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Avatar: The Way of Water (2022)
Boring and redundant
Family members get kidnapped. Liberated. Kidnapped again. Liberated again. Kidnapped yet again. And then ... drum roll ... you won't believe it ... liberated again! There you are. The whole story of 192 minutes of CGI spectacle. They couldn't come up with a single original idea - in ten years. It's embarrasing.
Obviously the optics are state of the art, but then again - you'll see similar sensational images in any of the more recent BBC nature documentaries by Sir David Attenborough. And it's real, too. And you get a story where you don't expect one. Whereas a three-hour pure fictional movie solely depending on the prettyness of its images is really just a big disappointment. With the depth of a salt desert.
Star Trek: Picard (2020)
Oh yes ... yes and yes
Finally a Star Trek show that actually humanizes their protagonists instead of hiding them behind a wall of rules as kind of emotions cloaking device. In season 2 the very fact that all this political correct federation stuff gets in the way when it comes to truthfully get to the core of ones inner self is what drives the show - personalized foremost, but not exclusively, in none other than the one and only Picard. That said, there is all the good classic stuff as well, superbly choreographed and CGIed syfy action, thrilling story, complicated and exotic villains worthy of the next generation's legendary captain.
In a nutshell: It's the most ambivalent and complex and therefore most authentic and human show that ever came out of this franchise. I truly hope the orthodox community gets over her illusions and starts to treasure this gem, so it cherishs us for a long time.
Klammer (2021)
Reliving it
When Franz Klammer raced for the most wanted and expected and needed Olympic gold medal in the history of at least the Austrian sport, I was 12 and jumped and screamed in front of the TV set. So was my mother. Maybe, lacking this experience or any connection to Austria whatsover, it's difficult to relate what was going on in this little, ski crazed country of ours, and watching the movie you might think it's over the top in that regard. Well, it's not. For me, it was reliving the days of anticipation, the nervousness, all of it. Added to it the colourful depiction of the spirit and style of my home country in childhood days, the insights into the scene with ski producers acting like Russian oligarchs, and the overall light and charming and humorous tone, I was positively surprised how much this movie got to me. Loved it!
The Rookie: True Crime (2021)
This episode should be treated as a criminal offense
Completely out of show-context, at first my thougt was a classical WTF?? Further on it put me right to sleep, so at least the only lasting thing about it is a fainting feeling of having been annoyed.
The Amazing Spider-Man (2012)
Langatmig
Obwohl ich bereits bei den Trailern gemischte Gefühle hatte, weil Tobey Maguire und Kirsten Dunst von für mich völlig schlappen Fehlbesetzungen ersetzt wurden, habe ich mir mit der Erwartung eines emotionalen Spektakels den Film angesehen. Der kam und kam dann einfach nie in Gang, schleppte sich dahin, wärmte die ganze alte Anfangsgeschichte wieder auf, allerdings mit halb so viel Esprit und einem Viertel des Witzes. Wie kommt sowas auf 7,7? Mediocre at best; das meinte auch ein Freund, der Tobey Maguire und Kirsten Dunst immer für eine komplette Fehlbesetzung gehalten hatte und mit dem neuen Cast sehr glücklich war. Änderte aber nichts dran: zäh wie Spinnenseide, emotional so packend wie Waschmittelwerbung.
Terra Nova (2011)
Kind of cheesy, but there's still hope
The way Mr. Shannon made it to Terra Nova made me cramp a little - just the everyday impossible stunt (breaking out of a high tech facility, where nobody seems to bother with what is given the prisoner in the cell, and smuggling himself and the illegitimate daughter through the security detail of 2100 plus like it's a walk in the park). The point is: to gain what exactly? A happy family, reunited, with somewhat troubled background? Nobody in Terra Nova cares a fart about the past in the future. Once there it's Jurassic Park all over, only this time mankind is inside the cage. And if not, in very fast slashing, hissing, roaring, running, biting trouble. So far, so adventorous, so not original. CGI - the dinosaurs - is mediocre at best. So mix in some "Lost" enemies, here called the "Sixers", which came for the true purpose of this all. Let the story begin. I'd really love to watch a good Sci-Fi-Show, and as stated above: There's still hope. Certainly not in the league of "Battlestar Galactica", not even "V", and compared to a UK-series with a similar angle, the recomendable "Outcasts", it's like entering the childrens playing room after having a serious conversation with the parents. But it could still be good to waste your time being entertained - mildly thrilling and family-certified.
Doctor Who: The Curse of the Black Spot (2011)
Worst Doctor Who episode ever
Probably the worst Episode of Doctor Who ever... full of illogical stupidity. Why not simply hold the man back, when that's all that's necessary to prevent him from the grasp of the siren? Why would a nurse turn in a red-hissing monster in order to protect their people? And really - a ship is a ship - a 17th-century-pirate just instantly fit for space travelling? You can't be serious. This was simply annoying, and the only positive thought I could gain of it was: it can only get better from now on. Matt Smith will never reach the level of David Tennant, and I'm still unable to see much sense in introducing a sidekicks sidekick (Rory), but at least the storytelling could go on with the quality I loved.
New York November (2011)
Psychic Odyssey
Blurred vision, unsteady camera - the first minutes of South are quite hard to take, especially when you chose to sit relatively near to the screen. But rest assured: Everything goes according to plan, and although South is anything but a straightly narrated movie and you will probably have a lot to discuss afterwords (what a difference to 90% of the popcorn-industry-sponsored crap usually shown), the erratic path gets clearer on the way - which is, most importantly, strangely entertaining. South is crime, mystery, a hint of romantic and in the center a man searching for himself and his own past. This film, which took not less then 12 (!) years to realize, speaks of determination and absolute devotion only because it exists. This basic feeling makes the acting intense to the point of overwhelming, the rough black-and-white-pictures extra edgy. The soundtrack, which actually was produced twice, is very worth mentioning. In one word: Leave your popcorn at home, submerge in this piece with your full awareness, and tho' it's definitely not for everyone, a lot will be greatly rewarded.