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Lucifer: Bloody Celestial Karaoke Jam (2021)
Wasn't bad, and I hate musicals.
This was just a fun episode and it was good entertainment. Made me smile a couple times. It has purpose. God is making the characters sing to try and explore/observe them in a fun way. They aren't just singing and then going back to normal. Everyone is unaware of the singing as it's God's doing (except Lucifer). It's all from God's perspective and trying to make things better since he can control reality. What better way to try and make people feel better than having singing and dancing. I guess it kind of shows how God can control all things and play around with us if he wanted too. It's his way of connecting to the characters from the outside. And it's a way to try and make himself cheer up as he feels he's losing his powers as God.
Sorry I'm rambling to fill this silly character count. I think you get my point.
Last Looks (2021)
Decently good time
Why this movie has such a low rating is beyond me. Look, is it amazing? No. Is it terrible? No. What is it then? It's a simple movie that you can sit back and just watch without any expectations. I like Charlie Hunnam and wanted to see how's he's like in another movie, so I figured why not. I usually don't even bother with movies under a 6/10, but I just wanted to relax with a movie on. It was a simple movie that kept me entertained. It definitely doesn't deserve to be rated amongst the under 6/10 movies. People rating this must have wanted an epic blockbuster movie or something. The best I can describe it as is simple. Watch it if you have nothing else to watch. Gives you a smile and enjoyment. I'd say it's a good 6.5/10 to 6.8/10. So I'll give it a 7 since I can't choose an in-between rating. Give it a shot if you're looking for an easy movie to watch while you relax.
Ghosted (2023)
I tried to ignore that bad reviews
But oh my god...this is the definition of a corny bad movie. The line delivery is awful! The acting is so bad that it physically made me wince. It's like it's purposely trying to be bad. You know when shows or movies have people purposely acting bad to show bad acting? This felt like that. But it was the whole movie. It's like they read the lines for the first time in this movie and they went with the first take. I don't know how that's possible with Chris Evans and Ana De Armas especially. It felt like there was supposed to be a laugh track or something like it was recorded in front of a live audience. Chris's worst movie was better acted than this. I could tell this entire movie that everyone was acting and it honestly hurt to watch. It was either comically bad or painfully wooden. Robotic especially from Ana De Armas.
The story is just, for lack of a better word, lame...stupid. Unbelievable. Also if anyone other than a good looking celebrity was doing what Chris's character was doing...it wouldn't be cute or charming. It would be weird and creepy. Borderline horror movie. I was even uncomfortable with how he kept messaging and messaging her. Then tracked her because his inhaler he left behind had a tracker on it. THEN he went to travel out of the country to find her and was going to search the streets to approach her.
Ana De Armas was either not believable as a bad ass agent or the way the film was filmed made it all look ridiculous. In fact, almost nothing in this movie is believable. Not even the emotions or arguments in the dialogue.
The sets and backgrounds are truly hilarious. All so fake and obvious props. The cave they were in looked plastic. Even the FXs were bad. Green screening so painfully obvious.
The comedy or humor...yikes. Maybe if you're a child. Only thing funny is the acting.
Everyone involved either didn't care enough to try or they are actually bad actors. Got some laughs out of laughing at the acting. That is if I could hold back the cringe.
I'd skip this if I were you and save yourself from the second hand embarrassment. I hope for better career moves for both Chris Evans and Ana de Armas. This is far from their best work. If you must watch, watch with a friend to make fun of it.
In conclusion, I've seen better YouTube fan films and videos. It's embarrassing watching this. I'd be willing to bet both Chris and Ana can't even watch this movie without a surreal sense of embarrassment.
Only giving this a 4 because because I like Chris and Ana and it gave me some laughs, not for the comedy, but for how bad the movie was. This movie would have been a 1 without Chris. Even with bad line delivery, Chris was entertaining.
This movie is bad. It really is. Probably one of the worst I've seen. I want to say Moon Fall was almost better and that was awful. If you want a better rom com with Chris Evans, a better one is Playing it Cool. It may not be the best movie in the world (almost rated the same), but it has heart and made me feel emotions.
Step Up All In (2014)
This movie was a lot of fun!
I genuinely do not understand the low rating for this movie. It had old cast members, there was good dancing, there was a good moral message, it makes you smile and feel good, and there was romance. There was family love and friendship bonds. The dancing was really cool and a fantastical experience. In world today where there is lame dancing and less talent being given the spotlight (looking at you tiktok), this is a fresh breath of air.
