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New Tom Hanks Sci-Fi Movie 'Finch' Premieres on Apple TV+
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our internet has been out for over a week now due to storms (melb, aus)
we have a Plex server with all our physical media on it
watching my neighbours lose their **** cos “no Netflix” has been priceless
I started watching Invasion this morning and it is pretty normal SciFi stuff - good so far (2 episodes in - still foreshadowing).
I'm 5 episodes in and it still is "foreshadowing" or at least building plot and character but very little action. Really well made but you better not jump in expecting an aliens attack Earth movie. The aliens seem to be the smallest plot line.
Watched it last night. It was actually kind of a feel good post-apocalyptic movie if that's possible. Probably too slow for younger kids but it was a family-friendly end of the world story.
I was in the Apple store last night and this movie was advertised on all the “tester” phones and computers.
It was a really interesting method of cross advertising. And it worked - I hadn’t heard of the movie and looked it up to figure out why it was featured so prominently in a hardware store.
It was a really interesting method of cross advertising. And it worked - I hadn’t heard of the movie and looked it up to figure out why it was featured so prominently in a hardware store.
I used to feel the same, back before home video even existed. I used to buy Hollywood studios and movie theaters just so I could watch whatever I wanted, whenever I wanted.
4K blu ray is uncompressed video and audio unlike streaming which has much lower bitrate and lossy audio. Apple TV+ does have a higher bitrate than other streaming services and does look better, however it’s no match for a disc.
It started off great. Then got painfully sappy. A bit or pointless drama before the third act that could have been completely cut without affecting the “story” in any way. Basically nothing happens. I was not great. Too bad as again, it seemed awesome at first. The rock truck scene was amazing. And the various storms. Then it just gets sappy and dumb and basically goes nowhere.
It was a good watch. Nothing particularly new and it’s a bit formulaic, but still… it’s Tom Hanks, a dog and robot. The real star is the robot.
I’d give it a B-
I’d give it a B-
i Love "Silent Running", just watched Finch, for me was so so, but my husband loved it. We both thought it was sweet.
What a great film! Watched it yesterday and was very entertained. Tom Hanks is one of a kind.
The robot only got 70% of his "brain" downloaded before they had to leave town due to storm. Guess that explains why it was a little slow on the uptake, but Hanks, with much patience, trained it somewhat. Hopefully good enough to take care of a dog at the end of the world. The dog seems ok with the new arraignment, so all ends well. I guess any sequel will explore the robot and the dog and their new relationships more fully. Yawn....lol. But it was ok for free movie.
"Worthy" or "Aspirational" also comes to mind. Perhaps ATV+ is the antique brown furniture of Video - worthy but dull. As Haydn is for Classical Music.
Mind you I do like some of it.
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I watched the first two episodes of Invasion then gave up. I just can't get interested in the UK kid (plays like a rerun of Grange Hill), the Asian family (seen too many US post apocalypse series) or the folksy sheriff. The Japanese were interesting and the Marine. So 2/5. Maybe there is a USP for this series - but not obvious.
Foundation is much better but even then there's too much overacting from the second female lead (Hari Seldon's sidekick).