This movie is a firecracker. Starts good, makes a big bang then nothing happens. The quality of the movie is excellent, good camera work, realistic dialogue, good actors but the story goes nowhere.
If you are a woman who thinks that every men is a potential danger then maybe you'll see the thriller aspect of it.
To me, a guy who worked at a metal pub during uni, the two main characters are exactly what they are called in the movie.
This is more a movie you show to your kids to later discuss how men and women see the same situation different. As pure entertainment and an escape, it's a dud.
Hot tub time machine meets Scream. Not as funny but this franchise has potential.It's a doable one time watch with some heavy smirks but I hope they make a sequel that really uses the goldmine they've stumbled on.
This movie is a blast. Kudos to Noah Pink for turning an interesting story into a thrilling ride. Probably 80% of the movie didn't happen but I don't care. This is must see for any (retro) gamer
I loved the cartoons in the 80's and played the game in the 90's so I didn't go in blind. However I also remember past attempts so I didn't expect anything.
This movie balances perfectly between fan service ( D&D lore ) , humor for the Marvel crowd and action for the F&F audience. Although I expect D&D content creators will fill up social media with posts nitpicking stuff I think it landed where Willow wanted to go. Lighter than hard fantasy ( G.O.T, L.O.T.R ) but not, as my teenager would say, cringe ( Wheel of Time , The Rings Of Power , Blood origin )
Good old fashioned quest, popcorn movie for the entire family. Start of a franchise but nothing groundbreaking, solid 7.
Well this was a boring movie. This is basically Jurrasic Park meets Lost in Space with a pinch of the Last of Us. Almost nothing happens after the start and dialogue isn't happening because they speak different languages. Instead of putting a hint in the title or opening with it, they should have made the fact that this is earth a reveal like in After Earth (2013). In short a quality production with a quality actor with a snooze fest of a story. If you like the concept and want to see it better, at 10% of the budget, go look up the flick Prospect (2018) with Pedro Pascal.
After watching the season final I really don't know what to make of it. Jen discovering her powers would have been too on the nose so I was wondering what the cliffhanger would be.
In "MALE" shows it's always justice, revenge, betrayal while for most "FEMALE" shows it's either parents/kids or relationship changes ( marriage, divorce, etc )
So yeah I was a little bit underwhelmed when a show that, so far had balanced the rough with the romantic; had gone such an obvious path.
The writers probably felt the same way, because they course corrected and let the "cat lady" end up dating her actual cat. But the big twist, finding his family, felt right out of a Spanish TV novella
So now I have to root for Kash & Jizz, a scrub and a pet? While there are "real" superheroes flying around, not to mention centuries of Don Juan's ( heck even the original ) Carrie can summon.
The show wouldn't be the same without Kash and Jizz but we "wingman" are going to need a bit more redemption to make the difference with a guy like Luke.
This show actually does what She-Hulk claimed it would be. A funny, female centered, comedy in the superhero genre. It is also as close to The Boys as Disney+ is ever going to get. Just replace the gore and violence with Irish comedy and you have a very good idea what the show is going to be.
It has the typical female jokes: men can't find the "CLID" , are a bit simple, etc but does it in a way that doesn't get old and in turn also is honest enough so the men watching get a few laughs.
Not preachy, just warm entertainment that seems to be effortlessly funny.
Well American crime shows are usually a hit or a miss and the fact that "subvert expectations" Johnson is involved was not really a selling point after the most recent "Knives Out", but I really like Natasha Lyonne and Benjamin Bratt so I gave it a shot. I was pleasantly surprised with a very solid pilot episode.
The acting was good but with those actors it would have been very weird if it wasn't.
The dialogue was organic and flowed fast enough that you'll probably going to discover new angles on a rewatch.
The story was intelligent enough to keep you involved all the way through. The deduction wasn't far fetched and reminded me off Elementary.
I've only watched one episode so far but I'm hooked.
I watched every episode,every tedious minute of drama to follow a story. There were times I stayed up late and watched AMC live through a website just to avoid spoilers. I even checked out the spin-offs but I only got hooked on FTWD.
Just to say I once loved the show, but the show was rinse repeat since The Governor. Neegan was the last decent bad guy and the cast losing 3 major characters didn't help ( ok ... okay, Maggie came back after that spy flop).
I kept on it even though I couldn't care less about the 4th generation ( sorry Luke ) but after finally catching up I am angry. We never found out why the zombies came ( interview says Space ) , what happened to Rick nor Michonne. What is the super organized faction with the helicopters ? etc.
