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Lupin III (2021)
A big downgrade from Parts 4 and 5 in just about every single department.
Lupin III Part 6 is the sixth main Lupin TV series and seventh overall, and it is with a heavy heart that I must admit, it is also the worst one yet.
One of the biggest issues of Part 6 is the awful structure. The series is devided into two seasons, each containing it's own seperate story which is 5-6 episodes long, while the rest of the season is comprised of one-off episodes. This constant interruption of the main plots with completely unrelated episodes is very annoying, especially considering that Part 5 absolutely nailed the structure by diving the story into 4 chapters and having the one-off episodes in between them. Part 6 having two main stories is a big problem, as neither story is given nearly enough time to properly unfold.
Speaking of the stories: in season one we get Lupin and Sherlock Holmes trying to solve a mystery about a shadowy organization, and meanwhile protect John Watson's daughter. To put it plainly, the story is atrocious. The writers take zero risks, every single one of it's twists is extremely predictable, the action is supbar with way too much talking going on, the villains are awful, the sidecharacters are boring, even the chemistry between the Lupin characters is off for the most part! There is not a single memorable thing here. The season two story is admittedly a big step up, with Lupin being entangled in a mystery about a woman who raised him and might be his mother. This story is a lot more exciting, with much better characters and chemistry and with twists that, for the most part, actually work. That being said, the story is obviously limited by only being 6 episodes long and I feel like the writers should have pushed the concept further, as they get cold feet near the end. Plus, the plot is hard to believe, even by Lupin standards.
The one-off episodes are mostly unremarkable. The standouts are the Oshii directed episodes 4 and 10, along with the very fun episode 17 that pays homage to Parts 1 and 2. The two Jigen-centered episodes 8 and 15 were also really fun and my opinion on episodes 16 and 22 is favorable... mostly. Episodes 3, 9 and 20 are so painfully mediocre that they're not even worth talking about. The two parter "Imperial Dreams" (episodes 5 and 6) is a boring train wreck that completely misutilizes it's fun concept. And epsiode 21 is an appalling nothing of an episode that has absolutely no value whatsoever and is probably the worst Lupin tv in the last four decades.
Other than that, the animation is also a huge step down. The cgi cars are an eyesore that makes most big car chases cringeworthy, most fight scenes are very poorly animated and in season two the characters are often seen with very off model faces. A far cry from the gorgeous animation of Parts 4 and 5. Thankfully the show doea feature some really sweet background art.
Lastly, the characters are fine, but many of them lack screentime. While in season one the chemistry of the gang is a bit off, season two fixes this and brings us the banter that we've come to expect. Lupin, Jigen, Fujiko and surprisingly Yata have several great moments and episodes dedicated to them. Goemon is given nothing to do, with his most memorable moments being cutting a giant squid in half for no reason and being humiliated by Holmes. And Zenigata... what have they done to poor Zenigata! He's not even there! Not only does he not have a single episode dedicated to him, he's preety much useless in both stories (you can write him out of the Holmes story and NOTHING would change) and he just shows up in the end of most one-off episodes to make an appearance. Unbelievable! Part 6 writers clearly had absolutely no idea of what to do with him. Albert is absolutely wastes and has zero purpose whatsoever. Oh and a twink Moriarty is there as well... for whatever reason.
While the show is far from unwatchable and can be really fun at times, Part 6 is ultimately a grand dissapointment that brings nothing new to the franchise and which has already been mostly forgotten about. I can only pray that TMS looks back at it and avoids repeating it's several mistakes in the future. Lupin has proven time and time again that it can be so so much better than this. Here's hoping that Part 6 is simply a misfire, and not the beginning of the end of this wonderful Lupin renaissance that The Woman Called Fujiko Mine started a decade ago.
Lupin III: The Times (2021)
You're not old, you're classic
Episode 0 is much more of an epilog to Part 5 than an opening for Part 6, even the character design is the same as that of Part 5 and not 6. In fact it probably should have been labeled as a short ova instead of a Part 6 episode. But it's a wonderful tribute to Kiyoshi Kobayashi. It's not action heavy but it's got great moments of the gang having fun, some unique interaction between Jigen and Zenigata and especially Jigen and Fujiko and it does a great job at dissecting the characters. Hearing Lupin call Jigen the only thing that's stable in his life is great. If I had to complain about something the whole drone thing was significantly less interesting than the rest of the episode (though thankfully it didn't take up a lot of time) and the animation feels a bit rushed (the episode was obviously made in short notice due to Kobayashi's retirement).
