franka_van_loon Reviews

The Box in the Basement (2021)

Avery's life sucks, so does this movie.

[6 March 2022]

Happy I only watched the first 20 minutes of this movie. The dialogues the few there are just horrible, the acting or better the lack of acting painful to watch, much of this movie is in slow-motion and then not at least, the so many goofs in this movie. One could get the impression that the whole movie was a sixth grade school project.

The Phoenix Incident (2015)

Unwatchable

[1 December 2021]

This movie is making me noxious and gives me headaches because of the idiotic camera shakes.

It is not watchable.

And I am tired of those found footages movies.

Nick Mason's Saucerful of Secrets: Live at the Roundhouse (2020)

Nice

[26 June 2021]

As a big Floyd fan it was nice to see a member of the Floyd's playing some songs the other members forgot about. This must be the first time I have seen mister Mason is smiling on stage. I wonder if Mason asked the 2 remaining members to play with him, but Guy Pratt was the obvious second choice for playing the bass. Jon Carin would have been my first choice on keyboard and vocals on Gilmour songs. But it is a nice concert anyhow.

The One You Feed (2020)

Not my kind of movie

[29 December 2020]

If you like writing reviews that start with " what the h-ll did I just watch" then this movie is a must see. If your gut tells you after 5 minutes no way, turn it off, listen to you gut.

Wonder Woman 1984 (2020)

I wish my money and 2½ hour back.

[27 December 2020]

It is hard to tell who this movie is aiming ad, 6 years old or 8 years old kids, hard to figure that out. The dialogs OMG, the digital green screen, only when you watch this movie on a cellphone you can not see how bad it is done. This must be the worst and most expensive low budget B-movie on the marked. The director Patty Jenkins is now going to direct the new Star Wars Rogue Squadron may she go blind so she never can direct a movie again, she is even worse as J. J. Abrams who screwed up many Star Wars movie's.

Monsters of Man (2020)

Not good.

[9 December 2020]

After 10 minutes you know it is going to be a bad movie, it is impossible to connect to any of the actors, they all act like morons. After 20 minutes I set the player to 1½ times speed and still the pace was slow. The only good actors are the robots, the dialogs I think are written by a 14 year old put that together with the bad acting and amateur casting, this movie sucks. Honestly I was applauding every time someone died in the movie, could not happen fast enough.

Greenland (2020)

Not for me

[14 November 2020]

Just a movie with a real hero. A stupid, ignorant and egocentric family, get a call from the government, they are chosen to survive doomsday. Already after 15 minutes they show their ignorance and about 300 people are getting killed at the airport because mommy and daddy did not check their sons medics, but who cares. The movie is slow and dull, nothing new just the same old sentimental meh.

Pink Floyd: P. U. L. S. E. Live at Earls Court (1994 TV Special)

I voted 10 for the DVD 7 for the Blu-ray.

[6 January 2020]

First time I watched P.U.L.S.E I must have been a child, my dad recorded the concert on VHS when it was live broadcasted in 1995 on Filmnet. Then affinally it came on DVD, great now it came as a Blu-ray with the box-set, the quality of the Blu-ray is disappointing as it looks like a DVD rip, maybe the original tapes of the concert got lost or something. With box-set "The Later Years" also came the Blu-ray of Delicate Sound of Thunder, I recommend that one, they did a great job on that.

Pink Floyd: Delicate Sound of Thunder (1989 TV Special)

The Blu-ray is in one word "amazing"

[6 January 2020]

Just watched the Blu-ray, amazing compared to the DVD. Recommendable great sound and picture quality.

Animator (2018)

Trust your gut feeling.

[19 September 2019]

If you think watching this movie on the Flix, and if after 3 minutes in the movie your gut is telling you no-way, find another movie on Flix. I did not, and watched it for 20 minutes. If you think to rent it, don't waste your money on this one. I think we need a kind of money-back guarantee if one is leaving a movie in the first 15 minutes, at the cinema's and online movie rental-shops.

