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Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities (2022)
Best horror anthology series
I love creepshow, Tales of the crypt and masters of horror. Outer limits, black mirror, twilight zone and tales of the Darkseid are all great too. Twilight zone was so far ahead of its time so is still king and black mirror is sci fi. This show has best production value, directing and acting that I've seen from horror anthology. Inky watch the 1st 3 episodes. All exceptional. I love the 2nd episode because of how claustrophobic and the creature design was exceptional. 2022 is the best year of horror. I'm just going say it. We have this show which 1st 3 episodes I'd consider to be 3 great 1 hour movies. If the rest are on par with then it be like getting an excellent collection of horror movies. There was X,Pearl,Barbarian,Hellraiser,Prey,Nope,orphan 1st kill,crimes of future past, watcher,terrifies 2, Smile,bodies bodies bodies, fresh, vhs 99, the menu, piggy, sissy,studio 666 and even subpar legacy horrors like halloween ends and Texas chainsaw. I know I left several great 2022 horror films off list and to ve fair I haven't seen all films listed above.
Black Adam (2022)
6-7 out of 10. Some intersting story elements but pg13 rating and sloppy writing holds it back.
Some day we will get a R rated anti hero/villain superman like character that rips people apart. I guess I will have to get that from the boys. Black adam has entertaining action scenes but lacks the intensity because of how powerful the hero is. If they made him mean and more of villain and showed the violence and chaos he was causing. If the writing was better and made black adam the villain for the 1st half while showing he is the hero that some need. The movie doesn't want to deal with difficult questions like can a villain be a hero to some while a villain to others. They touch on that issue but he doesn't do anything evil except kills his enemies wh are trying to kill him. We can make rock a villain for most of the movie then his turn would feel earned and would add so many moral complexities. Instead we get a decent popcorn flick with some decent action. Aquaman sloppy without some of the cool setting and less plot.
The Simpsons: Not It (2022)
Not as funny as classic simpson but just as creative and entertaining.
1st let me say I'm huge IT fan so I get every parody joke. This episode is so creative and the writing is tight. The use of Krusty,Marge, Homer were perfect. Surprized comic book guy was other love interest instead of moe, but it works. Is it the funniest episode of the simpson? No. Especially, compared to the great treehouse of horror episodes like ToH 4-7. It's just as creative and the writing is incredibly tight. Animation is phenomenal and very creative use of parody scares. Not IT will go down as my one of my fav episodes of simpsons since season 9. Simpsons have brought 2 of my fav and best episodes in years between this and the new treehouse. I'd rank both episodes in my top 100 which is extremely high praise since simpsons have over 100 episodes in classic Era (seasons 3-8). Classic Era almost every episode was a banger.
The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror XXXIII (2022)
Finally, A truly great treehouse of horror on oar with the classic
Wow. I thought simpsons was dead 20 years ago. Episodes like this, not it and 2 part fargo spin off they did last year show their is new creativity that has brought life into series. Last season treehouse of horror was terrible. This season had 3 exceptional segments. 1st was actually intense and terrifying while still having a few laughs but similar to last week not it. Where the creativity and horror/parody aspects makes it more scary then funny. It still simpson but surpized by the intensity. Death note parody had incredible art design with some good humor. Simpson world is littered with exceptional call backs and also had some great humor. More Easter eggs then you can count. Best treehouse of horror since 7. Not as funny but def equally entertaining and arguably more creative.
Joker (2019)
9.5 because powerful movie is to similar to taxi driver.
Love it. Makes you think about mentally illness both what's it like to haveand howw have you treated people with them in the past and how will you in the future. I loved the score and camera work. Never has movie been this powerful tackling mental illness since one flew over the coo coos nest. The media reaction supports the movie concept which is genius. Love the violence because it's real and so are the characters. The conclusion us nothing short of majestic. One of my all time favorite movies and would be 10 if it didnt pull so much from taxi driver.
Terminator: Dark Fate (2019)
When you try to make everyone happy. Nobody is
After the 1st 30 minutes my only complaint was how it began. It bothered me and just thought they could've of handle that differently. No spoiler so cant describe it but you'll know. Some ways I could've overlook it if the rest movie was like 1st 30 minutes but than it slows down.
Then the plot holes and more unbelievable barley livable thing happens 1 after another where these scenes loose their tension. Majority of your audience are white males and when you replace their hero with a "woke one" it's going turn then off. When you make dumb action scenes it's going turn off females that would fight for this hero. When you destroy the past you should let it go but this movies best part are when it holds on to past. Arnie was awesome. Intro was amazing after the part I cant spoil which brother any terminator fan. I want to say it's best terminator movie since t2 and prob is. It's difficult for me to like, when so many things that put me off or were just dumb. I rewatch 3 and 3 special effects look cartoony by today's standards and was beyond mediocre. Salvation had some cool things and I like bale but bright sunny future that looks nothing like dark skull piles we are used to see was dissapointing. Genysis was fun at the begining but butchard conner legacy. Wasnt fan of new sarah conner even though I love the actress in genesys. Effects were cheap at times during that movie as well.
Dark fate feels better but cant overlook the cheap pandering that falls flat. The augmentation was awesome at 1st until you discover their weakness which is more of crutch than not having a soul. Sarah Conner was great and so was Arnie which is disappointed that this movie tried to be both a reboot and pay homage and didnt learn from genysis that doesnt work. Make the augmented character a complete badass or dont make its weakness be so terrible. Didnt hate concept of the weakness but duration of its strength was the issue. Make sarah conner and Arnie the vocal points if their going be in the movie and make teenage John the goal. If it focus on one of those things rather than trying reboot and make sequal tends to fall flat and put everyone off. 6.5 out of 10. Great action. Good humor. Intersting concepts. Doesnt stick enough landing to be consider a worthy sequal. A fun action movie that insults franchise as much as it pays homage.