The actresses who played young Mia and Elena did good job imitating Kerry Washington’s and Reese Witherspoon’s mannerisms. Though KW’s face-acting looks unnatural on anyone.
Eh... For the first hour and a half, I'd say, the movie struggled to find footing. Adding the clueless old men and their drama, and leaving out Bethany for most of the adventure was a wrong move. Dwayne Johnson did horribly trying to impersonate Danny DeVito, but the slack was promptly picked up by Awkwafina, who did superbly as a grumpy grandpa. Kevin Hart as Danny Glover was okay - I actually chuckled a few times, - but not as funny as in the first film. I missed Jack Black as a ditsy cheerleader because his other character is completely forgettable. Karen Gillan, unlike in the Welcome to the Jungle, has little to work with. Her sole purpose here is to be hot and kick ass. I liked the action sequences (especially the monkey bridge one), but the rest was just meh. I really wish the writers found a better explanation for the characters ending up in the game again.
What a cliffhanger! I love the twisted dirty secrets.
The further it goes the less I am willing to suspend my disbelief. Children learn to read on their own and know how to vocalize what they read without knowledge of phonetics. A whole lot of human history, science, and invention fits into the few books that can be stuffed into the box they inherit. They talk about building weapons that kill hundreds and how they can just do that from written documents. Characters don’t age even though nearly two decades pass. The twins are irritating little shytes. Things come to them too easily and it just feels fake. I like watching See for the setting, because it reminds me of Horizon Zero Dawn minus the machines, but the plot isn’t that engaging and the plot holes just make it worse.
Drunk Baron determined to try pizza pie was the best part of the episode.
Jeez Mia, you are supposed to be an adult and take a high road when confronting a privileged, but very traumatized teen. Instead, you decided to be a bitch. I really have a hard time connecting to Mia's character or feel sympathetic for her.
An incredibly stupid series of events. Instead of using the key that would solve the problem in 2 seconds (the mind control one), they just repeatedly give the guy 50 different opportunities to hold each other hostage.
Personally, I liked the first movie more. This one is trying to do a lot: not one, but THREE megs, another creature surprise, corporate espionage, swimming at 25,000 feet, secret evil base, dino doggos, uncle with the clicky button going all Jaws 4 with the psychic connection with the shark... (Jiuming made me cringe so much). It's a lot, and not really thought through. Just meh for me.
I am getting irritated that Midge takes every opportunity to turn any public gathering into her personal comedy show. She just needs to make a flippin toast at a wedding and BAM! she is on the table doing a whole routine. She stops by a bar in Paris and BAM! she is somehow on stage talking about her failed marriage again. It's not always about you, Midge, and most of the time I am cringing rather than cheering you on.
Great character and house design, but the plot is more of the same old same old, let’s all get along and nobody messes with my family. Wednesday’s storyline is pretty boring too. But overall not bad to spend time. I can never get enough of the Addams family.
This show gets infinitely better when it goes back to the 1950s.
Imagine if Aaron dropped the bomb at the end that he was a secret traitor in some last diabolical twist from the show… I almost wish he did.
I was questioning who directed this move (The Autopsy of Jane Doe, Troll Hunter) and who wrote it (Bullet Train). Are these the same people? Because I enjoyed their previous work, but I am left baffled by this uninspired, painfully average flick. Demeter's fateful journey to England is one of my favorite parts of Dracula: the limited set, the foreboding storm, the crew that is picked off one by one by an invisible force. This movie has no idea what makes horror effective beyond cheap jump scares. What makes Dracula so much more effective, is that the monster is not a generic creature, but a supernatural man of ancient power, mystery, intelligence, and menace. All of that is lacking in the movie. The characters are also not very compelling, and have very limited backstory of no impact. I feel like everyone involved was assigned homework they didn't feel like doing, so they slapped together his mediocre piece. Too bad because I had high hopes, considering my love for the original material. Also, the dog dies, and I don't like it .
Martin Lawrence said it best, “This is some real telenovela sh*t.” What a terrible, convoluted mess of a plot.
I was expecting a different movie. Speculative fantasy maybe. The premise really sold Yesterday to me. Imagine that nobody in the world but you remembers The Beatles, and now you can become a best-selling artist singing their hit songs. Guaranteed success! How would that turn out? Instead, all I got was a cheesy romantic comedy, and not well-written one either. I lost it completely when Ellie told Jack to abandon the one dream he's ever had to be with her, and it was supposed to be his moment for a grand gesture. You'd never do that to the person you supposed to love! Jack is not an appealing leading character. He spends most of the movie sort of whining and having this aloof look on his face. His "girlfriend" is desperate and annoying, and is just not a good girlfriend on more than one occasion. His parents are dicks. Ed Sheeran's cameos were pretty cute, but no more than that. If you are okay with settling for just another mediocre romantic comedy, then you'll be okay with Yesterday. Music was the best part, duh.
I put off watching this episode for as long as I could, because I knew it was going to deal with some incredibly hard scenes for me. But honestly, the whole thing, the every single minute is so full of sorrow and hard choices that it’s futile to try to shield myself. Just one more episode of emotional torture left that is so well-done, but so terrible. Give this show all the Emmys.
The Faithfuls were convinced it was the drink that poisoned someone for no apparent reason. The first thing that came out of Diane's mouth at breakfast was that someone kissed her on the cheek the night before and that it was suspicious. Harry took an opportunity to sink Miles by immediately suggesting coffee or tea, or another drink. If it wasn't for him, the group would have been caught up in the kiss or hug, or whatever else. If only the Traitors stuck together, they could have easily redirected from Miles. Sloppy gameplay, because the Traitors outed one of their own when the danger was small.
