I saw this with friends. It was actually very moving, many were in tears as the film reminded us all of powerful times in our own lives. It also reminded us that all generations share the human experience. IMHO, you both have missed the forest for the trees. I give your review 1.5
I really enjoyed this film. It reminded me of my family. I'm 61 and i am now alone in the home i grew up in. I am the youngest of 6 kids and i saw them all leave one by one. We had family holidays that i shot on video and recently i would play them so i could hear their voices again in my empty home.
Sounds like a great concept for a short film - not a full length film. But the trailer felt almost... farcical. It just needed the movie-guy voiceover and this could have been a joke trailer from a comedy film poking fun at these types of self serious films. "A MOVIE, ABOUT A HOUSE, THAT WILL CHANGE THE WORLD" queue epic swelling over-dramatic music.
I'm here for the review but not here for Here. But it was nice to hear what you guys had to say about Here despite Zemeckis not quite getting there. Now i've confused myself. Thanks for the review.
I saw some ad and it was like "From the people who brought you Forrest Gump" and I thought "Oh they do not know what a re-evaluation that movie has gone through the past few years, huh?"
It's very much like A Ghost Story, but much more mainstream and on the nose. I love both movies for what they are and find this review to be ridiculously over the top.
A Hallmark card that wishes it was a New York Times Bestseller, a multi-photo frame with all the default photos left in it, a trainwreck that keeps going even when the train has crashed and halted into the station,
So Zemickis put "The Tree of Life," "Time and the Conways," and "This Is Us" into a Cuisinart, and poured it into a rotating Bundt pan without greasing it, did he? Well, alright then. Big hard pass, life is too short, and we still have our memories to consider. Thank you VERY much, Christy and Alonso.
OMG, that description is beyond brilliant! You made me almost choke from laughing while eating! Bravo! "Poured it into a rotating Bundt pan..." Im dead! lmao🤣😂
at 5:18, does the movie ever say what perspective were looking at the movie from? Why does Robin approach the camera so close? I there a mirror there, or a window, or???? If the camera never moves, how do we know who or what perspective we're supposed the be looking at this from? When similar techniques are used in other works, we can usually figure it out (ie, footage from the corner of a ceiling is probably from a security camera,). I'd assume it'd be almost impossible to emotionally connect to this film on any level if we're never told who or what is telling us this story....
I watched the trailer and then immediately came here to see what you guys had to say about this. I was cry laughing. Thanks for saving 1 hour and 45 minutes of my life.
@@mattjazzfan2288 I guess that's what happens when it's Robert Zemeckis. He's got his producer buddy Steven Spielberg and many others helping him out. Don't get me wrong, I love Back to the Future and some of his other films but his stuff over the past 10 years has been crap. I would love to see a movie like Anora at my local theater. But instead I have this and Venom: The Last Dance. And they wonder why movie theaters are dying.
The premise fascinates me but I fear it’s not executed in an interesting way or contains a compelling story? Sounds like an interesting theater (play) experience?
I kind of knew it would be like this, I’m not going to lie I loved this movie. lol. Is it a gimmick? YES. It’s a big gimmick movie but I felt that it was extremely well crafted. And for the first time in forever I didn’t even think about the de-aging technology at play because it worked very well. The time aspect is very unsettling but it kind of worked for me, in an existential crisis kind of way. I had a sneaking suspicion that I was going to be one of the few lone weirdos on the planet who got a kick out of this movie and I’m okay with that lol
Completely agree with the criticism... I also felt that way. I also felt like there are redeeming qualities that people aren't discussing and those qualities make it a lot better, in my opinion, than other movies that are getting this low of a rating.
I have to agree!! I enjoyed "here" but " a ghost story" is my all time favorite movie!! The lack of dialogue speaks more to the story it is a masterpiece!! Every time I watch it I notice something new
I feel I must reiterate: What the hell happened to Robert Zemeckis? You could make a case that Forrest Gump was both the best and worst thing to happen to his career. Best for his Oscar win (For what that’s worth), but worst in terms of him as a storyteller. I have a soft spot for The Polar Express, but with the exceptions of that, Cast Away and Flight, nothing he has done in the 21st century has been even remotely interesting. I might skip this one
Is this better than "Welcome to Marwen"? I remember Christy hated that movie when it was reviewed in that weird period between What The Flick being axed on TH-cam and before BFD started.
Yes but..... " a ghost story " mainly focuses on 1 character through out time where as " here" had a lot of characters and it was too hard to keep track of them all. I enjoyed " here" but it can't touch the masterpiece that's " a ghost story"
I think they stole the premise of this movie from "A Ghost Story", if you watched it, you would recall that the "ghost" gets stuck in the house where he lived when he died and he is vaulted in the past and then to the future of people living in that house or on the property of the house. While the story is different the premise seems oddly similar.
