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Manifest (2018)
Manifest is a solid reason why you don't review a show after one episode!
I never take a review from a show after the first couple of episodes with any grain of salt. People are so easily entertained and so full of energy after a single episode and feel they need to tell the world how great the show is..... Now 10 episodes later you realize you've wasted that energy in bad writing, seriously bad acting and an ending you know will never come.
Manifest is like most tv and movies today. Made for today's audience that is either too stupid, or the shows makers believer you are too stupid to have any thought or reason.
I actually hated the first episode. A plane disappears for 5 years to only show up undamaged and the crew and passengers feeling no loss of time, but the NSA/FBI handles it as the passengers are some kind of criminals?! WHAT?! It makes no sense! Criminals?! They haven't aged!!!! You have nothing to charge them with so why even go there. At least they rid us of the main NSA character quickly.....Yes, it would be world news and people with or without religious beliefs would be all over the place with miracles, worm holes and government conspiracies, but treating it like criminals is just bad writing.
Dr. Bahl's character is way too simple, the 2 cops engagement/relationship is so day-time drama and the episode with the captain stealing the plane might be some of the worst tv writing ever!...Why would anyone blame the captain for a plane disappearing for 5 years (again, no one aged!)????!!! It is mind-numbingly stupid. Oh, and Cal's mom and sister are complete jerks to their dad/father who did nothing wrong, other than get on the wrong plane.
I like sci-fi but unfortunately this is another boring, poorly written soap-opera which will continue to add more characters and stories because it doesn't know where to go or how to end. My goodness, how many times do we have to go through these type of shows (Just start writing and hope it makes sense)? Look at the reviews from the first episodes and how they drop over time. What this show needs is an actual time flux to go back and rewrite and recast this entire project. Cancel it now, it can't be fixed
Conspiracy Theory: Did We Land on the Moon? (2001)
After all these years, it's still Hilarious!
I still get a kick out of this "Documentary" that pretty much destroyed the reputations of anyone involved in its making. Deservingly so! Had they retitled this under "Comedy" it would probably still have a cult following.
I'm not going to cover the absolute lack of real science, free thinking, or common sense to the conspiracies broken down in this, as they have been covered quite well by other reviewers. What I will say is that I find it so interesting that when someone is sick or dying, or we need to come up with better, safer more convenient ways to live we look to scientists for pretty much every answer. Unless you still believe praying works??? But make a documentary that doesn't talk to even someone with a basic knowledge of science and you have figuratively hundreds of thousands, if not millions of people with zero ability to think on their own being Pied Pipered away into a life of being unable to think or research for ones self.
So, the entire Apollo project was nothing more than a Hollywood film set? Okay, let's say you are right (you are not right). There is such a long list of everyday products we take for granted and are using right this moment that came direct,y from the space program and NASA directly:
1) the microchip. Your using it right now to read this. Kind of makes you feel a little stupid right now, but let's go on.
2) the CAT scan. If you have ever had cancer, a head injury, etc you sure are thankful for this item that every hospital uses dozens of times daily.
3) the microwave. Are you eating a muffin you just heated up in one while reading this.
4) shoes. Yes shoes and the light fabrics, rubber and cushions for insoles all came from new technologies NASA invented for moon boots. Bet your wearing that technology right now.
5) memory foam. Yup that Tempurpedic mattress was developed by the space program because it returns to its natural shape and cushioned astronauts at launch and landing.
Really, I can go on and on.... Cordless tools, vacuums, fabric roofed domed stadiums like Reliant in Houston,Texas, firefighter suits, calculators, etc, etc, etc.... But let's not forget that it was all faked! If you are going to make the whole thing up on a Hollywood set, why spend so much time and effort on all these other things... Boggles the mind. But I guess a lot of minds can be boggled, or at least manipulated quite easily. Btw, you can' even get into orbit because the Earth is flat. It would have to be round and spinning for that to work. another conspiracy!!!
Sorry for misspellings and grammatical errors but an education is not important to watch this documentary..
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989)
It's not Christmas Vacation without Christmas Vacation!
There are so many "comedies" that come out every year where every funny scene (if there are any) is shown in the 30 second trailer. With Christmas Vacation it's hard to go 30 seconds without laughing out loud. If you came from a big family that only got together at Xmas you will find something in common with your childhood Christmas in this movie. I laughed til I cried the first time I saw this movie and I still laugh as hard 25 years later. The only thing is, you can only watch it during the holiday season. It just makes it that much better. There are other great comedies out there, like Airplane, Caddy Shack, Groundhog Day, Something About Mary, but none of them have as many laughs as this movie. I actually think it gets better with time! Not many comedies can say that.