As I said this is not an opening for Part 6 so don't expect that, but it's an excellent start for the series in the new decade and a nice farewell to a man who has been voicing Jigen for 52 years!
American Psycho (2000)
"There is an idea of a Patrick Bateman...
Some kind of abstraction, but there is no real me". At first glance one might think that this is a horror film about "the perfect psychopath". It isn't. The movie deals excessively with themes of identity and standing out, and it also serves as a powerful critique to yuppie culture and late 1980s America in general. The cast is extremely talented but Christian Bale steals the show, with his memorable portayal of a completely insane individual.
Patrick Bateman is a walking contradiction. The personification of greed and insanity hiding behind the mask of a good looking yuppie. He spends the entire intro describing his morning routine, but then later in the movie he's snorting coke in a public bathroom. He goes on about helping the poor, and later on stabs a tramp to death for no good reason.
The slightest of things irritates him. He won't let people touch him and he shakes when he sees a business card that's perhaps slightly better than his. In fact thay simple card is his motivation to kill Paul Allen. He takes pleasure in killing and dismembering prostitutes, and as the film progresses he dives into insanity to the point were he can barely descern reality. His girlfriend and friends have zero meaning whatsoever to him. He doesn't work, all he cares about is music and getting reservations at fine restaurants, and murdering people of cource.
Other that the incredible portrayal of Bateman, the movie also comes with very nice cinematography with extreme attention to detail, great acting and a killer soundtrack. The movie is chilling but also hilarious due to the sheer ridiculousness of Batemans character.
But what i think sets this movie apart and makes it worth a 10/10 is the ending. The whole absurd sequence of Patrick feeding a stray cat to an ATM and randomly murdering people leads to him breaking down and confessing everything, finally seeking to be punished for his heinous crimes. But that won't come. Cause society doesnt care. The real estate agent that sells Paul Allens apartment takes care of the bodies Patrick has dismembered just to sell the apartment, and when he comes and she realises he's the killer, she just tells him to leave. Whenever Patrick confesses to his crimes noone believes him or they mishear his words. And even when he confesses everything to his lawyer, he doesnt even recognise him and thinks it's a prank cause he recently had dinner with the murdered Paul Allen. So was it all in Batemans head? Was it all real? Was parts of it real and parts of it figments of Patricks twisted imagination? Did he even kill Paul Allen? Or did the lawyer mistook Paul for another person, since it's a common thing in the movie for people not to be able to recognise one another. Regardless, Patricks "catharsis" won't come. He's trapped in this meaningless life of fancy suits, dinner reservations and senseless murder that goes unpunished. I don't think sharing my opinion of what trully went down is important, half the fun of the movie is figuring out the messages and interpreting the story as you wish.
A masterfully crafted dive into insanity. A solid 10/10 from me!
Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017)
Refreshing, but not impressive take on the character!
I honestly didn't have a lot of expectations for this movie, but it came out a bit better than I expected. Let's start with the positives that I think outweigh the negative.
Putting Peter on highscool and not showing his origin story is, in my opinion a great move. It's a story we've already seen twice, and if this movie was an origin story as well we would have seen 3 Spiderman origin stories within 15 years. That would be one Spiderman origin story every 5 years! Highscool is also a new place for movie Spidey (No that one Raimi scene with the 18 year olds than look like 38 year olds doesn't count) and thank god we didn't have to see ANOTHER Uncle Ben death scene. Tom Holland is great in this. Not sure if he's as god as Tobey but he encapsulates a young Peter very nicely! I also like how Peter's suit is handed to him by Stark, how am I supposed to believe that a 15 year old boy made a suit on his own. Plus said suit looks great. The humour is ok, nothing to bring you to tears but not annoying either. I also really like the plot. I love that for once Spidey has to stop something relatively small. He doesn't have to stop a reactor from swallowing the city or an alien species that takes over people. Just a gang with high tech weapons. And that's fine. Also the twist is very well executed! Speaking of it, Michael Keatons Vulture is a great villain with some of the most realistic motivation for turning evil that I've seen in a superhero movie. Lastly some scenes like the one where Spidey rescues his friends are very fun and all in all the movie is very enjoyable.
Now for the bad...
By far the biggest problem here is the action, that is the worst in any Spiderman film to date. The bank scene is short, the ferry fight is meh and the final fight is nice, but not too impressive. There are a few other minor ones that aren't even worth mentioning. Very disappointing action. Plus, not a huge fan of Aunt May here, and Flash is just kinda sad to watch. I also forgot Shocker was in the movie, but it doesn't matter as he's a minor villain in the comics anyways. By the way, yes the overeliance on tech is a bit annoying, yet it's great that in the final fight he only has his web shooters, proving he's Spiderman even without the suit (unlike a certain Black Panther). Lastly, there is a slightly excessive useof cgi at times. The movie doesn't have Black Panther level bad cgi, but it's not that great either.