Definitely would have worked better as a play. I was charmed with the editing after a while actually but I agree that it doesn’t register emotionally at all.
Hey guys, let's bring back the team that made Forest Gump to make a movie about the passage of time, all the most important events in America's 20th century through the life of a family (but mostly Boomer related stuff) and pop culture. It's heartwarming, nostalgic and profound. It's epic and intimate at the same time. Hanks and Wright age from kids to old people in it too. We're gonna call it . . . . . "Here".
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I enjoyed the film when I saw it. I liked the visual representation with the frames holding different images. It was trying to be a graphic novel on film.
I liked it as a kid, but time has not been kind to it. Great performances for sure…maybe it’s just too played-out. Plus when you factor in the way-too-on-the-nose music cues and the gross way the film treats the Jenny character…I really have no desire to watch it.
Man I hated this! And I even had to show up twice because the first day the projector wasn't working and every other movie I hadn't yet seen had already started. At least I got refunded my A-List reservation AND got a pass. Ridiculous dialogue throughout. I would prefer to focus on Michelle Dockery or even the La-Z-Boy couple. And then after all that time you find out there's a HUGE dining room behind the camera that they never used, preferring to sit at the plastic kids table for any important family event. The camera placement in the lockdown was just too awkward a choice. I was fully expecting the hummingbird to return at the end of the credits like Tinkerbell on the old Sunday Disney show.
the mark of a good actor is one who is "given nothing" and can still make something out of it. that is LITERALLY WHAT ACTING IS ALL ABOUT. don't give them a free pass on this. We're talking about people who did Toy Story, standing in a sound booth with a piece of paper pretending to argue with space men and talking potatoes. No. this movie is just a big flex that failed.
Sounds like an interesting idea for a short film. But even in the competent hands of an assured director like Zemeckis and a talented cast... it seems like a stretch. I'll check it out but my expectations are low.
The sappy, tug at your emotions, Robert Zemeckis movies like Contact, Forrest Gump, Cast Away and sounds like this one too, are so overdone by him. I like when he doesn’t do that. And my personal guilty pleasure was so early in his career, Used Cars. That one deserved so much more attention. Kurt Russel was great and Zemeckis did a great job with the action, comedy and pacing of that one. He’s also made six movies since Flight (2012) and they’ve all been bad. Anyway, I have no interest in this 😅
Yeah, the worst part of this was the, as you two say, banal script (geeeez, it's bad), and the de-aging. I also agree that we don't get to know these people because it really IS the Carousel of Progress. Having said that, I DID find it interesting and was never bored. It's only 95 minutes until the credits roll. Nifty production design. And I was interested to see if it was ever going to get .. better? Lol. So, it's a failure, but nothing remotely like a 1.5 or even a 3, for me -- maybe a 4.5/5 or so. I thought it was interesting on a very basic level (but botched).
There must be some obscure European art film from the '60's that has the same gimmick. I'll check this out eventually (library DVD maybe), but I've no doubt it's as bad as they say.
The notion is in 'The Time Machine' (1960) right up to 'Lucy' (2014) and, judging by this movie, it ought to have stayed there. Other directors may have made a better film of the premise but for now and the foreseeable future it appears to be a missed opportunity.
When I saw the trailer for this movie it felt overly precious and I looked over at my wife and she was making an "eeeeew" face like she was nauseous. There is this thing with Tom Hanks voice now, too, where I always think of Woody from Toy Story (love every one) but it kind of makes his acting sound wooden, pun intended or overly corny, take your pick. That being said that your review aside I will have to see this months from now when it is on DVD just because it is a daring idea.
Chantel Ackerman used that stationary camera technique in "Jeanne Dielman." It was experimental and somehow it seemed to work, although it's a very, very long movie.
Just got out and idk I’m so torn because the concept is so interesting and I thought there was a lot good with Robin Wright and Tom Hanks but so much felt either unnecessary, stupid or downright stereotypical and grating.
The graphic novel is a real tour de force of formal experimentation. Its length gives it room to cultivate a powerful emotional response in the reader. It makes me sad to think of it getting into the hands of someone like Zemeckis. I can just see him being attracted solely by the visual gimmick. Definitely will avoid.
Just saw this …and I really liked it a lot! Call me a schmaltzy softie / Zemeckis fanboy but the concept just worked for me. I’ll admit the pacing was off at times and some of the silly humor fell flat but it was a unique / original grown up movie and that’s a rare thing these days!
I looked at some of the audience reviews on RT and kept seeing comments like "this movie is depressing" and "no one is happy." And furthermore, I heard that there's a scene that villainizes police officers and I give a hard pass to woke bullshit.
