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Twisters (2024)
Ridiculous and miscast
I looked at a few reviews so like some I will say my age, I'm Gen X so I KNOW movies old ones and new and new stuff is cr a ppp! Besides checking off all appropriate boxes there is no heart or originality in movies or tv anymore. Ok so on to the review...
If it wasn't for CGI there probably would'nt be a movie. Glen Powell is fun but he keeps wasting himself in bad movies but even in this he was over the top; not to mention he couldn't save it.
The female lead, have NO idea who she is and not sure I want to watch anything else with her she is bland and had the personality and acting of a wet mop.
They took the original great 1996 Twister and tried to remake it but twist things up a bit and they didn't do a good job. You could pick who was supposed to be each character from the original and even which scene was supposed to be which, what originality huh? The script was stolen and ruined all because no one can write anything anymore; the characters were an amalgamated mess and again the worst was the no talent "Kate". Scratch this off your list and go invest yourself in the original Twister where you will find characters you like/love and have fun watching to boot. This one drags so much and is so unbelievably boring I found myself doing dishes, dusting and taking out the garbage all while the movie was on. The music was also a joke trying to turn it into a yokel country joke. And if people do t know by now who live in tornado alley what to do when a tornado is coming then gosh darn are they not smart people.
Spoiler...the only twist was the bad man who was land grabbing (kind of like Oprah in Hawaii) otherwise a sad sad fail attempt at making a fun summer blockbuster REMAKE.
Believe the higher reviews if you want but most who read this and inclined to think it's helpful will agree wholeheartedly with me. The movies in the last 10+ years are horrible and not worthy of movies of older years. Hollywood is gone. We keep trying and keep being turned off and disappointed.
On a side note there are some Korean movies that are stellar and much better than the American drivel we have now, I'd check those out for action, drama or sci fi. Sorry Glen.
Amudo Eobsneun Supsokeseo (2024)
Don't even know how to rate this
The series started out really good and drew us in, good acting the scenery was good the characters were developing, music good....then it just got really old and unbelievable! Someone commented that you have to understand the culture to get it, but we've seen lots of really good with Korean films/series and this one just not cutting it. The woman who is the psycho just keeps getting away with so much crap it's insane and a major turnoff. The main guy? Why does he not do something about his suspicions? Why do they go from 2001 and 2023 when so far episode 5 (we hung in there but I'm doing cleaning and laundry and cooking because I just can't pay attention anymore) with no connection, unless it's the police woman? They are drawing it out way too long and I don't know if I would recommend it. Losing interest and patience.
Look Both Ways (2022)
Could have been much better
What is it with these movies the last 5-8 years?? The premise is great and had promise but the characters end up being so boring that I didn't care what happened to them. It was an easy out either way...get pregnant accidentally and ruin your 5 year plan and live in your parents basement and be a barista whilst thinking about what could have been.
Or don't get pregnant accidentally and go live the life you thought you wanted (hmm could that have been just get rid of the baby also these days). But in the interim have a million long "perfect" boring conversations about the plan or the embarrassment of living with your parents blah blah blah.
It could have told a really good story /life lesson but just threw in weird annoying characters with huge egos and boring conversations. It ended up being blah and wooden. I'll let you pick which life you would have chosen...
The Union (2024)
How did this happen
Well it doesn't warrant a 1 star but it certainly is t worthy of a 4 star so we are going with a 3 star. Morning was the writing bad and actually probably just another script from another of this same type of movie recycled, but the acting and direction were atrocious. Seriously how does Halle berry take this serious after doing a great job in the third John Wick, she's too old to look savvy or pull off much less come across as a badarse spy!!! Mark walberg always has some good some bad so I'm not as appalled by his job, the stars are for JK Simmons, what little part he played but also detracts a star for actually taking the part. I normally love Mike coulter but this movie was just silly and repetitive and juvenile trying to be something it's not, so if you want to watch a joke (maybe it's a sarcastic comedy) then go for it, you can do laundry and house cleaning while it's on and not cringe every 5 seconds at dialogue or makeup/hair, costumes or non cheeky one liners that never hit the mark. And the action? Hahahahaha!
The Goonies (1985)
Doesn't age well
The goonies was so much fun ... in the 80s. I remember it fondly and when we saw it on Tubi decided to watch with the kids. First off the movies doesn't age well, there are a lot of annoying movies now with loud whining cry baby entitied kids these days but it saddened me to see a fondly remembered movie that was the same, plain rubbage. The kids got bored with the storyline shortly after getting bored with the yelling and whining, Thank goodness they wanted to turn it off and find something else to watch. I'm glad i had good memories of it, but now I can put that away and never watch again. Pass.
