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The Iron Claw (2023)
Not what I hoped it could be
Think the story is too big to be condensed to 2 hours and they were unable to create a good mivie.
It was okay, but knowing the story.... it was a shoddy effort.
The story was told incorrectly, not only from perspective but the way it was shot.
You don't even need to recreate the matches, just play the footage.
Efron did great to get into that shape but don't think he played kevin.. he played just a random.
Fritz was cast the best and underutilized throughout, his is the perspective that was required.
The women in this story were wasted, simple props.
They tried their best, it just was not good enough in my opinion.
Kerry was bigger than kev and taller in real life, ric flair laughable in the movie, brody was tiny in the movie...
Potential wasted, just watch the wccw documentory.
Star Trek: Picard (2020)
season 1 & 2 a mess - season 3 a delight
I still don't like the f words but season 3 was what I was hoping for.
Season 1 and 2 wrters must have been a part of the burnham show
lets hope they don't mess it up, getting vibes of the red angel storyline here.... which fell flat.
Season 1 - rating 3 - season 2 - rating 4 - season 3 - 7.5/8 after 5 eps.
I wanted this to end after s2 but glad we have s3.
Lets see till the end, this is the only season of new star trek that has really peaked my interest and enjoyment.
If picard season 1 was actually season 3, this would be a 9 without any doubt.
If i advised anyone, skip the 1st and 2nd season, just watch from 3 onwatds.
Death Note (2017)
Thought it was better than I expected
Agree this was rushed and some things just did not make sense, lights girly screams really made me laugh, thought creatively they added their own twists and it was good what they added. It was not horrible but it also was not great.
Decent effort but could have been so much more.
They could have completely flipped the storyline which is what I would have done but chose to keep the main story line.
Acting is so so, l is annoying, light was not really flushed out and neither was his girlfriend.
It was just a fast forward of the anime with bits changed.
I would not give this a 1 as so many have, it's watchable and decent, would I watch it again, No.
Vampires (2020)
Interview with the vampire the movie this is not
Interesting at first, secret society that a woman is trying to keep her kids away from, nothing really more I found out about it, nothing that was interesting.
The main actress, the young girl was written so poorly, she made it painful whenever she was on screen, the mother has a great body I have to say but erratic the whole show. It was weird in a bad way.
Without the gimmick of vampires, what is this story? I cannot say at all.
The strange evil woman with the face burn, terrible actress.
The only one who had any sort of weight about them was the old lady, her 2 mins of scenery were the better parts of the show.
Just a bad show about vampires.
300: Rise of an Empire (2014)
Great style but no substance
300 was a great movie, part 2 was not. It's your basic cash in movie to make another movie. Characters are one dimensional and the story is one dimensional.
Main actor seemed to be picked because of his size than his acting.
I read somewhere Eva Green was the highlight, maybe one of her scenes was a highlight but her acting was poor. Was not impressed.
Too much brainless action to consider this a good movie, action scenes were dark so you could not really tell what was going on.
Poor movie all round. This was just a cash grab by the studio and the creators, nothing more, nothing less.
Pointless movie.
Fargo (2014)
An amazing show
Season 1 - 10
Season 2 - 8
Season 3 - 8
Season 4 - 9
A really great show told in a creative way, wonderful show all around. Had to slow myself down watching this, just to appreciate the greatness of the show.
Season 1 - BBT and the guy from Sherlock were the stars and did a superb job
Season 2 - did not enjoy this as much but still very good.
Season 3 - the same as season 2
Season 4 - different change of scenery and told beautifully. Not as darkly humorous as the other seasons but still great.
Huge fan of this show, hope it gets many more seasons. The creator/writer is a genius.
Branching out in other parts of the country could allow more stories to be told, which I
Hope they do.
Wednesday (2022)
Not sure what to think
I like it but then I think it should be so much more.
The casting of Wednesday is perfect, don't like the casting of morticia and Gomez at all.
Tim burton directed this and all I will say is anyone could have directed this, what happened to burton? He has lost his style everything since he did sweeney Todd has been lacking in dark imagination. I liked the 1st episode and will give the rest a go. The girl who plays Wednesday is excellent in the role, not pining for Christina ricci, who is in this btw. However Angelica Houston truly made morticia something unique and natural, Catherine zeta jones looks like she is filled with Botox and makeup, this Gomez does not have the dastardly charm or good looks of the Gomez from the movie. Let's see. First thoughts. Will continue watching.
