This version has a few more fun animal characters to flesh out the movie and the humans are more likable whereas in the book only Julia and her dad George were really likable Humans, but the graphics are amazing, the voice acting has real heart, and the moral of animals needing to be free and with their own kind is so far reaching and uplifting, plus based on a true happy story! You will love this.
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9 Reviews
Lady and the Tramp
(2019)
Not as Good as the Classic, or the sequel to the classic
16 November 2021
Warning: Spoilers
Spoilers, sorry, but I like to share what I like and don't like about a movie. I enjoyed the CGI and the acting. Especially the casting of Sam Elliot as Trusty which was perfect, but I must say this strayed too far from the classic for me to call it a truly good remake. Feisty Lady with more sense of humor and less snobbishness is a welcome change, as is the more proactive roles of Jim Dear and Darling to protect their dog and rescue Tramp, but the romance is all but extinguished, the change of Jock to Jacqueline seems frivolous and unnecessary, trying to ring humor out of what was a classically serious character and WAY too much time was spent on her being dressed up and the arguably insane dog catcher. The pound is made to seem like more of an inconvenience than a dank miserable prison, as it is too brightly lit, all the dogs seem happy and clean and borderline playful, so where there could have been a serious moment of warning here, it's reduced to a vague indication that old Nutsy took the long walk through the one way door with none of the overwhelming dread that implies in the 1955 version. The cats are an understandable alteration considering their racial implications in the original. But really...really? Did we NEED to cut the puppies out of it? I mean, yes, we all know a schnauzer and a cocker spaniel will not produce a litter of three perfect pure bred cocker spaniels and one tiny adorable miniature schnauzer, but think of all the adorable combinations of features Disney failed to create and warm our hearts with here! No live action Scamp?! WHY?! Like another critic said, it's sweet and enjoyable, but you get the feeling Disney wanted to push it out just to check it off a to do list as opposed to throwing all they had into it like Beauty and the Beast or Lion King or Aladdin or Jungle Book. Even Dumbo showed more thought to a classic character reinvigorated and Cruella while confusing was bold and dynamic. Worth a watch, but don't expect the magic of the Disney classic. Still better than Mulan.
Greenland
(2020)
At the End of the World, Hope Your Dad Is Gerald Butler
12 August 2021
Warning: Spoilers
Best action movie I've seen in years, best disaster/ end of the world movie I've ever seen period. Amazing heartfelt acting that truly makes you believe the characters, deploying both the best and worst of humanity in which a true parent will go through hell to protect their child and keep their family together whereas a selfish person will make up any excuse to save their own butt even if it means kidnapping and traumatizing a child.
Shark Night
(2011)
Not the worst shark movie ever but disappointing
22 July 2021
Warning: Spoilers
If you're a fan of shark horror, this is worth watching at least once because of all the detail put into the sharks to make them appear realistic. Their unlikely eagerness to attack hapless college students is never explained (were the sharks drugged with something?) but they used a mix of CGI and practical effects to create beautiful replicas of various species which is what makes this worth viewing. On contrast, I found most of the acting sy- Fi b movie sharknado quality at best which may be the fault of the writer as the characters are unsympathetic and not really likable, nor really annoying enough to be dis likable so you can really enjoy or mourn them getting eaten. You're literally just watching to see how creative the sharks can be with when and how they strike. Also, I have never figured out the back story with Sara and her ex boyfriend, whether he actually attempted to drown her or whether she was a hysterical teenager that flipped out, jumped to conclusions, ran over and nearly killed her lover with a boat and then dumped him at a hospital without so much as a goodbye. Shouldn't there have been a police investigation into all this? And also, she wears a bikini through the entire film despite it being here house and having access to her own clothing. I mean, after my first friend got his arm bitten off, I'd sort of feel inappropriate running around in a two piece and a thin robe. If you're going to take someone to a hospital, you usually want to be wearing some pants and sweater because you're gonna be sitting in a waiting room for a few hours at least and you don't want a bunch of people staring at you while you wait for hours to find out if someone will live or not I'd imagine.
Selena: The Series
(2020–2021)
This is the best series I've seen in years, wholesome, hopeful, but heartbreaking
13 May 2021
Warning: Spoilers
I love how this entire series focused on the family, while always keeping her beautiful music almost hovering overhead. Selena, Suzette, and A. B maintain and realistic sibling relationship while still managing to seem like the best friends you could imagine. The scenes where A. B listens to " Dreaming of You" in the last episode shattered my heart wide open and I started sobbing.
People say this show is unrealistic, I think it is very accurate and true. Selena was extremely driven, and it shows. She was a very YOUNG woman who grew up in a different time surrounded by her family, as she states, with no friends, which made her extremely naive and trusting because she was the baby and her father and mother and older siblings and band mates were always trying to shield her a protect her. This is unfortunately what allowed a conniving mentally unstable snake like Yolanda to sneak in and get close to her, because she never imagined someone who treated her with such devotion was actually jealous, possible, obsessed, and ultimately hated her for being beautiful, popular, kind, and respected in a way Yolanda had no idea how to be.
