Reviews

I know you are going to watch it anyway so let me fill you in. You're thinking, hey it's Dakota "50 shades of" Johnson, and that chick from Euphoria, plus it's a Marvel and it was in theaters, it can't be that bad? WRONG! (TL;DR: Madame Web = hella doo doo)

At first I thought that maybe they had a super small budget, because of how cheap looking it is, but there are sooooo many blatant product placements that it's cringe to the max.

Then I thought that maybe the script was written by ai, because the dialogue is soooo horrendous... but honestly a Speak-&-Spell getting punched by a monkey could've written a better script.

The acting is awful and they had to have known it, so maybe they made this whole film with one-take scenes. Maybe they're training the younger generations to accept bad writing and bad acting as a way to boost profits. Maybe it's some sort of cinematic shrinkflation, it looks like a regular size movie, it still says Marvel, but the action is smaller and cheaper and more fake. The cgi is better than MS Paint and better than that craptastic Flash movie that just came out, but it's still a total rush job, and so you can visibly see all the corners they cut. Even the villain's voice sounds fake.

Also, keep in mind that half the movie is her having visions of the future, so you see much of the dialogue and scenes TWICE! - Meaning that this is basically like 58 cheap minutes of badly acted crap, repeated, stretched, and with a butt-ton of filler, to add up to a runtime of 1 hour and 56 minutes of plops, flops, and when will it stops?!

I suppose the one silver lining is that at least we all know that Sydney Sweeney and Dakota Johnson have done alot of nude scenes before, so we can take out our phones and google that instead of watching Madame Web.

This movie didn't inspire me to be an actor, that's not what I mean. This movie convinced me to go become one because I am a thousand times better than the actors in this film. This is not a bad movie, but... This movie had a decent budget, pretty good cinematography and graphics, but film starts off with some young actors who are obviously quite new. They are not very good at acting like regular people or showing real emotion. Everything in the first vignette felt forced and sophomoric, but specifically just the first one.

Josh Peck (Nickelodeon, Oppenheimer) is a real actor and so are others in this, and they are talented and believable, but the first 25 minutes is filled with unskilled actors. They chose to start a movie, the first sequence anyone would see to draw them in, the thing that would entice people to keep watching, they chose to use subpar actors.

But if people like this can get cast in an entire opening scene in a real movie with a sufficient budget, and a few famous celebs, then I could be a highly sought after, award winning actor. I know I have some skill. I'm funny, moderately handsome, I used to be in a band so I am a performer who likes to entertain, but I've never thought this was an attainable goal until this exact moment. I can instantly feel and express any emotion, on cue. I can cry real tears on cue. I can lie better than almost everyone I've ever met, and that's really what acting is. Mirroring real emotions, lying, becoming a state of mind.

Here and today because of this movie, I have decided to start looking for auditions, I have decided to become an actor as my career. If I were to get in any film of the caliber that these bad actors landed, I would instantly be categorized as highly skilled and professional in comparison to the other actors. I guess when one door closes, another door opens. And this Doors been flung wide open and I'm going to jump through. This movie has made me believe that I am one of the most talented actors on the planet, and I'm just some guy reviewing a movie on IMDb. How's that sound?

Go watch the original 2007 trailer that inspired this, the one that pops up when you watch Planet Terror/Death Proof movies. The old trailer is gorier, funnier, and even shows hoots. This is so heavy on the cringe and you think that they'll balance it out by making it crazier. Nope.

This is such a fail on Eli Roth's part, I like all his other stuff but this was just lazy. Cheesedïck basically. I was so excited to watch this because I was such a fan of Planet Terror and Death Proof, and I was such a fan of this fake trailer. But here I am watching this movie and less then half way through I start to smell farts, the odor was rising. Did I step in something, no I checked... OF COURSE! That stench was the movie rotting like a big floppy steamer.

