omegafleons12 Reviews

Transformers: The Last Knight (2017)

A movie out of even common sense

[1/10 · 29 September 2017]

The movie is made by a teenage writer who cannot even write conversations natural, read part of DaVinci Code, part of Arthur, and watched a Star War movie. Putting everything together without logic, this is what the movie is. Oh, by the way, his knowledge about physics never go beyond what his parents told him in kindergarten.

There are more than enough critics on plot and poorly told stories; I'm not going to repeat. But I have to point one character: the Old Man. Who cares what his name is (I didn't get it AT ALL) I don't know what kind of personality Michael Bay want to create. What I saw was a rude, uneducated, changing man with a lot of money. It was so awkward while he dump the famous names into my ears and declared that all those people tried to keep that stupid secret. I don't know what he said "I can't go with you" because he eventually was there, and...just died there.

After 10 min, the only though I had was to see how bad the movie can be. YKW, it's just worse than I thought.

Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016)

Mortal vs immortal, a modern think

[10/10 · 29 September 2017]

For years, I've read enough critics on the plot, and the mixture of multiple comic stories. Indeed the background information in this movie is plentiful; it borrowed ideas from many DC book that those non-big-fans including myself has to do a lot of researches after watching this movie. And that is probably one negative impression that I could possibly think of. Another one is probably I don't like the characters call Superman god.

The key in this film come to this question: who is the mortal, and who is the immortal? The most impressive scene was shot at the evening party while Clark Ken was looking upon at Bruce Wayne with helpless sight. In the heroic world, Superman is the immortal. Compare with human, he is unbeatable; he lives a much longer life; and he can fly! Batman, However is just a human with armors. On the other hand, in the human society, Bruce Wayne is the immortal. He is rich; he has done social networking well; he had more money and resource than 99% of the population. As Clark Kent, Superman does not have such more money or resource; he works as a journalist and has a girlfriend; that's everyone in the theatre can get. Superman cannot use his power to earn such more money; building wealth is a completely different skill.

Speaking about "save Martha", I don't know why many people laugh. Perhaps they got too used to the M-style non-brainer fights. At lease the screenwriters did not make a new name to one of the moms; yes, the characters share the same names since they were first created; and I think it's total okay to make use of that.

Like most of the DC stories, DC wants audience to put more thinking to the stories. The Superman in this movie is no longer like the one in the first movie. And that development raises this questions: if the Superman really exist in the modern society, where does he find his place? He can fight substantial enemies, but could he win a political debate? He can fly, but can he operate an air company? He is unbeatable to hot or cold weapon, but what if his enemy is monetary or political power? Of course, action fans won't think this far. Again, DC stories are generally not just for act pleasure. If you really think harder, this can be a deep movie to enjoy.

God's Not Dead (2014)

"Magic Realism"

[1/10 · 22 March 2014]

A collection of a bunch of stereotypical characters. I can't believe that some students group made a huge contribute to the movie. Otherwise they must attend some magically awful colleges with so many stereotypical teachers. Are there on earth such many awful immoral non-believers in the society? Of course not. It is true that there are bad people like the lawyer and the professor in the movie; but those are very extreme cases, almost impossible. However authors can create these stereotypical characters out of reality; and that's why I say this movie is Magic Realism.

I'm a graduate student from China and I was converted as a catholic 4 year ago. Ironically, there is a Chinese guy in this movie, and he is converted by Josh. I can't understand it. If I watched this movie before my baptism, the hope that I receive from Christianly will collapse.

According to my experience, if a professor forces his students to say that God is dead, he can be reported and very likely gets fired. And what about the lawyer? His is a jerk because he is a jerk; there's nothing to do with his atheism. The movie doesn't prove anything.

Before I heard "how can you hate something that doesn't even exist?" I already knew this line. I almost laughed. Where did I learn this line"? Ironically, philosophy. Philosophy of leaving and death. The original line is like this: say you are sure about your death; but if you do not even existed, how are you sure about your death? In short, this line is not new at all.

Let talk about the Muslim family. I got shock when I saw the girl when to the Muslim girl and say "you're beautiful; you don't have to wear that." I reality, that line will cause a big religious issue. And at the end of the movie, her father just threw her out of home without saying a single word. Moreover, there's no following-ups to the Muslim girl's life; she just simply went to the concert. I wonder who purchased a ticket for her since she did not have her wallet with her when she was thrown out.

Anyway this movie is so offensive to non-Christians. I have many good atheist friends, they are all good people. I'm sure they will be so offended after seeing this movie. I know we are Christians, but we have to be nice and merciful to non-believers; instead of hit him by a car and tell him to accept Jesus when he is endangered.

Basically, I feel like the story makers are trying to assume that non-believers are all fools; only blind-faith are what God wants. It that true that God want them to defend His dignity against professors, rich mans and other atheists? No. Instead, Jesus told us to obey, forgive, and respect. The movie fails to achieve that.