Scream VI 3D Movie Review

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Scream 6 3D Movie Review

Written By: Jake Jarvis

3D

Why did they even bother converting Scream VI into 3D? Seriously the 3D effect is entirely frivolous and forgettable. The depth is minimal, and I didn’t see a single pop out. This film obviously was not shot for 3D, and the cinematography was so dark that it killed any chance that the 3D had to flourish. The almost nonexistent 3D adds nothing to the experience of watching Scream VI. Simply put Scream 6 looks terrible in 3D, skip it.

Final Verdict: Weak 3D 2D Recommended

Movie

The Scream movie franchise is back for another meta horror movie. Scream 6 is an entertaining movie that playfully critiques social media, true crime fandom, and it even contains some timely social commentary.

I’m not the biggest fan of franchise horror movies. Having reoccurring characters in franchise horror movies can defeat many of the potential thrills that a stand alone horror movie can provide. In stand alone horror movies any character can in theory die (or get hurt) at anytime. In franchise horror movies only certain characters can die. The Scream movie series has come up with a few ideas to try to overcome these limitations. The scream movies go meta, and point out the various horror movie tropes. The Scream movies also make the identity of the killer Ghostface to be a mystery in each installment. Unfortunately, this meta formula has become a trope onto itself.

To get new audiences up to speed, the movie contains several exposition dumps. They also include some nostalgia to entertain and reward the faithful. It does a decent job of balancing the two until it doesn’t, and it falls apart in the final act.

I bet before the end of the second act you can figure out who the antagonist is. The mystery felt like any of the characters could have been inserted into the antagonist role, and nothing would have drastically changed. Scream 6 is an okay horror movie, with some decent PG-13+ kills, and several F-bombs to secure the R MPAA rating.

What are some good aspects of Scream 6 ? The humor was actually funny and well done. There were a few genuinely scary scenes, specifically the scenes in the bodega and the ladder sequence. With the character of Sidney being absent, other legacy characters got more screen time, and were actually more than a “red shirt” or a red herring.

Scream 6 is just more of the same Scream formula, and if that didn’t bother you in the past, it shouldn’t bother you this time either. Overall I had fun with Scream 6, but it could have been better.

Final Verdict: 7/10

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Ant-Man and The Wasp Quantumania 3D Movie Review

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Ant-Man and The Wasp Quantumania

3D Movie Review

Written By:Adolph Vega

3D

I am very disappointed by the 3D visuals in Ant-Man And the Wasp Quantumania. I expected more from Marvel, and I expected more from this sort of movie. I watched this movie in IMAX 3D, and I felt like my 3D experience can be best described as adequate. The IMAX projection seemed to be 100% fine in other trailers before this movie started, so I can’t fault the theater’s presentation. I went to the eye doctor earlier this week and the ophthalmologist said that I have essentially 20/20 vision with only a minor astigmatism, so its my eyes are not the problem either. The 3D aspect of Ant-Man And the Wasp Quantumania is not terrible per say, its just underwhelming. San Fransisco and the various microscopic environments are very flat looking, and only offer a few basic layers of 3D. The movie is darkly lit, and that is always an issue with 3D movies. Ant-Man And the Wasp Quantumania uses the new stagecraft method of filming. In this method of filmmaking they essentially use giant video walls as the background on the sets as the actors are filming the movie. This technique helps the actors get more into the scene as they will see the visuals that the audience will see. For  fantastical settings it can be very helpful for the actors to see something instead of seeing nothing but a green screen. This filming style works well in TV shows like The Mandalorian, but for a 3D movie it makes the world appear very flat. The background seemed like a flat high definition 4K painting, and not like actual environments that could potentially exist. The sci-fi visuals in this movie are fine, but they always look fake and alien and the lack of depth makes it more difficult to get engrossed into the movie. The 3D does shine in a few scenes. These scenes have the characters falling, and those moments while rare have a nice amount of 3D depth. You have a few moments when gun barrels and other objects pop out of the screen. One critter attempts to bite a character and its snout pops out of the the screen as it takes some bites. On the other hand one scene has characters who are walking through a microscopic forest and it should be lush with multiple layers of 3D, but it has maybe two or three layers of 3D. You will see characters look far into the distance and it should be a great showcase for 3D depth, but it is only a pretty picture and it appears to have no substance. As you watch Ant-Man And the Wasp Quantumania it is easy to forget that the 3D aspect even exists. In a plus the 3D never gave me a headache or nausea as I watched it. With my experience being in IMAX 3D I imagine that regular 3D experiences might be even worse than my experience. The 3D aspect of Ant-Man And the Wasp Quantumania is okay, but should be better. Only 3D super fans should bother to watch Ant-Man And the Wasp Quantumania in 3D. Sadly this is the worst 3D presentation that I have seen in a marvel movie in about a decade.