- The reviews do say that and I have no idea why. There is a lot of happiness in this movie - lol you a funny guy. All it is is a black father very seriously telling his son how to act when he's been pulled over in the safest way possible and to "thank God the police officer was thinking straight". If you don't think that's realistic or it's too political you don't know what you're talking about.
@oldman6688 I've seen the film now. I do think it is overall a depressing movie. While it certainly has its upbeat moments, I would not overall call it a happy tale. The downbeats outweigh the upbeats. The characters almost always seem in strife and battling with the unhappiness in their lives. I think this was the wrong approach. Instead it should've been mostly cheery with occasional bouts of tragedy. The scene with the black father feels very out of place. Of course the implication is that the police are vicious animals who are ready to beat some black ass at the slightest provocation. It felt like something from a totally different movie and I don't think it in any way accurately characterizes 99.999999% of police interactions with black folks.
Normally I agree but I am disappointed in the review. This film is about history, memories, and family that takes place in one place. This is for people that wonder what happened on the land that they live on. Most memories don't have a plot or come in order. The book is the same. It did have the year on each frame. Don't know if that would have helped or a distraction. This jumping time reminds me of Slaughterhouse Five or Citizen Kane.
sigh, yeah, not gonna lie. I think Zemeckis is a hack since Forest Gump. It's not so much "he has to invent things." It just his cold unemotional feelings towards things are so detached. At least when someone comes up with a new technique there's an earnest excitement over something cool.... even in Tales from the Crypt with the Humphrey Bogart episode, it's all locked in camera, so we can see the POV of the actor..... AND IT'S THE SAME SCHTICK HE'S DOING TODAY! Show us why you love doing this and get us as excited as you. But then what do you expect from a guy who made my friend depressed working with him.
I didn't hate Here, there were a couple of things I liked about the movie, but overall...it's a big misfire. Using the fixed camera angle to tell the story just feels gimmicky, and the frequent jumping between the different timelines doesn't do the movie any favors. The performances are so stiff and awkward and the de-aging makes the actors look weird.
Wow......I'm gutted to find out that this movie is so disappointing. I've been a big fan of Robert Zemeckis for decades. Most of his movies have been must-see events that changed cinema.
@@ekuhn44 Nope. Pinnochio was meh, not 'atrocious" The Witches was ok, not "atrocious" Welcome to Marwen was meh, not "atrocious" Allied was good, not great, but certainly not "atrocious"
@ Pinocchio and the Witches were almost unwatchable in my opinion, especially compared to the other versions (in Pinocchio’s case compared to the Del Torro one that came out that same year). Marwen was complete ass. I actually liked Allied though… I was including Here when I was talking about his last four. Agree to disagree I guess.
It really wasn’t that bad. I liked looking at how the house was decorated throughout the years. There were a lot of cool details. And it was something different. I think you guys were way too hard on this movie.
The antidote to all of these cheesy media tripe movies is "Being There." Great writing, great acting, fantastic directing. Being There obliterates all the nonsense with a real story that leaves you uplifted and alive.
Whoa! I saw the mixed reviews piling up but for you two to declare how much you hated this movie, is really something; it’s arrived in our town but I haven’t caught up with Smile 2 & We Live in Time yet. Sooooo…😅
Walked out after 20 minutes. This is like an ADHD movie. It can’t hold still dammit. The time jumps gave me whiplash. The scale of the room/location is weird. Something did not add up. Curious to read the graphic novel though. To see how genres change your perception of the story. I still love Contact and Flight. The rest of his filmography not so much. That was Kelly Reilly? Wow. Unrecognizable.
@ full disclosure, watched this after finishing Conclave at 10pm and was just curious, never intended to watch the whole thing, but if it were compelling I would have stayed.
@ You didn’t have to apologize! I really like your reviews; I was really looking forward to this movie though. I liked it a bit more than you guys did but I’m probably a bit more forgiving . . . I do think they could have done a better job of focusing more on the main characters.
This movie has to have one of the most laughably terrible trailers I’ve seen in a while. Robert Z’s fall off needs to be studied and Hanks is like 0 for his last 20 movies for me too… just brutal stuff.
Loved so many Zemeckis films that are among the all-time greats (Back to the Future, Cast Away, Death Becomes Her, Contact, Romancing the Stone), but Forrest Gump is easily one of the worst, stupidest, most overrated movies of all time. This new one looks similar to that. Yikes.
What I have noticed about American filmgoers, as evolved as they are, they apply their screenwriting and filmmaking 101 book way too much for their own good. Of course it was broad, of course characters are not "established" and a character's death is meant to affirm the circle of life. Of course it is not subtle. It is a theatrical conceit, which comes with the need for.projection, and is meant to be feel-good uplifting so the emotions are certainly dialled up. It is beautiful. Please give it a try, don't make decisions based on critics like these that are close-minded because they are not about the very spirit of cinema.
