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Legend (1985)
Please stop rating/taking seriously movies/cartoons clearly targeted for kids
Either start watching content for adults, or, if you really like kids stuff, just abstain from rating it or think about it's target audience when doing so. This movie is extremely interesting for a kid, obviously, not so much for an adult.
Blade Runner 2049 (2017)
One of my favourite films of all time
It's for the people who appreciate "2001: A Space Odyssey" rather than "Interstellar".
Star Wars fans have downvoted this film to hell, I will try to raise it where it belongs.
The Outer Limits: Inner Child (2000)
"The Host" in its primary form
"The Inner Child" is a brilliant episode that, unfortunately, sparkled the imagination of author Stephenie Meyer into carefully copying it under the new name of "The Host". For anybody who has not seen this episode but has read this book, you should know the story is virtually the EXACT same.
This girl, Anne, tries to take her own life in a desperate act, but the attempt is unsuccessful. Instead, she is inoculated with an alien life form that becomes attached to her brain and coexists with her. (I did not see the episode from the very beginning, so I'm only deducing this part from what I saw) At some point, Anne begins to feel the presence of this alien inside of her and becomes terrified. The alien life form can hear her thoughts and appears to possess her body on occasion, or at least becomes an alter-persona of her. Anne feels that she will gradually disappear as time goes by, the alien's influence gradually increasing over her. And so she decides to take her own life once more, as the only means of disposing of the entity inside her head. Just as she tries to commit suicide, the alien reveals itself as a benevolent life form, claiming that it likes Anne and that it was its influence that saved Anne from dying the first time. The episode lets us decide whether Anne is persuaded by the alien and continues co-existing with it, or kills herself as she intended.
I could not believe when I saw this episode on TV. How remarkably similar it is to Stephenie Meyer's book, although it was aired in 2000 and the book was released in 2008.
I am honestly disgusted by Meyer's copy-cat success, and feel that she is no more than a fraud.
It's unfortunate how nobody from the cast or scriptwriters of "The Outer Limits" has not yet taken action to sanction her. The series or the episode is not even mentioned among her so-called inspirations sources for her book. So, for all you Stephenie Meyer or "The Host" fans, watch this episode and stop encouraging fake writers to claim they have written best-sellers. Shame on her... This episode gets a perfect 10 from me because THE ORIGINAL IS ALWAYS BEST!
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Chosen (2003)
"Let's just say I'm... a friend"
Crisis averted. Buffy saved the world. Again. Or... NOT?:) I won't begin by stating the obvious: what happened in the last two episodes of The Grand Finale of "Buffy...". I'm sure you've all seen it. I'm also sure 80% of you even saw "Angel". I will, however, tell you a secret. The key of this finale lies in one tiny episode in "Angel" called "I will remember you". For all those that don't read the lines but only look at the funny pictures (to quote Xander), I suggest a short flashback.
Angel became human again... for a day... WHY did he throw it all away? Because he went to the Oracle. He wanted to know why the Mohra demon said the end of the days has begun. That soldiers of darkness were coming. (Does that ring a bell to you?) He wanted to know what happened to the Slayer when these soldiers came. And the answer was "What happens to all mortal beings. She will die". And then Angel pleads for her life. He offers his life instead and they accept. They swallow the day as if it never happened and he remains a vampire and Buffy walks out on him.
What was the purpose of this sacrifice? It was Buffy's life. Her guaranteed success in the final battle against the Primal Evil. He TRADED his future with her for her life. That is WHY Buffy didn't die in the end. The stabbing was no accident. She was SUPPOSED to die from the wound. But she got up, continued fighting and even managed to run across building rooftops so as to escape the shock wave.
It was, also, not a coincidence or a trifle for the screenwriters to include Angel in the last 2 episodes of Buffy's finale. Angel was the one who orchestrated this battle from my viewpoint. The man who pulled all the strings from the shadow. He was the one who "rehabilitated" Faith, gave the amulet to Spike and also made sure Buffy would live. He was not worried. When Buffy was fighting Caleb, he sat aside and let her "do her thing". He even jokingly taunted her "You are SO gonna lose!" because he knew she was going to be fine. Angel left because there was no need for him to stay – everything was assured. I love the way he's still the old Angel – the one who discretely guides Buffy's destiny and looks out for her. These episodes, as most Buffy episodes, are charged with subtext.
Anyway, the battle went on as we know it and the righteous were separated from the unworthy. Anya (former demon) and Spike (also demon) died. All the others lived. Even the unimportant ones like Andrew or the Principal. It kind of makes sense...