Final Verdict: Weak 3D 2D Recommended

Movie

Ant-Man And the Wasp Quantumania reminds me allot of the ‘classic’ Flash Gordon movie from 1980, but without the awesome soundtrack from Queen.

Ant-Man And the Wasp Quantumania is an old school silly science fiction romp of a movie set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The story of Ant-Man And the Wasp Quantumania is fairly simple. The main crew of Ant-Man ( Scott Lang, Hope Van Dyke, Hank Pym, Janet Van Dyne and Cassie Lang) are accidentally sucked into the quantum realm and they must reunite, and get back home. In some ways it feels very similar to Disney’s 2022 animated movie Strange World. While in the quantum realm the Ant-Man crew discover Kang the Conquerer. Kang wants to escape the quantum realm and he puts Scott Lang in an impossible situation to either save his captured daughter Cassie or to save the multiverse. This is your standard marvel formula just set in an old school science fiction epic.

Kang is the new major villain in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and he is portrayed by Jonathan Majors. Johnathan Majors is fantastic as a menacing conquerer. Kang is a terrorizing man from the future who is also stuck in the quantum realm. I was surprised how scary Kang was presented in this movie. Kang is given a good amount of screen time and back story. Kang is probably the best new character in the movie and I found his performance to be dark and charismatic.

The quantum realm presented in this movie is a character onto itself. Sadly this character is extremely underdeveloped and not fully explained. The quantum realm has been teased in several previous marvel movies, but this is the first movie where the majority of a movie is set in this location. The quantum realm is a one very strange place. The quantum realm has diverse unique environments and an interesting population. The quantum realm even has some ‘probability storms’ that will mess with your mind. Kang has conquered the quantum realm, and the beings that exist in this realm are fearful of him. We really don’t know anything substantial about the creatures that exist in the quantum realm. How was the quantum realm before Kang conquered it? Do these creatures understand that they microscopic? Did these creatures previously shrink or have they always been this tiny? The movie has dozens of characters and we know only the superficial aspects of them. I don’t even remember the names of the various tiny characters and I watched the movie last night. The quantum realm just doesn’t make much sense and it’s frustrating. I’m willing to go with crazy sci-fi concepts but this realm was not nearly fleshed out like I wanted. I have so many unanswered questions and it left me angry and wanting more.

Ant-Man And the Wasp Quantumania is a frustrating movie for many reasons. The movie only lightly explains what is going on. When the movie finally explains itself, it just leaves you with so many more unanswered follow up questions. Many aspects of the lore are just exposition dumps and they don’t feel like natural story telling. Why do some many creatures in the quantum realm look humanoid ? How small can Ant-Man shrink to? How do they breathe with being smaller than oxygen atoms ? Why exactly does Kang need Ant-Man when his technology should be far superior? The movie shifts tones quickly from being wacky to dark, and its jarring. The ending of this movie just feels odd. The last act has many fake endings. How everything wraps up feels too easy and cheap. How many damn bridges exist in Kang’s city? The movie doesn’t fully satisfy my curiosity, and it feels like this could have been a five season TV show, but it is just summarized as a two hour movie.

Despite its many flaws I still enjoyed my time with Ant-Man And the Wasp Quantumania. I was frustrated by the narrative, but I was never bored. This a fun sci-fi adventure. I love sci-fi and I am intrigued by all the weird concepts presented in this movie. I think Kang is a very interesting and compelling character. The action sequences and visuals are fascinating to watch. The humor works well, and I just love Paul Rudd in this movie (and everything that he does). For me the good aspects outweighs the bad aspects, but just barely. Ant-Man And the Wasp Quantumania has two post credit scenes, one scene is mid credits and the other scene is after the credits. I enjoyed both scenes and I feel like both scenes are important to the future of the marvel cinematic universe. One scene directly references events of this movie, and the other scene directly references another related Marvel TV show. I guess they learned their lesson from Ant-Man and the Wasp, and that stupid ant playing the drums post credit scene.

Ant-Man And the Wasp Quantumania is one odd pulp science fiction movie. I liked this movie, but I can understand why many people won’t be amused by it.

Final Verdict: 6/10

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