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The Acolyte (2024)
This is just bad
You can't save this in any way. None of this makes any sense by itself let alone within the Star Wars universe. With utter disregard for the source material this trash is the poorly written fever dream of a gay woman in serious need of therapy. $180 million on what? Jedi Carrie Anne Moss to be in the show for 20 minutes and then be killed by a stupid knife? Then for you to introduce the Sith character with the line that you can't kill a Jedi with a weapon while he ignites a weapon and then the protagonist is told the same thing only to be sent on a mission to obtain a weapon. Nonsense. Oh, so Darth Plagueis failed at creating life with the force thereby making The Force answer back with Anakin yet a couple of random witches a hundred year ago were able to create two lives? More nonsense.
The Exorcist: Believer (2023)
Snooze fest. Absolutely do not waste your money.
95 minutes of plot building for a 10 minutes exorcist that was literally the lamest and most boring I've ever seen. And there wasn't even any plot. Nothing was explained about the demon, it's intentions or where it came from. There were no meaningful conversations with the possessed, no head spinning, no vomiting... The trailer was false advertising. No jump scares, no tension building, 1 death... just utter droll. The popes exorcist was better than this and it was lame too compared to Emily Rose and the original. I'm not sure what they were writing here but it wasn't a horror movie. Had me reaching for my phone a dozen times I was so bored.
The Little Mermaid (2023)
Gorgeous
As soon as she started singing "look at this stuff isn't it neat" I started crying. The songs are so beautifully done. The whole plot is there, same as the original. Minor changes and additions. Halle Baileys portrayal and performance as Ariel was 10/10. Kids may not find it very fun. One thing that live action remakes always lose is the humor. Not a particularly funny film but still beautiful to watch. Only complaint is same complaint I have for other remakes and that is sometimes it feels like the live actors are just saying the lines instead of acting the lines. King Tritons anger in the original was fierce and scary. The remake is Javier Bardem whispering. Still good and enjoyable just feels like it missed the take in some scenes.
8/10 film will watch again.
Casino Royale (2006)
Now this is more like it.
I never was a fan of the Pierce Brosnan bonds. This movie was awesome. Much more down to earth, I like how it wasn't non-stop and the plot was tied around him in the poker game. Gave the movie more tension instead of adrenaline. A good balance of both in this film. Another thing better in comparison to the last Bond films is our hero is not invincible. Oh, and he doesn't have to have sex with everyone he meets. It's also cool to see a hero that actually takes the time to work out, unlike our last Bond films. Daniel Craig did a wonderful job in this film. Plot was a lot more interesting, being tied around a game of poker. In this film Bond felt a lot more believable. He adapted, sometimes things didn't work out right and he was able to over come it but not perfectly. Where as in previous films Bond has been an unstoppable force that feels staged. So, I give this a 9 out of 10, because it actually left me wanting more.
Die Another Day (2002)
Almost feels like a spoof.
If you like a movie where guns never run out of bullets and bullets never make contact with any of the good guys, yet the hero is deadly accurate with a short-range sub machine gun (that never runs out of bullets), even at long range. Oh, bad guys that are anything but believable, scenarios that couldn't possibly end well but somehow always do for the hero. "Die Another Day?" more like.... "Never Die" or something to that effect I don't know. The title suggests the hero is human, but watching the movie he clearly is not. I just felt the movie wasn't very balanced and just unbelievable (in the bad sense of the word).