This had potential but they flubbed it, much like the rest of this season as a whole. Honestly, yes, it would have been better if Rick was in it. He could have told everyone to shut up with the dead horse that was being beaten. This just didn't feel like a Rick & Morty episode. It felt like some lesser cartoon series that tries desperately to be edgy and fails.

I have rewatched the original 6 seasons multiple times, partly because they were so entertaining, but also because they were so jam packed with jokes, references, and hidden egg nuggets filled with meta double entendres. This season like it has no rewatchability. In fact, I had watched the beginning of the Kuato episode, then returned later to finish and decided to restart the episode. Within two minutes I regretted the decision because I remembered it wasn't that good. Certainly not good enough to see again so soon, and it was so void of the hidden gems we've grown to love.

No Rick, no laughs, no joy, no soul.

It's not the flashback that bothered me, it's not that they had to modernize it, it's that they changed little things that only a person who read the book would notice. I got real pissed off and I was only 7 minutes in. I kept asking why they do this, and my buddy says it's better for character development. I can assure you that it is not. I read the Uncut edition of The Stand that had like 300 additional pages of character development, and that's on top of the massive tome that was originally published.

This is obviously catered towards people who haven't read the book, because most people do not read anymore, and because those who do read still may not be reading 1,200 page books. But for anyone who enjoyed the story and actually became absorbed into the stories and the characters you will be mad. They look different then you imagined, they act different, the little bits of story that made them who they were have been changed. Why does every Stephen King adaptation just take a steaming deuce on the original?

The premise looked interesting enough, but it only took about 10 seconds of the trailer to know I was going to like this. Extremely likable characters, killer soundtrack, funny, and just enough emotional seriousness. I also happen to be a sucker for the Irish accent. What blew my mind the most was that this is technically a Disney show, Disney UK. This has lots of cursing, drinking, drug use, smoking, sex, lots of sexual conversations, and it's Disney. Beyond the show being great enough to sit down and binge all 8 episodes, it is great enough that I'll remember the names of these actors. This is the first time I have seen any of these actors, but I will looking to see what else they work on in the future because I enjoyed them that much.

I almost watched season 2 first because it had all the actors I had been seeing in the advertisements, and I didn't even know there was a first season. I kind of wish that I had watched in reverse, because season 1 was so good and season 2 fell flat. While season 2 appears to have a bigger budget, and it is more cinematic, it just doesn't have what season 1 had... humor.

Actually if I had watched season 2 first, I probably would have just turned it off. Season one feels like a real murder mystery, but it's also funny, the characters are likable, the music is great (Xavier's closing credits track is a legit banger), and it pulled me in so well that I binged the whole first season in a day.

Season 2 has been difficult to get interested in. After finishing an episode I have no desire to watch another, so I turn it off for a few days. You do not feel as attached to the characters as S1, so you don't really care who is the killer. In S1 I found myself guessing, but also hoping that it wasn't a character I liked. Also, in S1 I felt that any one of the characters could potentially be the killer, same way I felt watching Scream as a kid. But in S2, no one's motive seems strong enough to kill for really, and again, I don't really care enough because you do not feel as attached to the characters as S1.

Maybe it is because S1 takes place after a high school reunion, so the bonds feel more real. The story of these people having history and long term grudges is more believable and better explained. S2 takes place at a wedding where virtually everyone is a stranger, even the bride and groom. The relationships are flimsy, the grudges are silly to none existent, and the sense of urgency is gone.

As of writing this, only 7 episodes of S2 have been released, and I've watched them all. By the 7th episode (not counting the whole S1 I just watched) I should care about the characters and the story, but I don't. This is not to say they're bad, because they aren't. The actors are great, and they've done some cool episodes which are each a nod to a style of film, but the magic isn't there.

I highly recommend season 1 and the song from it "Imma live Forever" by Xavier. Season 2 is neat but meh.

Don't let the blurbs and trailers fool you, this is not an action sci-fi and there is very little to no suspense. This is just another guy and kid with language barrier on-the-road type of movie. This is really a movie that they could've filmed over a long weekend and then the rest of the effort went into the CGI, but there isn't a lot of that either.