The Scorpion King (2002)
Potential wasted
Such great potential with this from the mummy returns (ignore the awful cgi scorpion king at the end of the movie), but they did not meet any expectations in making a good movie. Really poor outing and this would have been a b movie if not for having the rock in it.
The awful storyline and direction, it was ruined the first moment. At the time this only made any money of that, because of the wrestling fans who rushed to see the rocks first outing.
Just a terrible effort all round with this movie, not the rocks fault as he wanted to establish himself but the writer really ruined his own work.
The Munsters (2022)
WOW, never thought it would be this bad
Terrible movie. Really dissapointed as I enjoy zombies movies.
Zombies good films - House of 1000 Corpses, The Devil's Rejects, 31, 3 from Hell, Halloween
Not so good films - The Haunted World of El Superbeasto, Halloween 2.
Awful films - The Lords of Salem, The Munsters
He should stick to what he is good at, he really could have made munsters scary but chose to go the pg route and the movie is awful, as bad as lords of salem. Terrible.
He really could have been imaginative and made this what he is really good at, horror/gore/trash but he chose to try commercial and failed.
In the right hands this could have been done so much better, bet burton in the 90's would have done an amazing job.
She-Hulk: Attorney at Law (2022)
Not a great start
Not a great first episode but damnnnn, the mc in she hulk form... gorgeous. Actually googled to find out who was playing the she hulk form and drowns out it was cgi...
This one feels like it could go down the route of forgotten, maybe it was time to use the theme from the previous Incredible Hulk series, make a her a loner, trying to find love and working on cases across the country... she hulk being seen as a curse... not a blessing. That my opinion tho.
Still not enough to completely review it, but the 1st episode was a meh. Would not watch the second episode if I was not a fan of the hulk.
The Sandman (2022)
I really wanted to love this
I really wanted to love this, I really did. I have enjoyed allot of gaimans work.
American Gods seasons 1 was something unique but when Neil directly gets involved with getting his creation from paper to screen.... it becomes worse.
Sandman is an awful, slow, poor casting choise of a mess, it is an agenda driven woke garbage show. I forced myself to watch with the hope and prayer that it would get better.... but those prayers were not fulfilled.
I would be very surprised if this gets a season 2, if it does, I will not be wasting my time.
Elvis (2022)
I really enjoyed this
I really enjoyed this and loved most things about it, would give it a 7.5. Main actors performance was excellent and the music and variations of it to an extent was excellent. Direction and pacing great.
Things I did not like:
Tom hanks performance and accent, that is a true rarity but the accent is not how the Parker sound, could have just used a southern accent.
The rap music!
The fictional scenes... it was not needed that had no foundation of truth.
I would recommend to watch this, if gaga and the guy from the queen movie can win an Oscar for their performances then this guy should win beyond doubt.
Farzar (2022)
3rd time unlucky
Brikleberry was really good, paradise pd was good, farzar is awful.
Not a great story or setting, I like real adult comedy but this was just weak.
Maybe creater has peaked already, was good while it lasted.
Spiderhead (2022)
Miscasting issues
Okay movie but felt allot was missing and Chris hemsworth is not a great actor, very much of his stuff was cliche and he felt off.
Pity as I kept getting pulled out of the movies with Chris's performance.
Shows you that marvel really does make you something as there are quality actors out there not working and actors who cannot even tie their shoelaces are getting big/main roles.
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (2022)
I don't think Star Trek will ever be as good as it was
Terrible, boring, bad acting, pacing, actors all poor with this show. Watched 3 episodes of Orville (which is Star Trek spoof) and had more enjoyment.
1st the burnham show, than the awful Picard show and now this... these writers are terrible.
They did what everyone was asking for and still could not put on a good show.
Suspect they will have a mandalorian somewhere in the tank but more book of boba, and obi wan like shows that are boring.
I give up on Star Trek, will stick to lower decks till that starts to suck.
South Park: South Park: The Streaming Wars (2022)
Cannot believe how bad this show is
Yes, south park would comment on the politics of the world and make it funny but the truth is that it was just a good funny story.
They can no longer do this consistantly and has shown in the last few seasons.
This episode was awful.
I think I could actually write something better than this and I am nowhere near matt and trey levels.
Thet need new writers to help them because whatever they are doing now, is not working.
