Now, this one made the whole show worth the watch.
The series is improving little by little, it is getting interesting.
I really don't like the protagonist's character nor the actor who plays him. He doesn't manage to convey the character he is acting, more like the whole feel around him doesn't captivate me enough to care about him as much as it would with another actor.
The story is interesting though, I don't know much about the end of the 1800s but I have the surface level knowledge on how primitive medicine, specially psychology, was at the time. It gives the same air as The Knick, but with a more criminal vibe to it.
I really didn't mind the supporting characters, since the illustrator is interesting, and the girl seems kind of fighting the real feminist fight, not the garbage that people say is feminism today. Those were the days were women were really oppressed, though today we have other problems.
Ryan and Colin are still my favourites, of course, after Robin Williams.
I keep thinking what would even happen if the rest of the colony finds out the robot is evil, I mean, it's not like they can destroy it anyway.
A nice episode to progressing each plot point like the synth background and the relationship of the family with each other. There is also progress in the "villain" and other characters.
There is always room for a story based on history. Of course, this uses the real life history of Emiliano Zapata for the basis of the movie. One thing the movie doesn`t say is that the Zapatas (Zapata Family) was, during a time, supportive of the oppressive dictator Porfirio Diaz. Another lost oportunity was the event were one of the groups of the large states under Zapata control ended up burning a entire village trying to steal they lands by force, something Zapata had difficulty controlling. The end of the movie also ends up being misleading, only Genera Jésus Guajardo shot Zapata many types andn delivered his body for the reward on his head
While there is a interesting story to be told here, one has to ask a very important question: WTF is wrong with Brandons "mexican face"? I found that offensive and Im not Mexican. But if an american pretended to be Brazillian with a Soccer ball while drinking caipirinha with a stupid haircut, I`d be pissed. This is, so far, the worse acting done by Brandon comparing it with his other movies I recentyl watched (The Men & A Streetcar Named Desire) primarily, I think, of that terrible make up and weird mustache. Gezus.
One thing I really liked was the acting done by Jean Peters. Compared with the mentioned movies, hers was the very first woman that didnt act like she was in a 50s movie while being in a 50s movie. That overdramatic crap doesnt work today for a reason. Anthony Quinn really did shine here too, a actor that I didn`t know before watching this.
TL;DR - The movie is good to learn a little about mexican history, but there are some obstacles to enjoy the story. And one needs to be aware that the entire story is more interesting. Real life usually beats fiction.
I really can t get over the old overdramatic style of acting. It doesn t make me feel it, the weight of the scene, the burden of the emotions portraited on the screen. Comparing with something new, take Jordan Pelee`s Get Out! scene where the protagonist is in the chair being hypnotyzed by the mother of the family. I FELT THAT IN MY BONES!
That being said, some movies and actors stand out more than others and go over that obstacle that you end up finding to enjoy a movie. I didn t really feel anything over Brandon s Character crying. I felt something watching Vivien Leigh right at the end when things happen. But that accomplishment are given to the actress, Leigh, and what the plot is about. Brandon and his character are good-to-great at being the awful partner, Kim Hunter is good as the sister and the rest of the cast is meh-to-good (sometimes the worse was Karl Malden s Mitchell, but at the end he was upt to good). Leigh obviously was a way more experienced actress compared with Brandon at the time, so, only during the climax she outshone him, but for the rest of the movie, I really liked Brandon style, it was less overdramatic but real enough, but, of course, really far from being a sublime performance.
I prefer Brandon over The Men (1951) that got a lower score than this one and I don`t want to accept it. He, too, lacks the emotional convincing when he starts crying over The Men, but during the rest of the movie he really did stand out and was a great perfomance, while, of course, being far from sublime.
Final Space suffers from The Walking Dead syndrome in some episodes, you get good moments only in the beginning or at the very end of the episode, the rest is useless things that have no involvement in the development of the characters or are just boring line moments with annoying characters being annoying. The show also has a pacing problem.
It has amazing awe dimension shattering events, though it gets constantly undercut for its annoying one lines and unfunny jokes. This is more in the lines with Regular Show + Adventure Time rather than Rick and Morty, but trying to have the cake and eat it too by trying to be serious while undercutting as stated. We have a key moment with nice pacing being halt because X character needs a funny line or needs to be insufferable. KNV is one of them, but Gary is the worse, while every character having they annoyance moment.
They should've balanced jokes vs seriousness better.
