While I gave it the benefit of the doubt there's way too many things wrong here. Not only as part of a franchise with a history, but all on its own.
Reasons this show is not a good Star Trek series.
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With 'Poor Things', director Yorgos Lanthimos has created a film that has quite a few similarities with the box office hit 'Barbie'. Both are about women who start out as objects without any self-determination and, in the course of a journey, find themselves and discover their freedom. Both films also impress with fantastic costumes, good performances, and, most importantly, a phenomenal production design.
But, while I enjoyed 'Barbie', this Frankenstein story is in a completely different league. Lead actress Emma Stone delivers perhaps the best performance of her career, and Mark Ruffalo and Willem Dafoe are also great here. The absurd humor worked perfectly for me. I haven't laughed more in a movie all year than I did in this one. And ultimately, the world that Lanthimos creates is one that has never been seen before. It's really difficult to create something "new" in film in the 21st century, but that's definitely the case here.
All in all, I not only give "Poor Things" my highest recommendation, but it is also my favorite film of 2023.
Another tense and emotional episode. It's phantastic how they manage to keep the balance between the action sequences and the personal stories.
The air battles, already among the best I've ever seen, were once again great. The short slo-mo/time freeze was awesome. So was the fight between the Fort and these fighters. I don't know if something like this ever happened but it sure was a great sequence. But despite all that you never forget that those people were really in that. You flinch when the bullets rip through the fuselage, you wince when someone is hurt. And you feel kinda empty when they sit through the interrogation counting down the losses.
can't believe these episodes are 45 min long! I just hit play and in 5 minutes I see "Next on Masters of the air". Can't wait binge the whole thing in one sitting
Amazing, intense episode. Knowing Buck was their leader and invincible, it makes a lot of sense Austin Butler seemed to be the lead for the whole series. The uncertainty of not knowing what happened makes it hard to believe he is dead. Can't believe only one plane made it out. Next week's episode seems to feature the death camps so will be intense.
Speaking in English with French accents is a terrible choice. (and ze germanz speak English тоо!). It’s a constant reminder of something fake. It’s an outdated practice, indicates that this has been dumbed down, lazy production. Look at any good recent movie or TV show, they let characters speak in their own language.
And whom is it for? Not for people who know fashion history. Silly dialogue, like Coco saying “what is fashion?l”. Unbelievable scenes with nazis. And looks like lower cost production than other series.
On one episode of "Band of Brothers" I once wrote that no show or documentary can ever relate what it means to be in battle. But this episode was tense, it was frantic and you can get an idea what these men went through. And you really have to be amazed that they did it again and again.
The airbattle scenes in this show are through the roof. It's not all about the action, though. We are reaching a point now where losses are becoming more meaningful for the viewer.
What an adrenaline filled amazing episode. Loved it.
I was on the edge of my seat for the whole duration of the episode! This show just keeps getting better.
While impossible to follow Band of Brothers, this is done better than The Pacific was. I like all three, but Master of the Air is very well done and much more cohesive than its Pacific cousin. I'm wondering if and when they will do this with the Navy now that we have the other three.
I really went in 50/50 but highly hopeful on this. The acting is well done, the character development is not quite as solid as BoB but pretty good and better than Pacific.
I was thinking I may at some point try to watch all three at same time, organized by date of occurrence, this would give you a massive epic miniseries covering multiple engagements in WWII.
I have great interest in both the period and the topic. You recognize the similarities with shows like "Band of Brothers" which is a huge compliment as I see this as a very high bar. If this comes even close to that it would be a homerun on my behalf.
I was very impressed with this first part. The flying scenes are well made and I was really tense during the short battle in the skies. But I also like how the depicted the realisation from the pilots that this is not going to be a milk run and many will die before victory will come.
It should be a crime to make a racing movie this boring.
Race for Glory: Audi vs Lancia starts quite interesting but as soon as we get into the 2nd act and then the final act. It becomes extremely uninteresting and the pacing is flat even the racing scenes couldn't help it, those weren't terrible but just overall ok. I simply didn't care about the characters or the outcome of the story. The main character felt kinda obnoxious and Daniel Brühl was sadly underused.
