Ghosted (I) (2023)
2/10
When you're not even 10 seconds in
29 May 2023
And there is shameless product placement for an iPhone, I think it can only go to show what you can expect. It has done little to change my opinion on how empty, soulless, and tone def apple is. It seems for the most part they only care about exporting empty cash grabs with zero thought to how actual people feel or what they want.

I've loved Chris Evans since the day Not Another Teen Movie came out. I even remember when a movie about someone trapped and only had one phone call and they randomly get him, so he has to help. That movie was a joke and yet I'd rather go and watch that again.

This is the one time I didn't look at the imdb rating or reviews. That is clearly my fault. I was an idiot. I saw Chris and I've enjoyed so many things I've seen him in, I thought this had to be at least a little interesting.

This is an empty movie. The action is the least believable thing I've seen in regards to action set pieces. 9/10 films that are released are just soulless, derivative remakes or sequels. I thought it was bad a decade ago, they've since taken to digging lower.

Chris channeling his inner Jerry Lewis just makes me sad. It seems the only way they can make "new" properties is to change out the main character of past films with a woman. That's not original, creative, or even worthwhile. Frankly it just goes to continue making a point about how Hollywood can't create interesting female characters. They steal stuff from male characters who already did it, and think they can just pivot it and it will work. So tone def. They don't care about actually creating worthwhile, memorable characters. Say what you will about all the action films of the 80s and 90s,at least they were memorable and interesting.

The music, who the hell decided on all that random garbage that didn't fit any of the scenes? They literally went to what they had rights to and plugged it in to whatever scene. No thought went into the fit. Nothing is organic.

I'm increasingly sad about how empty movies and shows are. Zero creativity, zero originality, zero lasting appeal. I literally own over 3000 digital films, hundreds of seasons of tv shows. There used to be an art to creating stories to entertain and endear. Now it's just a spreadsheet. What big names can they throw money at, so it appears likes they actually created something worth watching? Can't create anything new because they have to worry about their investment and not losing money. Funny, that's exactly what has proved useless forever. You have to take risks to get rewards. They want to play safe and continue to defecate the same stuff over and over.

Multiplicity - "You know what happens when you make a copy of a copy? It's not as sharp as the original." That is the movie and tv industry.
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