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Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022)
Most disappointing
This is now the day after I watched this film and I cannot remember much about it.
So, to keep this short, I can summarise it as utterly forgettable.
Unfortunately, there is a minimum number of characters required so I have to waffle on a bit so here goes.
I've made it my current mission to see all of the Marvel films and, thus far, have been mostly enthralled.
Regrettably, this film is a stuttering, incohesive smorgasbord of wannabe style over substance.
Naturally, the acting talents are undoubtable but what the cast has to work with is both dire and lame.
Shame.
Of course the CGI is not too shabby but I expect more from a film. You know, something like character development, a good storyline, cohesion, that sort of thing.
This gives none of these things.
Double shame.
The King's Man (2021)
A quite brilliant film
Perfectly paced, dramatic, superbly acted, directed and filmed.
Everything led up to the formation of the Kingsman agency so quite why so many were disappointed that it hasn't the same feel of the two other films is beyond me.
It does, of course, have a nasty piece of work baddie supported by an amusing group of historically (in)accurate henchpersons but one does need to bear in mind that the agency is, as yet, unformed.
The film is mostly set getting on for a hundred years ago and the style and scene settings are really done very well indeed.
Not much more to say really, not really one to waffle on with pretensions masking a lack of critical awareness.
The Magic Roundabout (2005)
Oops. Another triumph for marketing over substance
I thought about giving everyone the long version but, to be frank, The Magic Roundabout is not worth it.
This has a formulaic plot that involves the characters performing some very unlikely moves.
Instantly forgettable.
It is a sad day when one has to say that the only reason this doesn't get a '1' is that the voice ensemble is, generally, very very good. After all, a film is all about visual entertainment - something sadly lacking here.
But the class of the voices doesn't make up for the film's serious shortcomings in plot and sheer audience involvement. It is very, very hard to care whether the goodies win or not, indeed, as Tom Baker magnificently voices the villain, it is pretty easy to start rooting for the rotters.
Children seem to like it, but in that fleeting 'so what' fashion that is concomitant with a throwaway society.
The production ethics of this film seems to have followed the formula of the Star Wars prequels - don't worry about the film, the name will sell the t-shirts.