Sure the acting could be better, but it absolutely is no where near the worst thing. The story may be a little less put together than the others, but c'mon, this was a fun movie. I'm a tough critic and almost put this one off due to the rating. I'm so happy I didn't. This movie made me feel great and left me feeling good at the end of the movie. I had fun watching the dancing and I was entertained. Isn't that what a movie should be? It may not be the best one of the movies, but there is no bad one in my opinion.
If you liked any of the Step Up movies, you should enjoy this one. I just watched all of them within a 3 night binge. Put me in a much needed cheery mode. Go into this movie for fun and to feel good. Don't expect an academy award winning sophisticated film. Just enjoy the feels and the entertainment. Definitely made me wish I could dance like this and have a family of friends like this.
Barbarian (2022)
From surprised to incredibly disappointed
Look, I was really excited about this movie. The beginning had a good set up and reeled me in. The tension started building and when that moment came, I was truly unexpectedly surprised. I did not expect that. I got excited for the rest of the movie. Then the scene switches to another character and it drags. I found myself getting distracted and suddenly all my interest started to leave me. Soon the 'surprise' came back and I found myself like "okay finally we're getting creepy again". That went away fast. It just became weird and then stupid. Gross and then laughable. The explanation was further ridiculous and made no sense. Then the movie proceeded with a bunch of unrealistic events, especially the police encounter that was just pathetic really. Soon the threat became nearly comically bad and the ending was just stupid.
Why was the movie called Barbarian? Don't know. Just something to add to the long list of things that didn't make sense or are explained in this movie. Watch with friends to laugh at it and have something ridiculous to talk about after. Comedy should be added to the genre type.
-Spoiler-
You're telling multiple inbred children created a superhuman creature that is fast, can take a lot of damage, and is a super strong? Also, she suddenly is fast enough to leap off a building to catch the main girl to save her before she hits the ground? The creature becomes a superhero and she just wants loves and cares about the girl? Then the girl just shoots her? The end?? I'm sorry but nothing in this movie makes sense and it should be a comedy. Everyone in the movie is also an imbecile and lacks any sort of common sense or situational awareness. I found myself not caring about any of them.
Green Lantern: Beware My Power (2022)
Just wasn't good and didn't give John Steward a good film
To keep it simple, this was just a poorly written story with so much changed up from the actual origin stories of the characters, it's just embarrassing. So many plot holes and things that don't add up. Felt rushed and contrived.
-This was a disgrace for John Stewart. Very lame and awful take and twist of who he is. He deserves better.
-Hal Jordan was disgraced and made into everything he isn't. What a horrid dismantle of the character.
I was excited to see a John Stewart movie as I really enjoyed him in the old Justice League animations. This was so far from that version that it felt like a downgrade. The whole story line and his origin was rushed and changed.
I felt nothing for the story. Nor was it introduced and explained well. Stuff just happened.
I'll give it a 4 for the good animation. Though I found it weird that Hal had dark brown hair and then suddenly was very light brown to reddish. But that's just a minor observation and doesn't really contribute to any of my rating.
Morbius (2022)
Nothing is explained.
The visuals are cool and the acting is good for the most part, but that's about it. Nothing is explained on anything. It just all happens and we're expected to just believe it. There isn't much of a bond formed with the characters to even care about them. Everything moves quickly without giving you time to digest the story or get into it. Just felt like a movie created to show various movie effects or special effects. This just wasn't a good movie or character introduction of Morbius.
His powers are never explained, he just gets them. Takes some blood from a bat and makes some sort concoction, injects it into a mouse and the mouse passes out. Then it comes back to life and it's "Michael it worked". Then Michael takes it and suddenly gets supernatural powers and superhuman abilities. Just like that. No explanation or any sort of logical reason explaining how, he just now has inhuman abilities. They just happen. He can suddenly fly, have super human strength, move superhumanly fast, dodge bullets, climb walls, have a sonar sense, hear from far away, and becomes a creepy looking creature occasionally without much of a transformation, just phases in and out of the vampire like monster form. All that from injecting himself with his randomly made bat blood and whatever mixture. And it happens in a matter of seconds. Guess I can just go mess with bat blood and get the same powers. Bats must have some secret mystical power within their DNA that Michael Morbius unlocks. Wish I knew.
The story continues that way, as in, just stuff keeps happening without explanation. Just a bunch of events and suddenly it's the end leaving thinking "what the hell was all that?" If someone asked you to tell them what Morbius is, even after watching this, you'd have no idea. Just he becomes a vampire of sorts, but not a technical vampire. *Shrugs* I don't know.
