WHATEVER...

Our childhood is officially dead. Disney took care of it, by turning one of the most influential movies of all times into a brainless amusement for children with special needs. There are no new interesting worlds, there are no more breathtaking CGI and action sequences, masterpieces of design, nor some likeable characters and lines for quotations.

No, there’s just market research, political correctness at any cost (black stormtrooper, his Chinese girlfriend), Mengele produced creatures (brontosaurus cows, chicken and gremlins hybrids, fish nuns and many, many more), self- paroding villains and no innovation at all.

The storyline just doesn’t exist and the new ’’Star Wars’’ movies are now just a series of random events with no end and no beginning, raping the serious viewer or a fan with no remorse and ending in sight. All the characters that raised entire generations will be exploited without a trace of shame and in the end, wasted with no real reason (Hamill, Fisher).

If „Rogue one” was the lonesome spark in the nowadays dark ’’Star wars’’ universe, ’’The Last Jedi’’made sure it got smothered in a second so you just wouldn't care what will happen next.

STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI – 1/10

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DECENT CLONE

Ridley Scott's „Alien” inspired entire generations of movie creators and it continues to do so 'till this very day. „Life” is one of the exact replicas of the 1979 masterpiece of SF horror and it does its ripping off relentlessly. There is no proper introduction, just plain old action and horror. The concept of the dormant alien creature (aka Calvin) that does its growing by devouring the crew of the Interantional Space Station is something we already saw more than once. All that follows represent one great mashup of deja vus that stretches out to the ending credits.

The A-list cast will do their parts without mistakes (especially Gyllenhaal), while the CGI and camera will be heavily influenced by the makers of „Gravity”.

Script will wander off pretty early in the movie, so expect no serious and scientifically justifiable plots.

„Life” will not surprise you, but will succeed in amusing you, especially if you were raised on the trash SF horror of the '80s.

LIFE – 5/10

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SHALLOW, BUT ENTERTAINING

Seldomly, the first reboot movies tend to breathe in new life into the worn out franchises („Transformers”, „X-Men”, „Star trek”), but that's about it. The problem is that this new life is almost always short, finishing with the first one of the rebooted flicks.

„Star Trek” followed that path with „Star Trek Into Darkness”, loosing itself in too much action and almost no brain. „Star Trek Beyond” tends to repeat the flaws of its predecessor, but manages to do that in an entertaining and not too overwhleming way. The crew (Pine,  Quinto, Saldana, Urban, Yelchin) is there, with some laughs and hommages as well.

On the downside, the script will be really jibberish as well as the motivations and revelations towards the end of the movie.

„Star Trek Beyond” is a classical Hollywood shortlived blockbuster.

STAR TREK BEYOND – 5/10

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