mohammad-moallem Reviews

Roman J. Israel, Esq. (2017)

This is not a cinematic universe or comic book blockbuster ITS A REAL MEANINGFUL MOVIE

[10/10 · 3 February 2018]

DENZEL DENZEL DENZEL

I left this movie out because I thought it was a 'lawyer get mixed with the wrong guys type a movie bad guys and cops" but its really not that at all. Its about this adorable character (which I never thought I'd say that about Denzel Washington) that basically does charity through his profession as a lawyer. The movie is about moral values in a world were profit is preventing us from making the right choices.

Denzel's performance far surpasses a Oscar win, even if he doesn't win it, he did a fantastic job on this movie. Theres a scene involving a homeless person and oh how it summarises our robotic inhuman society and what we think is the right thing to do.

Denzel Washington, Sir, if you ever read this, I would like to thank you for trying your best to choose movies and roles that ASPIRE, TEACH AND INFLUENCE. I have watched all your movies and they have caused me to learn about many things and be a better person. Thank you also to the director, who wrote the movie as well.

M.J.M

Batman: Gotham by Gaslight (2018)

This is one of the good ones...and I'm old school BTAS so it's hard to impress me

[9/10 · 24 January 2018]

Great serious story, wow they didn't make animation this hardcore in the 90's It gets gory and eerie at times which is really what a Batman movie should be.

It has a fantastic classic Batman story.

Great els-world favourite characters.

Batman's fighting choreography is fantastic and this is a cartoon lol!

Animation looks dull in places that don't matter and thats fine and is made up by focusing on the main features, and that looks great, well executed action.

Classic Gotham feel that is right at home! (got to have a blimp!)

Lots of nods and easter eggs to previous Batman animations, comics. (Mask of the Phantasm, Robins, Two Face, Sherlock Holmes's Dancing Men story (which I really appreciated, I f-ing love Jeremy Brett and Sherlock stories), Death in the family, the weird Scott Snyder comic about James Gordan's messed up son, Dark Knight Bat pod, Black Mask...these were the ones I noticed.

Overall really good ELS-WORLD Batman story!

Justice League (2017)

A must see in theatres!

[8/10 · 18 November 2017]

I had such a good time watching JL, the crowd was cheering, laughing and applauding! This movie focuses on the Justice League members coming to know each other in order to take down the Apokolips outcast Stepenwolf. There are such unique amazing moments in the movie that I cant talk about. Overall loved it and felt like I needed to see a solo movie for each member!

Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015)

Star Wars is DEAD! Say hello to a new Disney princess & her journey

[6/10 · 17 December 2015]

I will tell you what I liked, didn't like and then talk spoilers in this order.

The force has definitely been awakened and yes you will feel it in the theatre. I was clapping and cheering, people were doing it and you will too. I absolutely loved the new characters Fin, Kylo Ren and Rey. My favourite was Rey but I'm sure everyone will have their own favourite out of the trio. The other character I liked was Snoke and the New order commander. It is hard to make new characters extremely likable especially with the previous legendary cast being around but they did it. There is a surprisingly big amount of comedy in this film and I found myself laughing a lot. Obviously we know the old cast are in the movie and they do not disappoint (with minor exception that does not apply). Han solo was Han damn Solo and that was amazing! The film has beautiful scenery and new cool creatures which is a nice addition to the Star Wars galaxy.

Now by all means, going into this movie I lowered my expectations and told myself I shouldn't judge the movie negatively just because the 'old Star Wars' feeling isn't there but that is not the issue. The movie has technical issues and Star Wars related issues. The technical issues are that the film is incomplete - leaves more questions than answered and a cliffhanger. The other technical issue is the plot is too similar to previous films. The Star Wars related issues are that: there was a lack of original score for the characters which is something Star Wars always has done. Some characters have such a small average role that really makes you question all that marketing and hype behind them. There is little or no dialogue at some critical scenes which I feel like there should have been. But the main issue here is that this movie would be really good if you watch the coming episodes back to back because it feels more like a serial on Netflix and it shouldn't be like that, it should be a full movie on it's own and continue the saga in the coming episodes.

Now for the ******SPOILERS*******

Did I just watch an extended trailer or was that the movie?!!! The movie is too short! The shots in the trailers with the knights of Ren and Luke with R2D2 are a vision scene in the movie which last the same amount of time as in the trailers!!!!! Thats it...a few seconds!!! The new death star was amazing, it was badass it looked invincible the New Order looked like the new big thing and all of a sudden the rebels come up with a plan to blow up the death star in mere seconds send in like a few x-wings and they blow it up along with every new order on it.....um WHAT?!!! seriously?! The victory for the rebels was so unrewarding, I could not believe they actually did it all again and expected us to cheer. So many inconsistency with characters in the movie like is Fin a Jedi or not if not then how does he battle Kylo Ren so well and even injure him!!! If yes he is a Jedi, how did he learn how to use a light saber so fast and match Kylo Ren who has had training as a Jedi from Luke his uncle and as a sith from Snoke. How does Rey learn the ways of the force and so well?! Just because she is strong with the force doesn't automatically make her a master Jedi fighter! Anakin Skywalker was the strongest Force sensitive person in the galaxy and he needed years of training to match other Jedi and Sith. Rey was too powerful! To the point where did didn't make sense and you start to realize it's not supposed to because Diney is trying to make a Disney princess out of her!!! What happened to Kylo Ren?? did he survive the blast explosion of the new death star?! snoke told the commander to bring him but they never show that he survives and thats not how it should have been addressed. That is not how you do anticipation for the next film. they should have shown him flying out injured on a craft, thats it! Are they trying to make us think that he's dead and surprise us by bringing him back?! how cliché would that be!!! Captain phasma was such a disappointment because she is there just as a cameo!!! she barely has any role! They cast an amazing actress and give her an amazing look and they don't even use her, she could have playing a stormtrooper and we wouldn't have felt the difference. Luke Skywalker is NOT in the movie!!! just at the very end he turns stares into Rey and the credits role...what?! what ever happened to C3PO's hand!!!?? I thought we were gonna know!! so basically we have to watch episode 8 to see Star Wars!!! this movie was just a trailer tease for Episode 8. We still don't know if snoke is Darth Plagueis but I don't have a problem with that, he looked badass. What was all that marketing with Ray's staff?! she has it in the beginning, then doesn't have it through out the movie and then at the end she magically has it again. Is that staff something special?! they didn't tell us anything so basically all that marketing was not for this movie but the next if her staff is actually something special like light saber or Darth plagueis's Saber. You know now I question the studio for putting a sudden embargo on the reviews for the movie after the premiere. I thought they were doing that for spoilers but apparently they were doing it because they sensed bad reviews would hurt the movie.