A Family Affair (2024)
My goodness what has happened
This is the epitome of movies these days, what could have been a funny movie quickly became an annoying over the top chattering of just nonsense. There is just so much narcissistic over talk throughout the movie there was no time for fun. Whoever were it felt there needed to be dialogue in absolute EVERY scene even when they had to talk to them selves. Whining, worrying, bragging, wondering, my gawd we just needed a cute story and some circumstances to laugh and and be e endeared by. But no we got everything else. The acting is so wooden and forced which was a real surprise considering you have Nicole Kidman usually is a good actor, Zac can be hilarious so why all throughout his comedy is so off the mark. Joey is give or take and definitely a major whiner in this. I wouldn't recommend, I'm sorry i saw it because it left me with new conceptions of people I thought I liked. Bad writing, bad directing, bad decisions all around. There is absolutely no chemistry between Zac and Nicole, it's very off putting. I ca t finish it so I hope they break up.
Monkey Man (2024)
Incredibly not good
I'm still trying to figure out why people are putting this movie in the same category with John Wick??????? Not even an Indian John Wick. I like Dev Patel and even though the trailers did not look good watched anyway for some mindless action and martial arts. I got mindless alright and no martial arts, he's not even a cage fighter. Dev's directing was just awful I'm sorry to say, it's confusing as a story, the spinning and slow cinematography were hard to watch over an hour in and it's not getting any better.
It IS a revenge story but it's just not there, the Monkey Man continuously getting his butt kicked on purpose to throw fights is just dumb, he goes through all this work to make a plan to kill the bad police man then botches it anyway and gets his butt kicked some more. I'm sad that it could have been better but wasn't. I just don't get the 7-10 ratings. I give Dev some credit for it but come on, this is not good. The best part was him training the dog but I'm out before something happens to the dog.
Outer Range (2022)
S1 was a 7 S2 a 3-4!
Season 1 was interesting and slow paced because we thought they were character building, plus time travel has always been a big interest. That being said after just painstakingly wading through season 2 sad to say it was more confusing that the first season. Irrelevant storylines and characters that take up time and space like the Tillerson's, you get no real explanation just bits and fragmented pieces. Autumn was the most hateful awful character and I "think" we are supposed to like her. Questions never answered just more questions that now don't care why or how just want the torture to end. Lili Taylor and Josh Brolin were good but wasted...scratch that, ALL the actors were wasted on this grandiose attempt. Sorry.
Wallbanger (2024)
Acting?
I read this book and absolutely loved it. When I found out they were making it a movie I was conflicted because books are generally better than the movie adaptation but watched it...was very sorely disappointed, the acting was smarmy and bad, bad casting choices throughout not like the characters at all so a major bummer. The male, my gosh trying to be sexy especially in the beginning was a cringey creepy turn off.
Come on Tosca you can do sooo much better, can't you?
If you like romance novels Wallbanger is hilarious, fun and satisfying, this movie/cast leaves a lot to be desired, not sure why the high ratings imho.
I DO however highly recommend the BOOK.
They Called Him Mostly Harmless (2024)
Hike more...eat less???
I remember the story, I like true crime so wondered about the story at the time but moved on...This documentary is absolutely ridiculous, it's more about Mostly Narcissistic Self Important Attention "w#ore$" that had no life (The dry cleaner mole, eyeliner chick especially) who lived in a motel (seriously) and thought she was the only one who solved it or cared). This doco focuses on crazy majorly overweight people (not that that mattered) that are supposedly avid (except dry cleaner mole woman) hikers or canoe-ers even though they weigh 300 pounds, don't wear bras that thought this nice, quiet dude they met once on a trail was a really neat guy.
At the start our first thought was he went on purpose to possibly that a forever dirt nap since he had food and money, the interesting part was that he had a dysfunctional childhood history so was estranged from his family (don't most of us), had already tried to un-alive himself before, abused his girlfriends in secret, was smart and created game code and no one knew or cared he had disappeared. These people did NOT know him, but acted like they did...obsessed crazies that must have been paid to do this or just needed to be on TV.
Unfortunately these documentaries are getting really heavy on talkers/speculators and light on the mystery and what happened to him, this needs to stop, make documentaries good again . Skip it unless you want to watch self absorbed pretentious annoying people that made it about them, not him. A DNA company that didn't just do it to help or interest but had to crowd source money to do it, really? He ended up being a @$$h0le, oh and Train Angel...w t f??? An interesting story that turned into a clown show. No just no!