Life of Pi (2012)
Are we devolving?
I really enjoyed the first 30 minutes of the movie. I really did. I even turned to my wife and said, "this is surprisingly good." But then the ship sank, as did the movie. The reason I was so surprised by the first 30 minutes, was that I saw the previews, which seemed quite boring. Well, had they starred Tom Hanks in this movie I would have thought it was Cast Away 2. There is no doubt that the movie is visually stunning (thanks to ripping off James Cameron), but you could watch Avater for all the the same special effects. But "Eye Candy" candy only goes so far, at least for me. Actually, you could have named this movie many other titles than Life of Pi...Castatar (Cast Away meets Avatar), The Old Man and the Tiger (Old Man and the Sea meets a Tiger instead of a Marlin), etc... I can see awards for cinematography, but that's it! Nominated for Best Picture??? Are you kidding me??? The last hour and 30 is so dull you really want the tiger to eat the boy. Unfortunately, you know it won't happen cause the boy is telling the story.... Really would have made the ending much better if the tiger ate the boy.... Then the credits run....
Identity Thief (2013)
If this is Comedy, it Dramatically failed!
7/10, 8/10. I even saw a 9/10 for this movie. Will people laugh and like anything?.. I think you could film cats and dogs taking dumps and people would rate it high!... This movie was unwatchable! I forced myself through the first 30 minutes and then could stand no more. I don't even know how it ends because I got up and walked out. I can't figure out how anyone made it through the film. How is it that anyone finds it funny that a decent, hard-working, good husband and father of two had his entire life turned upside down (losing his new job) by identity theft? Seriously?! Maybe a movie about an identity thief having his identity stolen might make sense, but not this. Oh then we're supposed to feel sorry for the thief?.. Give me a break! You ruin lives and we "feel" for you. Pathetic! Not to mention the idiot cop who has no care in the world for Bateman's characters life, which he basically spits on, even though he knows it was identity theft. It's so stupid on so many levels! They should have called this movie "$10.00 you'll never see again!"
Man of Steel (2013)
Lets break down the word GARBAGE
I put off watching this because I was forewarned I would hate it. My friends were right. But it was on a flight and there was nothing else to watch. There are actually people who reviewed this movie and gave it 10/10!!! Then you look at other movies that same person viewed and rated and you see that they gave The Shawshank Redemption a 6/10, or Apocalypse Now a 4/10, which proves the world is full of idiots. So lets break down this movie by what it is: Pure Garbage.
G: For the Grotesque use of some of Hollywood's best actors. You have Russell Crowe, for starters, and you have ZERO story or plot.
A: For the As%ho#e's behind the total disrespect for anything Superman. Way to take a great superhero and a lot of history and flush it down the toilet for CGI and explosions.
R: For the Refund everyone with any sense should have asked for from Warner Bros for allowing this sacrilege to be made.
B: For Banishment. The story holes are more numerous than NBC's Revolution. I could write for days on this, but this one is the most obvious... So Krypton is about to explode. There are spacecraft available, buy you decide to banish murderers on one of the perfectly functional spacecraft instead of trying to save your own people? The mentally challenged behind this film should be BANISHED from Hollywood for murdering the franchise.
A: Did I mention the creators of this filth are As%ho#e's?!
G: For God, cause that's who all the dead in this movie are on their way to see. I mean Kevin Costner basically tells a young Clark Kent that sometimes you gotta let the children drown, even though you can easily save them. Seriously?! That scene just made me angry and you could hate the entire movie for just that one scene. Superman letting people die, and Kevin Costner allowing himself to even speak those lines are preposterous! Then Superman continues to have fights in downtown Metropolis, destroying skyscrapers like donut-holes to a fat kid. There was no warning that Metropolis would be under attack. Are we just supposed to think there are no people in them and that the billions of dollars in damage is no issue? Why not just have the fight in the ocean, or the mountains??? Oh, cause less effect with explosions, right? Terrible!
E: For special Effects. It now seems obvious that a story and good acting no longer have any weight over CGI, special effects, fight scenes and explosions. That's all this movie is. Why not just re title Transformers? Okay, so the movie is an embarrassment to anyone who has ever been a Superman fan or anyone who likes good acting and a story. I actually was excited because I am both a Kevin Costner and Russell Crowe fan. Fortunately, in 1978 Hollywood put out a far superior film with very limited special effects or computer technology. Glenn Ford, Marlon Brando, Gene Hackman, not to mention others, were the Russell Crowes of the day, only bigger. They acted, they had a script, and the movie told a story. Oh, and Superman did everything in his power to save a person if he could, and he definitely didn't kill anyone. The 1978 version is no 10/10 by any means, but it is the closest to what Superman is supposed to be. The first half of the movie is beautifully written and filmed. Yes, the second half with Reeve and Kidder is a little silly, but still fun. It is still a solid movie after all these years, and I suggest watching that to clear your mind of anything you might have remembered from Man of Steel.
