Operation Avalanche

Unfortunately it needed to be weirder for it to stick. It’s not a bad….movie…idk. I actually like Johnson work (blackberry, NTBTM) but this movie was not engaging however it has very good VFX work! I’m really impressed of things outside of the plot and movie itself. I find the mixing of old footage to current footage done really well as someone who has tried their hand in VFX it’s really hard! So I’m always appreciative and amazed at seamless looking work. The car chase scene was good and definitely felt scrapper than most modern scenes making it feel real in a way I haven’t felt in a while.  The movie itself doesn’t hold, our characters aren’t interesting enough nor their relationship to each other very strong. I unfortunately think Matt is also not a character engaging enough to follow, even though he makes the most movement there’s a writing aspect of this movie that doesn’t feel strong making the audience feel a bit bored despite it going through the proper steps of a story doing it well.  There’s some fun shots, I enjoy the little montage for moon dupe sites, the Ripley esq shots of forgery and of course that rectangular door shot of loneliness. I also like the moon landing shooting scene where Matt reflects off Owens glass, that was nice.  Cool premise but unfortunately falls flat due to a lack of energy writing wise, it needed some more umph to stick harder but it’s not an awful movie.