Anyone But You (2023)
The stars
Welp, that was as bad as I thought it would be. Up front I will say one star was for Glen Powell even tho he was not smart enough to dodge this bullet, the other star is seeing Brian Brown again and seeing him brought up good memories of when movies were good. I normally like Dermit Mulroney but with lines like "Australia is like America blah blah blah they both have complicated histories", please!
They made sure every box was checked which in turn has ruined all new movies/series and is boring and old af. So for a badly written screenplay with inserted ideologies and mixed peoples more than any of us actually ever see in real life I will admit I did laugh about 3 times. The main actress can't act her way out of a paper bag and has that I'm droopy look all the time. All I heard about this movie adnauseum was her ta ta's, big whoop. I'd rather she was a good actress playing a likable character. With past credits like Madame Web I think I don't need to elaborate. Good scenery, I'll give it that.
Waste of Glen Powell that's for sure, next time read the script dude and see who your lead is, for the good of your career.
Fifty Shades of Grey (2015)
Anastasia...Mr. Grey...
Full disclosure right off the bat...I did not read the books when they were first out and popular and I did not see the movies when they released either. I have read many many books on this genre and have really enjoyed certain authors takes on it (i.e. Sawyer Bennet, Lisa Renee Jones to name a couple).
I thought Dakota Johnson was a bad pick even tho I didn't read the book just because I feel she is not a good actress and a nepo baby. That being said the series was on Peacock so I watched them recently, I was surprised how much I enjoyed them.
To my surprise Dakota did a really good job and her transformation from normal girl to a woman of her own, in control of her man was excellent, she even did the naivety and shock well.
Jamie Dornan who I like and have seen in a few things lately did a great job portraying a rich powerful haunted man in need of sadism in his sexual life. The actual movies portrayed other similar stories I have read and it was fun to see unfold on screen. I thought they did a good job, I can imagine if you've never read stories as these it was probably weird and uncomfortable, but in my opinion they did a good job in the genre.
Oppenheimer (2023)
Way to long
Was somewhat excited to see Oppenheimer because of Christopher Nolan, although Nolan has had some misses (Dunkirk, Intersteller, the Prestige to name a few) I still usually like his style. There are some big people in this movie so I guess the draw was that this was supposed to be a big movie, however I felt it fell flat and was actually coming across very pretentious and uneventful. The music suggests that this is very intense and suspenseful but was actually quite irritating.
The skipping around made it more confusing to watch and it ended my interest to where I just didn't care and was doing a word search game while watching, it's entirely too long and scattered and you really don't care for a anyone, much less Oppenheimer himself, sorry. I guess my expectation of this movie was completely different from what I got. Disappointed, it mostly boring.
The Re-Education of Molly Singer (2023)
Not funny
To everyone saying it's funny, I think I know why :/.
We watched because we like "Molly" but I'm giving it a 4 because Jamie Presley is great in it and the only funny one. Molly was freaking annoying with her over the top cool party girl and yelling like a banshee all the time. The other actors all must have been going back to college to finish degrees too because everyone is like 30-40 years old, definitely not 18-24.
The college antics were foolish, we were dumb in college and partied and did silly things but the embellishments they did to make the movie funny made it very not funny. There were a few funny parts, like the gym scene with the mascot (no spoilers). Maybe things are really different now but I'm only a little older than Molly is supposed to be as a lawyer. I know to each their own but this is a place we are allowed (maybe) to voice our opinions of a show or movie for others to take into account. Sorry but There's no way this movie gets 8's much less 10,'s please!
True Detective (2014)
Wonderful...
Curious to see if this review gets past the either real person editors or machine so I plan to throw in some comments about the show. I have tried to leave honest critiques for other show and movies, I've seen comments much more brash unmannerly, honest out there for everyone to see. Jodie foster was the detective who was investigating, I feel like I am being disapproved of when making comments. Declined I mean when foster and her partner were up in Alaska. The reviews are being cen sore d and people are not allowed to truth tell their personal feelings of what they see. Now that there is a character maximim you have to wonder why. Interesting to see what happens next.
