It wasn't as bad as Luke Cage, but Iron First certainly isn't a good show without flaws either ... heh, actually my average episode rating is 5.615.
My biggest problem: Danny certainly isn't the smartest cookie in the world.
But he actually had pretty much nothing else to offer either, besides his problem with using his head just once.
Fighting? - Even here his character was annoying as ****. And Colleen was a much bigger joy to watch.
The craziest part though is that Ward, of all options, was by far the most interesting character, with the most interesting development and, compared to others, his decisions made actually sense from his perspective. Sometimes.
YOU WERE THE CHOSEN ONE! You were supposed to destroy the bad video movies, not join them! Bring balance to cinema, not leave it in darkness!
Maybe rather than 15 minutes of credits, they could have better spent the time on a decent final act.
damn! this movie bring all feels to whom that watched
I never get engaged by these kind of movies, but man this movie got me crying like a child.
Positive:
+ Good ideas
+ Clever setting
+ Nice effects and surprises (instant freeze!)
+ Gugu
Negative:
- Best scientists of the world are flabbergasted if confronted with basic science (magnetism!)
- Too predictable final third
- Humans
Simply boring. But not in the good Elon Musk "boring" way.
The show's problem is that they have a greater story arc that indeed could result in something awesome. But they simply don't give the story enough time to unfold, in episodes with deep scripts. It's almost as if they'd just go through a checklist, marking their progress, with no interest in making that part of the story the best possible experience.
Give us a break one in a while. Don't resolve conflicts or challenges with a finger snap all the time.
And for god's sake introduce the characters to us on a deeper level.
All the events so far, could have been spread over 30-40 or even more episodes. And it probably would have been a much greater joy and experience. Season 1 is pretty much one huge waste of an interesting idea. It's okay, because you can appreciate the greater idea behind it all. But it could have been so much more. Tragic.
This episode was quite the highlight, with a fierce competition between Misty Knight and Danny Rand, who takes the crown as the dumbest/most annoying protagonist in Netflix' Marvel series.
I won't try to pick a winner, but I'll say that it would be a better world without either of them.
My review for 1x15 is rather similar to previous ones:
Some good scenes and ideas, among many lackluster elements, crowned by "instant solutions" without any real sense for the art of epic drama.
Once again missed opportunities characterize this show. One would hope that they already knew how they failed in that regard or at least that they'll react to critical feedback.
But I fear future seasons will follow exactly the same pattern, as it has been present in most episodes of season 1. This obviously is CBS understanding of a modern series.
I can neither believe the trakt rating (68%) nor the reasoning that some make up ("If you didn't like it, your expectations are the problem!"). As if a movie for and about teens couldn't be bad, just because it is for and about teens.
Bad acting (Andy Garcia, wtf happened to you?).
Bad script ("I have a brilliant plan to beat the villain! It's exactly the same someone else had previously! The villain will never see it coming!").
Dumb characters, who can't think straight forward for a second.
Annoying sidekick(s) with incredibly bad humor.
All fighting scenes are a f***ing joke.
Max Steele is pure trash and that's all.
The sad truth: Despite all the episodes with focus on a different aspect of Trump, it still always feels like so much was left unsaid.
Same for this episode, about the results of Trump's international "efforts".
It's incredible how crazy these days are, when there is no chance at all for John Oliver to sum up even the worst madness.
stop the hating.see from the difference angle
Sigh This film could have been so good. And yet...
Let's start with the pros. Lily James shines as badass zombie-slaying Elizabeth Bennett in a version of the character that feels very fresh and contemporary. Uninterested in finding a husband, this incarnation of Lizzie is much more concerned with the more pressing matter of the recent zombie outbreak. With no patience for polite society, she openly expresses what she thinks and takes out her frustrations by hacking at bushes with a sword. A standout moment involves the iconic confrontation between Lizzie and Darcy after he proposes - but this time the fight involves literal hand-to-hand combat.
Some other standout characters include Matt Smith's hilariously bumbling Mr Collins and Lena Headey's intimidating one-eyed zombie-slayer Lady Catherine, though Sam Riley didn't feel quite right as a snarling, leather-clad Mr Darcy. However despite some interesting and original characterization, the script as a whole left a lot to be desired, full of awkward dialogue and poorly developed plot-lines.
Too ridiculous to be considered a drama but not funny enough to be considered a comedy, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies sits awkwardly between the two. It strikes an uneven balance between the zombie plot-line and the period romance, with neither feeling fully realized. Without sufficient development, events such as Wickham running away with Lydia feel very sudden and random and the romance between Elizabeth and Darcy never quite comes off - due partly to a lack of chemistry between the two lead actors and partly to poor writing.
