A Movie I Hoped Would be Great, but Wasn't

Rating: 4/10 (15 March 2018)

So I went into this thinking it would be a genuine good movie, easy to understand, a sci-fi thriller starring Natalie Portman. Oh was I wrong. It turned out to be easily the most confusing movie I've ever seen, and while it was a sci-fi thriller, it was more thriller than sci-fi. I was expecting a little more action, but it turned out the action was just really lame. Like really lame. I try not to hate on movies so much because I appreciate the work these people put into their films; however, this was just not there for me. It could be that I saw Game Night the night before and it blew me away, but I think it was just that the movie really wasn't that good. I don't like to give spoilers, but even if I did, I wouldn't know what to say because the movie was literally all over the place. From the Shimmer to flashbacks to the Lighthouse, I did not appreciate that at all. And the ending? I can't even begin to explain that ending. The movie was beautifully shot and the cinematography was beautiful; heck, even the cast was amazing, but that's all I liked. Unfortunately, this didn't do it for me.