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Warcraft (2016)
Underwhelming forgettable film
A fantasy epic requires a hero and a compelling beginning. That's why it's called EPIC-it spans from the ordinary to the extraordinary, from the mundane to the overwhelming. I can't identify the hero in this paint-by-numbers movie; where's the hero's journey? I barely remember anything about it after watching. It's not that it's boring; it just follows a standard formulaic plot. With so many intriguing characters and potential inner and outer conflicts to draw upon for a captivating story, this could have been at least half as good as 'Lord of the Rings'. Unfortunately, it falls short. You'll watch it and likely forget it.
The game this film is based on was a significant part of my childhood, so its dull adaptation is disappointing. I expected better. To this day I remember the characters and what they went through even though I played it as a kid and I am in my 30s now. I remember Arthas downfall, I remember some Orcs wanting to make peace with humans, but humans see them only as demon spawn. So much potential. Wasted. Writing this 8 years later and NOBODY is even speaking of a sequel because it was that forgettable.
Killers of the Flower Moon (2023)
Sad exploration into the reality of the colonization of the "Indian" peoples of America
If you ever looked at history and wondered, how could my ancestors, my great-great-grandfather do such horrible things to other people? Well, this movie explores that. You can almost enter into the minds of these people. How did they commit such heinous atrocities against the darker skinned peoples of the world? If you can understand this movie, then you understand slavery, colonization and the atrocities committed on the basis of race on nearly all the continents on earth by European people.
What I liked about this movie was the close relationship that the native Americans had to their European counterparts, that the humanity, decency respect and goodwill that was showed to them was not reciprocated but rather was met with, as the title would entail, murder and betrayal.
In closing I would say this piece of history is good to see and learn from, whenever people do unspeakable evil, they justify their action by dehumanizing their victims.
Run Rabbit Run (2023)
Scary music, great cinematography does not a scary movie make
I would like to say that I found this movie scary but I just did not. The premise itself has potential but a single mother with her abnoxious child and weird mask, just seems very normal to me. Nothing scary about that.
I found myself wondering why all the scary music and why the ghostly ambience. This movie would have done much better if it either just remained a drama or leaned in more on the horror aspects if it gave the main character and her daughter something dark to deal with, like her and her sister escaped from mental hospital, or she survived survived a serial killer and her sister did not something ominous and dark. Instead we watch a mum overacting to a kid who clearly needs a Fathers discipline. On a random related tangent I've been watching the show supernatural which had all the cliches about supernatural aspects down to a science. Dark entities need a reason to latch onto you, and the victim needs a believable vulnerability that it exploits.
I was over an hour in, and didn't make any sense. Everything was right except the story. Babadook pulled it off perfect. This one was a miss.
Jigeum uri hakgyoneun (2022)
A hopeful expectable let-down
I am giving this show a 7 because it has good production is interesting and has plot and character points down early enough in the series that you get interested..
The problem starts with manufactured conflict where characters do out of character illogical things just to bring in tension and conflict. I literally thought I should stop watching because clearly the writers were trying to increase runtime to fill up episodes. Quite frustrating.
Spoiler there is a scene where a high ranking military commander randomly asks his men to shoot the high school kids instead of them flying to a save zone with them on a helicopter on the off chance that they may be infected? He literally minutes before told his men to save them... Why couldn't he have ....I don't know just left them there? In a show like the walking dead there would have been build up and context to show why someone acts the way they do, in this show it just comes up as totally random and out of the blue. I mean there are thousands of zombies walking around he is gonna kill these kids because they are asymptomatic? Where is the logic there? It was dumb. And there is the fact that they stand around too much. It is shown to kill them destroy the brain. The one guy with a knife figures it out, .....noone else does despite the fact that they have seen zombie movies. For that this show doesn't deserve a 10 a 6 should suffice.
That's what's annoying about this show. I guess many people may not find that an annoyance. But I do. When characters in stories act like real people I love shows like that. When characters act like "characters"....bleagh.
Thor: Love and Thunder (2022)
The evening shadows fall on Marvel movies and shows
This movie has all the silliness of a cartoon, it sacrifices Thor's very rich experiences and backstory to tell jokes that arent even that funny.
It really is a swing and a miss. Taika should have balanced serious story telling with his style of jokes as he did in Ragnarok, and take Thor to his next place of personal growth which I was so interested to see in this movie. Instead Taika makes EVERYTHING into a joke which really insults those who spent all that time invested in this character and hoping to be thrilled into something deep, dangerous thrilling and fun.
