remember life that 2017 Ryan Reynolds space movie that we all hoped what's
gonna be a venom origin movie but ended up just being a Ryan Reynolds movie well
this is basically that movie only under water very aptly titled
and like life it's totally watchable especially in January I'd say in fact
it's better than life I enjoyed this movie more now I wouldn't go out of my
way to see it not like oh don't miss it but if you want to go to the movies or
later on you simply need something to watch here you go
and don't underestimate the importance of that because we've all been there or
dinner sitting in front of us and we can't find anything to watch remember in
this movie so what makes underwater watchable well first off very good
production values ah they spent a decent more than a decent amount of money on
this film I don't know why they did but I certainly appreciate it
in fact for large chunks of the movie I was like I can't believe they could
afford this like the suits look cool the drilling station sets multiple sets
pretty good world building the VFX like you could to see the creatures
especially in the third act for a good amount of time and I like the cast to be
honest with you I mean look Kristen Stewart she's not a great actress I
thought maybe she was with Charlie's Angels she's very good there they let
her Elizabeth Banks like Christians do what really cut loose and maybe she
needs that but here sometimes I was like oh yeah I also remember how bad she
wasn't Snow White so she's like somewhere in the middle here but she
still I think she just makes the cutoff for being a professional actress she's
professional and she's very charismatic and no matter what by the way I think
that she and Robert Pattinson have to be admired for how they've managed to stick
around post Twilight and not just stick around but to both totally redefine
themselves as actors that's amazing sure I was thinking about their stuff
while I was watching this movie but it was always movie related so I think that
this movie has that going for it right plus her styling does a lot of a lot of
the work for her here like brunette Kristen
Stewart but blonde buzzcut Kristen Stewart let's see what she does she also
has a very visual visually expressive face she looks she's very cinematic you
know so I think that you know kind of makes up for some of the grind readings
okay I also like how this movie kind of passes the Bechdel test and I say kind
of because Kristen Stewart and Jessica Hedwig that's right Colleen wing from
Iron Fist so good also very charismatic they talk about guys but it's really to
get their minds off of the append and pending doom and that subtext is there
so I think we can allow it right and they work really well together and they
get stuff done and they're both really cool I thought they were believable
Ripley juniors for sure not as good as Ripley but as I said Ripley juniors I
liked it and it's a shame that TJ TJ Miller me to destroy the me to discuss
he's also really good here very funny there's warmth to his humor very
likeable if you don't think I didn't even know the extent of what he's done
as promised is probably his last one of his last roles ever like professional
roles in Hollywood because he's really gone down the rabbit hole personally I
was like what did he do again and then I googled it and I was like Amtrak bomb
threat is he's not coming back and it's again too bad cuz I think he is
talented although really off the rails speaking of Amtrak all right so anyway I
also thought it was crazy and unfortunate that the black guy died
first again how does this keep happening in Hollywood movies especially after
we've called it to people's attention right I I've always boggles my mind that
no one on set is like really I mean I was scared for him soon as he was
introduced I was like oh please don't do that
I mean he lasted longer than I expected but I was right to be scared for him
it's really unfortunate I don't get it vincent cassell is fine he's clearly
collecting a paycheck but he seems very miscast as the captain of an undersea
drilling rig I mean everyone here seems like they should work more at a start-up
than an industrial drilling facility by considering today's technology and that
all that most people have to do is press a button I mean Kristen Stewart was
supposed to be like which is also funny but she just
basically I mean she was a mechanic to the degree that I'm pretty good at
fixing things thanks to my experience with Legos right I don't know if I could
work on an industrial drill but you know what maybe I could so I don't know I
mean it was kind of like you would think about it but it didn't like ruin the
movie for me I was like maybe who knows I'm sure they do dumb stuff in fact
after one jump scared the woman behind me I guess she was annoyed at being
scared she was like that's so dumb this movie sucks but I was very tempted to
turn around and be like have you ever seen a horror movie before I mean sure
the really good ones are supposed to find a way around the obvious stupid
moves but I mean even alien one of the best space horror films of all time they
do dumb stuff there remember I mean I guess that was one of the first movies
so those people I mean today you're like haven't you ever seen a horror space
movie right have you ever seen alien and maybe maybe these people aren't
cinephiles on this rig although there's so much downtime you think they'd be
doing nothing but watch movies but you know I think again we'll allow it right
and especially this movie was clearly inspired by alien it's no alien but I
would say it's your typical B horror film and I think in this case B horror
film is quite the compliment to underwater they're like yes we got a
call to B horror film so again under water is highly watchable and one day
maybe not today maybe not tomorrow but someday
it will save you from boredom I think again that's not to be undervalued and
is again as I also said I liked it more than life I thought it was better
because that movie my characters doing way too many stupid things I would say
either they only did stupid things like once or twice and they have the
unfortunate situation of never leave someone behind and you know while it's
unfortunate it's just the characters themselves you're like man I don't want
to go see if someone's alive in there but I want someone to do it for me damn
it and that's the way it goes to real life - alright so anyway that's my
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