Honesticedragon69 Reviews

Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992)

New Movie And Location Same Rehashed Basic Plot.........

[6/10 · 23 May 2024]

The Cons= Fair Warning As this is Basically a Rehashed of the Original with a Few Changes Hare and There so is my Review in a way. As the Basic Plot this Film is Basically Kevin's Family Treating him like an Unwanted Christmas Present which Rightfully Forces him to Wish that he was Separated from Those Nasty Hateful People. Which Eventually it does Happen all due to an Accident, and Finally Ending Up Kevin's Family Missing him and is doing anything that they could Reunite with him Unjustly. The Film Even Ends with his Family Not Caring for Him As Much As He Probably Deserves, the last thing that anyone says in the film before the End Credits starts Rolling is Kevin Being Yelled at Off Screen by one of the characters.

So Obviously that Brings me to my first point which is why does Kate Always think that She's Wonder Woman? In this Film She Thinks that No One Let Alone Some Random Punk would Dare to Screw With Her All Because of the 'Mood' that she's in just after Bronzing ally Slapping the Concierge? I don't Care who you are or How tough you think you are it's Still Extremely Dangerous and Risky to Go Out At Night In Wrong Side of Town Like Kate did in this Film, especially if you're in Strange City.

You would think after the events of the first film you think that his Family would be just a little Nicer to him? But Nope they Still Bully Him and Treat Him Like the Biggest Trouble Maker In The World. Such as it was Clear to them that it was Buzz Not Kevin that was Acting Childish during the Christmas Pageant. And Once Again when Kevin Rightfully Turned around and Punched Buzz which Looks more like a Knock to me, but guess what? That's right he's the One that Gets Yelled and Scolded at home by his Family. Even though it was kind of clear that Buzz's Apology was Not Genuine was Not Real And Heart Felt. And just like in the first film the ever Hateful and Mean Uncle Frank called a Name in this film it was "Sour Puss" instead of "Little Jerk" in the first film. But at least Kevin Fired Back during his Tirade of how Fairly he was being Treated. By Calling Uncle Frank a Mister Cheapskate, you know I just don't know why Kevin's Family Hates Him So Much?

And I just don't know what is it but Kevin is Supposed to be a little Smarter and Just a Tiny Bit Mature, but I just found that at times through out the film he just comes off the opposite. Such as the scene where he Taped Uncle Frank Singing in the Shower when he went in there to grab his tie. And side Note I think it was Pretty Dumb for Uncle Frank to Leave the Bathroom Door Ajar knowing that there is a house full of people. Anyways moving on later on when he was caught using his Father's Credit Card and needs to Bail, why wouldn't he Grabe more than just three Cookies knowing that he might me in the streets for while? Anyways Moving On I just Feel that Every Airport Personal are Really Dumb, because if I was them I would have Double Checked to see if that Man that Kevin Pointed Really was his Father. Otherwise Any 9 Year Old just anyone in general could just point to just some Random person and say "That's My Dad" or "That's My Mom". Just to Make Sure that he's Not a Runaway or something.

And why don't they Double Check his Assigned Setting, don't all Plain Passengers Have Assigned Seating when they Book A Flight? But Yet they just told him to just Grab any Seat that is Free. And when Kevin Accidentally wound up in New York the Check In Lady wasn't all that bright either. Speaking of Not So Bright I Feel that Harry and Marv Felt a Little Dumber than the First Film, even they should know that Kevin is not going to Ever Give Harry the Camera to him after he tossed the second Brick Down at them. And I just don't get it if their Not Going Have Marv Use his Gun than why would they give one to him in the first place? On the account of this being a Family Holiday Film and all. And only Remembering to use it at the end after when all of the Slime on it Jamming it. And that's Not Including to Each Of them Once Again Stupidly Falling for every one of Kevin's Traps. And just like with my Review for the first Film I found it Really Strange that No One Found it Weird or Out Of Place that a 9-Year-Old this time is out on his own with out any Adult Supervision, aside from maybe Mister Duncan. And just like the first film I feel that there are a lot of Conveniences through out the film, mostly the same Types Plus Some Deferent Ones. Such as the Gun that I just told you about. And that Kevin's Relative's Happens to also Live In New York and that Their House is Abandoned all Due to Renovations.

I find it really strange in that scene where Kevin is tricking the Concierge with the Inflatable Clown when he Illegally Entered and checked the Bathroom. And just like with the First Film why wouldn't the Concierge called the Police when thinks that the Guest that was Staying in the Same Room as Kevin, has a Gun and was Shooting at every one through the Angels With Filthy Souls 2 Clip? Again I would. Or for that Matter once when he Found Out that the Credit Card that Kevin was Using was Stolen? Then I Feel that All of the Traps that Kevin Sets up For Harry And Marv after Luring them to his Relative's House from Ducan's Toy Store. Was More Sick and Twisted so Much so that if it was Real Life Both Harry and Marv should have died Multipole Times Over Each.

At least with the First Film The Worst was The Blow Torch Trap To Which Torched Harry's Head. And as for the Comedy it Feels Much More Cartoony than the First Film Especially that scene where they were once again Late for Their Flight, to which they Broke The Fourth Wall and Screamed for the Second Time just after Screaming their Heads Off the First Time only a Second Eariler Literally. Just to Name One Example. And Unless I'm Forgetting Anything Elses that should do it for the Cons.

The Pros= Just like the First Film where Yes there is A Lot of Cons but At Least they Still A Few Touchy Feely Heart Warming Moments too. Such was the End Scene where Kevin and Kate where Finally Reunited right in front of the Large Christmas Tree at Rockefeller. But before that I kind of like the Transition when Both Kate and Kevin where Saying Goodnight To Each other while Looking Out the Window and Still Separated He In New York and She Still In Floreda, for Obvious Reasons. I Really Like the Additions of Mister Duncan and The Homeless Pigeon Lady, First Mister Duncan I just Loved How Nice and Kind he is and On Top Of All Of that So Charitable Too. He's the Kind Of Person that Wished you could Encounter that's How Kind and Friendly he is, so much so the only times that I've Seen some that is Nice and Kind as he is was. An Educational Show Targeted at Little Kids maybe Even Toddlers During Weekday Mornings.

Now for The Homeless Pigeon Lady now don't me Wrong I like her Obviously but my Problem is I just Feel that Her Backstory Although Heart Felt and Touchy Feely and all of that. I just Feel that it's Not Fitting Of Her Character. As I Feel All Because you had Your Heart Broken and Is Terrified of being Hurt Romantically Again is a Poor Excuse for being Homeless. But At Least it Provided Kevin the Perfect Opportunity to give her some Really Wise Advice, just like he did with Old Man Marley in the First Film. And I Really Loved the Ending with Her and Kevin it Felt that was a Little Touchy Feely as well. I Really Loved Seeing All of the Glimpses of NYC Mostly through Kevin's Little Tour around the City. Really Gorgeous so much so it's one of my Favorite Parts of the film. And I just Really Like Buzz's Quick Recovery as he was about to use the 'S' Bomb. Changing it from that to "Enough Of This Gooey Show Of Emotion." instead. I think that's what Galaxy Should've done, instead of having one character saying "Screw that" they should have her say "Forget that" as Clearly she was saying the 'F' Bomb and Not The 'S' Bomb. I've even Mentioned that in that Review of mines. And Unless I'm Forgetting Anything Else that should do it for the Pros.

Final Thoughts= I think the Best Way to Watch this is Not As A Squeal which it is but More Like a Alternate Version of the First Film.

Home Alone (1990)

Flawed But Still Good For A Holiday Themed Live Action Cartoon Movie.......

[7/10 · 22 May 2024]

Cons= And I know it's a Live Action Christmas Cartoon and that is Mostly Made for Kids, but I just couldn't Turn Off My Logical Mind. Whenever I get to the scene where Kate Is Stranded in an Airport somewhere and is Offered a Ride on the Back of a Rental Moving Truck with a Bunch of His Friends whom are Strangers to her By The Way. Every time when I get to that scene I just couldn't help but Yell at the screen that it's Not Only it's Not Safe for Kate to Get in a Moving Truck with a Bunch Of Strangers even they Happen to be going her way. But I also couldn't Help but think that if that was Real Life it would also not only be Dangerous and Risky but also what Could Have Happened to her. What was She thinking? Seriously On All Of that.

Then in that very same Scene it just Really Buggs me is how the Beginning of the scene she was Whining and Complaining how It's Christmas and that Christmas Is Supposed to be The Season of Hope, and that she's been this place and that place. She Really came Off as Whinny Little Child. And that Scene where she was Trying to Sell Anything that she could this Elderly Couple and Succeeded some how, Hook Line And Sinker. I'm surprised that the Elderly Couple wasn't Suspicious at all in thinking that Kate was some kind of Criminal. Especially when Kate started Tearing Up While Pleading with them, again but to them Kate could be some Kind Of a Criminal. As that Had, Has and Well Happen In Real Life Unfortunately Hook Line And Sinker, I Now I Now Movie Made for Kids. But again Logical Mind.

What's with Kevin's entire Family it's like they all hate him for some reason? Take Uncle Frank for Example He called Kevin a 'Little Jerk' then there is his Bully Older Brother Buzz. Okay I get it Older Brothers are like this they Bully their Younger Siblings around for Various Reasons. And Now Moving On to the Rest of His Family, I don't know about the Rest of you but I don't think a Lot of 8 Year Olds are Capable of Packing their Suitcases for a Vacation? No Matter How Smart they seem to be, and who offers to help Him? One of His Siblings? Nope In Fact one of them even called him 'Lazy And Incompetent' mom and dad? Also No 'Sorry Kid You're On Your Own On this One'. They Even Gave Him No Sympathy when Buzz was Gaging on the Cheese Pizza, and Kevin Responded by Rightfully Shoving him against the counter. And just after all of the Chaos had died down They All Turned Their Attentions towards Kevin like he's the Biggest Trouble Maker in the world, and that he started this whole Chaos just for his own Amusement.

And Not Only that he even Got Yelled At and Scolded for it, it even got to the Point where he was sent Upstairs to the Third Floor. A Floor by the way he is afraid of so much so he even Apologized and what was his Mother's repose? "Too Late Now Get Upstairs." which prompted him to Rightfully Yell and Scream that Families Suck. And Going Back to Uncle Frank for a Second later on when he was on the Flight he Urged His Wife to Steal some Silverware from the Airline. Then Later on when everyone realized that they Accidentally Left Kevin Home Alone his Response to that was that he forgot his Reading Glasses, as his way of Garnering Sympathy to the Whole Situation. And even later on when the whole Family was at the Hotel in Paris Excluding Kate still Worrying about Accidentally Leaving Kevin Alone at Home. Then Buzz's Response in that Scene was "That Little Trouble Making Punk Deserves It."

And I just can't believe how Incredibly Dumb Harry and Marv are yeah sure I get it it's a Film Made for Kids, but couldn't they have made them Just A Tiny Bit Smarter than that? At Least Smart Enough to Not Fall For Every Trap Each? Or At Least have them be a little Suspicious when they thought that they where about to Gain a Clean Entry Before they Fell for the Trap. And Because they Both Came Off as Incredibly Cartoony to me each. Speaking of Not So Smart I'm wondering Why Didn't the Pizza Delivery Guy Called the Police when he thought that the Owner of Kevin's House was Shooting at him? When Kevin Loudly Played that Clip from Angels With Filthy Souls just so he Doesn't have to Pay For the Pizza? I would especially when I think that my Life was in Danger. And while on the Simi Similar Subject they Know that they are Wanted by The Police so why would Harry think that they be Rewarded if they Called in to the Police and Report a 'Crime' that Marv thought he might have witnessed? And I just don't see the Point of Kevin Setting Off All of those Firecrackers to Scar Off Marv while Playing that Very Same Clip of Angels With Filthy Souls During the Day Time?

As for then End of the Film Sure they All where Happy to know that Kevin is Safe and All of that Including Uncle Frank but that Only Lasted for About Two Minutes or Shorter Literally. Then after that they all just Leave Him Alone Presumably to Unpack. You Know if that was Real Life Kevin would have Broken his Neck had he Fell from that Hight in an attempt to steal Buzz's Money. But Not in this Live Action Cartoon. I also find it Odd that Kevin was able to Make Up A Plan Draw Up A Plan and Set Up All of The Traps Unrealistic Ahead of Schedule, especially he had just come back from Church. And he Left when it was Dark By The Way, which we probably could Assume it was maybe Five maybe Six? He spent about Fifteen to Twenty Minutes at Church after talking to 'Santa' and by the Time that he Arrived Back Home it should be around Seven or Eight Let's just say? So that leaves him only Two Hours to do All of the For Mentioned things as the Harry and Marv Agreed to return at Nine. And that's Not Including Him Making Himself Dinner and Setting Up A Pretty Nice Table Setting for Himself. With Candles Included.

I also Feel that there was way too much Conveniences in the film. Then there is this Random Kid that Approached the Waiting Vans to Take The Family to the Airport and Running Late. Whom is another Conveniency By The Way, Really Nosey and Annoying Not To Mention Rude. As he was Going through this one Bag With Out Permission as the Family's Bags was in the Process of being Loaded on the Van. While The Family Themselves where Still Inside Frantically and Comedically Trying to Hurry Up as they did not want miss their Flight. As they were the ones who where running late, No Wonder Both Van Drivers Told Him To Go Away. Aside the Both of them Obviously being Very Busy At The Time. Yeah You Just Don't Go Through Other People's Stuff it's Really Rude Kid.

Sure I agree Kevin is Smart but Personally he's Not Rocket Scientist Level of Smart which was what most People seemed to be seeing him as. If he was that Smart he would have Known that there is No Santa Clause and that Guy that He Talked to in the Santa Outfit is Not Santa. And He wouldn't be Asking him for Favors as if he Really was Santa Let Alone Thinking that he Works for the 'Real Santa' And he wouldn't be Running Around Like a Loony Toon when he Realized that some how he made his Family Magically 'Disappear' through some kind of Wish He Made the Night Before. True that has more to do with Maturity Rather than Smarts but Believing in Magic which seems to be the Case well that does have something to do with Smarts. Or How about him Believing in the Horror Story that Buzz Told Him about Old Man Marley? He should have suspected that His Older Brother Buzz could have been Messing With Him. Which was why every time that he Saw Old Man Marley he Turns White. And now we get to the scene where Kevin uses the Stairs in his house as a Snow Hill I don't about you but that doesn't sound like Rocket Scientist Smart to me? Especially when in one shoot the Door was Clearly Miss Aligned and then as he was about to Blast through it, it was Magically Realigned for him to Blast through that Front Door of his before Crashing in to a Bush. Anyways I find it Really Strange No One side from that One Teenaged Cashier that an 8-Year-Old is Out And About with out Any Kind Of Adult Supervision. And that should do it for the Cons Unless I'm Forgetting anything Else.

The Pros= However I do have a Few Pros I just wished I had more Unfortunately I don't at least non comes to mind. To start Yes this Film maybe Filled with all of these Flaws but I have to give it them for also having Heart Felt Moments such as when Kevin was in that Church he and encountered Old Man Marley. Sure he was Scared at First but eventually the Two of them Got A Talking and He Actually gave some Really Great Advise to Old Man Marley about Not Being Afraid, which eventually Led to Marley Getting his Happy Ending. Or that End Scene with Kevin and his mom Returning Home even though it was Undeserved, but I still like the Feeling that after all that she's been through her returning home is like a literal and convent Christmas Merical and Present to Kevin, and unfortunately those are the only Heart Felt Gushy Moments that I always saw, aside from that Marley one of course. And as for the Music they used Christmas Music and Songs (Duh) but I Really Like How they where Paired Perfectly with Just The Right Scenes. And that should do it for the Pros Unless I'm Forgetting anything Else.

Ghostbusters II (1989)

An Underrated And Miss Understood Holiday Film IMHO.......

[8/10 · 21 May 2024]

The Pros= I like how this Film Strives to be a Little More Family Friendly in Terms of Content and at Large it Succeeded, with the worse was just a few Skull Ghosts in the Sewer Underground Abandoned Railroad Scene. Aling with some Coursing hare and there. Then I just Loved that the Mood Slime is the Literal Physical Manifestation of Everyone's Negative Energies. I think that using the Mood Slime for that was the Perfect Metaphor as I Feel that it Really Fits. And I just Loved how all of the Ghostbusters Members All started out in Deferent Chapters in their Lives. All Because After or in spit of the Events of the First Film They where Sued Out Of Business which of course led to them Breaking Up and Starting the For Mentioned New Life Chapters. The Perfect Example of this is that Both Ray and Winston where Not Only Opening a Bookstore but also Dressing Up in their Ghostbusters Get Up And Preforming at Children's Birthday Parties.

Much to the Dismay of those very same kids, even Winston commented that Ghostbusters as a Company as a Brand is Dead and that No One Likes them anymore. I believe his exact words where "Face it Ray the Ghostbusters are Dead." as he and Ray where leaving a Child's Birthday Party to which, every kid in that Party wanted He-Man instead of the Ghostbusters. Which just further shows that despite the events of the First Film and how we may Perceive these guys in real life they are Not Superheroes they are your Average You and Me and Your Next Door Neighbor and Friends and Families Average Everyday Working People. And now we move on to the Big Bad Villian Vigo like Gozer in the first film I think he's a Great Villian and for the Same reasons. I like is Voice and his Looks and his Motives everything about him that almost pretty much screams cool to me. Which also Obviously Includes his Lore I just Love how Brutal and Gruesome it is and His Last Words before his Head Died in the Lore was Really Great too and Chilling in a way.

Speaking of Lores I Not Only like the Unground Sewer Abandoned Railway Scene so much so it's one of my Favorite Scenes especially when I was a kid. Anyways as I was saying I Not Like that scene but also the Lore of the NY Alderney Train. Which had always had me Fantasizing what Dark Secrets that my Own City is Hiding in Parctulare when I was a kid. Anyways as I started Growing Up I started to Realized that I also Liked the Dating Scene and in some ways More. The Basic Reason being is that it just Simply Feels Romantic and for whatever the reason it always manages to give me the Feels whenever I watch that Scene, I don't know why it just does. Just like with the First Film I also Loved the Awesome Soundtrack for this Film, when I was a Kid my Favorite song was 'Spirit' which is tied with 'On Our Own' but now I Kind Of Like 'Flip City' a little more than those two, but all of the songs are Really Good. And the same goes for the Rap Version of the Ghostbusters Theme.

The Only Thing that Manages to Creep Me Out when I was a Kids was the Glowing Eyes of Dr. Janosz's Eyes, During the Black Out Scenes in that Darken Hallway. But I think that was Helped by his Acting Ability which was why I Enjoyed watching him every time when he is on screen. You Know in all Technicality as a Kid I probably should have found that Courtroom Scene Boring. But I didn't in fact quit the Opposite In Fact as whenever I watched the Courtroom Scene when I was a Kid I've always felt All Grown Up and Adult until the Ghosts. And I also like how All of the Humor that was in the First Film it was also in hare. You Know at One Point whenever I watch that Star Trek Voyager 11:59 episode I always Have this Strong Urge to Watch Ghostbusters 2 even if it's through Clips. Maybe it's Because the Flashback Scenes of that episode some how Reminded me of this film. And it is the same with the End Of Days Film.

Anyways Moving On I Feel that the Special Effects was Just as Good as the First Film but with the Exception of the Bathtub. Because you could Clearly Tell that The Bathtub and the Mood Slime Monster had Magically Turned in to Foam at the end of the Scene. When the Mood Slime Made a Grabe for Dana and her baby Oscer you could Clearly see the Bathtub Bending and the Texture of the Mood Slime Monster Thing Change. And as for the Timeline of the Film I kind of like how it Clearly Takes Place in the Spane of a Little over a Month Starting with Mid to Late November just before the American Thanksgiving Til all the way to New Years Eve (Duh). And I Really Like the Desing of the Upgraded Ecto-1A it Looks so Cool and High Tech In Fact as I Kid I so wanted that Ecto-1A Car for that Christmas. It was one of the Items on that Years Christmas Letters to 'Santa'.

Moving on As for the Mid Credit Sequence as it gave us a Small Taste of How They where doing After the Events of the Movie through a Montage of Clips. Next is that I Really Like how The Ghostbusters Feel that the Friendliness of their Fellow New Yorkers had gone down especially after Failing to Break Through the Mood Slime Barrier. So Much so they Resorted to Using The Statue Of Libertie as Not Only as a Symbol of Positivity to Untie their Fellow New Yorkers, but also to Smash The Skylight of The Museum in Order to Gain Entry. I think that the Simple Premise of this Film Being Good Verses Evil Really Fits, not only Because of The Mood Slim and what it Represents. But it's also a Great Relevant Message too, and the Fact that The New Yorkers Charged with their Now Positive Energy Helped The Ghostbusters Defeat or at the every Least was able to Weaken Vigo and Forced Him to Retreat was also Great. Then afterwards his Painting was Transformed in to one of Seemingly Religious Inspired, which Really Fitting Considering.

I think that the Babysitting Scene was a Really Great Character Development Scene for Janine and Louis. Then moving on to the Scene where we get to see Louis in Full Ghostbusters Get Up Really Sort Of Reminded me of the Completed Ecto-1 Introduction Scene in the First Film. Oh Yeah I almost Forgot I also Love How The Ghostbusters were able to Weaponize the Mood Slime and Turned it Force for Good. And Unless I'm Forgetting anything Else that should do it for the Pros.

The Cons= As Much As I like the Mood Slime and what it Represented I just don't like how it seems to Vary in Colour Through Out the Film. And I just wished they could have some how Left the Sub-Plot of Louis Desiring to become a Ghostbuster in the film. It would have made a Lot More Sense when we eventually get to see him in the For Mentioned Ghostbusters Get Up. Hare's something that I did not notice until recently Winston seemed to Disappear On and Off Up Until the Ghostbusters are Back In Business. And Hare's what I don't get did Janine Dropped her Hard Crush on Egon some time in the Five Year Time Period? As in this one she is All Of Sudden Crushing on Louis All of Sudden, and that's another thing I'm Sorry I'm Zero Chemistry Between them in the Romance Sense.

