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Black Adam (2022)
Same disaster as the Fantastic Four movie
The usual race swapping (another red head swapped out) is your first hint that this movie will not be anything special, What I don't get is why they get writers and a director who have no major accomplishments. The writing is horrible. The Rock does the best he can with awful material. You can see why the they don't want a sequel. And the reason I say it's the same as the FF movie is because the director there had only one major movie to his credit. The creators here don't even have that. The Hawkman is the biggest disappointment. I like his costume but the race swapping is a turn off along with the character. DC has plenty of black heroes. Why the race swapping? And with all the DC characters Hawkman and the Wind character are poor choices. My suggestion, if you are going to spend hundreds of milllions on a movie, get good writers and a proven director.
Rick and Morty: Solaricks (2022)
Don't bother
If you like the Simpsons and Family Guy, you might like this. A formulaic cartoon centered around a cartoon family. But that's not what this show started off as. It was a show about Rick and Morty. Now it's the family. Chris Parnell's character is annoying. Well they lost some of the original writers and the new writers are trying to make this into the Simpsons. Well we can be grateful for 3 good seasons. It took Family Guy longer to go bad. Binged on season 20 last night. It's gotten bad. Well being creative is hard to do. Let's happy when we get something decent. Hopefully Parnell will quit the show.
Prey (2022)
Simply,its not very good
I didn't really think the movie was woke until they brought in the French. White people are more evil and cruel than the Predator. Bear fight was short but good that's why it gets a 2.
The Matrix Resurrections (2021)
Don't be a sheep, think for yourself.
So all the cool kids hate the movie. Guess I'm not cool Watched it 3 times. It's not perfect but it is enjoyable. The problem is it really doesn't cover new ground. Also the agents don't seem to be a real threat in the movie. Another problem is it ends with no real challenge to be faced in future movies. BUT there are some unanswered questions. Action scenes are good but not jaw dropping. The acting is good, the villain is good.
Rick and Morty (2013)
This is why it sucks now..
If you look at timeline for the writers you can see all the writers from season 1-3 are gone. These new writers are very formulaic. They think "this is what a Rick and Morty show must have in it". Originality is gone. Also the new writers are trying to make this into a Simpsons/Family Guy cartoon with all the family.
First three seasons are wonderful and you can watch them over and over. Season 4 and 5, are tolerable enough to watch once.
I would strongly suggest they get back the old writers. Also cut back on having the family in the show. It's making the show Simpsons with crude jokes.
Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi (2017)
Yes, every bad thing you've heard is true.
2 stars for good sfx.
I'm not going to mention all the flaws everyone else has noted. I'm old enough that I saw the first SW movie in the theater. I think the big problem with these movies is poor storytelling. I saw the Force Awakens and I can't remember that much about the story. Nothing stuck with me. The stories and characters are just not compelling. I have the feeling that these are agenda driven movies and the story is an afterthought. It's like they had a checklist of things they wanted for this movie and constructed the story around those things. An example would be the humor. "Wouldn't it be funny if this happened? Now how can we make that happen?"
Both Lucas and Spielberg have said that old movie serials inspired them. I think these new movies have lost that feeling.
I would suggest Disney remake the movie. They have made their money off this one. Remake it for the fans. Well we know that won't happen. Honestly I don't see things getting better.
I think the lesson to be learned from this movie, the last Fantastic Four movie and the Batman vs Superman/JL movie, find a proven director. Not someone who has only one success on their record. The writer/director had made only one good movie, Looper. Perhaps Hollywood simply doesn't have the talent anymore?
Bedtime Story (1964)
Is this public domain?
Great movie. Is this public domain? Who owns the rights? There must be a reason this never made it to DVD. The DVD that's out there was made from a VHS tape. But the movie shows Brando could do comedy. Of course if you are familiar with Niven you know he had a natural comedic gift. Please, someone put this out in high def. I think I actually bought the paperback book that came out when this movie first came out. I'll have to check my bookshelf. I was watching Send Me No Flowers the other night. I know it was remade but I think it's time for another version. Rock Hudson was great. And also another remake of My Favorite Wife. Didn't like the 60's remake.
The Matrix Reloaded (2003)
Very good, with a few disappointments
Reading other review I would say that everyone expresses some dissatifaction with the movie but have a hard time putting a finger on it. As others have pointed out the first movie was so good, that it could be called a perfect or complete movie. The second movie does suffer from some bad acting, which all happens in Zion. There is a very long dance scene early in the movie that adds nothing to further the plot. Also toward the end Neo is presented with an explanation of event that is slightly hard to follow. Remember to stay through the credits to see a sneak of the third movie. Finally is a guide to character references:
Soren-Søren Kierkegaard(?), an existentialist which believes stresses freedom of choice and responsibility for the consequences of one's acts.
Kali- Hindu god of death
Persephone- Wife of Hades.
Seraph-Seraphim are angels.
Morpheus- God of dreams
Neo- new, anagram of one
Merovingian- protected the quest for the Holy Grail
Tirant-French for Knight I believe.
Malachi- Messenger of God. Old Testament prophet who warned the jews
to repent.
Hamman- Haman(?)In the Bible, a Persian minister who was hanged for plotting the destruction of the Jews.
The Twins- Gemini Twins?
Roland- Roland from the Dark Tower?
Well I don't know if all the names mean something but there it is.
Die Another Day (2002)
Please, no more bonds
I was born in 1959 and grew up knowing that Bond was the ultimate in cool. Roger Moore, bless his heart, killed the cool bond. But enough about the past. This bond movie suffers from horrible writing. There doesn't seem to be a logical progression of events. Things just "happen". And Halle Berry is awful. Truly bad. To sum it up. Brosnan is no Sean Connery. Juli Dench is no Bernard Lee. Madonna is no Shirley Bassey. Toby Stephens is no Gert Frobe. Neal Purvis is no Richard Maibaum. David Arnold is no John Barry.
Die Another Day seems to be a spoof of one of the bad Roger Moore movies.