Interesting concept, I really liked the first half of the movie. But there's no way I can sympathise with Anon, after she deleted Sol's memories of his dead son and made him watch his child dying constantly. I'm honestly disappointed she got off scot free at the end.
The MCU's Spider Man countinues to be an immature idiot and Tobey and Andrew are the only good thing about this movie. I wish we had seen more of them.
Imo this was the weakest season so far. It ended before it really got started and the plot didn't really progress much.
Promising premise, ultimately let down by a very poor ending.
As a big fan of the books, I honestly prefer the 2000 mini-series and the '84 film to this. Good casting choices and some interesting visuals, but that's about it. I barely finished the movie, it's too slow and boring compared to the books and the other two adaptations, plus I really disagree with some of the character interpretations and plot changes.
I thoroughly enjoyed this movie. Worth every second.
I loved the premise, but the execution was poor. The first half is great, I loved this take on first contact with aliens; but in the second half focuses on telling the story of just one person, instead of the much more interesting story of the aliens and their relationship with humanity. Louise also comes of as extremely selfish. She either should have told Ian what would happen to their daughter beforehand or never at all. And as others have pointed out, she can relive her time with their daughter any time she pleases, but Ian can't. All he has is the pain of losing a child. I don't find her story sympathetic at all, I just feel sorry for Ian.
A show notorious for an awful ending comes back from the dead and has an even worse second ending.
An ending which wasn't earned at all:
- Dexter is acting sloppy and idiotic the whole time. This is a man who got away with hundreds of murders.
- Angela, who hasn't been able to solve a series of missing persons cases in her own town for 10+ years, solves the BHB case thanks to a series of plot contrivances, a google search and a freaking retcon (the M99/ketamine inconsistency, that made all of this possible). Her conversation with Batista in the final episode makes no sense either.
- The writing for Harrison is all over the place. After ten episodes I barely know who this kid is and what he wants. He keeps running away from conversations until the final couple of episodes and then we get barely 45 min of father-son bonding out of the whole season. His 180° turn in the next and final episode feels incredibly rushed.
- The show completely falls apart when Dexter kills Logan and he didn’t have to. All the evidence they had on Dexter was circumstantial at best, they had nothing solid to tie him to any of the murders. Any capable lawyer would have got him out of this. So his decision to attack a cop and prove himself a killer is the most illogical and out of character action he could have taken at the time. It was all downhill from there.
I am not upset Dexter died. His death could’ve happened in any number of fulfilling ways that honored the journey and the themes of humanity, morality, consequences, personal growth, development of empathy, justice/vengeance, the lasting effects of trauma the show explored in its' original run.
I’m upset they instead had his own son put him down like an animal while undermining years of character development to tell us he was just a psychopath incapable of feeling all along. Vilifying him entirely at the last second to force this outcome feels like weird moralistic bullshit punishing and mocking us for caring. Miss me with that bullshit.
A show notorious for an awful ending comes back from the dead and has an even worse second ending. I need to rewatch the old seasons to wash the taste of awful out of my mouth.
Ben Barnes is the only good thing about this show, the rest of the cast is terrible. The characters are flat, the plot is boring and the great visuals can't make up for it. I can't say I'm surprised though, the books have all the same issues.
I have not read the books and I found the first episode so slow and boring I don't know if I want to go on. This whole episode should have been done in 20 minutes. None of the characters grabbed me and the acting is so poor. I wanted to like it, as I'm a huge fan of fantasy, but this is so bad.
I can't believe how bleak and mean-spirited this finale was. Not only does the bad guy get away with everything, but it's also implied that those desperate people deserved to have their children taken away and sold to the highest bidder, who could be a child-abusing monster for all they know. I'm against the practice of surrogacy, but the message rings kind of hollow given the presentation.
Wow, this is so bad compared to the first season. I hate Miranda and Mary is unbearably stupid.
Yay, another movie that treats the rape and murder of women as a plot device to fuel the angst of a man, while portraying it in a grossly sexualized way. Bonus points for comparing the above to the breakdown of a romantic relationship and implying the main character deserves to live in misery because she divorced a guy. Just say you hate women and go.
I'm not giving it 0 stars just because of the great performances of the actors.
The final season is a disgrace and pretty much ruined the show for me. The main characters were treated so poorly and the conclusion thematically contradicts the entire series up to that point. It should have ended with season 5 (maybe even season 4).
Thank god we have the books.
Honestly I feel pretty let down by the Loki series and not just because of the weird, gross “selfcest” thing, but because Loki is not himself at all. The hamfisted way they skipped years of character development is bad enough, but his skills, intelligence and physical prowess seem to have evaporated. Even his mannerisms and the way he speaks are different.
Loki has been rewritten as a completely different character by people who haven't the faintest idea who he is or his previous history. Even Ragnarok treated him better than that. The movies have established Loki as a 1000+ year old powerful sorcerer, master manipulator and clever strategist from an ancient alien civilization. But he has also spent his life being second best, never quite fitting in and not knowing why. However the show is seemingly trying to imply Loki lived a charmed life as a spoiled prince, all in an effort to prop up Sylvie, the "superior" Loki, whose life has been anything but. It's all completely ridiculous and makes me resent Sylvie just for existing.