And how did Louis know when to Fire Off His Proton Pack in the Climax of he Film just as The Ghostbusters where Firing Off Their Proton Packs inside the Museum at that Very Same Time. Although the Soundtrack for this Film was Great as I have already Said but it was Unfortunate that there was not a Singel Holiday or Christmas Song in this Film at all. You would Expect at Least One Christmas Song in a Movie that Takes Place In December Nope. Then I find it kind of Funny How Janine Literally Told this one Client that Person is Going Have to wait until After the New Years as All of the Ghostbusters themselves are on Holidays until after the New Years, but until then "Just Don't Go In There." On The Phone. And I'm just wondering why any of the Ghostbusters Bring Their Proton Packs With them in the first place in the Sewer Scene? And Unless I'm Forgetting anything Else that should do it for the Cons for now.

Final Thoughts= So Obviously Personal Opinion I Highly Suggest you Give this Film Another Chance if you haven't already. Side Note I Sadly Feel that the Ghostbusters Movie Franchise at least should have Ended with this Movie Since Bill Murry was unsatisfied with this one Sadly Planes for Ghostbusters 3 was Scripted. It's Really Too Bad as from what I know of it sounded like it might have made a pretty entertaining movie. Before when I turned it in to a December Only Film this was one of the Films that I watched the Most so much so I almost wore out the VHS Tape, Year Round when I was a Kid. Over the Years this Has Started Becoming an Annual Must Watch for every New Years Eve maybe New Years Day.

Galaxy Quest (1999)

It's Not A Parody Jim It's A Joke.......

[1/10 · 21 May 2024]

The Cons= Before we Begin I am Indeed a Fan of the Prime Star Trek which Includes The Original Series (TOS) which is what this is supposed to be 'Parody' from. But Instead it Feels more like Make Fun Of Instead of 'Parody' and hare's why. The first that I'm not Just A Prime Star Trek Fan but also an Asian. And As Such I Feel that when Fred Kwan Squinted his Eyes in an Attempt to be an Asian was On The Fair Amount On The Racist Side, Especially when the Actor who Plays Fred Kwan (Tony Shalhoub) is Not Asian. Regardless of what he said During one of the Behind The Scenes Special Features. Why? Why would they even do that? So What They Couldn't Find Any Actual Asians Actors or Actresses? Or Did That Thought Even Occurred to them? That's Like Casting White Guy to Play A Black Character, No don't do that Please for The Love Of Q Cast the Right Person Culturally to Play the Right Culture. Don't Do Cross Culture Cast as I Not Only Like that but it also Feels Insulting and Maybe even On the Racist Side.

Now that my Ranting on that Little Political Statement is Done we now get to the Rest of the Movie Review. Starting with this Movie was sort of Famous for simple Censoring the 'F' Bomb by replacing it with 'Screw' it as they wanted to Maintain the PG Rating which was Completely Understandable. But I think it would have been a Little More Natural and a Less Noticeable if they had (Sigourney Weaver) Gwen DeMarco say "Well Forget That!" Instead of just "Well Screw That!" after all it was clear that she was saying a word that started with an 'F' and not an 'S'. And as for the Humor I feel that it's was Way Over The Top although I must admit some of them did land. Like the scene where they made that one Alien Explode while using the Real Life Transporter for the First Time.

Speaking of Over The Top I just found that the Squid Aliens are Not Only Over The Top with their Annoying High Pitch Squeaking Nise when they are in their Humanoid Form. And while we're talking about the Squid Aliens I just found that they are Confusingly idiots, in one hand they are Smart Enough to Create or Rather Recreate the NSEA PROTECTOR Ship which they saw on the TV for Real. But at the same time they are Way Too Dumb to know that TV is Fiction it's Not Real.

They think that Everything that Happens on TV is Part of Some Sort of History which was why they Decided to 'Recruit' the Crew of NSEA PROTECTOR to go on this Very Important Mission, again Not Knowing that these Guys are Just Actors and Not Real Space Explores or whatever they Believe the Crew of the NSEA PROTECTOR to be. They Not Only Created the NSEA PROTECTOR In Real Life, but they where also Smart Enough to Recreate this Very Powerful Device Thing that Allows You To Go Back 30 Seconds In Time Once Activated. Huh? Not to Mention they always look like they are High On Drugs and they Talk Like it to or something.

Those Aliens aren't the only ones that are dumb as I feel that Captain Jason Nesmith and his Crew are also the same. In Partcular the where Guy Fleegman was yelling and screaming about he doesn't think it's such a Good Idea to Open that Hatch, after when he and the Rest of the Crew Landed on this Alien Planet in Real Life. And what do they do? They Open that Hatch of that Shuttle anyways. Like they where still on a Set on The Show Not Knowing if there was Actual Breathable Air on The Planet. As Pretty as the Gwen DeMarco Character was she Basically Contributes Nothing to Neither the Fictional Show Nor the This Movie. She even said it herself in the Film that Her Character 's Only Purpose is just to Repeat Everything that The Computer Says. So Basically Sadly the Gwen DeMarco character is Basically a Eye Candy. At Least with Uhura Whom is the Communications Officer in The Original Star Trek Show and Movies. Which of course made her more than just a Eye Candy even on the Original Series.

Going Back to Over The Top Characters I also Feel that Everything about the 'Big Bad' Villin of the Film Sarris. Especially with everything that he says a to how he says it, but I do like his Armor thou. And I Felt that The Overall CGI Could Be Better which includes the Terrible CGI Rock Creature. Going Back to the Special Features what is Up with that Weird and Embarrassing Birthday Rap that Sigourney Weaver and the Rest of crew did? And the way they Ended that Little Birthday Rap what was up with that? Especially with All Of Them Acting Like some kind of Hip Hop Gangster Group like they where All Still in High School Back In The 80's or 90's? Unless I'm Forgetting Anything Else that should do it for the Cons for now.

The Pros= I think the Only Scene that I Really Liked was the Sci-Fi Convention Scenes in the Beginning of the Film, and Speaking of I Really Liked how they At Least Showed 3 Klingons Sort Of as we Only Got to see them From The Back and In The Background in one of the scenes. Now Don't get me Wrong I Don't Hate The Actors In Fact I thought they All Did A Really Good Job Considering, In Fact the Actors that I do know I Enjoyed in Other Projects of theirs. Starting with Tim Allen I May Not Liked him as the Grunting Buffoon Idiot and Joke named Tim 'The Toolman' Tayler But I do like his Vocal Work as Buzz Lightyear in the Toy Story Films. Of course, with Sigourney Weaver I liked her as Ripely and as for Sam Rockwell I of coursed liked him as Justin Hammer, and Alan Rickman as Hans Gruber.

And speaking of Alan Rickman I think I liked him the Best as I just like how Absolutely Miserable His Character was through out the film. All Because his Character is Tired of Playing that Very Same Character on the Fictional show. I could almost Imagine that is Exactually how Leonard Nimoy would have reacted if he was Ever Tired of Being Associated with his Famed Mister Spock Character. And I have admit I kind of think that those Green CGI Aliens are kind of cute even with Sharp Teeth. I also like how the Desing of the NSEA PROTECTOR Ship as it Looks Like it really was Inspired by the USS Enterprise and the same goes for the Shuttle which was the only Star Trek I'm kind of getting from this Film. And Unless I'm Forgetting Anything Else that Should do it for the Pros for Now.

Final Thoughts= So if you're Looking for some kind of Star Trek Parody I suggest you Look Elsewhere I Hear the Show The Orville is Pretty Solid. So in a way Calling Galaxy Quest a Star Trek Parody or an Unofficial Star Trek Movie is Illogical. Live Long And Prosper.

Ghostbusters (1984)

Better Than Ghostbusters Afterlife And Ghostbusters Answer The Call (Female Ghostbusters) IMHO......

[8/10 · 19 May 2024]

The Pros= Personal Opinion this Film is Lightyears Better then Both Ghostbusters Answer The Call or The Female Ghostbusters and Ghostbusters Afterlife Combined after All Answer The Call is Basically a Failed Gender Flipped Version Remake of this. And Afterlife was Basically A Big Nostalgia Bait Under The Disguised of Calling it a 'Sequel' Retconning The Much Underrated Ghostbusters 2 Due to how Many Easter Eggs they Grabbed from this Film. Yes it is a 'Sequel' but it Feels More Like a Nostalgia Bait at Large. Again Personal Opinion, but we're Not Hare To Talk about any of those Films we're hare to talk about the Original.

So Hare we go, to start us off I just Gotta talk about Gozer and how much she is Better in this One Verses the Ghostbusters Afterlife Version, even if they are supposed to be the Exact Same Character. I just don't know if it was the Make-Up Work? Or the Lighting? Or What? But there's just something about this Gozer that Feels like Some Kind of a Demon Ghost. While the One In Ghostbusters Afterlife just gives off that 80's or 90's Punk Rock Artist with a Gimmick Vibe About that Gozer. Don't Ask me how she sounds because I Truly don't know as that Movie Never Really Caught My Attention Enough to give it a Try. And while we're on the Subject of Gozer I just don't know why maybe it was because of the Reasons that I've already mentioned in Addition to the Set and How Its Lighted or the Music that they Choose for it? But there's just something that Feels Very Dream Like to me about that Whole Gozer's Entrance or just every time that Gozer is on the Screen In General? And the Person that Played the Gozer for this Film did an Excellent Job at giving her a Demon Like Voice.

Now we move on to the scene where it's just Ray and Winston in the Ecto-1 Driving through that Bridge. I just found that Scene Very Unsettling and Uncomfortable To Watch but in a Good Way.... Sort of. All Because of the Subject Matter that the Two where talking about. In fact my Heart started to Pick Up Pace during that Scene again because of the Subject Matter that the Two where Talking About. But on to a little more Cheerful Reason why I like that Scene is because it also shows how close those two have become since Winston had Applied to be a Ghostbuster. And in away it sort of Foreshadows their Reintroduction in the Second Film Ghostbusters 2.

And I just don't know what is it about the Shandor Lore that I Really like about it? I don't know maybe I could picture it in my mind in the form of Paintings or Still Images with Every Word that Ray Described with Weird and Brief Historical Clips? I don't even get that when I'm reading other peoples Short Stories on the Internet. Or even just Stories be it Online or on Paper. And I also found that Every Song on the Soundtrack to be very Superb, as my Favorite Song when I was a Kids was 'Savin' The Day' but now it's 'Magic' and that's on top of the Uber Iconic Theme By Ray Parker Jr. After all Who Doesn't Know The Theme Song or the Equally Iconic Catch Phrase of "Who Ya Gonna To Call?" I don't think anyone these days or ever since this film's conception that doesn't know the Catch Phrase or the Theme Song? If you've heard of the Ghostbusters Chances are you've know of the for mention Theme Song and Catch Phrase.

Anyways moving on to the First Shoot of the Completed and just as equally as Iconic Ecto-1 that one minute that Took the Fire House Doors to Open and for Ecto-1 to Speed Out Of There was kind of cool and kind of Heroic. And I just Like How All of The Humor in the Film Managed to Hit with me. Especially the Scenes where Louis is Possessed by The Key Master stats going on a Tirade about how the Coachman would Burn In Flames. And The Scene where Unconsciously Ray had Accidentally Thought Up The Mister Stay-Puff Marshmallow Man as the Final Form as Gozer to Destroy Them and End The World and Peter's Reaction to that, especially his line of "Ray's Gone Bye, Bye Egon What You Got?" and the final Scene I'm going to mention is the scene where Janine was so Miserable at her job that she commented that she had Quit Better Job than that. And then she Answered the phone in this Grumpy manner of "Ghostbusters what do want?!" I think all those three are my own personal Tops when it comes to Humorous Scenes.

Anyways I just like how Grounded everything seems to be from Peter, Ray and Egon getting Fired From the University. To Having Ray Sell his house just to Eventually Pay for the HQ which of course is that Abandoned Fire Station to the Ecto-1 being an Old Beat Up Junker. To even their Proton Packs and the Rest of their Equipment's all have Grounded Origins Too. And I even Like how After Paying for everything they couldn't Afford Very Much In Terms of Meals, and even after when their Business Finally Got Underway and they started Getting Super Busy. It shows that they are all Humans at the End Of The Day Through Ray Complaining How Tired and Exhausted he is and it shows too. I Feel that it's Not Until the end where they go and Fight Gozer that they all started Felling Like Superheroes A Little.

As for All of the Special Effects I would Imagine that it were Pretty Spectacular Back Then and it even Holds Up even up until Now in 2024 Personal Opinion. And I'm Really and Truly Impressed about that because with Most Films with Special Effect that where in the 80's they Usually don't Hold Up as Well as All of The Special Effects of Ghostbusters again Personal Opinion. I also Feel that this also makes a Fun Halloween Watch just as Much as Hocus Pocus is Personally. And Unless I'm Forgetting Anything Else that should do it for the Pros for now.

The Cons= As Great and Iconic this Movie is it's still not with out its Flaws such as that I feel that the Names of 'Gate Keeper' and 'Key Master' Both have Double Meanings. And I think you know what they are? And I'm wondering if Peter Handled Walter Peck A Little Better when he wanted a Tour of the Ghostbusters HQ would the Results Still be the exact same? Then there is the Twinkie Analogy I just Feel that there was Basically No Point to that Although I Understand Clearly what was the Analogy About, I just don't see the point of it. That whole Analogy just looks like it was just there for just Pure Product Placement. Even Egon the one that made the Analogy doesn't even know. Now Most People might say that Ernie Hudson was just the Token Character, I don't know if he really was. But to me he's the Outsider Character the Audience Character he's supposed to be the rest of us that aren't exactly adverse in the Paranormal or Any of that Science Stuff. And hare's a in Universe Question, did anyone else besides Winston Applied for the Ghostbusters Job? And if so was that Series of Questions that Janine asked Winston the Standard Interview questions that she was Instructed to ask everyone that tried Appling for The Fourth Ghostbusters Position? And Unless I'm Forgetting Anything Else that she do it for now For the Cons.

Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995)

The Last Great And Watchable Die Hard Film IMHO...........

[9/10 · 16 May 2024]

The Pros= Personal Opinion I think they should have Ended The Die Hard Franchise with this film and just Consider it a Trilogy. But First The Pros before I give you the Cons on why. To start us off the Wise Cracking John McClane Comedy and Wit is still hare in this film, where I Feel that he has lost all of that in 4 and 5. Then I really like how at the beginning of this film he started off in a really Bad Spot with a Bunch of things already had gone Wrong in his life, and little did he knows it's going to Worse a Lot Worse for him. I like that because it shows how Human he really is and that the Happiness of the Second Die Hard didn't last. On Top of everything that he would eventually go through he has to go through a Massive of Headache Due to his Hang Over. Which was what he was Complaining about through out the entire Film, and I'm pretty sure that those of us that have experience a Headache for one reason or another it's Not Fun so you Got To Feel for him through the entire film.

Moving On I Really Like the Revenge Plot it has that added dynamic that the First Two Die Hard Films didn't have. As it made this film Feel More than just John McClane being at the Wrong Place at the Wrong Time and Stopping a Bunch of Terrorists. And it also Fits one of the Motives of Simon the Leader of the Terrorist in this Film, and now moving on to Simon himself. I really like what they did with him and how he was tied to the First Film which makes that Revenge Plot so fitting and Great. And it made so Much Sense why he Specifically asked for John McClane when he Blew that Department Store to Catch the Attention of the NYPD. And what I Feel that Makes Simon such a Great Villian is not just that he was Tied to the First Film, but also all of the games that he sets up to Mess and Toy with John McClane and Zeus, like some kind of a cat. All the While Having the Rest of the NYPD Running All Around Every School like Chickens With Their Heads Cut Off Looking For a Very Dangerous Bomb, with the only Clue was that the said Bomb was in a Random Elementary School with the Help of Another Riddle in the form of a Math Question. Or so he Clams but in Actuality the Bomb is On The Boat.

So much so I found myself Paying Most Attention in those Scenes, and it was because of the Seven Wives Riddle that Inspired me to Search and Download some kind of Riddle App for my Phone. Unfortunately that App didn't work out for Long Winded Reasons which eventually led me to Deleted that App Anyways. And Speaking Great Characters I also like the Addition of Samual Jackson as Zeus a Smart Racist Electrocution. I think he Pairs Really Well with John McClane as they Play Off Each Other Really Well the Panter that they have was not only Really Well Done but also Really Entertaining to Watch. And it's not just Samual Jackson and Bruce Willis where not the only ones that where great. But I Feel that every one was also Great in Both Casting and Characters as they All Played Their Parts Really Well which Helped what Makes this Die Hard Film Worked so Well.

Although all of the Action was Great but I would say the Scene where Both John McClane and Zeus, has to get to Certain Train Station By a Certain Time Before The Bomb and Everyone On It Blows Up. But the Catch is they have to us Civilian was to do it and what they Both ended up doing is High Jacking A Taxi Cab. And what makes that Sequence was so Entertaining to watch the two of them Arguing on what is the Best way to get there John McClane decides to Cut Through the Park. Pretty Almost Running Over Every One In The Way as it not only Really Reminds me of Both the Crazy Taxi Game and One Of The Grand Theft Auto (GTA) Games. But also Zeus's Reaction the Whole way was almost Priceless. And the Sequence Fallowing where they Both Finally Made it to the Train Station While John McClane was Frantically Looking for the Bomb and Zeus was in the Process of Both being Arrested and Answering the Phone Call From A Payphone From Simon, was in a way Intense and All so Fun To watch. Just like With the Taxi Cab Sequence before.

I also think that the Alternate Ending was also a Worth a Mention as in an Alternate Universe where Die Hard Ended as Trilogy Instead of Milking it for what's it's Worth. That Parctulare would be the Perfect way to End Off The Trilogy and this Die Hard Series of Films until they Either Remake it. Why You may Ask? Well that's Simple Since the Setting for The First Die Hard Film was Set Around The Christmas Holidays it would be a Fitting to End In the same Setting. As that Alternate Ending Involves John McClane Lossing His Job with the NYPD and Simon the Big Bad Getting away. And By The time that John McClane Catches Up with Simon it is at Bar some where During Christmas Time. If' you haven't Seen it I Recommend that you do it is that Good. And I'd say the 'Summer In The City' Song was Not Only Catchy but also Really Fun to Listen to. In Fact it was one of those songs that I Feel I could Replay over and over in my head at just about any time even if I'm not listening to the song.

The Cons= When they made this Film I don't think they where thinking about the Future as I Feel that the 'N' Word is Never Appropriate. Least of All in todays day as I Feel that the 'N' Word is way Worse then the Most Harshest Profanity that you could think of. In Fact I wouldn't use it in an X-Rated Film Much Less a R-Rated Film Even if it is an Hard R-Rated.

Anyways with that said we now move on to the Revenge Plot I wished they Kept it in there, as it Really Felt that Simon Really Did Wanted Revenge but some time after the Train Sequence they Dropped that Even Simon still had Zeus and John McClane Running Around Playing Kids Games as John McClane had said in the film itself. Hare's why I think they should have left it back in had they left the Revenge Plot In it would have made a lot Better Story. As That Revenge Plot would have made an Excellent Contention and Miss Trust Between him and his Troops. As some could think that he was Way Too Obsessed with Revenge while his most Loyal Troops could still stay by his side Regardless. And Not Only That In The Climax it would have made a Much Interesting Fight Between Him and John McClane as he might want to Kill John McClane with his Bare Hands or something. And Not Only that But also My Own Personal Opinion with out that Revenge that Story Die Hard 3 Die Harder is Basically a Heist Film, mixed in with a Buddy Cop Film with John McClane and Zeus.

Then Next is Simon's Girlfriend Not Only she Feels Like the Token Female as she is the only Female in Simon's Troop. Not Only that she also Literally has No Dialogue in the Entire Film Other than Grunting While Trying to Shoot at John McClane, and it's Not Like she doesn't Know English or anything, as I have Heard Her Speak in the Special Features for this Film. Which makes her character just Sadly also Feel Like Nothing But just the Muscle and that's it. Then there comes the Scene where John McClane was Holding For Dear Life as he and Zeus was trying to make their way to the Boat that Simon is on. There's just something about that Background that Looks Artificial and Fake and Likewise with the scene where that very same Boat Blows Up.

There's just something about that Explosion that Not Only Looks and Feels Fake But also I Found that the Explosion itself, was Way Too Bright. Now don't get me Wrong I like the Character it's just that I would have Loved to have a Little Bit More on his Character. Such as what Happened to Him that Made Him Not Only So Racist but also what happened to his Nephew's Parents? They could have easily had him explain all of that in one of their Bonding Moments in Partcular in the Scene where He and John McClane where Tied Up Right On Top of that Bomb. Overall still a Pretty Solid Film to watch again and again if aren't already.

Die Hard 2 (1990)

Just As Good As The First..........

[9/10 · 15 May 2024]

The Pros= I don't Know this film gets so much hate when it comes to Comparing to the First Film? As Yes there are still Flaws with this one but you got to remember the First One isn't Perfect either. Such as Shooting At All Of The Terrorist and Not Caring for any of the Hostages. Or that one Guy pointlessly standing near the elevators just to get Shoot to Death. And if Al was really heading home until John McClane changed that for him, then why isn't he in his Civilian Clothes and why is he still Driving a Police Crouser instead of a Civilian Car? Now With that Said I Loved the First Film Just as Much as I Loved The Second Die Hard Film, as Both Of them are Equally Fun And Festive To Watch A Couple Of Christmas Classics If You Asked me. Anyways we're not hare to talk abut that we're hare to talk about the Sequel. If you're Still Hare.

Still Hare? Good Thank You For a Start Cernal Stuart may not be as Iconic as Alan Rickman as Hans Gruber nut to me Personally he is still just as Good or Rather Evil as Hans Gruber. I especially Loved the Scene where he Crashed that Airplane, there was something Cold and Frightening in his Facial Expression Before During and After when He Successfully Crashed that Airplane. And that Scene was made that much Chilling with his "We Gotcha" Line. And the way he Managed to Trick that Airplane in to Crashing was Excellent, and you add to that John McClane's and the other's Frighten Reaction to that made it that Scene that much More Chilling. And Right afterwards seeing John McClane's Despair as he Realized that he did everything he could to try to save everyone. Onboard that Airplane and Still Failed was kind of hard to watch, but in a Good Way as it still shows that he is still Human and is Not Perfect he still has Flaws. That and him Getting a Parking Ticket at the Beginning of the Film which also Serves as the Opening Scene of the Film by the way.