It's not a car crash of a movie that's for sure.
i loved everything about this show ! and i can't wait to see the last 2 episode
Listen up, folks! I gotta confess something here. This show has got me hooked like a fish on a line. And let me tell you, the lead character is the bee's knees of 2023 television.
Signed,
Manly Bachelor heterosexual man in his early 50s
This show is very quickly becoming my favorite show of the year.
It has everything from a very good writing to impeccable performances by an extremely talented cast, down to the kids, an excellent cinematography, great costumes and decors, not to mention a heart wrenching story of love, loss, sex discrimination and empowerment of a woman who just refuse to let the patriarchy (and remember this happens in the 50s) dictate how she should live her life and fights back in all the ways she can.
It has all the makings of a single season show, but even if it does not get more, in itself it's gonna be a treasure to re watch over the years.
WOW. This is a masterpiece of storytelling. The casting was stellar and the performances were magical. The cinematography captured the grittiness of occupied France and the horrors of the invaders were on full display. If I have any complaints in the storytelling they might be twofold, all Germans were portrayed as the darkest of evil (I don’t believe it was that black and white) and the connection between Werner and Marie was a little too much of a rushed fairytale at the end. But, the whole was a wonderful romantic journey, in the classical sense of the power of lofty ideals rather than in human attraction. I give this limited series a 9 (superb) out of 10. [Historical Drama]
I'm not feelin it. From the opening scene where the girl discovers her superpower via her period to the bulimic shrinking girl the show has all the creativity of a bologna sandwich. Forcing current teen issues into storylines to make it seem relevant and topical. The same as "The Boys" and "Supergirl" went. Television writers who force pablum on viewers like this should have been left on the Picket lines and Studios should have hired more intelligent and less sensitive, less emotional and less fragile writers. It's a wonder they can get any writing done at all since I would imagine they rarely leave their apartments and spend most of the time crying over "mean" people. I think that not every form of entertainment needs to be a lesson to society and should not be a form of social justice. They are just perpetuating the stereotypes of the depressed, anxiety ridden teen and the cruel, cruel world they think they live in.
First thing wrong with this upcoming movie: it stars John Travolta, who can't act to save his life. Second, it's John Travolta with a "southern accent", I didn't have to watch the trailer to know he couldn't pull it off and, well, he can't. Third: It's John Travolta with a southern accent in a cowboy hat, now it's just getting silly.
Travolta is a discount Nick Cage, just taking every action flick to come his way because he needs the money so he just phones in his roles in this long string of D movies (he's gone below B and C movies entirely). His last watchable movie was Wild Hogs, which wasn't a great movie but the supporting cast made it tolerable and they offset his terrible acting. Looking at the supporting cast of THIS movie, it doesn't stand a chance to be tolerable.
Incredible finale! But man, it's going to be a pain waiting for the next season lol.
OMG, why? Singing episodes are fillers, and vaste os time. This seson was almost pefect, but last 2 episodes ruin that score.
I simply cannot stand such singing stuff. Totally throws me out of the universe.
musical episodes are the worst type of episode and you cannot change my mind
Strange New Worlds is still the best Trek in ages. So great <3
Ah fun Trek is back. Strange New Worlds is a blast and nice departure from the melodrama of Discovery. I keep shitting on Discovery but this show keeps proving that it's possible to make good Trek in modern era.
So this episode released early (and also has lead to the rest of the episodes being brought forward a week) and I genuinely could not be happier with it. It's everything I ever wanted it to be and more and will definitely be something I watch over and over again.
Wow what a ride. So much to process. Good laughs and also some tears. Will need to watch it again. Thank you James Gunn for the Guardians of the Galaxy
S2 felt boring and i lost interest.
Legitimately one of the worst films I've ever seen. I love the MCU but lately it's just been outright bad. Here's hoping Feige is smart enough to remove Jeff Loveness from Kang Dynasty, but I'm not getting my hopes up. Maybe James Gunn can sway me with his MCU swan song. We'll see.
This crap makes me wanna rewatch the infinity saga. Ill do just that