You expect us to fork over even more cash to go watch a movie ? Push that part of the actual story telling to the spin-offs ?
This was 12 year looking at gore and special FX but we never got ANY answers. Sorry but this final was even worse than the one for Dexter or Lost, heck it wasn't even one of the better season finals.
At the end of the day people watch a movie or a show for the same reasons. For a story. If you can't answer the basic questions after 10+ seasons, you failed.
I baptized this second season as Vikings Economy. I haven't checked the budget but it all felt like they had to make do with a lot less money. The production quality has stayed the same but no more big battles or big crowds.
England, and its political intrigue has taken a step back and they also reduced the religious visions.
Religion is still a part of it but we only get 1 "supernatural" scene and most of the time the audience gets spoon fed what the gods think instead of showing us the visions.
Same for London, it is still is part of the show but the focus of this season is on the 3 heroes.
The Freydis story was rather tedious. I hoped we'd at least get to see a more historical accurate part of her life but I guess Flix isn't ready for a pregnant topless shield maiden yet.
I did like the story of Harald and Leif, it reminded me a LOT of The Last Kingdom.
Overall still worth a watch, if you are a fan, but if next season is the last (Netflix has a tendency for 3 season shows) then I hope they crank it up to 11 for the end
In short, for the TL;DR crowd, this is True Detective Down under.
I wanted to check this show out because of Fimmel and he again delivered with the acting. I was hoping he didn't run into snakes in this show.
It took me 4 days to watch 6 episodes and that is a sign. Not that it's bad, but it's more like a wedding cake; Delicious but after 1, max 2 pieces your body needs time to digest.
It is slow with a mediocre start and great middle part, but a rather disappointing ending. They set up a long story along the way, so I'll check out the next season, but the payoff was a little meh. I don't mind it being a slow burner but when you introduce new facts in the 5th episode, have story lines end up in complete duds and have to rely on a few coincidences you lose marks in my book.
if 0 is a stupid American cop show, where you can guess who did it by betting on the 1 guest actor who can actually act
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10 is a British mini series where you have to go read 2 Wikipedia entries and watch a 20 min YouTube video to figure out who did it, AFTER the actor explained it on the show.
Then this is a 6.
This is more for people who like Drama about sensitive subjects than for amateur sleuths. I gave it a 6 BUT with potential.
This could have been an interesting angle into the monster/disaster movies. The wave (2015) showed us that those Norwegians can make an excellent movie if they want. So I was looking forward to watching this flick with a Netflix Special FX budget.
What we got was a Frankenstein's monster of Hollywood tropes with a laughable plot and an overall feeling of wasted potential. They should have included more lore and bring their Norwegian humor. Good for a one time watch with your (pre) teens, but a solid meh from me.
I was already a huge fan of this show but this episode really drove home how good the writing on this show is.
Every episode has a quote you can take to the bank. "Security is an illusion", "Win and walk away", "The axe forgets, but the tree remembers", etc so i caught myself actually cheering at the TV for this week's gem.
This episode has nearly no action at all but I was either completely immersed in the world building, the dialogue or the scheming. I really can't understand why people label it as slow when the quality and pacing is on par with Breaking Bad, Ozarks or House of the Dragon. Heck compared to The Old Man this show is a race car.
I needed to rewind a couple of times just to catch everything and it is one of a few shows where I can see the episode again, just days later ( I think this will be an excellent show to binge ) Every time I catch something extra.
The moment they show the K-2S0 droids got me the same feeling I had when I first saw The Terminator in '86. This show is everything an adult fan could ever hope for. Even Mon Mothma is being fleshed out into a much more interesting character than the clone wars did. Fingers crossed we get a Gerrera Guerrilla arc, Forest Whitaker would be ideal in this show based on his recent work in Godfather of Harlem
From the writing ,the acting to the set builders, this is top quality Star Wars. Can you imagine the level this show could reach if they introduced an actual Jedi ( they kinda did though cough, wink, wink ) or fan favorites like Alan Tudyck ( K-2SO )
As a life long SW fan I would rather watch this than Kenobi again. This episode is a solid 8 for me.
I watched every episode of Supernatural because when it aired it was something new and refreshing. It was "The Boys" of its time. For years we were stuck with female oriented supernatural stuff. From the Scream franchise ... they clobbered to death over Buffy, Angel and even Lucifer, it was always love and relationships.
