Best horror movie of all-time, and a perfect shocking twist. Obsessed with this franchise.
“Nice car, centrelink”, “pack it up, eleven”, that’s all I needed to hear before knowing I loved this show.
Don't the Hunters wonder why the Legacies aren't out to get them yet.
The premise of Atlanta is an intriguing one: rather than focusing on the well-publicised excess of those rappers who reach the peak of their careers, we instead follow the travails of an up-and-coming rapper, Paper Boi, and the people around him. This offers a unique opportunity to examine various issues like the treatment of and lack of opportunities for black people in America, the class structure and the ways it grinds people down who are simply trying to survive and the liminal space occupied by those who aren't quite famous. This all sounds like serious stuff, and it is, but what marks Atlanta out from, say, David Simon's material is the wry, humorous tone it takes, mixing cynicism with a subversive and at times surreal sense of the absurd.
Anchoring the show is Donald Glover as Earn. I have mixed feelings about Glover; he's often an irrepressible and charming screen presence but also feels like one of those oversaturated media presences that throws so much at the wall that only a little sticks. Thankfully, he's on the best form I've seen him on here—Earn feels like one of life's amiable losers, crestfallen but cheerful as he is casually discarded by those closest to him. That isn't to say that he's powerless; he manoeuvres past his cousin Alfred's suspicions about his motives and the racist white staff at a local radio station to establish himself as Paper Boi's manager and give himself a chance at something better. This, for Earn, is the so-called 'American dream' and it will be interesting to see how he has to compromise himself and everyone around him as, inevitably, the 'dream' forces everyone to.
All four leads to a good job of giving a sense of character, even in this short episode, and all of the elements to create a compelling scenario fall into place nicely. It's stylishly made with Hiro Murai giving the episode a sense of craft and care that will hopefully continue through the next nine episodes. I'm excited to see how Atlanta uses its central premise to explore the weightier questions it hints at in this episode and whether it can continue to do so while expanding on the inner lives of its central characters.
Idk I feel like it would be a very Butcher thing to say cuntess instead of countess
i'd watch a whole show centered around his cat and its adventures
Wow, what a good episode. Such a departure from the formula of the show. I love when shows do this. There was no action in the episode at all. It was all character stuff.
Seeing the people from the 1950s and their values contrasted with modern day was really good, and how some values are outdated while others need a return. I liked Jack's interaction with John because Jack knew completely what it was like back then. I would have liked more interaction, but i liked the ending with them. I liked the girl from the 50s and her chat with Gwen about sex. I loved how awkward and contradictory Gwen was. She got indirectly roasted in that interaction. The relationship with Owen and that woman though was probably the best part of the episode. Seeing him fall for her. How scared he was of that. You really felt for Owen in this episode, and you really felt for him at the end. This episode showed that you CAN write about sex and sexuality, it's just the way you do it, and here it was pretty tasteful and worked. Shame Tosh and Ianto didn't have anything to do.
Seeing the three 1950's people struggle to cope with modern times, and their reactions at everything was really well done. You connected with them and felt their emotion and understood their confusion and awe at modern day life.
R.I.P. Nadja's aunt-by-marriage, a horse donkey who died of alcoholism
A great parody on 60's and 70's James Bond movies. If you've seen those Bond movies, you'll instantly recognize so many of the, in retrospect, laughable plotlines, semi-evil villains, cheesy dialogues and oldfashioned special effects. Don't get me wrong; I love those Bond movies. But compared with 90's movies, they appear so old. And this parody just makes great fun of almost every aspect of it. Since it's a parody I won't go into the quality of the story, the acting, or presentation, because the only thing it should do is make you laugh. And for me that is just what it does, even 15 years after it's release.
Cheesy and predictable, but still it makes me laugh so hard!
A little bit of everything: some humour, some moving scenes (Gwen with her sick father), some suspense. Whatever Merlin may say, there definitely is lots of chemistry between him and Gwen! Their conversations always bring a smile to my face. I guess they would eventually be a couple, since Gwen is a smith's daughter so she obviously cannot be a match for Arthur. Arthur definitely started to value Merlin's friendship and it was really nice to see him defending Merlin to his father. The whole episode was dedicated to the idea of friendship and co-operation which allows the characters to solve the problem. I also like the light-hearted humour of the show.