I just got back from seeing this and I wish I had seen this review before I went! Although my showing was probably 75% full and I might have been the only one under 60...judging from the number of "aww"s and "oh no"s I heard, I think most of the older crowd seemed to be into it, so maybe that's just the target audience.
Nope! I'm 74 and found it terrible and if you lived through some of this time you see discrepancies in what they presented of the times. Just an overall lousy movie. Had to keep myself from walking out! Also wished I had seen the reviews before I went.👎👎👎👎👎
I was so excited to see this movie, but it was disappointing! I walked out of the theater! It was all over the board...maybe some might consider creative...yeah, I don't care, it was awful! It was pure chaos...LOL!
I want to see the film that is made 6 years from now using whatever technology is created for this film. That seems like Zemeckis’ raison detre now? Lol
Its Alan back under a new TH-cam. But I equally liked this movie and hated it. Mainly because the giving up on your dreams part which I don't intend to do. Respect your opinion and I both want and dont want to recommend this one.
This is clearly Robert Zemeckis naked bid for another Oscar. What works in a graphic novel doesn't mean it will work in a film. Plus it isn't even in chronological order?
Seems like a fancy and expensive way to do something that Richard Linklater already has covered. In fact if anything speaks to the no nonesense workaday elegance of Linklaters work with time, it's overreaching pretenders like this.
This movie looks like the Billy Joel We Didn’t Start The Fire music video…
That is hilarious. Very good.
That’s a great reference 😂
It was always burning since the world’s been turning
@@LateCambrian That’s what Forrest Gump basically is
I'm dead. 🤣
I saw this with friends. It was actually very moving, many were in tears as the film reminded us all of powerful times in our own lives. It also reminded us that all generations share the human experience. IMHO, you both have missed the forest for the trees. I give your review 1.5
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I really enjoyed this film. It reminded me of my family. I'm 61 and i am now alone in the home i grew up in. I am the youngest of 6 kids and i saw them all leave one by one. We had family holidays that i shot on video and recently i would play them so i could hear their voices again in my empty home.
Sounds like a great concept for a short film - not a full length film.
But the trailer felt almost... farcical. It just needed the movie-guy voiceover and this could have been a joke trailer from a comedy film poking fun at these types of self serious films.
"A MOVIE, ABOUT A HOUSE, THAT WILL CHANGE THE WORLD" queue epic swelling over-dramatic music.
I'm here for the review but not here for Here. But it was nice to hear what you guys had to say about Here despite Zemeckis not quite getting there. Now i've confused myself. Thanks for the review.
it has its flaws and the effects were at times distracting but i loved this movie. i got swept away in every characters story. wonderful performances.
I saw some ad and it was like "From the people who brought you Forrest Gump" and I thought "Oh they do not know what a re-evaluation that movie has gone through the past few years, huh?"
Yeah. I'd have been like, do they think that Gump is relevant or that the younger 20 something audience even knows what Forest Gump is??
It's been forever since I saw forest Gump
Didn't "A Ghost Story" do this sort of jumping through time in one space thing but with (I am guessing) more grieving pie bingeing?
I love that movie. Never thought a movie with a white sheet ghost would make me cry. Boy was I wrong.
It's very much like A Ghost Story, but much more mainstream and on the nose.
I love both movies for what they are and find this review to be ridiculously over the top.
A Hallmark card that wishes it was a New York Times Bestseller, a multi-photo frame with all the default photos left in it, a trainwreck that keeps going even when the train has crashed and halted into the station,
All good analogies!
So Zemickis put "The Tree of Life," "Time and the Conways," and "This Is Us" into a Cuisinart, and poured it into a rotating Bundt pan without greasing it, did he? Well, alright then. Big hard pass, life is too short, and we still have our memories to consider. Thank you VERY much, Christy and Alonso.
OMG, that description is beyond brilliant! You made me almost choke from laughing while eating! Bravo! "Poured it into a rotating Bundt pan..." Im dead! lmao🤣😂
at 5:18, does the movie ever say what perspective were looking at the movie from? Why does Robin approach the camera so close? I there a mirror there, or a window, or???? If the camera never moves, how do we know who or what perspective we're supposed the be looking at this from? When similar techniques are used in other works, we can usually figure it out (ie, footage from the corner of a ceiling is probably from a security camera,). I'd assume it'd be almost impossible to emotionally connect to this film on any level if we're never told who or what is telling us this story....
All good questions!
I watched the trailer and then immediately came here to see what you guys had to say about this. I was cry laughing. Thanks for saving 1 hour and 45 minutes of my life.
hearing about the idea made me really excited for this film, but the trailer almost had me vomiting because of how artificial and schmaltzy it looked.
