and_mikkelsen Reviews

The Sopranos: Army of One (2001) Season 3, Episode 13

The core of The Sopranos!

[10/10 · 25 May 2024]

God damn what a finale! This was a rollercoaster of almost everything as the thing we have witnessed and was build up, clash in this amazing set of events!

The core of The Sopranos have alaways been Tony attempting to balance his family life with "the family", and I think this episode shows that more than ever, as Tony clearly struggles with the situation at home, and the situation with the business!

There were some excellent scenes of drama, character and symbolism! So many scenes will stay in your mind as you attempt to figure out their significance!

By the end i could not help get emotional!

Season 3 delivered from beginning to end!

The Sopranos: Amour Fou (2001) Season 3, Episode 12

High on drama!

[10/10 · 24 May 2024]

This was a downward spiral of self destructing paths, until it all rventually blew up near the end!

This episode was the kind that got better and better as it went along! Started out average, but it slowly got really tense with some incredible drama and developmrnt i knew were coming at some point, but was unprepared on how it played out!

The acting for this episode was amazing as others have pointed out! Tony was incredible in this episode, giving him some of the best scenes and shows us his inner conflicts!

It seems that season 3 will warm up for a great finale.. but.. it wont be cinematic!

Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (2024)

It was never meant to top Fury Road!

[8/10 · 24 May 2024]

However does it mean this movie is bad? No!! Fury Road is a masterpiece and it is damn near impossible to come up with something that can surpass it!

This is a movie for the action fans, as there is a TON of that, with some great intensity, spectacle and an overall feeling, that this movie should be experienced at the movies! Trust me, watching it at home is not the same! It needs a big screen!

The story was fine, Anya Taylor Joy and Chris Hemsworth did great as their respective characters! I was glad to see them do something like this, as I now will remember them for these roles!

Cinematography.. excellent! The effects were great too and I was never too distracted by the CGI, just a little!

If you are looking for a fun time at the movies, this is a safe bet!

The Sopranos: Pine Barrens (2001) Season 3, Episode 11

Its 2024.. and I was amazed by this!!

[10/10 · 24 May 2024]

Where to begin with this? Very few things on TV can make me laugh out loud when I am watching it alone.. this however, is one of those rare exceptions!

I dont know who came up with the idea of an episode like this, but it was brilliant! The writting is top notch, and Paulie and Chris makes for an excellent team-up you can only love! I seriously cracked up with some of these scenes!

The scenery and setting was an excellent choice as well and makes this episode stand out visualy! Show me a picture of a snow covered forrest, and I would think of this episode!

This was TV brilliance, something a lot of TV shows have tried to copy ever since, and i can understand if someone told me this were their favorite Sopranos episode, even if I am yet to watch the rest!

A very rewatchable treat!

One Piece: Densetsu no Otoko no Saigo! Umi Ressha ga Naita Hi (2005) Season 1, Episode 250

Another emotional story!

[10/10 · 23 May 2024]

What is with One Piece and its ability to create these emotional backstories that resonates and stays with you long afterwards?

I really enjoyed Franky's backstory as well as the Origin of The Sea Train, or Uma Ressha! Tom managed to become this instantly lovable character, that not only tied in with another well known character, but also managed to have an ideology that you wont forget, cause of what It meant to Franky!

Spandam also became a worthy sinister villain, that you would love to see get what he deserves!

This was an emotional ride with great moments of character, resolve and world building!

One Piece: Kamen o Totta CP9! Sono Odoroki no Sugao (2005) Season 1, Episode 243

What a shocking moment!

[10/10 · 20 May 2024]

God damn this arc is great! With barely any boring moments, each episode has you hooked qnd intrigued! This episode is the outcome and reveal i did not see coming!

The last part of the episode was simply crazy! The reveal took me off guard, thinking back on it, only a few clues were given, that you would not novice unless you knew!

This is some of the best writing of the show to this point! One Piece shows its strength outside of action packed or emotional episodes! I am so glad to see this show keep evolving, providing a new experience!

This arc is turning into one of my favorite, even if I know what follows will be even better!

The Sopranos: Employee of the Month (2001) Season 3, Episode 4

Lorraine Bracco owns this episode!

[10/10 · 19 May 2024]

What a dark and depressing hour of TV, with some disturbing scenes and amazing acting!

