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Night of the Animated Dead (2021)
Just atrocious
Where do I start?
The animation is awful. About as disjointed as it gets. It's almost like they said let's save money by using half the frames. It was like watching the old stop motion Thomas the Train which would have actually been preferable.
The story... well... I'm a huge NOTD fan and the original is a classic. The black and white is extremely claustrophobic and makes you uncomfortable watching. Even the remake which is close to shot to shot is extremely well done by Tom Savini. Well they take way to many liberties here in changing the story. Combine that with the terrible animation and plodding voice acting and it makes for an extremely boring experience. I mean if you're going to change so much of the movie... and keep the ending the same as the classic... wtf?
This was obviously made as a tribute to the original and I can respect that but when you have to fast forward through a movie with a 70 minute run time that doesn't say much for the movie.
The Do-Over (2016)
Mehhhh
I'm not quite sure why I'm reading all these reviews that say this is a return to form for Sandler...it's not. I love me some Happy Gilmore and Billy Madison and this movie is nowhere near the "quality" of those two. Yes Sandler is much more reserved...but that alone doesn't make the movie better. Spade as usual with Chris Farley plays the nerdy straight part. It's a very formulaic approach with a patchwork plot that really makes no sense nor does the director care. I think the main point was to showcase Sandler and Spade as a funny action duo...except the material isn't funny... I think back to Tim Robbins and Martin Lawrence in Nothing to Lose...another could have been awful buddy comedy with a bad plot...except Robbins and Lawrence are FUNNY together...and this is exactly the opposite. There's a decent supporting cast also with again some very cringe inducing unfunny material. And Paula Patton...my god for as hot as she is she's every bit as bad an actress. So don't listen to all these reviews...the Do Over isn't even dumb fun...aside from a few chuckles they need a do over on the entire film.