There was real meat and bones for a good story here, but it was all played for the silliness and goofiness that is a slip on a banana peel corny weeeehooo joke. Yaaay Look at all the colorful visuals. Laugh now, wasnt that funny!
That is pretty much Thor and the nail in the coffin for me for my interest in Marvel Disneys mediocre 4th phase.
Nothing was as interesting as Netflixes Daredevil or Punisher, and the only movies of note are Spiderman, with Dr Strange having such a messy story that didn't make much sense, that I left the theatre thinking, that movie felt kinda dumb. How can I care for such sub-par entertainment? Everything they have done ranges from mediocre to just OK. And Taika's movie was mediocre.
Sad I like his style but tone it down dude!
Anyway that's it for me and Marvel! I wont consume or have anything to do with Marvel unless it is exceptional I am not interested. Really the sun is setting for Marvel. :'( The actors are great the story DUMB!
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022)
Colorful entertaining and disappointing
Disney wanted something entertaining that checked certain boxes: full of visuals and action. However, the plot moved so fast that it left no time for Dr. Strange to develop into a compelling character in his own movie.
At least in the first movie, he had actual struggles to overcome in order to learn magic. In this movie, does he even have an arc? There's a character (I won't say who) whose plot is the only compelling part of the film.
Disney, you have a multi-universal canvas to paint any story you want. This is disappointing and sub-par at best. If this is what you have to offer, Disney will end up killing interest in its own products, with little substance and underdeveloped, generic main characters. At least it had lots of fireworks.
Get better writers with guts!
The Clovehitch Killer (2018)
Cops dont exist in serial killer thrillers
So......... There are no cops in this universe? Things happen in broad daylight with everyone carrying cellphones and nobody ever thinks to call the cops.
There were just too many dumb moments for me to give this movie a a score. In most serial killer thrillers cops are dealt with in a believable way... not enough evidence, nobody knows who the killer is, cops are limited by bearcracy or whatever. In this movie.... a girl whose mum was killed wont call the cops...
shaking my head. Well acted but dumb and unrealstic.
What If...?: What If... Zombies?! (2021)
Episode doesnt take itself seriously
I cant get invested because the writers are taking each life lightly. There are no stakes and it feels lazy full of sub-par jokes. Gets a no from me.
John Henry (2020)
Didn't know what it wanted to be.
This movie is a confused mish-mash of story telling styles....It's start of with a dog being run over by a gangster...so I think ; ahhh John Wick revenge style movie .....and NOPE not at all.
Then it goes into a save the girl action movie, like Denzel's movie, the equalizer, all the while the pacing is all over the place. You end up with comic book esque story, gangster crime drama and over the top action that just don't go together. With each style clashing horribly. Here is what I mean, most crime dramas have to feel realistic to appreciate it's impact emotionally, that tone is undermined by goofy comic book style action that's smashes realism into bits......
In the end it's a disconnected mess and writers and directors take note of how NOT to make a movie.
Birds of Prey and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn (2020)
forgettable cash-grab with a tiny bow of wokeness
A nice-looking forgettable cash-grab tied with a tiny bow of wokeness, didn't win me over. Harley-Quinn is just not a compelling character. I understand some people will like it. Because it is mindless fun. But that's not enough nowadays to make a good movie.
Let's briefly compare this with Deadpool......Deadpool is compelling because it's mostly FUNNY. Lets compare that with John Wick. John Wick is compelling because we can empathize with John after losing his dog.
Is this movie very funny like Deadpool, or had some emotional depth where we can empathize with the main character.
It has neither.
This movie was made by people who didn't really know how to make it funny or compelling, without tossing in misogyny to blow up some controversy for marketing. I don't care that all the men are bad in the story, and they are! At least make something deeply likeable and endeering about Harley.....which they didn't do. Because Harley is a meme and a trope. She is a sidekick.
It's easy to make a 30 min short story with Harley. If it's silly funny and action packed. But 90 minutes of tropes just doesn't have enough meat to fill the burger. I would have liked to love this movie but it's just another forgettable Comic book movie.
Twin Peaks (1990)
Why the 8.9 rating?
For a show from the 1990s, it doesnt hold up ver well for a post 2010s (plus) era, people will find it too much of a slow burn at a time where we have shows like Narcos, Dexter and Breaking bad.
The acting from some of the actors is solid, however there can at times be a bit of overacting by some actors. Its also kind of a cheesy show, with really chessy humor. The background music is that slow dull electronic piano that seems to drag on in the scenes. Though I do remember the theme song from my childhood.
