Gabeszosz Reviews

The Breakfast Club (1985)

Why is this movie referenced in hundreds of series and movies?

[7/10 · 25 October 2023]

That is a great question, as the plot itself is not too strong, the whole movie felt like it is the kind that would be shown by an English teacher to the students to have something to discuss.

The high school queen, the jock, the bad boy, the outcast, the nerd - these stereotypes depicted are omnipresent in all American high school movies. The film was made as a bold move with its story or lack there of to amuse critics.

This movie focuses on the social issues present in our modern society. It tries to show that despite the stereotypical personalities, everybody has similar issues in their life. The personal traumas in each case seem to be rooting in their upbringing, in their parents. By breaking the barries of the stereotypical personalities and finding the common denominator, the movie is on the verge of becoming a cliché. How deterministic is our life, if we are all doomed by parents?

Again arriving at the conclusion that it is a movie that your English teacher would want to discuss with you in high school.

Personally, I had issues with the fact that they came to conlusion that they would not talk to each other next week due to social obligations they have with their so-called 'friends'. Regardless, 4 of them leave the school as couples, kissing each other ont he street while their father is in the car.

How absurd is that? Why would a high schooler instantly 'introduce' their boyfriend/girlfriend like that to his/her parents? Are we also ignoring the fact that the 'bad boy' basically destroyed parts of the school without any obvious consequences?

Nothing matters as long as you are making an art movie to impress critics in which you discuss socioeconomic disparities. This movie makes you think, but I had a difficult time enjoying it as it is overhyped, so I expected more.

Sisters (III) (2015)

Don't watch this

[4/10 · 5 September 2016]

A terrible comedy with basically no story-line, the really bad puns and jokes are too far-fetched and exaggerated. Seriously, I expected more from Tina and Amy. There were a couple of cringe-worthy scenes that totally made me leave my comfort zone. I kind of grew up on American Pie, but compared to the American Pie movies, I consider this more vulgar. Furthermore, the acting was mediocre. Nonetheless, I did enjoy some scenes thanks to the MILF factor omnipresent in the movie.

On the whole, if you want to watch a good comedy, then try something else. I watched this movie with my girlfriend and she almost fell asleep due boredom and the mediocrity of the movie.

How to Be Single (2016)

Rebel Wilson almost made me stop watching

[6/10 · 4 September 2016]

Good movie + Rebel Wilson = bad movie

I would have enjoyed this film a lot, if Rebel wouldn't have been it. Her character was so annoying that my family and I almost stopped watching the movie. She has the most annoying roles in movies and they still keep casting her. The roles she plays are really one-sided, the recipe is simple: one joke characters, who know how to party and are allowed to say and do anything.

The story line is not too complex, however, for a one-watch-only movie it is not that bad. There were some good puns and I was kind of interested in the ending.

Under the Dome (2013–2015)

Watch at your own risk! Don't start or you have to finish to know the ending!

[6/10 · 31 August 2016]

I've just finished watching the series, so here it goes...

First of all, I've wanted to binge watch this series for a long time now. I have been toying with the idea of watching it probably since season 1. So I started reading the book, it looked interesting, then I started watching the series. The book and series don't have too much in common, you should regard the separately.

The first season started of pretty strong, I liked the fact that Dean Norris, probably best known from Breaking Bad, played the bad guy, Big Jim Rennie and of course there is the never missing American hero protagonist, Barbie, played by none other than Mike Vogel. I didn't have problems with the acting, but I didn't quite understand the story-line. The were a lot of major plot holes and inconsistencies with regards to the plot. Jim went on random killing sprees, although everybody knew he killed of tons of citizens, he was somehow always forgiven. What really bothered me, was the random fires, somehow I can't contemplate why they had to put fires multiple times in the story-line. Couldn't they come up with something else?

In season two a lot of new characters are introduced: Sam, the town's drunk; Jane Doe, the egg lady and Rebecca, the teacher, a.k.a. the mysteriously overqualified science lady, who always has a scientific explanation for everything. The dome creates a strong magnetic field? Let's fix that with science! The micro-climate changes? The random spinning of the dome is causing in inversion in the temperature, science b**ches! The magnetic field of the dome causes the monarch butterflies to speed up their life-cycles, so let's burn down the crops to kill the caterpillars, science! Or maybe let's spread some insecticides from an airplane that will kill the caterpillars instantly! I believe the biggest problem in this sci-fi series is the fact that they try to rationalize everything.

And here comes season 3. The season that shouldn't have been made. The plot is simple: aliens infect everybody by putting the into cocoons then they all serve the kinship having a collective mind, controlled by an alien infested blonde. FYI, Marg Helgenberger's acting is terrible.

On the whole, the biggest flaws of the movie was the fact that the motives of the characters were unfathomable and story-line line was not consistent, though, I still enjoyed watching the series, because the characters were likable. I liked the ending of season 3, the cliff-hanger was a good move from the creators.

Barátok közt (1998–2022)

When will it end???

[1/10 · 24 July 2009]

I don't really get what people like about it... It is just terrible and boring.

The actors wouldn't be that bad, if it wasn't for the poor story-line. Maybe it was worth watching some years ago but they can't come up with anything new nowadays. Furthermore, I can't understand why it has to be so unnatural. Probably one of the worst series I have seen....(or looked into)

Don't watch it! Don't waste 30 minutes of your life even on one episode of such a far-fetched series ! Yes, better than reality shows, but I reckon it doesn't deserve much attention.