I turned this movie off 3 separate times because it was so slow and worthless. Seriously, I turned it off at around 20 minutes in, then gave it another go later in the day from where I left off. On attempt number two I got to 47 minutes and I just asked myself why am I still watching this steamer? I couldn't answer, there was no reason and no redeeming qualities. So the next day I bit the bullet and said let me finish this hot-flop, maybe it somehow saves itself. It sure didn't.

I envy Adam Driver though. I read he never, NEVER EVER, watched his own movies, and I am so jealous that he didn't have to see that his waste of time and I did. Screw you Hollywood.

Seriously one of the most enjoyable television experiences I've ever had. The concept of an 8 episode, essentially prank show is next level. It does have the fun and friendly documentary air of The Office but it is actually so much more. There are many moments that I forgot that I was in on the joke, because the interactions are so real and honest.

I put this show on last night and before I even realized it I was on episode 5. It flew by because I felt so wrapped up in the characters and the story. And as much as this is a comedy, it also tugs at the heart, especially the last episode. It had a very unique feeling of friendship, because we actually witnessed an extremely unique moment in all there lives. I don't think they could get away with doing this show again, at least not based around a court room. But I would be up to see this experiment tried again with a different driving premise, in a different setting.

That said, I don't think they'll ever find a more perfect subject for this type of television experiment then they did with Ronald. This was a one of a kind show.

I put this off for so long, in fact, I've tried to watch the show 3 separate times. When it first came out I tried it because it seemed to have all the elements that I enjoy in a show. It was supposedly a bizarre funny action about people with special powers, and based on a comic. It also had several actors I knew and trusted to be good. But I guess I wasn't in the mood to wait for it to pique my interest that first attempt, because after that first episode I didn't watch anymore. Some years later Netflix was recommending it to me again so I tried, honestly tried, but I lost interest after half-watching 3 episodes. Friends kept telling me it was so good but I didn't get it... until now.

The mood you're in really changes your experience with a show or movie I think. I realize now that I had a hard time getting into the show originally because I thought the characters were jerks and I didn't like them and the bickering, and in the mood I was in I didn't have time for that. But this time I was looking for something multi-season to binge, I set out to really watch it. I realized how important this jerky attitude of the characters was to setting up the entire story.

I really fell in love with the characters in this, some more than others (Klaus, Number 5), but I loved the whole journey. They were all extremely believable as a family, as people who grew up together and knew each other's ins and outs. The characters actually grow as people as you watch, which makes the family aspect of this feel more real. The action and fight scenes were all awesome. The graphics were good and enjoyed the story lines, especially season 2. Season 2 was spectacular. Loved the whole thing. Even though season 1 didn't instantly grab me, and I think that is because I thought it was gonna be too hyped, I very quickly got hooked. Season 3 i worried about after seeing a lot of negative reviews, and it had a very strange start. But season 3 has many interesting character developments.

I watched all 3 seasons over the course of the weekend and I really believe binging is the proper way to watch. If you watch all 3 seasons back-to-back you get sucked in more and the seasons feel more connected. The people I spoke with who didn't like all the seasons watched them at completely different times. You need to binge yo feel connected to the characters and to be aware of how they are changing and changing each other. Also, being that the show has different elements of time travel, I think it's is important to watch as a whole so that you don't forget anything. This way you can see the ripples affecting time and the people.

I almost wish waited for season 4 before watching, because now I feel this emptiness and longing for more, and for closure. But in a year or two when season 4 is released I'll probably just binge it all again. I really enjoyed this, and that is a delightful surprise after I had stuck up my nose for so long. If you're gonna give it a shot, do yourself a favor and buckle in for the long haul. Go into it with the plan to binge 3 seasons (30 episodes) and hang on if you're unsure after the start of season 1. Before you know it you'll be hooked and googling "Umbrella Academy Season 4 release date".

