Please do not waste 1 1/2 hours of your life on this crappy flick. Acting was atrocious, script was lame and the overall execution of the movie could have been better if it was made by high school kids.
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Baby Daddy
(2012–2017)
SurprIsingly cute show
28 November 2016
I don't have regular TV (cut the cord 2 years ago) and I was searching for a TV show to binge. This has 5 seasons on Netflix so it can't be horrible. Even mediocre shows might have a 2 year life span.
It's your cookie cutter 20-something year olds growing into official adulthood. The cast is really good and they all have genuine chemistry. With one exception.
The mom is the TV-stereotype divorced woman who has no boundaries or friends of her own. And she's slutty and brags about it to her her kids (so gross).
The thing is, she is ALWAYS screaming. To the point that it's a huge turn off. If she took it down just a few octaves, this would get great marks from me.
I'm not sure why a lot of comedians think screaming makes this funnier. Because it doesn't.
Other than the mom, two thumbs up.
It's your cookie cutter 20-something year olds growing into official adulthood. The cast is really good and they all have genuine chemistry. With one exception.
The mom is the TV-stereotype divorced woman who has no boundaries or friends of her own. And she's slutty and brags about it to her her kids (so gross).
The thing is, she is ALWAYS screaming. To the point that it's a huge turn off. If she took it down just a few octaves, this would get great marks from me.
I'm not sure why a lot of comedians think screaming makes this funnier. Because it doesn't.
Other than the mom, two thumbs up.
Unwatchable
30 October 2016
Not sure what movie other reviewers watched, but it sure wasn't this hot mess that I did.
The audio is muffled and slurry so 1/2 of what is said in unintelligible anyway. If I had the option of closed caption, I would have used it so I could understand what these folks were saying. I mean, when they put the final movie together, do they not understand that you can't hear a damn word??
At least some of the reviews here gave away the whole movie so I can at least know what I issued out on because I couldn't finish it.
Final grade: H for hot mess.
The audio is muffled and slurry so 1/2 of what is said in unintelligible anyway. If I had the option of closed caption, I would have used it so I could understand what these folks were saying. I mean, when they put the final movie together, do they not understand that you can't hear a damn word??
At least some of the reviews here gave away the whole movie so I can at least know what I issued out on because I couldn't finish it.
Final grade: H for hot mess.
In the Heart of the Sea
(2015)
Unwatchable
29 May 2016
Movie Review!!
Starring the yummy Chris Helmsworth
I'm just over 30 minutes in and will already give my review.
I read this book, In the Heart of the Sea, the Story of the USS Essex. It was probably one of my favorite books I have ever read. AND!!! It's a true story. Why they don't let us read things like this in school, I'll never know. I would have aced history but I'm getting off track here.
It's a story about whaling. These men would kill whales for their blubber which was basically the oil that was used for lamps/lighting. It was essential to the then modern living.
Anyway, the book has a lot of information on what goes into prepping for their trips. The selection of the boats, staff (including supernumeraries which are young boys who have, ahem, no essential function or these trips. Women are not allowed here), the food including chickens, etc. the movie has exactly zero of this.
I'll cut to the chase because I could write a novella on this.
The movie is an expected flop. The CGI is obvious and amateurish. For example, during a major storm, the background is violent but the sailors are still standing on the ship without even holding on to anything. If you've ever been on a boat during even moderate weather, even the most seasoned boater will tell you to always, always hold on to something.
The movie doesn't work on a lot of levels. The special effects suck, the acting is horrid (sorry, Chris, it is), and the whole movie is just poorly done. 💩💩
Don't waste your time on this %#$* show but I strongly recommend the book.
Movie grade: D and I'm being generous Book grade: A+
Starring the yummy Chris Helmsworth
I'm just over 30 minutes in and will already give my review.
I read this book, In the Heart of the Sea, the Story of the USS Essex. It was probably one of my favorite books I have ever read. AND!!! It's a true story. Why they don't let us read things like this in school, I'll never know. I would have aced history but I'm getting off track here.
It's a story about whaling. These men would kill whales for their blubber which was basically the oil that was used for lamps/lighting. It was essential to the then modern living.
