Hell and Back

Some youtuber put this on the list of the worst animated films of 2015, so i wanted to see it.

This picture is really dumb, aggressive and too edgy. It doesn't make it good, but at least it makes it not bland.

@темы: Мультипликация/анимация, Hell and Back

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Pride and Prejudice and Zombies

Official russian translation

It's a nice movie. Pride and Prejudice and Zombies don't dissonate with each other and sometimes they are even tied nicely together.
They keep everything within the style of Pride and Prejudice and mostly avoided jokes or scenes unfitting for Pride and Prejudice. The story took the easy route for the ending but taking it seriously would clash with the tone and bring unsettling implications and intervene too much with the Pride and Prejudice outline.

And that would be another story...

@темы: Кинотеатр, Pride And Prejudice And Zombies, Кино

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День выборов 2

This is more or less of the same. It's more or less okay. But this movie not being tied to the play entirely changed the whole structure, getting rid of the format and all the music.
The (intentionally constructed) jokes are mostly so-so, But the overall story is more or less all right.

But Lyosha's flamboyancy after the three movies is really bothersome. This is the only trait of a one-dimensional character and that one is irritating. An "offensive" joke for the sake of itself, that doesn't work and got old back in the 2000s. The only thing that remains is a feature-length annoyance.

@темы: Кинотеатр, День выборов, Кино

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Gods of Egypt

Oficial russian translation

A messy but really entertaining movie. The plot outline is pretty nice, but the implementation is so-so.

They whitewashed egyptians, removed animal heads for gods and traditionally turned cool local style into another late-european garbage (like in Percy Jackson and Clash of the Titans reboot). Also, they don't care for the origins: like the left eye being silver for the moon, right being gold for sun, Thoth and Ra not being a grandfather etc. They even ignored the weights or any human-god ratios. That crown should be carried by several humies for Osiris to take it with one hand.

The music used is of slaves, not of the depicted on screen masters. One of the biggest slave empires in history.

@темы: Кинотеатр, Gods of Egypt, Кино, Индустрия Развлечений

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MOAI 3: Trade Mission Collector's Edition

[Review key provided by publisher]

Time management (city-builder+puzzle type) casual game, with plot tied into previous series. Mechanics are mostly standard for the genre: workers, upgrades, artefacts (spells), equipment and superficial primary stats; though there is a enemy-clicker element on later levels, with superficial tower defence. Visuals are calm and pleasant; sound design is fitting, with a lot of audio cues for states of progression. Level design is nice — despite repetitive nature of the genre, tasks and maps feel distinct and diverse. Later ones are also somewhat frantic and challenging.
Game can be played in 4:3 but feels too much zoomed in. Native resolution in window is weird, but native aspect ratio seems to be nowadays common 16:9. So if you have 4:3 screen and can tolerate borders — i suggest you to play in windowed mode.

Story somewhat relies on player being already invested in the characters (this is my first game in the series) and overall is toothless and plain, reminiscent of old RTS games, though with interesting moai theme. Which, on the other hand, means that it was really easy to avoid mistakes in the narrative. Names and descriptions of difficulty levels did caught me off-guard and cracked me up rather hard. Also i like that they did choose to use statues with hats and eyes.
Bonus campaign takes place after trade mission returned home and adds 13+12 of new levels to the main campaign comprised of 40+38 levels, about pacifying the volcano and dealing with damage.

There are in-game achievements, which for some reason are not tied to steam. Mostly progression-based, resource accumulation and optional mission-based. But "coconut thrower" is misleading and actually means the bandits from end-game levels, rather than the usual bandits.

Trading cards feature characters from the game and have nice artwork; emoticons are utilitarian, some looks nice and fitting, while others are too small; profile backgrounds, on the other hand, are not very good, they are really blurry and it seems like they are pretty low-res.

Overall it's really solid game in the genre, more focused on mechanics, rather than on the heroes and some thorough story.

Немного раздражает то, что в игре от воронежской конторы нет возможности выбрать русский язык.

@темы: Компьютерные Игры, MOAI

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Wyrd Sisters (сериал)

Well, it took me almost a decade and quasi-major event (i was sitting without internet) to finally sit and watch it in it’s entirety. It looks just fine, despite those VFX, but it sounds very nice. No wonder — the Death is played by the Christopher Lee.

@темы: Мультипликация/анимация, wyrd sisters, discworld

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The Interview (2014)

It's a generic Rogen\Franco movie and it feels like every other one — a dumb comedy that rarely works. Overall it's not that good, but damn it has a great core idea, some amount of smart set-ups and some really good scenes in it.

