Kol88 Reviews

Lift (I) (2024)

Generic

[4/10 · 13 January 2024]

This is by far the most generic movie I have ever seen, honestly everthing about this movie looks like AI made it. The story, the script, the actors, the "plotline", locations, dialogs everything is painfully generic. Like fast food and don't get me wrong I like fast food but not for every meal. This is your typical Netflix heist movie the only thing missing was Rock or Gal Gadot and I would say I've watched this already. It's so predictable there is no point in watching it, I get it don't expect Netflix to make meaningful movie and this is supposed to be a mindless movie to begin with but man was this bad. Literally watch anything else I'm not joking watch anything else, why I watched this on Saturday evening is beyond me, but I did so hopefully no one else has to. When you think people actually put some effort and a lot of money for this to be made then it's even worse, the only possitive thing about this is shoots of Venice and London that's it literally that's it nothing else about this movie is worth anyone's attention. If you watched Red Notice or Heart of Stone or 6 Underground that's it it's all the same, same movie just some different actors. Bottom line is watch anything else.

Castlevania: Nocturne (2023– )

Great as the original Castlevania series

[7/10 · 30 September 2023]

I really like Castlevania series, that's literally the reason I'm paying for Netflix at this point. So I was really looking forward for this and they have delivered, Nocturne has a different feel than the original but it definitely has the feel of Castlevania world. The characters are good, granted I wished Richter had more time, after all the show should be about Belmont clan but nevertheless he is there and it's great. Other characters are good as well and the music the music fits perfectly with the tone and scenes. Like I said in the beginning it's really good and if you like the first serie you will like this as well, I'm probably biased because I really like the Castlevania world and Belmont clan fight against vampires, but it's a really good show. Just hope they will do at least 4 seasons like they did with the original, also whoever decided to put Erzsebet Bathory as the main villain deserves the raise she was an insane blood thirsty character in history almost as scary as the real Vlad Dracula Tepes, and making her a vampire god is a great idea that works. Adding Alucard and drawing him like he was in the games is a great bonus for all Castlevania fans. Really enjoyed all 8 episodes and just hope they will bring much more, a must see for everyone who likes Castlevania world and or anything vampire related.

The Witcher: The Art of the Illusion (2023) Season 3, Episode 5

Are you sure about this?

[1/10 · 2 July 2023]

This will be a review off all 5 episodes that are out, watching this will make have the same face Henry have in all episodes this season, this was something it's hard to describe this no cohesiveness, this complete lack of anything fun or interesting to watch honestly it's bad just bad, even Henry looks bored and unenthusiastic as me on Monday morning, if for nothing else at least we are closer to the end, sad end but at least the end. I think even if you are die hard fan of the Witcher games and books, it's just painful to watch this. The writers of this show are awful not as bad as those that wrote Rings of power but they are close to that monstrosity. What is really unbelievable is that they had books, they had games and they had a lead actor that understood the source material and that wanted to do this series in a right way, so no need to invent anything just make a transition into TV format but NO that's not enough for these writers they have to make it their own, unbelievable honestly. If I had any say every writer that worked on this shouldn't be allowed to write a postcard in their life anymore. But if you want to have at least some fun, drink anytime that someone says - are you sure about this - and I guarantee the show will be bearable if nothing else. Sad way to end something that had so much potential.

This World Can't Tear Me Down (2023)

As good as the first series

[10/10 · 11 June 2023]

Another amazing part, first series Tear Along the Dotted Line was brilliant, sad and so enjoyable that I wished it had more episodes now we are treated with well I wouldn't call it a sequel but rather a continuation with This World Can't Tear Me Down, again 6 episodes in total like a longer movie in short and it's amazing. The story, the characters their views on life and things they are going through with choices they make, with adorable armadillo as conscience perfect. Honestly first season left me speechless it was like gut punch, this one is not that much hard but is still worth the watch, honestly Zerocalcare did it again, he made an amazing show. This show with its first part and my favorite anime show Castlevania is the sole reason why it's worth it to pay for Netflix. If you watched first part watch this, if you haven't watched the first part watch that and then watch this. I promise it will be worth it.