Another Scene that I like Cernal Stuart in is in the Church where John McClane just Beat Up one his men and killed the other. And the Survivor has the Unenviable Task of informing Cernal Stuart that Yes did Accomplish his Task but one of them didn't make it because of John McClane. As Cernal Stuart has that Gun to that other Guy's Head he had that very same Cold Look in his Eyes as when he would Later on Crash the Said Airplane. And the Last Cernal Stuart Scene that I'm going to mention is the scene where he and John McClane First Met all the While John McClane thought he looked Formular but can't placed from where. Okay That's about him for now at least and moving onto The Twist Involving General Grant and His Team it was Great maybe unnecessary. But I Personally Didn't mind as I Didn't See that Coming to say the least when I first watched Die Hard 2. Another Great Thing about this Film is that I Personally found that All of the John McClane Wit and Humor is still hare Carried from the First Film.

Although I like the Nakatomi Plaza was Great in the First Film don't get me Wrong but I like the Airport Setting in this Second one Slightly Better. Mainly Because whenever I'm watching it I always Feel that I'm some how getting some kind of an Behind The Scenes Inside Look in away of the Goings On of a Real Airport in Real Life. Speaking of Settings I also Like how John McClane is not just Limited to just One Location like in the First Film. Again although that was Fine and Dany but it was also nice to see him at a Secondary Location instead of just the Primary One for the same Film. It's kind of sad that after all of this time watching the Film I couldn't for the Life of me Remember his name Neither his Character name nor his Actor name, Sorry. But anyways I Found that his Character Really Likable Not Only he was the Only One that was Nice and More than Welling to Work with, John McClane instead of kicking him out all because he didn't belonged in the Control Tower for the Airport.

In fact it wasn't for him John McClane wouldn't known about the Church not even General Grant Seemingly Knew about the Church at that Point in the Movie. Then next is that I Really Feel that the Film was Paced Perfectly as I felt that there was No Wasted Moment in the Film. Every Moment Every Scene in the Film has a Purpose In Fact I Personally couldn't Find A Single Scene or Moment where I have ever said "That Scene wasn't Necessary." or "What was the Point of that?" or something Smaller to those. And I really liked how they were able to reintroduced Both John McClane and Holly McClane with out any Expedition. And I say the same to the Introduction to the New Characters for this film.

Then I found that the News Reporter for this film Samantha Coleman unlike with Thornberg in the first film was actually Friendly and a lot more likable than Thornberg. Not That I hated his Character mind you but I Personally found that Samantha Coleman was never a selfish Sleezy of a Character that everyone in the Film Hates. I even liked how Respectful she was at the when John McClane and Holly McClane Embraced and Kissed ach other at the end of the movie. And that bit of a line of having John McClane's baby was kind of amusing as she misunderstood him. Then her Calm Lack Of Reaction to First Cernal Stuart Telling Her Off and the Later on John McClane Telling her the Same Exact Thing was Very Professional of her. And as for the Climatic Fight I thought it was Very Deferent and Very Unique as I have never seen before nor since a Fight Scene where the Characters are fighting, not inside the Moving Airplane but outside of it as the said Airplane is in the Midst of Taking Off.

On Top of that I've always found it very Exciting all because of that Added Danger of John McClane take a Wrong step. Or one of the Villains Might Get Lucky and Knock John McClane Off the Wing of that Airplane in to that Airplane's Turbine to be Shredded. I've also found that it's not only the Climax was Fun but also All of the Action Sequences through out the Film as well. Such as the Snowmobile Shoot Out, or the Scene where John McClane Stabs that One Baddie in the Eye with the Icicle very Genius Very Gruesome. I also Enjoyed Watching that Granny Passenger that was seated right next to Holly all of her scenes was Fun, especially that end scene where she Steps Through Thornberg After Calling Him Not a Nice Name, as he was on the ground at the time after being tossed Down that Shoot as Per Emergency Exit Protocols. Oh that Scene Made me Smile and Laughed a Little every time that I watch Die Hard 2 even just thinking of that scene makes me laugh in that Immature Childish way.

And I also Really Like that Triumphant Music that they Played when all of the Airplanes Started to Land as it Truly Felt Well Deserved. And it was also Nice to See Colm Meaney aka Miles O'Brien from Both Star Trek TNG and Star Trek DS9 in hare. In the form of a Cameo Role Playing the Windsor 114 Pilot aka the Airplane that Cernal Stuart Sadly Tricked into Crashing, Being a Pretty Big Fan of the Original or Prime Star Trek that I am. And that should do it for the Pros Unless I'm Forgetting anything Else.

The Cons= As much as I love this movie I still see a few just a few of the Flaws that every ones thinks that makes Die Hard Film So Terrible to watch. The First and kind of Obvious one is that I've always found that Carmin Lorenzo is always a Loud Hyper Active Character even in his introduction he was a Loud Hyper Active Character. Especially in the Beginning of the Climax where he found out through John McClane that he was played by General Grant and his Team. As he was Yelling and Screaming at Pretty Much Every one that he sees and Throwing Out Profanities like they where Free For All Candy Canes at a Christmas or Holiday Parad. When the Police Crouser that he, John McClane, and his Brother Vito the one that gave John McClane that Parking Ticket at the Beginning of the Film Crashed in to another car.

Another Character and Probably the Only one that I Truly Didn't Like through the Whole Film was Marve the Janitor. As I found to be one of those 'I have No Friends and I'm an Idiot' kinds of characters. Although I Admit he did Help Out John McClane Three Times through out the Film so there's that, either than that I'm Sorry I just Don't Like Him I'm Pretty Sure the Actor is Fine. You Know for a Movie that is Set In The Holidays you would think that there would be a Abondance of Holiday Music and Songs? But Nope not with this one as the only Festive Holiday Music or Songs that I Recognized anyways were, 'Let It Snow, Let It Snow' and 'Carol Of The Bells', and that should do it for the Cons Unless I'm Forgetting anything Else.

Final Thoughts= But Despite all of my Cons I still Think it's a Personal Must Watch well for me at least. In Fact this is the Film that I Revert Back To whenever I have Watched Everything that Was On My Own Personal Watchlist for that Year, and I have Nothing More to watch and or I just don't know wat else to watch. There was even Years that I have Reverted Backed to this just after Watching Ghostbuster 2 on New Years Night it's sort of our way of Saying Goodbye to the Old Year And Thanks For The Memories and Hello And Welcome to The Upcoming New Year. Anyways Back to Die Hard 2 through the Years it's been Incorporated into my Annual Holiday Tradition that I couldn't imagine Skipping it Nope Not Even for just one Year, as it wouldn't feel like The Holidays or Christmas With Out it.

Child's Play (2019)

Coming From A Fan Of All Child's Play And Chucky Films This Could Have Been Better.........

[2/10 · 14 May 2024]

The Cons= I Gotta Tell You I'm Truly Degusted and Sickened by the Fact that a Bunch of 13 Year Olds could Find a Dismemberment Scene in a Horror Movie So Amusing. That to them it was like watching The First Hocus Pocus Film or some Kind Of Halloween Themed Muppets Film. One of them even made a Sick Comment about 'Heads Up.' while the woman on the Screen was about to be Beheaded. All the while Laughing as if it was some kind of Horror Comedy, why are they allowed to watched that Film in the First Place? In away those very same 13-Year-Old Kids were also Glorifying Violence and Gor and Death and all of that by Finding It that Amusing. It's Disgusting and Twisted and I could take a lot but not this its Sick and Twisted I can't say that enough. That Scene Alone was almost enough for me to turn it off but I kept on going as I'm not only Curious but also I am a Child's Play and Chucky Fan and Figured mind as well give this film the Benefit of the Doubt.

Then Moving on to the Bad Dialog it could have been Better and not only that but also aside from that Most of them are also Forgettable. And not only that so are most of the Scenes and Character and Character Names. I've already Mentioned about the Very Disgusting Reaction of the Kids in the Above Paragraph about them and the Horror Movie. Hare's a Couple of Other Unrealistic Reactions to Situations. The First is Realistically they should have been Screaming or at least be Traumatized when found that Head that Chucky Beheaded, and Presented as a Kind Of Gift to Andy. But Nope their Reaction was just "No Big Deal all we Need to do is Get Rid of the Head and Hid it. Hay I know why don't we Toss it Down that Trash Shoot?" and another is Not Believing Andy when Clams that Chucky is Evil and they should get rid of him. To the Point they even got in a Scuffle over it in the Middle of The Zed Mart to which Andy was treated like some kind of Psychopath. And he's not the only character from what I can Remember Every Other Characters was the Exact same way.

And Wow What Is The Deal With Andy's Mom's No Good Cheating Boyfriend? He is just So Over The Top Unlikable to Say the Least. I mean Seriously what is with his Deal? It's like he Sees Andy as some Kind of Romantic Rivel or something, he Seriously treats Andy like he is some kind of Delinquent or Trouble Makeer or something. It even got to the Point where he Lad his hands on Andy, all the while Strutting around like he Owns the Place. No You Don't do that to Your Own Kids or to Especially to Other Peoples Kids Not Even to the Kids that the Person that you Are Dating. That's just Not Only Disrespectful and Shameful, and On Top of that I Personally Don't Condon it. Especially when that said kid Didn't do anything to Deserve that Sort of Treatment from you. Which I suspect Andy didn't do anything to get that sort of treatment from the No Good Cheating Boyfriend of his Mom's. Oh and did I Mentioned he was Married with Kids? Andy's mom all the while is Clueless to all of this other that she just doesn't care because I can't remember if she found out or not. Again All of that while Having An Affair Behind his Wife's Back With Andy's Mom. And Again I could Take A Lot.

And Speaking of Unlikable Characters the first is the Giddy Mother of the Cop, and the Second is the Unwholesome Landlord. Moving on There's just something about Chucky's Voice that Sounds A Little Off Kilter he kid of sounds like some kind of Broken and Out Of Date Toy. It would have been Nice if they at least Changed his Voice when he Finally Gained Full Sentient and Finally Becomes Evil. I wished that Chucky's Voice would Sound More Human and More Sinister when he finally does. And while we're talking about Chucky he Basically has No Personality what so ever not when after when he has gone evil. He just Repeats everything that he Hares Most of the time when he was still a Dumb Talking Doll. But I well give him this that "Let's Open You Up And See What You're Made Of." Line Does Fit, right after hearing his Victim Saying it.

And as for Storyline, What Storyline? As there is No Story what so ever Unlike with the Original Child's Play where the story was about Chucky Needing to Possess that Andy's Body. In this one Not Only Chucky has no Mase Story and Goals but also there is No Story Attached to the Film as a whole. If I where to Sum Up The Film I would Just say it's about an AI Killer Doll, and that's about it Dust Your Hands Because that's all she wrote. And as for the Acting it was Laughable at best as I never really bought anything that any one says in the film not even Chucky. And the same goes to the Failed Attempts Humor at Being Funny I never found anything the film funny just simply I wouldn't say Cring but more like "How is this suppose to me Funny? I don't get it?" Unless I'm Forgetting anything else that should do it for the Cons for now.

The Pros= With all of that said I do like a few only a few aspects about this movie, starting with Chucky. Yes I could get how Most People might have a Problem with the Desing of the Chucky Doll, but for me it's suppose to help with the Creepiness Factor of the Doll since Unlike with the Original he's Not Serial Killer inside a Doll. It's just the voice that I have a problem with as I have already said but over all I do like the Chucky Doll Desing. Like wise Unlike Most People I really do like the Concept of an AI Killer Doll for the Marden Age, which was why I was so excite when Megan was coming out. Up until I found out that she likes Toy with her Victims by Dancing. But back to this film, I Truly Really Didn't Mind when they ca=hanged from a Good Guy Doll to a Buddi Doll it's not that big of a deal to me, they could even change him to a Forever Friend Doll is all I care. I do like that there are Few not many but a few Intense Moments.

The Opening Scene was Decent enough but would rather the Disgruntled Employee Program some kind of Virous in to Chucky instead of Putting a Defective Chip. As it's not only make a little more sense but also it would have Allowed Chucky to use that Very Same Virous to Infect other electronics as well, especially Other Buddi Dolls to Increase his fighting force so to speak. And the Opposite is True I also do like Both the Climax and the End Scene Just Before the End Credits, it's just everting after that Opening Scene all the way up to the Climax that I didn't like. Unless I'm Forgetting Anything Else that should do it for the Pros.

Final Thoughts= Overall I would Rank this just above The Series and The Curse Of Chucky Film, at the Lower End of the Stick.

Beetlejuice (1988)

Who Is This Movie Made For?.......

[1/10 · 14 May 2024]

The Cons= Before we Begin I Must Tell you I wished I had more to say in terms of Pros but Sadly I don't. But first the Cons and to start us off is the Special Effects as I Feel that it not only Doesn't Hold Up but also it Looks Cheap even for back then. I've seen Movies with Better Special Effects than this move and some of those came out before this movie. In Parctulare when it came to the Sand Worms which includes the scene when Beetlejuice transformed himself in to a Sand Worm Himself. Then the next is the Character of Lydia I just never Bought her as a Goth as her Character was never that Dark in terms of Personality. Oh sure they've tried but it just comes off as Weak Sauce to me, as she Half Miserable and Half Happy and Normal.

Oh sure I wasn't expecting her to be the Stereotypical Goth type but I was expecting her to be the type of character that is only entertained by Weird and Creepy Stuff. Then and only then she would Crack a Smile. And that Ending don't even get me started on that ending as I mean Totally Confused as it may have looked like Lydia has gotten through a character Arch. And if she did I didn't catch it and I was paying attention and I Hardly see the Connection between of what she almost had to go through in the Third Act and her Character Change? As I Feel that her Character went form whatever she started out with to someone that is Loving Life and is Happy, and is No Longer a Goth. So much so that she had made a deal with the Ghostly Former Owners of the home that she lives now that if she got a Good Grade to which she did they would allow her to dance? To the Song of Day-O just before the End Credits Started Rolling.

And Speaking of Confusing what is Up with that Realter at the Beginning of the Film as she was so Pushy when comes to getting the Former Owners to Sell their house, before they died? I mean Seriously She's Worse than a Sales Lady Trying to Get You to Switch over to over the Company that she Works for when it Comes to Cellular and Internet and Cable Contracts, and I should know I get those all of the time. Was there a Huge Commission or something attached to that Parctulare House or something? Anyways moving on I just Feel that the Day-O Song along with Other Songs just Throws the Tune that they are trying to go for the Film Off. It be like having a whole bunch of Pop Music in a Horror Movie Specially when it comes to the Intense Scenes of the said Horror Movie.

Continuing on to Unlikable Characters I Feel that the Title Character Beetlejuice is one of them which is Very Sad, as I feel that the One Character that you're Supposed to at least like is the Main Character, or even in some Cases the Title Character. And in this Case it's Beetlejuice, as the Biggest Problem that I have with him is that he's Basically Has a Dirty Mind Plain and Simple, to Keep it as Clean as we Could Right Hare on IMDB. And I'm jut in to the Rambling that he Does for most of the film, the last Problem that I have with him is that for a Titled Character it takes a Long time for him to be Introduced, as it Feels like it took him Around the Tail End of the First Act Closer to the Beginning of the Second Act for him to Finally Show up, which doesn't include his Weird little Commercial. Well I've Mentioned them for long enough time to talk about the Dead Couple Adam and Barbra now don't get me wrong they are kind of likable at first. It's not until they Tried to 'Scare' the New Owners away that they started becoming Unlikable. As their Attempt at that was so Pathetic at that they couldn't even Scare anyone Under Six Much Less a House Full Adults which includes Lydia. At which point they just come off as a Couple of Jokes from then on.

I've already talked about the above characters and now time to talk about the other characters of the movie, the Non Essential Characters as I don't know if they are Considered Side Characters or not. As I Found them all Uninteresting and Boring to watch Especially now when I'm an Adult, as there was no Character Development. On top of all of that All of the Reactions to All of The Situations that they get themselves in through the Film, just Comes Off as Illogical. The Characters are Not The Only Problems of this film as the Plot Holes are also a Problem for this film. As it the Film was I wouldn't Say Chock Full but there Still A lot. I've already gave you an example earlier with Lydia and the Realter another example is, Why All of Sudden could everyone else See Beetlejuice? That and Many More Questions and Plot Holes needed to be Answered and Addressed.

I just Don't know who Is The General Target for this Film as I Feel that that Humor Mostly From Beetlejuice are Let's Just say Too Adult. As the Kids won't get it nor is it Appropriate for them to be Listening that Type of Humor. You think the Dirty Humor in Kids Movies Like on Minions and the Like that are Targeted at Kids that are Seven and Over was Bad, well the Humor in this Film is Way Worse and In Your Face. And Not Only that I Feel that Adults won't enjoy this Movie as they Might Start Noticing All Of My Own Personal Above Flaws with the Movie, Plus Maybe Some More that I haven't Caught. So I'll ask again who is the Targeted Audience for this Film? Aside from those that are Into Sexual and Dirty Humor and Dumb Story with No Character Development? Since I don't have the Answer to that I'll just say Unless I'm forgetting anything else that should do it for the Cons.

The Pros= Now that I'm Dome with the Cons hare are my Few Pros, the first is that I feel that Michael Keaton Looks Great as The Titled Character of Beetlejuice. Not Only he looks like a Great Ghoulish Creep but he also sounds Great as one. And as for Winona Ryder as Lydia I may not like the Character but she's still a Good Actress. After all I thought she did an Exceptional Job as Call in Aliens Resurrection quit amusing as Call in Aliens Resurrection. I even liked her as Mr. Spoke's Mom for the JJ Star Trek Films and I don't like His Star Trek Films as it's just isn't for me. It's just too bad that she Didn't Exactually get the Best Script for this film. Well at least aside from those two this film also has some other Big Names Attached to it.

It's not like I Completely Hate the Concept for this film it's just that I Felt that it was Poorly Executed. As I think a Movie about a Dead Couple Trying to Scare away the New Owners of their Former Home, with the Help with a Legendary Outcasted Ghoul with his Own Agenda could be Fun. But as I Only Like the Climax as it Felt like it was the Only Watchable Part Out Of The Whole Film. So Much so I Feel that's what he Whole Film Should Have Been Like, Dark In Tone but also a Little Quirky at the same time to Help Make it Fun and Not Scary for Kids. But Also At The Same Time Adults Could Enjoy it too with out all of the Sexual Jokes and a Dirty Mind Ghoul. And Unless I'm forgetting anything else that should do it for he Pros for now. Again Sorry I wished I had More to say in the Pros, I Really do.

Batman Returns (1992)

Kaiju Sized Better Than The First IMHO.........

[9/10 · 13 May 2024]

I think this film is in the Wrong Rating because due to its Subject Matter I think it should have been at least a 14A instead of PG-13. Although I understand why they made it a PG-13 to me if they wanted to make Batman Returns a PG-13 they should have Dumb down on the Subject Matter or otherwise Up The Rating. I think that is the Only Reason why Pretty Much Every one especially the Parents where Moaning and Whining and Saying the movie is Not Appropriate for their Kids at the time. To the Point where McDonalds was even forced to Cancel the Movie Tie in Toys for back then. Which doesn't make sense as I could remember owning three out of four of them when I was a kid.

I'd say if you personally don't think the is Appropriate for your Own Kids to Watch than Don't Let them Watch it and Not Ruin it for the Rest of us. Which Brings me to my next Point which is for Back then this Random Kid went on the News saying that Batman Returns was so 'Scary' or 'Gross' or whatever, that he watched it six times. Huh? It's like if it's so 'Scary' or so 'Gross' than why did he watched it six times? Which gets me to thinking that he was just a Puppet for Religious Parents and maybe even Non-Religious Parents as well in this case in fact so much so I'm reminded of that Famous Simpsons dialogue. You know the one? "Some One Think of the Children oh Please Some one think of the Children." If you or your Kid thinks that a movie or show that is too Scary or Not Appropriate or whatever that's fine But Just Keep It To Just Your OWN Kids. Okay I'm Done with my Political View with this film and so hare is my Review.

The Pros= Now I admit that I'm not a Fan of the 89 film on any level for Various of Many Reasons as you can Probably But that Doesn't still Mean that I hold this film to the same regards and hare's why. Michelle Pfeiffer as Selina Kyle aka Catwoman as I Really Feel that she is a Kaiju Sized Improvement over Vicki. As she is everything Opposite of Vicki Excluding the Eye Canady Part. Anyways back to Batman Returns I Really Like How Penguin was Written as his Goals of just being Accepted and not be seen as a Freak Was Really Relatable. And he's not the only Villian that was Written well as Catwoman was also a Character that was Written Well as it didn't take you long for you to understand her POV, and why she wanted what she wanted and why she couldn't Pursue a Romantic Relationship with Batman. And while we're on the subject of Great Villian's Max Shreck is another Great one as not only Christopher Walken is a Great Actor but also he has this Ruthless Businessman Look and Mentality to him. So much so that scene when he Abruptly Shoves Selina Kyle Out of The Window was and still Remains one of the shocking scenes to me personally. Amongst Many Other Reasons.

Then we have the Fact that he was Trying to Manipulate Mostly Penguin through out the film was Brilliant, and then later in the end when he tries to Manipulate Catwoman the same way just to save his Life was also Great. Just the Fact that he was able to be just as Threatening as Catwoman and The Penguin was Impressive. Considering that there is Literally Nothing Special about him other than the Fact that he is just your Average Ruthless and Evil Businessman. And the Fact that he was Only Made Up for this Batman Film just makes it that much more Impressive, as he was not already an Existing Comic Character. Then I also like how The Bat Suit in this Film wasn't Changed all that Much from the Last Film as it was one of the Few things that I Actually Like about the 89 film.

