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Virus Shark (2021)
A virus that spreads with a shark bite? That's a double whammy!
Whoever came up with this concept is utterly devoid of logic, and the final product reflects my sentiment. Did someone think a shark attack is not enough, now it must carry a virus as well?
If you do hate yourself so much to try to sit through this whole movie, you will be shaking your head and cutting your wrists at the abominable concept, horrid writing and acting, etc.
Painful, plain and simple. Then again, it might cure cancer.
Mythic Quest: Raven's Banquet (2020)
First episode was fine, but then...
...it just went downhill. I watch shows and movies of all genres, and one of the requirements that varies from genre to genre is plausibility. More serious genre like drama needs to be more believable than, for instance, a sci fi or comedy. If you can't believe that what is happening on screen could happen in real life or in some parallel reality, you will call it BS and move on to another form of entertainment.
First episode was quirky but still (sort of) funny, most characters are believable, but there were some annoying exceptions that wonder out of the realm of believable- the annoying and pretentious Pootie Shoe, human resources lady throwing a tantrum about having to help people (I take personal offence being a psychologist myself), but most of all- the new assistant that exhibits some of the most blatant antisocial (not asocial!) behaviors that would raise red flags to even the least perceptive of viewers. The main plot line of the episode was decent enough, and side characters like the tester girls really seem like they could develop into great side story/plot.
Unfortunately, this show takes a quick nose dive, right from the start of second episode. They are building a dynamic that doesn't exist in a real game developing company- making it seem like certain characters, like Abed, I mean Brad the "lead of monetization department", are irreplaceable and could single-handedly modify the ingame micro-transaction system without anyone being able to stop them or reverse the changes. The antisocial assistant character is further being built up as a completely deranged psychopath that basically causes public relation disaster that would cost the company billions in future revenue not to mention legal fees of a lawsuit (probably even criminal charges), but her boss is just like "just try to fix it, ok, sweety?". I mean, are you serious? This kind of person would never get a job like this, but even if she did, she would be fired on the spot and perhaps even sued in real life by both Pootie Shoe and her former company, which would do everything to distance themselves from the PR nightmare and the one who caused it. I'm assuming they were going for an absurd comical character, but the delivery makes all of the scenes she is in creepy and just plain unbelievable.
The fact that the main plot of the 2nd episode is dealing with a completely preposterous event (Brad's tantrum) in a billion dollar company doesn't help either.
I really wanted to like this show, but there are just so many aspects that are absolute absurdity, but in a completely unfunny way.
Someone called this "a comedy show for gamers". Reality check- this show has very little to do with gaming or videogames except for some clips of For Honor and the day-night cycle (used as scene transition, lol) of what seems to be Kingdom Come: Deliverance (I could be wrong about that one). But most importantly, people that play videogames have statistically higher than average IQ (google it)- and this show only works if you turn off your brain, forget about any sense of logic, lose your sense of humour, and believe in Santa Clause and the Spaghetti Monster.
But hey, that's just my opinion.
Mulan (2020)
Best Disney live-action remake so far
I was reading all these negative reviews before watching, so I went into it with low expectations.
About my Disney remake experience so far: watched original Aladdin as a kid, and I still find it incredible, with great script and amazing soundtrack; on the other hand I couldn't watch more than 30 minutes of the remake which was unimaginative, complete cringe, garbage renditions of the original songs, Smith's genie was a sort of a ghetto joke,.. To say the least, I found it to be the most cringe thing I've seen in a while.
When I saw they were remaking Mulan, I expected another uninspired money-grabbing cringefest from Disney, but instead we got teen oriented kungfu flick that stands far enough from the original not to feel uninspired but fresh, there were no musical scenes that are such a great part of Disney animations but turn cringe when done in live action movies (case in point- Aladdin 2019) and I commend the director for avoiding it. There is some renditioned soundtrack from the original Mulan in this movie, just a taste of it, that gives that sense of nostalgia to anyone that watched animation as a kid; I would have preferred more of the original soundtrack, I was especially interested to hear rendition of the song I'll make a man out of you, but I guess we're gonna have to wait for that until the next remake, which should be coming in next 10-15 years (because Disney, ofc).
