Decent episode but the feminist part about "mansplaining" was stupid.
This is an excellent movie that has completely surpassed my expectations. It has lots of amazing action and great comedy and wonderful performances from all the actors involved. The movie reminds me of Kill Bill.
Amazing acting, great action scenes, good movie, but I didn't like the protagonist, he was no antihero, only a villain. This movie was fun to watch but definitely not a masterpiece despite it being a classic in the film industry. I found the character Tony Montana to be a complete idiot, yes, he has courage but his decisions make no sense. I know this movie isn't trying to be realistic but an idiot like Tony Montana would never get as up in the world in real life. He has none of the characteristics that make a great leader except for scaring the hell out of everyone around him. In the end I can only give this a 7/10.
That ending just proved that this new show was just another terrible cashgrab sequel that they made just to take a dump on the original show of Dexter. The worst thing is that they have an amazing character to work with and there is so much they can do with it but instead of rebooting the series, they end it after only 10 episodes and not in a good way. It makes no sense to root for the characters that weren't even in the original Dexter, they are like unimportant side characters in Dexter's story and they are given too much focus and too much support.
Also, OG Dexter never would have made those mistakes and he would have always put his survival above everything else. And claiming that Dexter loves Harrison although he is incapable of love is just lazy writing.
All of this is lazy writing. Most modern hollywood tv shows and movies are just terrible reboots and terrible sequels that nobody asked for and when we do get a sequel that we would be interested in, they take a huge dump on it, as if to mock the original show's creators for putting in so much work into it.
The only things that have remained consistent over the past couple of years are anime, manga and books. And once a year, if I'm lucky, I get 1 movie that is a true 10/10, and maybe one show that I really love but it isn't like what it used to be, because nobody seems to know how to write good stories anymore, even with a character as basic and easy to write as Dexter. This show takes lazy writing to a whole other level.
As someone who hated seasons 6 and 7, I feel like this is one of the best episodes of season 8. It has the same feeling that the earlier seasons of The Flash used to have. And for the first time, we finally get to see Allegra use her powers in a fight where she is not just a sidekick. Also, we get some Thawne action, and the introduction of a new speedster, and somehow they managed to get rid of Iris, which I love.
At the start of the episode, I immediately recognized the actor who plays Harold Birch, he played Lisa's son Ben on Supernatural when he was a kid. He must have pulled some strings over at the CW to be in one episode of The Flash. He has gained a lot of weight.
Episode Bad should be the true title
I stopped watching halfway through episode 9 of season 7, and the show was one of my top 5 favorite shows on TV still airing, so it is really as bad as you say. This is mainly the fault of Eric Wallace, who is the worst showrunner ever, worse than Guggenheim (Arrow's showrunner).
Season 1: 9/10 (Amazing, one of the best seasons of the entire show)
Season 2: 9/10 (As good as Season 1)
Season 3: 8/10 (Great season but the villain is less cool and there are less good episodes)
Season 4: 7/10 (Good season overall but mediocre ending)
Season 5: 6/10 (Decent first half with Cicada, Terrible second half with Cicada II)
Season 6: 5/10 (Decent first half with Bloodwork, Mediocre second half with Mirror Monarch)
Season 7: 4/10 (The entire season sucks)
If you look at the showrunner per season, it's easy to see the reason why the show got worse over time.
Season 1 was led by Andrew Kreisberg
Season 2 was led by Andrew Kreisberg, Gabrielle Stanton, Aaron Helbing, and Todd Helbing
Season 3 was led by Andrew Kreisberg, Aaron and Todd Helbing
Season 4 was led by Andrew Kreisberg and Todd Helbing
And then Andrew Kreisberg was fired by the production team of The Flash because of sexual harassment accusations, there were even men who accused him, so he was a bisexual predator. I'm not saying that they should have kept Andrew Kreisberg, but they should have at least replaced him with someone who was able to provide the same level of quality as before.
So then, Season 5 was led by Todd Helbing. It was still pretty decent in my opinion, except for the part with Cicada II, but still there were some great parts with the Reverse Flash, which was my favorite character on the show, which Tom Cavanagh played so well.
But then, Todd Helbing had to leave because he felt like the show was preventing him from spending time with his family, he had children and wanted more time to spend with them and his wife, so he quit.
So, for Season 6 and Season 7, the CW chose Eric Wallace, and of course, they had no way of knowing what he would do with the show and it ended in disaster. And now, because of him, the ratings are worse than they have ever been. And there are only some fanboys/fangirls on Reddit who are blinded by fandom so much that they praise him, because most people hate what Eric Wallace has done with the show.
