with the summer movie season now well
underway I thought I'd do another
three-in-one review video since it
worked pretty well last time to be
specific I'm gonna be talking about
finding dory the secret life of pets and
the BFG and don't worry I'm gonna keep
this spoiler free alright then let's get
into it starting off with the movie that
I've been getting a lot of requests to
review finding dory firstly what does
this movie do right the voice talent is
great which is something you would
expect from Pixar at this point Ellen
DeGeneres in particular does a really
good job as dory again and the whole
extended cast is fantastic and as far as
the characters themselves they're really
fun especially the new characters here
Hank the octopus or septa puss is
awesome probably my favorite character
and the two whales I thought they were
really funny and I'm not note this movie
is very funny and it's a fun enjoyable
ride the animation is absolutely
incredible the movies entertaining it's
adorable in a lot of parts and I think
kids will love it I think adults can
definitely also love it but I don't
think this is a movie that everyone of
any age will enjoy equally like some of
Pixar's other movies and I guess this is
where I start talking about what I
didn't like get ready to be angry but I
thought this movie had quite a few flaws
really my main problem with this movie
is that I found it so predictable and
formulaic I knew exactly what was gonna
happen for most of the film I know I'm
gonna get comments like well you love
all the Marvel stuff and those movies
follow a formula but to me the Marvel
movies do enough different in terms of
style and characters to stay different
and remain interesting and they have
some unique twists and turns along the
way same with a lot of Pixar's films
those have followed a certain formula
for a while now but the best of them
have different elements in there that
switch it up a bit this movie is kind of
similar to the good dinosaur in that way
to me where it's a story we've seen so
many times and I think the problems with
this film nearly all come from the
script
Dory's memory loss got pretty annoying
after the first few minutes although
they did tone it down as the movie went
along and related to that there's also a
certain plot device that I guess I won't
spoil here that felt very convenient and
coincidental that kept propelling the
story forward and that also kind of
annoyed me
look I will say the movie gets a lot
better when Dory and company get to the
marine life Institute aquarium type
thing and that's good because most of
the movie takes place there so look I
totally get why everyone loves this it's
fun it's well animated it has likable
characters but I personally just didn't
love this this is far from Pixar's worst
but this is also a bit far from its best
for me I did still enjoy watching it
though and I'll get finding Dory a seven
point six out of ten so now let's move
over to what I guess is Pixar's big
competitor now illumination with The
Secret Life of pets I'll be honest after
minions I was kind of done with
illumination like I personally thought
it was fun but I was getting tired of
this kind of gibberish slapstick stuff
however I'm happy to say that with the
secret life of pets I'm back on board at
least for this kind of stuff because
this movie is actually pretty great I
mean it's not perfect but I just had
such an undeniably fun time at the
cinema the voice cast is great in this
in particular louis c.k as the main
character and while the characters
aren't very deep like you don't really
know much about any of them besides the
main tube by the end but they're all a
lot of fun to watch especially Kevin
Hart as the rabbit and Albert Brooks as
the hawk the movies fast paced it's
super adorable especially at the start
the animation style is fun and I would
also recommend seeing this in 3d because
I thought the 3d was fantastic it's also
really funny and for a kids movie
there's a good mix of comedy like the
movie has quite a few clever jokes but
it also does a really good job with
visual comedy also I just like to
mention illumination has a word thing
where they have very kid-friendly movies
with quite a bit of slapstick humor and
then there's suddenly very adult jokes
and moments and not just that for kids
movie there are some pretty scary
moments in here like there are a few
things here that would terrify me as a
little kid so if you're a parent taking
your kid to this just be aware of that
going in although I don't think there's
anything too bad in my cinema kids and
adults alike we're loving it also as if
it needs to be said this movie is
obviously trying to be relatable to pet
owners especially dog owners and as
someone who has a dog I can say that it
did that really well as far as the
negatives it is a pretty cliche story
you can kind of tell where it's gonna go
for most of it note that I said cliche
story not cliche premise everyone's
saying this movie rips off Toy Story and
yes it is a similar premise to that but
I wouldn't say it rips it off and there
are other movies out there that do the
whole things that you wouldn't think
have their own world do have their own
world
kind of thing like wreckit-ralph the
lego movie kind of and even the upcoming
sausage party so I didn't really have a
problem with that aspect so in the end I
know I'll get a lot of dislikes for
saying this but for me personally I
enjoyed this more than finding dory
which is the better made film that's
more up in the air in terms of animation
characters that kind of stuff that could
probably go either way but for me
subjectively I just had a great time
with this maybe the crowd swayed me a
bit since when I went to see them there
was a bigger crowd at pets than there
was a Dory but I don't really think so
so ultimately I'm gonna give the secret
life of pets an 8.5 out of 10 so finally
let's talk about Steven Spielberg's
latest film The BFG I'm a pretty big fan
of The BFG book and I'm also a pretty
big fan of the team behind this so
overall this had a lot going for it and
in the end it was pretty good as far as
the positives the visual effects are
absolutely amazing the motion capture
stuff the CGI the sets everything is
fantastic and the film also does a
really good job of showing the scale of
things like you really get how big some
of the stuff is the performances are all
great Mark Rylance is perfect as the BFG
seeing the BFG actually doing his stuff
like sneaking around or making dreams is
fascinating the little girl who plays
Sophie Ruby Barnhill I believe is also
really good and overall the movies fun
and light-hearted it's enjoyable it's
funny in parts it has some heartfelt
moments and it's good seeing a movie
directed by Steven Spielberg and scored
by John Williams is going to be an
experience no matter what I just don't
feel like this was anything super
special and now as far as what I didn't
like the pacing isn't very good like the
movie grinds to a total halt for five to
ten minutes a couple times we're really
nothing to do with this story happens
it's just for a joke or to show some
cool visuals and so the movie does kind
of sag a bit in the middle and I think
it feels a bit slow because there's kind
of a lack of danger and conflict like
those other giants might eat Sophie
maybe but I never really got a sense of
urgency or like there was something
really big going on and that made the
movie feel a bit lacking in my opinion
in the end The BFG is fun for pretty
much the whole family but it's also kind
of slow on the technical side of things
the film is incredible on the
performances front the film is also
great there just isn't really much to it
it's a bit forgettable and there's
nothing really groundbreaking here but
it is still a pleasant way to kill two
hours
I'll give the BFG a 7 point 4 out of 10
so those were my thoughts on finding
dory this
secret life of pets and the BFG what did
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