Plot and villain elevate this movie, bit lackluster action prevents it from being great. 7/10.
The Amazing Spider-Man (2012)
Mediocre is the word that best describes this...
I was originally intending to give this movie a 6 or a 7. So i rewatched it and.. I settled on a 5. Damm, this was slightly worse than i remembered. Ok so this movie has some nice stuff doing for it, and some not so nice stuff going for it. First let's adress the fact that Sony decided to reboot Spiderman... 5 whole years after the previous iteration ended. So in comes Andrew Garfield and I live the guy and he makes an amazing Spiderman. Spidey in this movie is great, I feel like he's much more true to the comics and his humour is characteristic of him (though I despise that god awful suit they gave him). And he actually has web shooters now so that's nice! However, as great as Spidey is, Peter Parker is not done correctly. Andrew looks like a male model, the guy is cool, skates, is super smart, has friends.. he doesn't even get bullied! Just cause he's smart that doesn't make him a dork! Plus stealing an ID and laughing when the rightful owner gets kicked out.. that's a villain thing to do man! Other than that, I also like the romance, It's not annoying and there's chemistry between Gwen and Peter. Acting is fine, cinematography is fine and pacing is good and at the time introducing Peter's parents to the mix was an interesting thing to do (it failed miserably thanks to the sequel but oh well). Some nice fight scenes to, especially the one in the library. But that's where the good stuff ends. The rest is just... boring. The villain is.. ok. He is an interesting one and has a connection to Peter, but his plan is literally to turn the world into lizard people... also thanks for leaving a bunch of expository dialogue on the computer of your *secret* lab. Plus he looks.. bad. And i hate how he finds out who Peter is cause his camera had *property of Peter Parker* on it. Like cmon man! The whole uncle ben dying thing is just what we saw in 2002 bit with slightly different dialogue and the subway scene has more cuts than a Liam Nelson movie. This movie would be much better if it just wasn't so boring at times. 5.5/10. I'm being harsh but I just find this movie as one of those that you watch, enjoy a bit and then forget you ever saw. But hey at least it's better than the sequel!
Spider-Man 3 (2007)
An enjoyable mess!
This movie is undoubtedly the Achilles heel of the trilogy and has a lot of bad things going for it. The romance is dumb, and it paints both MJ and especially Peter as jerks (Peter even before he got the symbiote, he literally kisses a woman in front of his girlfriend and is like *oh that was spiderman not me*. And he was even the one who suggested that they kiss!). The dialogue is still cheesy and the script is mediocre. As most point out, this movies biggest flaw is the overabundance of plot points and villains. Peter is having relationship troubles with MJ, Sandman does bad stuff do find money for his daughter, Harry has plot injur.. i mean amnesia (and just so happens to forget somehting that happened a while back and undoubtedly shook him to his core), sandman is retconed into uncle Bens death to connect him to Spiderman and make things personal (honestly it wouldnt be bad if Raimi gave us ONE villain that doesn't have a connection to Peter), Harry, Peter and MJ have a love triangle AND if those weren't enough the symbiote takes over Peter and Peter destroys Eddie Brocks life cause he's a (bigger) douchebag now. Apparently Raimi didn't want to include Venom but was forced from Sony due to his popularity, so he had to make a new script to include the whole symbiote arc, and it shows. Also Venoms suit and voice are bad. That being said the movie is still very employable. The actors are great, Sandman is a great villain and so is Harry thanks to Raimi building him up since the first movie, the visuals are by far the best in the trilogy (that sandman scene is amazing) and most importantly, the action is in my opinion great and tons of fun! So, despite the movie being a total mess, it still is tons of fun thanks to the 2 previous movies and the great action it offers. So I'll just pretend the emo Peter dance scene never existed and give this a 6/10
The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014)
The Amazing Catastrophe!
I could tell I wouldn't like this movie from the fact that it opened up with a bad plane fight scene invloning Peter's parents. Other than that however, the movie starts out strong! The opening montage is probably the best stuff this movie has to offer, we get introduced to our villain and we see spidey in his best with his new (gorgeous) suit. Annd then it all goes downhill.