The main problem that the CW has is that it hires bad showrunners sometimes and instead of firing them, they let them stay, no matter how bad the ratings get. I have nothing against gender diversity, sexual diversity, or ethnic diversity, but it should never be seen as a replacement for good writing and a good cast of actors. The best actors of this show are mainly Grant Gustin (Barry Allen/The Flash), Tom Cavanagh (Harrison Wells/Reverse Flash) and Jesse L Martin (Joe West).
Carlos Valdes (Cisco Ramon) and Danielle Panabaker (Caitlin Snow) were also pretty good but their characters are being removed in order to be replaced by worse characters.
And the worst thing is that it doesn't take a genius to write good episodes of The Flash. Eric Wallace could have just given to the fans what they wanted instead of sacrificing quality for SJW politics and everyone would have been happy and the ratings would have been great. With the CGI that they have access to, it doesn't take much to make a fun show that lots of people will want to see.
The main things that are missing this season are (from most important to less important):
1) A good main villain (like Reverse Flash, Zoom and Devoe)
2) Good side villains (like Captain Cold, King Shark, Grodd, The Trickster, Pied Piper, Abra Kadabra, Vandal Savage)
3) A good cast of actors (The original main cast from season 1)
4) Enough episodes that focus on the story, and filler episodes should be at least more entertaining than those that focus on the story. Supernatural did this very well with episodes like "Mystery Spot", "Changing Channels", "The French Mistake", "Scoobynatural", "LARP and The Real Girl", "Ghostfacers", "Fan Fiction", "Yellow Fever", "The Real Ghostbusters", "Bad Day at Black Rock", "Time After Time".
5) Lots of action and only a bit of drama, but not too much so that it doesn't become a soap opera
6) Some progression of the characters, especially The Flash's powers and his speed should be getting better each season like how Clark's speed in Smallville kept getting better and better from season 1 to season 10. And if they are going to give lots of screen time to Allegra, then we should be seeing her using her powers a lot more, she almost never uses them. This show has great CGI that it almost never uses, and it's not like it costs too much because once you have the equipment for the CGI, it doesn't cost more money to add more since it is made from the computer, so they are just being lazy because the showrunner Eric Wallace is lazy.
7) More surprising plot twists throughout the season
8) Less useless dialogue and less cringey dialogue (with 45 minutes of runtime per episode, they should be able to do a lot more, even with their limited budget)
9) More screen time for the characters that people want to see (especially The Flash) and less screen time for side characters
10) More crossover events than just 1 per year. Crossovers are what people want to see, and since all the shows are filmed in the same studio, it shouldn't be very difficult to do it.
My prediction is that if the CW doesn't fire Eric Wallace, they will keep the show running until they start losing money, because although the ratings are bad, if they are still letting him run the show, it must be because they are satisfied with the profits, because the production of TV shows is always about making money, not necessarily pleasing the consumers, unlike in other industries, where public opinion would matter more.
Many people are so picky about the shows that they choose to watch that they will say that everything that the CW has ever made is bad, but the truth is that although it cannot match the level of quality of HBO or AMC shows, the CW is still able to make great TV shows on some occasions when they have a good enough showrunner. People often use Arrow and The Flash as examples to mock the CW but they forget that it's the same network which also made Smallville and Supernatural, both of which were extremely successful, so it's not the network that is to blame, it's the showrunners that the network picked. But even big studios like Warner Bros make that mistake a lot by hiring people like Zack Snyder or Joss Whedon to direct their movies, which makes them end up with bad ratings. I think that is because it is impossible to predict how well a showrunner will be, because even if you look at their history, it doesn't guarantee that their future work will be as good as what they made in the past since there are only a few directors who are able to maintain the same level of quality over many decades (guys like Quentin Tarantino).
I really wish the show either gets fixed or cancelled so that everyone can finally get what they want or just move on. And I am especially curious as to what will be Grant Gustin's next acting job after The Flash because he has a really good level of acting talent and he has a great singing voice too.
The movie's message is very hypocritical because it claims to promote feminism but actually promotes female supremacy (women ruling over men, not the equality message that feminists tend to preach). The barbies getting their world back from the Kens is seen as fair and equal even though it is literally a matriarchy where the men are just there to entertain the women and don't even have their own houses. They switch from patriarchy to matriarchy but never mention it.
I am a very liberal person and I am completely for equality, but not female supremacy. And besides, if it was just a few references it would have been fine even then, but the problem is it is the film's main plot. The whole point of the movie is to lecture to men why they shouldn't be the ones in charge and make them appear as buffoons, as morons who can't do anything right, that's what I despise about this movie. The women are never portrayed as idiots except when they are in a brainwashed state, yet the movie claims to promote equality. That's the problem with radical feminists like the film's director (Greta Gerwig).
