Millie Bobby Brown and Chris Pratt’s latest movie The Electric State is a sci-fi/action/adventure about an orphaned teen (Brown) and her two companions as they search for her younger brother.
Directed by brothers Anthony and Joe Russo; Stanley Tucci, Woody Harrelson, Ann Russo and Greg Cromer are among the key cast.
Hmmmm…?
Some questions: Why does this feel silly but not in a great way? Why does Pratt’s character’s hair at 30 seconds into the trailer make me giggle each time I see it?
This may be one of those movies that’s not for me. Yet, I remain curious to see how it ends up and if my initial instincts are proved correct.
What do you think?
Vince Pisani, Camrus Johnson, Kurt Loder, Giancarlo Esposito, Necar Zadegan, Billy Gardell, Colman Domingo, Anthony Mackie and Jordan Black also star.
The premise of The Silence is similar to that of the above mentioned movies. All three feature a family who have to stay silent in order to survive the deadly creatures terrorising Earth.
Starring Stanley Tucci, Kiernan Shipka and John Corbett, I settled into the pace and style of The Silence at the start quite nicely. Especially the introduction of the family at the centre of the story. I enjoyed this phase so much that I did then miss it once the scary creatures came to obliterate the peace.
I like that there’s a fair amount of tension-filled ‘scary’ moments in The Silence. Not the kind of scary that would induce nightmares, but rather the more ‘suspenseful-scary’ variety. In fact, for me, the most horrifying thing in The Silence isn’t the deadly, primaeval species with acute hearing. It’s the intentions of a specific group within the story. I also liked the Tucci/Corbett dynamic and the design of the primaeval species.
Overall, I think The Silence is OK. The parts I wasn’t overly enthused by include the final cut of the car crash because it looked to me as though a clip of the crash was missing. There’s also a moment when the family seemed to have forgotten about a vulnerable family member during a particularly dangerous time, which annoyed me. I know that almost anything can happen during desperate times. However, maybe I just don’t know, but I found it hard to believe that everyone forgot to do a ‘head count’ of their loved ones during such a desperate moment. The last part that left me wanting is the ending. I understood it, but it felt flat and disappointing.
None of the ‘silence or you die’ movies are perfect, but A Quiet Place does sit at the top in my mind. It did come first; nevertheless, I also really connected with the characters, appreciated the pace, the heart, and I was more impressed by the cleverness/ingenuity when it came to how to survive a silent world. In second place is Bird Box, mainly because of the film’s last thirty minutes.
Starring Kiernan Shipka, Stanley Tucci, Miranda Otto, John Corbett and with John R. Leonetti as director, The Silence is the latest horror film from Netflix
Set during a time when the world is being terrorised by a deadly, primaeval species with acute hearing, a family seeks refuge to wait out the invasion as they wonder what kind of world will remain by the time they emerge.
I’m guessing that this is the kind of horror film that will make me jump several times, but then once it’s over, I soon forget about it. I could be wrong, of course. Either way, I just hope it’s clever. I really think that I’m going to need something about The Silence to be clever.
Kate Corbett, Dempsey Bryk, Kyle Breitkopf, Billy MacLellan, Callum Shoniker, Hannah Gordon and Taylor Love also star.
Written by Ian McEwan and directed by Richard Eyre (Love, Actually (2003), The Children Act stars Emma Thompsonas a High Court judge who must decide whether or not to force a teenage boy to have the blood transfusion that will save his life.
Other key cast includes Stanley Tucci, Fionn Whitehead, Nikki Amuka-Bird and Ben Chaplin.
I like Thompson, and the plot is interesting. I also know how a Jehovah’s Witness/blood transfusion storyline was handled on Grey’s Anatomy, but… how will they do it here?
Final Portrait (2017), Armie Hammer, Geoffrey Rush
Written/directed by Stanley Tucci, Final Portrait tells the story of Swiss painter and sculptor Alberto Giacometti.
Set in Paris, France, Geoffrey Rush is Giacometti, and Armie Hammer plays critic and old friend, James Lord. Lord sits for a portrait and so begins the creation of one of Giacometti’s masterpieces.
Rush is always memorable, and that’s my main reason for watching. I’m also open to discovering another artist’s genius.
Lastly, I don’t think I’ve seen a movie directed by Tucci before, so hopefully this will be good.
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