This is an odd-ball action thriller mystery, set in Berlin before and after the fall of the Berlin Wall. I honestly loved every second of this, but watch it in German with the subtitles. At the beginning of first episode it reminded of "Atomic Blonde" in a way, but then I realized that it was very different. If you are a fan of "Killing Eve" then I really recommend this for you. They are both about quirky females who are trained-killers, and that's where the similarities end, but it's still for you.

Now, when I say that I loved every minute, I meant it. The story takes many turns so at first I was worried that I wouldn't like this different direction. But every twist and turn I loved the show more. The acting was great and I really fell in love with these characters. At the end I wanted more, more seasons, and I'm happy to have found out that a season 2 is in the works. The music is excellent also, and at least four times I had to shazam the song.

If you do not know much about the history of East & West Germany in this time frame, this show will actually give you a good understanding and a little history. As I said before, watch it in German and do not waste your time with the dubbed version. I switch it at the beginning of one episode just to see, and the American voices were emotionless and awful. The original actors are what make this so amazing, so watch them act and speak or you will miss everything that makes this show so great.

Anyone who knows how to read and says they can't read subtitles is a liar... seriously. If you are that lazy that you need to watch the overdubbed version, just don't watch it. You'll be one of those people who says it wasn't that good, but you didn't do it right, so it's your own fault. I will probably rewatch this again.

I was very sold by the trailer for this movie, so much so that I started the film before the trailer ended. It just had a lot of the right vibes and it look well filmed. Well I was correct. This movie was funny, dramatic, dark, very heartfelt, and had one of the sharpest left turns to come out of no where.

I honestly think the best way to go into this movie is not knowing to much (do not read any spoilers) and do not talk to anyone who has seen it if they're going to tell you the give away. That said, watch the official trailer and base your decision off of that. This movie has a great cast. Most of the actors I have seen in other works that I've really enjoyed and enjoyed their performances in. I have given this an 8 based on how genuinely surprised I was by how well done this was (and the great surprise). I will be verbally recommending this to friends and to anyone who says they will not be seeing it, I will be spoiling it for them. It's just to good.

It looked promising and the trailer made it seem like it had received rave reviews. I will say that it was very well filmed, a great location, and fair actors. Now, according to Rotten Tomatoes "The Feast" grossed $8,000... do you need to read that again? Grossed eight thousand dollars. That said it does an excellent job making you feel anxious as the awkward character has some cringey feeling moments. Yet it misses the mark and the scenes shown in the trailer that look scary or bizarre are pretty much all out of context. Sadly, the best, and my favorite, part of the whole film is the song that plays as the credits start to roll. If for no other reason watch so you can hear the song, and then if you like me, Shazam it so you can listen later.

I was looking for something to binge and I came across Chuck, a show that I had remembered hearing some good things about. The first few episodes really drew me in. A little comical spy mystery with a splash of action. This started to wear very thin by the third episode of season two. Of course the premise was cheesy highly implausible, but in season one that was enjoyable. By season two I realized that every episode was, and would be, the same formula, the same predictable outline - something happens, Chuck doesn't listen to his handlers, his brain does the thing, crisis averted, and the whole time there's the sub plot of him and her will they won't they. A big slice of cheese.

I realized that there was no way I could sit through that another episode, let alone multiple seasons. They had something good with season one, but for season two the just tried to photocopy season one, add extra cheese, and replay it on an infinite loop.

In short, watch season one but remember Chuck quickly turns into UpChuck.

Hands down this is one of the best shows I've ever watch... or could have been if it wasn't canceled after one season. It was canceled because not enough people were watching not because it wasn't good. Well written and extremely well acted. A comical crime mystery that becomes more absurd and intriguing with ever episode. Everyone I've spoke to who has seen this, binge watched. That is because once you start watching, it pulls you in and you need to know what happens next. Alas, I am still wondering what happens next. While there is no season two, last I read they were planning on releasing a few episodes as a finale to try up all the cliffhangers and loose ends.