Sam & Dean were beer drinking, burger eating, rocking badasses! Relationships were more like a Bond movie. Instead we got banter with Bobby, Cas and Cromwell. Episodes of them breaking the forth wall or even Scooby-Doo tribute were legendary.
So I checked out the pilot and they cover a part that was already told in the original series. Without any explanation they changed that. I can't be bothered to look it up, but they also changed a LOT of lore. Introduced the most boring arc of the Original with the Men of Letters in such a tempo it had my head spinning. They don't speak like in the seventies, they don't act like that time and they don't dress the part. I know it's low budget but come on.
Now if that was needed to deliver a kickass spin off, I would have forgiven it, but then they showed us the supporting characters. A person of color and a dandy. I'm all for inclusion but both felt like the bare minimum to meet the quota. Either you go woke or you don't, this just pisses of everybody.
This pilot is something my son would have turned in as homework, something with minimal effort to get a passing grade.They even go hunting in a van like the Scooby-Doo gang. I was really looking forward to this but this only damages the original in my book
After 2 weeks of world and character building we finally get to the heist and I was maybe just as nervous as those guys. Everything felt natural and logical so the events unfolding seemed very realistic for a bunch of motivated amateurs. We all knew it would be risky and although everything happened like I expected, I was still surprised how it happened. That's as close to a magic trick that a writer can come.
This pilot episode is like an edible. You see 2 top notch actors so you know they have the acting covered. However because of their age and their past as drama/comedy actors you assume it's going to be a character driven spy show. We get an introduction at the slowest of burns and you start to feel it.
When you are almost convinced you maybe need a second, it hits you like a ton of bricks. You get caught by surprise and now you really are focused on what's happening. From then on it's a wild rollercoaster.
Excellent acting and dialogue followed by some action that will have you sitting on the edge of your seat, maybe even shouting at your device.
Hang in there during the build up and you'll be checking for the next episode by the end.
I hope there's a huge payoff coming because this show is so slow at the moment.
Is Nick burned?
Is Luke finally going to do something?
How come Moira is timid now?
I'm happy Janine has been reset to s1 spirit but aunt Lydia needs to die, not redeemed.
Serena is sometimes defiant and at other times she's paralyzed by fear.
Agent Tuello is such a huge disappointment and I can't understand what commander Lawrence is doing
It's like they all developed multiple personalities that switch every episode or sometimes every scene. I hope I'm missing something because otherwise the writing has gone downhill by a LOT.
I know this was never going to be a Wolverines type of show but how much do you freaking need before you fight back.
I know it's cool to hate on this show so I waited a few episode to give them a fighting chance.
If LOTR was a cake your grandma made, then the Hobbit was a store bought cake. This show is a wedding cake: very expensive, looks amazing, but inside is the most boring generic cake.
If you are going to modernize it anyway, then why bother buying the rights to the best known fantasy franchise. Tolkien was already on the edge of political correct thinking when Peter Jackson made his movies. It's like buying a hippy van, stripping everything but the chassis and then installing an electrical engine when you could just have bought the new E van.
I'll probably end up watching the entire first season but at no point does it feel like the same universe. In fact as soon as I started to watch this show like I did with The Orville ( close to Star Trek but not it ) I could actually enjoy Durin, Elrond and Arondir.
Amazon if you are reading this, next season cut 25% of the gfx department and hire a few solid writers. I won't miss a few waterfalls in the background when I'm focused on the dialogue, or Valar forbid, some action.
Why do american shows always do this ? Jesse, Walter and Saul are the good , the bad and the ugly.
That Jesse gets away and gets a new start is a bit wishful thinking but I can accept it.
The arc of Walter who does things out of desperation, then breaks bad and then finally comes to his senses is also believable. Sacrificing himself to at least get his student/protégé free was also in his long term character.
But then we get McGill who was a drifter his ENTIRE life, tries to do better but eventually goes of the rails when Kim leaves. He became ugly, he enjoyed the success and tried his best to stay out of prison. This is a guy who was ready to hit a cancer patient over the head,or even strangle an old lady to escape. He was so angry and resentful at Kim he damn near broke the payphone ( for someone that never gets psychical the entire show ) . Him getting a sentence of 190 years down to 7.5 years was completely in his skill set and character.
But we can't have the bad guys win like in real life do we. So we let the ugly man get his redeeming moment and fall on his sword for the love of his life. I'm glad many people like it but I call BS. Those final moments cost the entire series at least a point in my review.
