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Hi-eo-ro-neun A-nib-ni-da-man (2024)
Deserves a higher rating.
It is likely that I would have just given this 8 stars and moved on but I felt this drama was moderately better than the 7.7 rating. Of course 7.7 is a respectable rating and would be very high for an American show but in my opinion there are so many great Kdrama I find myself moving on if it is not at least an 8. The story line is complicated to follow as most time travels stories are but this one has a twist which even is a bit more confusing. There are no huge name actors but all of them are exception and quite likeable. It seemed to me that this one is really well written and there is a lot of attention to detail. Honestly not a 10 but very solid and I typically round up if I believe it to be underrated.
Unfrosted (2024)
Much better than IMDB score
I liked this movie and believe that the IMDB score does not do it justice. Certainly this humor does not appeal to everyone and those under a certain age, perhaps 40, will miss out on a significant amount of the humor but even so it seems as if this score in a bit unjust. This is a silly movie with over the top pithy humor and if you watched a movie about the of the cereal giant battle to make the first pop tart thinking it would be anything but inane that is on you. Really, a strong movie and if it sounds remotely interesting to you do not let this score drive you away. Give it a try you will not regret it.
Strong Girl Nam-soon (2023)
Much, much better than the ratings
I really wish people would give more honest ratings, it is ruining IMDB. Certainly slapstick, campy and silly but it made me laugh a lot. Perhaps, it is a bit over the top and not to your liking but why give it a 1-3, is it really the worse movie ever? It is probably not as good as the first one but not 1-3 bad and to be honest more Kim Won-Hae is the reason that the 1st one was funnier. I actually almost did not watch it due to the IMDB rating but I am happy decided to watch it despite the low ratings. It seems IMDB specifically with Korea TV will have to be taken with a grain of salt or not used at all until they can figure out who to folter out these spurious numbers.
Leave the World Behind (2023)
How did this average at best script attract these actors?
My nephew put this one on over the holidays so I watched it all which would not have happened if I had picked it and was alone. I was certainly not impressed but it captured my attention enough in that I thought perhaps something was going to happen or there would be a twist to make it more interesting but that did not happen. There was a scene in Mahershala Ali was putting on a good show and I made mental note that he was a good actor an occurred to me that the quality of the actors far exceeded the quality of the screenplay. I later learned that the Obama's were producers and it made sense why legitimate actors would take roles in a movie that they would certainly have passed on otherwise.
Physical: 100 (2023)
Awesome until the final "physique" selected
I am obsessed with Asian T. V. and as one might expect especially Korean. This show was entertaining until the end but it makes no sense that the winner was a slightly chubby fellow who is barely an athlete. It makes not sense that there was a grand plan to make him the winner but it does seem suspicious. The number two guy was consistently impressive, certainly more so than the winner and even seemed to be well ahead even on the final challenge. Overall it was well thought out, quite compelling and the characters were likeable. Personally, I think there should be a male and a female version, it is really not fair to the woman who in my opinion were in many cases better athletes.
Isanghan byeonhosa Woo Young-woo (2022)
Park Eun-bin (Lawyer Woo) nails it!
I have read the books, watched the shows and personally have met and worked with autistic people but I can not say she "nailed" the depiction of a person with Asperger's. I can say, howerver, that she nailed it for me and in my opinion it is perfect. She did a exceptionally good job of being a male in King's Affection but in this one she could not be more impressive. Perhaps, she is scripted on how to act but she does it perfect. The show is a relatively solid 8/10 with the same scripts, storyline and great actors but Park Eun-bin genius is what makes this amazing. Again, my opinion but Korean actors are just better overall but she is another level.
The Matrix Resurrections (2021)
Sad Loss of an institution. ( referring to IMDB not the movie)
This may have been the final straw in my complete loss confidence in IMDB. I watched two movies today 1) Bad Trip and The Matrix Resurrections. After much anticipation, I had delayed seeing The Matrix Resurrections due to the dismal IMDB reviews but being a huge fan of the original decided to give it a try. I actually thought it was pretty good and was not disappointed but was very much so in IMDB. This morning, I also watched Bad Trip being a pretty big fan of Jackass and "one of the guys" was involved in the making. My assessment is that Matrix deserves almost two point and the other could lose a few.
West Side Story (2021)
A couple of questions.
