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Uncharted (2022)
Everything it needed to be - (non-spoiler & spoiler review's)
Non-spoilers
Uncharted was really good, I highly encourage you go see it. It's a fun family-ish adventure that just gets you out of the house and into the tense and dangerous world of treasure hunting.
The film has a great story and characters and serves as a great introduction into the dangerous world of treasure hunting.
I found it captured the heart and feel of the videogames, and not to mention the characters. Some of the opening lines of the film cement who Nate is and what makes him unique. In other words a really good adaptation that allows for further development with future instalments.
As per the title, this is all it needed to do.
Lot's of people say it played it safe. Yes, it stuck to it's source material, but I think if it didn't create that solid of a understanding of what this story IS then it would've lost everyone.
The action in this film is incredible, really fun, and, not to mention, has got the same soul as the games. It's not very violent, in terms of gunplay, but I could see later versions getting darker.
The score! (final part of non-spoilers review)
The score was amazing. I really loved Ramin Djawadi's score, it captures the feel of the game and expands upon it. From the bombastic highs, to the emotional character moments, the score makes you feel it all.
Spoilers Ahead!
How Uncharted is it, to have two ancient pirate boats be the main parts of a helicopter chase. That's so Uncharted!
I really liked Sully's arc, I think that and his relationship with Nate are a great thing to set up in a prequel. On top of that, the one of the main themes of the film is trust, something extremely important when you get into the world of treasure hunting. Something I'd say the film did better than the flashbacks in the games.
Nolan god-damn North. That cameo was perfect. That's all I can say, no words can describe it.
The film did a great job of taking set pieces from the games and twisting it a bit. Auction scene from Uncharted 4 - now Nate doesn't get the power on. Cargo plane scene - now over the ocean. Sword fight in a burning pirate ship - now flying the ships away like El Goddamn Dorado.
This film is an prequel / origin story, and I think it did a pretty good job at that.
Some nit-picks
I think that film should've focused a bit more on Nate's motivation being souly about his brother. Like he goes to Sully in the beginning because Sam mentions him in his postcards, not because he wants a bracelet back.
There's a scene around the end of the first act that didn't need to happen. It's a scene with Antonio Banderas where he tells his father he should let the fortune go. The next time with see Antonio Banderas, he tells his father the exact same thing. Merging these scenes would be easy, but I don't know if Antonio Banderas wanted a certain amount of screen time.
I found they over sexualised Nate and Chloe a bit. Nate didn't have to be shirtless, Chloe didn't need to be in a dressing gown with one shoulder down. Just want to flag, I don't know if this is me just being really shy or an actual criticism.
With these remakes, the film is about a 7.7 out of 10, but it is closer to an eight than a seven. I'm making it an eight because I think that people should just go watch it, it's a lot of fun!
Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Candace Against the Universe (2020)
The Best Yet!
This film took what the original show did and put it to a whole new level; it stuck to its roots and did a damn good job at it.
The plot, songs, comedy and characters are so rich and alive with feeling and emotional impact. While I'm not a critic, I've seen my far share of badly adapted tv show movies and this is not one of them; this is one of the best, if not the best. This film brought me so much joy and happiness seeing these characters I grew up with go through a whole new adventure with an appropriately sized Disney budget. I'm pretty sure that this is one of the only feature length films in the last few years that's 2D animation, not 3D (something that I'm happy about).
Overall, I'm blown away. Despite not having worked on the show for 8 or so years, Dan and 'Swampy' manage to tell and engaging, happy, funny, deep and meaning story about the struggles of the whole universe being against you.
Absolutely amazing, 10/10
Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker (2019)
IX
Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker is one incredible film. J.J. and the team behind it had a lot to do in one film. No film is without its flaws and some events were slightly predictable but in no way does that take away from how fun the film is. In my own opinion I enjoyed it throughly and felt very much apart of the engaging story. It all culminated in an amazing third and final act that shaked and defined the Skywalker story, and through the tears in my eyes I witnessed the end of the biggest franchise in the world.