I'm honestly amazed it's getting a theatrical release. This is straight to Netflix garbage. And even then I would probably pass.
Has vomiting at movie trailers happened to you before? Have you seen a doctor about it? That isn't normal.
@@skychotic yeah it’s crazy to think that a fantastic movie like Woman of the Hour went straight to Netflix and not this crap
@@mattjazzfan2288 I guess that's what happens when it's Robert Zemeckis. He's got his producer buddy Steven Spielberg and many others helping him out. Don't get me wrong, I love Back to the Future and some of his other films but his stuff over the past 10 years has been crap. I would love to see a movie like Anora at my local theater. But instead I have this and Venom: The Last Dance. And they wonder why movie theaters are dying.
I'll say it again..."What happened to the greatness of Robert Zemeckis?'"⚡⚡⚡⚡
The premise fascinates me but I fear it’s not executed in an interesting way or contains a compelling story? Sounds like an interesting theater (play) experience?
When I was pulled out from the movie, I did think it felt like a play since the camera doesn't move and everyone step to "center stage".
Another great review that was incredibly on point!
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Thanks Jelani! We just did one a couple weekends ago but we'll definitely plan another soon.
Nice! I'll be sure to be on the lookout for any upcoming announcements 👌🏽 I'm a HUGE movie fan so I pretty much watch about everything 😅😂
“I’ve got concepts of characters!” Lol
I kind of knew it would be like this, I’m not going to lie I loved this movie. lol. Is it a gimmick? YES. It’s a big gimmick movie but I felt that it was extremely well crafted. And for the first time in forever I didn’t even think about the de-aging technology at play because it worked very well. The time aspect is very unsettling but it kind of worked for me, in an existential crisis kind of way. I had a sneaking suspicion that I was going to be one of the few lone weirdos on the planet who got a kick out of this movie and I’m okay with that lol
Same here, I loved the conceit and loved the movie. I hope people don't take this review as gospel and seek the movie out for themselves.
I totally agree. I think people are being way too hard on this movie.
Not sure I've seen a worse movie this year
I thought the movie was okay. The story was jumbled. The camera did move at the end of the movie… 5/10?
Reminds me of a couple better films: _A Ghost Story_ by David Lowery and Ruben Östlund's short _Incident by a Bank._
Completely agree with the criticism... I also felt that way. I also felt like there are redeeming qualities that people aren't discussing and those qualities make it a lot better, in my opinion, than other movies that are getting this low of a rating.
If you want this sort of thing done better, watch A Ghost Story!
Lowery's masterpiece that so few people even know about. Totally agreed!
I have to agree!! I enjoyed "here" but " a ghost story" is my all time favorite movie!! The lack of dialogue speaks more to the story it is a masterpiece!! Every time I watch it I notice something new
I love A Ghost Story but Here absolutely has merit too. Not all movies need to be done the same way.
I actually really liked this 😂
I feel I must reiterate: What the hell happened to Robert Zemeckis? You could make a case that Forrest Gump was both the best and worst thing to happen to his career. Best for his Oscar win (For what that’s worth), but worst in terms of him as a storyteller. I have a soft spot for The Polar Express, but with the exceptions of that, Cast Away and Flight, nothing he has done in the 21st century has been even remotely interesting. I might skip this one
Is this better than "Welcome to Marwen"? I remember Christy hated that movie when it was reviewed in that weird period between What The Flick being axed on TH-cam and before BFD started.
Didn't A Ghost Story already give us the idea of showing one house over centuries of history?
Yes but..... " a ghost story " mainly focuses on 1 character through out time where as " here" had a lot of characters and it was too hard to keep track of them all. I enjoyed " here" but it can't touch the masterpiece that's " a ghost story"
I think they stole the premise of this movie from "A Ghost Story", if you watched it, you would recall that the "ghost" gets stuck in the house where he lived when he died and he is vaulted in the past and then to the future of people living in that house or on the property of the house. While the story is different the premise seems oddly similar.
I thought the same thing. I enjoyed 'here" but it can't come close to the masterpiece that's " a ghost story"
Dude A Ghost Story was inspired by Here. Not the other way around. If you had looked into this at all you'd know.
the graphic novel is great imo
Definitely would have worked better as a play. I was charmed with the editing after a while actually but I agree that it doesn’t register emotionally at all.
Hey guys, let's bring back the team that made Forest Gump to make a movie about the passage of time, all the most important events in America's 20th century through the life of a family (but mostly Boomer related stuff) and pop culture. It's heartwarming, nostalgic and profound. It's epic and intimate at the same time. Hanks and Wright age from kids to old people in it too. We're gonna call it . . . . . "Here".
