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Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress: Unato Decisive Battle (2019)
A poor continuation of the story
The way the story and characters progress is childish and is a mess. The interactions between characters is not believable and little of what story exists is explained properly.
Given the high quality of the audio and video it's clear a lot was spent on this flop of a sequel.
Ralph Breaks the Internet (2018)
I really expected more. A lot more.
This just felt like a bunch of cameos and advertising shoved into a "movie" with almost zero plot. What story they did have was incredibly hard to follow.
There was a bit of comedy here and there but that's it. Most of the movie was dull and boring.
Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi (2017)
Don't believe all the negative reviews
Had I not pre-ordered my tickets I might not have gone to see this movie in the theater.
I saw how low so many of the ratings were I went in expecting the worst. This movie was anything but the worst. It exceeds the writing of the last movie by a long shot. Writing and story telling are what this movie did well.
From a long time fan of space sci-fi, please ignore the reviews, avoid the spoilers, and just go see it for yourself.
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016)
bad Lex...
I'll just start off by saying that Jesse Eisenberg nearly ruins this movie. I dock 2 stars just for him being in this movie. His line delivery was terrible. He did not capture the essence of Lex's character at all and instead came off as an idiot.
Ben Affleck did alright at his part, but I felt he isn't a good enough actor to depict such a complex character. This was made all the more obvious whenever Jeremy Irons was on the screen as Alfred. Yet, I felt Jeremy Irons was miscast as Alfred. His character felt off.
After the first hour or so the story becomes boring and pointless. There's just one action scene after the next with little reason for them to be fighting or detail on what's going on.
There's also a lot of unnecessary political junk in this movie. For instance, there's a scene that clearly mimics Katrina victims on top of houses who apparently can only be saved by Superman.
What's unfortunate is that I felt this could have been an above average movie, something to kick start DC movies and the Justice League forward. The premise was interesting. You effectively have mankind rejecting Superman and similar super humans. They reject being dependent on them. This appeals to me and it's why I prefer Batman in the DC universe. However, the story has too many threads going on for it to be easy to follow. Later in the story, not enough is explained and you are pushed too quickly into "the final battle".
Van Helsing (2016)
Beware the negative reviews
Most negative reviews are from people who didn't get past the first few couple episodes. The show definitely has a rough start, but steadily improves throughout the season. I think this is partly because the show just drops you right into the story with little explanation. Eventually the show will bring you up to speed.
While this is a typical lower budget sci-fi series, it occasionally has near movie quality effects when it matters. There is also some quality acting as well. Rukiya Bernard (doc) is particularly good and there are several other talents who help make the show come alive.
I give this show a 7 because there are some actors that are noticeably weaker and just don't pull off their part as well. There are some cliché characters, plot devices that are used poorly, and there are times when you are reminded just how low budget some of these series are.
All that said I enjoyed this series quite a bit after the first couple eps. I watched the first season over a weekend in two sittings and look forward to season two.
Prometheus (2012)
seems fine to me
I enjoy sci-fi, but I never saw this in the theaters and held off on buying it for years due to the negative reviews. I got it on sale for ten dollars today and gave it a look. How bad could it be for a $130m movie?
As it turns out, it was actually quite entertaining. Must everything be perfect to even be considered worthy of a good rating? I see all these 1 and 2 ratings out of 10 for this. That's ridiculous. The acting was good. The dialog was fine. The story was far-fetched, but what do you expect from sci- fi?
I enjoyed this as the sci-fi horror film it was designed to be (and I typically don't care for horror). If you watched an enjoyed the previous Aliens movies or sci-fi in general then you will likely enjoy this. Don't let these ridiculous reviews dissuade you from seeing this enjoyable film.
John Wick: Chapter 2 (2017)
a bit long for so little story
The first John Wick had a perfect run time. Its sequel tacks on 20 minutes more but doesn't do well at filling that time. To that end, the Ares character played by Ruby Rose was too shallow and was poorly acted. They could have cut her out entirely. There were one or two other weak elements that I wished they'd have worked harder on.
That said, the first two-thirds of the flick was decent and lived up to the original. For any John Wick fan, you will certainly find something to enjoy.
Overall, I was happy enough with the movie that I'd be willing to see the next one.