I guess next time, before I pay for movie tickets, I am going to actually read the critic reviews and make sure that the filmmaker is not a radical moron before I make my decision. This time, I just foolishly picked the movie based on the eye candy I saw in the trailer. And yes, the eye candy was there throughout the entire movie, but that's the only good thing about the movie, everything else was horrible. Ryan Gosling is a great actor but in this, he is portrayed as a weak spineless man, and the few times where he is portrayed as strong, it is only in a stereotypical way to make fun of him. If the movie really preached equality, it wouldn't be so focused on making the men appear as idiots or promoting a female dominated society, it is because of that kind of stuff that plenty of people (including some women) are against feminism.
I completely understand wanting to tear down the patriarchal aspects of society or calling them out, but by replacing them with ideas of female supremacy, it makes the movie's message lose its credibility, because feminism tends to be about equality, not trading patriarchy for matriarchy, which doesn't even work in the real world. All matriarchal societies are either failures or they are stuck in a very undeveloped state and never make any progress. Also, there is a reason why some jobs are more male dominated than others, very few women want to work in construction, because it is dirty, it is a lot of heavy lifting, and it can lead to broken nails and even serious injuries.
It was the most beautiful and emotional movie I have ever seen, I recommend it to everyone. This movie was there when I needed it the most, it shows how much one man can make a difference in the world, no matter what he does, and how we sometimes don't even realize what impact our very own existence can have on other people's lives.
This movie was ... special, I wouldn't call it a masterpiece or a perfect film but this movie is like no other romance movie. Instead of only showing the best parts to make you feel warm feelings, it shows you everything and all in one night. And what is truly special about this movie is that it is realistic, I mean you can imagine that a story like this could indeed be possible, it's about seizing the opportunities as they come instead of just watching life happen and not doing anything. I, myself, feel that there are many moments within my life's history, that if I had acted differently, my life would not be the same, I have so many "What if" moments. And, I watch these kinds of movies, not only to feel good or sad for a short amount of time but also to show me examples of situations where there actually is an opportunity to seize. Not many guys watch as much romance movies as I watch. I do it because it guides me in life. This movie was also special because of the different ideas that the two main characters share, instead of introducing some crazy story to the plot, all they did was, make the characters talk and talk and share ideas about love, about relationships, about death, about everything. If I could write decimals in my ratings, I would give this movie a 7.5/10. Not a 10 because of how little it made me feel but I still liked it nonetheless and it was indeed special in itself.
This movie was amazingly perfect from the beginning to the end. It is my favorite romantic comedy of all time and probably my favorite movie of all time.
Amazing and perfect season premiere, very touching especially at the end, I never knew this show could become so great, it has climbed up a lot from my list of top tv shows. Best show about DC Comics.
It was very similar to The Suicide Squad but better in my opinion, mainly because of The Rock and because the CGI in this movie was very impressive. It's not a masterpiece but it's a classic action movie, kind of like the type that The Rock is usually in but in the DC superhero kind. The story isn't very good but I still enjoyed it because of the action scenes, the effects, the characters and the acting.
This movie is extremely underrated because people judge it as a Marvel movie, so they expect a lot of action and they are disappointed when they see that for most of the movie, Thor doesn't even have his powers.
Many people dislike this movie because of the lack of action but it has the best character development out of all the other Marvel movies that focus on a character. No other Marvel character has evolved as a person in one movie as much as Thor has in this movie.
At the beginning of the movie, Thor has a really big ego since he is only interested in action, fame and glory, and he would rather kill people than save people so at this point, he is not really a true superhero, just a warrior who wants to fight.
The reason why Odin takes away Thor's powers is because that is the only way for him to become more humble and to grow into the responsible adult that his father wants him to be.
And of course, many people would say that Thor shouldn't be this way to begin with but they forget that his father was the king of Asgard, so he was raised in similar conditions as the rich kids of our world, and those kids tend to let it go to their head and they start to think like they are better than everyone else. And I am not relying on something that I read, but my own experiences to claim such things because I spent 4 years around rich kids in middle school.
It was only when Thor lost his powers and became as weak as a human that he realized his vulnerabilities and that is when he became more humble and less focused on his ego.
Another thing that I love about that movie is that at the end, you can see that Thor has evolved so much as a person that he can be viewed as a hero when he stops Loki from destroying Jotunheim completely. But the thing is that Loki is doing the exact same thing that the former Thor from the beginning of the movie would have been willing to do. The main difference between Thor and Loki is that Thor is the only one between the two who grows as a character because he is the only one who is punished by Odin.