@темы: The Interview (2014), Кино, Индустрия Развлечений

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Rango

It's a run of the mill fake hero story. But also it looks kinda disgusting and at times it's rapey.

@темы: Мультипликация/анимация, Rango, Индустрия Развлечений

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Brave (2012)

Довольно простой фильм с шотландским привкусом из феминистической волны Disney. Deus ex machina немного напрягает, но в остальном он не хуже остальных и даже лучше некоторых.

@темы: Мультипликация/анимация, Brave (2012)

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The Last Stand (2013)

It's an utmost generic typical last stand movie, and it's on the tamer side.

@темы: The Last Stand (2013), Кино, Индустрия Развлечений

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The Wolverine (2013)

Россомаха на луне.

More of the same edgy drab, but at least this time it is actually a movie and there's enough of things to see.

Post-credits scene shows hem with bone claws, but this film takes place between X-Men: The Last Stand and X-Men: Days of Future Past, where he has his metal claws back.

@темы: Энтропия, marvel, wolverine, Кино, Индустрия Развлечений, x-men

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X-Men: Days of Future Past

When you take a plate of fresh tasty first-class salad and then add a forgotten after-winter white turd to it, technically speaking you don't have a plate filled with shit up to 146%, but it's not that appetizing anymore, is it?

Well, to be fair, it is still an okay entertainment, mostly because of the cool Quicksilver scene. Hugh Jackman is a cool Wolverine, but he always have to work with some edgelord nonsense. And the old garbage series started to rub of the series which First Class has started — the yellow uniforms are gone, everything is dumb, dull and dark-grey. MCU did tone down the designs, but Hulk is green, Captain America is blue and Iron Man is red. What is wrong with X-Men movies, that they are afraid of the yellow colour? What, are they scared to lose some of the British viewership?

@темы: Энтропия, marvel, X-Men: Days of Future Past, Индустрия Развлечений, x-men

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Salt (2010)

Шпионский боевик на уровень выше средней температуры по больнице (с закосом под реализм), но намного хуже хорошего фильма.

@темы: Salt (2010), Кино, Индустрия Развлечений

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8BitBoy

How great, a retro pixel art platformer, because we don't have enough of these. This one is found "creativity" and then "imagination" and burned them both. Everything is a reskin and boring, and tired.

This game is so inspiring, that there is no video of true ending anywhere.

@темы: Энтропия, Компьютерные Игры, Индустрия Развлечений

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The 5th wave

Очередные подростки в жестокой голактеке, заранее намекающие на трилогию в четырёх фильмах. Но в отличии от других (как минимум maze runner) — это абсолютно несостоятельная и несамостоятельная часть, являющаяся просто рекламой серии. Фильм настолько полон инопланетянами, что ни единый персонаж в нём не ведёт себя как настоящий человек. И, кстати, вселенная серии не предлагает ни новых элементов, ни загадки, и наискучнейше тривиальна и примитивна в своей простоте.

@темы: Энтропия, The 5th wave, Кино, Индустрия Развлечений

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Kung Fu Panda 3

Чуть менее постыдный, чем первые два, но абсолютно не интересный.

@темы: Мультипликация/анимация, Kung Fu Panda, Индустрия Развлечений

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Kung Fu Panda 2

Очередное постыдное продолжение с очередным обещанием очередного постыдного продолжения. Оказывается что сериализация была заложена ещё в первой части. Dreamworks традиционно постыден с традиционно постыдным Джеком Блеком. Сюжет предсказуем до мелочей но разбавлен постыдством.

Впрочем, некоторые анимации павлина имеют некий шанс, но тонут в отсталом постыдстве.

@темы: Мультипликация/анимация, Энтропия, Kung Fu Panda, Индустрия Развлечений

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Dope (2015)

Странный посредственный фильм, который очень хочет быть стильным и структурирован так, будто он несёт в себе послание. Которое так и не было доставлено.

А главный актёр слишком стар для своей роли и так и выглядит.

Breaking bad.

@темы: Dope, Кино

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The Amazing Spider-Man 2

Лучший фильм с пауковеком что я видел. Они сохранили всё, что работало в первой части, но на этот раз не убили сюжет в монтаже. Параллельные ветки прекрасно сходятся друг с другом выстраивая единое повествование, построенное вокруг очень сильных персонажей. К тому же музыка и работа со звуком просто великолепны.

@темы: Marvel, The Amazing Spider-Man, Spider-Man, Кино

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The Expendables 3

Третья часть вышла самой целостной на данный момент. Первый фильм был сух и довольно уныл, а второй большей частью состоял из унылых шуток и отсылок. К тому же Гибсон и Бандерас здесь просто прекрасны.

@темы: The Expendables (2010), The Expendables 3, Кино