Now we get to the Score and the All Around Music and Soundtrack of the Film I Obviously Liked it Better then the First, another Pro from the first Film. The only downside is that there isn't all that much but I guess that's a good thing. And for a Movie that is Set During the Christmas Holiday's I'm both Surprised and Glad that they only used only one Christmas song. As of course every Christmas Songs are all Happy and Joyful in an attempt to get you in that mood. Which Clashes with the Dark And Gritty and Moody Tone of this Film. I also think that Danny DeVito was Relly Great as The Penguin part of it was that he Not Only Has the Right Body Type for the Role but also there's something about his voice that sounds really Villian Like. And on top of all of that I Love the Design of his Penguin as it has that Tim Burton Style to him, Freakish but too Freakish that it just comes off as either and or Comedic or Gross and Completely Unrecognizable.

One of My Favorite Scenes is the Max Shreck Ball Scene as it Feels Really Dream and Fantasy Like. Just by the way how it Aged in my eyes through the Years it's also the very same scene where Bruce Wayne and Selina Kyle Found Out who each other are. By just Simply Reversing and Repeating Each Others Mistletoe Line from Earlier when they where, Batman and Catwoman Respectively. Another reason I like that scene is the Defences in Opinion on Rather Selina Kyle should or shouldn't kill Max Shreck. Plus they also revealed to each other that Each of Them is Not Only Tried of Fighting but also Hiding who each of their Own Secret Identities are. All are done with this Romantic Air to the Entire Scene.

As for the Ending Yes I could see how some may see it as Grotesk but it has Never Bothered me Not Even when I was a Kid when I First watched this Film. The worst of it was just a Burnt Skeleton of one of the characters and even then it's not that Graphic In My Humble Opinion, let's just say this if you could take the Host from Tales From The Crypt you could take this. And as for Penguin being beat up and drooling Blue Goo Out of His Mouth it's Comparable to Beetlejuice in his Demon Worm Form in terms of 'Scare and Gor' Factor. As for the Actual Final Scene of the film there was something Both Heartwarming and Somber about it. And at the same time it's also some how feels well deserved. Maybe it was also what was said Between Bruce Wayne and Alfrid.

I also found that all of the Christmas Decorations and Sets aren't so Happy And Festive and Cheerful that it, doesn't Over Shadow or Even Shadow the Grittiness of Gotham. You know I'm Presently Surprised that the Robot Penguin Animals are so Good and so Realistic that they Blend So Well with the Real Penguin Animals. That if you put a Robot One and a Real One right in front of me and asked me to pick which one is Real and which one is the Robot. Both are still moving By The Way the only way that I could Tell as the Tall Ones are The Robot Penguin Animals and the Smaller ones are the Real Penguin Animals. But however if you asked me to do the same thing but this time from a far enough of a distance that they Both Looked to be the same Hight, I Honestly couldn't Tell you sure I could take a wild Guess to which I'll most likely be wrong.

Moving on to the Pacing of the Film I Really Like it as it is Not Too Slow Nor is it Too Fast the scenes that Needed to be Slow are. But Not To the Point where you start to Feel the Runtime and Start to Loss Interest. And the Scenes that are Supposed to be Fast Namely The Action Scene are Not So Fast that you didn't care what was going on Screen. Nor was it so Fast that you Started Getting So Confessed that you where asking "What was that? What just Happened? Huh?" all the while waving your Index Finger at the Screen as if that would make sense of every thing on the screen. And I just have to make a quick Mention to the Super Awesome and High Tech Batarang it's My Favorite, and not only that it looks like some kind of Handheld Video Game some where along the Lines of The Tiger Electronics Handheld Games Unless I'm Forgetting Anything Else that should do it for the Pros for now.

The Cons= As much as I Love this Film there are still some Cons starting with one of my biggest and that is that, with me obviously not being a Fan of the 89 Film on any level I just Don't Like The Two Mentions of Vicki. Why couldn't they at least not name drop her by name at least then I would have been satisfied with that. Then the next is the Ice Princess now don't get me wrong it's not like I Hate her or anything like that it's just that I wished that her character was smarter and Better Written. Anyways moving on as much as I think the Max Shreck character was Great and Well Written and all of that, all of that is still true. But my only Problem with him is his response of 'Yawn' to Bruce's comment at the beginning of his Ball Scene as it Feels Off Character. Then the Next Nitpick is that Logically I just don't get it how was Selina Kyle able to make a Full Catwoman Suit out of a Long Leather Trench Coat? And before they became her Claws what Practical use do those have in Everyday Use? In any case that should do it for the Cons for now unless I'm Forgetting Anything Else.

Final Thoughts= You Know I just don't know why this isn't considered a Christmas Classic Like Die Hard or Home Alone or Many Others? Most Which I Personally Don't care for. I guess the answer is mostly because of the Parents thing that I was talking about in the Con Section? Which I think it could also be why everyone seems to Hate it this Much? It's Really too Bad as I have said it should be considered a Christmas Classic. So much so I Personally Make it a Habit to watch it every Year in December.

Batman (1989)

Holy Overrated Batman........

[1/10 · 9 May 2024]

The Cons= Before we begin I know that a lot of people might want my head on a spike for my Review as I know that to most, this is their 'End All Be All Don't Touch This Batman Don't Talk Bad About This Batman Film Or Something Bad Well Happen To You' Batman Film. I of course Feel Much Deferent and hare's why. To start I Feel that this Film was Way Over Hyped And Way Over Advertised, as it is stated in one of the Special Features for this Film. Around the time that this Film Came Out people where Vandalizing and Breaking the Law Just to get their Hands on This Batman's Poster. And Paying for tickets to see Movies they Don't Care About just to see the Trailer for this Batman Film and then Leaving Right Afterwards. And they even said that some people even tried to contact them to see if they could Buy the Trailer for this Batman Film. And they even said that when this Batman Film Finally Came out there Lines For days out side of Movie Theaters, just like it was for the Newest And Latest iPhone Sales for a Time. See Over The Top Hyped And Over The Top Advertised.

And now we get to what I Feel about the Film itself the First and Foremost I really don't like both the Character and Actress of Vicki Vale. I found her to be a Meh actress and as for her Character of Vicki Vale, I Personally found her to be Not Just Eye Candy. And Not Just A Hapless Damsel In Distress and not just a Trophy for Bruce Wayne and The Joker and Alexander Knox. And not only I found her Annoying Beyond Imagination and Not Only I found her to be a B especially in that one scene where she thinks that Bruce Wayne had stood her up back at the Museum the night before. But also Vicki Vale Screams a lot through out the film and not only that but also I just found her as a character to be on the flat side. In fact she Really Reminds me of Kristin Kreuk version of Lana Lang from Smallville the Less said about that show The Better. But at least Kristin Kreuk doesn't scream through out most of the show unlike with Kim Basinger's Vicki Vale in this film as I have said. I'm sorry I just don't like either of those two.

And speaking of Vicki Vale I Feel that her scene with Bruce Wayne in the Batcave just down right Feels like a Cheap Day Time Soap Opera Scene, all because of the Dialogue that they Delivered. And I know that Most People are Not Happy With Alfrid bringing Vicki Vale in to the Batcave they even Sadly Referenced that in the Sequel Batman Returns but for me I'm more 'Ah Whatever' attitude with that scene aside from Vicki Vale if course. Now we move on to all of the Catch Phrases of the film, I Feel that all of Phrases in the film are over used to the Point where they started coming off like Bad Jokes to me. Especially the Phrase of "I Am Batman" to which it feels like it is a must that Every Batman Live Action or otherwise has to have to say that very same line. And that's not the only line but also the "Wanna Get Nuts Let's Get Nuts!" and "Ever Dance With The Devil In The Pail Of Moonlight?" and "Where Does He Get Those Wonderful Toys?" are also overstated even if they weren't used as much.

Hare's one of the Many Thing s that Annoys me the most when it comes to the Third Act, and that is If Batman in the Bat Plane Had The Joker in His Sights with Visible Digital Crosshairs and Missed? When he Fired Ever Single Over The Top Armaments that he has and still Missed, mean while with The Joker was Able to Take Him Out the Bat-Plane and Making it Crash with just a Single Bullet from a Normal Hand Gun? But before that I just Feel that when Batman Brought the Bat-Plane Up to the Full Moon and Stopped for a Hot Minute before Dropping back down. Was a Really Cheap and Nonsensical Way of giving the GCPD the Idea for his Famous and Future Bat Signal, but I understand why they did that way it's just unfortunate that isn't any better way of giving the GCPD the Bat Signal Idea.

Anyways instead of The Joker Using just Regular Death Gas I think it would have been more character themed if they had him use, a Laughing Death Gas instead. In the Museum Scene after all he does still have Laughing Death Make-Up and Laughing Death After Shave, so why Not Have Him Use Laughing Death Gas? Again just to make it Character Themed, that would be like having Batman Use Regular Ninja Stars or Shuriken instead of Batmerangs. Anyways going back to the Third Act what's been Itching at me ever since that I watched it was what was that Attached to Batman's Gantlets when he was Fighting that One Goon in Gotham Cathedral?

And what I'm talking about was when Batman was Fighting that one Goon In Gotham Cathedral, he held out his Gantlet and when he did it looks like some kind of Screen or something with a Whole Bunch of Knives Sticking out of it. I never can tell as it was also not only too quick but also too dark to see exactually what it was. Then this next one is kind of a Nitpick I felt that Bob The Goon had been done Dirty, as he was not only the only Goon that had a Name and not only he was the Only Goon that was the Forefront the Most so much so they even made a Action Figure Based on him. But also he was the one with the most character out of all of the Goons and Dialogue as well. And I kind of don't believe he deserves to be shot like that by The Joker with his own Gun By The Way all Because The Joker was Upset with Batman Stealing his Balloons and Ruining his Crazy Plans and wanted some time to think.

And speaking of The Joker I just Feel that Jack Nicholson has been some what Type Casted as this would be the Third Role that I know of, that he has played a Crazy or Psycho Character. Unfortunately every time that I see him now all I could think of either The Joker or more than Likely Jake Torrance from The Shining. In fact in the scene of The Shining where he is Looming over that Model of The Hedge Maze I could help but not only see him as The Joker but also See him in The Joker amongst other scene in The Shining. Now for my Next Point I have to Wran You it Has Nothing To Do With Skin Colour this Character could be a Blue Alien is all I care. I just Feel that Billy Dee Williams was the Perfect Role for Harvey Dent aka Two Face.

Again Nothing To Do With Skin Colour I just think he Fits the Role as I feel that One he Does Not Have the Right Body Type for it Even for Back Then. Two he looks slightly too Old to Potentially become Two Face, and Three His Performance Felt a Little too Gentle as I'm not Getting any Dark Edge to His Character at all. I just don't Feel that his Version of Harvey Dent was in any danger of Lossing His Temper at any point of the Film, unlike with Aaron Eckhart's Version in The Dark Knight. Not That I Thought that Billy Dee Williams was a Bad Actor or anything like that just Mis-Casted. Now moving on to the Mayor Of Gotham I just found that Line of his the one about him telling the person that he's on the phone with, that he doesn't care if they needed to Put A Gun to everyone's Heads if they have to just to get them to attend the Gotham's 200th Year Celebration. I know it's a Big Celebration and All But Dang that's like something that a Crazed Villain would say. And unless I'm forgetting anything else that should do it for the Cons.

Th Pros= As Big as Trash Pile that I Feel this movie is there are some Pros not much at least I still have them starting with I Really Like the Gritty and Grounded Take of the Film and all of the Environments in the Film, as I Fits with the Batman Character and The Story whatever that was that they try to tell. And I Really truly Like Not Only the Batman Theme but also all of the Songs in the Film as well. They may not fit the scene or even the film but they certainly are memorable and in the Case of Prince's Partyman really Iconic to the Film right up there with the Batman March Theme. Then there are the Batmobile, Bat-Plane, the Bat Costume and Icon I may not like the film but I do like appreciate how Iconic each of those things are especially in the case of the Batmobile. Because when you mention Batmobile it's usually this Version as the Dark Knight Version is More Like Bat-Tank instead of your Traditional Batmobile.

I just don't know why a lot of people are saying that Both Jack Nicholson and Michael Keaton where Miscast. As in this instance I Beg the Defer as I feel that both Jack Nicholson and Michael Keaton were Phenomenal in each of their Respective Roles. However it is true that both Heath Ledger and Christian Bale are My Personal All Time End All Be All Joker and Bruce Wayne/Batman Respectively. But Both Jack Nicholson and Michael Keaton are my second Joker and Bruce Wayne/Batman Respectively again despite how I Feel about this Film, it's just the Film itself I have a Problem with And Not These Two Actors. That should do it for the Cons for now unless I'm forgetting anything else.

Barb Wire (1996)

I Don't Fully Hate It At Least.......

[6/10 · 8 May 2024]

The Cons= Now I'm not sure if it was the acting or more than likely the Script but I Personally Found that the Barb Wire character on the Stiff and Emotionless side. Sure I get it the Character has been through a Lot being a Soldiers and all of that, but I just wished they would have had a little more personality than that we got. Because every time that she's on screen it's like the only Emotion that she shows is Hurt And Anger. And sure I'm not expecting her to Make Wise Cracks or anything like that but I was hopping to get something more than just Hurt And Anger. Or least more of it as she does display a Smidge Bit more than Anger and Hurt, but those are so quick that they are literally Blink And You'll Miss it. And even then that was Only Less than One Percent of the Film. In Fact I Feel that Kyle Reese Had More Of a Personality than her in the First Terminator Film, and he also went through a Lot Before Going Back In Time and Doing the Events of the Movie.

Oh sure I get it part of that was due to her Boyfriend? Ex-Boyfriend? But hare's the thing that Annoyed me about that the First Time that he Walked Back in to her life she Kicked him out of her Bar. Then the Next Time that he walked Back in to her Life and her Club She Started Making Out With Him like he was a Long Lost Lover, After Aiming a Gun at him in addition Demanded with Gritted Teeth where her Dog is and to Hand Her a Towel as she was just getting out of her bubble bath in the Same Scene By The Way. Then almost just as quickly she acted as though that Make Out Session in the Elevator Ment Nothing to her, and of course she goes back to being Angary and Hurt.

I guess it's not surprising that the opening scene in the movie is Pamula Anderson Doing a Poll Dance with her Breasts Exposed while being Drenched in Endless Amount of Water, with the Only Patron Screaming All Of These Lude Things to her until he Mistakenly Called her 'Babe.' Well at least hey have that as a little Bit of a Character Flaw for her. The Scene By The Way Lasts for about 3 Minutes. But the DVD Outtakes Bonus Feature of this Scene has Been Extended to 10 Minutes. But I do like the song that they choose for it though I'll give them that so much so I just had to Eventually Buy the Korn's Greatest Hit CD When it Eventually Came Out just for that One Song. But enough about the Character of Barb Wire for now let's talk about the Character of Cora D.

I feel that the Contact Lenses are not the only McGuffin of the film as Cora D also Feels like a McGuffin. As she basically just there and hare's what I mean the 'Heros' Needed to get her to the Airport, while the 'Villains' wanted her back. And aside from that I don't remember her doing very much through out the film or her having much in the Personality Department. Moving on I find it strange that there are basically No Kids in that world as they could easily have a few kids running around in the streets Background some where or something.

Even Robocop had Kids in their Universe Sure it may not have taken Place in a Simi Post Apocalyptic World, but it mind as well be in the Third Robocop Film. And not only that But the First Two Robocop Films where also R-Rated. Even in the First Terminator they Depicted that there was Still Kids During the Future War Against Skynet, By The Way of A Flashback scene. And even that film was R-Rated. It seems that the Only 'Kids' in the film was Spike and her Crew and even then they are around the Young Adult Age.

Going back to the titled character Barbwire I just found that the Ending scene really Corny and Cheesy. It's just Basically Pamula Delivering a Cheesy Line while Tring to Look as BA as she can in the scene before we get the Camera Striking Twice and to go along with that we also get a couple of Thunder Clap Sound Effects Before Queuing The End Credits and Song. Although at large I didn't mind the acting in the film but wow I found the acting from that guy who was Barb Wire's 'John' in the scene where she was going Undercover as a Prostitute, was really bd so bad in fact that it was Gring Worthy, a little Nitpick of mines I guess? Now we get to the World Building or rather Lack there of as I felt like I only know the Very Bare Bones of this World. True you can't do very much in Terms of World Building in just one film which is why this is one of those films that I Probably wouldn't mind it being at least thirty minutes longer.

And as such I feel that this movie was Strictly for Comic Readers of the Comic to which I Didn't Know that Barbwire was a Comic Until Very Recently. It be like making a Batman Film that I Targeted Mainly at Hardcore Batman Comic Readers, and you who knows nothing about Batman Going in Might Have More Than Enough Questions During and After Watching that Parctulare Batman Film. In fact that is how I feel about During and After Watching Barb Wire to me if you're going to make a Comic Book film. It be Best that you make it Accessible for Non Comic Readers of that Comic as well as Comic Readers of All Levels of that Parctulare Comic Line or Character and I say the same for the Story.

And speaking of Stories I Feel that the Story in Barb Wire was way too Simple and Lacks Complexity, all it is just Bad Guys Wants Both The Contact Lenses and Cora D and Barbwire gets Involved Pretty Cut and Dry in my Opinion. Sure I wasn't expecting a So Complex that it's Confusing Type of story, but I was hoping to get a Few Interesting and Notable Twists Hare or There. One thing that I have noticed through out the film is that The Congressional Loves using Electricity, which includes in both of their Torture scenes kind of on the Unimaginative Side. And not only that by the amount of Electricity that they have used through out the film which includes that Brain Hacking Scene I'm going to call it, as it was never specified what it was that they where doing to that dead man's Mind. Anyways as I was saying by the amount of Electricity that they used for those scenes, technically the lights should have started flickering On and Off and maybe Shout Down but it wasn't.

The Pros= All lot of people seem to have a problem with Pamula Anderson's Acting but also everything else about her. Well I Respectively Disagree I've already talked about her Acting Abilities, now don't get me Wrong I think she's a Fine Actress I'm just not sure if Action was made for her as I quit liked all of the Comedy Roles that she was in. As for everything else about her in this Role that she was Great Not Miss Cast at all like Most People have Clamed her to be. As I Feel that she's Not Only Gorgeous No Doubt About that but also to me Personally She Looks Great In that Leather Outfit of hers Very BA if not for anything else. She makes the movie Feel Like a Very Female Empowerment Movie.

Moving on to her Character's Brother Charlie the Only character that is Noble One while every one else seemed to be out for themselves? As he was the one that urged Barb Wire that since the Contact Lenses didn't belonged to them they should do the right thing, all the while Barb Wire cares about Money and how much she could sell those Contact Lenses for. Next I do like the Dark and Gritty Tone of the Movie as it Fits the World of the movie. I do admit the Torture Scenes are Some What Pulse Inducing In a way. Which includes Colonel Pryzer as I found him Really Villin Like and in a way Kind Of Scary and Intimidating and Effective as a Character to a Degree. As I Felt that his Character started Falling Apart in the Third Act as he went from an Evil Guy to a Full On Psycho in one Act it Feels like. But the Bright side is that after when he sung a few lyrics of 'I Got You Babe' I well never hear that song the same way again. And I find that the Gun Fight Scenes are Pretty Decent. And Unless I'm Forgetting Else that should do it for now.

Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom (2023)

Zack Synder's DCEU Went Out With A Bang Rather Than A Whimper IMHO.........

[9/10 · 7 May 2024]

The Pros= I Really Don't get why this Film is widely Hated sure there are Flaws I won't deny that but to me Personally The Pros Out Weighs The Flaws and hare's why. To start us off I Feel that the Humor is Not Only Still There But Also I found it A Lot More Funnier than the First, as the Constant Smile that I had on my Face wasn't just from How Amazing I found the film, but it was also from the Increased Level In Humor. And I also Found the Forced Team with Arthur and his Step Brother Orm, as it Not Only Reminded me of the Times that Thor was Forced to Team Up With Loki in the MCU not only that they have that very same type and level of Humor too. In fact at times I was pointing to the screen and making compressions to Thor and Loki in the MCU. So much so I had a High Urge to Rewatch Thor Dark World and even Thor Ragnarök as much as I hate that movie.

And just like with Loki I also loved how Slowly through the Film Orm eventually became Redeemed at least in my eyes. All the while through most of the Film you could Tell how Reluctant he was working for his Brother Arthur. He even didn't want Arthur to call him Brother, and I just found that Post Credit Scene with him not only Amusing but really Great. Which was a continuation of the End Scene where Aquaman made his Wonderful Speech to Both The Surface World and I also assume the Atlantes as well. But as Great as that Speech was I just Feel that the Very Tail End of it was a Little Bit Ruin with him Pulling his Usual Aquaman Humor and Pulled a MCU Tony Stark "I Am Iron Man" gag. As it Not Only Ruins The Levity of His Speech and Moment and all of that but also Felt Out Of Place. It be like adding a Random Rock Song During an Intense Scene in a Horror Movie. While the Lone Character in that scene are things like "Who's there? This isn't Funny..." and the like.

Or it would be like a Day Time Soap Opera Show Having a Random Fun Filler Episode where everyone gets along and Nothing Dramatic Happens. They don't even do that in their Christmas Episodes. Moving on to the Fun Fact that The Orichalcum Fuel Really Reminds me of Orichalcos from the Original Yu Gi Oh Anime, in Fact Both in the Anime and In Real Life There is a Card Called The Seal Of Orichalcos. And the fact that the Orichalcum is also Glowing Green just Reminds me of that more. Next is that I just Loved how Beautiful the Film is be it Under The Sea Scenes or the Surface Scenes. Yes Auqaman overcoming the Evil of that Dark Trident maybe done before but that still doesn't lessen the effectiveness of it when it comes to the viewer stand point.

And speaking of the Dark Trident I not only Love the Backstory Behind but I also Loved how it's tied to both King Nereus King Atlan. Others may say that a Super Powered Possessed Black Manta is doing the Character Dirty, not so with me in fact I love it. As it made him that much More Intimidating and Scary and Threatening and it also puts him on the same Power Level as Aquaman. And it makes sense in both story and character stand point. And through him we kind of get this Not In Your Face Climate Change Message and theme through Most of the Film. But before that we get this Fun Little Montage Scene in the Beginning show casing that Arthur would Rather be on the Surface and Having Fun instead of Being in Atlantis and Being King, as he really finds that Extremely Boring and Tedious and they showcase that really well.