Sounds like with 1 (major) shift it could have been much better - film it with at least 2 camera positions to replace the monotony
Speaking of locked off cameras... If I could make one small critique of this channel, it would be that Alonso's camera shakes a bit. It's more pronounced if you watch at increased playback speed and is a little distracting.
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Robert Zemeckis. 20 long years in the uncanny valley.
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I enjoyed the film when I saw it. I liked the visual representation with the frames holding different images. It was trying to be a graphic novel on film.
Man, this is so Original! {cough) Tralfamadore (cough)
Please tell me I’m not the only one who thinks Forest Gump was way overrated
Not me. I love it. But back to the future, THATS overrated
Have you seen it recently ? It’s a classic
I liked it as a kid, but time has not been kind to it. Great performances for sure…maybe it’s just too played-out.
Plus when you factor in the way-too-on-the-nose music cues and the gross way the film treats the Jenny character…I really have no desire to watch it.
I think it’s a little overrated
@@crakatoot5480BTTF is waaay better than Forrest GumpIMO. Gump isn’t bad, but I do indeed think it’s vastly overrated.
Man I hated this! And I even had to show up twice because the first day the projector wasn't working and every other movie I hadn't yet seen had already started. At least I got refunded my A-List reservation AND got a pass.
Ridiculous dialogue throughout. I would prefer to focus on Michelle Dockery or even the La-Z-Boy couple.
And then after all that time you find out there's a HUGE dining room behind the camera that they never used, preferring to sit at the plastic kids table for any important family event. The camera placement in the lockdown was just too awkward a choice. I was fully expecting the hummingbird to return at the end of the credits like Tinkerbell on the old Sunday Disney show.
Oh no Bob that sucks!
the mark of a good actor is one who is "given nothing" and can still make something out of it. that is LITERALLY WHAT ACTING IS ALL ABOUT.
don't give them a free pass on this. We're talking about people who did Toy Story, standing in a sound booth with a piece of paper pretending to argue with space men and talking potatoes.
No. this movie is just a big flex that failed.
sadly..... that talent can be lost.... i think it's time for them to retire.
Sounds like an interesting idea for a short film. But even in the competent hands of an assured director like Zemeckis and a talented cast... it seems like a stretch. I'll check it out but my expectations are low.
The sappy, tug at your emotions, Robert Zemeckis movies like Contact, Forrest Gump, Cast Away and sounds like this one too, are so overdone by him. I like when he doesn’t do that. And my personal guilty pleasure was so early in his career, Used Cars. That one deserved so much more attention. Kurt Russel was great and Zemeckis did a great job with the action, comedy and pacing of that one.
He’s also made six movies since Flight (2012) and they’ve all been bad.
Anyway, I have no interest in this 😅
I loved Used Cars, but have not seen it in 35? years.
Yeah, the worst part of this was the, as you two say, banal script (geeeez, it's bad), and the de-aging. I also agree that we don't get to know these people because it really IS the Carousel of Progress. Having said that, I DID find it interesting and was never bored. It's only 95 minutes until the credits roll. Nifty production design. And I was interested to see if it was ever going to get .. better? Lol. So, it's a failure, but nothing remotely like a 1.5 or even a 3, for me -- maybe a 4.5/5 or so. I thought it was interesting on a very basic level (but botched).
There must be some obscure European art film from the '60's that has the same gimmick. I'll check this out eventually (library DVD maybe), but I've no doubt it's as bad as they say.
The notion is in 'The Time Machine' (1960) right up to 'Lucy' (2014) and, judging by this movie, it ought to have stayed there. Other directors may have made a better film of the premise but for now and the foreseeable future it appears to be a missed opportunity.
Great fun these reviews 👍🏻
I saw this at CIFF last weekend and God it was atrocious lmao
When I saw the trailer for this movie it felt overly precious and I looked over at my wife and she was making an "eeeeew" face like she was nauseous. There is this thing with Tom Hanks voice now, too, where I always think of Woody from Toy Story (love every one) but it kind of makes his acting sound wooden, pun intended or overly corny, take your pick. That being said that your review aside I will have to see this months from now when it is on DVD just because it is a daring idea.
Your instincts are good!
Chantel Ackerman used that stationary camera technique in "Jeanne Dielman." It was experimental and somehow it seemed to work, although it's a very, very long movie.
Sounds like David Lowery's beautiful Ghost Story?
Wow, that score 😆🙈
This really disappointing. I was looking forward to the idea of this.
Just got out and idk I’m so torn because the concept is so interesting and I thought there was a lot good with Robin Wright and Tom Hanks but so much felt either unnecessary, stupid or downright stereotypical and grating.
It was the Film Version of Disneys Carousel of Progess😂😂😬😬
Pretty much!
