emelnik Reviews

Men in Black: International (2019)

Nothing to do with the original MIB movies

[1/10 · 23 June 2019]

If you liked the original MIB movies with Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones, this one has nothing to do with that. This movie just tries to exploit the brand to the extreme, building "cool" new aliens, new weapons, new alien races and extending the MIB organization internationally. I was bored to my bones watching this movie, I had to take my cell phone out to play just so that I wouldn't fall asleep. They want to showcase Chris Hemsworth all the time, showing how handsome and smart he is, to the point where it just becomes ridiculous. I woulnd't recommend this movie at all, save your money for something better or wait until it comes out on TV.

Cold Pursuit (2019)

A gigantic piece of garbage

[1/10 · 17 March 2019]

Do yourself a favor and avoid this movie at all costs. This movie has nothing to do with the action packed thrillers Liam Neeson has done in the past, it's just a boring, slow, no plot, no action, nonsense, dark humor piece of dong. Extremely disappointed of spending my money for 2 hours of boredom.

Green Book (2018)

One of the best movies I have ever seen

[10/10 · 11 March 2019]

This movie has it all, I laughed, I was touched emotionally, It left me with a great feeling of how two completely different persons in every way become the best of friends. Both acting performances are masterpieces. I liked every minute of this film and it thaught me a lot of things about humanity. To me it was a must see movie in my all time favourite movie list.

Lean on Pete (2017)

Complete waste of time

[1/10 · 31 July 2018]

I watched this movie expecting it would be about the relationship between Charlie and the horse, Pete. I expected this movie to move me and show the bravery of a boy to defend his friend and save his life. I don't want to write any spoilers but this movie is nothing like that. It's just a very sad drama about the misfortunes of Charlie and has very very little to do about his relationship with the horse. I gave it one star because the movie title, the trailers are completely misguided. It should have been titled "Charlie's Life" or something like that. The plot is extremely slow and boring. If you are expecting the same things as I did, I would strongly suggest you skip this movie.

A Ciambra (2017)

Low Budget Dark Film

[2/10 · 18 July 2018]

Dark, boring, confusing dialogs, no logical sequence of events, I felt no connection to the characters whatsoever. If you're a fan of art films and foreign movies you might like it. I could have saved the 2 hours spent watching this.

Annihilation (I) (2018)

What a boring slow piece of garbage

[1/10 · 10 July 2018]

This is the kind of movie that extremely slow, bogus, no logical succession of events, depressing, dark type of movie. Natalie Portman's character is always depressed and nothing never really happens. Just an incoherent series of events. Not even worth trying to figure out what the director meant, just avoid this movie at all costs and save yourself 2 hours of boredom.

The Disaster Artist (2017)

What a piece of trash!

[1/10 · 2 April 2018]

Can't believe how bad this movie is, boredom to the highest levels. A bad movie portraying a true story about a bad movie, with no sense. no plot, no acting, just pure chaos and stupidity all movie long. I didn't see where Franco was funny or how this movie is about the pursue of dreams, is more about a mad man's stupidity. Franco continues with his exaggerated overacted roles, found nothing funny or entertaining about this movie, can't believe I watched it til the end.

After the Storm (2016)

One of the most boring movies in my lifetime

[1/10 · 4 July 2017]

I read some reviews and with a 7.5 score I went to see this movie. The movie was terrible, one of slowest, most meaningless movies I have ever seen in my life. No dialogue, no emotion, no plot of any kind. Just a bunch of meaningless conversations that last for hours and hours. I didn't get anything away from this movie, just 2 hours of complete boredom.

Jackie (V) (2016)

Life of Jackie after Kennedy's assassination

[3/10 · 17 March 2017]

You would expect a movie like this to be the story about the life of Jackie Kennedy. Not at all, this movie is just about her life after Kennedy's assassination, very depressing most of the time. Although it's a strong movie that tries to make you feel her pain, sorrow and the magnitude of what she went through after those terrible events, at the end I got no substance or message out of this movie. Natalie Portman's portrayal was good, she must have worked really hard on researching and understanding this character, she imitated her really well including her accent but I felt no real emotions, empathy and she did not transmit her feelings that well to me.