I really tried with this movie. I knew the bad rating and have seen all the rants on it. But I still wanted to just try for myself. This movie isn't good. Just a spectacle or display of movie special effects with no reason behind them.
If you're looking for Morbius from the comics or looking for a good superhero film, or even a fun vampire movie, look elsewhere. You won't find it in this movie.
Moon Knight: Summon the Suit (2022)
Still a bit average, but getting better?
Again, this episode had a lot of humor and dragged on a bit. 2 episodes in and not much MoonKnight and Marc Specter until the last couple minutes of the show. I'd like to see more of Moon Knight in action. With only 6 episodes, I'd expect a little more Moon Knight action. The CGI feels excessive too. Very obvious and rushed. This isn't what I wanted in a Moon Knight live action, but it was still entertaining. Hoping it gets better. For what it is, being a Disney show displaying a more mature gritty character, it's decent. Looking forward to next week in hopes to get more Moon Knight on display in all his Glory.
Moon Knight: The Goldfish Problem (2022)
The first episode isn't the best, but maybe there's hope.
I adore Moon Knight, I've wanted a live action Moon Knight since I was in middle school in 2006. Albeit I didn't know much on him, I loved how he looked. As I got older, I loved his concept more.
I also, back when people were fan casting who could play him, I figured I'd suggest an out of nowhere choice of Oscar Isaac. You can imagine my surprise when he was actually chosen.
All that promise for me and it just didn't add up well in this pilot. I don't like the over saturation of comedy in this. Far too much slapstick comedy and one liners. I would have preferred this to be more serious and gritty like Daredevil...might I even dare to say darker. But it's a Disney marvel showcase so it's vibrant and very power ranger like. I don't like how clumsy and weak "Steven" is throughout the majority of the episode and how pretty much every character berates him in an annoying comedic fashion. The "voice" is even comedic with calling him an "idiot" and whatnot. I just feel Moon Knight should be taken more seriously and they should have started with Marc Specter.
Lastly, I absolutely didn't like how this action comedy waited for the last couple seconds to reward us with a quick glimpse of Moon Knight in costume at the last couple seconds of the show before going to credits.
So, good acting and good mystery elements. Overall it was entertaining, but I still felt disappointed. Wasn't the Moon Knight I've dreamt about. But I'll hold on to a small grip of hope for it to get better.
Dexter: New Blood: Sins of the Father (2022)
Poor and lazy effort.
Without delving into my disappointment with the problems of every aspect of this last episode, especially with how clearly the writers don't understand how the criminal justice field and law work (coming from someone who does), this ending is incredibly rushed and in poor effort to just get an end out of Dexter. Dexter Morgan is amongst one of my most favorite fictional characters and to see the demise of him done in such a rushed fashion without care for details, truly breaks my heart. So many better ways this could have ended, even with his death, if written by someone who actually loved the characters. This was rushed and lazy, plain and simple. It's like they couldn't get an ending out by the deadline so they just whipped together this disappointing ending. I'd rather this whole season not have happened and we stuck with the season 8 ending if it meant that this show's ending never existed. Every character suddenly became out of character and made choices out of nowhere quickly just to get a resolve. In conclusion, Dexter was taken out like old Yeller and left in the snow like his white deer. Some of Dexter's victims got a better death than Dexter himself. At least my imagination could make up better endings with the original ending, but now, that's it, Dexter is no more. Unless for some reason, they make it so he didn't die and is in a coma. At this point, just leave it alone. RIP Dexter, I'll miss you and sorry everyone turned their back on you at a flip of a switch. You're still one of my favorite characters.
Halloween Kills (2021)
What was that??
I seriously had to make sure I was watching a real Halloween movie and not some skit of a Saturday night live parody type deal where they mock the themes of horror movies for comedy. This was dreadful. Only kept watching for entertainment with the people I was watching with, it's so stupid it's hilarious. There's absolutely nothing about this movie that's believable or acted well. The actors/actresses, the extras, and even the main top billed actors/actresses were all laughably bad with their bad over the top theatrics and actions. This movie would have sold better if it was a purposeful comedy or something.
It's like a bunch of amateur high school theater kids made this movie based off of tropes and elements of the Halloween movies. I'd be embarrassed if I was involved in this. Everyone in that town was incredibly stupid, inept, lacking in situational awareness, and absent of common sense. That's how Michael wins, he walked into a town with people who have a collective IQ of less than a child. "He's a 6 year old boy, with the strength of a man, and a mind of an animal" or something similar that was said in this movie. So a man who is mentally ill causally wiping out morons via natural selection on his way to his old house. That's the whole movie in a nutshell. I cannot stress enough how incredibly ridiculous this movie was. The worst Friday the 13th movie made more sense than this comedy skit. You actually root for Michael in this almost.