The overall result is a confused mess of a story centered around an unconvincing romance and a lacklustre action plot. A great concept poorly executed; I'm sad to say this film is another title to add to the long list of mediocre Jane Austen adaptations.
A good movie with a once again exceptional Lupita Nyong'o. I can't remember any performance or role where she wouldn't have managed to shine. Considering her overwhelming talent, I probably never will see her disappoint.
The movie gets a 7/10. And one point extra for Lupita.
The first half is a challenge, with all the details necessary to retell the story. The second half is much better (and more relevant), with a brilliant Cate Blanchett representing the struggles of journalism in our era.
So let me sum up Sansa's decisions:
She met Littlefinger in secret, he offered her whatever she would require from him. And he had the troops of the Vale with him. She denies him.
She keeps pestering Jon for more troops. He confirms that they'd need more but that they tried all options.
Sansa obviously changed her mind and sent for Littlefinger, she doesn't tell Jon a single word about that option though, resulting in him trying a battle that almost gets them all killed.
She acts like she did great.
I was aware of the real Eddie the Eagle and I had a lot more respect for him before I had seen this film.
A complete snore fest, with too many purely fictional story elements, replacing real circumstances, which actually might have been interesting. What remains is nothing individual or creative, just the usual generic Hollywood product.
Very good movie, i don't understand all the bad publicity. I found it fun and very entertaining. Robertson was superb
I was going to give it a 7 has a Movie, but i will rate 8 for the "message" even though ; like the Nix so nicely said; people just don´t care about Tomorrow because it implies to be a "bother" in the Present.
[6.8/10] I’m in no position to say how accurate Homeland is when it comes to the life of a spy. But I have to imagine it’s a hard profession to make friends in. You are in the business of deception, of misdirection, of fooling people to further your own ends, so how could you then turn around trust the people in the same business. How do you know that when your interests aren’t aligned, they’ll use those same abilities on you?
“AltTruth” seems to be playing on the recent Trumpian notion that facts are slippery and malleable. It features plenty of the major players thinking they have a hold of the truth, and having the rug pulled out from under them. It has them doubting who their allies are, questioning whose side everyone is on, with real serious consequences. It raises the question of whether, in a world of spies, you can trust anyone else, or even your own paranoid instincts.
The turns come fast and furious here, the most notable of them being Javadi flipping on Saul when he realizes that his erstwhile partner is on the outside looking in of the intelligence apparatus. When Saul gets him in front of the President Elect, Javadi is suddenly spouting Dar Adal’s party line, telling Keane that there is, in fact, a parallel program, confirming the line of B.S. that Dar has been pitching to her for a long time now.
It is a twist, and a mildly shocking one, but also unsurprising. Javadi was never a true believer, and as much as Saul wanted to believe that Javadi wanted to preserve what they’d built, that they were brothers in arms and not just strange bedfellows, Javadi was also first and foremost interested in saving his own ass over any larger cause or sense of loyalty, which is part of why he became an American agent in the first place.
Because Javadi sees that the winds have changed, and that his best ticket out of this situation is to hit his wagon to Dar Adal. It is a betrayal of Saul, after Saul stuck his neck out for Javadi several times, and it’s cravenly mercenary, but it’s also smart. Who knows if Saul could deliver what he promised. Who knows if Dar wouldn’t just take Javadi out using the same guys he’s been employing as of late. They’re in a business where friends cease to be allies and allies cease to be friends because the power has shifted, and Javadi recognizes that.
Hell, even Carrie recognizes that when she spills the beans about what she’s uncovered and admits that she didn’t know what side Saul was on. He’s certainly been Dar’s pal and running buddy before, and put pressure on her not to advise the President Elect, so it’s not crazy to think that Carrie’s own closest ally in the agency might have been working against her, whether he knew it or not.
But the biggest case of mistaken truths, false hunches, and terrible consequences is Quinn and Astrid. Quinn is paranoid, finding a gun, his papers, and various attendant facts about this wonderful lake house where he can somehow stay indefinitely and begins to realize it doesn’t all add up. He sees a familiar guy skulking around the grocery store; he knows Astrid’s been in contact with Dar Adal, and he thinks something’s fishy.
The neat thing about the story is that he’s not wrong, even though he’s completely wrong. When he stalks whom he thinks is the guy from the grocery store, he knocks out the wrong man. And before that, he thinks Astrid is there to take him out, that she’s untrustworthy. In a charged, skin-crawling scene, he interrogates her, berates her, and hits her. Brain-damaged Quinn has had a woman-beating problem, and it’s uncomfortable as a well the show goes back to. But still, given the history between these two characters, what’s most affecting in the scene is the way he tries to wound her emotionally, telling her they were never friends, just lonely people who had sex.
