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Jurassic World (2015)
Sub-average Hollywood Formula product
This film fulfills every movie cliché imaginable. Predictable plot, one-dimensional characters and, despite a huge budget, poor in visual highlights. Content highlights are nonexistent in this firework of plot holes. I have a few questions: Since when is lizard skin bulletproof? Why does an IQ below 80 seem to be a hiring criterion for all executives in Jurassic World? Why is a standard car window more stable than a dinosaur enclosure? The unnecessarily explicit depictions of violence, insanely stupid dialogues and inexperienced child actors are additionally annoying. The only positive aspect: Chris Pratt makes 2.5 cool comments.
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022)
Nice ideas poorly executed
Wanda going mad in order to find her imaginary children in another universe and Strange trying to prevent the catastrophe seems like a solid idea for a plot. Unfortunately we are yet again presented a "the whole world will be destroyed if we don't win this one" for the 1000th time and the few un-marvely horror sequences can't really hide, that all characters seem to forget or remember their abilities whenever it serves the progression of the plot. The absolute invincibility of Scarlett Witch proves that an absurd inbalance of powers doesn't allow for a thrilling finale (just as in Thor 3, Endgame, etc.). Surprise: the underdogs win.
Centurion (2010)
A bunch of nice scenes add up to be an okayish movie
Rarely have I seen such a predictable and inane story told in such a fascinating way. The plot is banal, the characters don't matter, but the look and feeling of the film are great. The pace at which the chase is shown always creates suspense without demanding too much brain investment. Towards the end, the film even manages to create one or two touching moments.
Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore (2022)
A gathering of missed opportunities
A movie with some solid ideas for character development and a promising overall plotline that constantly loses itself in meaningless subplots and ridicoulus moments of mere fan service. Overall the movie ended up being a visually impressive gathering of missed opportunities.
Instead of focusing on Newt, Dumbledore or Grindelwald the writers included screentime filling action for a number of side characters that does not influence the outcome at all. This only prevents the main story from progressing and (apart from the admittedly hilarious sidekick Kowalski) creates passages that you just have to endure.
Plus the faceless army of Grindelwald's followers is so utterly incompetent that there never is any real danger to the heroes. They get shot down like puppets in a 15:1 strength ratio, are knocked out by Quidditch balls that wouldn't even cause a twelve-year-old any problems (see Harry Potter Part 2) and get beaten up by a Muggle with a suitcase.
The whole "we meet at Hogwarts to make a plan to save the world"-scene could have been replaced by a simple letter and wasn't any more than an excuse to include the castle in the trailer.