Sometimes there is no justice in this world! Revenge and anger takes over, cause you drown yourself in darkness and hate!

Anything can happen at anytime, and this episode perfectly captures that! Melding gets some excellent character development and one of the most disturbing scenes in this show so far.. that does not hold back, with a performance by Bracco that will haunt you! I will never forget it!

The final scene was great and shocking.. and sad by the end, cause you feel sympathy for Melfi, and you can tell Tony does too!

One Piece: Luffy VS Usopp! Butsukaru Otoko no Iji (2005) Season 1, Episode 236

Left me in tears!

[10/10 · 17 May 2024]

This was it.. the episode that was the toughest to watch from beginning to end, as you are overwhelmed by pain and sees the journey so far, flash before your eyes!

I knew that would not be ready for this episode, as you feel the pain just reading the title! I really try to compose myself, but by the end i just couldn't hold any emotions back, and I felt just like Luffy in that last shot of him.. This is tough!

The fight was the best animated so far, with every attack looking fluent, never pausing, but instead providing with a very organic experience! Something like this deserves the best!

Now the characters and their journey.. have changed!

One Piece: Gekka no Oogenka! Kanashimi ni Hirugaeru Kaizokuki! (2005) Season 1, Episode 235

Incredible writting!

[10/10 · 17 May 2024]

One Piece really shows its skills in writting at this point, giving us the best episode thus far based purely on dialogue and drama!

This feels like a culmination of Usopp's journey, his character and role in the crew! Just like that, he gets some of the best and most intense dialogue from a character! Sometimes you feel like, that younas a person don't matter and that your wishes and desire's dont matter!

Our crew has been through so much, allowing for the story to mature and giving us painfull and emotional moments!

This was some of the best I have seen from this show, and I feel like no other show could do a conflict like this as impactfull!

One Piece: Nakama Kyuushutsu! Harikomi Franky House (2005) Season 1, Episode 234

Goes back to the beginning!

[10/10 · 17 May 2024]

This episode brought me back to the beginning of the show, reminding me, where it all began and how they all were very different people, but ended up uniting as a crew!

This episode reminded me of Arlong Park, as the crew finds a common goal in helping a friend! This made for an emotional amd powerfull experience, capturing just what this show and these chaeacters, special!

Usopp were handled very well, as he may not have the strength, but has the courage and his unwilling ability to accept that he failed! Remember back in Syrup Village, where he saved the day and was essential!

Action was great! It was very well animated with a lot of fluent scenes! Everything is just improving!

Now we have to deal with the consequences of Luffy's descision!

One Piece: Kaigun Honbu Taishou Aokiji! Saikou Senryoku no Kyoui (2005) Season 1, Episode 227

Amazing episode out of nowhere!

[10/10 · 17 May 2024]

Long Ring Long Land has not been the most eventfull arc, and I found some of the later episodes to be dragging a bit! However this episode... is something else!

At first the episode seems kind of goofy, much like the previous ones! The introduction Aokiji was brilliant in my opinion! At first he seems chill and harmless, so you lay your guards down.. until the second half of the episode kicks in! You realize how much of a threat someone can still be!

This was a shocking and brilliant finale and with the next episode, a perfect transition into Water 7!

The ending had me on edge!

Just brilliance out of nowhere!

X-Men '97 (2024– )

1'st season delivers TOP QUALITY on every aspect!

[9/10 · 15 May 2024]

I have just finishen the first season, and I still can not believe it was just the first season! The quality was more reminesent of a later or final season!

My expectations were met and surpassed with this show, which i would consider one of the greatest Marvel products of all time alomgside the best of the MCU, etc!

The writing is superb and every character is handled masterfully! Everyone gets their memorable moment to shine in terms of development and action!

Speaking of the action, it light be the best action i have seen in an animated show! They had no right to go as hard as they did! They set the bar high!

This is an experience you should treat yourself to!

X-Men '97: Tolerance Is Extinction - Part 3 (2024) Season 1, Episode 10

Epic conclusion for an epic season!

[10/10 · 15 May 2024]

What a ride... what...a.. RIDE!! This was one incredible finale that delivered in every way that a finale should deliver!

My expectations were high, do to have amazing this season has been, and I think the finale met my expectations in ways i could have never anticapated!

