The Bad Batch (2017)

Pretty slow and the acting in this is a bit terrible.

This movie simply takes individually-great ingredients, adds them all together in a pot with no plan and following no receipe, and creates an irreversible mess! I wished I could unwatch!

If you look through my extensive history of rating movies over the many years of being an imdb member, you would know that I only reserve good grades for most special of films. I grade things with brutal honesty and it takes A LOT to get me to grade something a 7, let along 8 or 9 but this, I strongly feel, deserves a 10. Yes a ten. Camera work is spectacular. Scene composition is absolutely amazing. Most of the scenes do not even require dialogue. Every gesture, every facial expression, every little detail was not missed. Watching silent clips was like watching entire conversation because it was about the scene.... not some lazy rehashed instant gratification copy paste algorithm that is applied to movies. This movie literally had a story line and that story line was of a post apocalyptic no hope at all, no light at the end of the tunnel... just surviving sort of thing. From the first few minutes to brutality of what came after to wandering about the universe that was created by the writer/director... it was hitting all the right buttons. Watching this on my home projector on a 10 foot wide screen just blew entire movie out of the water. I felt that it was a breath of fresh air. I felt that this movie was exactly what I was looking for. Granted to the most impatient one, this movie is certainly a no go. This is not about gore, this is not about action... this is not some mad max 2 with Charlize theron driving about the desert. This was about anything but that. I felt drawn to the story line for a change and helped by amazing scenery and stunning videography it just made a 5 and then a 6 and then an 8 and then a 10. Whether it was something as simple as sun blistered character or random bizzare group of people who clearly did not fit in.... this movie just kept getting better and better for me. I am so thankful that I ordered it on Netflix. I can see how this little gem can be clearly overlooked.

Bad acting, bad script, bad direction. I can't understand how they got some of these actors to agree to be in this mess. It had a good premise and set up. It had potential. But someone forgot to write a script before movie production time. It was a complete bore and a complete waste of time. It went nowhere and did nothing. I gave it an extra star because I have to commend 'somebody' for getting Giovani Ribisi and Keanau Reeves to show up. They obviously didn't read the script first either. I never thought Jason Momoa could act. Then Justice League proved me wrong and he actually made Aquaman cool -- Which was no easy trick. I thought I'd give him another shot here. With The Bad Batch, he proves me right. He got lucky with JL and should only do Aquaman from now on. How he keeps getting other roles is a head-scratcher. Having a beach body, agreeing to do an entire film with your shirt off and only saying about 4 words must have been the only acting requirement for this casting agent. I needed at least a little more.