The Sandman (2022)
Came for fantasy
Saw this when we just got free Netflix for 3 months, we love fantasy so thought ooo the previews look good. We are marathon watching everything we think is interesting or couldn't watch before, and we love Tom Sturridge and Boyd Holbrook so were excited to see them in it. Started out really interesting and great costumes and some cool characters then it started getting slow. Episode 5 was when it was a certainty we lost interest and when it seemed the series lost its way. I get they were doing the ruby thing but I wanted more Dream/Morpheus and his sister. Sometimes he seems beatable and I guess I want him to get back what he lost (I know, silly me lol). It jumps from story to story haphazardly so was confusing, has some characters that didn't feel necessary, some seemingly wrongly cast characters and some really good characters, I didn't realize or pay attn it was a Neil gaiman work until I looked up writing / directing because I wondered if that was the problem. I haven't read his stuff so I don't know if the show follows the comic but we LOVE Bad Omens, American gods, was 'eh (but also had some great characters and actors); totally get the fandom and ratings because I'm like that with authors I love/read and hoping books-to-movies or to-series's don't change stuff up so it's not even the original story just a loosely "based on".
I'm bummed because it was a really cool premise, I also just wish it was still important to get a good story told and not an unnecessary agenda. Maybe it is how and what he writes idk, but as a non reader seeing the series it felt like everything at one point started pushing something. I should just try to read some of his work, maybe my review would be totally different, JMO but no season 2 for us.
EXmas (2023)
Not cute not funny
This movie is genuinely awful, horrible, blasphemous, hateful and just really bad. I like Robbie Amell and Leighton Maester...usually, however the characters they play are awful; his parents even more. The premise is ok, we've seen it before and it can be done well but whoever wrote these characters and their actions fails big time. Checks all the correct boxes of course since it's a new movie so covers all the diverseness in just one family, go figure (including faux "date-ees"). The mother is clueless her accidental comments that are supposed to be naive and funny fall flat and just end up nasty. The dad is not a smart guy, the sister ridiculous, the obviously adopted brother might as well have been nonexistent as his character was irrelevant.
So onward, his exfiance breaks up with him and breaks his heart because he's not engaged in the relationship because he works too much, she stays in touch with his family behind his back and when he says he can't come home due to a deadline, they invite her (although it seems they had already done that) because she's so "lovely". When he surprises them of course she's there and the badness ensues. The loving family cares more about her than their own son and constantly pick her over him. They then bet to get the other out before Christmas and the hatefulness begins, in one instance she instigates him overflowing the toilet on the second floor, can you tell me what part of that is funny, can you?? S
Someone repeatedly steals the baby Jesus from the nativity scene out front and it's ok and "funny" to replace it with odd toys from home depot that all have Jesus hair and beards and that's supposed to be funny? I found it absurd and blasphemous, another play on un-christianing America yet again, at Christmas no less. Chemistry is no where in sight between the too and even if it was there the family antics and complete selfishness and cluelessness is a complete turn off.
Didn't even finish it, having the flu would have been better. I'm sure they get together again and blah blah blah but who cares. Waste of talent and time.
The Christmas Cabin (2019)
Holy Christmas cabin-not
Ok, I've seen my share of hallmark movies for a million (ok not a million) years, but this one has got to be the worst. This is 2023, I may have missed this one because we didn't have hallmark for a while, so in my catching up here I am. First of all, no chemistry whatsoever between the leads, he's an "ok" actor, she is abysmal, I've seen over acting but how is it possible to be over acting yet horrible acting at the same time. Not to mention the haircut, what year was this made again? Her acting when he came to the door was enough to get me to turn it off, yet I hung in there .... But it never gets any better. The directing, script, music besides the bad acting are appalling. The story itself is hardly believable even for a hallmark Christmas movie, how it made it past the cutting floor is astounding. So he thinks the cabin is in his family, she "knows" the cabin is hers and her great something grandmother "built" it, right, he has the paperwork, where's hers? Maybe it all can't be blamed on the acting and story but then where does the blame lay. If I ever see her name on another movie I'm out although it doesn't look like she is spinning in roles, neither is he, go figure. Miss this one, it's a no-go, not even lifting the spirits or cute rom com, nope!
A Christmas Prince (2017)
Meh
Ok Christmas movies are part of Christmas time TV, I try to watch them every year, we did t have the channel for a few years so trying to catch up this year has been disappointing pat the very least. There have been a couple of really nice ones and Biltmore Christmas is at the top of that list, I recommend that movie for sure. Now back to the disappointments, this one I know is older but like I said, catching up here; this is an old premise but usually fun to watch HOWEVER I could never get past the lead actress wearing silly silly silly clothes and converse tennis shoes for Pete's sake even in a ball gown. Too much, not classy at all and highly unbelievable that she'd get away with it much less get the prince. She always looked like a deer in the headlights, a worried deer in the headlights, a scared deer in the headlights...you get my point. She was cute but come on. The other actors were good, I liked the Prince, Alice Krige is always good and the little girl was absolutely adorable.