The 16th Episode (2018)

That's why

[31 August 2019]

The people who rate movies for money they are learning, now they rate a movie 7 & 8 stars. But if you take a look at their profile, they have only rated one movie, yes this movie. So I was on Flix thinking The 16th Episode mabey is a nice movie for this evening, but if a movie needs fake rates, no thanks. 1* from me.

Canal Street (2018)

A movie needs actors.

[22 August 2019]

Low budget and very bad acting. They used 7production compagnies. Executive producers they used 21in total. No wonder the acting in this movie is so bad, they had no money left for real actors.

Tolkien (2019)

Happy it is not a Peter Jackson movie

[26 July 2019]

Imagine if Jackson made this movie then it would have been 9 hours of film. The movie is slow, boring and the editing,,, Jeeez that editing person should not be allowed to work in the film-industry. This movie is worth a directors cut, cut down to 30 minutes. 2 ** from me.

The Great Battle (2018)

Lost after 10 minutes.

[11 February 2019]

This movie start with a narrated part. The narrator tell you who is Wu, that Mi is not Yu and Yu is not Wu. Then what tribe Wu, Mi and Yu are part of and the names what tribe they from,and why they all are in war with each other. The movie starts wow with a big battle half the population of China, and I have no clue who is Wu, who is YU is Mi also in the battle. After 15 minutes I lost concentration not able too coop with all those strange and impossible names that I am not able to pronounce or remember. It may be a movie with beautiful pictures but watching a 2 hour movie and no clue what it is about, no thnx.

The Nutcracker and the Four Realms (2018)

Loved it

[2 February 2019]

It is a fairytale and Disney, and like every fairytale or Disney,, predictable and a happy ending, nothing wrong with that. Mostly I do not like Disney movies the last one I watched was "Black Panther", and I hated it. With that movie in mind and all the bad reviews I was very sceptic, but honestly I really enjoyed this film from the beginning to the end. The biggest surprise for me in this movie was the end credits; a Lasse Hallström movie, suddenly it all made sense it all came together I love all Lasse Hallström's movies. Just enjoy this movie for what it is made for, beautiful pictures in a real fairytale universe.

The Predator (2018)

That awkward moment when you know you've been cheated

[10 November 2018]

When you looking forward to watch a film, and just after 30 seconds you know they cheated you once again, with a cheap B-movie, goodbye 14 euro. I wish there was a 30 days money back guaranty at the cinema's to. Acting 2 stars out of 10, plot/story 3 out of 10, casting 1 out of 10, editing 1 out of 10 props 3 out of 10.

The 12th Man (2017)

The 19 lives of Jan

[9 October 2018]

This film is so over dramatized and so totally exaggerated, that the end result of this film is more like a comedy than a drama, maybe Harald Zwart should be the director of a new Marvel-movie. The 19 lives of Jan would have an more suitable name for this film. I liked that the everyone was speaking their own language, and not some stupid american accent. The nature shots are beautiful.

Penny Palabras (2018)

To sell your soul for a star

[18 July 2018]

Yeah 2 reviews before me, jamesedehartcomposer and anahelt, both rated this movie to a ten, They must have been paid to do so I think. Both have reviewed only ONE movie guess which one! I am wondering how they pay you, is it by the amount of stars (1 star 1 $), please explain how it works. Do you do this for a living? This movie is a 2-3 stars, nothing new, nothing we haven't seen before. The acting is poor, bad casting I think, the movie is boring and dull. It was a struggle to watch this movie from beginning to the finish.

Deep Blue Sea 2 (2018 Video)

This movie is not worth watching.

[17 April 2018]

This movie is so predictable, the acting is so bad and the props laughable. A brilliant billionaire named Carl Durant is experimenting on bull sharks, if he is so brilliant why is he surrounded by moron employees. After 17 minutes you know all actors whom are in the movie just to be eaten by the sharks. After 40 minutes you start wishing the sharks are eating everyone in a hurry so you can go home and watch a movie on Netflix. Please give me back my money!