Some of the twists are a bit far-fetched now. Oh, she missed x number of days in school? Must be pregnant! The baby was born in March, must be the one person I know who was also born in March! The killer had brown curly hair? Must be the first person with brown curly hair I meet! Rather ridiculous!
Am I the only one who thinks that Villanelle and Eve have zero chemistry? This is supposed to be a story of fatal attraction, but instead we get Eve wandering around with a shell-shocked look on her face most of the time, and Villanelle doing crazy things for crazy sake. Even when Eve is conflicted about her feelings for her mortal enemy, she doesn't act conflicted, but more like a mad woman raving (ie cake scene, wth was that?). Wasted potential. This whole season was unnecessary and meandering for no reason. Not a single thing that happened propelled the story along. No wonder Niko checked out. I was prepared to take pitchfork to the neck not to suffer anymore too.
Season 3 was a brutal thing.
I’m so glad Ann simply laughed about the busybody next door.
That's who we get for the runner-up? Yikes.... They need to stop carrying the queens who coast on loud and obnoxious.
I don't know... the challenge is called "evil twin" and the judges are complaining that some costumes are too similar looking. There was nothing twin-like about most of the concepts, except for Kameron's and Eureka's. I get that Kameron's outfits were more Halloween than drag, but I think she nailed the idea. Don't name the challenge "evil twin" if you don't want a good vs evil iteration of the same outfit!
You'd die to get in that pool, you say?
This season is fire! They sure improved so much since AS1.
Being Canadian, I remember following this case. It was quite a shocker on the level of Bernardo/Homolka and Pickton Farm cases. Still, the documentary gave me a whole lot more to think about. The internet hunt for the killer angle is actually pretty fascinating. These people picked apart each video and each photo for the tiniest of clues, and they actually succeeded at identifying the suspect and tracking him down much earlier than the police did. It's all great and entertaining to watch. However, there is a reason why police choose not to engage with so-called "armchair detectives". Civilians being involved with a potential serial killer is trouble waiting to happen, evidence might get dismissed in court based on how it was obtained, jurisdiction and chain of command issues, you name it. They don't need vigilantes running amok and potentially messing up their case and hurting themselves.
The "nerds" claim that if they were taken seriously the murder could have been avoided. I doubt it. Knowing how easily people get away with animal abuse due to some loosey-goosey laws on the subject, the cops probably couldn't have done much beyond a ban on owning animals and some probationary crap for distribution of explicit materials online. There was no stopping the murder from happening. In fact, there is a big question, and it's touched upon in the documentary, whether the existence of the "internet nerds" and their persistent efforts to track the guy actually egged the killer on. He craved the audience and they gave it to him. He wanted a game of cat and mouse and they gave it to him. Unfortunately, you can't help but think that they were unwitting participants in this thing. While Baudi Moovan acknowledges this fact and obviously feels somewhat conflicted, I thought that John Green character was disturbingly nonchalant about it. I mean, the guy watched the murder video at least twenty times when it came out because he just couldn't stop. Just saying, it's a bit creepy.
And there is also the whole debate about the guy in Africa, and how the group's actions and witch hunt actually might have contributed to a very tragic event.
Also, because I am an animal lover and cat owner, I was very worried about the disturbing content and subject matter of the show. So here's my two cents for anyone hesitant to watch this. The first episode is all about the cat videos, so prepare to be sad. They don't show the graphic content, but the show's participants describe the videos in some detail before breaking down at the most horrific parts. So if you don't engage your imagination, you can get through it. It's still very upsetting emotionally, but there is no gore or visuals to give you nightmares. I thought the documentary was worth the discomfort because it is very well done if you enjoy true crime.
Some details are really stretched far though. While I can accept the Basic Instinct connection as a loose inspiration for the murder, the poster, the Casablanca clue, the cigarette, and the leg crossing thing were all just hilariously overestimated. It makes for cool entertainment, but obviously not realistic. I think they did get Manny's origin correct though. Use your own judgment and don't give in too much to the sensationalism.
I see flashes of brilliance here and there, but the character development is too hasty, and they use a montage (eyeroll) to set up the plot. Like it's some kind of cheesy heist movie. These women decide to hustle it up themselves and just fall into a successful gig. No struggle, no tension. The Kitchen does not go deep enough to be a successful film. Andrea Berloff tries really hard to imitate Tarantino, but falls flat. Too bad, because several scenes were done very well. No more montage!
Catherine portrayed here is not very likable, but rather entitled and arrogant. She is not the reserved and empathetic princess she is usually made out to be. Not sure how I feel. Very Starz-y adaptation of historic events. Why would Elizabeth of York seal her threat with a kiss?
Loved this show. Beautiful cinematography that is on experimental side, and haunting soundtrack to match it. The story is slow, but purposeful, and focuses on human struggle. A very believable portrayal of near future. I think they missed with marketing, trying to catch a greater audience, hence the lower ratings. I hope they don't cancel this show because of it, because it is one of the most unique out there. The First will forever be one of my favourites.
What a dramatic bunch! Interesting that Alyssa's name finally came up. I'm surprised Alex branded her a traitor without any prior leads. Her reasoning can be applied to both Meryl and Amanda. And yet nobody is suspecting Amanda! Fascinating. Hannah is acting ridiculous about Tom's lies, Maddy is just wild, and everyone needs to leave Aaron alone.
