Before Spider-Man breaks, well, every record, let's see the LAST Film with Tom Holland from 2021. Why did it lose $75 million? Let's see...
Oh and their thoughts are projected in Day-Glo vapor around their heads (called their Noise).
Our Hero- Holland- has a pair of happy, adopting Parents that are also Gay.
In other words, they are dead as s--t!
Things change when an advance ship from a Colony Cruiser crashes, with only one survivor- a woman (Daisy Ridley).
In other words, they are dead as s--t!
She's not used to any of this, so...well, get used to this expression.
Holland is given a mission- protect Rey...I mean, Viola and help her signal her ship.
Can him and his cute dog- who is also dead meat- do it?
It's...alright. I was hoping for some more in one direction or the either, to be honest.
Standing in their way is the most obvious bad guy aside from Ben Mendelsohn.
He can use his 'Noise' to control people in ways that the Film won't bother to explain.
Also there's a literal fire and brimstone Preacher too.
Can our Heroes traverse a dangerous World and accomplish their task?
Since this is based on a YA Novel, will they also fall in love?
To find out, stream the Film now on Hulu or wherever.
I either wanted it to be truly terrible or so good that I was like 'no seriously- it's actually good!'
It's alright. Nothing more, nothing less.
The Premise has potential and they do some decent things with it. One problem is that this is clearly the first Chapter in a Series (that likely won't happen). As such, so many things don't even get close to being wrapped up. When these things don't make it past one Film- see The Golden Compass, for instance- they feel pretty hollow. Even knowing that more is supposed to happen is a pretty paltry gift.
So much of the Story just feels stock. YA Characters running through dystopian woods- seen it. Female Character with special knowledge/skill- yep. Evil, older man villain- big check. If the key parts were more inspired, the Film would be more interesting. I'm not even a connoisseur of these Films and I felt bored by so much of the trappings. If this came out, for instance, in 2011 instead of 2021, it might be different.
I should also note that the Book is called The Knife of Never Letting Go. I don't even remotely-pretend to get how 'Chaos Walking' relates to this Story, but it's a good change. Speaking of the opposite of changes (things staying the same), here's poor Daisy Ridley in a Film with holograms (of a sort)...
A decent Film, but a bit hard to defend given that it took so long to get made/reshot. It's nothing special once you get past the Premise and some good Performances.
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