The story feels so Great and Easy T o Fallow Along I never Felt Lost at all through out the whole Film. Since all of the other Heroes was not even Mentioned which was Unfortunate especially with a Crisis as Hug as this I would have loved to have at least have some Heroes Getting a Name Drop on the News or something. They would have simply have said on the news Superman is at this certain area to try to help out with the crisis. Or they could have said that all of Bruce Wyan's Satellites had detected this hug global wide crisis, or that Wonder Woman is too Busy on her Island and that's why she couldn't just come and help Aquaman or whatever. But the bright side of not having any Superheroes Mentioned is that this could serve as a Simi Stand Alone Film. And Unless I'm Forgetting Else that should do it for the Pros for now.

The Cons= As Great as this Film is there is still a Few Minor Flaws as I have said, starting with the fact that Can Or Can't that Dark Trident be Magically Put Back Together? Because to me at times I felt that the Two Pieces of The Dark Trident was Magically put Back Together and at other times it was Still Separated in two pieces. And when it came to the Climatic Fight with King Nereus and his Demon Form I have to say it was a little disappointing. In fact it wasn't even a Fight at all it's More Like "I'm Finally Free and now You've Just Defeated me. NOOOOOOOOO!!! AHHHHHHHH!!!" All with in a matter of Minutes. Which makes think that the True Big Bad is Black Manta and Not King Nereus and his Demon Form. Which I'm than fine with that I was just Hoping that King Nereus would at least a little more of a Threat Level than what he was in the film considering How Much They Hyped Him Up Throughout The Film.

And speaking of Copping Out I felt he same about that Kraken I would have like to see more of it as all I could remember was that Kraken being in only Two scenes. The first was when all of its Tentacles Burst Out of its Captivity and started Grabbing everyone. And the Second and Final time was just the noses it made when Black Manta gave Doctor Shin a choice to either stay with him or chance the Kraken, again to which we did not see. And I find kind of strange that we Rarely See Mera with their Son Baby Junior, it was mostly with just Arthur and their Son every time when we get a scene with Junior Baby.

And that was extended to the Opening Montage that was talking about tin the Pro Section, sure there was scene where Mera was with Baby Junior, but it was mostly just Arthur and Baby Junor. It would have been nice to see More of Mera with Baby Junor as so it doesn't make Arthur Feel like a Singel Father. And why is it that Other than Doctor Shin everyone on Black Manta's Crew all just comes off as Mindless Faceless Characters, who just fallows Black Manta's Orders Blindly with out question. True it could be out of Fear but other than Stingray all others are Faceless and Mindless like I have said, and even then I had to look it up on IMDB. And speaking of Doctor Shin I not only like that he is not just one of Black Manta's Mindless and Faceless Lackey's. In fact he had Pure Intentions Through and Through it's just too bad that we don't get too much of him in terms of Character or Character Development. And unless I'm Forgetting Anything Else that Should do it for the Cons.

American Pop (1981)

Made And A Tribute For A For All Music Fans Also Deserves 4K Treatment........

[9/10 · 7 May 2024]

The Pros= I'm going to start with the Obvious I found that the Soundtrack to this film is Beyond Phenomenal and fitting for each Era According to the Generation that we are currently fallowing in the film. More on that a kittle later but for now back to the Soundtrack of this film The Only Problem I have with the Soundtrack with this Film is that Each Song in this Film Feels way too Brief. As each Song Lasts for only about a few minutes or so some Less. But either than that as I have said Brilliant and Fitting to each Era. Not Only the Soundtrack is Brilliant but I also Love Grittiness of the Animation of this Film, it's a Nice Change Up and a Refreshing One at that from all of the Bright and Colorful Disney or Pixar Animations even for Back when I first watched American Pop which was in the Mid to Late 2000's.

Part of the reason is that the Animation was done in the Rotoscope Style instead of the traditional Animation even for back in the Early 80's when this film came out. And speaking of the Animation I also Love How Well the Rotoscope Animation and the Live Action Parts Blends so well, in fact it almost Feels Seamless. Which is why I enjoyed it back then and why it holds up today in the Mid 2020's and why it is still one of most Treasured DVD's even to this day. Which was about ninety percent of my collection the others I got rid of them and or upgraded, which leaves me to just fifteen at this point if you don't include all of the TV Series that I have on DVD. Anyways back to this the only down side to that is that it's one of those Double Sided DVD's. But getting back to this film itself. I really like how realistic all of the characters in this film both look and feel and move in away and on top of all of that I feel that all of the Voice Casting are also Really Great even if they are not Singing. So much so that if I closed my eyes and hear these characters talk I could swear that those are real people on screen and not cartoon or animated characters.

In a way this is a Sad and Beautiful Story sure you won't be brought to Tears by the end at least I didn't. No what I mean by Sad and Beautiful Story is that All but one of the Generation of the Family Tree that we are fallowing did not exactly end as well. But I do admit that my Heart did Break on Two Separate Occasions, the first that opening scene and the second being during the Summertime Song. Speaking of I really like how Well and Smoothly the Transition from One Generation to the Next. As it comes off as so Natural that it feels like One Full Story instead of just when one Generation Ends the movie Cuts to Three Generations Later all of Suddenly. No instead with the father that we where fallowing all this time has become a father, and now we skip to a few years later and at which point we would fallow the son of the said father. And in a way all of the character are Identifiable in some little way it may not be in the literal way where you went through the exact same situation as the character that we are fallowing on screen. No what I'm talking about is that you could put yourself in the situation and in turn makes you feel like you went through a situation that is close to that I hope tat makes sense.

The film also feels like a Documentary in music in a way as the music that they use aren't just randomly Inserted. No they inserted the Era Appropriate Music it's not like they insert a random 60's song in a 80's scene or whatever. A big part of that is that Ralph Bashk and the Rest of the Creative Team that made this film really did their History Research and it Really shows obviously. Which is why we don't have a bunch of random 80's in the 60's Era as I have just stated. I also like how it just focuses on just one family and not a bunch of random families as that would get really confusing quick.

Then we got to the Wedding Scene and Post Wedding Scene I just like how Romantic and Special it feels. But I guess that probably has something to do with the fact that on my Second Viewing as a Young Teen it also Happens to be Day of One of my Cousin's Wedding By Chance. As on that day during the Afternoon I had nothing to do while I was waiting to be taken to the Location of Her Wedding Reception, to Help Set Up or Rather watch my Parent's Help Set up. And speaking of great scenes I also loved that Scene where Tony with Deranged Eyes of his told Little Pete that he doesn't Need or Care about Money All He Cares For and Needs Is Love. When Little Pete tried to Urge him to start Writing Songs Again so that he could start making money again.

Moving on to the Ending Scene I just Loved that Ending Scene as it is not only a Culmination of the Four Generations Hopes and Dreams of getting their foot in the Music Door. And not only I found that the Montage that they added to it Really Touching and Fitting as it helped with that Feeling. But also every time that I watched that ending every time I wondered what was my Ancestors Doing and Were Where when they where my age, and at the time of Day that I was watching American Pop. Let's just say if I was watching American Pop Late at night what was Were was my Ancestors at the time? Or if was watching American Pop at One In The Afternoon something? So and so on. Unless I'm Forgetting anything else that should do it for the Pros.

The Cons= Now as Much as I love this Film and I do there are still Some Cons starting with I feel that the Mister Columbo or whatever his name is? Acted way too much like Typical Mob Boss so much so he Really Reminds me of Tony Soprano especially he started Getting Up Off His Cahir and Yelling and Screaming at the TV Screen. And not only that he also looks like your everyday run of the mill Fat Mob Boss. Next is that this film seems to be Promoting Illegal Drugs as it is a Hug Focus in the Third Act, there's even a Scene where Little Pete Broke The Fourth Wall and Tossed Three Packs of Illegal Drugs at us the Audience. While he was handing the said Illegal Drugs like they where Halloween Candy. In fact that's how Little Pete started out as a Musical Artist and a Success and Famous One at that is by Selling Illegal Drugs. He even used the term of 'Candy Man' when the Band that he was Selling the said Illegal Drugs For Refused to Listen to just one Song of His Own Creation.

I also find it funny that Tony's mom seemed to have disappeared in a later scene, despite him Screaming that she can't hear him yelling and screaming and course at his Younger Step Siblings. Not only that but also we the Audience or even the characters never heard any music. Granted she could be in a room that is far away from the Family Room but hare's the Problem by the Volum of his Voice even she could Hear him, no matter where she is in the house especially when she doesn't have the music load enough to penetrate the walls of what ever room that she happens to be in. And she never even tried to look for him months after he ran away and disappeared she should have at least reported that her car was taken. As he even proudly screamed to the Hitchhikers that he picked up along the way as he was walking away that, the car was stolen one might assume from his mom for obvious reasons. After stopping and leaving the car in the middle of Literally No Where.

And speaking of Tony I just simply found him Unlikable from him Yelling and Screaming and Stealing his mom's car and running away. To him Successfully and Cheese ally Seducing that Waitress and leaving her just after that one night. Probably knowing that he Impregnated her as it was Spear of the Moment Thing for the Both of them and they where in the Middle of a Literal Corn Field. Ending with him being Homeless all the while Knowingly that His Son would Fallow him like a Lost Dog. And then All of a Suddenly Disappearing from his Life Never to Be Seen or Heard From Again. And did I mentioned that he was a Big Time Drug Addict? And yet some how he was able to find Job after Job as it is said that he wasn't able to keep a Job for Long as he always ended up quitting eventually Most Likely when he Got Bored or just Simply didn't want to do the Job that he was working at any more. In fact the only Scene that I like Tony in was that one that I have Mentioned in he Pros Section of my Review.

And I also found it really convent that every Bloodline in this Family has some kind of Super Talent for Music even Tony as he was just Talented Enough to just Write A Single Hit Song and that's about it. I also Feel that it needs a Little More Time to Developed the Characters as all we know was the Core Personalities of Each Character. As we never got to know who are their friends or Tony's Step dad looks like or what his name is, as all we know of him was that he Sells Refrigerators. Or sure those kinds of Information aren't necessary but it would be nice to find a way to Felsh the Characters out in that way.

I also Feel like they are Not Only Glorifying War but also Sexualizing it as they had a Gypsy Stripper with just her Nipples and Lower Area Covered. Dancing in a really sexual and suggestive way, during a War Montage Scene. Sure I get the War Part I Just Wished they had Left out the Gypsy Stripper Part. Going back to unlikable Characters and War I just Feel that Benny is another Unlikable Character. As he Basically Forced His Son to Merry the Daughter of a Mob Boss for his Own Selfish Advantage. And you could already imagine his reactio when he found out that his Son Enlisted Himself in the Army? Aside from all of the Scenes that I have already mentioned there are some Other Violent and Unsettling Scene in one way or another Scenes as well. And Unless I'm Forgetting anything else that should do it for the Cons for now.

Final Thoughts= Overall I Feel that this was one of those Unforgettable Films Which is why I'm wondering Why this Parctulare Film hasn't gotten the 4K Treatment yet? As I feel this film is more than Worthey of that after all I Feel that Lesser and.

The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014)

Don't Get The Massive Disappointment And Hate........

[8/10 · 2 May 2024]

The Pros= I feel that this Film was Unjustly Hated Universally which always Baffles me because to be Honest. I'm not a big fan of most Spiderman Films but this I not only Love but I would consider it my Favorites out of all of the Spiderman films that I've tried to Give A Chance to. And hares why, to start us of I really Loved Gwen Stacy's Graduation Speech. Hare's why in the beginning of the fil it comes off as Extremely Hopeful and Somber at the same time. Which I think it Fits so much considering it's a Graduation Speech as I have said. And then at the End of the film that very same Graduation Speech All Of A Suddenly Turns In To A Message of 'Not Giving Up' as it feels like the more fancier, version of the Batman Begins Line of "Why Do We Fall Bruce? So We Can Learn To Pick Ourselves Up." Makes you feel that much more Heartbroken because of what happened, and if you're a Comic Reader or know of the Story or seen this film you know what I'm talking about.

I also like the scene where Peter and Harry go by the river side and just Catch Up with one another's life's all the while skipping rocks across the river. It's such a Simple but also an Important Scene as it shows what Peter's and Harry's Friendship is like and at the same time we the audience get a little bit of History Between the two. Which in when that friendship goes sour you would have already got a sense how these two felt all because of this scene, which in turn makes it that much more easier for you to watch when these two eventually fight each other as Hero and Supervillain, despite them being destined to. Just as much as Thor and Loki where destined to become each other's arch enemy's or the same thing with Professor X and Magneto. Which was why I think one of the Best and My Personal Favorite thing that the Movie Magento had said in the movie was "Oh Charles all of these years of fighting wasted." As it shows that Magento still see and admits to Professor X that he still sees him as a friend despite a deference in Philosophy between the two.

Which I would like to think the same goes for this film's Harry and Peter, and plus in terms of DC character's the kind of Friendship that these two have Really Reminds me of the very same kind of friendship that the Smallvill's Lex and Clark have on that show, regardless of how I feel about that show. Which sort of leads me to my next point of this movie, if you know the story than this shouldn't come as too much of a SPOILER to you. I Personally Feel that Gwen Stacy's Death was really Tragic (Duh). But hare's why I think so not only we the Audience have see these two relationship grow from what it was from the first film. And not only I feel that relationship has grown to the point that you could probably play a 'Will They Or Won't They' Game with these two. And not only these two have Great Chemistry on set that when ever they are on screen together having fun or disagreeing or whatever I really buy it. With hopes that that these two would just stop Flirting with each other and just go on a date already.

And they really did a great job of that by showing you all of the times that these two where on screen together in this film in the form of a Flashbacks. And the last thing that made it so tragic was that when Spiderman/Peter Parker tried to save Gwen Stacy by shooting the string of webbing out, of his hands to catch her by failed obviously. That webbing that he shoot out was made to look like a Tiny Hand try to Catch her before she Hit the Ground. Speaking of that Impact Looked, Felt, and Sounded so Violent and Brutal which adds that much more to it.

I just love it when a Superhero Interacts with a Civilian Especially a Kid in a Casual Non 'Life Saving' situation, it doesn't seem that we get a lot of those. But I'm glade that we got it hare in two scenes as it's not only shows that they Care about that Civilian or Kid Outside of Saving that said Civilian or Kid. But also to me Personally those kinds of scenes are also the most Wholesome scenes that you could get when they are in their Superhero Outfit and Mode.

Moving on to Jamie Fox as Max aka Electro I really like his performance and his design more than his Animated Counterpart in the 94 Spiderman The Animated Series and the Comics. But back to this Electro I really Love how they go out of their way to try to make you the Audience to get some Sympathy for him. Before he becomes Electro the Supervillain and once when he becomes Electro I really loved how they continued on trying to make you feel Sympathy for him. Where as they could have just introduce him and then not show him again until he is all of suddenly Electro. Or they could have made you stop caring for him as soon as he became Electro by having do all of these Stereotypical Supervillain things but they did and I'm Really Happy for that, so much so I found myself Routing for him from time to time even when he became Electro. And I really like the scene where he was introduced as Electro it just feels little more 'Horror Movie' like than Doc Oct's in Spiderman 2's.

Another that Really Impressed me about this film was that even the Slow Scenes have some kind of Propose. They aren't just there to Waste some of the Runtime of the film no to me personally each and every scene have some kind of propose to them. Now we get to the acting which simply is that Personally I feel that Everyone did a Superb Job you could tell that every single one of them where Giving Their All. And because of it I just found all of those Humorous Parts really Amusing so much so that I actually chuckled a little, Any Lesser I just might have found it Out Of Place.

I mentioned how Sad the Ending was but what I failed to mentioned was that Part of the Reason why that scene was so Effective was because of the Chemistry that Both Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone, as Peter Parker/Spiderman and Gwen Stacy Respectively through out the film. In Particular whenever Andrew Garfield is not Spiderman for that scene. Hare's something that I Feel that doesn't Addressed very often especially in a Comic Film and that is PTSD, as in this film although it could have been a in a much stronger focus. But in away I'm glad that it wasn't as it might Drag Down the Flow of the Film either that or make the film an hour longer than it actually is. Not Only I like the fact that Spiderman was dealing with a little bit of PTSD, from the results of the First The Amazing Spiderman Film. But also it was a creative way of connecting this film to the first film aside from the characters.

And having Peter Parker Investigating his Father's Big Secret and how it's tied to his death was really Nice especially if it expands the opening Scene of The First Amazing Spiderman Film which is also the Opening Scene to this Film. Which makes watching this film that much more intruding to watch for me. Aside from the Peter and Gwen interactions I think the second Best Interaction of the film is the ones with Peter and his Aunt May. As it not only most of the Humor of the film comes from scenes involving Aunt May and Peter interacting, but also shows how close they have become ever since the first film. And Personally Sally Field was the Perfect Aunt May for the time. As she isn't the usual Granny Aunt May as I like to call her which was Fine and Dandy especially for the 94 Spiderman Animated Series and the Comics and the Raimi Films. But also unlike with MCU's Aunt May played by Marisa Tomei who is a fine actress, by the way. Just comes off more as an Older Sister and less of a Prenatal Figure to me personally as Tony Stark as Put it in Homecoming "Strangely Hot Aunt."

But with Aunt May in this film who comes off as kind of a Mother rather than a Grandmother or as an Older Sister. And that was what their relation feels more like a Loving Mother and her Loving Son verses than just a simple Aunt and Nephew. On top of that I feel you could do a lot more Both Story and Character Wise with an Aunt May who looks more like a Mother verses either and or a Grandma or an Older Sister as I have already said. On a side note it feels like the Live Action Aunt May's are getting Younger and Younger.

And as for the Soundtrack I found it to be really solid especially the Song that they used during the End Credits. I also found that the VFX was pretty cool too, on top of all that I have said means nothing if the Story of the Film was Trash but luckily I Really Enjoy the Story. And how it attempts to Expand from Not Only the First Film but also for Future Films that Sadly was Never Be, Due to do how Universally hated this film was. That Still Baffles me due to all that I have said so fare in addition to my next Point. Which is unlike with Most Comic Films where the Hero just comes off as this Do No Wrong Perfect Being or Character, not with the Spiderman in this Film. The Spiderman in this Film Feels Flawed and Really Human with a couple of examples that I have already provided in this Review Buried some where.

To sum it up this Spiderman has PTSD from the First Film and Failed to save a Certain Character, just to name a couple. And I also like the idea that all of the Tech that Spiderman's Villains where fated to get including the Green Goblin's all started out as Military Prototype Weapons and Tech, much alike all of the Batman's Tech in the Dark Knight Trilogy I thought that was kind of cool. And unless I'm forgetting anything else that should do it for the Pros.

The Cons= Now as Awesome and Miss Judged I Feel that this Film was I do still have a few Issues with it. Starting with the Green Goblin I Honestly don't like his Design as he is just Harry with Sharp Teeth and that's about it. But I do like his Psychotic Laugh and Smile and as for his Suit I would like it if it had a little more color to it, instead of just making it Silver and Black. I think it would have been Nice to Have the colors of Dark Metallic Purple and Dark Metallic Green for his suit. To not.

All-Star Superman (2011 Video)

Execution Not So Super Could Have Been Better.......

[4/10 · 30 April 2024]

The Cons= I think the starting off point would be that I Personally found that this Superman Animated flick is unlike any other that I have seen and I've seen plenty and not in a good way. As unlike with every other Superman Animated Features where the story and events there of feels really Cohesive and one. This one doesn't feel that way, because instead of feeling like one Cohesive Story and Film. This one feels more like a Collection of Superman Episodes from a Superman Cartoon Mashed all in to one in this Frankenstein of a Project. Let me try to explain this Film is not really a film at all it's just Basically a Bunch of Segments Surrounding Superman's Last Days on Earth and what would do. And each segment feels like either it could be an episode in their own right or already part of an episode but only trimmed down. In fact I would go far as to say that all of the segments that are in this film could be extended and combined in to some kind of an okay Arc, or Mini Arc in a Superman Cartoon. In fact I would say it would have been Better if it was.

But since it isn't this film feels like it was Filled to the Brim with Fillers or Stuffing in the Middle especially. So much so that it feels that if you took out all of the Fillers the film itself would only be about a little Under an Hour Long. Maybe even Thirty Minutes it feels like? As that was how long it took to get to the Actual Superman Writing His Last Well with his Heat Vision and Accepting the Fact that he could Die any time. Which sort of Bored me to the point that I always end up using that time as Background Noise while I do other things until the Third Act. When a Super Powered Lex Luthor escapes prison to find Superman and fight him one last time to finally show him that he is better with Hopes of Victory in mind. And I really don't like this Parasite as I not only Hate is Designing. As this Parasite's Designing is Basically Giant Purple Blob with an equally as Big Sideways Gabbing Mouth and two small white eyes. But also he doesn't have much in the Intelligence Department, he also talks and sounds like your everyday run of he mill Big Purple Monster. Think a Purple Clayface from Batman's Rouges Gallery but only Not As Smart.

Although it was cool to see but I just feel like they did nothing in the First Segment where they had Superman share his Powers with Lois Lane for One Full Day. As Superman's Birthday Present to her, although cool on both accounts but she basically did nothing with them but just Fly all on her own. They could have had her at least Use her Super Strength and Flip some Random Crook Over her shoulders or use that very same Super Strength of hers to lift up Two Rand Crooks up in the air to prevent them both rom running but Nope she didn't even do that. The only other thing that she did was Fly around some more with Superman and Land on a Roof Top, and after doing so started acting like a Giddy Teenager doing her best Disney's Rapunzel impression "Best Day Ever!" or was that "Best Birthday Ever?" I can't remember before falling a sleep. But at least that was the Catalyst for Lex Luther's Big Ultimate Plan in the Film.