As you can tell, I really disliked this movie. Don't bother if you're looking to watch a good movie, a good slasher, a nostalgic Halloween movie, or just something interesting. Watch with friends or family so you can laugh at it with them. The over dramatic acting alone is worth laughing at. Or the cringey over dramatic monologues.
2 stars for the fact that Michael looked cool.
Venom (2018)
This isn't Venom at all
If you're a fan of the actual character Venom, you know, the monstrous villain to Spider-Man from comics and cartoons, then you'll hate this. This isn't venom at all. Not the story, not the origin, and not even the same character in personality. This is a funny buddy cop type anti hero movie with a character that borrows most of the looks from an actual established awesome character from Spider-Man's world.
I can't stress this enough, this isn't Venom the cool alien villain who is a mockery of Spider-Man and one of his best villains. Venom shouldn't even exist without Spider-Man, not in name or looks. Venom's looks come from Spider-Man's looks. Everything about Venom comes from Spider-Man and the anger both the symboite and Eddie have towards Spider-Man. He isn't a good guy with stupid jokes. Venom is the combination of Eddie and the symboite, the name deriving from Spider-Man to challenge him. No Spider-Man origin of Venom gives venom no purpose. He's just a silly alien with a human body which allows him to form into a tangible monster. Eddie kinda just takes a back seat when the alien symboite takes over. They should work together as two beings forming into one being, that being is called Venom. This movie treats Venom like a friendly demon possessed Eddie and now they've become buddy roommates.
This movie isn't remotely representative of the actual venom. It's like they made up a whole new character and borrowed venoms looks for the most part.
I couldn't get past that aspect as it makes everything make no sense for venoms existence. However, if you know nothing about Venom or Spider-Man, you might like this movie. It's entertaining for sure, but even then, it isn't that great of a movie. Very mediocre.
I'm a die hard Spider-Man fan and grew up living in the world of Spider-Man, he was my everything as a child. I loved venom as a character and he was so cool against Spider-Man. One of my favorite villains. This movie made a joke out of him. I want to see the actual venom in an actual Spider-Man origin film.
This would be a somewhat fun movie if it wasn't suppose to be about Venom from Spider-man's world. I can't get passed the disappointment. Sad this movie will probably soon take over on what venom actually is and people will love Venom due to this movie, and not love the actual venom from the source material. Just more reshaping of characters and leaving the original ones to slowly fade away, watching as their name and looks are stolen to form a new version that loses the heart of what made them a character worth loving.
Vacation Friends (2021)
It's a genuinely good time
If you have Hulu, just watch it without expectations. It's a fun ridiculous movie. It's entertaining, just like movies should be. It's Sunday night and I'm having anxiety for Monday, I put this on just because I had the option. I expected it to be really bad or have jokes that drove a point politically. I was wrong. I genuinely laughed and it made me feel good by the end of the movie. Just one of the movies that you watch and you're happy you did because it was a breath of fresh air. It was an easy movie to just put on and relax to, with some ridiculousness that you can't help at least smirk at. I actually really enjoyed the movie and it had some wholesomeness to it too. It's a simple movie that's unrealistic, but that's the entertainment and comedy of it. I'm throughly pleased with it and it distracted me from my stress.
Malignant (2021)
I had to check twice to make sure this wasn't a comedy
The beginning of the movie was so badly acted with cringe I thought it was purposeful. I legitimately thought it wasn't meant to be taken seriously and was making light or a mockery out of actual horror movies. Then as the movie progressed, with the dialogue and unnatural sense of conversation, I had to check again to make sure it wasn't a comedy. It was just too many cliches and awfully cringy exchanges of dialogue. The movie would have worked if it committed to be a comedy instead. However, sadly, it was determined to be an action thriller horror movie. My family and I actually got some laughs in from how dreadful the line delivery of actors and actresses where. The writing was terrible.
I was finished in the jail scene. I won't ruin it for you, but if you have hbo max at home, fast forward to a point just as you see the main actress in a jail cell full of women. Play it. You'll thank me. It's hilariously bad and over the top. Like a rated R "you're not you when you're hungry" snickers commercial. It was so stupid that it was brilliant. Absolutely not what it was going for, but I needed that ridiculousness to laugh at. Definitely a movie moment you'll show your friends too.