The once clever and highly adaptable Loki has been reduced to comic relief, a bumbling fool the plot is happening to, but barely has any effect on the story. He’s just...there. It’s sad to see. I really don't understand why Marvel keep punishing characters that apparently became more popular than intended, instead of embracing them. Loki was sidelined to the point he's even being treated as a sidekick in his own series.
Also Sylvie and Loki kissing was one of the most cringey and uncomfortable things I’ve ever watched.
The plot has so much potential, but the movie meanders too much and leaves so many things unexplained that it makes for a very unsatisfying viewing experience.
This season was different from the previous two in all the wrong ways. Storylines from last season were dropped for no reason and the characters were given new (unlikable) personalities. If these issues are not fixed I don't see this lasting beyond season 4.
Overall I liked the series a lot. But this episode, I think, was the weakest. The fight scenes were the least interesting part of the episode and final confrontation with Karli was underwhelming. The following scene of Sam lecturing the politicians was cringy, like something out of a Saturday morning cartoon and doesn't really fit with the realistic spin they are going for. I thought the Falcon/Captain America costume was ugly af and it looked too big for Anthony Mackie,it just didn't fit him properly. The design looks ok in comic book art, but they didn't adapt it well. I also didn't like that Walker got a kind of a redemption arc. The rest of the episode was fine, but I think Bucky could have benefited from a little more character development. His arc seemed unfinished/rushed, like they sidelined him the last few episodes.
Demon!Dean is kind of a disappointment...
Supernatural was one of my all-time favourite shows for the first 5 seasons. After that the writing took a dive in quality and I finally quit watching in early season 8. Now that the show has ended I decided to catch up, just to see if it ever got better. However the longer I watch the sadder I get that Eric Kripke wasn't allowed to end the show in season 5, as he originally planned. The writing just keeps getting worse and knowing how everything ended for our beloved characters makes me sad and angry their misery stretched on for years and years only to arrive to that conclusion. I'm aware Kripke planned a completely tragic ending, but I think it would have gone down much better, as it would be the story the creator intended to tell all along, matching thematically with the overarching storyline of those first five seasons and the characters wouldn't get trashed after years of bad storytelling. Unlike what we got.
I liked it, the show is off to a good start. I don't understand the comments saying it was slow, since this is the first episode, it's setting things up and we're getting to know the characters better. It had the right amount of action and plot. I for one am happy it's not a missions-of-the week, explosions-every-five-minutes type of show and we're actually going to learn more about the characters too.
Bucky is one of my favourites from the MCU and I always felt he had a lot of potential. It was frustrating the movies didn't do more with the character, considering what interesting comic book material there is to go off of. I'm looking forward to the show exploring Bucky and Sam more, both characters will benefit from it. I have zero interest in Sam so far and since he's supposed to be taking the CA mantle I feel they really need to beef up his character development.
As someone who has never read the books the show comes off as surprisingly dull. It is certainly beautifully made, you can see the story has tons of potential and there is probably a lot of information (too much perhaps) missing compared to the books. But the storytelling in the show is clunky at best and most of the characters are just not very engaging to me. I think this more because of the writing than the actors, most of whom do well with the material they are given.
I don't know how (un)popular of an opinion this is, but I kind of liked the movie adaptation better. I found Lyra a much stronger character in that one.
I expected more from the second season - it started off well and then for the last 3 or so episodes the story just...stalled? I haven't read the books, so I didn't even realize this episode was supposed to be the season finale. The season feels incomplete/unfinished to me.
Joaquin Phoenix' performance makes this movie, it's impressive what he's managed to do with a character that's paper thin. Beyond that the movie's not really as deep as it's been made out to be, though it's entertaining all the same.
The movie features great performances, gorgeous costumes and beautiful sets. But the story is awful, the characters loathsome, it has incredibly annoying music, as well as some of the ugliest camera angles. The many sexual and nude scenes were also off-putting. Much pretentiousness, little substance.
To be honest after two seasons I find I'm enjoying this show a lot more than TBBT. The original started strong, but very soon started deriving its humour from mocking the main characters, instead of from nerdy things. YS seems to have a much better handle on humour and character development.
Not scary at all and the plot was non-existant. There is virtually no explanation where the kid came from or why he decided to turn his back on humanity. The basic idea behind the movie had potential, but was let down at every turn by a pretty bad script. Waste of time.
I enjoyed this one a lot, though some things could have been done better. The different timelines can be pretty confusing, though if you pay attention to the dialogue its not that hard to figure out what is going on. Still, it could have been handled better and the worldbuilding needed a little more explaining too. However the story is interesting, the acting is good and the effects are well done. Overall an enjoyable show.
I decided to check this one out, because of all the very favourable comparisons to Supernatural and I love the first 5 seasons of SPN. To say I was disappointed is an understatement. I wanted to like this show and the premise is promising, but man is the writing weak. None of the characters grabbed me either. I slogged through this snorefest for half a season and just couldn't go on.