I think it is wonderful that this series was written by Suzette because we get a glimpse into all these details of their family and what made them so close, from being homeless and almost living in a storage shed to digging in the garbage for peach cans to make into lights to playing weddings and country fairs as small children to endless hours freezing together on a drafty bus on the road trying to keep up with their school work. I found all of this touching and insightful and it showed to me a rare vulnerability in Abraham that made him a much richer picture of a father in my my mind. People call him a control freak, but there is no instruction manual on how to be a parent and he suffered from so much violence and prejudice and tried so very hard to protect his children while nurturing their talents, and I think people are overly critical of him.
Most of the complaints say this show is flat, unrealistic, and I find that sad because it did not glorify sexuality or violence or try to turn Selena into some tabloid hussy that ran around on her husband, because she loved Chris and they had an honest relationship with problems, because it shows the stress of her attempting to be successful as a singer in multiple genre, run boutiques, design clothing, fashion shows, and still stay close to her family and husband, despite overwhelming pressure all at the tender age of 23 when most girls these days are still trying to handle working at McDonalds and paying for an apartment, only to have all her dreams snatched away right as she achieves them, within days of deciding with her husband to start trying to children, within hours of telling her mother and sister. It's stunning and horrible and yet I could not imagine a better show to watch with the whole family because it touches on everything without being slanderous or trashy. I recommend this to everyone because if nothing else, it's real, it's heartfelt, and it gives you a break from the violence and misery and overall filth that common television wallows in these days. This is faithful account of a sweet innocent young lady, that's deserves to be honored and mourned rather than a spectacle made to shock and sate baser compulsions. And because of that is is a rare gem amid the dirt and garbage or modern television.
People say this show is unrealistic, I think it is very accurate and true. Selena was extremely driven, and it shows. She was a very YOUNG woman who grew up in a different time surrounded by her family, as she states, with no friends, which made her extremely naive and trusting because she was the baby and her father and mother and older siblings and band mates were always trying to shield her a protect her. This is unfortunately what allowed a conniving mentally unstable snake like Yolanda to sneak in and get close to her, because she never imagined someone who treated her with such devotion was actually jealous, possible, obsessed, and ultimately hated her for being beautiful, popular, kind, and respected in a way Yolanda had no idea how to be.
I think it is wonderful that this series was written by Suzette because we get a glimpse into all these details of their family and what made them so close, from being homeless and almost living in a storage shed to digging in the garbage for peach cans to make into lights to playing weddings and country fairs as small children to endless hours freezing together on a drafty bus on the road trying to keep up with their school work. I found all of this touching and insightful and it showed to me a rare vulnerability in Abraham that made him a much richer picture of a father in my my mind. People call him a control freak, but there is no instruction manual on how to be a parent and he suffered from so much violence and prejudice and tried so very hard to protect his children while nurturing their talents, and I think people are overly critical of him.
Most of the complaints say this show is flat, unrealistic, and I find that sad because it did not glorify sexuality or violence or try to turn Selena into some tabloid hussy that ran around on her husband, because she loved Chris and they had an honest relationship with problems, because it shows the stress of her attempting to be successful as a singer in multiple genre, run boutiques, design clothing, fashion shows, and still stay close to her family and husband, despite overwhelming pressure all at the tender age of 23 when most girls these days are still trying to handle working at McDonalds and paying for an apartment, only to have all her dreams snatched away right as she achieves them, within days of deciding with her husband to start trying to children, within hours of telling her mother and sister. It's stunning and horrible and yet I could not imagine a better show to watch with the whole family because it touches on everything without being slanderous or trashy. I recommend this to everyone because if nothing else, it's real, it's heartfelt, and it gives you a break from the violence and misery and overall filth that common television wallows in these days. This is faithful account of a sweet innocent young lady, that's deserves to be honored and mourned rather than a spectacle made to shock and sate baser compulsions. And because of that is is a rare gem amid the dirt and garbage or modern television.
Willy's Wonderland
(2021)
Not the best but you could do worse
21 April 2021
It's like for the first portion of the movie Nicolas Cage, instead of his usual erratic screaming and overacting, is sullenly giving us the silent treatment and his expression clearly says " what the heck happened to my career that it came to this?" But luckily main actor aside, the animatronics and the. Atmosphere are just creepy enough to be fun. Kind of a chucky cheese meets child's play vibe going.
A Long Way Home
(2003 TV Movie)
An Important Story but a Flawed One.