Where to start with this! One of the main problems this movie has is it's got waaay too many plot points! Electro becomes a villain and attacks the city, Spiderman needs to work out his relationship, Harry wants to cure himself, Peter wants to find out about his parents, Captain Stacey haunts Peter, Aunt May wants to be a nurse and Uncle Bens killer is still on the loose! Though you wont have to worry about that last part cause THEY DON'T ADRESS IT. The reason Peter put on the mask initially in the first movie was to find his unlces killer. And he never does! In either movie! Did they flat out forget about it?
Other than that Electro is laughable. He falls into a tank of eels, ofcource that fixes his tooth gap and gives him powers aaand now he doesn't view Spiderman as a friend anymore and he suddenly decides that *yeah I'm gonna be a god*. Seriously? Plus his design is awful. Rhyno is a joke it's best to pretend he's not even in this. And Harry... where to begin with Harry? First of all, the performances here are fine, and the cast is great but Harry is so badly acted for some reason. It's hard to watch at times. Also his whole arc makes zero sense. His father tells him he must find a cure for the plot diseas.. oh excuse me the Osborn disease or he'll die like him. Ok.. doesn't he have like at least 30 years? The guy is in his early 20s and his father is like in his 50s if not 60s. Why is he in such a rush? Also when he asks for Spidermans blood, why would Spiderman decline? He's supposedly gonna die very soon anyways! Yes your blood might kill him, but not giving him your blood WILL MOST CERTAINLY kill him! Also I love how Harry approaches Peter cause *he takes pictures of Spiderman so he must know him*. Harry that's not how photography works!
On another note, we have Peter making fun of every situation. I know he makes jokes in the comics, but he doesn't sacrifice human lives so that he can make the jokes! And don't get me started on his parents! When I saw Peter accidentally breaking a calculator only for it to reveal coins that he used on an abandoned subway station that revealed a secret wagon-lab where his father had arranged some expository dialogue for him... I think I lost a few IQ points that I will never take back. The romance is also incredibly annoying. And even worse than Electro is the Goblin who looks like a crack addict and who Spiderman doesn't even take seriously. The ONLY reason he's in this is so they can remake Gwens death for cheap fan service.
But what bothers me THE MOST is that Peter being Spiderman has almost NO impact on his life. Yes Gwen dies because he's not willing to let her go in order to protect her, but it's not like he didn't have a thing with her. Other than that he's great! No money problems, no not being able to pay the rent, no failing classes, no impact whatsoever! The conflict between Peter and Spiderman is pivotal to every Spiderman story, and here it's almost non existent!
The ok things about this movie are some nice fight scenes, some ok acting and some decent cinematography. Also not gonna lie the cgi is spot on. On every other department it fails, miserably! It's like the looked at everything that made Spiderman 3 bad and said *let's do that but even worse this time round!*. Worst Spiderman movie and it's not even close. 2.5/10.
Spider-Man 2 (2004)
A genre defining movie!
What. A. Sequel. This movie helped the superhero movie industry so much! It's amazing! The hero is great and life beats him up so bad you can't help but sympathise with him. The struggle between Peter Parker and Spiderman is the most important part in any good Spiderman story, and this movie nails it! The villain is fantastic, with solid motivation and who is vastly different from the hero, yet still connected to him! Harry gets even more development into turning to the new Goblin. The romance can be a bit of a pain in the gut but it's not bad and once again it perfectly shows Peters struggle. The effects are vastly better than the first and it has great fight scenes as well. The scene where Spiderman fights Doc Ock on top of the train is still one my favourite superhero movie fight scenes of all time! Could watch this movie again and again. 9.5/10 from me!
Spider-Man (2002)
Impressive!
This movie helped the superhero movie genre so much. Yes it's got very cheesy dialogue and can be a bit dumb at times, but it's such a charming film. Toby Maguire is a good Spiderman and an even better Peter Parker and the origin story was handled very well. Now keep in mind this isn't the most comic accurate representation of spidey as... well... he shoots webs out his body (and nowadays people are mad that he didn't make his suit) but keep in mind this is 2002 we're talking about. William Dafoe is incredible here and i love the Goblin as the villain (though not the costume, that was real bad). Great story in general that sets up the other movies and very enjoyable fight scenes! Such a fun movie, and a great start for this great character on the big screen. I'm giving this an 8/10 and not a 9 mostly because the effects have aged badly and the movie is not perfect. Still it remains one of my favourites from my childhood! Also JK Simmons as JJJ is a match made in heaven!
Thor (2011)
Definition of mediocre.