The plot and pacing is where this series cant hold up to modern audiences. It's just far too slow and feels like I am watching filler episodes and not sure if some of the scenes are connected to the main plot line at all. Its paced too slowly and it makes me feel like saying, get on with it already.
All in all this is a nostalgia piece and cant really hold up. You need patience for things to unfold, in the modern "no nonsense", "no screen-time wasted" type of series, which we get from Netflix, most younger people would be bored!! If this were remade, it would be less than 10 episodes to wrap up.
Its rated highly mostly for Nostalgia and it also helped to make known quite a number of good actors, aside from that its hard to watch.
The Witcher (2019)
Solid fantasy series. Minor Spoilers
Write off the bat this series isn't going to be for everyone. This is an adventure fantasy series. The very first scene is the main protagonist fighting some massive demon like creature. So, if you are expecting a heavily character driven political drama with hints of fantasy elements like Game of Thrones you are in for a disappoinment.
It is a fantasy drama with good character driven stories that are heavier on the adventure part. If you grew up playing fantasy RPGs this will be right up your alley. If you are down with Star Wars and Tomb Raider, Lord of the Rings etc this is that type of series.
The only drawback is that I wish it had the visual direction and budget of a series like the Mandelorian which just looks amazing. It's sets and visuals can be underwhelming, other than that decent to good performances by the actors. I enjoyed this series and it's one for the collectors box. I would have rated it higer if the music and visuals were better, they come off a bit cheapish.
Otherwise good start, good series.
Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi (2017)
Rian Johnson's mess
How do you manage to kill a multi-billion dollar property....
1- Hire directors who know nothing of Star wars and are not passionate about it's lore. They can be great visual directors, but they are NOT WRITERS.
2 - Get great actors and give them a hodgepodge of failed character development. Oh Rey and Poe....
3 - Focus on subverting expectations. On your birthday instead of getting a cake, someone sends you a cucumber instead......haha funny....right? Expectations subverted!
4 - Make your female characters demigods, not human. Female characters are godlike creatures who never make mistakes, don't need to learn or grow and know best instinctively. They don't need to consult with anyone....matter of fact why not just have women alone in Star wars what's the point? This takes away all the tension, fear and risk in the series because it makes it clear that Rey will win.
5 - Make male characters stupid...even though they may be skilled at thier field of expertise, that all doesn't matter because we all know men think with whats between thier legs.
6 - Champion equality by making the one black guy with a deeply promising story pathetic comic relief.( Sigh)
7 - Waste a perfectly interesting villain.
8 - Fail to give any meaningful time to the original characters.
9 - End the movie on a totally tone deaf note. Have everyone laugh in joy and excitement when they actually lost........
Rian Johnson. What were you thinking?
Star wars once one of the most Beloved series for millions of people.....is a subpar controversial mess because of hot it has been treated. Once beloved may soon be relegated to botched history.
Joker (2019)
Stunning, haunting performance
Despite all the bad press the left leaning political left gave this movie ( I used to lean left( now neutral)... This movie was simply stunning! Joaquin Phoenix puts blood and sweat into this role. The director crafts the movie like a piece of fine art. Despite the triumph of Endgame earlier in the year, in comparison,Endgame seemed like a wonderful day at a themepark whereas Joker was deeply impactful, thought-provoking and stunningly masterful.
If the paid media isn't careful by reviewing entertainment according to poltical leanings instead of reviewing movies at thier own merit ,they will render themselves irrelevant. This movie put a stamp as memorable as Heath Ledgers take, of Batman's arch nemesis.
Game of Thrones: The Iron Throne (2019)
A joke of an end to an otherwise brilliant show.
This felt like someone farted in the classiest place you could imagine and started giggling and laughing like an idiot. It would be OK at the beach or some hangout place but not with the Queen there.
This episode was akin to smearing mud( I could use worse) to a davinci painting, and pretending that it adds value to the art. This was vomit on wedding cake.
Terrible. Terrible writing. After this episode I don't want to ever see what these writers have to produce.
Game of Thrones: The Long Night (2019)
Terrible end to a brilliant series.
This episode effectively threw aside all of the series lore, build up, prophecies and tension building just to give us an unexpected surprise moment.
Unfortunately this leads the whole series down a downward slope.
Everythying after this episode will murder the characters (not in a good way). In a the lets force character disagreements and tensions in the most unnarural and forced way possible. The writers shot themselves in tyhe foot with this one and will have far too little material to work with.Which means lame pie in the face shock moments and protagonists acting stupid and out of character just to build unnatural tension.