The Witcher: Blood Origin (2022)

Painfully bad

[2/10 · 25 December 2022]

No idea what they were thinking with this so bad that I'm lost for words what was the point of this? When you see the trailer you think hey this looks ok maybe I will give it a try, however from the first frame of the actual show you see what you got yourself into, luckily it only has 4 episodes and even those are insufferable. Characters are bland, storytelling is fast and incoherent, effects are pathetic for this kind of shows. What was Michelle Yeoh thinking when she accept to be in this is beyond me. If you like or if you know the Witcher world just skip this it's not worth watching it, if you like fantasy shows again skip this unless if you have literally nothing else to see. I have just finished it and still can't believe what I have watched, to make this, watch it and think yeah we have something good here lets put it out there for the world is incredible stupid. No wonder Henry Cavill decided that he had enough with these writers. Skip this all together and watch anything else.

Aftershock: Everest and the Nepal Earthquake (2022)

Weird documentary

[6/10 · 25 October 2022]

I've started watching this because I like anything that is even remotely connected to Everest, this is definitely a weird documentary first episode is good it pulls you in but the rest of it is unreal, this is a documentary about catastrophic earthquake however we are focused on worst people I've seen in a while. You have a some guys from Israel that stole money from ruins of a home after earthquake everywhere are ruins and these guys broke the case with money, and afterwards they blame the circumstances for that?! Who does that, I was rooting for the Nepal army to beat them. Then we have some dude that wants to have his money worth, like it doesn't matter it was a biggest earthquake in decades, that so many people are dead, that there are no supplies, that there are avalanches from aftershocks, no this dude paid to go to the top and he doesn't take no for an answer?! He is really most punchable dude I've seen, sadly he survived. Again I don't know what to think, there are some nice shoots of scenery and some things are done ok, but in general interviewing only these awful people and not many of the Nepalese people who lost everything. This could definitely be done in a better way. It's really a display of worst humans I've seen in a while, not Nepalese people but those who came to climb the mountain, so if you are searching for that this is a documentary for you.

The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power (2022– )

Really bad show.

[1/10 · 7 September 2022]

Finally finished with this show, and where to begin with when everything is so wrong and twisted? From beginning, after 2 or 3 episodes I gave this a 3 because visually show looks great but everything else is painfully bad. I watched every episode to be pissed off more than I was with the previous one. And everything that is bad can be attributed to awful writing, this kind of butchering of the lore and source material can only be found with movie Dragon Ball Evolution which was also dreadfully bad. Galadriel is obnoxious, angry, unsympathetic honestly every time she onscreen it's like she is trying to be unlikable as possible, not blaming the actress but the writing. In my first review I said how bad the elfs look, harfoots I won't even comment because I was fast forwarding through those scenes I can't watch discount Hobbits, I honestly couldn't. Dwarfs talking Scottish is also weird, but apart from that they were ok, even Disa who is much more likeable than the actress playing her, Durin was fine but they made him more of a side character which is not what he is. And again I have to point out everyone's pronunciations of the letter R in this show, ERegion, NumenoR, GaladRiel it really hurts the ear listening to that. There were a lot of scenes in this show that are wrong, pointless and that will make you constantly say THAT'S NOT HOW ANYTHING WORKS, but two that take the cake from everything else are when Galadriel jumps the ship before entering the Valinor, makes no sense whatsoever, no logic at all and creating of Mordor with orcs digging the tunnels so that water can hit the lava and boom that's how you get volcano to erupt?! Even when I'm writing this I can't believe they made that and said yeah let's go with it. Then we have creating of the rings and only 3 rings because they cramped that into last episode, no rings for humans or dwarfs just elfs. Also mithril storyline is so bad, for some reason mithril in this show is like vibranium in Marvel universe it solves everything, makes trees healthy, elfs also as well magic stuff for real and again THAT'S NOT HOW ANYTHING WORKS. Gandalf was reduced as someone who needs to be shown who he is, even though he is one of the most powerful characters in the lore, everything was wrong with him from his Superman entrance to Middle Earth to last shot of him going with that harfoot that I couldn't be bother remember the name of. Then Numenor, great kingdom of men, most glorious one in the Tolkien world is reduced to side quest here, those that read the books know that Númenórean army that came to Middle Earth to deal with Sauron was so great that he surrendered without a fight but here we have a couple of ships that are to resemble or remind us of that scene?! Sauron, that everyone guessed who he is from the first scene he was in, is likeable more than the main hero of this show Galadriel because the writers didn't know what they are doing. Last episode of this season was so cramped and rushed in order to have some kind of conclusion, that you have forging of the rings in literally couple of minutes?!? Trying to list everything bad with this show would take hours and hours, but again the reason why this show is this bad are the writers, they are responsible for destroying Tolkien's work. He was a English literature professor, he created entire world a new language and this world of his is perfect it doesn't need any amendments, cuts or tweaks, his work is timeless. Peter Jackson said it perfectly when he was making LOTR movies: "We made a promise to ourselves at the beginning of the process that we weren't going to put any of our own politics, our own messages or our own themes into these movies. In a way, we were trying to make these films for him (Tolkien), not for ourselves." And because of this those movies, like the books, are timeless and for me the best trilogy ever made. Even Hobbit trilogy that's is not good, is a masterpiece compared to this show. At the end I'm glad this is finished, I won't be watching this show anymore this is not Tolkien world regardless of the title it bears, it's just not. And I think whoever read anything from Tolkien can not enjoy this, this is just some bad fantasy show that has LOTR title nothing more. Because of so many alterations and wrong things in this I will change my review to 1, not even nice visuals can't save this from disgusting writing, unlogical storyline and to be quite honest some bad acting as well. Save your time if you like Tolkien and just skip this, Amazon can make as many season as they won't it won't change the fact how bad this is. If you want Tolkien's world watch the LOTR trilogy or even Hobbit trilogy and enjoy. This should be left in some dark place and forgotten.