This movie shows that it is not the costume and the hammer that makes Thor a superhero, but it is what he does with those things. In the beginning, he was a selfish warrior, and in the end, he became a selfless hero who was willing to sacrifice his own life for the safety of other people even though he knew that without his powers, he wouldn't be able to win.
What is interesting when looking at the Disney+ Loki series (which came out 10 years after this movie) is that when Loki is punished by the TVA, he also learns a lesson and grows as a hero just like Thor did in this movie.
This movie was much more disappointing than I remember. I first watched it as a kid at the age of around 10 years old, I am now 22 and I hadn't watched it until today since the first time that I saw it. When I was a kid, I loved the crazy violence and fight scenes because I had seen nothing like it and I thought it looked cool. But now that I am an adult, when I watch this movie, I see only try-hard fight scenes that look like the star wars prequels' lightsaber fights. This movie also has tons of plot holes, there are things that make no sense and there are scenes that defy the laws of physics. At one point in the movie, snow suddenly appears everywhere, it's as if in only a few hours, it changed from summer to winter but with absolutely no explanation. Also, apparently in the kill bill world, special magic swords can cut other swords like butter. There are so many japanese stereotypes that seem completely ridiculous. Also, guns exist in that fictional world but when people use swords, it's as if all the character forget that using a gun would be much more effective, though, after seeing so much ridiculous nonsense in this movie, I wouldn't be surprised if the protagonist was able to make the bullets bounce off her sword. That is how cartoonish this movie is. I know that Tarantino is famous for using a lot of crazy violence in his movies but in this one, it was so overused that it quickly started to look very fake. And, many characters are able to do things that they shouldn't be able to do just so the movie can happen. This movie can be entertaining but you basically have to shut off your brain completely when you watch it since its even less realistic than a superhero movie.
The only good things about this movie are the soundtrack, the acting, the animation, the japanese voices and a few funny scenes.
This episode was amazing. TV shows as good as this are very rare these days. I didn't expect a lot but this is clearly the coolest superhero in the Arrow-verse right now. I also liked how the actor how played Harry in Dexter made a comeback in this TV show as Black Lightning's close friend who is also a father figure to him. The special effects were great and the suit was excellent. 10/10 (I rarely give 10/10 for any tv episode these days)
This movie was unoriginal and boring. I really don't see what's so fun in seeing a movie about a underdeveloped character that just uses guns for the entire movie with terrible fight choreography. The fight scenes were at best like those of a low budget indie movie. Yes, before I've seen plenty of times movies that were of the same genre (most movies were with Jason Statham) but those were at least 7/10 this deserves a 3/10, the only things I liked in this movie were the gold coin system, the rain sequences (which had good camera work) and the cool muscle cars. Most people who like this movie are probably kids or people who haven't seen many action movies in their lives, I've seen most of them already, so I tend to have a more critical mindset towards those kinds of movies. The only time a dull movie like this one could become good would be if there was comedy in it like 21 Jump Street or Mr. Right. These days, I find that the only good action movies are the superhero movies and that's not because I only like superhero movies (if you see my ratings). Another thing I found pretty terrible was how the actors that play the russian mob don't look russian at all, they didn't even try. At least in Arrow, the russian mob really looks like how the real russian mob would look like but not here.
I feel like the movie was visually stunning in the effects and the filming but the story itself and its main character are weak, I mean she's supposed to be an FBI agent for christ's sake, and she can't do anything to defend herself. She was acting like a fucking civilian. Makes no sense whatsoever. And letting the villain win for no reason was a terrible idea. I give this a 4/10. I really don't get what the critics see in this piece of crap of a movie to give it a total rating of 94%. At least to me, a good movie is a movie that has good strong realistic characters and an interesting story, and amazing movie for me is something that does all that and has stunning visuals and gives me chills. All this movie had was stunning visuals, but the ending was terrible. Worst movie ending ever.
This episode was amazing, I guess it is true that the old episodes are the best. There are so many ways that we can relate to Bart in this episode.
This Anime is amazing, it has so many funny moments, the story is great and the character development is very good. I am hooked and glad that the second episode is as good as the first one.
Seems like the mom got what was coming to her. I guess all parents are control freaks on some level but this one is just the worst. I mean what did she expect by using this implant to control her daughter? This episode was very good, I realize that in the two first episodes of this season, the theme is similar, it's about control freaks who do terrible things for better or for worst and it ruins their life.
Bad storytelling and failed remake but great stuntwork and great landscapes. The characters weren't very interesting and the story was bad but the scenes looked beautiful, the scenes in nature were total eye candy. 6/10.
