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Star Trek: Picard (2020)
Skip Seasons 1 and 2, and jump in Season 3.
Like most other viewers, I'm a Star Trek fan, watched everything, some multiple times.
Picard sounded amazing, but then Season 1 dropped and was bad. Only to be outdone by an even worse Season 2. I'll be honest, I had no desire to watch season 3, since the first 2 were so bad. Really glad I tried it.
It's really sad they wasted the first 2 seasons on whatever that was, because that was neither good TV nor good Trek. If you are just now wanting to pick this up and watch, there is no point in watching the first two seasons. Just skip them and you're not missing out on anything.
Everything just works in Season 3: we finally have a compelling story, there's a reason for the characters to be present, there's a lot of fan service but it doesn't feel forced, it makes sense within the story they are telling. It just feels right.
My rating of 9 is solely based on Season 3. I just pretend Seasons 1 and 2 don't exist.
The Terminal List (2022)
Great show with lots of attention to details
I watched the first episode with low expectations since I'm not that big of a Chris Pratt fan and I was expecting a boring, run of the mill show.
I'm so glad I was wrong. Every episode feels like a mini-movie that's perfectly cut. At least in the first 3-4 episodes I couldn't find a scene that was useless or an uninteresting character that for some reason was dragged around the show.
For me, the scene that really made me love the movie was when Chris Pratt wants to lock pick a lock and enter a house. Instead of the 5-10 seconds of fumbling about and then opening the door, we see the main character taking a picture of the lock, buying a similar one and practicing on it until he learns how to do it. All this takes less than 10 seconds, but it's so much better than the standard cliché we see in all movies.
My only "meh" moment was the "twist" at the end. Not only was it predictable, but I don't feel like it added anything of value to the character. If the last episode was 5 minutes shorter, it would have been perfect.
The Suicide Squad (2021)
Calling this a pile of garbage would be an overstatement
The only good things about the movie are Idris and Margo, these two really seemed like they tried to do their best with what was available to them. But everything good stops here.
The story is moronic, the jokes are extremely forced and unfunny. The members of the squad are lame, unless you're a fan of the actors, there's no reason to care about them. Even if you tried to care, you don't get to hear their story and connect with them so they become meaningless.
Watching this gave me the impression that the director found some out of date coke and LSD, did not want to throw it away and this is the result of that.
Top Gear: Episode #23.1 (2016)
Gave 2 stars because Mat was actually good.
The beginning felt awkward but, to be honest, I don't know what they could've done differently to avoid the elephant in the room. And then they put about 8 Indians on top of a car, for whatever reason. Sure as hell wasn't because it was funny.
Apparently they really want to sell to the US audience, so they had to incorporate a segment about US military. Because $$$. That German women seemed fun though, shame we didn't get to see more of her and we had to settle for that thing.
That main host, whatever his name is, is annoying as... I'm trying to come up with something, but can't, he is the most annoying thing I saw on TV. Even worse then Olly! He seems to be that 13 year old kid who can only express himself with capslock on all the time. Seriously, shut up. My advice to him: whenever you feel the need to speak, just don't. Do whatever else you want, just do it in silence. And somewhere where we cant see you. I'd pay for that.
Matt was cool, relaxed, even though from time to time even he didn't seem to be able to make it look like they weren't reading from the teleprompter all the time.
The new interview with a star had a random guy who no one knows who he is and Gordon Ramsey. Gordon seemed fun, but then that diva started shouting again for absolutely no reason whatsoever.
Best segment was the one with Matt reviewing the orange car. Seemed like something Hammond used to do, but with Matt's spin on it. Was good.
The end race was OK at most, but again, interrupted every 20 seconds by that obnoxious 13 year old kid screaming.
There's just no chemistry between the two host, one is super relaxed and has his own witty segments and the other one feels like they needed someone who can imitate a cat getting stepped on it's tail for an hour. "Ah, you said a joke? Let me look in the camera and scream random words, that sure is entertaining"
Maybe, maybe, I'll give the 2nd episode a go and that just because of Matt. But if it will be the same scream-fest performed by a spoiled kid, I'm out.
Cloud Atlas (2012)
No doubt in the top 3 movies of the year!
And no, Avengers or Batman are not the other 2.
What do you get when you combine exquisite story telling, great performances and a beautiful plot? Well, you get one of those movies that you will still remember a few years from now. Tom Hanks, Hugo and Doona Bae are amazing. Hugh Grant makes an superb villain
I see a lot of people complaining about the parallel stories that go on throughout the movie and how they can't follow what goes on. This is by no means a flaw in the movie, but a direct result of the viewer having the same attention span as a goldfish.
This movie will make you think, will make you feel, will make you laugh.
Forces spéciales (2011)
Starts realistic but ends up Rambo style
The game starts really good and 10 minutes in I was wondering why the movie had this rating. Well, after the Special Forces are deployed and the action scenes start, it made sense.
***May contain minor spoilers***
If you look at the title of the movie and say to yourself: "hm, maybe this wont be a mindless "1 good guy kills 100 bad guys" prepare to be disappointed.
So, the Special Forces work the same way a random team in Battlefied or Call of Duty games works: charge all enemies and hope for the best. How can they pretend to be elite when they: - don't use the environment to their advantage, (they don't take cover, they don't flank - ever) -they go in mission in the middle nowhere with just one radio to call their base -don't even have GPS to "tell" the army where they are -seem to have replaced any defensive weapons (claymore mines, C4, grenades) with an infinite supply of bullets that don't need to be loaded in their weapons. Simply by having the bullets somewhere in the backpack, the rifles can fire without reloading. -dont even have one back-up plan -..... and a lot more can be said here
The bad guys on the other hand are amazing. They multiply from about 8 in the start of the film to about 20. Half or more are killed and instead of being fewer (since they were killed) 5 minutes later they are even more than before. Another 15 minutes later, they've multiplied again by a factor of at least 2. Also, it seems that if you are a taliban, your AK-47 wont fire at ranges longer than 20meters and you are incapable of doing anything else except running strait at the enemy. Other perks of being a taliban seem to be teleportation and mind-reading - these are shown in the last fighting scene where out of nowhere, the SF encounter about 5 talibans who knew exactly where they would be 5 days after their last encounter.
Some scenes are way over the top. - The two talibans that come and help bury one of the SF members. They show up out of nowhere and after that scene,vanish. - The wounded SF member who freezes to death outside, while the healthy people were slipping in some sort of shelter.
*** *** ***
If you are a fan of mindless action movies, this may be to your liking. Or if you have 90 minutes of spare time and nothing to do with it.
But in any other case, this movie is just not worth it.