Inferno (2016)

NOT my fave movie, and the ending was not my fave either, but I read the book first... What do we know about the world? We live and die with a span of 75 plus minus years (excluding illnesses). Are we over populated? Yes, according to experts. Can the planet feed us all? Yes to a certain point. But the point at the end of the day is, how do we control over population? I have no children. I lost a set of twins at 11 weeks after a rough trip through ivf. Sad story, sport version: My better half suffered through a rough patch of sterilisation due to illness as a teen. Sad, but let's move on in the dull storyline (boy meets girl, girl meets boy, boy can't have kids. We adopt and we have grandkids now and we have cats). Someone has probably had an unwanted (what a word, and it can be multiplied) child that has a need to be adopted in order to "fill the need" of an adult with no kids (Two please. We now have 3 healthy grandkids. None of them look like us, but love is all around us.) The concept of overpopulation and the solution of sterilisation is neither the question nor the answer. It's a tonic about control and a possible solution. We humans have relative control, let's face it. For instance, I am the youngest of 14 born and 9 alive kids from the same father (I am thankfully the last and only from his wife nr. 3. The other 2 wifes are dead ). Seriously, what is wrong with the world? So what is needed here? Biblically speaking, there were only 2 people when Genesis 1:28 "Be fruitful and many. Fill the Earth and subdue it" was said out loud. Therefore, the movies agenda is both interesting and scary at the same time. What if you couldn't? Alas, it's a movie like any other, with a hint of, "I wouldn't like that" but if you've watched Alien, Elm street or Misery, would you like that thought. in your mind? (Those movies scored high)

This movie was pretty bad. Badly directed and scripted. Tom hanks is so terrible that you honestly do not care what happens to Robert Langdon. They seriously need to recast this character.

I haven't read the books, but have liked the first two movies to a point. Not my favorite stuff by any means, but I enjoy a good cinema experience with good story, cinematography and acting. In the first two movies I felt that they put too little emphasis on the story and figuring out clues, there was never a true revelation of figuring out something great, but the movies looked good and there was a feeling of big budget blockbuster.Now with this third movie even the cinematic feel is gone. They've decided to shoot this very differently with constant moving/shaking camera and the editing is so fast paced that there is no sense of being there at all. It's a mind boggling choice, because to me a lot of what makes this kind of movies good is the detachment of your daily surroundings and "visiting" all the gorgeous places they go to. Churches, palaces, museums, different countries. The cinematography is so damn ugly in this movie that it really makes me wonder what the hell were they thinking. Cheap fx shots of "being dizzy", flash backs etc. The camera doesn't stay still for a second.One of the worst "big" movies I've seen lately.

Not since "He Knows You're Alone" has so many people wanted to kill Tom Hanks. If you have seen a trailer for the film then you know Bertrand Zobrist (Ben Foster) wants to release a virus and destroy much of the human population to save the planet/humanity. However, unlike "12 Monkeys" he simply just doesn't quietly do it himself traveling to different airports. Nope. He hides the virus and leaves a cryptic message, in case he dies...like the first scene. Bring in Robert Langdon (Tom Hanks).Now in order to raise the difficulty level, let's give Langdon amnesia and the audience the same confusion as to who are the bad guys and good guys. Langdon is being assisted by his fan doctor Sienna Brooks (Felicity Jones). Seasoned and casual viewers both can figure things out by an early clue.As far as puzzle solving, the film is a let down from previous films, but if you like chase scenes with hype music that sounds like a lame version of "Midnight Express" this one fits that description. Entertainment has resorted to chase scenes instead of something intellectual.Guide: F-word. No sex or nudity.