Personally I would have preferred he got his 7.5 years and as he is walking away with a big smile on his face gets shot by either Kim or one of the many widows, heck even shanked in country club prison by the cartel would have been better although VERY predictable.
The best ending would have been that he walked on a technicality. Nobody would have seen that coming, very realistic and at least it wouldn't have been so damn sweet. Free but poor and totally alone, a life sentence on its own.
First season was amazing but the second season ...
My grandma always said to say something positive.
Finally the second season of "The end of the fun**in world" isn't the worst second season anymore.
Writers painted themselves in a corner and then "bla bla deep" ran for the exit
Just finished the first 2 episodes and I still don't know what to make of it. The pilot was rather weak and strange but somehow it made me curious. The second episode was less odd and better imho. The intro reminded me of "The Expanse" and "Raised by Wolves" and the weird future dialect gave me "Clockwork Orange" vibes. Alas that's where the comparison ends. Basically it's a murder mystery that is likely going to lead to a bigger conspiracy. I'm gonna keep watching , if only to get an explanation for several things that don't add up. Of to a slow start but it does have potential.
Just finished my binge and this season was even better than the previous. No more wasted time with introductions, we get right into it with lots of suspense and even better situational comedy. Walken gets used more and better but Merchant and Gunning sometimes steal the show. Then again all the characters carry an episode in turn. The story might be a little predictable but the dialogue had me laughing all day long. If this was it, then the BBC made comedy gold, but I hope I get to see the team again.
The acting of Ewan was phenomenal. He really sold the PTSD broken Jedi. The chemistry between Ben and Leia felt real and reminded me of the banter Obi-wan had with Anakin, Ahsoka and Rex. I smiled when rusty ben gets help from fearless little Leia. The intro of Vader was chilling and he looked and sounded exactly as I remembered. We even got some lore and name dropping. I'm really sorry that I have to say this but I do feel like they fumbled on the landing.
I get that Darth Vader wanted to make Obi-wan suffer and wanted to take his time, but this is only 10 years after their duel. He should have been way more unhinged and certainly would have had no problem in preventing Obi-wan's escape. Simple force crush of the loader would have been enough. Sorry but anything other than a vehicle getting them out of there at high speed is bad writing ( like they evaded Maul in episode 1 ). Vader searched the entire galaxy for a decade and he's now being stopped by 5m of fire in between two over sized molehills?
Second huge question is how Reva got to the pilot first? Was there a shortcut that Tala and Leia didn't take ? Why did they take the long way round ? Did Revan meet Tala on her way back and then did a forcerun flash to pass Leia ?
I don't expect Star Wars to be Godfather quality but I really hope they explain those things.
It's not easy to describe this without giving away spoilers so excuse me if I'm sometimes vague. This is a mystery-drama. You get that 1 WTF moment in the pilot and each episode you learn something more about it. To fill in the episodes they use truckloads of drama. 5 main characters in the main story and 2 characters in the side story.
Simmons does an excellent job in the mystery department and is very strong supporting the drama where Spacek rules. Both maybe give us one of their top 5 best performances ever. The supporting actors also win you over in a way that even the very tough topics like growing old and dependent, depression and family bonds get mixed in without it becoming a downer for the viewer.
The writing is excellent and keeps you guessing, it hints but then turns out different as you expected without losing credibility. Of course you'll have to suspend reality a bit for the mystery aspect but the show respects the rules it sets.
Because of the pace and the chosen topics I don't think this will score with teenagers but people with some life experience will be able to relate much better. You've seen shows like this before but never with this quality of writing or acting.
Now I have seen 2 episodes it's clear that this show is what many Trekkies have been looking for : mystery of the week with some food for thought, camaraderie, some humor and (if it's not to much of a bother) some pew pew flying stuff in space.
Mount, Peck and Romijn hit the ground running in their own spin-off but Gooding as Uhura is amazing. Can't wait for an episode focused on the medical team. Of course I can't help but like Ortegas and La'an, although I see some similarities with a certain Naomi Nagata & Camina Drummer, but I'm certainly not complaining about that.
The special effects are amazing and the writers do an excellent job with giving known characters more depth while still respecting what other writers have done. The way they get Pike's command style smack dab in the middle of Archer and T Kirk is very impressive. Strong characters but with flaws. This is a crew I would actually like to be part of, something that hasn't happened since Enterprise ( Team Trip Tucker all the way )
If they can keep this up I say : "6 seasons and a movie"
This has to be the most metal and the least metal movie I've ever seen. If you just focus on the soundtrack, use of music and the references it is a on the same level as Hesher (2010). However if you focus on the overall feel of the movie this is a pg-13 kids movie like School of Rock (2003) .