The movie starts with an horrible narration that sticks through the whole movie, and the problem is not the narration in it self, it is the voice. There are plenty of good narrations like God's voice in Good Omens, that is top notch. The voice of this narrator sounds like an annoying friend trying to tell you a story but he cannot keep you focused enough since he is, simultaneously, bad at telling stories and have a type of voice that urks you. To be fair, it is not the worse narration I've ever heard on a movie/series.
The acting is decent enough to be considered average. The most stiff one was Boneta, while the best one was Fimmel, followed by Daddario. Watching the beginning of the movie I was slightly at the side of the parents. Those that have a certain level of maturity can understand what is wrong about fighting people to get bashed and the danger of such acts, but you start to realize that both "kids"
(Ben and Mary) act out like that because of how their parents treat them.
The one with the least excuse is Ben whom I cannot understand his motivations, [spoiler/] his father is overbearing, but Marys parents were way worse. While Mary had her mon basically pushing a scrapbook of her past mistakes "to laugh" + her outright CRIMINAL and overbearing father, Bens father is way better in comparison and he still has his loving mother (an enabler of his father, but still loving - it wouldve been better for the plot if his father actually hit her mon. That way it would make sense for why he was acting like a b**ch "I want to be beat up to feel something." geez, that cringe af, you are not Wolverine from Logan). [/spoiler] Marys actions are understandable even if you denounce it as bad actions, while Ben sounds like a cringe kid that never grow up from fighting at school.
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I keep imagining a satirical movie where the kids of two families keep acting horrible. They get into a relationship and still act like shit, and things starts to escalate. But the point is that they still have nice boring parents that cannot be the excuse for them being f*ck ups and blaming their upbringing or their parents for being horrible humans. And the point of the family`s opposition to their relationship is because they are toxic af to other and themselves while in the relationship. The end could be either them both dying or... idk, they both should still die because that would send a stronger message about being egotistical f*ck ups.
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The rest of the movie was just mediocre and fine. The couple`s relationship with each other is fine, and I think Daddario and Boneta had good chemistry on the screen, at least good enough for this movie. I could nitpick their reasons for not being able of getting into contact with each other, but forget it, what is even the point (I mean, we have smartphones today, who the f* writes letters and calls on the home telephone? at the end of the day that was just an excuse, a terrible one, but still an excuse for the plot to happen).
The main villain is also forgettable. Not because a stalker cannot be a good villain, but because of how terrible it was written, and perhaps how it was play it out by Chatwin, however I don`t know Chatwin enough to judge his acting. His villain felt... pathetic, but not in a good way like in the show "You".
The music is forgettable.... really, I can`t remember the soundtrack. I guess that shows that it is good enough to tell the story, while not being terrible nor good to be noticeable.
The clothes are fine and nothing exceptional, make up too, though I don`t understand enough about both this fields.
Going back at the beginning, I really like the animation, but Im biased since I also like such things in movies and series. Though I didt like the rewind effect before the credits starts showing up at the start. It was pointless. Almost gave be whiplash from showing as it was going backwards in time to just showing Ben and Mukul giving the homeless the coats.
TL;DR - Another run of the mill "Romeo and Juliet" romance where the stories' two main characters cannot be together because of their families rivalry. Think modern Romeo and Juliet (but worse) with a dash of fights, guns and violence. Even if you like the genres, you could still have a bad time, even if the movie have its good moments.
Really good CGI and great action. If you are the type to have a good time with just that, join right in and watch the movie. The rest is pretty in the lower bar of film. There no character development and the plot is a little weak. This weakness becomes more obvious by how short the movie is, and because of how many characters they needed to create a cohesive story. They needed a team pro Godzilla and a team pro Kong for there to be any relatability towards both monsters. But of course, all humans feel just as uneeded and boring as it does in Transformers. The main message, if intended, was fine enough but there were no originality in it here and no depth too. Just another company's greed ruining something nice because of said greed.
Is the Snyder's Cut better than the 2017 version? Definitely! Is it good? Yes, somewhat. Is a masterpiece? No, god no. Is it good as Marvel movies? Hell no!
The Snyder cut is definitely a huge improvement on the 2017. There is no question that is a good fair movie. The same way Transformers is a good fair movie. It is pure entertainment. But the main problems of the Snyder Saga is still here.
Some of the things I liked.
1. A good scene: Superman staring Flash down when he is in super speed is actually nice.
2. Made me appreciate the terrible but superior Watchmen movie.I prefer to sit through that slog compared with this a 1000x.