In conclusion, don't watch this thinking it'll be a scary movie with ghosts or demons. None of that is here. The concept is creative, but it doesn't work here at all, perhaps due to the horrible writing or acting. Watch this if you're bored and want to have fun making fun of a scary movie. You could watch this all by yourself, you'll go to sleep with a smile from laughter instead of fear. Perfect cure for if you already can't slept from a previous scary movie you watched.
Titans: Barbara Gordon (2021)
Wow, not a good start
This felt very rushed.
The acting was atrocious and I've seen better from each actor/actress. Even from the earlier seasons. The scenes and dialogue was even awkward.
The Jason meeting the joker and thus beaten was so incredibly anticlimactic and rushed, it was massively disappointing to have such an iconic moment poorly executed.
The fight scenes were bad, which is even more odd as I've seen good ones in this show before. It's like there was hardly any effort. Very campy and B class fighting scenes. Like Power Ranger fight scenes from back in the day. You could tell the actor for beast boy actually knew how to move in fight scenes, but it felt off due to his character not being like that. He should have been a Robin.
Batman...Batman just doesn't work in this. Not only does he not look the part, he doesn't sound the part at all and doesn't act like a Batman/Bruce Wayne. Especially the way he acted with Jason's death. Again, the Jason Todd story poorly executed. Also, Alfred is dead now too? Just like that? Okay.
Starfire still isn't starfire and just isn't a good character in this show. Nothing against the actress, but she isn't written well nor even remotely complimentary to her comic book or cartoon counterpart.
Superboy looks awesome, but that's about it. Krypto is neat, but a little too campy and cheesy for me.
The sets and background was bad too. Very cheap and rushed feeling.
Oh did I mention the acting was just awful and awkward? Very much like reading the script the first time. Like a bad student film with first time actors. None of it was believable. Almost cringeworthy. I've seen better acting in soap operas.
Nothing is like the comics, the cartoons, the video games, or other movies. All these characters are practically different characters from their source material.
I would say this feels like a bad CW network show, but those were even better than this. Come on HBO, you have the resources and money to make this better than what was the first episode of the third season. You have very capable actors and actresses in this, yet they all seemed to do their worst work in their careers in this episode.
The Suicide Squad (2021)
Just wasn't that good.
I don't have anything outright that bothered so much so to rate it like a one, but the movie just wasn't very good.
It was shot well, good acting on most parts. The action was definitely cool. Just nothing landed for me. Felt like a carnival ride. Not quite the amusement park ride a marvel film is, but the more affordable carnival type ride. Was that a lame joke? Well it's in spirit of the movie because the jokes don't do very well or there's too many of them that fall flat. I watched this movie without a single expression change in my face. It's not terrible and it's definitely not good.
I found myself not really caring about the characters. Like at all. Besides the pet rat, I was vigilant on watching him praying he didn't die in the movie. Did he? You'll have to watch and find out. The only other character who looked cool was Bloodsport, he should have his own movie or something. I'd like to see more of him. However, Idris Elba wasn't enough to save the movie. The movie felt too corny, too dependent on dumb humor or one liners, and too try hard with the R rating. Harley was overused in this and was clearly Gunn's selling point and eye candy for the movie (just look at who's number one in the top billed cast). She almost could and almost pretty much did the objectives on her own, with help from Rat Catcher 2. Those are the only two that were actually needed to win, according to how the movie went. Everyone else was just there for our entertainment and for us to ooo and possibly ahh at. But the only two people who actually made any sort of difference in the movie were, of course DC's most favorite last resort, Harley Quinn, and Rat Catcher 2. I feel bad for Margot Robbie, her Harley deserves a good Batman and Joker movie.
Of course you have your typical America is the real villain all along, the political tyrant (Waller) is bested by the average desk worker, and a not so good nod to Covid with the banter of covering your mouth when coughing. It's not offensive, it's just very boring, banal, and tiresome. These things, however, are no where near the issue of the movie. Just they didn't help and they weren't used more intelligently or humorously.
In conclusion, the movie just wasn't anything to fan about. Just a pretty spectacle to flash in front of your eyes and then forget about in a day or so. It was for entertainment and to show off CGI and movie effects. Nod to a couple of characters in the comics and point at the screen going "oh hey it's *insert actor/actress*!"