Some of the visual sequesnces are amazing. But there are some major leaps in logic with fighing arrangements, war tactics and character death falke outs, that on second viewing are very lazy, very poorly thought out and just plain infuriating.
Given that this used to be a show on par with breaking bad with consistency and delivering hard punch to the face drama. Now we are left with a not as intimidating secondary villain, which leaves me feeling very very hollow inside.
Terrible end to an otherwise brilliant series.
I give this episode a 7/10 because it genuinly built tension. But i give the series a 4/10 for a horrible anticlimax that ruined the show.
Captain Marvel (2019)
Dangal was a better movie about girls overcoming odds.
I really wanted this to be good. But i got bored, turned my phone screen to its dimmest setting and started texting. I was interested in the first few minutes but....they lost me about 20 minutes in.
If they wanted to make a movie about girl-power they could have done that with a bang. This fell totally flat. You would be better off watching Dangal(an indian movie about female wrestling in India) my favorite SJ ,based movie ever.
Here are Problems with this movie:
1 - For a marvel movie the jokes didn't land. One guy was laughing in the cinema.....1 guy.
2 - They succeeded in making Fury appear weak and silly...... totally uncool, It takes away from what he had been built into in the other movies. A badass dude! NOT IN THIS MOVIE. He is comic relief!
3 - Brier Larson's character was dull and uninspiring. Her acting was flat, her character lacked depth.and I really feel like the actress didn't really know what strength means.....for that matter neither did the writers, or the directors.....
4 - The story was very bland, it took no risks. I think this is my biggest gripe with the movie. It felt like there were no stakes. She was never in danger nor was anyone around her.
It was really a missed opportunity to write an inspiring story. This movie was a waste.
If this is the direction Disney is going after the Masterpiece that was Infinity War, they will lose everything....with substandard writing and directing.
In Summary. This movie could have easily been turned into Nick Fury Stopping an alien invasion and it would have been a better movie. The only reason this movie was made was to make money.
Alita: Battle Angel (2019)
A great release around international womens day.
Yes she is a cyborg, but she has a very human brain.
From the get go the main star is easily the best part of the story, she displays the best parts about feminimity: She is equaly vunreable and equaly as determined, adventourous and brave.
She is the kind of character you could easily see being your friend. I could go on and on about how well the actress portrayed this character.
The rest of the story is rather a generic action-sci-fi. It does not bother itself with being like similar movies which have a dark or sad undertone. This movie, because of the main actress maintains a very open-hearted optimism and positivity that shines from the main character.
Because of the actress i would say it is an above avarage actiom flick, not quite enough to make it a classic but enjoyable popcorn movie nontheless. -7/
Thor: The Dark World (2013)
Not great but not terrible either.
The only reason I am writing this review is because the reviews I have seen here are either someone hated it totally or thought it was the best movie they ever saw. The truth is somewhere in the middle, Thor will never be the best movie you ever saw, nor will it be the worst ever, if you think its the worst ever then you haven't seen Dragonball evolution.
What can i say about this movie, There was far too much going on to connect with the characters in too short a time.Yet still, the acting scenes and action were solid. The movie just lacked emotional substance, which you would expect from a Thor movie. Things could have been explored a little differently especially when it comes to romance and some other of Thor's relationships including Natalie Portman's character, Jane. There was a lot of one dimensionality to the characters with the exception of Loki. Other than that this movie was solid fun.
I would suggest renting it or having it in your DVD collection, for that boring Saturday. It isn't a memorable one but it will wind the time away and give you a few laughs and giggles. That and Thor just kicks BUTT. :)
Repo Men (2010)
Many people didn't get this movie.....this movie is NOT pointless
Don't worry i summarize but there are no spoilers
So its the future and you lay bye mechanical replacement body parts, if yours don't work correctly. If you cant pay your monthly installments someone is sent to take it from you . As unrealistic as this sounds there is a cold reality that i feel many people missed from this movie:
The reality of cold hard cash vs human life. Corporate greed hits hard regardless of human life or worth and the violence in this movie hits the point home. I wonder what people think when peoples homes are repossessed and they have to live on the streets or they cant pay their medical bills and have to suffer without health-care. Thats what this movie is about. It doesn't matter how important whatever you have is(like a liver) if it is owed to us we take it.....and whatever the consequences are yours to face alone.... It really is an over the top dance of symbolism between our real life and the violence and coldness that is shown in the movie.
I think the extreme violence and the far farfetchedness of this movie made people totally not see point.