3. It made me want to pickup and read actual great Justice League stories or to re-watch the Animated Series/Unlimited.
SNYDER went through some horrible shit. But that doesn't make him a good director nor a good storyteller. 6/10, I`m out!
its about a police drama, but somewhat light compared with CSI, Law and Order etc, that shows the lives of police offices in Los Angeles. It isn't a pure comedy, there have heavy subjects approached in the show like the dangers of indeciveness when approaching certain situations, how much of police work is usually dangerous and really daming for the individual on a emotional and physical level etc etc.
Its MC is played by Nathan Fillion, but instead of a lovable comedian, it plays a little, just a little more serious compared with other character Fillion has played. It is a crime drama, but some moments are worth a shuckle or two.
Really good crime show. Funny and weird at times. The characters are lovely. It is the to-go show for those wanting something nice that isn't too serious. It feels like mixturing the lightness of friends with criminal shows like CSI, a pinch of lovable characters and Nathan Fillion as the cherry on top. Stana Katic is also amazing, Huertas and Dever's friendship shines as the show goes one. They aren't the perfect bromance like in scrubs, but it is still a nice bromance. Quinn's character is a little weird as she is so perfect that I haven't even met someone that perfect irl.
Overall, watch it if you want something light that you can keep it on while cleaning or even eating dinner-lunch.
Good TV show that doesn't shy from heavy subject even if some approaches are superficial at worse. All characters are flawed but likable. The series is not very light but also not very heavy. It has a certain balance between comedy vs seriousness.
Overall, people wanting to watch something interesting and slightly funny will have a good time. I can think of only two reasons of why someone would drop or not watch it: a) It has been cancelled and S01 ends in a cliffhanger b) It is based on a Comic Book, depending of how much of a fan the person is, and how it compares with the show, the person may not like it. (I haven't read the comic yet).
Smulders is great in here as she usually is. It usually doesn't feel like Robin from HIMYM, with some key moments I had flashbacks of Robin when she says "Awwww" or some other thing connecting to the older show. But I'm glad that for me, she didn't became typecast.
Jake Johnson was also a pleasant surprise here, since the last place I watched him was from New Girl. It is nice to see him working a "bad boy" type of character.
All the other characters are also likable as stated. Hoffman is a little stiff at first but gets more interesting the more the series goes. Ansel is a nice character that lightens the show quite a lot when he is in scene. Tookie is also great and funny, Cosgrove's actress pick is also good. And having a Indigenous Community in the show was interesting.
Oh, yeah, the soundtrack is also great. Made me sing along many of the songs. Kudos for specially playing a Tegan and Sara song.
Dan Harmon, you sunnofabitch, you did it again, Im in. Cool. Cool, cool, cool. Now lets make a pillow, no a blanket fort. Erase that, let`s have a 50.000 US$ dollars paintball match.
This show is for those that like flawed likable and developing characters with some surrealism thrown into the mixture. The comedy is similar to Rick and Morty, however, lighter. The episodes, at least in the first 3 seasons, are excellent.
This show, to me, is terrible. The characters are mostly extremely unlikable and in its third season, kills off its most likable one, which isn`t that much likable either. Of course, not all entertainment needs to have a likable character, but the unlikable character usually comes with a message, they are used to convey a message or they use that unlikability to further develop in latter seasons. But in HGAWM, if there is a message, in buried deep in its need to keep escalating the drama in mostly annoying ways.
Season 1 starts with a somewhat understandable drama. A girl is dead, she used to sleep with her college teacher, which coincidentally is the MC s husband, the big shot professor-lawyer that has her favorites based on the hand full of students that compete hard enough. The competitiveness is incredibly annoying to say the least, while It does show some characteristics of each character, it serves to send a message "Look, to be a big shot lawyer you need to be a backstabber" which is, as far as I know, far from the truth, at least in Brazil. Only in Murica, the idea of extreme competitiveness is that appealing, not to say it is just Murica.
Wes Gibbins, one of the MC s fave students start a "friendship" with his neighbor, a girl that was the dealer of the dead girl. She goes to the MC s home to accuse the MC s husband of murdering the dead girl because she was pregnant, he they starts to get hostile, Wes and the rest of the students get their and see him getting violent. What happens? Wes kills the MC s husband, she finds out and… covers for them because he was a cheating bastard. I mean, ok, but seriously, this is the plot here. The second and third season is awful too, they turn the drama way to the top, but what should I expect of Shonda Rhimes style of story telling if not one big pile of drama that keeps getting bigger and bigger. Not drama enough? How about a gunmen get into the hospital and shoot the MC s husband (Im talking about Greys Anatomy). Not drama enough? Let`s make a bunch of doctors crash in a helicopter and have some of them die or extremely hurt. But the difference here is: the characters of Grey's Anatomy are mostly all likable. I mean, George O'Malley, so likable, even the bully gets a redemption story, he starts studying to be a pediatrician, that is a nice twist to the cliched alpha child. But I can state without guilt that HGAWM accomplishes the opposite of Grey's Anatomy.
