riley poole

Well well well, i’m just lost for words after watching this masterpiece. It’s rare i get to say this about films since i’m extremely picky, but this was absolutely exceptional. I never have liked war films, i always found them to be too surface-level, action-based, and not very emotionally enticing. What makes this film so unbelievably original and invigorating is the empathy it instilled into me. i knew WW1 was bad, but this film truly captures the terror and the emotional turmoil of the young boys who were drafted and lied to in WW1. The cold, callous environment, (physical environment and social) really creates a moving contrast to the innocence of the young boys, especially John. The social environment is especially depressing, the sergeants are portrayed as stone-hearted, but headstrong individuals, which further leads to a growing loneliness in John through being surrounded by older people who appear to not be as reactive. J - “i miss my comrades sir! i miss them all!”, S - “i miss my mother for g**s sake”. Everything about this film is done with pristine thought and careful execution. I also couldn’t end this without mentioning that the writing is phenomenal. And the acting is also top notch, with just one micro-expression from John, you can feel the extent of his pain radiate through the screen. It was one of those films that you still feel physically sad about for like an hour after first watching it, and will still think about for days after. All in all, this is a brilliant film which needs more attention.

4/10, i watched the first 3 episodes with my boyfriend and we both agreed it was kind of bad. we really don’t understand why it has such a good overall rating. Knowing the ideas for the comics were proposed and written by Gerard Way, i was very excited to get started on this show, but was disappointed. the idea itself is wonderful, and the show is actually interesting. but the writing…. oh my.. it is so predictable and cliche to a point where it’s cringeworthy. and also the characters are just dumb and aren’t realistic at all. and i know a lot of tv characters aren’t very realistic, but in this show, it is constant. basically, this show is wasted potential due to a terrible execution of what could have been an amazing concept.

I’ve been a fan of FNAF since I was 13, but I found the film to be very underwhelming despite having a lot of potential. Plot: is very basic and predictable, it’s as if they tried to appeal to the general public through making the lore obvious (which is not obvious in the games) rather than appealing to the niche group who enjoy FNAF Acting: is also basic and doesn’t capture the extent of how you’d react in the actual situation, for example, animatronics chasing you would realistically result in horrifying screams and running away, this is not how it occurs in the film and is more of a brief “oh no, I should probably run” sort of vibe. There are also very obvious holes in the logic of the film, which they could have put more effort into filling those holes, but didn’t. Positives: the animatronics and the pizzeria are *very* well designed and are extremely true to the games, which from a fan perspective, was very enjoyable. I also just generally enjoyed the film from a fan perspective regardless, but it’s a shame because this film was so hyped up for years and has got so much potential to be better. They tried to squeeze all the lore into one film, which I feel was incorrect. This film would have been better as a series where they had each season as each game in my opinion, so you could add more mystery and genuine horror to it + make the lore feel more genuine rather than squeezed in. Overall, if you’re a fan you’ll probably want to watch the film anyway, and I'm not saying don’t, I did generally enjoy it, but if you’re super fussy about the quality and have high expectations, you will not enjoy it.