The Tomorrow War

[Iskelderon]

Good thing they made one while the movie's still somewhat relevant:

 

[jkno]

The action sequences were entertaining, CGI/effects were generally well done but there were quite a few plot holes and a lot of predictable/hokey dialogue & events. I guess I don't find that so easy to ignore. It was ok but I don't really see how this was much better than a lot of the other films that have come out recently many of which have received harsher criticism. Outside of the action/&visuals, it was very run of the mill and cliche. Looking past that to me feels like settling.

Your review of Fast and Furious movies is perfect

 

[NakedMoleRat]

Good thing Charlie thought to bring a cordless, fully charged skill saw with him on the trip.

 

[ScourgiousJinx]

Your review of Fast and Furious movies is perfect

Good to know lol. Maybe if I ever get desperate enough for entertainment I'll watch The Fast and The Furious and see how similar the plot holes, predictable/hokey story and cliche dialogue are to those of The Tomorrow War. Not likely though.

 

[Cephus]

I have not watched a single one of the fast and furious movies. Somehow I don’t feel as if I am significantly missing out on anything! Lol

I think I watched the first two. The first was a mindless action flick and the second was mostly the same. Thereafter, I stopped giving a damn.

 

[Cameron]

"because of how things work" LMAO

 

[cboath]

I think I watched the first two. The first was a mindless action flick and the second was mostly the same. Thereafter, I stopped giving a damn.

Same here. I saw the commercials for the third and thought the CGI looked BAD. My second reaction was cars don't move like that either. The whole thing was a rare instance for me where the fx looked like a (bad) video game and I just passed and never went back. From there each just got more and more over the top - and that's just from the commercials!

 

[Riceball]

Good thing Charlie thought to bring a cordless, fully charged skill saw with him on the trip.

While I get the joke, it wasn't Charlie's saw and it wasn't a conventional home saw either. To me, it looked like some sort of industrial grade saw, possibly one of the kinds of saws you see firefighters and rescue workers use cutting open cars or through concrete and rebar to free a person in a trapped building.

Anyway, I really enjoyed the movie a lot, it was probably one of the best non-franchised/based on an existing IP movie that I've seen in a while. I'm surprised that not more people here were not more accepting of it given how much moaning and complaining goes on here about prequels, sequels, and reboots. The movie wasn't ground breaking certainly, but I thought that it was a solidly enjoyable popcorn flick that was an original movie in that it was not a prequel, sequel, or reboot.

As far as FF goes, the only one in the franchise that my wife and I have seen was Hobbs & Shaw. While part of the FF franchise, it was more of a spin off movie than a proper FF movie. We liked it too, it was fun and you didn't need to have watched a single FF movie to enjoy it because, while being a spin off, it was also a stand alone movie with no plot ties to the rest of the franchise.

 

[ScourgiousJinx]

For the most part action sequences, effects and visuals in it were very well done (the aliens in particular, very menacing design). Those are only part of what makes a movie. There was a good deal that could've been better relatively easily and made this a great film instead of just ok/mediocre. New concept as exciting as that is on the surface, doesn't automatically mean entirely well executed, that there are no substantial issues, that everyone automatically has to jump on the bandwagon and ignore its faults. As enjoyable as aspects of it were, there was a lot of potential for it to have been much more than just a cliche popcorn flick.

 

[Krieger]

Even though it was a popcorn flick, I liked it. Some of the streamers I would watch again, (and have), even with the plot holes (Spectral comes to mind, or dare I say it, even Triple Frontier was worth a second watch). Since I only got to Alamo Drafthouse once this year, anything that doesnt make me 'turn the channel' in the first 10 minutes is a win

 

[NakedMoleRat]

It was a loosely made remake of War of the Worlds, but it was very fun. The acting was solid and I was rooting for them to win.

 

[Iskelderon]

It was a loosely made remake of War of the Worlds, but it was very fun. The acting was solid and I was rooting for them to win.

Well, with the bland current takes on War of the Worlds, I guess it just confirms that these things always come in threes.

 

[Cephus]

It was one of those time travel movies that makes you wonder if the creators have ever seen a time travel movie before. There were a ton of problems with just the idea of time travel and the end was just stupid, but for a popcorn flick that you can just turn off your brain, it wasn't the worst thing I've ever seen.

 

[Funky]

I wasn’t very impressed but I wasn’t expecting Oscar material.