This movie is the textbook definition of *meh it's ok i guess* . It took me like 4 times to actually finish the movie and it was very underwhelming. That being said i wouldn't call it bad. There are worse MCU or superhero movies in general out there. This one just doesn't stand out. Asgard looks great but earth looks boring. Thor is a good character who gets developed, but i couldn't care less about his love interest or his friends. Loki is an ok villain (here, as a whole in the MCU he's great), but the frost giants are... whatever. It's a relatively fun movie but it can be very boring at times and the dialogue and directing are unimpressive, as is the plot which is just ok. All in all, you're not gonna regret watching this movie, but you're not really gonna wanna see it again either. 5/10 from me.
Aquaman (2018)
That was weird!
This movie is one of those that aren't good at all if you analyse them as mere movies, but are actually so stupid at times that they're entertaining. This thing is ridiculously cheesy, over the top, with an extremely basic plot, forced romance and cliches. But I'll take that over something boring any day of the week. Just leave your brain at the door and laugh at the stupidity of it. A perfect example of this is the fact that at least 4 times in the movie someone is taking, only for it to be cut off by an explosion. It's actually hilarious how they do this again and again and again! Gotta say I did like Black Mantas character and some scenes were nice. The fight scenes were ridiculously over the top, especially the last one, but thats fine. The movie doesn't take itself seriously, and rightfully so, cause its extremely stupid. And if you wanna enjoy this movie, I suggest you don't take it seriously either. This movie is like a 3/10 but William Dafoe is in it so I'll give it a 4, plus it unintentionally made me laugh more than I'd like to admit. However the fact that this movie made more than 1 billion in the box office is exremely alarming!
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016)
Mixed feelings...
It's been almost half a decade since this movie came out, yet I'm still not exactly sure about how i feel about it. Unlike most i don't hate this movie. People are calling this the worst DCEU movie, but it's significantly better than both Suicide Squad and Justice League. First of all I actually like the casting in this movie with one HUGE exception that I'll mention later on. Aflec is fine as the caped crusader and Cavil is great too. The fight scenes are honestly good here. Directing and cinematography is ok (maybe a bit too dark at times but I'll allow it). I liked the Batman vs Superman fight (minus.. you know) and the warehouse fight scene with Batman was legitimately great and the highlight of the movie. I also thoroughly enjoyed the scene where Bruce Wayne tries to save as many people as possible in the Metropolis fight scene from Man of Steel. Love the perspective and it shows why Batman dislikes Superman rather convincingly! Also love how we got to see Batman actually do some detective work this time round and Wonder Woman fit into the scene nicely. However, there a ton of bad stuff as well, with the worst one being the plot which is honestly awful. Nothing makes sense! Lex Luthors plan is insane! So he creates Doomsday by combining his DNA with Zods... WHAT? Why would he do that? Why did the ship let him do that despite it being stricly forbidden? And how did he know that Doomsday would be the result? Also, when Lex framed Sups for blowing up the building... like how did people believe that? You think Superman needs to use a bomb to kill everyone? And Batman decided to team up with Superman cause their moms have the same names... The fight could have also easily been resolved if Superman just... told Batman that Lex had his mother hostage and that he and Batman had the same goal. The movie expects you to suspend your disbelief to a point where you might be permanently damaged in order to make Lexs plan work. Speaking of Lex Luthor! Jesse is a great actor but the way he portrays Lex is awful! That character has NO resemblance whatsoever with the actual Lex, in fact he's significantly closer to the Joker than he is to Lex Luthor (closer than Leto at least). The ending fight was also another meh CGI mess and only served to lay the groundwork for Justice League (and we all know how that came out). Supermans death was almost as believable as Black Panthers when he fell off the waterfall, everyone with a brain knew he'd come back as soon as possible. Lois Lane is also... there. They even brought Jimmy Olsen! Ofcource this movie is DARK and SERIOUS so ofcource he instantly died. And lastly Batman killing people is a no no. Batman does not kill, like that's his ONE rule! You can't disregard that! I like the attempt to make him be a dark characters, as that's what he's supposed to be. But he doesn't have to brand and kill people to prove that. All in all this movie is fun and has nice aspects to it, but the flaws are overwhelming! This is a movie people have been wanting to see for decades, and it deserved to be better. 4/10 from me.
Uncut Gems (2019)
The embodiment of stress, a beautiful mess.