Lies We Tell (2017)

Haram

[12 March 2018]

A Pakistani family living in England. A patriarch who is holding on to the traditions of his culture, by forcing his two daughters to marry money. The oldest daughter Amber who is a lawyer, is living a secret life as a rich-man's mistress and is rebelling her patriarch dad, not to force her younger sister into a marriage, to the same man she herself got away from. Donald (Gabriel Byrne) is helping Amber. Donald has no knowledge of Amber's culture and what they call "honour" so it ends like it ends for many Pakistani girls who are dishonoured. The first hour I had no clue where this movie was heading to. 2 times I was ready to leave this movie, but glad I did not. It is confusing yes, but I think this movie pictures the distance and understanding of the brutal patriarch Pakistan culture. A culture where a brother, a father or husband kills his daughter, sister or wife, in the name of something called honour? Disgusting yes, but most murders in the west are also related to "crime passionnel" or jalousie, ex boy/girlfriends ex men or wife's. Now one thing is sure, I need to see this movie at least one more time.

Mohawk (2017)

kwahoM

[25 February 2018]

The War of 1812 (1812-1815) was a conflict fought between the United States, the United Kingdom, and their respective allies. Historians in Britain often see it as a minor theatre of the Napoleonic Wars. (Wikipedia) Now picture yourself the movie with Gibson (The Patriot) yes I know that was 35 years before the settings of this movie, but picture this movie the patriot and see it as it is being made in your own backyard, with the people from your own neighbourhood, that is Mohawk. The actors are trying but the overall acting is bad, everybody is speaking Canadian-English and the costumes are made on a sowing-machine. And honestly I can not tell you more because I left this movie after 45 min.

Acts of Violence (2018)

Mr. Willis is a getting parody of him self.

[14 January 2018]

The most annoying in this movie is the voice-over. I think Mr. Willis did his voice-over when he was in a spa-bath thinking he was doing a voice-over for Disney's Cinderella. Thank god my friend brought a BR The Snowman, so we could forget the movie Acts of Violence. BTW the average age of girls getting kidnapped and exploited as sex-slaves is 14 not 24!

Camera Store (2017)

How did that happen

[22 June 2017]

I was looking forward to watch this movie, after all 8.1 at IMDb. Well it took me some time to get into the movie, (one hour and 40 minutes precisely) a movie with a very slow paste. The remaining part of the film, about 5-6 minutes that is inclusive the lead-out text was okay. This movie was a waste of my 5 dollar, big mistake. Bad acting, stupid lines and bad casting. How did that happen, that this movie has a score of 8.1, the complete crew created a IMDb account I guess?

It Was Fifty Years Ago Today! The Beatles: Sgt. Pepper & Beyond (2017)

ZZZZzzz

[11 June 2017]

I bought this B-R for my mothers birthday and I forced myself to watch this almost 2 hours 50th anniversary B-R, together with my mother who's a big Beatles fan. After 15 minutes my first thought was, this is boring,,, a bunch of old people who seen or met the Beatles once or maybe twice. A lot of talking but nothing new is said, after an hour I got restless and thinking what a lot of meaningless bullshit, and no music. When the lead-out text appeared at 1:47 my first thought was; okay in 25 years when the 75th anniversary B-R is out, we have to listen to the children and grandchildren of these people, how they experienced their childhood with parents and grandparents who maybe once or twice met the Beatles.

Roger Waters: The Wall (2014)

My dad

[26 December 2015]

I'am 23 years old, and my dad is a big fan of the Pink Floyds. My first concert with Roger Waters was in 2007 in Augustenborg, in Denmark. OMG it was fantastic, thnx daddy! Then I saw the Wall twice in Rotterdam, amazing, thnx again daddy. The DVD In the flesh, wow is great, like many other videos from Roger's concerts are available on Youtube. Then if you notice you can hear that Mr. Dave Kilminster, Jon Carin, Snowy White, Graham Broad and Roger are playing close to the original Pink Floyd sound, Mr. Carin is singing the parts of Mr. Gilmour and so does Mr. Kilminster, and they do it well!!!! But the Wall Blu-ray, crap! Sorry to say, was waiting for it a long time but got very disappointed. The visuals, and effects parts of the show are just as I remembered "incredible and astonishing", but the sound mixing, dubbing OMG!!! Too clean, too dim, tones are cut of. Robbie Wycoff and G.E. Smith, should never been involved, the band sounded much better without those two.