What can I say? I try my best.
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It was on Hulu, but I have no idea who has it outside the States.
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The Batman
9/10
Thats all I’ll say about it
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The Batman, best Batman film to date. Refreshing that it’s the detective that takes center role. Also this is one pissed off Batman.
9/10
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Can confirm that The Batman is pretty ace. Presumably @Norseman dropped a mark off his score for featuring Ave Maria as a recurring musical motif, reminding him of Blood Money and slightly spoiling his experience. 
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THE BATMAN
Exactly as I expected, no dissapointments, thrilling detective element, ave maria, clever villain. 9/10
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Saw The Batman, thought it was excellent. My dad really loved it.
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Saw The Batman yesterday and thought it was really good. It’s beautifully shot, and presents a full detective/noir story for Batman to be a part of, which thought was excellent. The Bat has done detective work in previous films as well, but never to this extent.
It also has some really cool performances. Paul Dano’s Riddler is really something else. His performance is creepy as fuck. Colin Farrell is unrecognizable as the Penguin, and Zoe Kravitz pulls off a really good femme fatale.
I did have problems with it though. For one, I feel like there was too little of Bruce Wayne and what we got was just… I guess an emo interpretation? No real Bruce Wayne public persona, which is one of the things I always enjoy about Batman. I guess they might go for that in the sequel, but I wasn’t watching the sequel, so… 
While Robert Pattinson wasn’t bad, I can’t really say I thought his performance was all that strong. Zoe Kravitz was giving it her all, but he couldn’t manage to make me feel any chemistry between Batman and Catwoman.
I didn’t really like the score by Michael Giacchino… I mean, it was OK, but it just felt a bit lazy.
The action was OK as well, but I was really looking forward to the car chase. I’d heard people saying it was really good, and all I saw was an almost pitch black screen with some car headlights and closeups of tires and stuff. No wide shots to establish space, or what the fuck was going on. And at one point the penguin fires his uzi (or whatever) right into the screen. I thought I was gonna have an epileptic fit.
Fights were slightly better than the Nolan Bat-trilogy, but that’s not saying a lot. They’re not bad, but they’re no Snyder fight scenes. They serve their purpose, and luckily that’s enough, as the action isn’t what carries this movie.
Definitely one of my favorite Bat-films. Don’t know where it fits for me though. I’ll have to wait and digest it all for a while.
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I wholeheartedly agree. But I think, as Battinson develops, we’ll see more Bruce Wayne as well as upgrades to the suit, gadgets, batmocar, etc. There were a few amateurish moments like when he crashed his wingsuit thing- it just goes to show how early on this version is. As for the chase, it was pretty weird, I’ll admit, especially the end when it goes upside down, then normal but penguins upside down, then upside down everything. Not confusing but just weird.
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The Batman.
I have a feeling I’m gonna have a love hate relationship with this film. After spending almost 3 hours sitting in a theater chair I have some gripes with it. I can’t say it’s a great movie, but it’s good.
It’s a well shot film with a grandiose score which works well since this is basically a refreshing direction in the Super Hero genre which is arguably over saturated after the various successes of Marvel and the numerous iterations and reboots from DC.
My main complaint comes with Robert Pattinson when he isn’t in the suit since it’s a departure from the Playboy personality that is apart of Bruce as a public figure. Instead he is more reserved and closed off making the lines between Batman and Bruce Wayne basically non existent since they for the most part act the same around scenes with exposition.
Lastly, I think the film could of done without the setup for The Joker it just feels tact on in order to set up a sequel just this time instead of the Joker Card like in Batman Begins it is Riddler and Joker having a little conversation.
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The Adam Project
This is a Ryan Reynolds direct to Netflix-movie, about a young troubled boy named Adam. When Adam investigates an explosion he finds strange man (Ryan Reynolds) in his dads garage. Everything beyond that might very well be a spoiler, though the trailer reveals the core spoiler That Ryan Reynolds is a future Adam come back to the past to do… something.
It’s a short, breezy and light movie that’s quite charming and fun, but suffers from a weak and messy climax and third act, as well as a pretty poor main villain. Let’s just say the promise of the first act (which was strong, and in a way felt like a live action Pixar/Disney flick to me) is never truly kept.