This movie has extremely mixed reviews. If you watch the movie you'll instantly understand why. This movie is insane! It's so fast paced that it makes you want to vomit! So repulsive and foul mouthed that it can give you headache. The movie will NOT give you a break. It's constant talking, screaming, cursing, violence, something is always happening to the protagonist, who by the way is a very bad person. I like how flawed everyone is in this movie. I like the abrasive soundtrack. I like the cinematography. I love Adam Sandlers performance. I like the violent ending that brings everything to a halt. The thing is, it's perfectly normal for anyone to completely dislike this. The movie is made to stress you out and confuse you. If you're into that experience you'll love it. If not, you will absolutely hate it. I liked this movie a lot despite it stressing me out as much as it did. Solid 8/10 from me, but keep in mind this is one of the most subjective movies out there.
John Wick (2014)
A breath of fresh air for the action movie genre!
What a movie! A definitely didn't have any expectations for this going into it back in 2014. And it completely blew me away. Extremely well choreographed and believable action, reloading is actually a thing, the gun fu is soo entertaining and i like the story. It's very simple and to the point, and that's ok. Performances are also great from everyone involved. I also adore the subtle lore of the underground assassin community. It's not in your face and half of the film isn't just exposition. The lore is presented in an organic way and it has some mystique to it, which is hard to find. The only reason i'm giving this a 9 is because i wasn't a fan of the final battle, which was, truth be told, very anticlimactic. Otherwise, incredible film!
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005)
How can one not adore this movie?
I love this movie with all my heart! Yes the cgi isn't the best, the dialogue is still very cheesy and Anakins motivations for turning, well.. aren't good. But i do not care! This movie is so much fun. I could watch it 20 times and not get bored of it! It's constant action! No excessive politics or people talking about their feelings all the time. Just action! Ian McDiarmid and Ewan McGregor are amazing and steal every scene they're in, Hayden is also great as Anakin and Christopher Lee is charming as always even in the few scenes he's in. The movie also has amazing emotional depth if you see the Clone Wars before hand and Anakins fall is so much more depressing. Lastly, what is there to say about the final battle? It's simply breathtaking and the choreography is phenomenal, blows every other duel with the exception of duel of the fates out of the water. The only thing thats keeps me from giving this a 10 is that, well if we review this as a standalone movie it's not worthy of a 10/10 and i hate how they treated Padme (especially the fact that the couldn't find a way to kill her properly, so they just decided to have her die.. of sadness). Solid 9/10, my favourite Star Wars movie ever (not best ofcource but still my personal favourite)
Tall Girl (2019)
Years go by, yet Hollywood still fails to bring a remotely accurate representation of high school.
How is this a 2019 movie? This feels like it was made in 2007. Does Hollywood actually think that tall people are social outcasts? Especially preety and rich tall people? Did the people who make this actually ever attend high school? This is one of the most out of touch movies I've seen in a while. But it mentions the words battle royal so it's cool amiright? The characters are all walking stereotypes and none of them, not even the protagonist, are likeable or even remotely good people! Not to mention the acting is average at best, the humour is painfully bad and the plot has every single high school movie cliche in the book. The levels of unoriginality are staggering. The 2/10 rating is generous. Also, sidenote, if I was Swedish I'd definitely give this a 1.
The Irishman (2019)
Scorsese has still got it!
This movie is rather weird to rate as it's one of those movies that people tend to either absolutely hate or absolutely love. I for one love this movie. Loved the plot, the cinematography and directing are top notch as per usual and I liked the themes this movie portrayed, as well the excellent acting. Not every scene was perfect but overall i loved the film. I also did not get bothered at all with the excessively long runtime, as i don't think it was littered with anything unnecessary, especially at the end i found my self at the edge of my seat. That being said... this film isn't for everyone. Many people view this as a boring slugfest and that's perfectly ok. Overall I'd give this one a 8.5/10.
Spider-Man: Far from Home (2019)
A pleasant surprise!
This movie was better than i expected! It didn't shatter my expectations or anything, after all i was a fan of Homecoming. But it was much better than i expected!
First of all acting is great. Nothing oscar worthy but preety good nonetheless. Especially Tom Holland and Jake Gyllenhaal both did a great job.
Directing and scenaries were great and i love the idea of Spidey visiting various European countries for a change! Also the hallucinations scene is one of the best in the MCU, period.
As far as plot is concerned its preety good for a superheroe movie! Granted the twist is extremely obvious but the ending sure was unexpected and i certainly did not expect the after credit scene! However, i get that Peter is naive and all but his decision to give Mysterio the glasses was beyond stupid. But other than that it's a preety fun story.
