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Rebel Moon - Part One: A Child of Fire (2023)
Interesting universe, with somewhat boring characters
Rebel Moon is a sci-fi adventure that takes you on an exciting journey through a captivating universe. The film boasts an intricate world-building that will surely delight fans of the genre. The music and costumes are also noteworthy, adding an immersive touch to the overall experience. Compared to Marvel movies, Rebel Moon offers a refreshing take on the genre, delivering a solid and engaging story. However, it falls short on character development and pacing. The film doesn't invest enough time in the protagonists to make the audience care about their journey, and some moments feel rushed. Despite its flaws, Rebel Moon is still worth watching, and fans will be anticipating its sequel. Overall, the movie earns a score of 6 out of 10.
The Flash (2023)
Better than Black Adam and Shazam 2
The Flash is an entertaining movie with some notable pros and cons. Michael Keaton's return as Batman is a highlight of the film, bringing a mature and experienced take on the iconic hero. Ezra Miller is another standout as the grown-up Flash, effectively conveying the character's geeky charm and quick-wittedness. The music is also commendable, adding to the film's overall tone.
The pacing of The Flash is well done, ensuring that the story moves along at an engaging speed without feeling too rushed or bogged down. That said, there are some negatives worth noting. The Other Barry Allen character can be frustratingly annoying, detracting from the overall experience. Not all of the humor works either, though it's not a major focus of the film.
The action scenes revolving around Batman are mostly created using CGI, which can sometimes feel less impactful than practical effects. However, given Michael Keaton's age, it's understandable why this choice was made.
Overall, The Flash earns a 6.5/10 score. Despite its flaws, it remains an enjoyable film that fans of the superhero genre may appreciate. If nothing else, it's worth seeing Michael Keaton's return as Batman.
She-Hulk: Attorney at Law (2022)
Wasted potiential, and strange ideas
The show had a lot of potential with its unique concept of having a superhero as a lawyer for super villains. The acting was good, and the lead character does her best to bring the character to life. The effects were also well done, and it was great to see the transformation of Jennifer Walters into She-Hulk.
However, the show falls short in several areas. The main issue is the constant 4th wall breaking, which can be distracting and takes away from the overall experience. It feels like the show knows it's struggling and resorts to this tactic to make excuses for its shortcomings. It especially becomes evident in the last episode, leaving viewers feeling like the writers didn't quite know what to do with the show.
Another issue is the lack of a main villain and a cohesive plot. While there is nothing inherently wrong with having no clear antagonist or overarching plot, it feels like the show is trying to be too many things at once, which causes the storytelling to feel disjointed and unfocused. This could have been salvaged if the show knew what it wanted to be and stuck with it.
This could have been a good hang-out show, but it constantly ends up making excuses for it self, with the anoying 4th wall breaking.
End of a Gun (2016)
Just when you think Seagal can't go any cheaper
Of all the former action stars (Van Damme, Lundgren, Schwarzenegger) Steven Seagal has had the most pathetic decline. While it is true that Lundgrens movies are filmed at a lower budget, at least Lundgren is in shape and is actually emotionally present in his movies.
Seagal hasn't given a f*** about his movies in the past 15 years. And this one is no different. There are few fight scenes, and the few there are, are so horrible and cheap. Seagal just touches their arms and they fall down. Not even his body double does much movements this time. The shoot outs are slow and just look awkward. Seagal just mainly sits down in this movie and mumbles something about honor, the past and friendships.
The movie has a weak attempt at trying to emulate a heist movie, but it fails miserably. The acting from the supporting cast is standard Romanian fare and the female lead is nothing special, and her story arc is garbage, she for no reason does a complete break of her characters logic at the end of the movie.
For some reason there are scenes with a head boss talking on the phone. You never see his face, and his voice is clearly dubbed over. They never return to this character, and it makes no sense whatsoever to have him in this film.
Don't waste your time with this movie
Code of Honor (2016)
Steven Seagals cheapest looking movie to date!
According to IMDb, this movie had a budget of 8 million dollars. Steven Seagal must have gotten a large sum of that, because this is his cheapest looking movie to date.
1: At many places the dialog is looped very poorly, I don't even think that it is the actual actors voices that they used, and if it is it is done very poorly. (Fun Fact: I many Steven Seagal movies it is his voiced that is often looped, but not this time)
2: This doesn't feel like a movie! It looks like a TV movie, but with boobs. Poorly shot and edited.
3: Almost no squibs or blank shots! 99% of the time a gun is fired, it is poorly CGI and the blood effects are also horrible. The actors are not even trying to make it look like there is a recoil. And when they die it looks so silly. CLearly they were not given direction on how to fall down.
4: Plot twist: This must be the only Steven Seagal movie with a plot twist. But at the end you are just confused whether or not it is true or not. And not in a good David Lynch type of way.