It’s still enjoyable and has a few emotional moments, which are carried by some really strong actors.
I liked the movie, but if I’d seen it when I was 10 I would’ve probably loved it.
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“It’s all about that hustle, am I right?”
-Meilin Lee
Turning Red was such a fun, unique movie for Pixar, and if this is how Domee Shi is starting her feature film career, I’m really interested in what she does in the future.
This movie deserved to be in theatres! There’s even a “stereoscopic 3D” and “IMAX” section in the credits!!
This movie has so many fun moments in the direction of the plot, and ties in moving themes on overbearing parental guidance (and teenage rebellion), Asian heritage, all set on the backdrop of Toronto, Ontario, Canada… circa 2002.
(Director Domee Shi was 13 in 2002!)
Mmm, gosh, to start it off: I love how much of a comedy this film is. It is a comedy-coming-of-age film first, and I think that’s a first for Pixar! The use of teenage awkwardness, close-knit friendship, along some great facial expressions, 2D-3D animation blend, a warm pastel colour palette and engaging camera direction, make this such a fun film to watch!
The choice of rooting the film in the boy-band burgeoning, tamagotchi-playing era of 2002 was also very enjoyable, leading to a great plot of needing to see the latest cute boy-band.
I also really liked how they weren’t afraid to show the girls exploring their new hormonal environment and how confusing it can be, doodling romantic pictures of crushes, or obsessing over boys’ muscle definition on the field.
Second point: gosh, all that Toronto/Canadian iconography is such a treat to see! We’re always portrayed on-screen as the New York or Chicago of Canada, so to actually have the city be treated as itself is always, always fun for me!
The old streetcars! (RIP)
The CN Tower!
The Daisy Mart! (What a throwback!)
The other Canadiana stuff! (OG SkyDome! Timmies! The Blue Jay(s)!
Also yes, blink-and-you’ll-miss-it… our province sells milk in bags, as well as cartons.
Third: plot direction. Was a bit surprised in some of the direction the plot took, but I really enjoyed it.
Mei unleashing the panda in support of her friends I saw coming, but using it to hustle some money to go to the concert was a surprise (and was loads of fun to see. The 5$ bills! The loonies! The toonies! Lol.)
I was expecting it to be more about hiding it and being a friendly secret, so the money-hustling angle was a hilarious surprise.
The plot got extra-magical in act 3, really diving into Mei’s family’s roots, giving us a spiritual ritual in the temple, and a cool mystical element to the panda problem. Then it suddenly became a kaiju-monster movie, and what the hell, I was on-board with it. For what so much of the movie felt small-scale, this was a huge, and still very moving climax. I cried after Mei calmed her mother down from her Panda self, and learnt about her mother going through the same transition.
(Pretty interesting how both Disney and Pixar have gone through the “generational trauma/parental expectations” themes very recently.)
Overall, it’s a solid, solid Pixar movie, with so much energy, creativity, and style in a small-scale, slice-of-life package.
I don’t know if or how I can compare it to their other films that are way bigger or fantastical in scope and genre, so I’ll just say that I really liked this film, and is one of their must-watch, for how unique it is.
I still haven’t watched Luca, I’ll wait until the summer for that, but I’ve heard it’s also got a lot of slice-of-life vibes. That’s cool.
Highly reccomend you check out the making-of documentary on Disney Plus afterwards. It’s so interesting to see the team behind it, their research, and what went into making this movie what it is.
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Turning Red is very good and I wholeheartedly recommend it. It was nice seeing actual representation of what girl’s go through during that age, it’s usually glossed over
Challenge accepted.
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Toy Story 1 only in B Tier?!
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This dog doesn’t deserve any higher
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I remember the Level in the SNES Game where he tries to catch you… That was hard 
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how in the blistering barnacles did good dinosaur get above incredibles 2,monsters inc, toy story 4 and brave
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I liked the movie, I was shocked when I found out others didn’t
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May i ask, why?
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I’m too tired to put thoughts together so I’ll just repost the one other person who didn’t hate it explaining why
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