The solution to the problem the main character is facing was predictable. The rest wasn't. I never knew a movie could have such good visuals and such amazing acting. Yes, it's about teenage girls, yes a lot of the music is made of bad pop songs(though there were some good songs that matched the mood of the scene). But this movie surprised me, I never felt as sad when the movie ended since a long time ago. I really liked the main character, and her evolution throughout the movie. Though like most movies of this kind, I guess hollywood sends the wrong message, telling guys that all they have to do is be nice guys and they'll get the girl is just a bunch of lies. But anyways, I don't watch movies so that they can teach me something, I watch movies for the experience, to feel emotions I would rarely feel in real life. And I have to say, this movie was beautiful, it may not be a masterpiece because of the many flaws I have mentioned but it is beautiful and I was surprised as I never would have imagined that it would have been as good as it is.
This movie was very special. For the first time in months, I felt like I was really focused on the movie I was watching. Prior to watching this movie I hadn't read the plot which was a good thing because I didn't know what was going to happen or what the movie was about and I was surprised at every twist and turn. The music was very good. I am normally not a fan of crime dramas but this one was so different from the others that it was much more interesting. The filmmaking and the acting were incredible from beginning to end. It's so hard nowadays to find a movie that is as good as this one in all those aspects especially a crime movie, they don't make them as good as they used to.
Terrible Movie, Weak Sauce :( the ending was unrealistic and impossible, and the main characters a bunch of idiots, it's as if the writers were afraid of making a movie with too much gore, seriously, at one time they were like 6 against one zombie and they couldn't do shit. And it's not like they don't have the budget, the movie was based on about the same budget that AMC uses for one episode of the walking dead. I seriously don't get what's wrong with the idiots at Rotten Tomatoes who gave it such good reviews giving it a final rating of 93%. I guess I am very disappointed because I watched the Cornetto Trilogy in reverse, I loved The World's End and gave it a 10, and I also loved Hot Fuzz and also gave it a 10.
The plot makes no sense.
The police chase her after her partner's brother snitches on her, but somehow she still manages to escape to another country? They really expect us to believe that she wouldn't just get caught at the airport? Even Catch Me If You Can makes more sense than this. Also, how does she manage to get credit card numbers without any hacking abilities? And it's not like she knows any hackers either. And, how does she end up being so powerful with only a taser and a box cutter? It makes no sense that nobody uses guns in this movie. Hell, even the Armenians that she steals from in the beginning should have had guns, they were way nicer than they would have been if it was realistic.
The movie is slightly entertaining nonetheless, enough to feel like I didn't completely waste my time, especially since I watched most of it on a plane (downloaded from Netflix beforehand). But there are much better movies out there that tap into that same crime thriller genre.
Sheldon's speech was amazing.
Unfortunately, there is a lot of drama, and not much action but what really surprised me is that the acting in this show is some of the best I have ever seen on a TV show, arguably the best acting in all the superhero tv shows I have seen. At first, when I started watching this show, I thought that it would be difficult to get used to this Lois Lane but now I see that Elizabeth Tulloch is way better as Lois Lane than Erica Durance was in Smallville because she is a way better actress.
The emotional scenes are much more realistic and believable and because of this, whenever I rewatch some episodes of Smallville, I notice that some people on the show are terrible actors and their acting doesn't sound nearly as real as the actors on Superman and Lois. It could also be because the writing is better but I think that there is a huge difference in the quality of the acting in this show compared to the other CW superhero shows that were made in the past and it is really refreshing.
I hated this movie, not because of what it represents, but because the jokes were not funny at all, and the scenes that were supposed to be emotional didn't make sense because the characters were so bland and so I couldn't get attached to them at all.
Also, I loved Taika Waititi's scene in The Suicide Squad but he does a really terrible performance as Hitler. This movie tries too many times to be both serious and funny and I think that is why I couldn't enjoy it. I don't usually give a 1/10 to a movie, especially when it has such a good IMDb score, but this is the exception.
Also, it is very stupid that every time someone dares to post a negative review about this movie, they get attacked and downvoted to oblivion. Comedy is subjective, this is also why there are a lot of people who don't like movies like Monty Python and the Holy Grail. The fans of Jojo Rabbit kind of remind me of the toxic fanbase of Rick and Morty who will always tell you that if you don't understand the jokes, it's because you have a low IQ.
And, the thing is that I knew just 20 minutes in that I hated this movie but because of all the hype, I forced myself to finish it, and I never should have done that because it was a complete waste of time. From now on, if a movie doesn't hold my attention enough for the first 20-30 minutes, I'll just move onto the next one. I could have been watching way better stuff during that time instead of this garbage.
