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Money, Explained: Student Loans (2021)
Propaganda for free college
Okay, so far the series was good up until this episode. Having Ilhan Omar on there was bad enough...but having her spout debunked racial propaganda as a talking point without proof was too much. I wanted to learn about how the student loans got out of hand...but instead I was faced with an attempted indoctrination of liberal tripe. Major fail...
Countdown: Inspiration4 Mission to Space (2021)
Truly an inspiration...
I saw the launch live from my front yard. I watched the landing online. But watching this documentary literally had me on the edge of my seat. I loved everything about it. Way to go team!
Holiday Wishes (2006)
"Watch it a second time!" didn't help...
This is one of my wife's favorite holiday films...but I can't stand it. The acting is below subpar, the editing makes no sense, and the sound engineer should have been fired. Nearly every scene with music is so drowned out you can't understand the dialogue...although that may be a bit of a blessing because what dialogue you can hear sucks.
The story concept wasn't bad, but the execution feels more like a high school film class project than anything someone would actually spend money on.
"A" for effort, "D" for execution, and "F-" for actually letting this thing get released...
Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker (2019)
Haters hate because it's not their head-Canon...
"Fans" hated The Force Awakens because it took the Skywalker saga in a different direction by introducing a completely different set of circumstances than what they had in the Expanded Universe. "Fans" hated The Last Jedi because they didn't get what they thought should happen. And "fans" hate this movie because it ends the Skywalker saga in a way they didn't expect. For the past 2 years, we've had tons of fan theories, suppositions, and guesses as to what would happen...and now that the movie is out, these same people are literally finding (read: making up) BS reasons to hate this film...and what it all boils down to is this film they didn't make is following a story line they didn't write and is going to make money they can't benefit from.
If you go into this with preconceived head-Canon, then you're going to hate it...because as Luke said in TLJ, "this is not going to go the way you think." But if you go into it with the understanding that it is it's own story with it's own details and own ending and your looking to be entertained...then do so and have a ball. I did, as did my son.
If you want spoilers, read a different review. All I can say is I loved this movie and can't wait to get the BluRay to see all the extras.
How to Get Away with Murder: Vivian's Here (2019)
Rename this thing "how to get away with propaganda...
I decided to finally give this show a chance and sad to say, I started with this episode. Even if I was already a fan, I'd have called this episode my last because if the plethora of ridiculous wrongness presented as fact. To only list a few would be disingenuous to all the others...but suffice it to say, maybe this series should be renamed to better reflect the deep pockets and greasy wheels of the political party trying to scapegoat their sins on their enemies...
The Family (2019)
"This" is what my subscription is paying for?
Oh my God what a piece of trash! I had a feeling from the trailer that this would be nothing but a hit piece on Trunp and Christians...and in the first 10 minutes...I was right. Who greenlit this drivel? Ugh! I'm usually open minded and willing to listen to opposing viewpoints, but this seemed to be one of those "you either believe what I'm telling you or you're wrong" situations. And since that's the case...y'all lost me.
If it wasn't for the selection of kids shows for my daughter, I'd seriously consider dropping Netflix after this...
Truth Behind the Moon Landing (2019)
Had to stop watching...
Is Mike Bara really that stupid? Because if it's an act...he sucks at it. I got all the way to episode 6 and had to turn it off to not punch my tv... I feel so sorry for Leland that he has to put up with this.
I'm a photographer and pretty much every argument Mike makes about pictures and videos aren't just contrary to photographic science...but also to ACTUAL science itself.
Watch it if you want to. It's your time to waste...
The Christmas Chronicles (2018)
Make you laugh, make you cry...good solid family film...
I didn't know if I was going to like yet another "Santa's in trouble "movie, because there have been both good and bad one made before. But this movie, that started out as your typical cliche "kids help Santa save Christmas and learn a lesson in the process" film, quickly turned into something wonderful. I usually watch these films by myself while I work and decide whether or not to get my family to watch it...but this time, my family loved it and was actually upset that I watched it without them.
Seeing the interesting take on the function of Santa's bag as a portal to the North Pole, the use of Elvish (actually what I think is a Nordic dialect) instead of all English, finding out that dear old Goldie is Mrs. Clause, and learning that all along it was Santa helping the kids regain their Christmas spirit after their dad died...made this a truly unexpected and worthwhile holiday movie.
And finally, finding out that Chris Columbus is one of the producers made perfect sense that this film would have all the classic characteristics of his 90s films where the kids are taken seriously and not just there as your typical brat who needs to be taught a lesson.
Last year, Get Santa (from the UK) was my favorite. This year...I want the BluRay of Christmas Chronicles in my stocking.
10 stars, Netflix. Good job...
Rush Hour (2016)
Another tragedy of the "reboot" craze...
I can't hate the series completely because it had some good parts. Gerald (Page Kennedy) was probably the best part of the series. There were some good plot twists and halfway decent action...but this series absolutely failed to live up to the films. I was wondering if it was coming back for more seasons, so I checked out the page...and saw under the "Trivia" heading that it was a "soft reboot" of the films...and that's when everything became clear. Hollywood is trying too hard to reinvent the wheel. Great movies are being rebooted unnecessarily because they've run out of new ideas and want to try and allow the millennials to capitalize on the past, and with very few exceptions, they fail every time. In this series, why change Lee's first name? Why change his character? Why make Carter so drastically different? "Because we can," is NOT an acceptable answer. If you want to make something new, then make something new! Stop rewriting history!