The graphic novel is a real tour de force of formal experimentation. Its length gives it room to cultivate a powerful emotional response in the reader. It makes me sad to think of it getting into the hands of someone like Zemeckis. I can just see him being attracted solely by the visual gimmick. Definitely will avoid.
Good to know you liked the source material!
GIMMICK: The Movie
Just saw this …and I really liked it a lot! Call me a schmaltzy softie / Zemeckis fanboy but the concept just worked for me. I’ll admit the pacing was off at times and some of the silly humor fell flat but it was a unique / original grown up movie and that’s a rare thing these days!
I looked at some of the audience reviews on RT and kept seeing comments like "this movie is depressing" and "no one is happy." And furthermore, I heard that there's a scene that villainizes police officers and I give a hard pass to woke bullshit.
- The reviews do say that and I have no idea why. There is a lot of happiness in this movie
- lol you a funny guy. All it is is a black father very seriously telling his son how to act when he's been pulled over in the safest way possible and to "thank God the police officer was thinking straight". If you don't think that's realistic or it's too political you don't know what you're talking about.
@oldman6688 I've seen the film now. I do think it is overall a depressing movie. While it certainly has its upbeat moments, I would not overall call it a happy tale. The downbeats outweigh the upbeats. The characters almost always seem in strife and battling with the unhappiness in their lives. I think this was the wrong approach. Instead it should've been mostly cheery with occasional bouts of tragedy.
The scene with the black father feels very out of place. Of course the implication is that the police are vicious animals who are ready to beat some black ass at the slightest provocation. It felt like something from a totally different movie and I don't think it in any way accurately characterizes 99.999999% of police interactions with black folks.
Normally I agree but I am disappointed in the review. This film is about history, memories, and family that takes place in one place. This is for people that wonder what happened on the land that they live on. Most memories don't have a plot or come in order. The book is the same. It did have the year on each frame. Don't know if that would have helped or a distraction. This jumping time reminds me of Slaughterhouse Five or Citizen Kane.
sigh, yeah, not gonna lie. I think Zemeckis is a hack since Forest Gump. It's not so much "he has to invent things." It just his cold unemotional feelings towards things are so detached. At least when someone comes up with a new technique there's an earnest excitement over something cool.... even in Tales from the Crypt with the Humphrey Bogart episode, it's all locked in camera, so we can see the POV of the actor..... AND IT'S THE SAME SCHTICK HE'S DOING TODAY! Show us why you love doing this and get us as excited as you.
But then what do you expect from a guy who made my friend depressed working with him.
I didn't hate Here, there were a couple of things I liked about the movie, but overall...it's a big misfire. Using the fixed camera angle to tell the story just feels gimmicky, and the frequent jumping between the different timelines doesn't do the movie any favors. The performances are so stiff and awkward and the de-aging makes the actors look weird.
Wow......I'm gutted to find out that this movie is so disappointing. I've been a big fan of Robert Zemeckis for decades. Most of his movies have been must-see events that changed cinema.
Ha, don't feel gutted... you may love it.
His last 4 movies have been ATROCIOUS.
@@ekuhn44 the last BZ directed movie I saw was Castaway, ha
@@ekuhn44 Nope.
Pinnochio was meh, not 'atrocious"
The Witches was ok, not "atrocious"
Welcome to Marwen was meh, not "atrocious"
Allied was good, not great, but certainly not "atrocious"
@ Pinocchio and the Witches were almost unwatchable in my opinion, especially compared to the other versions (in Pinocchio’s case compared to the Del Torro one that came out that same year). Marwen was complete ass. I actually liked Allied though… I was including Here when I was talking about his last four. Agree to disagree I guess.
It really wasn’t that bad. I liked looking at how the house was decorated throughout the years. There were a lot of cool details. And it was something different. I think you guys were way too hard on this movie.
This was a short film from 1991! It's on TH-cam =)
I’m seeing this and Anora. The director has been hit and miss. They have a 9:00 showing on Sunday night and I’m seeing Anora at 6:00.
The antidote to all of these cheesy media tripe movies is "Being There."
Great writing, great acting, fantastic directing. Being There obliterates all the nonsense with a real story that leaves you uplifted and alive.
Whoa! I saw the mixed reviews piling up but for you two to declare how much you hated this movie, is really something; it’s arrived in our town but I haven’t caught up with Smile 2 & We Live in Time yet. Sooooo…😅
David Fincher would’ve made this work. Benjamin Button being an example of how you do film about the passage of time.
Hot take: it wasn’t suppose to be like other movies and is better because of it
I loved this movie so much!
Walked out after 20 minutes.
This is like an ADHD movie. It can’t hold still dammit. The time jumps gave me whiplash.
The scale of the room/location is weird. Something did not add up.
Curious to read the graphic novel though. To see how genres change your perception of the story.
