All movies I watched in August rated
Ngl, when I first saw the trailer I thought Elvis would be one of the worst casting disaster of all time. Austin Butler that looked nothing like Elvis combined with Tom Hanks. Ugh. Turned out Butler outshined Hanks. One of the best movie experience I had recently. I'm not sure about the huge ugly CGI letters integrated with the sceneries tho'. I think they're terribly out of place and cheapen the look, but whatever.
The other great movie I saw was Crimes of the Future. It's just mind blowing. I kept saying to myself wtf am I watching but I couldn't stop watching it. It's thought provoking, has superb acting, and overall a very well-made film.
Elvis (2022) 8/10
Crimes of the Future (2022) 8/10
Prey (2022) 7/10
The Black Phone (2022) 6/10
The Weekend Away (2022) 6/10
The Gray Man (2022) 5/10
Attack (2022; Indian/Hindi) 5/10
Luck (2022) 4/10
Day Shift (2022; DNF) 3/10
Prey, The Black Phone, and The Weekend Away were sufficiently entertaining. Grey Man was super dull, while the Indian movie Attack had lots of passion but a mediocre execution.
Other than that, Luck was really boring, too much talking and looked very derivative. The Latvia joke wasn't even funny but they repeated it like 5 times. It's basically Stork or The Boss Baby but without the zaniness. Finally, the worst movie was Day Shift that I couldn't finish because I just didn't care. It tried too hard getting into world-building even before introducing the characters and their basic motivations properly. It's like starting John Wick immediately with John Wick 2.