Moonlight (I) (2016)

A movie about nothing

[1/10 · 13 March 2017]

Complete waste of time and $$. This movie tackles nothing, has no depth, no story, nothing but 2 hours of extreme bore. I saw it because it won the Oscar for best film and heard some good reviews, including Emma Stone's Oscar backstage comments. As other people have commented, this movie just won an academy award to compensate for last year's complaints about lack of diversity and recognition for African American artists. But other than that, no merit at all.

Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015)

Entertaining Movie but that's It

[6/10 · 21 December 2015]

Although Epidode VII is a very good standalone Star Wars movie, once again they do a terrible job of trying to make it fit with the previous movies. Return of the Jedi left me very happy with the way things ended, the Sith and the empire were vanquished, Leia and Han lived happily ever after, Luke was a consummate Jedi and he turned Vader back to the light side of the force before dying.

This new chapter pretty much destroys all of that in trying to continue the story. Episode VII begins with chapter IV all over again, copying many aspects of the original story. It's the rebels against a new empire again now called The First Order (with a silly emperor called Supreme Leader Snoke), a new pet droid where they once again hide the maps of something valuable to the rebellion, another masked villain with an intimidating voice, another death star, X Wings again flying inside a ditch requiring precise shots to destroy it, etc, nothing new.

The production again fail to see what made the original trilogy so great was that it touched the hearts of all of us who grew up watching the movies, it had great characters and a beautiful story that teached many wonderful human values. Maybe Lucas believes that what makes the movies great are the special effects, monsters, cool lightsabres, ships, robots, etc.

So overall, It was an entertaining movie that made a terrible job of continuing with the Star Wars legacy.

My Mom's New Boyfriend (2008)

Awful movie - Fell asleep

[1/10 · 13 October 2008]

What a crappy movie. Can't understand how Meg Ryan accepted to participate on it.

Haven't seen Meg Ryan and Antonio Banderas in good movies for the past...4 years I think.

Fell asleep 15 minutes after it started. I thought it was going to be funny, a good comedy but it turned out to be excessively dumb. No plot, no script, no sense.

By the way Meg Ryan's makeover went really bad. That angel face is gone, her face is so inexpressive now. The botox doesn't allow her to move her lips anymore. How sad.

Avoid this movie at all cost, it's an awful waste of money and time.

The Matrix Revolutions (2003)

Great Action and Special Effects, Dumb Story and Dialogues

[7/10 · 6 November 2003]

The first movie of the Matrix was a stroke of genius. The next two sequels, pretty much spoiled the first one.

I expected this final movie to conclude with the story. Not even close. The ending left me pretty dissapointed.

Autumn in New York (2000)

You'll fall in love with Winona's character

[10/10 · 9 October 2000]

I've been reading user comments about how awful this movie is, how poorly the script was written, etc.

I'd generally agree. But I see a different twist to it. I got out of the theater with a sense that life isn't so complicated. I think it was great to go watch a movie which that showed things real simple. If you want complex plots and dialogs go watch a different movie.

I completely loved Winona's acting and character. She's so beatyful and just to watch her smile like that was worth the whole movie.

Excelent work!

Herod's Law (1999)

Very ingenious way to show the political reality of Mexico

[9/10 · 4 August 2000]

I loved this movie! It is a creative and imaginative way of describing the mexican political life the PRI has brought to Mexico for the past 71 years.

I must see for any Mexican and anyone interested in Mexican politics.

Enemy of the State (1998)

One of the greatest action movies ever made

[10/10 · 22 February 1999]

I really loved this one.

It was masterly directed and choreographed. Will Smith shows he has become a great action actor.

Even If you don't like action movies, you will like this one. 2 hours of great thrill.

Antz (1998)

Awesome

[10/10 · 23 December 1998]

Great movie indeed. I had a lot of fun watching it. I think Woody Allen's characterization was great. Worth seeing it.