And it's because of all of these meaningless segments the story itself feels a little on the sow side. Now don't get me wrong it's not like I was constantly checking the clock or it started feeling that this movie was forty hours long as to apposed to its hour and sixteen minutes of actual runtime. No that's not what I'm saying no what I'm saying is that I just wished that the story would just move along with out all of the fluff. As I feel that all of the fluff just drags down the main story for me Personally. I feel that Comic Reads might get more out of this story since they have chosen to cut a ton out of the Source Material of the same name. Like every other DC Animated Film to fit the Desired Runtime. Sadly, I'm not a Comic Reader Nor am I that adverse with the All Star Superman story in the Comics. And as for the Runtime sure all of those respective films where trimmed down to fit the desired runtime of their respective source material to which they where adapted from as I have said, but at least with those the story was so cohesive that it was seamless.

And as a result of it feels like one whole story and in turn was able to keep my attention a little longer. Which also in turn I was able to understand what the story was and what Comic Story they where trying to Adapt from, if don't already now by the time that I started watching the said DC Animated Film. Such as Superman Doomsday or Batman The Killing Joke or Injustice or Justice League War or Justice League Crises On Two Earths and I think you get the idea. But back to this film when it comes to the Two Krypton invaders Segment I felt was kind of pointless as they came out of no where and just as quickly they where defeated it seems. They basically posed to challenge to Superman in fact I can't even remember what their goals where. Aside from those two there are a lot of Comic Characters in all of these segments that I don't recognize.

Which could have played a big part in me not only making the film's story feel slow but also why I less likely to pay attention after a certain point of the film. Aside from the usual suspects plus parasite, had they inserted more recognizable characters that actual contributes something to the film that non of that would happen. In particular the middle of it, why couldn't they have Brainiac show up in an attempt to take advantage or Zod or I don't know Batman or Green Arrow or Green Lantern or Wonder Woman show up to tell Superman how sorry they are and wishing they could cure him or something? Because it just seems that when ever a new segment starts I'm constantly asking "Who are you?" on those times that I'm actually paying attention. Which lead me to Lex's Neice who is another one of those endless of unknown and unfamiliar characters for me. She literally contributes nothing to he story in fact she just feels more like a walking talking camcorder and less of an actual character. I don't even remember her having any personality or emotions? And why is Jimmy Olson In a Dress? And unless I'm forgetting anything else that should do it for the Cons.

The Pros= To be Honest in terms of Superman deaths I really like this one better because I feel that the Doomsday one although Good too, but it kind of feels over bloated due to how infamous both the story and the death itself in that story really is. But also I feel that in that one he just got beat up while in this one he is Literally Saving the World One Last Time as in this one he wouldn't be coming back unlike in the Doomsday one where he did came back. And not he came back in the Doomsday one but also he had Four Supermen to take his place until his return. Again I have nothing against the Doomsday Deth Of Superman Storyline. I just think that This All Star Superman one is More Noble and Fulfilling as it more Permanent, and as an extra Bonus there won't be any Superman Replacement, again unlike in the Doomsday one. On that note I really like that Superman's Death in this one was so impactful that it seemed to have affect even his Long Time Former Friend and Constant Nemesis Lex Luther, judging by his Monologue at the end of the Movie.

Although I may Personally like the Middle of the Film but I do Absolutely Love the Intro of the Film. As it is that combined with the Ending is what keeps the watchability of this fil personally for me. As I feel that after the Intro I feel that the Ending was worth not only worth the wait but also worth going through all of the pointless parts in the middle just to get to the Ending. And that is if you don't include the Awesome Animation in this Film as it looked like it could be from the Superman The Animated Series. But as Awesome the Animation was I feel that it's part of why it feels more like a Superman Cartoon Series along with the Segments which I'm sure you're tired of e talking about by now. And I feel that the Super Powered Lex Verses a Superman essentially on his Deathbed in the Climax was Pretty Solid. It was so Solid in fact that I would considered it in the Satisfactory Category.

As I might have alluded to before I Really do Like the Idea of Superman essentially getting Cancer as it makes it much relatable. And at the same time it also Serves as a Unintended PSA for us to be very Mindful of the Sun Obviously. And aside from the Animation I also really like all of the Voice Cast as I feel everyone did a really good job in all of their voice roles to go along with the Animation of this film. And unless I'm forgetting anything else that should do it for the Pros.

Final Thoughts= After all that I have Said it is Obviously I think that although the Idea and Concept was Cool just that the Execution could be Better. As I feel that it leaves you with that 'Much To Be Desired' Feeling and Mind Frame. Overall I'm kind of sad to say that as it this DC Animated Film Feels Really Lackluster. But with a lot of alterations this film could have been one of the DC Animated Films of that Area maybe even of all time.

Addams Family Values (1993)

Good Until The Climax For The Most Part........

[4/10 · 29 April 2024]

The Cons= To start us off I feel that Debbie Jellinsky's the Big Bad of the film Motives and Backstory in terms of why she became a Seral Golddigging Black Widow, makes no sense what so ever. As what I gathered from it the reason why she became a Seral Golddigging Black Widow is because No One Loved her again from what I understand it? I also found the climax was way too Cartoony so much so it feels like the Addams Family Values film had all of suddenly turned in to a Live Action Cartoon. Especially with every Obstacles Working in Pubert Addam's the New Born Baby of the Addams Clane Favor. They even have him Single Handily not only save his family unknowingly but also 'Beat' Debbie the Seral Golddigging Black Widow also unknowingly. I wouldn't say Xena The Warrior Princess Cartoony but almost when it comes to that Climax.

Speaking of I just found the character of Amanda Buckman the so-called Summer Camp Bully for both Wednesday and Pugsley As I found her to be your usual Stereotypical Stuck Up Spoilt Rich Brat, and totally Unlikeable to boot. And to me her 'Just Do' during the Thanksgiving Play Scene some how isn't satisfying to me. As it doesn't feel like it I don't know I guess I was expecting her to be in tears all because she had just been humiliated in some way by Wednesday. Instead of her being shoot with an apple in her mouth with chose around them. Goingback to Debbie for just a second I forgot to mention that I felt that she is one of those One Dimensional character. As she just has a one-track mind to me Marry Rich Men in this case it's Uncle Fester and Get Rid of them so she could Inherit all of their money. I know it's a Kids movie and all but that doesn't mean they couldn't give her character a little more meat. Which sadly is the downside all Family Friendly Movie targeting at kids at all ages.

Just because it's a Family Friendly Movie doesn't mean that all of your characters have to be Completely One Dimensional. Kids may not be Smart but at the same time they're not Complete Idiots either. Anyways aside from that I also found the Debbie Desperately Unlikeable through out the film. Such as she pretty much forced Fester to Choose Between her or his Family The Addam's I also found her completely Unlikable Domineering in one way or another, towards everyone and not just towards her new husband Fester through out the film. And that brings me to my next point I felt that Fester was completely Submissive and, in a way, Brainless ever since he Met and got married to her. Although I admit same of those scenes are funny and amusing but in terms of a character stand point well you know. I think that the only one that suspects anything was Wednesday which was why Debbie felt like she needed to get rid of both her and Pugsley to Summer Camp. And as for everyone else aside from Uncle Fester Brainless and completely Clueless.

Moving on to the scene where all of the Camp Conselers tried to Brainwash Both Wednesday and Pugsley in to being 'Normal' and 'Good' just like the rest of their fellow Summer Camp Goers. Although I get the context of that scene and I do like both the Creepy Smiles that those two had after their Brainwashing Experience. And the Reaction of all of their Fellow Summer Camp Goers but what I don't get is all of that Brainwashing felt Pointless as it never stuck or touched on again for No Rhyme Or Reason after that one scene of the film. And speaking of no Rhyme or Reason I felt the same way about Wednesday's 'Love Interest' as it not only felt pointless but also forced, as I have never felt any Chemistry between them and on top of that I felt like giving Wednesday doesn't serve neither her character nor the story of the film. And speaking of Creepy I also just felt that Every Summer Camp Conselers themselves are Creepy from their Fake Creepy Smiles to h=they way they all act.

But if I had it my way I wouldn't have the Summer Camp story at all as it not only takes away from the Goth Humor and Fell of the Film, but also I think it would have also been much more amusing and much more sense If they had Debbie try to get rid of Wednesday and failing each time by poisoning her or making her fall down the stairs or something. And seeing her go more absolutely insane by the climax in between trying to Kill her New Husband and Mark and getting rid of Wednesday. I also felt that Debbie's Goals and Motives are a Rehash of the Forst Addam family Film, getting to the Addam's Family Fortune through Uncle Fester. But only I felt that the first Film did it Better as the Big Bad Abigail Craven in that film also wanted the Addam's Family fortune.

But the differences are, the first is that she does not come off like a Cartoon Character like Dibbie in this film does. And second Abigail is a believable character and in away some what likeable because of it. But going back to the Debbie character the Big Bad for this film I also found that the acting of the actress was really on the Meh Side. I'm sad to say I didn't really like her acting abilities and unfortunately I haven't seen anything of hers, outside of her Vocal Roles in the Toy Story Movies and Shorts as Jessie. To tell if it was the script or the actress herself was Meh. And unless I'm forgetting anything else that should do it for the Cons for now.

The Pros= To start us off with that Pros aside from all of those Murder attempts on Uncle Fester I kind of found that some of the other Humors in the film does hold up. Like the Addam Family Member's Excluding Wednesday and Pugsley of course. Fear of Pubert the Baby growing up a Normal Child. And I've already told you about Creepy Smiles after the Brainwashing and the reaction of the fellow Summer Campers, those are just two examples that I like. However no matter how funny I found those scene they just seem to pail in comparison to the Humor from the first film. And aside from the Acting of the Actress who played Dibbie who I've already said was on the Meh side, I found that the Acting for the rest of the Cast was Superb after all most of them where played by the same Actress's and Actor's of the First Film.

Despite the Many Flaws that I have with this film I do have some Pros, the first is that I just Loved how this Successfully Continues the story of the First Film and, attempts to expand the Universe of this Addams Family in away. Without Retconning or changing anything from the first film which was a really nice change of pace because not only they could have easily done that hoping that non of us the audience would be the wiser, with this being a Family Film and all. But also it shows them how much they care about not only the Addam Family Universe but also about The First Film as well. Which was why it is still watchable for me despite all of the Cons I have with it.

Final Thoughts= If you Like the First Film I think you'll enjoy this one too, and if you don't than I suggest Skipping out on this one. And find something else that you would enjoy sadly I don't have any recommendations for Obvious Reasons.

A Christmas Carol (1999 TV Movie)

Budget Aside Really Excellent Adaptation...........

[9/10 · 27 April 2024]

The Pros= To start us off rather Sir Patrick Stewart is in it or not this still remains as one of my favorites A Christmas Carol Adaptations ever. Right up there with the 84 George C Scott's and the Jim Carry Versions Respectively. Mainly because it was this Version of A Christmas Carol that sort of got me obsessed with any and all versions of A Christmas Carols. And because of it I have seen literally countless of A Christmas Carol Adaptations. Some Bad but Most Really Good oh sure before I was aware of the story of A Christmas Carol.

And I have seen the Muppets version of A Christmas Carol, but I never really cared about A Christmas Carol it's not like I hated it or anything like that it's just it was just another meaningless Christmas Tradition to me just like Santa Clause and all of the traditions that is tied to him. Or Singing Christmas Carols or Building Snowman and Snow Angels and so and so on. To me back then it was just a Holiday Theme Story much Like How The Grinch Stole Christmas was, but as I grew up and after watching this movie that had all changed when it comes to A Christmas Carol anyways.

Anyways moving on to get the obvious out of he way first I Personally Thought that Sir Patrick Swart did an Excellent Job at Playing Ebenezer Scrooge he was perfect for it. In fact if they wanted to another A Christmas Carol with another Star Trek Actor playing the part of Ebenezer Scrooge, the only person that I could think of was Brent Spiner. As I thought he did a wonderful job at Playing Ebenezer Scrooge in the Prologue of The Star Trek The Next Generation episode Devil's Due. As his Character of Mr. Data just Imagin how he would do to the Ebenezer Scrooge character if it was just him as an Actor and not as another character especially these days? But back to Sir Patrick Stwart I felt that his version was more well I wouldn't say Brody but more Pessimistic take on the Ebenezer Scrooge character. An excellent example of that would be in the scene where that kid dared to attempt to sing in front of the door to his work place. To which Ebenezer Scrooge took his cane and roughly swung the door opened and threaten to hit him with it.

The expression on Scrooge's face made look almost terrifying in fact they even used that image of a close up Scrooge as the cover art for the film. And I especially liked his line of "Life Is Hard" when The Ghost Of Christmas Past showed him when he was still young and still stuck in that school. As I felt that line was really fitting for his version of Scrooge not only it's a Sinical remark but also it shows his version of Scrooge's view on life itself a that point of the story. I just don't know what is it maybe it was because of Sir Patrick Swart's take of Scrooge but I still feel that there is something about this A Christmas Carol feels a little darker then the other A Christmas Carol adaptations that I have seen, but I still Love it.

Moving on to Richerd E Grant's version of Bob Cratchit I thought he also did a great job as Bob Cratchit as he not only looks and feels great in the part so much so it was like the part was made from, but also when ever I'm imaging a version of Bob Cratchit more often than not his image usually comes to mind. In fact I'm currently in the process of attempting to write my own version of A Christmas Caol the image Richard E Grant's version of Bob Cratchit usually comes to mind. And I just loved his version's shocked reaction when his character found out that Mr. Scrooge was going to Raise his Salary. There's something about him getting sacred and grabbing that Fire Poker to Defend himself as he thinks that Mr. Scrooge has finally gone insane crazy.

That is slightly amusing to me so much so I just wished that more versions of Bob Cratchit through out the many versions and adaptations of A Christmas Carol did it. But of course their own version of that scene with their own version of Bob Cratchit having that kind of same reaction to their own version of Mr. Scrooge. In fact I currently have planes of using that kind of very reaction for the Bob Cratchit in my own story of A Christmas Carol.

Now moving on to the Wailing of the Ghosts just out side of Scrooge's window during The Ghost Of Marly's Visit. I Personally found it Really Chilling and Unnerving especially that one ghost's ghostly pleas that he wish's he could help that homeless mother and her kids. By saying "I whish I can help you let me help you......" or something close to that. And I just find that Dominic West a wondaful job at Fred Scrooge Ebenezer Scrooge's Nephew. As his version was so happy and spirited and friendly that he's one of those people that if you pump in the streets, and no matter how sour of a mood that you are in you could always, always count on him to cheer you up. Considering the budget that they had due to this being made as a TV Movie I was Very Impressed that every one felt like they where giving their all.

And as for the Cratchit I feel that it feels realistically poor you could feel that all of the Cratchits were living in Poverty. You could tell that they are not a rich family and really couldn't afford to help make Tiny Tim walk aside from that Crutch. And you could also tell that they afford a very large dinner or even Turkey and all of their clothes reflect that Beautifully. But the best part was the what they lack in money they greatly made up for their family Bond. And I just really love that Caroling Montage after when Scrooge and The Ghost Of Christmas Present was finished visiting the Cratchit house hold. As it shows to not only Scrooge but also us the audience how every one no matter what situation that they happen to be in are still in High Spirits, through song as they where all singing a Christmas Carol. Seemingly at the same time all around the world and some in a deferent language. And I have to say it did manage to give me the Feels. And unless I'm forgetting anything else the at should do it for the Pros.

The Cons= This first one is not a really Con on any level by any means, but it seems no matter how much I watch this film, I always couldn't help but see Sir Patrick Stewart as Captain Picard in the Holodeck aboard the USS Enterprise D. Running A Christmas Carol Simulation and All Three Ghosts including the Ghost of Marley are ghostly alien entities attempting to teach Captain Piacard some kind of lesion. Especially in the graveyard scene when Scrooge pretty much challenged and Pleaded to the Ghost of Christmas Yet To Come that If He Was Past All Hope then Why Show All Him All Of This. I feel that some not all but some of the Effects Both Look and Feels Cheap Especially with The Ghost Of Marley and the Erath Quick at the end of the Climax of the film.

But going back to Scrooge his Hysterical Laughter after when he was visited by all of the ghosts at the end. Felt and sounded kind of uncomfortable and weird to listen to I would have liked for Sir Patrick Stewert to have improved upon that Hysterical Laughter. Then on that same line I felt when that Kid said the word "Walker" by dividing that word in half was also off when Scrooged opened that window and asked him what day it was in that very famous scene. At least I think it was this A Christmas Carol? Again seen a lot and I mean a lot of adaptations of A Christmas Carol. Then I feel that the character of Topper Haines had let's just say Unwholesome thoughts towards one of the female guests of Both Fred's and his Wife's. And I have to say that scene was kind of comfortable to watch.

Now don't get me wrong I do like the Desing of The Ghost Of Yet To Come it's just that I think you would have had more a scar factor if he didn't have any eyes not two orange glowing dots for eyes. Personal opinion The Ghost Of Yet To Come should Never Have eyes, and besides every time that I read the story I always Imagin him without eyes glowing or other wise. And now we get to the Cratchit's Family Tradition of taking their Utensils and banging it on the dinner table repeatedly. There's something kind of childish about that to me personally but this one is only a little nip pick, but still, I just couldn't get my mind off of that.

Now I realized that some of the Cratchit house hold members are children but it still some how feels un fitting form them as the youngest one being Tiny Tim, even then he looked to be about maybe five or six? Personally, that type of tradition probably fitting only for maybe four-year old's and younger. But on the other hand, in a way I understand why that tradition exists as it is a way of not only respect in a way but also to hype themselves and each other up for the upcoming Christmas dinner. Another minor little nip pick although Mrs. Dilber was in it but I personally would also like for her to be in the scene where Scrooge had just woken Up Changed all due to Visits of all of the Ghosts the Night Before. As I would have liked to see how this version of Mrs. Dilber would react when she first walked in to Scrooges room after Scrooge's change, from the Ghosts and thinking that he had finally had Lost His Mind and Gone Insane. And unless I'm forgetting anything else that should do it for the Cons.

Final Thoughts= To me personally this film was fine as is despite my Cons which was why I feel that it was kind of sad that this movie did not get a Bigger Budget as I Feel it deserved it.

Shazam! (2019)

A Mindless Family Friendly Superhero Film For Kids.........

[2/10 · 23 April 2024]

I'm going to get my little nip pick out of the way first and that is that I just feel that it was creepy filming a little girl while she is sleeping. As shown on the screen in one of the scenes and keep in mind that clip or video was filmed a long time ago, and from what I gathered at the time they didn't know that same kid was about to be awoken to the sight of a magic door to which she walked through it. As it is shown that very same kid had grown up to a grown woman in the Marden day of the film. As she was part of a research program that involves the big bad Dr. Savana (more on him later) wanting to find away back in that magical cave so that he could convince if not force the what I'm going to call Old Shazam to give him his powers or something?

Okay now that is done let's get to the meats of the review shall we? To start us off again Why? Why is Billly Batson is more mature the titled hero himself Shazam his alter ego who is supposed to be an adult sized superhero? And that's not all but also I feel that they needed to dumb down all of the adults of the film just to make the kids Billy Batson especially look a lot smarter. Sorry I just don't buy how a couple of cops could be out smarted by a kid, and have that same kid Billy Batson some how being able to lower that gate to trap them in that pawn shop. How'd he get in there in the first place?

And are there any security cameras or alarms in that pawn shop? And not only that would think that the security guard at the school that Billy and his foster siblings mince Mery Bromfeild goes to would be suspicious when Billy just runs out the door and in comes Shazam. Pretending to be Billy's and Freddy's dad as one assuming he hasn't already met Billy's and Freddy's foster dad he would still feel that something is up. Just by the way how Shazam is acting and you add to that he has a Trench Coat in a weak attempt at hiding his Super Suit. To which you kind of make out through the Trench Coat. If I was the security guard I would have had Shazam wait there while he called the principle or some one to make sure that Shazam really is Billy's and Freddy's dad. Plue I would have confirmed it with some one that if it is okay to let both Freddy and Billy leave the school with Shazam.

The third example I'm going to give for now is speaking of being suspicious shouldn't that real estate lady become suspicious when both Billy and Freddy started, telling her that the they are looking for a perfect place for their superhero lair or something? Again if I was her as soon as they where talking about a superhero lair I would have told them to get out knowing that they are not serious and is currently wasting my time. Time that I could be spending on clients who are serious on looking for a house or an apartment in their price range and on these two jokers who clearly aren't serious. Which is on top of how they are acting, yeah sure they walked away disappointed but I would have personally kicked them out way sooner as it looked like they where there for a while when we the audience finally catch up to them about an hour later.

And how is it that we don't have any one kicking Billy and the rest of his foster siblings out and chasing them and threatening call the police. In the scene where they used a door portal to escape from the Big Bad Dr. Savana and wound up in an Adult Club as Kids? Sure we don't see it but still that doesn't change the fact that still left on their own accord with out any adults being the wiser. As if they get kids entering their Adult Club all the time which I hope is not the case.in fact I would have said "Hay Kids get out of hare you're Not Allowed to be In Hare!" or something close to that and Not "Kids? In an Adult Club? Eh whatever" Huh? And those are just some examples of how dumb the adults are in he film and I have more to come.

Moving on to Billy's Tragic Backstory now don't get me wrong I like the context of it as it motivates him as a character for a while. But what I don't like about it is that it lacks Big Time Umph, as I feel it not only lacks Emotions but also details, as all I know of it is that his single mother abandoned him as she didn't thinks that other people would make better parents than her? And so she took the opportunity to abandoned her own son when he got lost during their day out at an amusement park, and that's basically we know. We don't get the why just only the when and that's about it. To me that's only just a particle backstory it would be like saying Clark Kent Grows Up to become Superman with powers, and that's about it. See there's not enough information there for me to get enough of a picture. In fact it really reminds me of Kevin Spacey's Lex Luthor "You're Not Getting The Big Picture Hare!" line from Superman Returns.

And what's worse is that when Billy Batson finally locates her even then, even then we only get a part story as all she said was "I was afraid that I wasn't a good mother so when you got lost I let the police take care of you knowing that you'll be in better hands....." or something close to that. And we even get this mysterious male voice telling her to get back inside or something which might be an indication that she was in an abusive relationship or at least that was what I got out of that scene. But what I do like about that scene is how that after getting that little piece of information and thinking that his own Birth mother didn't want him you could tell how crushed he was. So again in terms of the backstory I don't fully hate it I just wished that it had a little more umph to it.

