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The Wheel of Time (2021)
The Wheel breaks
First of all i love Robert Jordans Wheel of Time, it's my favorite book-Series of all time. Needless to say i was very excited, and frightened at the prospect of turning it into a tv-Series.
I went in with very low expectations, but even those were not surpassed. The Series takes to many liberations with the Story, especially in the Character-Department, the worst being Rand and Egwenes relationship. The Story is all over the place and doesnt take enough time to develop the World and characters. The editing is done poorly and the Special effects are mediocre at best. In an attempt to replicate Game of Thrones, a lot of blood and gore is shown which feels totally out of place, but at least the trollocs are really well done, seems most of the Budget went there, because they sure as hell didnt hire descent actors except 2 or 3 because they were more interested in ethnic diversity ( which by the way makes total sense in a closeknit, little, totally isolated Village in the middle of nowhere ), but to be fair no amount of triple-aaa actors could have salvaged this mess of a screenplay. I hope ist gets better as more episodes are released, but i'm afraid this won't happen.
Kick-Ass 2 (2013)
Much better than expected
I'm huge Fan of both the Kick-Ass Comics and the first Movie, despite some Desgin-Choices i consider the first Kick-Ass one of my favorite Movies and one of the Top 5 Comic-Adaptations of all time, needless to say i was excited to hear about the second series of comics and the movie adaptation. But my excitement was nearly terminated when i first heard who would be directing and writing Kick-Ass 2 for the big screen. As you can see i'm no fan of mister Wadlow's work, and with this in mind my expectations were pretty low when i went to the movies tonight. But despite all odds it was a very enjoyable Movie. The Action and the Comedy were superb, and Chloe Grace Moretz was once again stunning in her role as Hit-Girl and Mindy, the rest of the cast did a solid job and Jim Carrey could have replaced Nick Cage if he had gotten a little more Screen Time but i'm happy that they stayed true to the comic in this regard. The Problem why Kick-Ass 2 falls short off being on one level with its predecessor is the fact that the movie sets its focus on events which are just not that interesting. The whole High-School/Mindy Sub-Plot takes up to much time and other Parts of the Story are given way to less attention. Another thing thats bothering me is the portrayal of Chris D'Amico. Like in the first movie (i hate the Red Mist Costume) he comes across way to wimpy and not nearly psychotic and ruthless enough. But these are minor flaws which did not really limit my enjoyment of this movie, and i'm confident that Kick-Ass 3 will be another solid entry in the franchise.