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Knight Rider (2008)
Started strong, went out with a whimper
This show started so well; they initiated a story based on the same inventor creating a new KITT and then recruiting Michael Knight's son as well as surrounding the lead with supporting characters that could also have their own backstories, it really had a great foundation (no pun intended). And KITT was really cool, he morphed into a battle mode that was plausible via nanites. Alas, they couldn't get a good story established so half way through the season they wrote out many characters and turned KITT into a Transformer (a cargo van?! What?). Then they brought back KARR in a weak effort to put some excitement into the season to avoid cancellation. It didn't work. Hoping something can be done in the future.
Gemini Man (2019)
Great action sequences wrapped in drama
This movie has great action sequences, pushing some very compelling visuals. In some places though it doesn't quite hold up. You can tell it's not real in some of the high action motion sequences. Still, worth a watch although a bit aimless on the character building segment.
Your Highness (2011)
Not stupid funny, just stupid.
I don't write many reviews on IMDb but I felt I had to say something about this movie. Generally the jokes are very childish, vulgar and stupid, which is okay if they're funny, however in this movie they just aren't that funny. I like Danny McBride although I haven't seen him in a lot, I do love Natalie Portman though and I was surprised to see her in this movie. I was also surprised to see Charles dance and Damian Lewis, three extremely respectable actors who obviously thought they saw something charming in the script enough to actually be a part of this. I think I read that Portman only did it to help fund Black Swan. She was a good sport about it though. She immersed her self in the role professionally. I actually found the movie someone entertaining in the last half where McBride's Thadeous finally found some semblance of character. From there it became a little more fun to watch. But overall It's a messy vulgar childish romp through a medieval environment where they speak in an English accent but then suddenly spew contemporary vulgarities which just throws everything off. Don't get me wrong if this is your kind of humor then by all means have at it, it just wasn't something I found particularly redeeming.
The Umbrella Academy (2019)
Could have been done in 8 Episodes
I feel the series was more about a dysfunctional family that just happened to have superpowers. Which is fine, but the pacing was really very slow. Many scenes dragged on much longer than I should have. The script was good, the acting was good, the production design was very good. However I never felt like I was completely invested in the characters. Some of the potential character traits that could've come about were completely ignored. Between number 5's age and Klaus' is stint in Vietnam, there could've been a lot of potential characterization that never came about.