I'll tell you what I liked about this ending. I liked the scene where Buffy and Angel are talking in the graveyard and watching them is a white statue of... an angel! (Bet you didn't notice) I liked Faith when she proposed Chao-Ahn to be the leader, on the grounds that "It's hard to lead people into a deathtrap if you don't speak English". I liked the bracing music and the Matrix moves. I liked how the "Welcome to Sunnydale" sign collapsed into the crater in the end.
What I didn't like was Spike's exaggerating "the best night of his life". And how the screenwriters turned him into a cheap, EXPENDABLE Angel copy-cat (I wish he kept to his former, soulless self. He was a great character when he was with Dru). I also hate how Willow could reverse "a thousand generation" rule (there can be only one Slayer) but somehow couldn't remove a simple curse like the gypsy prophecy on Angel. I also hate Dawn, who promised to be a great weapon and power source but, in the end, turned out to be nothing but a frightened little girl. I hate the whole idea of "shutting the mouth of hell once and for all" equaling to collapsing it (Why fight the Uber-vamps when you can simply bomb the place and be done with it?) I hate how Faith ended up with the Principle and how quickly Willow replaced Tara.
I also want to "congradulate" whoever dressed Buffy and Dawn in these 2 episodes for making them wear high heels in such combat scenes. It just looked ridiculous! Buffy seemed to be out on a date instead of "hack and slash" mode.
In the end, I want to point out another thing that nobody considered in these comments, and that is that this fight was NOT a complete success. Buffy could defeat the raging army of Uber-Vamps but she could NOT destroy the Primal Evil. She won a battle, but not the war.
The future for Buffy looks promising. She sees "fat grandchildren" at some point in her life. She basically confides in Angel to wait for her until she feels ready. And his answer is "I ain't getting any older". What more of a happy ending could you ask for?:)
Angel: Heartthrob (2001)
Liar, liar, pants on fire...
This episode is a series-killer for me, in the sense that it makes me never want to watch this show again. I always believed in the consistency of a character, in the sense that there are some traits that the script writers, no mater what, should not, ever, change. Eliminating them would be like crippling the character in my view, and in this way destroying him for good. One of these traits is the moral integrity of Angel, which was, for me at least, something I looked up to. This is why I find it odd to be the only one seriously enraged by this episode. If I were to give "Heartthrob" another title, it would be BETRAYAL. It's shocking to see 2 love stories mirrored in the narration, one of which is a beautiful, desperate cry for the loss of a loved one, and the other a simple shrug of the shoulders regarding one's soulmate passing away. We find Angel in the process that should be at least, grieving, but instead proves to be a hurtful indifference towards Buffy's death. For those who haven't seen Buffy, it would probably be OK, but for those who have actually seen it, it's a slap in the face. It denies the entire 2 seasons involving Buffy & Angel and ever been in love. Angel seams entirely unaffected by her disappearance. His "time off" of meditation was actually another day on the job, killing demon-monks and bringing souvenirs to the gang afterwards. Even Cordelia is rightfully surprised by his emotional inertness. Buffy was his one single true love, in all 250 years of existence. She was his soulmate, his pair (2 tragic superheroes), the reason he became good in the first place (may I remind you of his first "watcher" and the scene in the sewers, where Angel says he wants to change TO HELP HER). He had a crush on her even before they met, he guarded her with his life and was even willing to sacrifice his happiness for hers (which is why he moved away from Sunnydale in the first place). What happened to the ring exchange, to their "one moment of pure happiness", to the assurances that "she is still his girl" and that "you may have moved on, but I haven't"(Angel in the first season) And when he finds out she is gone, he does nothing, feels nothing?! (For crying out loud, he mourned Joyce more than Buffy! He even came to her funeral, but not Buffy's?!) With Buffy, it's almost as if a total stranger died. He is, appallingly, relieved?! In his exact words, losing Buffy "didn't kill him", he just "dealt with it". The REAL Angel-character would be devastated, crushed... He would lock himself in his study for weeks looking at her picture, be angry, want revenge, whatever, but he would ACT or DO something! She was his reason to live (to become human so that they could finally be together). I don't recognize this character. Really. He mocks everything I thought of him. The scriptwriters must have been changed or really drunk so as to flip a character 90 degrees like this. Angel never loved Buffy, heck, it seems he got over her pretty fast! In the first episodes of "Buffy" he kills Darla (who is so dear to him, apparently) to save her, but now he is willing to bed her??? And afterwards, of all people, Cordelia??? There is something really off-track with this series. I don't like where it's going. I'm heartbroken by this new Angel dude who is suddenly emancipated and conscience-free. He might end up to be proclaimed "a champion", but it's more likely he'll be proclaimed a huge jerk :-(
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Empty Places (2003)
A Heroine that lived long enough to be(come) a Villain
This episode makes a crucial turning point from all the Buffy's other 6 seasons storyline. Why? because it's about rebellion. Not a "stab in the back", but as a logical and necessary rupture from a fallen hero's mantle.