Leave the World Behind (2023)
A convoluted pile on
Bad movie w/bad characters bad writing/directing and so many plot holes it was joke. I would not recommend to anyone. Not one character is likable. The undertones of racism was rampant throughout which was boring and was totally unnecessary. Julia was a bad character and wore the pants in the family, Ethan was a beta husband which was a bummer to see because I usually like him in his roles. I like Mahershala, but again his acting was not up to par, the kids, not as bratty and annoying as usual in movies these except for Ali's daughter and she was a complete snit in the beginning. Some reviewers are saying it's a "smart" thinking type of movie but it's not, even Einstein would be scratching his head.
A Perfect Christmas Pairing (2023)
What is going on here
I always look forward to Christmas movies on hallmark, but this is the third movie in 2023 I have tried to watch and had to abort because it was so bad. To be honest (and take up the limit of characters required now) I did not watch the whole movie. That being said...wow, what the heck is going on hallmark??? The lead female was annoying and not likable at all, neither was the lead male, the writing is bad the acting is bad and the sound was horrible and it's not my tv, it was the movie. The kitchen and critic scens was bad but the library scene was worse. I was doing errands while watching and just had to stop. Do not waste your time, if you want to see a good one watch A Biltmore Christmas!
Love by Design (2023)
Wonder what's going on here
Love by Design started out really bad then just got worse, I had to quit watching so beware.
The main actress is a 30 yr old whiner, who her also whiney boyfriend dumps for another woman (the he acting was all so poor I didn't care about either of them). She runs home to mommy whining all the way and even makes her niece think that wishes don't come true. The acting is really bad by everyone even Joey Lawrence so maybe it's the directing????? The best thing was Eric Roberts playing a gay guy, that was a hoot, Eric did a great job!! Other than that and a cute dog one of this years BAD one's.
Hallmarks used to fun and cute albeit predictable but that was part of the fun and holiday.
This year I'm appalled at the level of writing the actors acting really badly and just unlikeable characters. Everyone seems to be overacting and trying too hard, it's weird and off putting.
This got a 2 because of Eric Roberts and the dog!
The Out-Laws (2023)
Spoiler alert this movie is baaaaad
Saw previews with Pierce Brosnan being a cool bank robber and some other cast members and thought this be fun!
Then watched it.....wow. This has got to be one of the worst movies for over acting Adam Devine especially he's awful and whiney and his face stuck in a perpetual grimace is just waiting to be punched more than ever he screams constantly. Pierce and Nina dobrev were good, but everyone else and the writing ...nope. Also very lewd and nasty just nasty sexual comments that are NOT funny. Waste of everything.
This movie is not funny (ok 1 part with Pierce about Bond) you will be annoyed beyond tears.
The Covenant (2023)
Way to go Guy Ritchie
This was a good movie! We were prepared to be let down like we were with Khandahar (even tho who doesn't love Gerard Butler). But Covenant was really good, the character build up you got to see from. Both sides but not at the same time so that was special
It was exciting and tense and emotional but mostly just really efficient and event filled. The only thing that bugged a little for me, was Jake gyllenhall, I like Jake and I liked his character John Kinley BUT he was very wooden in his voice and a little too stoic, he did great in all of the action scenes though. Dar Salim (Ahmed) was wonderful.
All in all a good sand box movie (which aren't usually my favorites) we'd definitely watch it again. The best part was - it just was what it was and told a story as it was without having to push or add anything that wasn't there or needed to be, if you know what I mean. So yay, obviously not Disney or Netflix or Prime Video writing!!!
Harlan Coben's Shelter (2023)
Why Harlan Why?
I don't know when I'm going to learn my lesson, I just need to read the book and leave it at that but nooo I have to always ruin it by watching the show or movie which is, as usual, nothing like the book and all characters get a color, rqce, gender or total character change, I assume to check all the correct boxes. Mickey is a nice guy but a boring character, Ema sure lost a lot of weight Arthur is the same thank god, that's it. Mickey and Ashley know
each other all of 1/2 a day and he acts like she was his girlfriend. And Shira and Hannah, please. Harlan can you be a little more picky with the screen writes!!