I still love Contact and Flight. The rest of his filmography not so much.
That was Kelly Reilly? Wow. Unrecognizable.
Definitely jumps around in time too much.
@ full disclosure, watched this after finishing Conclave at 10pm and was just curious, never intended to watch the whole thing, but if it were compelling I would have stayed.
We Live Here In Time Jumps.
A gimmick movie lacking in substance ends up being a huge bore, and is probably one of the worst films of 2024.
Should have called it: How Green Was My Uncanny Valley.
We’re going to see this today; I was hoping you gave this movie🍿🎥a good review. Oh well . . .🤷♀️
Sorry, good luck!
@ You didn’t have to apologize! I really like your reviews; I was really looking forward to this movie though. I liked it a bit more than you guys did but I’m probably a bit more forgiving . . . I do think they could have done a better job of focusing more on the main characters.
Well this is a bummer to hear.
Where?
There
This movie has to have one of the most laughably terrible trailers I’ve seen in a while. Robert Z’s fall off needs to be studied and Hanks is like 0 for his last 20 movies for me too… just brutal stuff.
Yikes, the beginning with the dinosaurs sounds like a fourth rate Tree of Life. Yay! Alonso-great minds!
"Time sure does fly"!!! 🤣🙏
3:37...these are not characters, these are...what!? Oh... concepts...right. thought Alonzo was getting a bit too aggressive there for a moment...
This movie looks more experimental than anything else.The fixed camera serves as an unnecessary gimmick that gets in the way of telling the story.
The Razzie awards are going to be lit this year.
Just saw it and did not like it. Maybe best actor goes to…the Native American woman who gave birth.
Sort of relevant... but Flight is a great film and great Denzel Washington performance
Flight is good! The Walk is good too of recent Zemeckis films.
John Goodman is great too! (As usual)
The gimmick of this is Reverse Birdman!
Loved so many Zemeckis films that are among the all-time greats (Back to the Future, Cast Away, Death Becomes Her, Contact, Romancing the Stone), but Forrest Gump is easily one of the worst, stupidest, most overrated movies of all time. This new one looks similar to that. Yikes.
What I have noticed about American filmgoers, as evolved as they are, they apply their screenwriting and filmmaking 101 book way too much for their own good. Of course it was broad, of course characters are not "established" and a character's death is meant to affirm the circle of life. Of course it is not subtle. It is a theatrical conceit, which comes with the need for.projection, and is meant to be feel-good uplifting so the emotions are certainly dialled up. It is beautiful. Please give it a try, don't make decisions based on critics like these that are close-minded because they are not about the very spirit of cinema.
Is it weird that your review makes me want to watch it more?
Ha, let us know if you do!
It’s really not as bad as they say it is
I think you guys are a little tough on this movie.
I just got back from seeing this and I wish I had seen this review before I went! Although my showing was probably 75% full and I might have been the only one under 60...judging from the number of "aww"s and "oh no"s I heard, I think most of the older crowd seemed to be into it, so maybe that's just the target audience.
Woo hoo, makes us feel young!
Nope! I'm 74 and found it terrible and if you lived through some of this time you see discrepancies in what they presented of the times. Just an overall lousy movie. Had to keep myself from walking out! Also wished I had seen the reviews before I went.👎👎👎👎👎
@@KathleenKrause-x3m Thanks for your report, Kathleen!
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The carrousel of life that’s great!!! Hahaha
I was so excited to see this movie, but it was disappointing! I walked out of the theater! It was all over the board...maybe some might consider creative...yeah, I don't care, it was awful! It was pure chaos...LOL!
I want to see the film that is made 6 years from now using whatever technology is created for this film. That seems like Zemeckis’ raison detre now? Lol
Its Alan back under a new TH-cam. But I equally liked this movie and hated it. Mainly because the giving up on your dreams part which I don't intend to do. Respect your opinion and I both want and dont want to recommend this one.
Well, you can't say Bob doesn't take chances.
True! And we do like when filmmakers take chances. This one just doesn't work.
This is clearly Robert Zemeckis naked bid for another Oscar. What works in a graphic novel doesn't mean it will work in a film. Plus it isn't even in chronological order?
I think it has a better shot at winning a Razzie
Loooks awful.. but it does amaze me with its anti aging tech
It's getting better but still kind of hit and miss. Better on Tom Hanks than on Robin Wright.
An hour in, I got sooo bored and tired. Googled how long the movie was and sighed at 40+ more minutes left to trudge through
Seems like a fancy and expensive way to do something that Richard Linklater already has covered. In fact if anything speaks to the no nonesense workaday elegance of Linklaters work with time, it's overreaching pretenders like this.
So, Alonso, it's not a great, big, beautiful tomorrow?