CSI Camelot :)
I watched this episode just after finishing "Cursed" and it was a really entertaining episode. The show is light-hearted and has lots of humour, and unlike "Cursed," the characters seem much more likeable and much better constructed protagonists. Even though it is obvious that nobody of the main characters are going to get seriously hurt, I was a bit worried about Arthur and Merlin, so the showrunners managed to achieve a bit of suspension of disbelief. I also found it quite funny that the dragon is an improved version of the drake in the Polish adaptation of "The Witcher."
I liked the exploration of Jack's character, and the danger of these fairies and their lore. But i didn't like how they didn't come up with a way to try and beat them. They didn't even try. They just followed them around while people died. I think that's what's going to give it a 6 instead of a 7 for me. They're still out there, choosing kids and making them monsters and killing people. I don't like at the end the fairies suddenly gain op powers that they could destroy the world, and they can also go back in time for somehow and for some reason. That adds to the 6 instead of 7. But i guess it's kind of morally interesting how Jack let her go to the fairy monsters. I just wish that option would have been after he tried to defeat them.
I did not see that ending coming!
84 | Skyler finally knows for sure that Walt is the one who knocks. He's more intimidating than Gus Fring. In this fifth season, he is completely evil and cold. Anyways, we need more of Walt, Jesse, and Mike in the same room. It was so hilarious to watch their dynamics. One mission completed, one more problem to solve. Hank is not finished preying on the devil.
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Rating: 83.3
Plot
25%: 2.3
50%: 2.6
75%: 2.4
100%: 2.5
Favorite Characters
The last Pollos Hermano still walking out of the room after he died, like a headless pollo (chicken)... Poetic, but a bit too much, imo.
I stuck a blender in his head and killed him.
Oh... ok.
What an incredible movie! A must-see in the slasher genre (or horror). It starts off like your regular cliche horror movie, then it takes a turn in a direction that you always hope for but never gets.
We have some really good dialogue lines and the plot is fresh, nice work Barrett. The actors do a good job, especially Sharni Vinson. Erin is one the most badass leading characters in horror for sure. She's super resourceful and really creative at setting traps, killing people and smart planning her next moves. This is what makes me really like this movie, horror is my favorite genre, so we always see stupid people making dumb decisions while we facepalm ourselves. This movie fulfill my requests.
Wingard's directing is pretty good at most of the times, I just think the camera gets too shaky sometimes, and bothers me a bit.
The death's and situations the characters are put in are creative and the special effects are really good.
The soundtrack is amazing, Looking For The Magic by Dwight Twilley Band is such a great song and it fits so well with the film.
Adam Wingard, Scott Barrett and the rest of the crew did a great job. Super fun movie!
crazy ass sketch OH MY GOD
walt really said i want my work bestie back :persevere:
Ethan Hawke is only reason I watched the movie, and I made a good decision.
A classic and true rom-com.
I hope that bitch Meg and her hellhounds get blown away by the guys and the colt for doing that to Jo.
holy shit now THATS a season premire
This is when the mythology is being built up even more. Scully finding the metal device in Barry and then scanning it at the grocery checkout, finding it to be a cataloguing device is cool. There's a scene where Barry is being abducted by aliens and they have his mouth wired open and start drilling his teeth with a laser. Ouch!!
Secondary characters in this episode: Duane Barry, Krycek, Cigarette-Smoking Man
What a cliffhanger! A great plot with a couple of twists, it sure is good to see those aliens again too.
Not terrible. Definitely have to suspend belief a bit for some aspects. Some cool kills, but would have been better if even more rapists got killed and they outed the frat at the end.
Some pretty forgettable, standard Z-Grade, straight-to-video horror. It's impressive how much they accomplished with soo little, but it's probably not worth the time. The opening, with Zombies emerging from the TV is pretty effective and looks cool, but after that it's all downhill...
Exellent acting. It's started good, but after a while the movie was like listening to the craziest Youtube educated conspiracist on full meltdown mode. Judd's character change was too drastic and too fast.