The action is also a huge step up from Homecoming. I liked Homecoming, but the action was preety supbar. Here that's definitely not the case. Spider-Man is much more fun to watch fight, much more experienced, the set pieces are better and more diverse and the final battle is preety nice. Glad it's not another *good guy vs bad guy who both have the exact same powers*.
As far as humour is concerned i think they did a great job! It's not amazing but most jokes land preety well.
Character wise, i really don't mind Michelle and i think her interaction with Peter are preety cute. Spider-Man is great (apart from when he's a bit too stupid) and I'm glad we got to see him more experienced and less tech dependent . Side characters such as Ned and Nick Furry are fun and thankfully not overused, and Mysterio is a great villain! His motivations admittedly are lacking a bit (not bad or too unrealistic/dumb just not strong enough to drive him to do such things), but still they got his manipulative character and the way he goes about his schemes down almost perfectly! Loved the suits as well!
All in all a very good/fun movie with few flaws! A very pleasant surprise that makes me want to see more of that Spider-Man! My humble opinion is it's just as good as Spider-Man 2 (for different reasons but still). 8/10 from me
Suicide Squad (2016)
Embarrassingly bad!
This movie did what very few others have. It legitimately angered me. I'm not one to give exaggerated scores, but when i give this a 1/10 i do it from the bottom of my heart! Is there a single department where this movie doesnt fail? Lets see...
Directing and cinematography: boring and half of the time its too dark to see whats going on (but thankfully we got to see a sky beam for the 450th time) (than one scene with Enchantress was the only nice one in the movie)
Acting: mediocre at best (noone stands out). But don't worry about it cause Leto sent rats to his co-stars
Costume design: horrible. Especially Harley Quinn looks like a stripper
CGI: hilariously bad (especially at the fight scene where El Diablo turns into a fire monster and in every scene where
Enchantresses brother is in, it's so bad it hurts)
Plot: Horrible at best, extremely predictable
and makes zero sense. Honestly it doesn't make sense even for superheroe movie standards (heroes like Batman or Flash are absent in a world ending threat despite appearing in the movie, Waller thinks a girls with a bat, a guy with guns, a crocodile, a guy with a boomerang, a guy who shoots fire and a guy who can climb stuff can go toe to toe witha superman level threat, the mindless goons they fight can *take 2 headshots and keep fighting* but all die with one headshot, an archaeologist deliberately breaks an artifact thousand years old, batman ambushes deadshot while he's with his kid and on and on the list won't stop)
Characters: not only are they horrible, i don't care about them at the slightest since the only thing i know about them is a minute long flashback of them. Slipknot is there for a combined 2 minutes before dying and Katana is thrown in without any explanation or even backstory for most of the movie (but we do know that her blade captures the souls of her victims). Harley Quinn is also annoying at best and Deadshot is just Will Smith. The Joker is horrible, acts as if he's disabled and is a cringy laughing stock who is one tattoo away from cosplaying Lil Peep. The rest aren't even worth mentioning . Also the villain is laughable since she straight up belly dances through the entire movie and her entire motivation is she's evil.
Humour: non-existent. Harley Quinns attempts at it made me roll my eyes so far back i didn't even know it was possible.
Action: laughable. Just laughable. Not a single decent action scene. (Half of them weren't even clearly visible)
Score: one of the worst ones I've ever heard of. An incoherent mess that uses songs from a plethora of genres, that dont fit at all with the movie or with one another. End results is a horrible score that downgrades every single song used in it.
But hey at least the trailer was sweet!
Deadpool (2016)
Refreshing!
Finally a superheroe movie that feels somewhat different! This movie captures Deadpool brilliantly, and same goes for Ryan Reynolds who nails the pary. The film is violent, dirty and immature, and that's exactly how a Deadpool movie should be. Also, excellent use of breaking the fourth wall and preety good directing. However, despite the great time i had watching this movie and laughing at the jokes or trying ro recognise all the pop culture references, i can't rate this anything higher than an 8/10 due to the plot and villain both being extremely generic (the film is preety aware about that but still).
Black Panther (2018)
The textbook definition of overrated!
