I loved Ex Machina, so I will put Companion on my watch list.
It was one of those pleasant surprises that was worth admission but won’t watch again,
Could not finish the Eternals. Tried a couple of times and did not make it an hour in. As goofy and teensy as the Marvels was, I still liked it better than Captain Marvel.Thunderbolts* (2025)
^ This was flashed in one of the last commercials for the movie. My opinion? I rank all these movies that followed Avengers: Endgame above it (along with my grades):
Spider-Man: Far From Home (9.40), Spider-Man: No Way Home (9.40), Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (8.75), Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (8.50), Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (8.50), Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (8.35), Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (8.35), Deadpool & Wolverine (7.75), Black Widow (7.00), Captain America: Brave New World (7.00) and Eternals (6.75)
Thunderbolts* 6.50 of 10.00
Only The Marvels (6.25) and Thor: Love and Thunder (5.25) fell below it for me.
Really waiting to get input from others. On one hand, I enjoyed how Sentry and The Void was introduced and setup. On the other hand, the movie did not make me fear the threat.
I like the group's membership but did not think they were exploited very well. Overall chemistry is a bit off for now. David Harbour (Red Guardian) was a touch too loud unnecessarily as usual. Sebastian Stan (Bucky) lacked intensity, ironically similar to what I saw in Captain America: Brave New World. Wyatt Russell (John Walker) is still growing on me from The Falcon and The Winter Soldier.
Florence Pugh (Yelena), Hannah John-Kamen (Ghost), Julia Louis-Dreyfus and even Geraldine Viswanathan (Julia's aide in a small supporting role) were very good--although Ghost was kinda handicapped in some ways with her self-brooding.
Good movie. Could have been a LOT better I think.
Two cut scenes during the ending credits. The first one that plays near the beginning of the credits roll isn't all that. The second one at the very end of the roll is worth waiting on.
I may be the only CowboysZone member who liked Eternals. I have even re-watched it twice--likely because I think the group's story may end up being a one-shot.
Well, they have to make girl power movies, and it wouldn't get as much viewership if she was ugly.
Agreed, Companion doesn't dive as deep as Ex Machina.Companion (2025)
6.00 of 10.00
I agree somewhat with @Juggernaut in that the film is kind of a low budget version of Ex Machina but in that it does not go nearly as deep as the Alicia Vikander's movie does. It does touch upon the never-ending question whether an artificial humanoid being is truly human but only enough to fit the dark comedy's plot.
Glad to finally see Sophie Thatcher in something else. I saw her in Heretic, was a little impressed, and thought she could do more. She does here. Very believable. And carries the movie from start to finish DESPITE Jack Quaid being Jack Quaid as usual.
Quaid is a chip off his father's block. He is rarely does a part where his role-playing does not have him a tiny bit neurotic and uncertain of himself in some way. His father does not play similar roles but they have similar acting styles in that they always seem to play like they would as real versions of themselves--even though I do not think they are not really like the roles they usually play in real life.
I found myself predicting many plot twists in the movie. Not in a boring way but in a 'I know this or that character deserves what I think will happen to them' sort of way. I tend to fall into that routine watching slasher movies. This time it was more fun because of the sarcastic nature of each new event.
Yeah but Sam Wilson was Cap in the comics as well. But I’m not a fan of Falcon but I do think as Cap they’ve given him a lot to work with especially with not having the serum to fall back on for the writers.