Then we get to the Big Bad Dr. Savana until I looked up his name I totally forgot what his name was. And on top of that there is literally nothing else memorable about him as for me he his personality was basically very little to ono existent. And as for his goals as I have said earlier is basically just him wanting the Shazam Powers just because in my eyes Personally. The only motivation for him wanting the Shazam Powers was because he was told that he was not Worthy enough and that's basically that's it, that's is like the only reason why he wanted the Shazam Powers. It's comparable to the parents of a little kid telling them that they are not allowed to get that sugary cereal and what dies that kid do? That's right down right have a temper tantrum in middle of that grocery store, and then right afterwords maybe knock an entire row of cereal off the shelf after attempting to toss the said cereal that they are not allowed to have in to the cart.

To me that's what Dr. Savana is comparable to, and so what does he do? He offers himself as a welling host to All Seven Deadly Sins just to spite the Old Shazam. And even then and even then he still wanted the Shazam Powers like that said child not wanting to let go of that surgery cereal. The sad thing is it took him around just past the half way mark to encounter Shazam, but until then he's doing his own thing and Shazam/Billy is doing his own thing totally unaware of Dr. Savana. Sure I get it it's an Origins Story but still that doesn't mean that they couldn't either A have Dr. Savana and Shazam sooner or some tie Dr. Savana in to Shaam's Origins. His character was down right forgettable to me, as to me Dr. Savana is just 'Mean Bad Guy Who Wants Shazam Powers' there is nothing that stands out about him to me.

Why? Why is this film takes place around The Holidays Christmas Time? As neither the story nor the setting calls for it. It's like it was set around Christmas Time just because, and noting more aside from trying to give you that Holiday Feels. It's not like All Seven Deadly Sins gave Dr. Savana until New Years to get the Powers of Shazam or it would be his Soul or that their was some kind of weird Prophecy that the Next Shazam would be chosen at that Time Of Year or whatever. To me it doesn't even feels like a Christmas movie sure they have some Christmas imagery and they even have some snow nothing too visible just some, but to me it still doesn't feel like a Christmas Movie, even if they had two maybe three Christmas song it still doesn't feel like Christmas. And I'm a Big Sucker for any movie or episode that takes place or is about The Holidays. And on that note, what is up with Sanat? It's like every time that you see Santa he is always running and screaming 'Help Me', the first sure I'll by it but the second time it just feels like a joke to the point where he was just there for just some unnecessary Comedic Relief.

And as for the 'Climax' of the film it just feels really Anti Climatic as it just wasn't exciting or epic at all to me. In fact I feel that the Shazam Kids or Siblings or whatever they are called? Verses All Seven Deadly Sins was more exciting then the Solo Shazam/Billy Verses Dr. Savana Mid Aire battle. In fact that fight it feels too much like a DBZ Battle they even created an explosion bubble when they collided. While a random kid is making his Superman and Batman Action Figures Clash at the very moment while playing with them in his home. The way that Shazam Defeated Dr. Savana was Calling out the Final Deadly Sin out and making Fall to the ground. Going back to the other Shazams Verses the other Seven Deadly Sins or rather the Remining Six Deadly Sins I just feel that they where way too effective way too soon. Sure at first they had trouble Focusing their powers and attacks but even then they right way knew how to activate their powers.

So much so it didn't them long as I have said to not effectively utilize their powers but also work as a team, as if they have been doing it for close to a year now or whatever. Sure they are siblings but when we along with Billy first meet them they where all doing their own things, it wasn't like they where all watching a movie together or playing board game together or a video game together. And I don't think that ritual that their foster parents had them do every night before dinner wa.

Caged Fury (1990)

Caged Fury Indeed AKA An X Rated Movie With Action And Violence And A Terminator........

[1/10 · 20 April 2024]

The Cons= To start us off I'm not going to use names as non of them really stick out and I'm just too Lazy to look them up in this case to be Perfectly Honest.

And so with that said let's begin one of if not the Biggest Fault of this film is that it Highly Sexualizes Women, sure what could you expect it's a Women In Prison or WIP Film? But the thing is this is my first WIP and I only bought it because of the Plot to which I thought that it was unique to this film but I guess not, but more on that a little later. Anyways hares an WIP First Timer Review, as I was saying they Sexualize Women Heavily. I would like to give you some examples but let's just say I don't want to. Aside from the fact that even in the Synopses mentions that these women are Lingerie Clad Models. Moving on the next big flaw I feel about this film is Richard Barathy the only name that I bothered to look up just because it was part of some else's review for comparison sakes only I swear. And to see if I could copy any Positives for the answer to that question you're going have to wait until you get there......sorry.

Anyways about Richard Barathy the biggest problem I have with him is that he was Literally Unstoppable and Untouchable Literally. I mean seriously he was taking out the Villains after Villains after Villains like he was teaching a Martial Arts Class. It was like they turned him in to some kind of an Unstoppable Terminator or something not even the Final Guy the Final 'Boss' was even a match for him not even close. I think he wasted the final guy in like only ten minutes or less? But it seemed more like only three minutes to me. Not only that but when he was in the middle of freeing the main female Protag, he was still able to beat every guard up like they where Unarmed Drunks or something. But in reality, I think they where all armed with Guns and Nightsticks?

And that's not the only problem I have with him or rather his character I also felt that not only his character felt Pointless to the film aside from being a Terminator Savor and Rescuer. I also felt that he had no Chemistry or even a love connection what so ever with the main female Protag not even in the end after when Mister Unstoppable Terminator takes out the Final Guy He and the main Protag and the Protags sister rides away in the sunset, I can't remember as it has been years that I've seen it and I've only seen it once. But anyways the only other time that I could remember the two of them ever meeting was when he saved her from being Assaulted Yes in that was from a Gang Of Bikers right out in the open behind a Bar. Talk about Can't Touch This. In fact so much so I'm reminded of those two scenes in The Terminator where the Character of Kyal Reese first screamed to Sarah Conner on how Unstoppable The Terminator is, and on a Separate scene again he screamed to the Police Officers this time about the same thing about how Unstoppable the Terminator is.

Which was no surprising as I have heard that this film was mostly comprised of Adult Film Actors, to which from now I'm going to refer to them as X Rated Movie Stars. For the Fear of IMDB, and me using that word outside of the 'Parents Guide' Section of the Site. Anyways which also could explain why this films feels so much like an X Rated Movie with a little bit of Action and Violence Mixed in. So much so it mind as well be an X Rated Movie, that along with the Warden Woman Dresses More like a Dominatrix complete with a BDSM Cain Included, and less like an Actual Worden that you might see in a Typical Prison Movie. And to even further that she even Pleasures herself willy nilly in middle of the film even though the shoot is shown waist up. And not only that the Synopses even mentions that she is a Lesbian. Which tells us nothing about the story or what the Film was about.

Then next is I just feel that the cops in that universe are either brainless and or lazy as there is no way that a hug operation like that, could go unnoticed by them. Specially after when the main protag and her sister both called them on separate occasions? And all their response was "Honeywell? Never heard of it." Or something along those lines with out investigating it or even looking in to it. Did I mention that this operation was running for so long with out throwing out susception that it seems like it was running for years? Which brings me back to my pervious point about the dumb and or lazy cops. Then next is I just feel that the main protag was so dumb that she I not only couldn't get behind her but I also I had no feelings for her at all. And I just find it so dumb that the main protag's sister who is older by the way just so happens to fall in to the same trap as the main protag and in the same way too, which was how she also ended up in Honeywell. You would think that the both of them would think that some thing was up when they where both instructed to say a cheesy X Rated line on camera? As part of a 'Try Out' or whatever they called it? But Nope laughable guess again.

Then there is the fact that I feel that this film was so Predictable that it feels like it adds to the X Rated Movie feel of the whole film. So much so there is literally no surprise to the film at all and speaking of an X Rated Film. I haven't touched on the acting yet it was so cheesy and cheap that it also helps with the X Rated Movie feel to it all. And not just the acting either but also the dialog and dialog delivery as well. Then finally in mid review I had to quit as I did not have time to do it in one go so I had to divided it in two. And as such I was inspired to give it anther try and well just say that was a failure sadly. And unless I'm missing anything else that should do it for the cons.

The Pros= I have to admit this movie is good if you're in the mood for some Brainless and cheesy film that acts like an X Rated Film but not an X Rated Film Literally. And just because of the Action and Violence and the attempt at of some kind of story I would consider it slightly just slightly above an X Rated Movie but not by much just a tiny bit above. I do also like how some not many but some scenes in the film are kind of intense and terrifying but sadly that's not enough to redeem this X Rated Trash, specially if you put yourself in the shoes so to speak of these poor women prisoners. And lastly I do like the Soundtrack I truly feel that the Soundtrack was the Strongest Element of this X Rated Trash, again not enough. And unless I'm forgetting anything else that should do it for the Pros.

Final Thoughts= It's unfortunate this film did Not leave a Good Impression on me in Parctulare giving other WIP Films a chance. As I like to Diversify my Interests and movie watching but after this I literally have no desire to give anymore WIP films a chance. And with that said obviously I would rather watch a film targeted at Toddlers such as any of the Paw Patrol Movies. In fact I have through Clips and let me tell you I truly really enjoyed it. I certainly enjoyed it more than this X Rated Trash by a factor of like a lot.

Barbie (I) (2023)

A Fun Movie With A Great Message......

[8/10 · 16 April 2024]

The Pros= What I really like about this film is the Message that it's trying to say under all of the Fun. Which is Spoiler Alert by the way is Gender Equality it's just Too Bad that it was Over Shadowed by All of the Fun and Jokes of the Film. And speaking of let's get to the Fun Parts shall we? Which are the other reasons why I like this film, to start us off is that I think why a lot of people Hate This Film or at least seeming to is because they are trying too Hard Analyze The Pink Out Of this Film. Which is Completely the Wrong Approach as this Live Action Barbie is not Trying to be Oppenheimer it's not trying to me The Matrix. It's not even trying to be a Comic Film. At least with those example that I have given you could still Analyze them in one way or another.

Anyways then next is I was presently surprise how funny I found this film because to be honest I didn't think that I would enjoy much less actually find it funny. As I'm not typically in to Comedy so me finding this Film enjoyable and funny says a lot. And as such it allowed me to be taken out of the Real World for about 2 Hours. I think one of the scenes that I enjoy the most is the scene where the character of Sasha made Barbie Cry by bombing her with her Political Views about not just about Stereotypical Barbie (Margot Robbie), but on all Barbies in general. As I feel that Sasha's Political Views on Barbie could be taken in that way because I feel that Barbies is a Cheap Person's Adult Plaything. Yes in that way don't ask me how I know I just do. But going back to the movie briefly another reason I loke that scene is because it not only Subverts Barbie's views and Opinion on all Barbies every where according from what she has been taught.

Just with that Political Bomb I guess we'll call it but also at the same time we the audience get a feel on the character of Sasha and what type of character she is at the start. I feel that another reason that this movie was so fun to watch and how it was successful in taking me out of the Real World for about 2 hours as I have mention is how colourful it is and I'm not just talking about the literal colour. But I'm also talking about in Tone even in the 'serious' parts is still fun and light and what I mean about that is that unlike other Comedy Based movies, the Downer or Serious Parts just brings down the Movie by some what especially in Rom-Coms and Rom-Drams. Not so much with this film with this film it was Happy and Cheerful and Colourful through and through.

As I was watching this movie, I feel that both this and the Aqua song Barbie Girl go hand and hand. As every time that I watch the Barbie Girl music video from Aqua I think of this film and vis versa is true. My only nip pick about that it's just too bad that the makers either Couldn't get the Rights to the Aqua Barbie Girl Song which is what I'm hoping. Or they just didn't think of adding it to this film and or they just simply wasn't aware that the band Aqua made a song titled Barbie Girl which is what I'm hoping s not the case for that last two. Even if they added the song during the End Credits I would have been happy about that. Moving on I just like the Musical Ken Battle between the Two main Kens (Simu Liu and Rayn Gosling) was really fun to watch I specially like how it changes from a regular fight to a musical battle between the two for mention Kens.

In my opinion of you really want to watch a Toys Come To Life on Screen, although the Toy Story Films are Good and Fun in their own right. But I just feel that when it comes to True Toys Come To Life on the Big Screen this feels more like it. And when it comes to the Cover Art be it Blu-Ray or 4K which is better in my Personal Opinion is so Gorgeous and Really Eye Catching and in a way Fun in fact so much so I'm truly Tempted to Upgrade already to the 4K just because of the Cover Art In Fact I almost did. This film was so Colourful and Fun that it is the only Will Farrel movie that I like, I'm sorry I just don't like any of Will Farrell movie. I mean I've tried giving all of them a shoot but in the end I ended up not liking any of them sadly no not even Elf which seems like a must watch for everyone for every Holiday Season going by how every one talks about that film.

Lastly at least for now I just feel the Ending for this Barbie Movie was really Great. My only grip about that is that they have sadly closed the door on any potential sequel that they might want to eventually make. Although I guess they could always magically transform Stereotypical Barbie back in to a Doll Temporary be it for just that one film or the sequel could be about Stereotypical Barbie (Margot Robbie), finding that being human is not what's she thought it was. In the sequel you could even have Barbie struggle with Bills and Taxes and the further Sexualization of Women and Barbie and the like which could over whelm her to the point where she just wants to become a Doll again. I think that would make an excellent and fitting sequel to this film. And Ken renaming Barbie's Dream House to Ken's Mojo Dojo Casa House just racks me up every time that I say it and see it and hear it ectara.

The Cons= As Fun and Colourful as this movie was it's still not perfect, starting with Will Farrell. Why Will Farrell? Why? Why is he even in this film? Will Farrill plays the Mattle CEO but my problem with that is they basically did nothing with him, aside from trying to get Stereotypical Barbie (Margot Robbie) back into her Box for like a Scene, and after that he literally disappeared for the rest of the movie until for one quick scene in the middle of the movie and the tail end of the climax of the movie. And I don't even know what happened in regards of him after that to be honest, so I'll ask again. Why?

And although this is not a big deal only a really dusting of a nip pick it Would Have been Nice to have an Asian Barbie, as there was Barbies of all shapes, sizes and of various nationalities in the movie. Except for Asian it would have been nice oh sure we have an Asian Kin in Simu Liu, but as Barbie have said in the Film Ken was basically built as an Accessory to Barbie. Moving on although I understand to a certain extent, I'm just sure how I feel about Barbie having Psychic Abilities. And I really thought and was hoping that the opening scene was just for the Teaser Trailer as even in the film itself the opening scene feels like a Teaser Trailer. I understand that the whole purpose of that is to introduce the audience to the world of Barbie in the form of a brief History, I just wished they did it a deferent way. As the opening scene is a down right rip off the 2001 A Space Odessey Film.

Then there are all of the Humans in the film, why? I felt that they where Pointless as they Contribute Literally Very Little to nothing to the Film. I feel that if you took them out of the film the film itself would not change. The only thing that would change was the excuse for Stereotypical Barbie (Margot Robbie) to leave her Perfect Colourful Barbie World and come to our Drap Real World. That was basically the point to all of the humans of the film which of course includes Will Farrell. But I do like the backstory of Gloria? Sasha's mom and what was going in her head. But sadly, like the Mattel CEO Story they never fallowed up on it at least I don't feel.

Rumble Roses (2004 Video Game)

The Wrestling Version Of Dead Or Alive Extreme Beach Volleyball ........

[3/10 · 10 April 2024]

The Cons= First and foremost I feel that this game's Biggest Sin above all else is that it Extremely Sexualizes Women in a really Hug way and I mean that in both the Figurative and Literal way. Mostly in the Breasts area I mean seriously every women in this game has a Size C-Breasts or Higher Breast Size. The animators even animated those things Bouncing in every Single Cut Scene, and in During Every Single Match if memory serves that they get.

Moving on it would be Nice to Get Not Only More Modes but also more Match Styles as the only Game Modes that I could Remember Getting, are your standard Story, Singel Player, Two Player (Not Too Sure about that one) and of course some kind of Bio Mode where the Main Purpose of that is Watching Your Selected Character that you want to 'Read Bio' on Being Sexualized Up Close. As your Chosen Character would Move and Pose in a Extremely Suggestive and Sexual way while you are in that Mode and Hopefully Reading the character's Bio.

All of the women are also always looked as though they are covered in Permeant unwastable Babay Oil, no matter what. I think the characters of Mistress Spencer who as the name suggest is a Dominatrix and Evil whose 'Outfit' and I use that term very loosely is just constates of a Skimpy Red Body Suit with Devil Horns. In addition, the only part of her Hot Air Balloon Sized Breasts that is Covered are her Nipples. I swear her Breasts are at least a 38-K Sized. And Yasha who's Outfit is Basically a Stocken Clade One Piece See-Through Bathing Suit even though she is supposed to be a Ninja. I think the most Constrictive one is Makoto Aihara who just has a Full on Normal Marital Arts Outfit, and I would say that Stasa A's Outfit are all Pretty High Up there as well. Even she can't escape the Sexualization, of course all of these women that I have just mentioned applies to the Bio Menu as well (Duh.)

It was like this game was made for Certain Kind of Men By a Certain Kind of Men I just wished they made some kind of effort to also try to attract the women gamers as well. Some of us women are also in to Wrestling as well you know? If You Smell what The Rock Cooking?

And playing Video Games which makes this a sort of a missed opportunity in My Book. It's like making all of the Female Characters in your Comic Book Not Only Hug Breasted Types but also they are nothing more then just Eye Candy, by not having any of them being Neither Heroes or Villains which is what this Game Feels like. It's funny Konami who was one of the Developers that made this game also made Yu Gi Oh Literally my Favorite Card Game By The Way, the reason they are Smart enough to Tune Down on the Sexuality on all of their Female Yu Gi Oh Card Artworks and not just Artworks but also all of the Female Characters on Every Yu Gi Oh Anime as well Smart Job on those Parts Konami not so much with this game I'm afraid. Why? Konami Why? Again A Missed Opportunity Konami A Missed Opportunity.

That's about all of the Game Modes that I could Remember, and sore Match Modes the only ones that I could Remember having are your Standard Normal Match, Mud Match and maybe Tag (If memory serves) and that's about all for both. Speaking of Mud Matches I just feel the Mud in the Mud matches where always way Too Slick and too smooth looking. It doesn't even close to Mud not even in colour as to me it looked to Light for the Colour of Mud, and Not Rough at all. And that's not the only thing I feel the at the Mud just Comes off the Women Way Too Easly and Way Too Often. It's like all these Women needs to do is just get up just after being knocked down, and any and all mud that was stuck on them would just slide off like some kind of a Silk Beach Towel. You know what this game reminds me of? Well just like my Subject Title this game really reminds of the Wrestling Version of DOA Extreme Beach Volleyball as they both Extremely Sexualize Women under the Disguise of a Sports Game. But the only Deference is it's in a Wrestling Form instead of a Beach Volleyball Form.

Now we get to the gameplay itself oh where to start? I guess I'll start with the In Game Character Desings, although Fine in Desing Wise. But when it comes to the movements there's something about it feels Stiff and almost Barbie Doll Like, but with bendable elbows and knees especially when it comes to the Kicking and Stomping which in a way it makes it not Fun to Play. Then there are the Grunts, Groins and Screams for each women as they all feels the same no matter who you chose, and not only that but also they always recycle from 'Oh's' and 'Ah's' randomly and in random intervals, such as "Oh, oh, ah, oh" or "Ah, ah, ah, oh, oh, ah," with the rare occasion of "Ouch" pending of course. But one thing that always remains the same are the 'Oh's' and Ah's'. With the rare occasion of "Ouch's" as I have just said. Even with 30 Playable Characters to Play around with it just doesn't feel enough as I Personally got Bord rather Easily after Beating Story Mode with all of them. Unless I'm missing anything else that should do it for the Cons.

The Pros= Now you maybe asking if it is this Bad why didn't I give it a 1 Star? Well quit simply Believe it or not this Game does have a few not much just a Few Pros. Starting with the Story Mode was so Out of this World that it not only Feels Like An Anime but I also want some kind of an Anime Based on this Game Despite my Opinions in the Cons especially with the Sexualization of women in this Game. But that's not the only reason another is that all of the Cut Scenes Both Look and Feel like it could be an Anime. Then Next is that I just Loved the Idea of Having the Choice of playing Either The Face (Good) or The Heel (Good) Version of each character, excluding Lady X who just has one Personality. And that's not all I also like how every Character Alternate Names to go along with their Alternate Personalities. Such as Miss Spencer's Alternate Personality is of course Mistress Spencer, and Lady X's Alternate Personality is Lady X Substance, and finally Bloody Shadow's Personality is Judgement and so on and so fourth.

The last reason why I Pro that I could think of is I think that all of their Entrances are so Phenomenal and Flashy and Unique. And we also can't forget about all of the Entrance Songs for each Wrestler they are great, combined together I think they Fit Really well and Perfectly with each Wrestler's Personality and Gimmick. And it's all because of these Pros that I have chosen to Ignore all of the Cons and just play it for what it is, and besides I already Bought the Game so I mind as well play it every once and while. As Platforms like YouTube and Twitch and what have you didn't Exist Back Then or at least I wasn't aware of them, we are so lucky these days having platforms those to make our judgment before buying the game. And unless I'm forgetting anything else that should do it.

Final Thoughts= Now I haven't played Rumble Roses XX for the X Box 360 but from what I could tell from Screen Shoots and Video Clips it's about the same, as this Rumble Roses Game. But with the Addition Half Naked and Slightly Sexualized Men only two from what I saw from the Screen Shoots on Google Images. And Finally this is the Only Game that I know of that Came with Not Only The English Version of the Instruction Book But also the French Version of the Instruction Book.

Mulan (2020)

I Just Don't Understand The Hate..........

[10/10 · 9 April 2024]

The Pros= First and for most Personally this is the Best Live Action Remakes In My Own Personal Opinion, and not just because I'm an Asian myself. In fact, even if I wasn't I would still consider this as one of the Best. As to me Personally this is an Action Film with a Disney Princess Name Attached to it. In fact, this about the closes we could get to a Disney Fantasy Action Film with a character that Disney Actually Owns, that they did not had to acquire from another Studio like with the Marvel Characters or the Star Wars Characters, or now the Fox Studio IP's and Caracter's. Oh, sure we have The Incredibles but as of right now they are not Live Action, but I wouldn't object if they actually did attempt some kind of Live Action The Incredibles film some day just as long as it is good or at least watchable.

