Cape Fear

I wanted to love this. Only so much the actors can save, Javier Bardem played a sinister max cady that had charm when needed and was psycho. Amy Adams and Patrick Wilson were a good combo. There was cool and interesting stuff done with the camera and cinematography. But the story just kept dragging on and on, some things became laughable (like the cops just leaving) or predictable. There were some good twists and maybe too maybe, some really worked and some didn’t. For everyone attached and it being a remake I was expecting more and disappointed tbh

I was expecting to feel anything but dismay, considering the big names involved, but sadly, that's all I'm feeling. I wouldn't recommend bingeing it since my head is absolutely aching from how overused, overdone, and overcooked the film techniques and scoring become. I see the old-school vision, and the quality is great, but it just got too unbearable. Performance-wise, it's decent, though the writing seems so odd. It didn't seem like it was relying on plot twists, rather just plot, yet the constant buildup of suspense, which rarely ever ended in satisfaction, tells me differently. All in all, I would have rated it higher had it been a one-and-done, but they just had to end it like they did.

weak ending and had so many inconsistencies. it started out really great but fell so short of my hopes and expectations

Stressed me the hell out. Poor writing in my opinion, story was dragged out, soundtrack made me anxious and not in a good way. I literally have a headache after just finishing it. The acting was good though.

pretty good but not good enough

liked any/patrick but javier oddly was the downfall for me here i also couldn’t get past the terrible eye contacts.