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A Christmas Carol (2019)
Never Been So Moved to Tears
Those who have given terrible reviews of this film lack a genuine understanding of both the beauty and the darkness of the human spirit. They are shallow in their appreciation for remarkable writing and a captivating presentation of the harsh reality of just how cruel and terrible a man can actually be. Charles Dickens would be standing and offering his applause at this marvelous fear. It is an instant Christmas classic and I plan on watching it every year for the rest of my life.
King Kong (2005)
A Modern Classic
This film is truly a work of art. While it is indeed a long film, the story is beautiful and paces rather well. The monster scenes are truly terrifying and some of the best directed scenes in a monster film. The fight between Kong and the 3 Rexes is truly epic and firmly establishes Kong as King. Jack Black is an interesting choice, but he delivers well and showcases Carl Denham's greed and madness well. This is one film I've watched several times and I truly never get tired of seeing the action. I put this movie in my personal top 10 favorite films.
Mortal Kombat 11 (2019)
TOP SHELF GAMING!
I've been an MK fan ever since the original arcade! This game truly honors the legacy of these characters and the gameplay is absolutely incredible! There's so much you can do! All I can say is... FINALLY!
Velvet Buzzsaw (2019)
Weird and Boring
So I looked up good suspenseful series on Netflix and this came up. After 5 minutes I went back to Netflix to search for something else. I'm becoming convinced the first 2 minutes of any film is a critical window to convince the viewer their time and attention is worth the investment. I myself am an artist... but this film failed to reach me.
Aquaman (2018)
Entertaining
The film was entertaining. I am getting irritated however with overpowered characters such as Antlana in the beginning of the film who manages to take on 20 of Atlantis' elite soldiers without so much as a scratch or bruise to show for her victory. This is so typical of the modern feminist age we live in where men struggle for their victories, women appear untouchable.
Black Manta looked like something straight out of a Power Rangers movie and the actor who played him was rather bland.
The special effects and cast of fantastic creatures was truly a highlight of the film - every few minutes there were new creatures revealed which came into a might clash with each other in the final epic battle of the film. I absolutely loved it!
Aurthur's character seemed believable as far as his development went throughout the film save the last line of the film when he said, "I am Aquaman." To this I just cringed. He did not need to refer to himself by this name. I thought the film did a great job at improving the character from the comics up until this last stupid line. I wish it was just not there.
Upgrade (2018)
Absolutely Thrilling!
This movie was one of the best action sci-fi horror films I've seen to date. After watching it I found out how much it cost to make the film and I was completely blown away! Someone please tell me why Hollywood can't figure out how to do what was done in this film?!! The script was nearly flawless!!!! Totally had me glued to the edge of my seat the entire ride.
Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi (2017)
Thoroughly Disappointed
There is so much I didn't like about this movie it's hard to know where to start. And what's worse is that I am a huge Star Wars fan and I feel the franchise has been betrayed by people who do not appreciate it as it deserves (namely Kathleen Kennedy and Rian Johnson).
What the heck??!?! Why did Luke toss the lightsaber??? Really??!!! This all by itself seems to reflect the lack of passion the producer and director of this film have for the franchise. It makes ABSOLUTELY no sense.
Porgs are flying Ewoks.
Caretakers are just... odd and devoid of any real significance.
The giraffe sea cow milking scene was just rediculous.
The spear fishing made no sense since he could have done it from the other side instead of jumping over to the cliff.
The Jedi Training was a joke
Po's reckless scheme at the beginning of the film was absolutely suicidal for the Resistance fleet.
Holdo's treatment toward Po was rediculous and another SJW feminist power trip that had no place in the film.
The Fin and Rose mission was absurd. Including the traitor code breaker.
I mean, if Kenedy and Johnson's visión was to do everything possible to destroy everything beautiful about Star Wars - they did it. I vote a recall of a The Last Jedi. Somebody needs to fix this.
Justice League (2017)
Posing
Batman was altogether softer in this installment than he was in Batman vs Superman. What happened?!?! Batman's rage in Man vs God was epic!!!!! Where did it go????!!!
Also, what's with all the posing these superheroes do in this film? Cheeky little glances and smiles while their fighting off the bad guys. It's rather annoying.
The villan was terrible and sounded like a little baby crying for his Mommy the whole time. And I'm disappointed that once his axe was broken he lost his power over the paradaemons. Come on!!! Somebody get this guy a spine - hardly terrifying. Why doesn't Hollywood know how to make a decent bad guy anymore? It's like they pulled a page right out of Megamind with the stereotypical bound to fail bad guy script.
Wonder Woman had some good stuff early on in this film, but the rest of the time she was hardly in the foreground with any decent fighting scenes... I just can't wrap my head around it. DC has some of the most iconic superheroes and they managed to botch the entire film.
The only redeeming grace I thought was in the scene was when they raised Superman from the dead. His threatening posture toward the rest of the warriors was pretty cool. I could have watched a little more of that!
Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018)
Don't believe the bad reviews
I absolutely love Star Wars. I have ever since my childhood after watching the originals with Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford and Carrie Fischer. I wasn't the greatest fan of episodes 1,2, and 3, but I've learned to appreciate them in their own right as a trilogy which lays down the back story of Vader, the fall of the Republic and the rise of the Empire. I'm a huge fan of the clone wars and believe they are some of the best thing that ever came out of the Star Wars universe. I see Rebels similarly but not quite the same way as the Clone Wars. I loved the fresh new look of Rogue One and the brilliant display of real warfare in the film. As for episodes 7 and 8, I'm learning to appreciate them in their own right for the generations that have come after George Lucas introduced SW to the world.
As for Solo - I'm astonished by the lack of appreciation so many fans seem to have of this film. I think it was outstanding - possibly one of the best live action films to date. Unlike many SW fans I don't see the originals as all that impressive when it comes to film making. There were a lot of holes in the story line and the SW universe seemed rather empty and boring until episodes 1-3 were introduced. With the Clone Wars the SW universe became even more expansive! With Solo I feel it blended the best of all these films together in one solid performance! The cast was great! The story was great! The action sequences had me riveted to my seat! The romance, the droids, the rise of the rebellion were all there! I'm worried many so-called Star Wars fans are becoming little more than a social class of whiners and complainers who can't find satisfaction in anything new; unable to adapt to the evolution of the film genre. I think Solo gives the franchise a revival of hope and one that sees the opportunity for new adventures to be limitless!!
The only reason I didn't give Solo a 10 was because I'm a big fan of R2 and 3PO. But hey, maybe that's the part of me that can relate with some of the saps out there that fail to recognize a great film when they see one. I only wish I would have been able to see it sooner on opening weekend. I'm definitely going to see it again with friends.