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Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023)
2 1/2 hours of my life I will never regain
Waste of time and money. What a joke. It took forever to spin the story, meaning the first 2 hours of the movie were pretty much unnecessary and then because it took so long to get to the point it stops abruptly and leaves you hanging. All this hype about the animation and VFX are crap. Yeah maybe it felt like living in a comic book at times but it didn't cut it for me. Believe characters someone said. Are you kidding me? What 15 year olds do you know that are out saving the universe. The only believable characters were the ones who weren't the super heros. This is the same old same old story. The bad guy reveals himself and the good guy is out to stop him. Tosing in a few complications like crossing multi universes doesn't make it better and it's been done before. Sometimes successfully sometimes not so much. This time not so much. Honestly if this is the future of animation and super hero movies it will be my last. Like I said in the beginning waste of time and money mine and the people who created it. Back to the drawing board folks.
Keep Breathing (2022)
6 because the scenery was beautiful.
This started off really great. Intriguing premise. Character with flaws and issues looking for redemption. Typical yes but could have been good. Actress was great. I trued to place myself in her shoes and decuded i probably woukd not have survived. For me it went on tok long with a few too many flashbacks in time. There were issues we get it. Cut it back to a 90 minute movie and it could follow the plot line and been interesting. The scenery really was the saving grace of this series.
Persuasion (2022)
Couldn't even get through it.
Why do people take a perfectly good store and mess it up with modern day thoughts, language, impressions, and values? No one in that era would have used terms like "upgrade" and many if the otger words and phrases. No respecatble young woman would drink as she did or refer to a good night as bejng aline in her room with a "bottle of red". No fault to the actors. Some were very good. But the writers should be ashamed. I couldn't stand to watch the distaster created with this version. Next time write your own story instead of trying to rewrite someone else's and do us all a favour and make it as historically acurate as possible. If you can't, call it a fantasy because that's what we've be watching the past few years.
Voyagers (2021)
Ok but not great
The story is Lord of the Flies on a space ship. It's predictable nothing new or original here. Lots of stuff going on, typical males battling over control... one finally wins and then poof....we have a rush to the ending. Acting was decent. No complaints there. Ending was a let down. I would have liked to see them actually get there and set up the colony.
Connecting Flights (2021)
Disappointing
This movie should have been better than it was. Not sure how it managed an 8.1 rating. My father was in the RCAF so it was of personal interest but the accents were so bad and the acting even worse I found it hard to get past that.
The Last Kingdom (2015)
Fantastic series for many reasons.
Watching season 2 atm. My only question is why does Utred now have an odd accent when he didn't in season 1? Otherwise i can't stop watching. Great job.
My Son (2021)
Too many unexplained plot holes
Fir ne there were too many unanswered questions. Huge holes in the plot that we never learn the answers to.
Why was his office trashed? And by who.
Why were the local police called off?
Who were the kidnappers working for?
What happened to the boyfriend?
When Calls the Heart (2014)
Love period pieces
There are so many things i truly love about this show, have since it's beginning but the one thing that continues to bother me is the use of current phrases and terminology. We can be accepting of some things because let's face it 1900s lingo is pretty foreign to us, but maybe the writers could get a little less liberal so we don't feel quite so yanked out of the era.
Manchester by the Sea (2016)
You've got to be kidding
How did this movie rate a 7.8 on IMBD? Lousy script, terrible acting. Hard to follow for all the backflashes. Drepressing beyond belief.
Boring boring boring premise.
Jordan (2010)
Promising concept. Poor execution.
There are so many issues with this movie its hard to know where to begin. Fake Mum's accent. Fake Mum's head injury moving from one side of her head to the other. Really BAD acting. Not to mention what sheriff would allow anyone to take a child who was so insistent the woman was not her mother, without further investigation? And how come it took 2 kids to find the real mother in the rolled over car? Need i mention the sound issues. Voices you can hardly hear vs music, sirens etc so loud I nearly jumped out if my chair. Really bad camera work in too many places to mention.
Still.... despite all that there is a story here and wanting to know how it turned out was the only thing that kept me going through the horrible execution.
Justine (2019)
Every inch of wrong. Skip this one
There is nothing good about this movie. Unresolved questions and plot lines. Completely unbeleivable portrayals. Terrible acting from EVERY character, except possibly the MCs two children. Horrendous camera work that made me want to puke from dizziness. How anyone could rate this a 6, let alone a 9 is beyond me. A story of racism that barely scratches that surface znd not until the midway point of the movie.
Vexed (2010)
Enjoyable series
This was delightful for the most part. Light hearted fun, likeable characters, different episodes and not the same old drivvel. My only complaint is the ridiculous interrogation methods DI Armstrong adopts in the second season. His "I'm the man" attitude is a bit much. Otherwise delightful.
Saving Hope (2019)
Couldnt get through it
This movie was horrible in every way one can be. Predictable story line, which by itself wouldn't be so bad if the acting could redeem it but it doesn't. It is bad bad bad... No subplots either beyind the obvious annoying and disinterested boyfriend and potential live interest in the childhood friend turned lawyer. Just this darned fight over an historic landmark house that ties to family... really???? Dont waste your time.
Freedom (2014)
A disappointment
Watching this movie I thought it was filmed on the 1980s which would might have excused the poor quality. The escspe route seemed too easy from everything i have read/studied about the Underground Railroad. At times it felt like a name dropping event, rather than an historical documentation of oeople and events. I grasped the connection between the two story lines though apparently others had problems with it. Niagara Falls, and the crossing was s big issue for me. A poor effort to show what that crossing would have actually been like. Filming in Lewiston would have been more accurate as so many crissed the river there, because it was well below the falls. I am currently writing an historical fiction based on an Abolitionist family in upstate New York and their involvement in the Underground Railroad. I certainly hope my story produces a better picture of what it was like, than this movie did.
Designated Survivor (2016)
Lose the constant profanity.
I loved season 1and 2 but all the swearing in season 3 is distracting, unnecessary and quite frankly cheapens what was a great shiw. To say its disappointing is an understatement. Why does wveryone thing cursing makes tv/movies better. It doesn't.
When Calls the Heart (2014)
Love period pieces
There are so many things i truly love about this show, have since it's beginning but the one thing that continues to bother me is the use of current phrases and terminology. We can be accepting of some things because let's face it 1900s lingo is pretty foreign to us, but maybe the writers could get a little less liberal so we don't feel quite so yanked out of the era.
The Fosters (2013)
Great series.... Big blooper
There is much i love about this series but in season 3 episode 1 connor's injured foot is his right foot but it was his left foot that got shot. Just sayin'...