charlesmonagan Reviews

Bird Box (2018)

What They Saw

[5/10 · 30 December 2018]

I finally realized what they were all looking at that made them commit suicide. They were looking at this movie.

USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage (2016)

Laughably Bad

[2/10 · 31 October 2016]

The true story of the Indianapolis is a compelling one of bravery, intrigue, unimaginable suffering and governmental cowardice. This movie never comes close to conveying any of that. It rushes through the set-up, never pausing for us to get to know any of the principals in any depth. The movie can't wait to get to the sharks, but when it does, it almost turns into a comedy of unconvincing action, gaps in logic, ridiculous dialogue and clumsy CGI. Poor Nic Cage is reduced to a near catatonic state, forced into unnatural situations and dubious decisions. In Jaws, Spielberg did a better job in five minutes with Quint's recounting of his Indianapolis experience than this movie does in two hours. A fiasco. McHale's Navy was more realistic.