The writing were spectacular, capturing the arcs that werebset up, and the themes of the season! Magneto was the star, no doubt!

The action was incredible! Some of the best action animation of any animated show, to a point where it was almost cinematic! Edge of your seat!

Soundtrack.. on point!

The ending shows how this show is not over being crazy and creative

I have never been this excited for a second season in a long time!

One Piece: Kami no Kune no Kiseki! Tenshi no Todoita Love Song (2004) Season 1, Episode 192

Incredible moment!

[10/10 · 15 May 2024]

This episode was the grand finale as Luffy faces off against Enel for the final time, in this epic confrontation!

Every thing about this episodebwas great, from Wiper screaming to Luffy that he should ring the Bell, when he learns about Montblanc, all the way to Luffy fighting off against Enel, with a goldball and his arm!

Luffy punching Enel into the golden Bell was one of the greatest moments of this show up till this point! It was both satisfying and emotional, cause it meant the end of the conflict and proved that Noland told the truth!

Animation was incredible! They did this one justice!

One Piece: Eien no Shinyuu! Oo-unabari ni Hibikuchikai no Kane!! (2004) Season 1, Episode 189

Heartbreaking story!

[10/10 · 14 May 2024]

This episode felt like an emotional culmination as you finally understood the past and culture of the Shandians and Shandora, at well as the past of Noland!

The friendship between Calgara and Noland, is not only cruciel to understand Wipers motivations, but also a heartwarming tale, about two cultures meeting! This is something we can all learn! How two people who hated each other, somehow earned each others respect and trust!

There were multiple moments where I was in tears, cause I knew now! I saw it with my own eyes, what Noland had experienced and his inevetable fate!

One Piece never dissapoints when it comes to powerfull emotional moments!

One Piece: Mezameta Futari! Moeru Koi no Kyuushutsu Zensen (2004) Season 1, Episode 185

Damn..Sanji was great!

[10/10 · 14 May 2024]

I really came to realize for how long Sanji and Usopp was unconcious, when i watched this episode! I had really come to miss them! I do enjoy our characters apart, as it makes room for development, but seing them unite, is always geeat!

Sanji and Usopp both got their memorable moment to shine in scenes that perfectly captured their personality amd what we love about them! Usopp got to be brave, even if everything seemed hopeless! Sanji got to be tougher than ever, in one of my favorite scenes with him thus far! Damn i got chills when he uttered those lines!

At this point every episode delivers and you just want to watch the next right away!

One Piece: Maxim Fujou! Ugoki Hajimeta Deathpiea!! (2004) Season 1, Episode 183

No time is wasted!

[10/10 · 13 May 2024]

Once again we grt an episode where a lot of stuff is happening as Enel's finale plan is put in motion, with what seems like no way of stopping it!

Luffy was amazing in this episode! After being trapped inside a huge snake for god knows how long, we finally get to se him shine in action, just like in the previous episode.. and it was worth it!

It was really a treat to see Luffy and Enel trying to outdo each other by figurering out how their powers!

The last part of the episode was just pure hype! I was really surprissed at how tense and exciting it got!

The cliffhanger was crazy.. best one so far!

One Piece: Tsuini Gekitotsu! Kaizoku Luffy VS God Enel!! (2004) Season 1, Episode 182

Worth ALL build-up!

[10/10 · 13 May 2024]

Yeah the last half of the episode was worth everything! Best thing I have seen in this qrc so far! There was something so delightfully hilarious about Enel realizing Luffy's powers!

That confrontation was just great, as Luffy is... well Luffy, and Enel does not hold back at all! That face made my whole day, no doubt about it! This arc feels like that slow børn, that really is about to pay off well in the end!

Even Side characters like Conni, get some things to do, as she has to convince the people of Skypuea, what plans Enel have for them qnd their land!

These are the kind of episodes that makes this journey worth it!

One Piece: Kodai Iseki no Taiketsu! God Enel no Mokuteki!! (2004) Season 1, Episode 180

Tension from start to finish!

[10/10 · 13 May 2024]

This was an absolute thrillride as out characters are put face to face with Enel and he explains his desire and goal to them!

We really feel how Enel seems like an unstoppable force, much like Crocodille did back in Alabasta! He really is about to become a memorable threat!

You really feel the stakes in this episode, as much of the build-up is about to pay off! So far things have never felt as urgent as they did in this episode! Some shocking moments, that I didn't anticapate!