There are a lot of things wrong with this movie if you care to look for it: plotholes, plot armor, some cringe moments, some problems with script dialogue at points and editing blunders, some cliche moments etc. that is if you look for it.
But...if you're watching this for entertainment value, I think it's definitely the best Disney live-action remake so far, and great action and message far outweighs the cringe, which is something I thought I could never again say about a product of Disney.
Definitely recommended.
Game of Thrones (2011)
A humble advice to the lone hipster who has delayed watching GoT till now...
After finishing the series when it first aired, and sleeping on it in the style of a bear in winter, I think I finally formed a semi-cohesive opinion on this series without a need to rewatch the whole thing from start to finish.
If you haven't watched this series yet, chances are you never will; unless you were to young to watch, or trully appreciate it, when it first came out, or if you are that proud local hero who has decided to walk against the current on this series- even if you felt like maybe watching it before, your stubbornness didn't let you stray of the course of action you started on. Or maybe you just don't like fantasy- who can blame you- to each his own, I say! In any case, these next few words I got to say might help you decide whether to give this show the proper chance it deserves.
Game of Thrones is one of the best shows ever made. Period.
Defined as a fantasy drama with action and adventures, it explores a wide variety of themes in depth, doing an amazing job highlighting contrast and similarities, ironies and especially unpredictability and harsh realities of life. Tried to sum it up in one sentence, and found it quite hard to mention everything that weighs on quality of anything I watch- that in itself either speaks of how diverse the show is or how incompetent I am, haha. About the background: if you don't already know (somehow), series is based on books by George RR Martin, and since he hasn't finished the series yet, and the main directors D&D wanted to move on to other projects, the last few seasons aren't based on the incredible writings of GRRM, but are written with his help (not enough of it, it seems now) by D&D. Series based on books can be done right or wrong, and here the written word has been transformed onto pictures oh-so well. The sublime and powerful dialogues rival (or surpass) that of any a great show, since a lot of them are quite close to verbatim copies of the dialogues in the books. Great cast can also be held responsible to bring world of GoT alive to this degree of credibility, there really isn't much else to say about this series, except for the sad last season. Sad as in how rushed it feels throughout, the dialogues are generic and nowhere close to earlier seasons, plot takes a final turn that the writers later claimed they been building upon for several seasons, but was so poorly received by the audience and critics alike that the excuses didn't really matter. One of the biggest allures of this show is the many important and well-explored characters that followed their own plot line. A lot of these plot lines that I don't really need to name are built up throughout the whole series, and the last season dealt with all these plot lines extremely poorly, some characters became caricatures of their old self, making decisions that are the opposite of what the book-version or even the previous-season-of-the-show-version character would do; some plot lines were ignored, and others finished in humiliating manor. All in all, last season is seen by many as one of the worst series ending in tv history, throwing major shade on the rest of the series.
My advice: This show has a lot to offer. Great action scenes, amazing script for most of it, interesting plot lines and unpredictable twists&turns. I believe the first majority of the show makes it worth the watch, even considering the disappointing final.
Arrow (2012)
Surprising and entertaining
OK, just seen the first episode and I think it was amazing. I am not the biggest fan of comics or very knowledgeable about Green Arrow in general, so I feel I can be very objective in reviewing this show like I would any regular one, without fan-love ideas or huge expectations. The characters seem very believable so far, few minor doubts here and there but nothing crucial; acting also up to part. Story is realistic, without that fantastical loop holes that comic adaptations usually have (was told Green Arrow was like that in comics too, so I respect the decision to stay with that). CGI was decent, compliments to stunt collection and fighting choreography (well done, sir, well done), and quite good screenplay for this episode. The makers opened quite a few questions, made room for many ways show can stream to; I can say without a doubt, that this show is one of the surprises of this fall and I can only hope that the whole season lives up to this great pilot.