3 March 2021
Warning: Spoilers
While I find it interesting that this director chose to focus on the parents more than the teenage daughter, the victim of the fathers sexual assaults, I think the story is wasted and condescending and gives far too much leniency to the abuser and his wife. While I agree that is is very realistic that the mother would want to move past this and lay blame on her daughter, who in no way encouraged any of what happened or deserved it, but was unable to speak up and thus becomes a target because both parents are unwilling or unable to take responsibility for what they did or allowed to happen to an innocent 14 year old child, I find is disturbing and sickening that the social services allowed them to keep custody of the children with a registered sex offender in the home. That's it. He abused his daughter. He scarred her forever. He is a sexual predator both by definition and by law, but he expects his daughter to forgive him, to be comfortable hugging him or speaking to him, and in truth she struggles with severe depression, self hatred like cutting her hair off in an attempt to make herself less attractive to him or a boy who likes her, to be left alone. These signs or downward spiral and those of the hurt and confusion of her younger brother who doesn't understand what happened are all but ignored or even looked on with hostility because she is disrupting the attempt to save the family unit which has already been destroyed. It's over and hour of victim blaming and revictimizing the child who has been assaulted. It's probably completely accurate to what happens to children every day, but it doesn't make it easy to watch and one wonders if it also allows perpetrators and their spouses who are in denial of this sort of heinous crime to feel justified or excused for not protecting their kids. Pure and simple, once someone crosses this line, they should never be allowed into the child's life again.
You
(2018–2024)
So far only vaguely like the book
17 June 2020
Warning: Spoilers
I'm disturbed and I admit it. That women find appeal in the character of Joe. Honestly they blended his character down from the book so much paired with a deep, pleasing baritone voice and pretty boy Edward the sparkly vampire face, so it doesn't surprise me, but then they have made all the characters seem far more appealing in this version as opposed to it's written origins.
I'm not impressed over all. The book , while uncomfortable to read, was at least bold and honest, where as the show tends to lean towards common, and at best, a dulled down version of Dexter, trying to make yo sympathize with a psychological liar and stalker whose only obsession is to force the object of his lust to become his perfect match by any means necessary. But, again, the book is more honest about it. It makes you feel as though despite Joe being calculating and diabolical, he is so far gone from reality he honestly believes in the most fervent manner that he is bettering Becks life by surgically isolating her from anyone he deems troublesome or a threat, where as in the show he is so laid back and mild about it, you almost are lulled into the idea that it's somehow acceptable that Joe broke into her house, tracked her from her online accounts and watched her through her windows.
And yet so many women find this enthralling somehow. I feel like someone should warn their friends and relatives that they fantasize about a relationship with a man who wants to subjugate, seclude, and possibly murder them and anyone they hold ties to. A sad statement about the mindset of American women.
I'm not impressed over all. The book , while uncomfortable to read, was at least bold and honest, where as the show tends to lean towards common, and at best, a dulled down version of Dexter, trying to make yo sympathize with a psychological liar and stalker whose only obsession is to force the object of his lust to become his perfect match by any means necessary. But, again, the book is more honest about it. It makes you feel as though despite Joe being calculating and diabolical, he is so far gone from reality he honestly believes in the most fervent manner that he is bettering Becks life by surgically isolating her from anyone he deems troublesome or a threat, where as in the show he is so laid back and mild about it, you almost are lulled into the idea that it's somehow acceptable that Joe broke into her house, tracked her from her online accounts and watched her through her windows.
And yet so many women find this enthralling somehow. I feel like someone should warn their friends and relatives that they fantasize about a relationship with a man who wants to subjugate, seclude, and possibly murder them and anyone they hold ties to. A sad statement about the mindset of American women.
Grey's Anatomy
(2005– )
Wow, Sexist, CRUEL, and UNFAIR. Mid season finale and other spoilers, sorry
26 November 2016
Warning: Spoilers
If I could personally contact Shonda Rhymes, I would like to tell her thank you for wasting however. Many hours of my life you have watching 13 seasons of this nightmare where men have no say in their own lives and abortion is the go to solution with not a single pro life person getting a fair say, and no, April, does NOT count because she was forced to go through her worst nightmare she didn't believe in due to her baby having a horrible genetic defect. Seriously, married Owen to another woman who doesn't consider his one true desire to be a father and just put her foot down and now he has to what, deal with it? Like you made him deal with that horrible abortion that clearly left him traumatized with PTSD all because you paired him with that despicable Cristina Yang, whom I. Kept hoping would be killed off throughout the entire show, but NO, she gets to live and you killed DEREK! And then, what, Meredith just gets over him and starts sleeping around after he was supposed to be her soul mate and the father of her children? What happened to loyalty??? She pulled the plug on him and that it? This is the most unfair, sexist, blatantly against men show ever, and Private Practivce is even worse. They constantly encourage women to have abortions, say men have no say in the matter, and recommend pulling the e plug on any baby that's premature instead of fighting for it and for the parents. It's bull! This show is. Anti babies. And anti men . It preaches the philosophy of sleeping around, cheating, doing whatever you want IF you're a woman and never taking any responsibility for children you create or people you hurt because a woman's sexual needs and her career and her desires and dreams supersede her husbands or boyfriends or even her best friends and her children's. Sick. And I don't care if you flame me for saying so, this is my opinion and according to this show, I, as a woman, an allowed to have my opinion and say it even if it upsets others.
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