He doesn’t know who to trust anymore. He thinks Carrie betrayed him. He has reason to believe that Dar has betrayed him, even if he gets the methods wrong. And thanks to Dar’s little talk with him (plus, you know, a lifetime of trauma) the seed has been planted for him to think that nobody would help him just out of the kindness of their heart. He believes that they must have an angle, and tragically, it leads to him contributing to death of one of the few people who really did just love him.
Unfortunately, that’s also where the episode just gets silly. The show has always been a bit hit or miss about these big action thriller set pieces. (Lest we forget Carrie’s serial killer run-in with the terrorist mastermind in Season 2.) This is no exception. It’s a shocking, if cheesy moment when Quinn is shot by (presumably) Dar’s goon through the window of the house. Suddenly, the whole thing gets unrealistic, with people surviving bullet wounds easily and lumbering around to get into combat situations with the guy.
On top of that, the trick with Quinn taking the bullets out of the gun is a little too neat. Sure, it sells the main story and theme of the episode -- people mixing up who their enemies and their friends are in dramatic ways, but it just reeks of a lesser show, one more devoted to ironic twists than theme. It’s Homeland at its most pulpy, and that has always been a mixed bag for this series. Giving Quinn another miraculous near death experience, one where he can hold his breath and evade gunfire despite being grazed and suffering from mental and physical disabilities strains credulity. It brings down an episode that was already on shaky ground.
But it does work with the larger leitmotif of the episode, including the scene that opens the episode, where the Alex Jones analogue is doing a takedown of President Keane’s son. With creative editing and commentary and tinseltown gloss, somebody who was trying to save other can be painted to look like a coward. The line between a hero and “the opposite of a hero” can be incredibly hard to discern, even for the people who were on the ground. And when somebody is offering you envelopes full of cash, or guaranteeing your safety, or ensuring you’ll continue to get to do things your way, it can be very easy to throw the heroes under the bus, with innocent people suffering along the way.
At the beginning of this season I really enjoyed the scenario they established. Meanwhile though it's just getting too silly in many little details, just to deliver a great showdown (within their 12 episodes). All those unrealistic flaws ruined one of the best scenarios for me.
I can't believe how bad everything about this episode was.
First Carrie fails to connect the parts during her second phone call. Then she has the reassurance ... and doesn't call back, but instead travels all the way back.
That "the bomb warning" is to lure them out - nope.
Next: Only one bodyguard left and he pretty much decides to suicide without achieving anything. Only 2 "assassins" sent to check and finish them off. Carrie runs into another mess without an idea how to proceed, when she uses the elevator to return exactly there. Alternatives? Who'd waste any thoughts on alternatives?
I'll pass on all the remaining idiocy that follows, jump right to the aftermath: The right people are in jail with the exception of ... Brett O'Keefe. Nobody seems to mind at all. Despite all the evidence and witnesses they have against him. A fucking joke.
Great final: President Elizabeth Keane begins a witch hunt. Well, considering what she endured that would be somewhat believable.
The support she gets, the reasons (metadata!) they give: More fucking jokes.
I'm done with this show.
well that was absurd, extreme, irrational and scary, all at once.
I have yet to be let down by a film from Koreeda and if you have seen some of his works you will know what to expect.
It's an interesting contrast of two families and their ways of raising a child. The dilemma of switching your child or not is rather complex and interesting to watch. The whole story is supported by competent direction and great acting. What more do you want?
Really sick of Maeve and these idiot "Butchers". Are there no security cameras? Are they really that stupid?
Nothing about Maeve and especially those two clowns makes any sense. If that would be the only plot of this show, I'd have quit by now.
Such a shame that Water does not only not get the attention it deserves, but barely any attention at all. Should actually be shown to every school class, covering the topic traditionalism.
Do not believe ratings for this truly amazing movie and go watch the Michael Cimino-approved version of 219 minutes. It is one of the best films ever made and a true masterpiece (that has cruelly been bashed or overlooked for too long). Photography is breathtaking, music is astounding, the actors are great, the narrative technique is close to a literary feat with the very effective use of ellipses (used perfectly by Cimino in The Deer Hunter as well) and the overall story is really human, touching and down to earth. It is a grandiose American epic with a philosophical spirit. It is one of the best proofs that cinema is Art.
I was looking for some Downton Abbey replacement and gave this show a chance. For 3 episodes. Too few likable characters, too generic plot. I was glad when I made the decision to quit.
A very weird movie. It makes no sense that those "other humans" forced the family on a travel, that would risk the family's lives and result in the exposure of those other beings.
And besides that making no sense, the movie offered quite a boring plot about this unnecessary travel.