Moonrise Kingdom isn't per se just a movie, it is an aesthetic experience, artistic, beautifully shot, wonderfully directed and skillfully edited (as far as my limited knowledge go).
We can start exploring the visuals of the movie, Wes Anderson, as already stated by better reviewers (aka CineFix, and others) always shot his movies focusing on the center or splitting the scene in the two corners (right and left), and that characteristic of his directing makes for some wonderful visuals and scenes, as well as great shots, and we cannot forget in some surreal (breaking the four wall) transitional shots that are well edited if not one shooted. I don't understand enough about color theory and even if it is a fact, however, the colors of this movie give a sense of nature, they are upbeat but real. And if that isn't what constitutes a great movie, in the technical sense, I don't know what does.
The sound, while forgetful, is good, made me think of looking for it on Spotify.And we cannot forget about the wonderful cast that Wes Anderson always manages to gathers towards his films. Every single actor manages to express what their characters should express. The main characters (Sam and Suzy) express suffering in an anguishing way. And I have to say, it amazes me their scene in the beach, the moonrise kingdom, where they first kissed . I cannot help but think about how embarrassing they must have felt and they still did a good job. Let's not forget about they are two children trying to make a scene in front of adults and that the movie was in many theaters around the world. That in itself is already difficult for grow people, lets remember the fact that Henry Cavill got a boner in the set of The Tudors, and how most actors and actresses think is the most dreaded part of the job, imagine being a teen and going through that? It is amazing they managed to make it funny (at least to me) in a non-awkward way.
TL;DR: This is an amazing movie for Wes Anderson fans and alike, and also a good intro movie for those who never watched a Wes Movie. 10/10, would watch it again.
It s a good enough movie to waste time, entertaining enough to not be bored. But if you have something more important to do, go do it. It is a Rowan Atkinson movie too, those who like him will like the movie (like me, even if my score doesn t show it), those who don`t will do better to sit this one out if you are not curious or do mind wasting time on a okay movie.
Underrated movie is underrated. Comment must be 5 words.
Season 4 is the best so far, it is funnier and looser, it doesn't take itself that seriously and they did try some different types of jokes (with the usual bad ones here and there). But overall is a great season compared with the other four. The first season was pretty introductory and Reverse Flash was just annoying since we don't really know what truly motivates him so worse villain so far. The second season's villain was zoom, he was more interesting and better structured and developed. Savitar was also interesting. DeVos, however, manages to take the cake of best flash villain from this so-so TV series, I'm a sucker for plots "corruption of the good intended".
This is by far anything better than what we have from The CW DC series, not even Arrow Season 5 (which I admittedly found it pretty good with a villain that was in did stronger than the MC). I already know Thomas Wayne was Batman in the alternate timeline because of spoilers (this is an old movie) and wasn't that surprised by it. But the ending did surprise me quite a bit.
Funny how the best soccer movie of all time is Chinese, its genre is Comedy and there is plenty of "Kung Fu" or the funny equivalent of it. It is unique and quite different from most western comedy movies and that makes for a pretty funny and nonsensical movie, especially since it doesn't take itself seriously.
Holy shit, Luke Cage went from so-so to a really great TV Series. The first season was nice, but it was kind of a mess. It still felt like a Netflix/Marvel TV Series but it lack more structure and a better pace. Season two didn't fix that too much, but it did make it up by developing some characters even more and presenting with a new villain with power. There much to say about season 2, but the main thing that really did like was how it depicted a real relationship (the closest I have seen from TV) how fights can happen, how can one see things differently from different points of view, and how one can lose their temper when your loved one can't understand your point of view (I'm with Clair on this one). Another thing that I loved was how it depicted Luke's fall from grace by trying to make him mad with power.
This show is a nice surprise, there is a nice "original" plot. The only criticism is the fact that the protagonist has a sudden "grow of balls" and starts acting more confident really suddenly, if you disregard it (and some other annoyances) this Series can be quite entertaining. The villain is quite interesting too, and makes you feel angry and hate him (it is not Jack The Handsome, but he is a "fueling rage" type of villain). The "victims" and their relations to each other and the villain make you tune too. There are some nice scenes in CGI (in the game). It is interesting and should make you less bored in an "I have nothing better to do" time.