The previous suicide squad wasn't a good movie either, but at least I felt something for the characters and it had a more comic book type feel. Superhero movies today need to stop over seasoning the movies with humor/one liners. It's like at least 80% of the dialogue. It's okay to have more serious and developing dialogue in the movie making recipe for comic book movies. Not every single character and scene need a joke.
I hope you enjoy it more than I did. I was excited for it, but like I predicted, it just wasn't anything note worthy.
Black Widow (2021)
Tough to rate
First off, let's get the politics out of the way. I can't stand the movies with men being evil and women being the only good. Men bad, women good. That whole narrative. I'm sick of it. However, this isn't that kind of movie. It really isn't. Everyone in it was good. I actually enjoyed it...most of it anyway. I'll get to that in a second. But, Florence was definitely the brightest star in the movie. I love Scarlett in anything, in my opinion she always pulls off a badass hero. Harbur (sorry for the spelling) was actually a fun character. By reading the reviews first, I really thought this movie was going to a man hating, very liberal preaching, and strong feminist movie. I get some people like that kind of stuff, I just personally don't like politics in my superhero movies. This movie really wasn't that. If you find it offensive as a man, you've become too sensitive. It's an entertaining movie I'd watch again. Hell, I even want to show my dad this movie as I enjoy watching cool fight scene movies with him. It isn't the best Marvel movie, but it beats a couple of them in my opinion.
Okay here's the part I just can't forgive. The reason I docked it down to a 7...almost gave it a 6, but I couldn't do that to Florence in this movie. The complete butchering of Task Master was just unforgivable. That wasn't him. Forget it being a gender swap for a moment, Task Master could have been a man and if played the same way, would be a fail. They got the character all wrong and he...she...looked awful. The guards in all black had a cooler helmet and appearance. Such a complete waste of an amazing and vastly interesting characters. Why?? Just why did they have to have Task Master in this movie? Why ruin all hopes to see a good Task Master in live action?? He should have been in a Captain America movie or at least maybe a Deadpool movie. Something where he could have shown off his incredible gift and ability, an ability he has without the silly computer goggles in that silly looking sad excuse for a paintball helmet. I've waited so long to see him in live action. The trailer killed some hope with the looks of him and being a mute for some reason. But it was so much worse. To put the cherry on top, they wasted a cool actress, Olga, in the film. Just such a frustrating and ridiculous choice to have Task Master written like this.
If you can get pasted the lame paintball power ranger being controlled like a robot, I mean Task Master, you should enjoy this film. It's fun.
Batman: The Long Halloween, Part One (2021)
Just not quite there
I really wanted to love this. It looked cool and it finally had something I wanted to see for a while, Jensen Ackles as Batman.
However, this movie just didn't hit me or get my excitement up. Something is just missing for a good Batman film. The story skipped around so much and without warning or good transition. There was no good attachment to the characters, I didn't really care about anyone. Felt rushed.
As much as I wanted to love Jensen as Batman, he just didn't play a convincing Batman. His voice sounded too macho man and try hard. I really hate to say that because I waited so long for him to play Batman. I have to be honest though and not biased, Jensen just didn't have the Batman/Bruce Wayne in him here. Especially compared to Kevin Conroy. Even the actor who played Gordon would have been a better Batman voice given a little more emphasis.
Maybe someone will feel the same and explain it better than I, but something was just missing in this film that was capable of convincing me it was Batman.
I give it a 6 because it's still entertaining and will help scratch an itch for a Batman craving for a little bit. But if you're expecting an amazing display of Batman and his world, don't get your hopes up.
Godzilla vs. Kong (2021)
Slacking
The fight scenes were awesome, and if there were more of them, I'd rate it higher.
However, the movie drags on and on and on until we finally get to see the first moment where Kong and Godzilla yell at each other.
The movie was much more focused on Kong. Almost like it should have been another Kong movie with Godzilla being the guest star.
There were so many unnecessary characters in the story. Or actors/actresses who served no purpose.
The story was so poorly told narratively speaking. So many parts were awfully explained. Or they weren't even explained, we were just expected to go along with it. Like Kong being captured and in a a simulated cage. Some woman being called "Kong whisperer". The little girl. Why Alex Skarzgard was hated by Kong. Just so many unnecessary characters and parts in this movie.
The comedy was lame at best. Nearly cringey.
The dialogue was awful.
Miley brown was annoying and trying too hard. Served no purpose in the movie other than to have her in it. And what was the point of her dad even being in the movie?
In conclusion, without going on with a rant, the movie was subpar and only worth watching for the fight scenes. The rest of the movie doesn't matter. I tried to like it, but it wasn't very good.
