laughed until I stopped laughing then laughed some more." - That Guy "So mesmerizing I thought my socks were the popcorn." -Somebody Else

I personally enjoy the Skyline series for what it is. The third movie is part of a great story marred by some bad dialog, some overthetop and some oh-please-stop. But there is definitely way worse out there Hoollywood tries to cram into our eyes. And it amazes me how some people shut out the whole brain thing but Superman is ok or they love Starship Troopers? Yea.. alright. You do you. For me it is about the same level as StarTrek Beyond. A 3/5 For most sci-fi fans you wont cry about the $3 rental. You wont love it like Firefly. That is the window. Nothing better to do, sit back, relax, and enjoy. And if you wonder how they eat or breathe, or other science facts, you know what to do.

Plods along with overacted choppy dialog like a bad Broadway play. Each shot overcomposed and cliche. The Northman takes itself way to seriously to seriously with each pose, each spoken word, trying to be it's own grand gesture until all importance is lost. I literally refused to watch past the first scene as even a drink from a cup seemed to be portrayed as the most important thing in the world and sucked any natural life out of everything. But you might like it.