I realize that this movie has a really bad rotten tomatos score but I liked it
I'm giving it a fresh tomato and the hard truth
reven diesel is that most of his movies are rotten on Rotten Tomatoes even the
ones that I think some of us not all of us but some of us you know who you are
would consider pretty darn good and I have to say the press screening and this
has just become a it's just a norm at this point it happens that every press
screening I go to for a Vin Diesel movie the press laugh at the movie during it
and sometimes Vin Diesel laughs all the way to the bank but sometimes he does it
I'm not sure all happened with bloodshot especially with the coronavirus
situation but I can tell you that outside of his Fast and Furious movies
this is probably the best movie that Vin Diesel has ever made I think it's even
better it's in the same vein as his um you know his Riddick movies but it has a
much bigger budget and I think it's better made it's it's just better on
every level I really thought it was a good film I mean yeah the first 15
minutes are pretty silly and seem like a bad Michael Bay ripoff or a current
Michael Bay movie but that's you discover that that's intentional
and once the movie really gets going and reveals itself to be what it truly is
I'd say it's more of a throwback to the movies that made Michael Bay famous like
remember the island did you like the island I liked the island and I think it
even really holds up but you know what that Rotten Tomatoes score is 40% just
kind of show you a pattern developing here and this movie is a lot like the
island in fact which i think is a very big credit to the director David SF
Wilson who's making his directorial debut in movies after working
extensively in the VFX category on both videogames and movies at blur studios
right like this guy is really good I thought he did a phenomenal job
delivering this movie and yeah blood shot like all Vin Diesel movies are not
for everyone but as I tweeted after the press
screening if you like comics sci-fi and/or anime I think you're gonna at
least enjoy this movie I'm not saying you're gonna love it be like it's the
best movie of May but it certainly is again one of the
best Vin Diesel movies ever made and I really thought it was good it's very
satisfying and what's satisfying about it is it has all the staples of that
type of entertainment Comics sci-fi anime but executed incredibly well from
the acting to the VFX to things that are usually not very good in this type of
movie I particularly liked it because it actually reminded me of an action movie
by way of Epcot right Epcot I just had that future world theme park
looking toward the future vibe I thought it was fun and we have not just one but
several super soldiers and all of their action scenes including the use of their
Bionic parts are not only believable but cleverly executed also the movie ups the
ante in other ways for instance there's that big pivotal action scene that we've
seen in the trailers and that's not snow that's flour added to the mix right and
it really makes the scene even more visually interesting and you wouldn't
think you'd need to plus a scene where your hero your lead can rebuild his face
mid-fight but this movie goes for it I'm trying to operate on multiple levels and
I respect it for that and a lot of the credit of the cleverness of the film
goes to the screenwriters and one in particular is Eric Heiser ER and I think
it's pretty darn cool to have the sole screenwriter who did lights out arrival
and bird box on this movie and again I think that there's a Vin Diesel bias
with reviewers because I think if they've paid more attention to that
credit maybe they like maybe I shouldn't be so fast to write it off you shouldn't
I think it's very very good for what it is that's a big Pete pet peeve I have
and I know some of you do as well the people don't understand their different
types of movies they shouldn't they don't all go against the same measuring
stick alright I guess I guess except for like you right but everyone is their own
unique little measuring stick for movies all right so that's why we pay so much
attention to the box office maybe the final action scene is a bit over the top
but I thought the VFX look better in the actual movie than they have in the
trailers maybe they got a check time to fix them but also at that point I was so
invested in this story I just felt that scene held up I really enjoyed it
I enjoy the European settings but not
Europe on a budget as they so often doing this type of movie it was just a
nice change of pace and while the trailers do give away the
twist right I was still impressed with this movie's ability to surprise me
several times they still managed to hop there's still some misdirection the
trailer about trailers by the way finally but certainly not least the
acting I know and it's so important that the cast not only takes this movie very
seriously nobody here is collecting a paycheck or just collecting a paycheck
of course they're getting paid but they also have a comic book anime look to
them which really helps sell that kind of a story
Vin Diesel is Vin Diesel right but he delivers some absurd lines really well
like I laughed sometimes at how well his lines were delivered I was like that's
hilarious ven you really you really sold that and his character has some really
interesting things to say about how jar heads aren't respected by others and I
liked that part of the movie and it actually echoes how reviewers are
treating this movie Guy Pearce is excellent with a really cool biotic arm
lamorne Morris who's American is doing an amazing Stephen Merchant impression
like a Feeny I would suspect he actually did model
the character after Stephen Merchant and did a fantastic job
Sam Hugin is an excellent budget alexander skarsgård at many points in
the movie even sounding exactly like alexander skarsgård and his in his
inflection and tone and even the voice itself like sometimes his character will
say something off-screen you don't see him you just hear his voice and you'll
be like man that sounds like Alexander Skarsgard ah Toby Kebbell has a
hilarious scene that he nails what a gift to an actor and Isaac Gonzalez
finally gets to be front and center and knocks it out of the park she not only
looks like she stepped right off of the comic book page but she earns her spot
as a nuanced character with great emotional scenes and action scenes so I
had fun as you can see and I think you you'll you'll know if you're the type of
person who would also have fun with this sort of movie I also think that due to
the type of film that it is and the coronavirus situation right now
down the line a lot of people have to discover the movie then right and when
they do watch it when you do eventually watch this movie the time will come
you'll be bored you'll be looking for something to watch and you'll be like
huh that's pretty darn good the critics just aren't fair to poor Vin
Diesel so that's my review of bloodshot share your own thoughts down below
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