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Napoleon (2023)
Looked good but that's about it.
I had such high hopes for this Movie. I high budget productions based around one of the most influential periods and person in world history. Sadly I was greatly disappointed.
- The movie is far to obsessed with the producing an heir part. Like no one wants to go watch a historical film that the first hour is just the MCs going at it. He didn't do this in Gladiator. That movie is a classic at this point...this one won't be.
- There was a massive lack of actual combat and war aspects. Scott talked up how modern technology would allow him to show Napoleon in action , where was it? Yes there are battles, but most of them had a small amount of screen time and no real planning or focus on the tactics that made Napoleon such a threat.
- Obviously if you have heard anything about this movie you already know it is not Historically accurate.
- Phoenix is a great actor and I generally like his works, but I felt like his personality was all over the place in this film. The age aspect was also strange. Napoleon is supposed to be in his 20s at the beginning and Phoenix just looks far to old to be passable.
The Marvels (2023)
It's just meh honestly.
* Fully spoiler free:
I went into this pretty open minded. I haven't seen a Marvel movie in 5 years so I decided to try and give them another shot since this one was supposed to be so different. This movie was just boring. I don't really understand why super hero movies are losing the plot because it's really not that hard. Give us good action sequences and a fun story again. It's crazy how far the genre has fallen. I remember every time a new Marvel or DC movie was coming out the entire office would be talking about it. It seems like I am the only one of my cohort that even went to see this.... and I don't blame them.
- save your money for Christmas presents or something else, Black Friday is about to arrive, I'm sure you can find a better use for your money in some sales.
South Park: Joining the Panderverse (2023)
This was Hilarious.
This was one of the funniest piece of content I've seen in a long time. It was so accurate to the modern landscape.
- No one likes multiverses...they make the entire plot of most modern superhero movies pointless.
- The whole part about modern society lacking basic skills to maintain modern living standards without importing people in from foreign countries to keep the US from falling apart was just a great subplot.
- Didn't know who Kathleen was prior to this, glad to put a face to the crimes Disney commits against cultures they don't even represent. Pillaging and perverting foreign folklore and mythology is unacceptable. We as a society need to hold these bandits to a higher standard. Hopefully then we can get new original content that represents modern society.
Down to Earth with Zac Efron (2020)
Great show
This show is very good. You can tell this was a personal mission for the entire cast.
Zac and Darin travel all around the world to understand different aspects of everyday life that we take for granted. The learn about the importance of quality drinking water being widely accessible, even though there are even wealthy countries like the United States that still have carcinogens in the majority of their water. They learn about traditional lifestyles. They visit indigenous populations and parts of nature that are rarely seen.
- min of 600 chars so I kind of had to rant, but this is a great show and serves as a good way to introducing family members to environmental concerns and health choices whilst being overbearing or blaming. I'd definitely recommend a watch.
The Mandalorian (2019)
Meh
I don't understand the big review score on this show. It's very much just meh imo. I don't hate the show, but it wasn't good either. I feel like most of the good reviews is just from the nostalgia. I really tried to enjoy is a Star wars, especially the 4-6th episode movies are amazing and have stood up very well. Episodes 1-3 was kind of meh, and episodes 7- 9 were just god awful. Thankfully there's really no reason to watch past 6 for plot comprehension purposes. Hopefully one day Disney can get back to making quality content over just pumping out as much as possible to try and boost the view counts and subs.
- not really sure what's up with the 600 char min now, that's kind of why I had to go on a little rant just to hit the minimum.