I like musicals, in fact, I really like musicals and have seen West Side Stories, not the original on Broadway. As for this movie, the acting was good the some of the musical scenes were breathtaking but overall, it was quite disappointing. I do believe it may have to do with it being rated at 8.4 when I first checked IMDB and just having too high of expectations but that is not all. I had very little if any compassion for the two main characters in fact they were in my opinion very unlikeable. My two questions are that albeit cinematically and musically exceptional how is this a 7.9 and second what is the thought process behind the characters speaking Spanish with no subtitles.
8 rue de l'Humanité (2021)
Funny and Smart
My wife and I (Dr. And RN) felt this was a really good movies with some very funny scenes but even better some great, albeit exaggerated, archetypes of people obsessed with COVID. There is the totally irrational phobic with no foot in reality, the absolute denier and the best is the clueless "scientist" who is blindly trusted just because he is a "scientist". This makes fun of everyone but as one might expect those most offended and scored this unfairly low are likely in the archetype of "totally irrational Phobic" who blindly trusts the "clueless scientist".
Bridgerton (2020)
Is this for real?
Took me 15 minutes to conclude it was not a comedy, not to say it that I found it funny but it seemed so over the top that there was no way it was to be taken seriously. Well, it seems I was wrong. The acting seems relatively solid as is the costumes and the cinematography, unfortunately it does not work at all.
Uncle Tom (2020)
Preaching to the choir.
This is a great documentary and it is refreshing to see that that things you have always thought are actually legitimate thoughts. I concur with one of the other commenters in contending that this must be available to a wider audience specifically one that that is not going to seek it out and purchase it. I am not even certain that making it available on a streaming service might be enough to get some "word of mouth" momentum. Even so I do not see left leaning Amazon or even Netflix picking it up. Perhaps, advertising on websites and offering a code to view it free for a limited number of viewers. These people would not be the ones paying anyway so it would not be taking away from the profits.
Mulan (2020)
Better than Score
Not a great movie but much better than the score would indicate. It seems the actress a Chinese American who plays Mulan made one simple statement.in support of the police in Hong Kong. I imagine the score will continue to fall as the idiots on the internet realize they are one click away from changing the world. Incidentally, I think what the youth of Hong Kong are doing and have been so for so long is pretty amazing.
Chris D'Elia: No Pain (2020)
Interesting reviews
The majority of Netflix comedy specials that I randomly watch I am pretty sure in the first 5 minutes that I do not find it funny and by 10 minutes am sure and turn it off. I will admit in the first five I was on the fence but by 10 minutes I kept going and laughed out loud a few times. It was surprising to see the low ratings for this special it is almost as if there was a organized effort to hurt him. Incidentally, giving a score of "1" destroys any credibility and is more likely a measurement of the reviewers ability to understand complexities of the 1-10 scoring scale, meanness or dishonesty.
Cats (2019)
Huge fan of Cats and not disappointed
I am not surprised that this did not appeal to the masses and I am glad that it did not; in order to do so it would have had not honored the stage production. My only complaint is that a few of the songs especially Mungojerrie and Rumpleteazer were changed so much. You certainly do not have to be intelligent to appreciate this movie nor does hating imply stupidity but it is interesting that the brains that do not appreciate it do not have a grasp of the 1-10 rating system which is making IMDB irrelevant.
Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker (2019)
Thanks Star Wars "fans" for perpetuating the Stereotypes
I will admit that I really wanted to like this to reinforce my theory that the self purported true Star Wars fans were just living up to the stereotypes. As alluded to although I respect the Star Wars body of work I think it has been a bit overrated. As such aside from the first three, from a time when movies were not so good, I have not been that impressed. To say this is the worst Star Wars which some contend in the comments is just silly. It was far better in my opinion than few and much better than a few more.
Hello, Privilege. It's Me, Chelsea (2019)
Chelsea benefitted from privilege but not "white"
I really tried to watch but could only stomach about 15 minutes. Chelsea assertion that she benefited from "privilege" and did not make it on talent is relatively insightful. Her error, however, and she did allude to it is that it had little to do with her race. What it was as I see it is that she is an very attractive woman with a foul mouth that is more funny than most. If she had not been pretty and a female of whatever race she would not have reached the fame she was gifted. As for Tiffany Haddish she has to work so hard because she is not even moderately funny. She has a bit of the looks and certainly the crudeness and less comedic talent but I think sans the race she would still be doing childrens coming of age parties at best. Keven Hart on the other hand is profoundly funny . I did not get very far but if he asserts he had to work to hard who is he comparing himself to? He is the king of the hill and any comparison would not make sense. That being said he is not the funniest in my opinion but he is up there and I think he works much harder than the others. No one will read this but I saw CH years ago in GTMO and wanted to apologize for the knuckle heads who disrupted the show.