Buffy was my idol, I loved her, so did all the Buffy fans. But what this episode reveals is the imperfect nature of every hero that fans don't want to see. I am sorry to say, but Buffy as a character is not absolute.
Starting with her "incomplete" return after a brutal resurrection in season 6, and throughout the misery of feeling out of place in this final season, Buffy makes a series of judgement mistakes and wrong choices that lead to this sad but likely denouement.
The first one was Spike. After fate tore her away from Angel, she reconciled in the arms of a normal, plain guy (Riley) but just wasn't enough, so she searched for the opposite in a typical "bad boy" (Spike). Their relationship, if you can call it that, is a physical and mental abuse, a type of punishment for not being to hold on to true love (Angel) or true friendship (Riley). Although Spike declares his love out in the open, his connection with Buffy is mostly an obsession. For Buffy, Spike is off and on both a torturer and a shoulder to cry on. She never separates from these extremes so as to find a balance in her persona in order to feel any sort good emotion towards him.
The other mistake is her relationship with the people surrounding her. She treats Willow and Xander as puppets in her one-woman show. The two feel neglected and slowly drift away from her. Buffy treats them as conveniences, takes them for granted. She no longer appreciates or respects them, but considers them somewhat "handy" in times of need. From adored friends they become tolerated elements gravitating around her. You can see it in the way she always tells them "I need you to..."(Willow search the web, Xander go scouting). Giles has it even worse. If once it was "Giles, I cannot succeed without you", now it's "I can perfectly succeed without you". Despite his coming all the way from England to help her, Buffy treats him like a decrepit old man, stuck in his ways of thinking. She publicly denounces his authority and rejects all his advice. She feels she has long surpassed her former mentor and that there it nothing left to learn from him. The Slayerettes are tolerated but maintained at a low-threat level. Buffy is the only REAL slayer and wastes no chance to remind them of that. She bores them with speeches and paints them a dire painting of their future in revenge that fate is not fair and she could not have a bright one.
It used to be a gang-show...I guess it was only a matter of time until repeatedly saving the world would make Buffy feel like a demi-god. She causes and uses her loneliness as a reason of superiority (I suffer more than all of you, so I am obviously better than all of you). It's the curse that comes with being a Slayer or any other type of superhero. Buffy is gradually turning into Glory.
The recently installed autocracy is sustained by Spike, who quickly rejoices the role of her only loyal subject and advised counselor. Buffy begins to take risks that she would have never taken in the past and let opportunities pass her. A huge mistake was rejecting her legacy - despite her visions, despite the desperate cry of the first Slayer saying "It isn't enough!"- Buffy resolutely declines the extra-powers offered by the three shamans saying they were dark magics involved. She never considered that it may take evil to defeat evil. Maybe the first Slayer knew what she was talking about...
The next in this line of mistakes is sending the unprepared girls (potential Slayers) into the beast's lair (the vineyard), regardless of all the voices prohibiting her to do so, which proves to be the last drop in a already-full glass. The trap becomes obvious and the massacre inevitable. The most important casualty, Xander, is treated like a light loss (Buffy would not even stay with him in the hospital). Instead of assuming the blame and the wrong call, Buffy installs a silence drill and continues as planned. The wake-up call later in the evening, when all gather to oppose Buffy is dramatic but foreseeable. It's also a brave step on behalf of the screenwriters - it's not easy to discredit your main character when he/she is wrong.
Faith assumes command and everybody is happy. (The kicking out of the house by Dawn is the only awkward act that makes no point in this episode). It's ironic how Faith becomes Buffy in the end (natural born leader, careful and sensible) and Buffy becomes Faith (outcast, extremist, ready to jump the gun)...
The tyrant (Buffy) is deprived of her people and only then realizes how important they are to her. I'd say it takes some pretty dire times to ally yourself with a scoundrel like Spike...
For me, everything in this episode makes sense. We've seen Buffy at her highest and lowest throughout the series. She may lose her saintly aura created throughout 4-5 seasons, but in doing so becomes more human and tangible. I await the very end of the series and still think Buffy rocks:)