Anyway, the book has a lot of information on what goes into prepping for their trips. The selection of the boats, staff (including supernumeraries which are young boys who have, ahem, no essential function or these trips. Women are not allowed here), the food including chickens, etc. the movie has exactly zero of this.
I'll cut to the chase because I could write a novella on this.
The movie is an expected flop. The CGI is obvious and amateurish. For example, during a major storm, the background is violent but the sailors are still standing on the ship without even holding on to anything. If you've ever been on a boat during even moderate weather, even the most seasoned boater will tell you to always, always hold on to something.
The movie doesn't work on a lot of levels. The special effects suck, the acting is horrid (sorry, Chris, it is), and the whole movie is just poorly done. 💩💩
Don't waste your time on this %#$* show but I strongly recommend the book.
Movie grade: D and I'm being generous Book grade: A+
High Strung
(2016)
Yaawwnnnn fest
21 May 2016
This is one of those movies that make you look at the cast & crew list to see if the actors and directors/producers are related because there is no way that his movie is actually good. At all.
As another review said, these "poor" dance school kids live in ridiculous lofts in Manhattan. I mean gorgeous. And even the ones with multiple teens living in them are spotless. Seriously, they would be cramped dark and filthy if this were true to form.
There's a scene with a West Side Story wannabe dance "fight". Even the subway platform that this took place on had floors so clean and shiny, there's no way anyone ever urinated on them. Smh.
The acting was atrocious, the music playing was truly horrifying at time. The only reason I am giving this 4 stars and not 1 is because I think the downstairs dancers were pretty good.
It was a really poor version of a compilation of Save the Last Dance, Step Up, and Stomp the Yard.
Final note: this may just be an homage to the fact the the main female character, ruby, can pull her leg past her head. Because she does that gratuitously and often. Ugh.
As another review said, these "poor" dance school kids live in ridiculous lofts in Manhattan. I mean gorgeous. And even the ones with multiple teens living in them are spotless. Seriously, they would be cramped dark and filthy if this were true to form.
There's a scene with a West Side Story wannabe dance "fight". Even the subway platform that this took place on had floors so clean and shiny, there's no way anyone ever urinated on them. Smh.
The acting was atrocious, the music playing was truly horrifying at time. The only reason I am giving this 4 stars and not 1 is because I think the downstairs dancers were pretty good.
It was a really poor version of a compilation of Save the Last Dance, Step Up, and Stomp the Yard.
Final note: this may just be an homage to the fact the the main female character, ruby, can pull her leg past her head. Because she does that gratuitously and often. Ugh.
The Living
(2014)
Be careful what you wish for
12 August 2015
Warning: Spoilers
Movie Review!!!
The Living (2014) Starring no one you'd know by name but may have seen here & there.
This guy wakes up after a bender where he blacks out. He discovers he beat the living crap out of his wife but doesn't remember it.
Her brother is a total loser and a meek little dweeb. Probably because he's really emotionally beaten down by his loser mom.
He decides to hire a hit man to kill his brother in law. Now, this whole process & his relationship with the hit-man is super stressful. The hit-man keeps telling him he's too much of a coward to do this himself so he pays someone to do it. Albeit true, it's just another person telling him what a POS he is.
There's no dancing around the ending. Bang. Done.
Grade: B+ although I gave away the story, is still recommend it.
The Living (2014) Starring no one you'd know by name but may have seen here & there.
This guy wakes up after a bender where he blacks out. He discovers he beat the living crap out of his wife but doesn't remember it.
Her brother is a total loser and a meek little dweeb. Probably because he's really emotionally beaten down by his loser mom.
He decides to hire a hit man to kill his brother in law. Now, this whole process & his relationship with the hit-man is super stressful. The hit-man keeps telling him he's too much of a coward to do this himself so he pays someone to do it. Albeit true, it's just another person telling him what a POS he is.
There's no dancing around the ending. Bang. Done.
Grade: B+ although I gave away the story, is still recommend it.
Still
(II) (2014)
Yawnfest
18 July 2015
Warning: Spoilers
I admit, I tuned in to see Petyr "littlefinger" Baelish in another role. I really like his acting in GoT and also this.