Bill Burr Presents: Friends Who Kill (2022 TV Special)

Awful beyond compare

[2/10 · 12 June 2022]

Honestly I haven't watch anything this bad in a while, I love Bill Burr listen to his podcast regularly and he is good, he didn't do much in this one, he was more of a announcer for others, but my oh my the others, the others were so bad so unwatchable, so unfunny that it was like looking at train accident waiting to happen. Jokes were plain and boring, Jimmy Carr that I also really like and had watch every other of his special was just awkward and unpleasant, his part was so off that the audience didn't react to his jokes and it was just that feeling of please someone make it stop. And the worst thing about this kind of shows is that it makes me like Stan in South Park, episode where nothing is funny to him, whole time I'm thinking why, why is the audience laughing when nothing is funny, granted audience didn't laugh that much to begin with so my guess is that they were just laughing out of courtesy or they were paid to laugh no other rational explanation. Just skip this it's only a one hour long but it feels like it's 3 or 4 hours because it's that bad. Washing dishes for one hour is more entertaining than this, and I'm not kidding. The only reason I gave this 2 is because it's like a number 2.

Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022)

Amazing

[8/10 · 12 June 2022]

This movie was incredible, honestly I don't what to write to give it enough praise. Every other review you have read already or that is already here it's true. Such a gem of a movie, such a nice story that I think everyone can relate, thinking about what could have happened if we took different road on every crossroad we ever been. Definitely a top 3 movie this year and everyone should watch it, entire cast was great Michelle especially, but everyone else did great work as well. Loved everything about this movie, it will make you think and about your life in the end and when a movie does that then you know it was great.

Ricky Gervais: SuperNature (2022 TV Special)

Finally something funny

[9/10 · 24 May 2022]

This was brilliant, funny and finally something hilarious a stand up special that is actually funny, I honestly thought I wouldn't see that especially on Netflix but here it is.

If you never seen Ricky Gervais before, you definitely should, this is a great show to start with his work. But on the other hand if you are easily offended then this is definitely not for you. This is like his Emmy hosting but even better no restraint whatsoever just him talking whatever is on his mind and most of time it is so funny that you will burst out laughing. Finally something worth watching in stand up comedy section of Netflix. Recommendation for anyone who likes stand up.