This show will die soon and become what the simpsons is now, a shadow of its former self.
Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022)
Really weird movie
I am normally very good with these types of movies but this one one fell off and had no idea what was going on.
First 40 or 50 minutes was good but this then went somewhere that I cannot even explain, not in a good way.
I love MY, she is excellent and the kid from the Goonies (could not mistake his voice) was wonderful in his role but this was an experiment gone wrong in term of story.
Not sure why this is rated so highly, maybe like the joker, everyone was giving it 10's when it was like a 6 or 7....
The Lost City (2022)
same generic formula - not done better
First thoughts - horribly miscast, agree with most that harry potter should not have been the villian but would also like to add that tatum should not have been the hero, for me they should have roles reversed.
Sandra B is great at playing what does does, looks like she has had a ton of work done but still looks great.
Brad pitt is a funny cameo.
Just below average as a whole. Been there, done that formula.
Morbius (2022)
So so
Had potential to be a great movie, but seems like it was just hitting bullet points, generic movie. Had no meat to the movie.
Never felt for the main character or rooted for him.. maybe could have been better as a series to develop the story.
Not a good film. Below average.
Uncharted (2022)
Blah
Mark wahlberg is mark w and tom holland is spiderman.... just your generic flick with cliche storytelling but not done any better than the originals.
Really thought Tom holland had some acting chops after devil in me but he appears very limited.
Vikings (2013)
Started incredibly strong but lost pace
Sometimes you think how do these actors get paid so much, they are just reading lines from paper, but then you see Ragnar and floKI Perform in this and all makes sense.
Season 1 - 3 very good
Seasons 4 - 6 average
Appears they knew where they wanted to go but were unable to come up with something of high quality to get there after season 3. Show lost ALLOT WHEN RAGNAR DIED. Bjorn looked the part but at times was a pale imitation of Ragnar. The build for the other children was terrible, the death of auslag did not make sense in the way they told it, they created the drama from season 1-3 which was great but we're unable to wrap it off correctly IMO, not game of thrones levels of poor writing tho. Visit to the Middle East was a waste of time and just splattered when it just ended.
The finale was okay, it is not battlestar gallactica finale bad but just felt like I was not as interested as I should have been and just trying to finish it off.
Ivar basically trying to play Heath ledgers joker, casting was off season 4 onwards and Jonathan Rhys Myers, don't even get me started, could see the gel in his hair at times.
Had huge potential but lost its way as most shows do. Maybe 4/5 seasons is the key to keep the quality of a show.
Not sopranos levels but Ragnars performance is a once in a lifetime performance. 10 stars for that.
Season 1 8
Season 2 8
Season 3 9
Season 4 6
Season 5 5
Season 6 6.
Lilyhammer (2012)
Terrible
All these great reviews online, watched 3 episodes and was so bored, uninterested and disappointed.
What really annoys me is terrible shows get so many seasons and some really good ones get cancelled.
This was awful, not funny, boring and terribly acted.
You are in a foreign country and you are speaking english and they reply back in their tongue...... really! So dumb!
The main actor can only play himself, which is who we saw in the sopranos, not a good actor at all. Terrible.
Heels (2021)
very good
Really surprised with this. I have to say that from the other wrestling show Glow season 1 was very good and this was just as good.
Really surprised and enjoyed the plot and personas. Hope this gets another season to see how they can lift the bar or take the story to new heights.
Really impressed.
The Suicide Squad (2021)
So surprised
I didn't want to watch this after dc produced the worst movies in the genre - BOP - BvS - Justice League - original suicide squad - wonder woman 2 - Zack snyders JL..... awful, terrible movies.
Gave it a chance as I saw many positive reviews and I must say, DC have finally made a really good movie. Not copying marvel, really good.
Enjoyed it from start to end.
Good acting and good script.
No cheese.
Had a watchmen feeling about this... but not as good.
Great casting.
Someone please try to save superman/henry cavil, give him 1 decent movie.
American Gods (2017)
Lost its way when the show runners changed s1
Season 1 was really good, season 2 was awful and only had a few good moments, season 3 is better but still nowhere near season 1. Shows reminds me of heroes, great first season and then went downhill.
Casting was amazing season 1, season 2 was affected by poor casting choices as well as a poor story.
There was so much that could have been done here but unfortunately was let down by the change in creative.
Disappointed as I was really invested after season 1 ended.