And that is about all I liked.
A pet peeve of mine is when audio in a movie is too soft and/or muddled and you miss half of what is going on. This started that way and 1/2 the time I was like WTF are they saying?? Does no one watch the final cut before it's released to make sure everything is understandable? Ugh
So the deal is this guy gets bothered by this gang of teens. I wouldn't use the word horrifying like others. For example, they rape his GF but you don't see it, she just tells him what happened. This movie won't shock you in any way.
He ends up capturing the leader of this gang and ends up killing him but not before this kid tells him that (Aiden's) deceased son was actually a thug himself and up to no good.
Bored yet! Yeah. Me too. Hence my 3 star rating.
Don't bother with this movie, you can definitely find better ones.
Side note: I know other reviews say this a gritty movie and it's a roller coaster ride, blah blah blah. I mean, did they actually watch this movie cuz it sorta sucks. Just sayin'.
And that is about all I liked.
A pet peeve of mine is when audio in a movie is too soft and/or muddled and you miss half of what is going on. This started that way and 1/2 the time I was like WTF are they saying?? Does no one watch the final cut before it's released to make sure everything is understandable? Ugh
So the deal is this guy gets bothered by this gang of teens. I wouldn't use the word horrifying like others. For example, they rape his GF but you don't see it, she just tells him what happened. This movie won't shock you in any way.
He ends up capturing the leader of this gang and ends up killing him but not before this kid tells him that (Aiden's) deceased son was actually a thug himself and up to no good.
Bored yet! Yeah. Me too. Hence my 3 star rating.
Don't bother with this movie, you can definitely find better ones.
Side note: I know other reviews say this a gritty movie and it's a roller coaster ride, blah blah blah. I mean, did they actually watch this movie cuz it sorta sucks. Just sayin'.
Little Accidents
(2014)
Debbie Downer Movie
23 June 2015
Warning: Spoilers
This movie has 3 central plot lines
1- a sole survivor of a mining accident 2- a family, mostly the tween son, who lost the father in this accident 3- a family whose tween son went MIA (the kid in #2 accidentally killed this kid then hid the body)
#1 was banging #3 mom as she spiraled out of control not knowing where her son went. #2 son befriended #1 and neither knew what the other was doing. #2 son eventually admitted to #3 what happened at the end.
This was a totally dark and depressing movie. Not one to cozy up to with a cup of cocoa and your loved one.
It was an OK movie, though. The acting was really good.
1- a sole survivor of a mining accident 2- a family, mostly the tween son, who lost the father in this accident 3- a family whose tween son went MIA (the kid in #2 accidentally killed this kid then hid the body)
#1 was banging #3 mom as she spiraled out of control not knowing where her son went. #2 son befriended #1 and neither knew what the other was doing. #2 son eventually admitted to #3 what happened at the end.
This was a totally dark and depressing movie. Not one to cozy up to with a cup of cocoa and your loved one.
It was an OK movie, though. The acting was really good.
Murder-Set-Pieces
(2004)
(Eye roll, dramatic sigh)
15 June 2015
This movie info says it was made in 2004. The audio and visual is like a 1987 home made movie so perhaps it took this long to get this piece of crap made/released.
This loser weirdo who is a photographer kills the girls he takes pictures of. Then he goes to a store to get a VHS rental of a snuff filmed called Nutbag. Lol. Is this a horror or comedy?? Who can say?
The acting and music is like a really sad porn flick. It's almost like you can't even pay attention long enough to follow the plot (wait? There's a plot?? I 'm sure there is I just don't know what it is. Lol ). Even the main character's mutton chops are severely dated.
Beyond a waste of time.
This loser weirdo who is a photographer kills the girls he takes pictures of. Then he goes to a store to get a VHS rental of a snuff filmed called Nutbag. Lol. Is this a horror or comedy?? Who can say?
The acting and music is like a really sad porn flick. It's almost like you can't even pay attention long enough to follow the plot (wait? There's a plot?? I 'm sure there is I just don't know what it is. Lol ). Even the main character's mutton chops are severely dated.
Beyond a waste of time.
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