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It Was Fifty Years Ago Today! The Beatles: Sgt. Pepper & Beyond (2017)
Doesn't even make it to Sgt. Pepper
I consider myself a Beatles fan and I like to watch Beatles documentaries. This wasn't one of them. It should have been a documentary about The Quarrymen. The whole documentary was about tracing all the people in one iconic group photograph containing John Lennon.
I watched all the boring talking head interviews just waiting to arrive at the Sgt. Pepper sessions, that never arrives.
Then it's the end credits.
What an anti-climax.
Reacher (2022)
Close to the book
Anyone who gave low stars to this adaptation needs to read the Jack Reacher novels to know what they're talking about.
As soon as I heard Tom Cruise was playing Reacher in the first Reacher movie, I couldn't help cringing that Hollywood had made a mistake.
Also, to squeeze a 10+ hour book into a couple of hours could not, and did not work.
Then I heard that a Reacher series was in development.
I had my own opinions on who I thought would make a good Reacher and had never heard of Alan R.
I was not disappointed.
Yes, he was a man of few words, like the books, didn't hesitate in killing bad guys, like the book, and had a good MP knowledge in how to be a great detective, again like the book
Most of the scenes from the book have been included in the series, so I was not disappointed.
I look forward to many more of these adaptations if they're as good as this was.
You cannot make a 5 hour movie, because people can't sit that long, but make a good series like this, and people will binge watch for over 5 hours. I did.
Mulan (2020)
I watched for me, not the critics
I had never watched the 1998 animation of Milan, so I had nothing to compare to.
I enjoyed the movie, screw the critics that have, and are still panning it.
I watched it for me, and I wasn't disappointed.
All I can say is watch and make your mind up.