Russian Doll (2019)
Writing this review to gie me a reason to keep watching
The first 30 minutes has been nauseating wrt bad acting, writing, unnecessary crudeness, tired cliches , over the top wokeness, etc. but based on ranking and rating I really want to give it a chance. I do not think I will make it so it unlikely that there will be a edit to this review.
The Haunting of Hill House (2018)
The "eyes" have it.
I really do like this so far and take it for what it is which is a horror story mid budget netflix special. As such I can forgive the less than streller script to include awkward set set-ups and cliches which in reality are not actually used by normal people. What I can not forgive are the blue contact lenses on the young father and the five year old kid with what seems to be poor vision (thick lenses) growing up to be drug addict who does not need glasses. I mention drug addict because as such it is not likely he had corrective surgery or wears contacts. The blue contacts bothered me from the start but forgave it to allow for casting when i attended to the glasses thing I was bothered again. You would think when the whiz who noticed the eye color disconnect the glasses disparity would have been fixes. Again I like this series just seems there is some pretty low hanging fruit that if fixed would have taken it to the next level for me anyway.
Adam Carolla: Not Taco Bell Material (2018)
The emperor has no clothes.
I am a huge fan of Adam Carolla in fact I think he is a genius. I really believe that whatever aspect of his "wiring" that makes this not good is what makes most everything else so great. I am not sure what happened. He either did not ask for any direction, did not accept any direction or, and the theory I am going with, the "lacky's" were afraid to give an honest assessment.
Isn't It Romantic (2019)
Maybe they do not get it.
This was not a great movie but it was much better than average and I really do not quite understand all the "1'" votes. Not to say it is deep or abstract but the only explanation I can come up with is that some people are either overthinking it or simply do not get what it is trying to do which frankly as I see it just be a fun movie. We almost stopped watching it once but decided to give it a chance and are glad we did. It is neither a traditional Romantic Comedy nor a "spoof" of a romantic comedy and I guess that just does not compute to some.
Roma (2018)
A ridiculously over-rated movies with one great scene
Actually, over-rated really does not give justice to how not good it is but somehow awful, horrible or disaster just do not seem right. Plus there is one really great scene in a hotel room with a bow staff. Just kidding actually the scene and the only memorable part of the movie was the babies birth which was pretty fantastic. Yes, the "cinematography" was captivating but almost every other element of a good movie was lacking leaving me bewildered on the IMDB and RT scores.
Bohemian Rhapsody (2018)
A good Movie with amazing music about a great group
The movie was awesome and I left completely satisfied. That being said, this may be self evident and I am not sure this even makes sense but take away the actual music and this movies rating would drop at minimum a whole point. Note gave it a 9.
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018)
Meh
The last movie I watched prior to this was Yoga Hoser so I will will use it in my comparison. Buster Scruggs had more famous actors, better acting, script, cinematography and all the other elements of a good movie. That being said Yoga Hoser's was much more entertaining and memorable. I am not quite done so if the last 15 minutes get better I will edit this comment. If not that means it did not get better.
The Grudge 2 (2006)
Not bad for a "horror flick"
I am not generally a fan of this genre (horror, scary...) of movies but my wife seems to like them. Based on the low ratings of this movie I made a half concerted effort to sit this one out. Well, we went, it was not bad at all, and it seemed that the audience pretty much got what they were seeking as well. This movie received over 400 "1" votes. I believe that I understand the dynamics of these votes; the consensus seems to be that "true" fans of the original version were personally assaulted by this "hollywoodish" remake of a classic. It was not a great movie by no means but by giving it such inappropriately low score the only thing accomplished is that IMDb loses all credibility as a place to gauge whether a movie is worth seeing or not. People, IMDb is your "bully pulpit" you are losing your audience, we will still read your comments even if you give the movie a more honest 3 or 4.