it's kind of a silly show but most procedurals are and i can suspend a lot of disbelief for them. also i love trent's actor thanks to agents of shield. i do wonder if this still would've premiered had it not been for the writer's strike though.
also gotta agree with everyone else - the notion that they'd just call him sir forever is laughable at least from the perspective of trauma recovery
cannot believe a man played by an actor a year older than me is being called a child and treated like the gen z of british police
idc i loved it. did need more monsters
i rewatched and i can confirm i was confused by the large screen and logan lerman
this made me realize i have a bad habit of thinking pretty movie posters = good movie
ridiculous and unhinged in a mostly good way. unsure if it was worth the countless moments of secondhand embarrassment it served up. rosamund pike was the absolute peak of this movie and i refuse to hear anything otherwise
still havent read the books but tbh jason mantzoukas as a cranky sober dionysus is inspired either way
maybe it's because i saw the original percy jackson movie in theaters (automatically makes things like 20% more entertaining) and love logan lerman (and never read the books) but i wasn't aware that adaptation was so disliked until reading up on this one. i hope fans of the book series get more out of this adaptation either way, it definitely sucks when a book you loved doesn't come to life on screen the way you imagined. this is cute, feels very YA and cheeky in the way that the new goosebumps adaptation did.
cannot believe the minotaur was running around in underwear though
this is the most fucked up cliffhanger in the world
well fwiw the contrast of family-friendly simplicity in plot and gags and the insane amount of gore worked for me. it specifically worked because of the cast, especially david harbour.
i get why the movie's pg-13; even if the game wasn't geared at a younger audience, it still became massively popular with them. i've never played the games but i really like watching letsplays by content creators i follow and this movie was entertaining and fun by those standards. it definitely wasn't at all scary and was very light on jump scares, but it was decently acted (unsure why anyone says it wasn't, matthew lillard's in it come ON) and the story kept me engaged. i liked the cameos and man the best choice they made was having the animatronics be real puppets and not cgi. i wish more movies would use practical effects tbh.
the sticking points for me are really small and probably dumb to the average viewer but i've always resented the way that people treat prescription medication in movies and tv. it's reckless and maliciously ignorant sometimes and perpetuates a lot of stupid misinformation about mental health. and it's happened in this movie (a character just throwing someone's sleeping pills into a lake - but whatever maybe in 2000 it was easier to get an early refill on an rx) and another one in 2022 (portraying a daily antidepressant as something you can pop casually whenever you need it) so it's clearly a problem that's still alive and well. also that pharmacist should be fired
i'm glad i waited to watch this because idt i could cope with this cliffhanger for multiple years of waiting
man what a fucking reveal
imagine watching a movie titled "the NUN ii" and then being enraged that it focused on two women
i don't mind long movies - i just think this one didn't need to be as long as it was. but the acting is good and i like benicio del toro pretty much no matter what his role is.
carla gugino has been killing it all this time but that last scene MAN i have never been more frightened and attracted to a woman in my life
favorite episode i think, the actings incredible but those EFFECTS and that NOISE
this episode really highlighted how well the cast members balance portraying awful, intolerable people and embodying characters that are still likable, at least for me. because normally this level of hostility toward a cat would have me screaming like lucy liu in kill bill, but i still loved rahul's character up and through that final scene.
it's not a masterpiece but it's fun and tbh that's a major motivator for me when watching movies
maybe it's just me but taunting a man who's so desperate to get a kidney for his dad he was going to pay $133k for it via organ trafficking seems like u know. a bad idea
i like a movie i can do other shit during as much as an engaging one so tbh this was good background noise
if you're watching this for the horror part this episode will definitely bore you, as a heads up. adina porter did an incredible job with the way this was told and directed; it's essentially a 45 minute monologue and she kills it. it's also a 45 minute monologue though so i was kind of disappointed by the end because i came for the horror. still worth watching, just don't expect it to fit the fairy tale horror vibe (except maybe the end, and the general use of existing characters to portray other ones)
i liked it a lot, specifically because of dylan o'brien's performance! but i will say it's highly open to interpretation and very philosophical which, as someone with adhd that goes on rabbit holes just by breathing, aren't my favorite. but it's definitely a watchable and worthwhile movie imo.
i think if you're sick of superhero movies you might like this all the more for it. it's cheesy and silly and takes itself seriously far less often than it pokes fun at itself. also khaji-da's character growth arc is big cute.
very good - i think it benefits from the fact that it centers on a group of teenagers because lbr teenagers aren't all sorted out in their brains yet and pretty much the only ones who would think this was a fun adrenaline rush of a game. it's definitely following some standard horror stereotypes but it's not bad for doing so, it's enjoyable when a horror movie keeps the tropes that the genre's defined by but does right by them. the acting's solid too, from the whole cast.
also, god, so gross. and not even in the gory moments, very much in the "oh this is being documented this poor person" way. so glad i was a teenager when social media was just myspace bc i don't think i'd have made it to adulthood with all my horrific missteps recorded forever on the internet
ngl it took me a full minute of checking the cast list and going "wait but really" to verify that alexis louder and adina porter are playing the same woman at different ages
thanks yahya abdul-mateen i cried
i decided to stop watching man in the high castle for a bit because dystopia's a little harder to enjoy in 2023 and only planned to watch a couple episodes of this—but i just finished it in two nights and my whole heart almost exploded into confetti by the last episode. it's so funny and wholesome and genuinely one of the most entertaining pieces of reality tv i've ever consumed. also, the last episode gives such a cool behind the scenes look at how they produced this! i'm really glad they gave us that because it's like the cherry on top of an already awesome piece of work.
one of the lawyers makes a really timely remark too—he mentioned the team told him "help you're like the one person who's competent at both of these things" meaning practicing law and writing for (semi?) scripted television and between that and the incredible production crew behind the scenes reinforces how important these people are to legitimately good content and entertainment. AI has nothing on james marsden playing james marsden and the crew who wrote these hysterical characters.
did not care specifically about frank in that scene but i'm hormonal so i cried about the direction and composition instead that was fun
imagine if this was how everyone could get rid of their daddy issues