Deep down within Black Panther lies a great movie with a great message. Emphasis on the deep down, cause what we actually got is one of the most disappointing MCU movies ever. Where to begin with this! I'll start with the few things i liked. The score is nothing great and i personally much prefer original scores to just songs pilled together but still it's better than regular MCU ones. Michael B. Jordan does a great job as Killmonger (easily the best performance in the movie) and the directing and scenary is preety good and the costumes are nice as well (i much prefered the Civil War suit but whatever)! However, the negative outweigh the positive by a lot! The plot is as generic as humanly possible. Nothing more than *evil relative takes throne, hero takes it back* . Nothing new, nothing interesting and as predictable as possible (unless there was a person who thought Black Panther actually died midway through the movie)(also plot makes zero sense at all but its a Marvel movie so I'll allow it). Acting apart from Jordan is just ok, and some characters are extremely annoying (looking at you Shuri). The humour is also extremely mediocre and tries to pull off jokes that would have been considered funny 2 years ago (ahem, what are those) and i personally didn't laugh once. But those are just nitpicks compared to the 3 main problems! 1. Black Panther is too overpowered. He already was bulletproof, super strong, super fast and an expert martial artist. Did you really have to include the whole blast thing? That problem is prevalent with a lot of heroes but when he is so overpowered any sense of suspense is immediately lost. 2. The CGI is shockingly bad! One of the worst of all MCU movies! Like it certainly has some very nice shots but his animated suit is very poorly animated and the car chase and especially the final battle are hilariously bad in terms of CGI (literally looking like a PS2 game at times!). 3. Speaking of the final battle, the action is quite possibly the worst in any MCU film. Apart from the ok waterfall fight scenes, the first one is too dark to see anything, the car chase is ridiculous at best and the final battle is embarrassingly bad, in terms of logic, CGI, suspense... it fails at everything (once again a mediocre hero vs villain with exact samw powers final fight)! All in all this movie is a mess and it feels like it briefly took Marvel back to the early MCU. Unfortunately disappointing is the best i can say about it. 3/10 (Keep in mind i rate this movie solely as what i like and dislike about it as a movie! I am not reviewing it for its cultural effect or anything else in this review)
John Wick: Chapter 2 (2017)
A sequel done absolutely right!
Coming off of John Wick, i was afraid the inevitable sequel would fail to capture the heart of the original. Thankfully i was wrong! The movie is solid! Once again great acting, top notch action and cinematography, loved the videogame aesthetic of it, a good villain and brilliant expansion of the lore! Despite how great this movie is, i still think that the overall action has been slightly downgraded in order to create a more compelling story, but it still remains to be excellent and it sure continues to be as creative as possible! That's how you do a sequel! Solid 9.5/10.
The Nun (2018)
As generic as it gets !
The Nun has some ok acting, ok directing and an admittedly very nice atmosphere. Other than that... absolutely nothing else about this movie is worth watching. There isn't a single horror movie cliche that isn't used here, the plot is ridiculous at best (especially the ending is tragically funny) and every single attempt at horror fails. I ended up laughing at most of the jumpscares at the cinema and didn't even get remotely scared. I'm afraid despite the hype, this movie is a generous 2/10.
The Dark Knight (2008)
Simply put, Game Changing !
What is there to be said about The Dark Night that hasn't already been said numerous times! The films legacy is already visible a decade after its release, and for good reason. The movie is phenomenal. It took people's expectations for comic book movies and changed them forever. I could even argue The Dark Knight is barely a superheroe movie! Everyone does a great job in this movie, Nolan is incredible as always, Bale is excellent, Eckhart is fantastic and... Heath Ledgers legendary Joker performance will forever remain as one of the best actor performances ever put to the big screen. Heath literally embodies the Joker here! Directing and atmosphere are amazing, it features an immensely compelling dark story, incredible score, a powerfull message, a sensational and realistic take on Batman and an even more ground-breaking interpretation of his nemesis, notable scarce use of cgi (and when its used it looks amazing, especially as far as Two-Face is concerned).... there are just too many things to praise here... A true cinematic milestone that changed people's perspective of superheroe movies! A solid 10/10.
The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)
Brilliant, hilarious and so much more
Scorsese and DiCaprio is almost impossible to fail, but here it's at it's absolute best! DiCaprio is spectacular and i genuinely wonder HOW he didn't win an oscar for this. Jonah Hill also gives an incredible performance and so does Margot Robbie. The acting in general is top notch. It has all the usual style and elegance of Scorsese and well.. the movie is hilarious! Especially the scene where he lost his senses and had to stop his friend from talking to the phone was so amazing i almost choked laughing! Jordan's descend into madness, greed and addiction is shown in a hilarious way, without however overromantisising his hideous lifestyle as many claim, since his actions have direct consequences, and ultimately lead to his downfall. The only reason i don't give this movie a 10 is because i believe it drags on for a bit too long, and at one point it might be a bit too excessive. If you're willing to look past the runtime and if you don't have problems with usage of drugs or nudity, this movie is guaranteed to make you laugh! Solid 9.5/10.