Mortal Kombat (2021)
Had some good moments, but ultimately was bad.
Most of the 1 star reviews have it right. I gave it a little more because I enjoyed some of it.
The acting ruined it for me. Especially the actress, McNamee?, for Sonia Blyde. Bothers me more so that she thinks she's so awesome in real life too, as an actress. She was so awful in this, it ruined the movie for me. Every single scene she was in was awful. Find someone else to play her. There was nothing she did right. Awful dialogue, awful jokes, awful delivery, awful cinematography for fights, and awful story.
The lead actor for Cole wasn't very good either, as his delivery in dialogue was very apparent in regards to acting or reading from a script. Character was kind of lame too.
Why'd they race swap Mileena? She should have been Asian. Or at least an actress who knew how to fight. Mileena and Sonia's fight was so hard to watch. So stiff and slow. I can tell at least that Sonia's actress can fight a little, but Mileena's....no.
Jax was cool, however, we hardly saw him and he should have lost his arms to Goro. Both characters were neglected and wasted. I thought Goro looked cool and was presented lame. Jax, in my opinion, was awesome and I liked the actor. But again, hardly there.
Guy with the hammer, I forgot his name, was just stupid.
Wasted Reptile. Completely.
Finale complaint is I wish they made SubZero and Scorpion cooler. Or at least we saw more of Scorpion. He was the reason I played Mortal Kombat way back when I was a kid.
I still feel, though, that a potential sequel could happen and it could learn from its mistakes. Here's hoping.
Odd Thomas (2013)
Very enjoyable movie. My soul was found from this.
This movie has some faults, but it's got good characters, good mystery, good comedy here and there, good moral message, good action, and for gods sake good emotion.
Potential spoiler below, depending on your perception.
Look, I'm giving this a 10/10 for the sole purpose that is got tears to trickles down my face. I don't cry. Ever. I'm not proud of it as it is healthy to cry. It's a release. I don't know how or why, but the ending totally obliterated that stone dam holding back the water in my eyes. I'm a 27 year old guy and haven't felt the level of sadness/heart break in probably 10 years. I'm sure you're rolling your eyes or saying "cringe" or think I'm being dramatic. Though, sincerely, this got me. So for the purpose of helping me feel human again, I got to give this a 10/10 and lock it away as my kryptonite. Only other movie/show that has done this to me was Fry's dog in Futurama back in highschool. Don't look it up if you don't know what I'm talking about.
Anyway, this movie was such a breath of fresh air in movie making and helped me in my time of hardship and battle.
Also, RIP Anton Yelchin, you were taken away too soon. I hope you occasionally appear in this world to fight off evil spirits like your character in this movie.
The Little Things (2021)
Watch before you read my review
I understand the frustration of the ending. I was going to write off this movie as bad. Then I thought for a little bit.
Here's my theory:
I believe Albert wasn't the killer. I know that's a common consensus. I don't think Deke or Jimmy was either. However, the confusion and frustration of not getting an answer from the film is actually the result expected. We, as an audience, are to feel just as lost and frustrated with the unknown and unresolved as Deke and Jimmy do. To feel just like how it is to be a obsessive Detective to the point where your perception has become so skewed from obsession, you're desperate for an answer. To the point where you break and it has consequences. Perhaps to show us how being a dedicated detective has its weight that finally breaks them down. Deke knows this finally, as Jimmy's situation wakes him up, however, he doesn't want Jimmy to become him. Thus buying the red clip to assure Jimmy that Albert was actually the killer, thus making him feel justified in killing him. While in reality, it wasn't Albert and it's another burden that Deke has to carry on with within his conscious.
All in all, I believe the movie is to show the best of the best get a breaking point at some point, not wanting to admit defeat or that they just aren't as good as they used to be. Because all the sacrifices they give to dedicate their time into finding the killer or victims, they want it to be time that was well spent instead of time wasted making their life miserable.
Wonder Woman 1984 (2020)
Not good. I'm really disappointed.
I tried very hard to enjoy it. But it just wasn't good. You can tell there was minimal effort put into finishing this movie. It felt like their budget was severely limited. Almost as if you were to bring in your car to be fixed and they said they just used spare parts laying around the garage to get it done since they were out of everything.
The cliches, the acting, the CGI, the FX, the monologues, the plot, and the writing were just bottom of the barrel. Some of the one liners or jokes were brutally cringey. The animation to CGI was obnoxiously obvious. The acting was awful from a majority of the cast besides the main leads.
