Atlas

It’s too colourful, too CGI-laden, and Jennifer Lopez runs around with her big ass at the beginning and admits in one of the dialogues that she has wrinkles and covers her grey hair because nobody gets younger, and for that she gets my nod because her Botox colleagues in the industry probably see it differently. You can easily watch it while doing the ironing; I played GWENT while watching it, so the film is kind of half an ear and one eye. Towards the end Jennifer makes it into a kind of existential drama, where big tears are shed on camera and all that's missing is a big kiss on the broken windshield .... but whatever, I still like you Jennifer, you've been making a lot of shit for the last quarter century, but you're a hardworking girl and I can appreciate that. (2024.05.27)

Brad Peyton seems to be on the path to becoming the next Roland Emmerich, albeit not quite as grandiose yet. He makes silly, illogical, but action-packed and heavily CGI-laden flicks that are entertaining in the moment but easily forgotten afterward. Atlas doesn’t offer a groundbreaking sci-fi plot, but it’s enough to irk genre fans. The real letdown, though, is Jennifer Lopez. I hadn’t seen her in a while (and didn’t miss her), and she just didn’t fit her role at all. The shots of her stuck in that moss were downright cringeworthy. (2024.05.31)

“Titanfall”, but without the balls. Literally. Weak visual effects, a leaky script and an unlikeable protagonist. It's not just that Jennifer Lopez's acting is bad, she's playing an unlikeable cow that Agent Smith should slap around. Weird dialogue, bland action, and the only thing that can be praised is the relationship line with Titan. The worst, however, is the futile Simu Liu as the main villain. With his goofy expression and dumb smile, he's more laughable than scary. Ryan Gosling is a much better Ken (2024.06.02)

The panoramas of a big city, like Blade Runner from Wish, and the same comparison can be used when looking at the robots, which are very reminiscent of those from Avatar, but in the end everyone will still see through the fact that this is nothing but a quick consumer product from Netflix product, which is qualitatively most similar to The Creator. That one was admittedly also a B-movie, only it was deadly serious and had darker-toned camerawork, with a specifically Asian setting, while Atlas is a playful scifi B-movie that has no major ambitions and goes straight to a brand new planet in the Andromeda galaxy. One can highlight the pace, the brisk action, the relatively good value-for-money visuals. Everything moves quickly and without thinking too much, and in this case it's rather a plus. Jennifer Lopez acting goes on economy mode, but perhaps no one expected much else. We all know that her assets lie elsewhere than in her acting; a pretty bold move in itself casting-wise, but it's easily watchable. (2024.05.30)