The animation continues to be solid, making these scenes as memorable as possible for the time! Now I am very excited to see whats next!

One Piece: Hotobashiru Zangeki! Zoro VS Shinkan Ohm!! (2004) Season 1, Episode 178

What an episode..

[10/10 · 13 May 2024]

Wow.. so much happened in this episode! This was the most eventfull episode so far, as everything was elevated with qmazing action, dialogue and information revealed as we are closing in on the last part!

Zoro's fight with Ohm was amazing! The animation was solid, honestly really good for the time, and the excitement and thrills were felt all the way!

Nami's speech were very effective and still feels very relevant! There are no reason to fight, its about whether people can co-exist or not! Luffy once again does what he does best.. reads the situation and does the right thing!

At last Enel's plan was revealled in a shocking intense last scene as the episode ended on a memorable cliffhanger!

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba: To Defeat Muzan Kibutsuji (2024) Season 4, Episode 1

Nice set-up for the season!

[9/10 · 12 May 2024]

Demon Slayer kicks off another season in a memorable and well balanced way, as it was a combination of elaborating on plot elements, and showing us some long lost familiar faces, and more of only briefly shown characters!

The qction in the beginning was just.. superb! The animation was breathtaking and I really feel like they go 100p with every fight scene! Man.. I cant wait for this quality went it gets really serious!

Great to heat more about the marks as it does explain some things from season 3! You can tell we are getting closer to end, as all characters need to find their limit!

Tengen was the best returning character, and i enjoyed the scenes with the other Hashiras, as more focus are put on them!

Now I am excited to see what else they have in store for us!

My Hero Academia: Specter (2024) Season 7, Episode 2

What a ROLLERCOASTER!

[10/10 · 12 May 2024]

This episode just reminded me what I love about this show! This was an epic ride that brought me back to the season 3 episode "One for All"

Star and Stripe made one hell of an impression in almost no time, with her insane display of power, and her will to do anything to defeat Shigaraki! I was both hyped, thrilled and it even got emotional!

The animation was incredible and really some of the best I have seen from this show! They really went all out to make this fight one of the most memorable!

This was a legendary way to return the favor, as All Mights legacy continues to live on in others!

Shōgun: Crimson Sky (2024) Season 1, Episode 9

Shakes you to your CORE!!

[10/10 · 10 May 2024]

I have no words.. this was an experience, that I can't really describe, but when you experience it for yourself, you might feel something that you have never felt before!

This was the culmination of Mariko's journey.. no doubt about that! In this episode, she instantly became one of my favorite charactets! Just.. WOW! Her resolve could inspire anyone!

This was the most intense emotional rollercoaster i have had for a while! This is TV at its PEAK!! This episode brought Shogun to the top of TV dramas, whith an episode only matched by the best out there!

Now I am gonna try and pull myself back together!

Shōgun: The Abyss of Life (2024) Season 1, Episode 8

Incredible drama!

[10/10 · 10 May 2024]

This was an absolutely amazing episode from beginning to end! It is clear that the end is near as the intensity grows and the consequences are felt!

This seems like the Turning point for Blackthorne as he now has to descide, which cause he picks! Who will he side with?

There is a theme of loyalty in this episode, as the characters almost have to descide what is more important.. loyalty or their faith?

Toranaga was however the best character in this episode! His scenes were incredible and I saw a whole new side of him! He has always been a bit mysterious and I now feel he is about to reveal his true intentions!

The scene near the end with him was the most dramatic and intense! I felt like he stared at my soul!

All the qctors did a PHENOMENAL JOB!!

Shōgun: Ladies of the Willow World (2024) Season 1, Episode 6

Important information, presented beautifully!

[9/10 · 9 May 2024]

This episode kicks off, showing us Mariko's past, and shedding light on what happened back then! This allows for the viewer to further understand her situation!

We qlso see how Toranaga might have been more involved in what her father did in the past, than we thought! This means that we cannot help but think, that Toronaga has agendas thatbwe are still not perfectly aware off!

Lady Ochiba also shows herself as an interesting powerfull force, not to be underrestimated! In Shogun.. femqle characters can be just as powerfull as male characters!

Once again, every scene was something og beauty that transports you to this period in time!

The ending gave me chills and I am only getting more and more excited!