Okay getting back to the matter at hand moving on to the stylish action, what most people don't understand is that the Action Needed to be a little Over The Top, as to that is what I feel all of our Fantasy Asian Actions Films are Slightly Over The Top. Those people must not be Asian or at least have Never Seen an Asian Film? As all Asian Fantasy Marital Arts Films are Really Stylish to the point where they feel a little on the Over The Top Side. I especially Loved all of the Action scenes with the Witch Woman I honestly can't remember her name right now. I know that to most the only reason that they hate this film is because it's not a Musical, for me Personally I'm glade they did not decided to go that rout, as making it a Musical would not only make it feel like a Shoot For Shoot Reread and Remake of the Original Animated Film in a way. But also by making it a Musical would take away from the Asian Fantasy Marital Arts Feel of the Film. They even said in an interview that this Mulan is Not a Musical, I guess no one was listening?

And in turn it would be just another Live Action Disney Remake I don't have a problem with that but by doing so would help set this Live Action Mulan from all of the other Live Action Disney Remake, again Nothing Wring with that but I believe they had the opportunity to set the Live Action Mulan Film from all of the Live Action Disney Princess Films and they took it, and I'm Really Glade that they did. In fact I wish they would take more chances like this in all of their Live Action Disney Princess Remakes instead of giving us the same old but with extra or slightly deferent scenes compared to their Original Animated Counterparts. As enjoyable some of them are Personally.

Then the next thing that I loved about this film is their rendition of the 'Reflection' song it was a Nice change up from the Original Animated Movie, Yes the original is more memorable but I Personally also enjoyed this one as well. And who knows some day this Rendition of the 'Reflection' song could be memorable too. And speaking of songs I also Love the New Song that was exclusive to this Film which was the 'Loyal Brave True' Song as it is Not Only so Inspirating and Powerful but also it feels like the signature song of the film and as to apposed to the 'Reflection' song. Just the fact that Jet Li one of my All Time Favorite Actors being in this film also helped a tiny bit of me liking this film. Another reason is the fact that Mushu is not in it. I mean he works for the animated movie as Luad and Annoying as I Personally found him, he just doesn't work in the Live Action Film.

I also loved how much like with the Animated Counterpart this Mulan Film Sends a Really Positive Message to All Females, not that Males couldn't get some semblance of Empowerment from these Two Mulan Films. In some ways it does it Better which is simply that You Could Be Whatever you want to be and do whatever you set your mind to. You don't always have to be whatever some else wants you to be if you don't want to be. And I think that's a really Good and Positive Message for All Girls Ages and Boys too but since that this is Live Action Fantasy Action Film but the message also applies to Both Gender of All Ages. I also thought that the actress that played Mulan did a wonderful Job, and I say the some to the Young Mulan. I really Love the addition of the Witch Character obviously she's not a full on villain nor is she subservient to the Borie Khan Character like what you might expect her to be. She's her own character with her own personality that happens to be working with Borie Khan.

Above all else I just loved all of the Breath-Taking Scenery they are such so Pretty, this film also highlights the Virtus that are so Heavily Emphasized in Chinese Culture feels like something you don't get very often in movies that take place in China. And just Loved how the Story was so Good and Captivating as is sure it may not be accurate to the legend of the Mulan of Real Life nor even the Animated movie, but it was still Captivating as it was a deferent take on the Real World Legend. Then Next is I just really loved Mulan's Outfit even though it's basically her stripped of most of her armor leaving her in just her skirt armor, sward and Red Under Uniform. Overall I feel that it was an Excellent Reimaging of not only the Legend of Mulan but also the Animated movie as I might have already said. And unless I'm forgetting anything else that should do it for the Pros.

The Cons= I think releasing this movie in 2020 the start of COVID on Streaming on Disney+ may have hurt this film. Although understandable I feel that if they waited and released it to theater just last year of 2023 let's just say, it wouldn't be hated as much, for obvious reasons. Then Why? Why give some one who is so empowering as Mulan a Boyfriend or a love interest? Even if General Shang isn't in it they still have to give her a Love Interest in the form of one of her Fellow Comrades. It's like every Disney Princess always have to have a Prince a Love interest, the only ones that don't have a Prince or a Love Interest are Queen Elsa and Moana and that's about it for now at current. Just because she is a Disney Princess or a Female doesn't mean that you have to give her a Love Interest. In fact I feel that it's counter Female Empowerment as it basically says that if you're a Female no matter how empowered you are you well always still need a Male in your life to make your life complete or whatever. In other words if you're a Female and no Matter how Empowered you are you well always be Weak Compared to Males. Which to me is the Wrong Message!!!!! Anyways moving on I'm done I'm done.

Although nice and necessary I just wished that the Training Camp Scenes where cut short as it feels like it takes up a good forty minutes of the Runtime of the film. But in actuality it was probably closer to only a little over twenty or so minutes of the Runtime of the film. Then next is that I just feel that everyone including all of the Critics don't understand this isn't supposed to be a full on Shot for Shot Live Action Version of the Animated Counterpart, even though they do have some Scene are a Shot for Shot but not for the entire film. Nor was it supposed to be a Documentary or a History Lesson of some kind of the Real Life Legend of Mulan. No that's not this film is suppose to be what this film is suppose to be is a Version of the Legen of Mulan from Real Life. As the Legend of Mulan takes place in a Spane of Years and not Meer Months.

I also think aside from being released at the wrong time another Sad thing that Brings this film down is that they are trying to appeal to both, the audiences that want a Shot for Shot Live Action Remake and those Audiences that want something Completely Deferent from the Animated Version. I believe by doing so they sadly shoot themselves in the Foot for Farly obvious reasons. Either that you just can't seem to make anyone Happy these days? Especially when it comes to Disney and every IP they own which is a Whole New Can of Worms. And unless I'm forgetting anything else that should do it.

Final Thoughts= This Film makes me feel Prode to be an Asian every time that I watch it which is why I make a habit of watching tis film during Chinese New Years every years since. Of course it goes with out saying I think this is one of the Best Live Action Disney Film so far.

The Little Mermaid (I) (2023)

Not An Abomination But Still Needs Work.....

[3/10 · 27 March 2024]

The Pros= To start us off I really love the Actress that played Arial as I feel that she is Not Only a Good Singer, but also an Excellent Actress as well. Which is why it's such a shame that every one recognizes her for only her musical abilities, while at the same time saying that she is a terrible actress I of course feel much deferent. The next thing that I like is that it is not exactually a one for one recreation of the Original Animated Film, let me explain Yes most of it is a One for One Recreation but with extra scenes. So, it's the Animated Film in Live Action with some Extra Scenes, but I guess I say the same thing about the other Live Action Disney Films. Hare's another Big Plus with a 2hr and 15min Runtime it is not only the Longest Live Action Disney 'Remake' so far at least to my knowledge. But I also never really notice it whenever I watch it a big reason for it is because it gave us time to see how Arial is adapting to the Surface World and at the same time having Legs.

Unlike with the original animated movie it was really great to have gotten some kind of Backstory for Prince Eric and some what of an unintended reason why he is a Prince. I felt that was what the original film was missing on top of never really seeing his parents. Then I feel One Humongous Plus of this film is that Finally, Finally an Accurate Live Action Ursula The Sea Witch in Desing but on the flip side I feel that there is an Even Bigger Problem with that I'll explain that in the Cons. But as for now Sadly the only other Live Action Ursula The Sea Witch that I know of 'Once Upon A Time' a show that I'm Obsessed with by the way, anyways that Ursla The Sea Witch was nowhere near close to looking like the Ursla The Sea Witch in the animated film, whom she was supposed to be designed after. Even the Character Ragina Mills aka The Evil Queen Pretending to be Ursula The Sea Witch as part of a Trick was more accurate in design then her but as for the real Ursula The Sea Witch well you know?

And don't even get me started on her Backstory and her relation to King Triton but that last part that I could give the show for as it is supposed to be an updated take on her character. As for if I like that Ursula The Sea Witch's design I don't know? I really don't? Anyways back to this and speaking of 'Once Upon A Time' Comparisons I really don't know which Arial I like Better as unlike with Ursula The Sea Witch the Once A Upon A Time's Arial was really Accurate to the original animated movie to which she was supposed to be designed after. Then finally even though some of the musical scenes was not really necessary but I still enjoyed watching those scenes non the less, all but two I'll explain them in my Cons too. That should do it unless forgetting anything else.

The Bad= We are going to start with what I Personally is the Biggest draw back to this film so much so I'm going have to divide it in to multipole parts, yeah it's that big. Starting with it's just too bad that All and I mean All of the Ursula The Sea Witch Scenes are Best Viewed with All and I mean All of the Lights Out. As the more lights that you have the Less that you could see that's how Dark all of her Scenes Are in Contrast. So those of us that prefer to watch this movie with the lights on and or during the Day in an Attempt to Preserve our Eyes Sight we are Out Of Luck when it comes to her scenes. I think the only scenes that you could see was her in the disguise of Vanessa her human form, and even then it was for the Wedding Scene Just Before she Transformed back in to her True form and the Party scene and that's only because there was more then enough daylight to see her.

But Regardless you could barley see her in her final form for the big Climax of the film with or with out lights. I feel all that only thing that you could see was the waves rising and a little bit of Ursula The Sea Witch in her Kraken Mega Sized form using the Triton to stir up the Sea, and that was because the Triton itself was Glowing. But even then you could Barly and I mean just Barly make it out as I have already said, but regardless you can't even make you Arial or Prince Eric. In fact the only time that I could clearly see Ursula The Sea Witch the Best was in Still Images, and even then I can't find on in her Super Sized Kraken form believe me I've tried to no avail.

Then next is that there's just something about the CGI on Ursula The Sea Witch that feels I don't know Cheap and a little bit like a Cut Scene from a Video Game. It's just something Artificial about her specially when it comes to the face area from whatever little that I could make out of Ursula The Sea Witch. In fact I would say that Ursula's The Sea Witch's design is comparable to Cheetah's Final Form from Wonder Woman 84, yeah I went there. Her design is that bad. Next moving on to the 'Unfortunate Souls' number one of my all-time favorite Disney Villain Songs ever, all though I don't have any problems with the song itself it's just that I feel that it needs that umph at the end, oh sure they tried but I felt like it was barley noticeable.

What I'm talking about is that Epic Laud Malady at the end of the number after when Ursula The Sea Witch was successful at magically ripping Arial's Voice out of her throat, before it transition to that Sombre Melody just as she was being helped to the surface and to safety by Sebastian and Flounder just like in the Original Animated Movie. Not Only that but also feel that the lyrics where rushed a little it was like they needed to quickly get through it as if that song was taking up preciouses movie time, but at least I still enjoyed it a little at least there's that, but still not as good as the original one (Duh).

Then moving on to Melissa McCarthy I feel that she is doing it like she always does in all of her movies which includes her own show Mike & Molly. As I just don't buy her performance as Ursula The Sea Witch there is just some thing stale about it I feel like I wasn't getting enough emotion from her half the time. Especially when she's not Screaming her Head Off or Acting Like a Psycho. Which brings me to my next point this Ursula The Sea Witch feels all over the place, most noticeably in the scene where she is Frantically gathering ingredients to make herself human.

To cape off the Ursula The Sea Witch part of my review unlike with her animated counter part Melissa McCarthy's Version just come off as Blood Thirsty or Deranged, she doesn't even come off as Seductive. In fact she just feels tame compare to her animated counterpart in fact every time that she is trying to be Blood Thirsty or Deranged or even Seductive she just comes off as some one who is trying too hard. It's just too bad because it was because of Ursula that my Overall Score for the film it is what it is, instead of a 7 or even an 8 like it probably should be. Not only that Ursula The Sea Witch is one of my all time favorite Disney Villains.

The Rest are kind of forgivable but still pretty bad but not as bad as Ursula, first is that the so-called Scuttle 'Song', I found that it felt less 'song' and more Scuttle Bug being Annoyingly Hyper, even though I don't have anything too big against Scuttle. In fact I think Awkwafina did a wonderful job at Voicing Scuttle, it's just her Scuttle Bug song that I don't like. Speaking of new songs, I don't know is it just me or was Jonah Hauer-King who plays Prince Eric is a Terrible singer? As when it came to his solo song, I just feel that he was deliberately or instructed to sing badly for some reason, as every time that I watch that scene I always wanted to Howel like a Wolf as a sign that person is a terrible singer.

Moving on then the next is King Triton unlike with his animated movie counter part I feel that this King Triton was over protective. To the point of where he's more "I forbid you going to the surface! Don't You Dare Think Of Arguing with me!!!! Just because!!!" type as to oppose to his animated movie counter part where it's more like "Stay away from the Surface understand, look Arial I'm just trying to keep you safe. Please just obey me." And this Triton didn't seem to feel any Regrets when he Destroyed that Stature of Prince Eric. Unlike with his animated movie counterpart you could tell that King Triton almost Regrated it right away.

Which takes me to the End of the Film I feel that this King Triton is so reluctant to let Give Arial Legs and let her go to live on the Surface. That it comes off more as "Oh do I have to fine I'll give Arial Legs and live on the Surface." Verses his animated movie counterpart where it comes more like "What the Heck if Arial wants to Live on the Surface I mind as well Give her Legs and besides it's what she wants, even if it isn't what I want." The perfect Analogy of that is that this King Triton is the kind of Father that wouldn't Think Twice of Locking His Daughter Up just so that she wouldn't move away and go to Collage. While the Animated King Triton he is the type of Father that Yes may not want his Daughter to move away and go to Collage, but he wouldn't stop her either in fact he'll probably wish his Daughter Luck and Stay Safe while at Collage. See the big deference?

Now we get to the Under The Sea song I feel that with Arial enjoying the song feels off as unlike in the animated movie. This Arial doesn't feel like she's all that interested in what Sebastian has to say as she was constantly trying to getaway, case and point at the end of the song number she swam away all by her own accord. Where as in the animated version Flounder whispered something in her ear before swimming away and we could speculate that Flounder was simply whispering "Let's get out of hare." But back to this film for some reason as a viewer I'm just not getting that Caribbean Feeling when I'm listening to this version of Under The Sea even thou they are virtually the exact same song.

Now we get to the Ending of the Film aside fr.

Avatar: The Way of Water (2022)

Not Sure If I Could Give Avatar 3 A Chance After This Film?......

[2/10 · 5 March 2024]

The Bad= To start us off I feel that they took much time explaining that Jake is now family man, which I'm fine with but wow they feel like they took forever just to say that he is a family man and the Leader of the Forest Tribe. Not Only that in like in the first film why no who is he narrating to? At least in the first film he was making a Video Mission Report for the military but in this film he doesn't have that benefit, so I ask again Who is he talking to Narrating to?

Then after that I just couldn't find any character to be like able for me to personally to get behind. They could all get Nuked and I still wouldn't sadly care, I feel a big part of that is not only I found that mid way through it just started to feel like a Pandora High as in Pandora High School. Not Only you have these Navi Bullies trying to be Arrogant Mucho Idiot Jerks to keep it clean for IMDB whom where making, unwanted Sexual Advances Towards Jake Sully's Daughter. Which in turn forces his oldest son to come to her rescue. Which in turn cases them to bully him and making fun of him having a Small Tail, a Small Tail being stand in for something else, assuming you know what that other thing is? That's like something that you would see in a movie that takes place on earth and not a Sci Fi Movie that takes place on an Alien Planet.

And it wasn't isolated to that just one scene either as it happened at least one last time as I wasn't interested and or invested enough Past just past the mid way mark. And speaking of those bullies aren't the only elements of its kind, also on serval moments through out the film I also caught that very same Navi. Jake's daughter acting like a stereotypical Anime High School Girl with a secret High School crush, by Blushing like a Anime Girl from time to time like Human High School Girls do. In a bad. They even have the typical the bullies target forgiving the bullies when the said bullies are about to be punished, especially with the lead bully. It all feels like a bad movie or show that's about high school teenagers going to. That's not all the Navi's even use the word 'Bro' so much that it feels like they are from the 90's where the stereotypical teenaged high school boys talk like Teenaged Mutant Ninja Turtles. You know they things like "Bro that is so wacked out bro." or "Dude that's so dop." Or even "Dude you got so punked bro you so got punked" just for a few examples. And on top of all of that Jake Sully's kids never do what they ae told, their the type that think that they are special just because their father Jake Sully was made the leader of the Forest Tribe.

Speaking of the mid way mark it was so boring I not only shout if off and moved on to the next thing that I still needed to watch. But also I felt that they had some sort of action or find some other way of to push the story along anything I feel it probably would be just enough for me to stick around, maybe until the end of the film. Because although I thought it was fine and dandy that they decided to show the Forest Tribe Adapting to the Water Tribe and their environment, but I just feel like that portion of the film just went on way too long and this was Mid way through the film mind you. It would be like as if having Ripley in the Second Aliens film go on and on and on about her not wanting to go back to LV-426. Or it be like Morpheus taking up a good thirty or forty minutes of the first Matrix Film explaining to both us the Audience and Neo about what the Matrix is or whatever.

I also feel that a lot elements in this movie where retreaded from the first we have humans invading Pandora. With the inhabitants the Navi being forced to defend themselves and their planet. Why couldn't they have tried something deferent such as having the humans and the Navi being forced to team up with each other against a much bigger threat? Or have the military humans fight against the Navi sympathizers and the Navi? Or have the humans going to Pandora to try to help them develop their cutler but Quaritch and a bunch of his Troops that died isn't having it, out of Rage and Revenge? I have a problem with that too, but back to the matter at hand possibilities are literally almost endless. Anyways that is just one example of the retreads that they had, the rest sadly I couldn't remember to be honest.

Moving on nothing in this film makes any sense I've already mentioned the Navi Bullies, but also why? No better question how does Doctor Grace have a daughter? Spoiler Alert when her character died in the first film? Not only that but also can humans in Navi Avatar Bodies get Pregnant from real Navis? So many questions so many questions, too much for me to even have answered. Another example I hope it was just me but Neytiri in this film started acting like a jealous wife, when one of the other Navi's comes on to her husband Jake like she was a Home Wrecker? And that brings me to my next point why? Why was that Water Navi coming on to him when the Navi's from the Forest Tribe Arrive at the Water Tribe? And not only that but also that other Novi is not only Married herself but also is Carrying her husband's child in side her?

Other things just doesn't make sense to me Personally, the next is why? Why is not only Quaritch and a bunch of his soldiers coming back in the form of Navis? But also Spider is his kid? Then there is the fact that Jake is still Narrating why? Why is he Narrating in this film? At least in the first film it makes sense as he is Video Recording his Reports to the military, but in this film he doesn't have that luxury. Then the last example that I'm going to give is, why or how is Grace back but this time as a Vision or something? As she died in the first film as the Pandora World Tree or whatever they call it wasn't able to save her as I recall it? And that leads me to why? And what's the point of having her daughter who was also played Sigourney Weaver, I have a problem with that too. All of a suddenly have a Seizure after getting a Vision of her mother Doctor Grace, I just don't see a point to that maybe I just quit too early? But as is as I have said no point. Just to name a few examples.

I might have already alluded this before but I also Personally found that the film was so soulless which was why I had to quit, all because I did not cared about any of the characters. But aside from that I found myself asking "What the is going on? I don't know I don't care I really don't" which leads me to my next point. I think at least part of the reason why this movie is so soulless is because of lack of story, or at the very least a lack rememberable story. As it is literally a Copy And Paste of the first I have said, but let me expand on that a little. It is basically Human Soldiers invading Pandora but only this time there is no ryhm or reason why, aside from invading. At least in the first film there is a reason and that is to mine this rare metal element that only Pandora has. But in this film they don't seem to be after that Rare Metal Element any more, just good old revenge for the Quaritch character and his soldiers. On top of all of that I also feel that the Story was so Predictable, and not just Predictable but also it got the point where I was just taking wild guesses with me guessing half of them right just to take the boredom out of it.

This was also one of those movies where I was constantly checking the Runtime of the film and rolling my eyes back, when I find out that I'm only about half way through. It is as if in every single Terminator Film after the first Arnold Schwarzenegger's T-800 Terminator always comings back as the Villian Terminator and go after Sarah Connor. With Kyle Reese always having been sent back in time to Protect her. Or even what if they made a True Lies 2 and True Lies 2 is basically the same as the first but only with that daughter instead of the mother. Where she longs to be a spy and some where some time some how she encounters this con artist who clams to be a real spy. But in reality he just wants to get in to her pants, and then some thing else happens that allows her to become a real spy, perhaps through the means of a National Terrorist Plot to Blow Up the world? And I could on like this but don't worry I won't.

As I have said I did not finish it but from what I have read both the Big Climatic Battle and the Ending was, dull and pointless as literally nothing happens. After 13 years since the first film I was really hoping that there was at least something mind blowing about this film. Because it wasn't the visuals as the visuals was exactually like the first film, slightly worse in fact as this time around the visuals just doesn't feel all that impressive to me. Where as I felt the visuals for the first one was really cool and amazing as I feel that it was the perfect film to show off your New HD 3D or whatever TV, not so much with this one.

What happened to James Camron, now don't get me wrong I like James Camron as he is my favorite director or at least one of them? So much so four of his films are pretty high on my favorite's movies list. It's just his recent projects hasn't been his best to say the least, first there is his Terminator Dark Fate which was the Only Terminator Film that I did not like so much that I couldn't even get past the first act, and now this steaming pile of garbage. I really feel like there is no reason to go back to it as even saying something nice about the cover art feels like a hug stretch. As I feel that the cover art was not all that impressive but I do admit though I do like the water and sky scenery on it. And did I mentioned that this film was also so Confusing at times? Yeah it is. And that pretty much do it for the Negatives for now unless I'm forgetting something else.

The Good= Speaking of the only True Positives that I could give this film is that one I do appreciate their efforts of not only trying but obviously failed to some how progress the.