This may be a Sherlock Holmes story, but at the same time, it would be fine if they just changed the name of the characters and change it for a different series entirely. This, however, doesn't make the show bad, there are boring episodes and some great ones (looking at you S03E24 "A Controlled Descent") and Johnny Lee Miller and Lucy Liu makes a decent job, Miller does feel like an "addicted to mystery detective and ex-addict" and Lucy Liu does look like an "ex-surgeon, now wants to be a detective (and becomes one later)". There are also plenty of nice scenes and talks about addicting, crime etc. It is entertaining, but it doesn't force you to "believe" that Sherlock Holmes is a genius, it actually kind of depicts him as more of an obsessive character than a "genius" detective (while I do agree there are some things that don't make sense), it is at least better at showing how Sherlock Holmes got to a conclusion than the TV Series "Sherlock" since they just throw the word "he is a genius" and be done with it without giving the viewers the chance to realize the conclusion (sometimes Elementary sins on this too).
Happily being one of the very few (I actually can`t think of another TV Series exploring the same theme) polyamorous romances out there, "You Me Her" manages to captivate your attention and your heart with its loving characters and cute situations. This TV Series is without a doubt a favorite of the "Romance" genre to me, together with "Love" from Judd Apatow.
The Plot
Don't get me wrong, I know nothing of polyamorous relationships (nor monogamous relationships either), but for me, this TV Series manages to explore the doubts and insecurities that people in a polyamorous relationship goes through. They explore the insecurities of being just a third wheel ( like Jack in the second Season and Izzy in the third ), the insecurities and fears to face society (not that they explicitly show any strong prejudice) and some other details like friends judging you because of your relationship decisions etc.
It is wildly interesting plot, while it does rely on cliches its cuteness and its pleasant ambiance makes up for it.
The Characters, or why the cuteness extreme
I can't say why, but every single character in this TV Series are loving and caring, they may have their quirkiness and their weaknesses but they overall care for each other. It is a nice change from the base overgrowing post-modern cynical TV Series appearing all over the place like everything on Adult Swim (which I do like, but sometimes its tiresome to always question if things have meaning or not).
Even if I stated that I can say that during the first season I actually didn't like the protagonists Jack and Emma's judgmental friends, but they grow up and stuff doing it.
The Soundtrack
There is very few TV Series that manages to catch my attention with its soundtrack, this is, unfortunately, not one.
Final Thoughts
While I regard this as one of my favorite "light romcom" TV Series, I still see some minor flaws, but its positive message and its interesting subject, while cliched, make up for it. It is a nice romance that everyone should watch.
I have watched the trilogy (so far there is only a trilogy) and boy how glad I'm to see this saga only improve. I found the first one shitty, but enough of that, this is a comment on this movie specifically, not the trilogy, even so, I will compare this primarily with the other two, without getting too detailed about it.
The plot continues not so short after the first movie. There is a narration in the beginning but it's not so annoying as others narrations can be. The first scene of the apes hunting was amazingly shot, I actually gasped a little, first, there is Ceasar's yell, then a moment of the prey running in despair and then the sound starts. That sound I found it so amazing and fit the scene nicely, but I don't think any director could pull something like that easily (though I'm "dummy" level when it comes to cinematography techniques).
The plot then follows slowed-paced. It is actually kind of boring at times, but this is rewarded by the emotional shit, the conflict that comes in Ceasar's understanding that Apes are just as bad as Humans.
That ending though was better than anything they put in the first movie, but not the third (even better than this one).
Even after the watching the third movie and loving more than the first two, I'm still amazed by Serkis's acting. Even with CGI, he manages to pass a great deal of emotion, that, of course, couldn't be accomplished with a shitty CGI team, so they did a really amazing job in that part.
While I was praising the sound from the opening scene I can say that its soundtrack is not that memorable and other movies, that is not to say that is bad, it's just not memorable.
Compared to the other two movies, the humans in this one is lacking something, I would say charisma, but that wouldn't be accurate. The only acting that really stands out, besides Serkis, is that of Gary Oldman. But even Gary didn't have the time for truly shine.
Finally, I must say that the first movie is good but worse than this one and this one is worse than the third one. At least in my humble opinion.
Wayne got some moves. Really funny. "Holy... Kidnapping, Batman!"
Laugh so loud my neighbors complained. Whoopi is the best! Seriously, the surprise face I was making was enough for anyone to laugh.