Cloverfield (2008)
Why can't a disaster movie ever have REAL people?!
Don't know why, but never saw Cloverfield until the other night, and didn't really know what the movie was about. Just saw a 77 Rotten T rating on Direct TV and taped it. To say this is one of the worst film I've even sat through is an understatement! Yes, it completely rips off The Blair Witch, who is now a 500 foot monster in New York City. I'm mind-boggled how anyone with any sense could find this movie even the slightest bit entertaining.??? It drags on in the beginning with "Hud" (TJ Miller) who is given a hand-held video recorder to film comments about some friends who are preparing for marriage. BORING. Of course the camera wiggles and goes in and out of focus to the point of migraine. BTW, how did Miller ever get an acting job. You only hear his voice through 99% of the movie, and that's annoying enough! So the monster FINALLY shows up and people do what they always do in Hollywood movies.... The exact opposite of reality. If you see a 500 ft monster destroying NYC and a friend wants to go straight towards it, to save his girlfriend who is injured, you're not going to follow. More like, "You are crazy, and if you go it's on your own, idiot!" Oh, and when your buddy holding the camera continuously films your friends getting killed cause "people will need to see this," instead of turning the damn thing off and helping, you're probably going to kill or seriously injure him. It was so stupid!!! You also know that, like in Blair Witch, they are all going to die and the camera will capture it. Took me 5 min to figure that one out. Oh yeah, the guy actually does get to his injured girlfriend. Yeah, she's got a piece of rebar sticking out through her chest from the building she was in falling over. She's not dead. Nope, she is very much alive, and is then violently pulled of the rebar, and then continues to run around, seemingly unhurt, the rest of the film. Of course, only until she's killed in the last scene... A "7" score on IMDb??? Is this for real, or is this as science fiction as the characters in this awful movie. Oh, there's a sequel coming. Wow!
The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
Because it's still the Best
Really, after all this time, why write about Shawshank now? Well, simply, it's still the best movie I've ever watched.... 10 times. This is a movie that from start to finish keeps you engaged like no other film. When it concludes you wonder how a 2 hour plus movie can go by so quickly. No bathroom breaks or snack breaks during this movie, whether it's the first time watching it, or your tenth. Just sat down and watched it again 2 nights ago with my daughter (12). She too never moved from the couch and loved the film. This film will hold up to the test of time because it's simple: great writing, great acting, great directing and watchable over and over.
Revolution (2012)
I'll Keep This Simple!
Okay, I wasted 2 hours of my life watching the first 2 episodes. Unfortunately on IMDb, you are required to leave 10 lines of review to get it to post. I could have reviewed this show with 2 words.... IT STINKS! But I can't get it to post with so little about the show. Okay, let me try harder. Oh, the show has terrible acting, and I was hoping the main character (Charlie) would fall on her own arrow. Annoying character that you cannot feel anything for and actually root against. I was hoping one of those Hunger Games kids would suddenly show up and take her out. Also, the story, it seems written by high schoolers! Do the writers think their audience is ignorant. Just because 60% of Americans can't find their own country on a map doesn't mean..... Okay, maybe they are. Let's move on.... Oh I think I've typed enough now to get this posted, so where was I? Oh, Revolutions.... It STINKS!
Touch (2012)
At what point does Martin follow his son?
Unlike most, I did not care for the pilot episode, but gave it another chance. Like some have stated, the show has more holes in the story than I care to get into. The show is not great, but it is still entertaining. The biggest problem with Touch is that in EVERY episode Martin continues to question his son on EVERYTHING he does. Even though his son has lead him to several situations that obviously changed peoples lives. Even more, all of them for the better! So, how many times does Jake have to point his father in the right direction before his father just starts to follow? In every episode Martin has to be convinced by his son he's doing something exceptional that will affect lives. Come on Martin, you knew your son has some super-power/gift after the second episode. Just follow his lead. The problem with this is that it really detracts from the show. With that said, I have not seen the season finale, and hope that the story improves. I like the idea of the show, and hope it gets better. Sutherland was trying too hard for the first half of the season with his acting, but it has improved as well. I'll give the season finale and next season premier, if it's brought back. But it has to improve quickly, or I think the show fizzles out.