It isn't an easy movie to watch or swallow and definitely not for everybody. The movie feels a little uneven at times, and the characters are difficult to like.
However in a world where wars are fought over oil and people are tossed out on the street because they cant pay their medical bills. This story is an over the top exaggeration of the security guard who tosses people out on the street. How does he sleep at night. How does he justify his actions? This movie is far from pointless...
Waking Life (2001)
A brilliant look into the "now generation"
This movie is the first and only most brilliant glance into the all too forgotten , overlooked and undermined spirit of our generation. While media and most movies out there peg modern humanity to be greedy petty warmongers, whose only interest is clothes money sex and violence, this movie shows a deep complex and multi-layered generation capable of far much more than has been realized.
This movie is simply an exploration of those layers, one would be hard pressed to grasp everything in the movie which for me is pretty difficult, I saw this movie for the 1st time six years ago and whenever I can I revisit a clip or two,
Yes it is spiritual, philosophical scientific and poetic, it is something that will impact you and has something for everyone, it is something you would have to see for yourself.
Bleach (2004)
A good anime with holes of potential left unfilled ..
I'm writing this mostly for those who have watched it or read the manga.
To be honest this anime could have been better, we were taken through twists and turns during the soul society arc, which made us sit at the edge of our seats. From then on we were dragged through an almost pointless saga where Ichigo looses his fighting spirit and for most of the anime, being ever doubtful of his powers. The cause of-course being his new found demon like half. He though has an interesting discussion with Zaraki at the end of the Bounty saga, where Kenpachi tells him how Ichigo like himself are warriors who love battle, Ichigo briefly acknowledges this but falls back to his "battle depression" in later sags's.....
*Manga spoiler* This actually goes on right till the last battle.
Then there is Aizen, what a big fuss they made about him. All powerful whatnot, only for him to not even have a fighting spirit in the final battle. Ichigo just beats him plain and simple, it wasn't a fight.
In terms of character development this was the largest hole, Ishida, Chad and Orihime who are the main pals around Ichigo are constantly sidelined for an endless array of filler characters, even the main story line sidelines them either for Arrancar, Bount or Vaizards. There were far too many characters which they introduced, making it difficult to grow these characters.
It would have been interesting to see, Chad, Ishida and Orihime grow with him, in power, as well as personal strength. Ishida who develops a power beyond a captains in the soul society arc, looses these powers and instead of him finding them again and making him relevant in the story he is given a new set of powers and thrust in for the sake of him just being there.
Orihime is made to seem to have interesting powers, which was a good twist at the beginning of the Hueco mondo arc, however yet again there is little development in her character, and instead of being another powerhouse for these heroes, she is made to remain a rather powerless whiny crybaby who cries for Ichigo to help her. The love relationship or romance between her and Ichigo (for those who love this kinda drama) is largely ignored for a more interesting character,...yes POWER, power is the main character in this story.
All in all this story didn't do much in terms of character development and they lost the plot and any visible direction after the Soul Society arc. It resembles another anime which disappointed many of us in a very similar way, yes that's right, the dragon ball series. It started off very well and trailed off aimlessly while the main character gets more and more powerful.
There are some good points though the battles are superb, Zaraki and Byakuya define this animé and are always fun to watch, that and their dialog is fantastic. Ukitake and Uroichi are some other favorites who pop in now and again.
If you have the patience to sit through 400 episodes just for battles this anime is for you, or I would suggest you watch this anime until episode 62, from then on, its up to you to continue.
The Beach (2000)
A good dark yet exaggerated look at humanities lack of empathy
A good dark yet quite exaggerated look at what happens to people when their quest for rudimentary selfish pleasures exceeds at the expense of one another.
Leonardo DiCaprio(Jack) plays a pleasure seeking tourists who gets whisked away on a journey of fun and adventure and finds an island of like minded pleasure seekers who have escaped the toils of modern day consumerist culture only to witness the very same cancer eating at them ironically leading to their communities demise.
On this journey driven by a quest for euphoric utopia they are made to resemble the fanatic empires of the past , rigidly defending their community in the hope of preserving and maintaining it. Jack buying into it and becomes one of the main defenders of the system.
Jack yet at first being its staunch quite sociopathic and psychopathic defender soon becomes alienated by this community for his weird behavior and soon he becomes becomes instrumental in its demise. Its a story that's got love, betrayal , sex murder and an important answer for this societies illusive quest for Shangrilah(insert your god here eg. money, pleasure,drugs....) that some people are desperately seeking at the terrible cost of human life.