The Bubble (2022)

Train wreck

[4/10 · 5 April 2022]

This is just beyond sad, honestly this is so bad I feel sorry for every actor that participated in making of this "movie". I understand everyone needs to make a living and earn a paycheck but this is awful. Even if this is made for new generation, for the kids that are just used to tiktok it's unwatchable. The only, literary the only, reason I watched this movie till the end was because I have a stupid habit of finishing everything I start. Friendly advice just skip this movie watch anything else, so many good actors ruined in this abomination of the movie. Still can't believe someone made this, watch it and thought yep we have a movie here.

Cowboy Bebop (1998–1999)

Amazing show, definitely a must see

[10/10 · 5 March 2022]

So I don't watch much anime, except Dragon Ball since I watched that as a kid and I like a goofy Goku a lot, but this, this was incredibly good and this is not just a cartoon it so much more, the settings, the music, the characters it's all so good and if you see a synopsis of it you would think it's not that much, but it is. Highly recommended to everyone, it's start off a bit slow, but it picks up the pace and you will love the characters and story, I'm glad it only have one season because it's perfect like this. New live action reboot is awful don't watch it, but this is for sure one of the best animes ever made. I'm just sad I haven't seen this before because it's definitely worth watching and also music, whoever was in charge of music is a genius music is really good and fits perfectly with all of the scenes.

Ali Wong: Don Wong (2022 TV Special)

Not funny at all.

[4/10 · 20 February 2022]

Not funny at all. Ok so this needs to be a review longer than first sentence, I like all kinds of jokes literally the darker the humor the better, but this was just not funny I was wondering all the time why is the audience laughing, and sex jokes are funny usually the funniest but not if your entire show is just a joke about sex. Can't believe I wasted an hour of my free time on this.

Neymar: The Perfect Chaos (2022)

It's not good.

[1/10 · 31 January 2022]

This is just awful to watch, I expected to see something that will make him more likeable but this "documentary" is just bad, serving as a self-service for neymar nothing more and nothing else. Honestly don't waste time watching this, just watch anything else instead, Netflix has a lot of things watch anything else, this review probably won't be published but I had to write because this one was so bad.

The Summit of the Gods (2021)

Beautiful movie

[9/10 · 30 November 2021]

If you ever had passion in life, passion for anything no matter what, this is a movie to watch. Beautifully animated, written, well paced and satisfying from beginning to the end. Definitely another movie worth watching on Netflix and another animated gem.

Tear Along the Dotted Line (2021)

Amazing

[10/10 · 23 November 2021]

This is one of those shows you don't know what to expect but from the moment you start watching it, it gets you hooked. It's funny, inteligent, sad, unbelievable that these short 6 episodes can make you think and enjoy so much. I honestly hope that there will be more episodes because even though it's well rounded with the last episode, I would want to watch more. Definitely something worth watching and definitely in top3 shows I've watched this year. Amazing show.

Castlevania (2017–2021)

Best show Netflix made

[10/10 · 27 July 2021]

Absolutely amazing from start to finish, at the same time bad for not having more episodes, but also perfect for ending it like this. Definitely a must see, no matter what you like, this is something you need to see. Music, dialogs, acting and animation is perfectly allied, I haven't been this amazed by something from Netflix since first season of Altered Carbon.

Rick and Morty: Rickdependence Spray (2021) Season 5, Episode 4

What was this?!

[1/10 · 17 July 2021]

Worst episode of the entire series so far, not sure what they were going with this but it was beyond awful. This show was fun in the beginning, but now this seems like let's see what we can get away with.

Invincible: You Look Kinda Dead (2021) Season 1, Episode 6

Worst episode so far

[2/10 · 23 April 2021]

The show was good so far and then we get this episode?! Worst literally the worst episode of this show, it was so bad I was thinking I'm watching some other show, honestly no idea what they tried to do with this episode, but it was the worst, hopefully the last two will be better because they started off good, all episodes so far we enjoyable to watch and had some point, this one was so bad it can be skipped all together.