Spoiler below
The flying...oh my god the flying. Christopher Reed's Superman had more convincing flying FX. Gal obviously was laying down on a table of sorts with a fan in her face, wobbling around in a green screen surrounding. It was embarrassing.
Most of the FX were bad.
Don't even get me started on the cringe after the credits. Beyond bad acting and beyond being corny and cheesy. Mrs Carter deserved so much more than that dreadful display after credits.
Bottom line is this movie was very rushed. Writing went nowhere. Plot was bad. Acting wasn't good, except for the main four leads. They should have kept this movie in production and not have released it. It needed a lot more work. I rather would have waited longer than get this cornball of a movie. Doesn't even compare to the first movie. Guess that's what happens when everyone cries out for the movie to be released and it gets flung out to streaming. Sad.
RIP Wonder Woman, I don't know when we'll see you in another new movie now.
The Boys: What I Know (2020)
Rushed
Nothing makes sense in this finale. It's like they rushed it to a close.
All the build up and all plans that just were resolved and over with in minutes. It was like a more violent power rangers episode.
So Storm front can take laser beams from Homelander, but not his son. She can also take bullets without a dent to her body, but not a flimsy knife to the eye? And why wouldn't Butcher shoot her in the head instead of the back multiple times when she isn't facing him? She gets nearly obliterated, I mean all limbs cut perfect at the bends, her skin fried like Freddy Krueger, and barely alive, but Becca somehow is clean and has nothing but a cut perfectly placed at her jugular? How'd that happen? Laser vision would have cauterized or at least left a burn type injury. So stupid!
Storm front has super strength, invulnerability, and powerful lightning, but can't kill Annie or fight everyone off? The inconsistencies break the logic of the reality of the show and remind me that it's just a bunch of actors. It seriously felt rushed. Like they just had to end it.
Very disappointed with this R rated power rangers final episode.
Captain Marvel (2019)
Long read, but the movie isn't as awful as perceived.
Review
Was this an amazing movie? No. Was this an awful movie? No. Was it entertaining? Yes. Could it have been much better? Yes. Was it bad because of Brie? No. Was it more so "bad" writing? Yes.
There's been a lot said about this movie and a lot of misinformation/insinuation on it being bad because of Brie, politics, man hate, white bashing, and inaccurate display from source material. I'll start by saying this, I consider myself more libertarian who leans towards conservative. I know this shouldn't matter for an opinion to have any value, but we all know it does. Anyway, I strongly dislike movies, especially comic book movies, where politics rule the narrative, men are seen as evil and stupid, white people are all evil, victimizing people, and making women only good by making men bad. All that and more is what I was expecting from this film.
While there is a smidge of it within the movie, it wasn't enough to make me irritated. In fact, I hardly noticed it once I didn't force myself to see everything as a political statement. I actually like Brie. I don't think she was anywhere near the problem of the movie being less than good. She's fine. However, there lies the problem. If politics and Brie weren't the issue, what was?
The writing was. Respect to characters and comic accuracy wasn't there. Everything felt rushed and hurried to get a 2hr movie out there. I didn't feel invested into the story or the character. Everyone, every actress and actor, felt cheesy and corny. They didn't show off their known talent. It felt like a B movie rather than a marvel movie. Every character felt dumbed down for humor's sake. It was a disservice to the actors and story.
Jude Law, Brie Larson, Samuel Jackson, Ben Mendelsohn, and Djimon Hounsou, to name a few, were wasted talent in my opinion. Nick Fury's character was a disgrace as he should have been a very lethal and skilled agent, a badass, if you will. The way he lost his eye was the biggest insult to his character. Mar-Vel is a male and should have received more screen time and story. In my opinion, Jude Law should have been him instead. This is the second marvel movie were Djimon was absolutely wasted. I dreamed, as a kid, for him to be Black Panther, such a spot on pick he would have been. Next, the Skrulls...they were wasted concepts in this movie...they are a powerful villain in the marvel universe.
I think with better writing, a better director, and more budget, the movie could have been amazing. I, nonetheless, enjoyed it a little bit and I actually like Brie. But, like every other actor/tress involved, she didn't have much to work with. So in conclusion, I'd say watch the movie with an open mind first before you condemn it as a politically liberal disaster. It's entertaining and fun. Definitely not great and definitely corny, but something to watch.
It isn't the worst marvel movie in my opinion, which is, for me, Spider-Man far from home.
I hope Brie gets another shot at Captain Marvel and this time, have it more in-depth and more serious...peppered with humor, not saturated with corny one liners.