The Old Guard

“I wasn’t really sure what to expect from this flick but since there was a decent cast involved and since it was available on Netflix, I was quite ea”

Movie Diary 2022 (26 movies items)

"9.1 Cast Charlize Theron KiKi Layne Matthias Schoenaerts Chiwetel Ejiofor 125min"

Watched in 2021: Movies (152 movies items)

" Director: Gina Prince-Bythewood Her 5th Movie. My 2nd movie watched from the director. A movie that so badly wants a sequel... will it get one? Maybe Netflix's greenlighting frenzy will continue and this very average action movie will get one. If it didn't star Charlize Theron I probably would have turned it off midway; but she continues to be so captivating and demands our attention no matter what movie she signs up for. A lot of cliches, elementary dialogue, a stupid villain, and a l"

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" Director: Gina Prince-Bythewood Cinematographers: Barry Ackroyd and Tami Reiker Costume Designer: Mary E. Vogt Production Designer: Paul Kirby Set Decorator: Jille Azis Other Images "

Best Movies of 2020 (34 movies items)

" Director: Gina Prince-Bythewood A movie that so badly wants a sequel... will it get one? Maybe Netflix's greenlighting frenzy will continue and this very average action movie will get one. If it didn't star Charlize Theron I probably would have turned it off midway; but she continues to be so captivating and demands our attention no matter what movie she signs up for. A lot of cliches, elementary dialogue, a stupid villain, and a lack of humor prevent this from what actually HAD potent"

Movies the giraffe watched in 2020: September (28 movies items)

"First viewing - Sept. 8th The Old Guard was pretty fun overall. I dig the concept, though I have no doubt it translates better to the page than it does the screen. There's a lot of jumping back and forth through time to pick up pieces of our central characters' pasts, which eventually had me wishing they'd started with a film moving forward through their pasts before tackling the present-day story we get here. But it works more often than not. The fact that the final scene sets up a sequel, how"

2020 Movie Diary (55 movies items)

"August 03, 2020"

Film Journal 2020 (125 movies items)

"A very smart screenplay with wonderful performances that for whatever reason is scored like a midly less emotional episode of Grey's Anatomy and I could not get over it one single iota "