It's like it was written by a metalhead turned parent, sugarcoating, completely ignoring why many of us turn to metal as an escape.
It doesn't always need to be dark and grim but in Hesher the metal felt less forced. Maybe if they had turned this into a 8 episode season where we had a chance to see Kevin go from normie to full metal. Emily finding strength in metal to overcome her demons and Hunter struggling with his parent issues we also had more time to spend on the "training montage", friendship, romance and shenanigans.
Some things were really well done, charming, funny and other parts were boring, cliché or fell completely flat. Meh a 7 in the hopes we get a better sequel.
I'm a bit late to the party but I finally came around to watching both seasons. From what I read it reminded me of the movie Kids (1995) but this time for my son's generation.
It's a high quality drama that doesn't shy away from the tough aspects of present day teen life. The story arc of Rue ( Zendaya ) is mainly focused on loss and the mental health and opioid epidemic. Amazing acting from her where she really wins you over with a kind of Will Smith likeability and then switches to a really convincing drug fiend.
Another great arc is that of Jules. Instead of the usual trans pity party we just get to see her character in a love triangle where one of the players just happens to be in transition. This allows you to know her not only as a trans woman and all the issues that come with it, but also leaves room for the silly, funny and romantic . I think her performance was at least on par with Zendaya's and I really think it'll help create more acceptance with people who aren't personally involved in a trans person's life.
I also liked the arc for Lexi and Kat but the latter almost disappears in the second season. Wasted chance because the online life of teens offers something new we didn't have in the nineties.
However the show also makes it clear that the current woke movement is very selective and at times absurd. On one side it is so woke that for example a parody of sleeping beauty needs a consent form from the "prince" and on another the show uses sex and nudity on a level that's damn near exploitative. As a European I'm not easily shocked but at times it feels like they are using every opportunity to show you a penis, but almost never female full frontal, even if the situation calls for it. In a certain scene everybody is ordered to strip and all the guys get naked but only one woman. It's just weird, especially since we have the body acceptance movement . Maybe that was removed due to MeToo ? Of course most of us know easier ways to see nudity, but you don't bring balance by going completely overboard to the other side.
Last example is the type of relations they show : from asexual to pansexual and every flavor in between. I don't mind diversity until you realize that the only heterosexual relationships they show are either classified as "Toxic" or "Boring". Is it that much to ask to show one (1) household with 2 parents or at least make 1 father not a complete psycho, ghost or a junkie.
Representation is indeed very important and in the past it was all geared towards white guys, but there are still white boys being born who also need a role model. Again you can't correct the mistakes of the past by making new ones in the opposite direction.
I can't wait for season 3 and i can highly recommend it but I sure am glad the entire PC movement was only just starting when I was a teenager. "sounding like a twitter thread" sure sounds like a lot of work.
I enjoyed the first 3 episodes and will check this out but this is more a mystery drama than something I'd call horror. They don't set up an atmosphere compared to shows like The Fades or Outcast. When they show stuff the gore is almost childish, it's been 10 years + since the Walking or even Evil Dead spoiled us all. All you get is a few jump scares and I couldn't help but think of that quote "A horror with jump scares is like a stand-up comedian jumping in the crowd to tickle the audience". It's worth giving it a chance, but if you are a horror fan, don't get your hopes up.
As a fan of Vikings I simple had to binge this. Set 100 years later we get introduced to the next generation of mythical figures. You don't need to have watched the original to be able to get into this story, at worst you'll miss a couple "I get that reference" smirks. What is clear from the start is that this show has been produced with a little tweak to the original. Same quality sets and world building but somewhat lighter. I'd say 20% less nudity, 20% more action and the drama needs to share the spotlight with political intrigue. Looks like they have a big budget, so we see bigger battles (like the siege of Paris in the original series) as well as the skirmishes. I think it lands somewhere between the original Vikings and The last Kingdom. If you are a fan of either I can highly recommend this season.
I binged the first 3 episodes because I love a good mystery but this isn't heavy on the horror. Not even half the atmosphere of The Fades or Outcast, very weak gore compared to Walking or even Evil Dead but it sure tries it best with jump scares. Can't help but remember that quote " a horror movie with jump scares is like a stand-up comedian who jumps in the crowd to tickle them " Good mystery show, just not horror in my book.
