#Rankings
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--- Summary:
The city of New Rome is the main conflict between Cesar Catilina, a brilliant artist in favor of a utopian future, and the greedy mayor Franklyn Cicero. Between them is Julia Cicero, her loyalty divided between her father and her beloved.
Director:
Francis Ford Coppola
Writers:
Francis Ford Coppola
Cast:
- Adam Driver as Cesar Catilina
- Giancarlo Esposito as Mayor Cicero
- Nathalie Emmanuel as Julia Cicero
- Aubrey Plaza as Wow Platinum
- Shia LaBeouf as Clodio Pulcher
- Jon Voight as Hamilton Crassus III
- Laurence Fishburne as Fundi Romaine
Rotten Tomatoes: 52%
Metacritic: 58
VOD: Theaters
Reviews
Rotten Tomatoes: 77%
Metacritic: 62
--- Summary:
After a family tragedy, three generations of the Deetz family return home to Winter River. Still haunted by Beetlejuice, Lydia's life is turned upside down when her teenage daughter, Astrid, accidentally opens the portal to the Afterlife.
Director:
Tim Burton
Writers:
Alfred Gough, Miles Millar, Seth Grahame-Smith
Mod stepping in. I'm suspecting the account you were talking to be a troll evading ban, as that account was only 5 hours old. I banned them for 3 days, sorry for that.
Thank you for the report.
It is kind of a tricky move, because their previous account got banned at the instance level, not the community level.
I banned the new account for 3 days at the community level for the ban evasion, but thinking about it, at the community level, they didn't break any rules.
Sure, the constant whining could be considered trolling, but I guess that's an edge case.
Let's see how it goes in a few days, as they'll probably come back with this account or another.
Remember the hyper paranoid moderator we had for awhile? My biggest issue with them wasn’t their level of crazy, that was actually great - it gave us so much to talk about, really amped up participation… My biggest issue was that they would DELETE their threads, zapping all of those discussions and participations.
Damn, that's a memory I didn't want to remember. What a time.
That's indeed it. On the other hand, the community is still small, and such behaviours stands out quite fast, so we can identify their alts.
They have been banned, I'll add a mod comment to see if people want to remove the post or not
BORDERLANDS - Review Thread
- Rotten Tomatoes: 4% (25 Reviews)
- Metacritic: 32 (20 Reviews)
Reviews:
Hollywood Reporter (30/100):
>It’s conceivable that longtime fans of the video game might get more out of Borderlands, but I wouldn’t count on it. At one point, Claptrap returns to operational mode after a heavy-weaponry assault and says, “I blacked out. Did something important happen?” Not in this movie.
Variety (40/100):
>Marketed to look like a cross between “Suicide Squad” and a Zack Snyder movie, director Eli Roth’s tamer-than-expected take on “Borderlands” doesn’t have half the attitude or style its cyberpunk ad campaign might suggest. But here’s the real reason why fans of the game will be disappointed: It’s predictable, therefore nullifying the whole “What’ll it be?” appeal of loot.
SlashFilm (4/10):
>Borderlands makes a point of not being different enough to upset the fanbase, but it's also not unique enough to win over new audiences, either. It's a movie for everyone and no one, a film so unwilling to make a splash that it barely makes a peep.
IndieWire (42/100):
>If granted permission to bring his signature sadism to these infamously batshit characters, Roth could have delivered his “Mad Max: Fury Road.” Instead, restricted by standards that seem equally unlikely to please preteens, he was left holding a bomb.
Empire (2/5):
>A botched Guardians wannabe that isn’t half as fun as you’d hope from the punky sci-fi promise of its video-game source material and the presence of Blanchett at the top of the cast list.
IGN (3/10):
>Borderlands is a catastrophic disappointment that plays like hacked-to-pieces studio slop, betraying everything fans adore about Gearbox Software’s franchise in derivative, regrettable taste.
>Borderlands Is an Insult to Gamers, Movie Lovers and Carbon-Based Lifeforms. We'd say it's the worst video game movie ever — but that's way too limiting
Collider (5/10):
>'Borderlands' is a fun ride, but a bloated cast and breakneck pacing don’t allow it to reach its full potential.
