POSITIVES…
I was really entertained by the general premise and ambitions of this movie.
Surprisingly managed to grab as many favorite genre movie premises as it could, and mashed them all up into this one movie. Kudos to screenplay writer Matt Lieberman for pulling that off, and director Shawn Levy for keeping the narrative as comprehensible as possible.
As an action-comedy, and it’s inherent meta self-awareness references, there’s a lot of fun to be had by watching this.
I liked seeing the action choreography in the big set pieces.
Fans of video games should find many aspects to like that is found in the movie.
It exponentially just got more and more enjoyable as the plot unfolds. It’ll be hard not to want to see the conclusion.
So packed to the brim with scenes and sequences that just grabs your attention every time.
Trying to escape the mustached cop and the rabbit.
Montage sequence of leveling up. Awesome!
That scene when the movie reminds you that it’s very much aware that it’s owned by the Disney corporation.
Ryan Reynolds plays the protagonist that you can’t help but root for. Charmingly delightful, with a dash of innocence and coolness.
Speaking of charming and delightful. Jodie Comer and Joe Keery. Loved those two in this movie.
Taika Waititi is wonderfully hamming things up in his role as Antoine.
Solid work by Lil Rey Howery, Utkarsh Ambudkar, and the rest of this huge supporting cast.
Channing Tatum. I want to give Channing Tatum a high five for that particular scene he is in with Matty Cardarople.
Underlying thematic messages of this movie is something I am absolutely on board with. Thank you!
NEGATIVES…
Holy crap, can this movie officially be the king of familiar and derivative plot tropes and cliches? It was like it was written by an algorithm.
Needless to say, it panders to the audience a little too much.
Plays like it knows all about video games, but you realize that it’s only in a very superficial way.
So many stupidly nonsensical ultra-convenient things happen in the movie that kinda cheapens the story telling.
There are very huge caveats that supposedly justifies the ludicrous premise, certain plot points, and conceit of the story. Sorry, I can’t give this movie a pass for cheating.
Some of the humor can just fall flat on its face.
The real life twitch gamers felt very cringey.
Honestly, there were many moments that I felt embarrassed by the movie. I wanted to either yell at the screen in protest or just do a facepalm.
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