BleedingCool (5/10):
>I don't think I have ever watched quite so gossamer-thin a movie and yet been so entertained throughout as with Borderlands. There really is nothing to this film. No emotional depths, stakes, or convoluted plot worth speaking of.
TotalFilm (40/100):
>The Gearbox title gamers loved has spawned a frenetic and disorderly shambles they’re likelier to loathe. Claptrap? You said it.
The NY Times (40/100):
>You can see the jokes, but most of them don’t land. Still, there is some neat design work if you squint.
GameSpot (2/10):
>Borderlands comes in at a very brief 102 minutes in length, which you might be tempted to reflexively celebrate in our current landscape of hella long movies. But there's a reason longer movies are en vogue--more time allows for more depth, and depth is what Borderlands is missing the most. But that's what happens sometimes when a movie spends four years in post-production being repeatedly reworked--over time, everything gets sanded down into nothingness.
ScreenRant (70/100):
>Blanchett knows exactly what movie she's in, and she seems to be having the time of her life fitting herself into the mold of a video game heroine.
>If Borderlands doesn't stop studio executives from salivating at the sight of every single IP that comes across their desks, nothing will.
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In Theaters August 8:
>Lilith, an infamous outlaw with a mysterious past, reluctantly returns to her home planet of Pandora to find the missing daughter of the universe's most powerful S.O.B., Atlas. Lilith forms an alliance with an unexpected team — Roland, a former elite mercenary, now desperate for redemption; Tiny Tina, a feral teenage demolitionist; Krieg, Tina's musclebound, rhetorically challenged protector; Tannis, the scientist with a tenuous grip on sanity; and Claptrap, a persistently wiseass robot. These unlikely heroes must battle alien monsters and dangerous bandits to find and protect the missing girl, who may hold the key to unimaginable power. The fate of the universe could be in their hands but they'll be fighting for something more: each other.
Directed by Eli Roth (Reshoots by Tim Miller)
- Cate Blanchett as Lilith
- Kevin Hart as Roland
- Jack Black as the voice of Claptrap
- Edgar Ramírez as Atlas
- Ariana Greenblatt as Tiny Tina
- Florian Munteanu as Krieg
- Gina Gershon as Mad Moxxi
- Jamie Lee Curtis as Dr. Patricia Tannis
- Bobby Lee as Larry
- Olivier Richters as Krom
- Janina Gavankar as Commander Knoxx
- Cheyenne Jackson as Jakobs
- Charles Babalola as Hammerlock
- Benjamin Byron Davis as Marcus
- Steven Boyer as Scooter
- Ryann Redmond as Ellie
- Harry Ford as Middleman
I think it's okay to promote instance on !newcommunities@lemmy.world, especially if they are thematic as fanaticus.social
Hello,
Please refrain from insulting other people, or I will have to ask you to leave.
As I said in the other comment, !goodoffmychest@lemmy.world might be a better place for this kind of posts.
Hello,
Sorry to hear this.
On another topic, maybe this kind of posts would be more fitted for a community like !goodoffmychest@lemmy.world
You are getting heavily downvoted here, I assume it's because your comment does not really follow the second rule about "encouraging conversation".
Basically, title
Also, as a reminder, the third rule of the community is
> Avoid controversial topics such as politics or societal debates
For places that can host political/societal discussions:
- !asklemmy@lemmy.ml
- !asklemmy@lemmy.world
- !unpopularopinion@lemmy.world
- !general@lemmy.world
- !goodoffmychest@lemmy.world
As always, feel free to discuss this rule in the comments if you think it should be reviewed.
Summary:
A woman named Sam finds herself trapped in New York City during the early stages of an invasion by alien creatures with ultrasonic hearing
Director:
Michael Sarnoski
Writers:
Michael Sarnoski, John Krasinski, Bryan Woods
Cast:
- Joseph Quinn as Eric
- Lupita Nyong'o as Samira
- Alex Wolff as Reuben
- Djimon Hounsou as Henri
- Thea Butler
- Jennifer Woodward as Nurse
Rotten Tomatoes: 86%
Metacritic: 68
