Reviews

I don't think I've seen a documentary that was so poorly edited and one sided. So much of the scenes were interviews with people who disliked the church leaders and everything they said were to be considered as true with no evidence necessary of proving their statements. I had so many issues with this series because only one side of the story was ever told - I suppose it was to make it more entertaining rather than accurate.

The flow of scenes was all over the place, never coherent. When people would say things like the people leading church were mean and ruined my life - why not leave? It's a church - if a church is not fulfilling your spiritual needs, go find a church that does. To imply that your life will be ruined if you leave is preposterous.

This series should only be called a documentary only because it used actual footage of the people being discussed rather than actors portraying them. I haven't seen anything like this where the makers took about a dozen women who were treated badly by their church and proceeded to say this is a cult and is dangerous. Sure, it's entertaining at times, but frustrating to watch because none of these women's accusations were ever validated. Poor definition of a documentary.

I will say the special effects make this movie. The closeups of Kong and Godzilla were excellent. But that's about this film's only redeeming value.

The script is complete nonsense, full of too many impossibilities to count that happen to the human side of the action. The acting itself is mediocre at best. Some are little, but some are glaring - how can three people walk around a highly secured facility without being seen? Laughable.

This film had high review ratings at first, which tells me bots got a hold early, but real reviews started coming in and pulled it down to an average movie, which is my take as well. I saw this film cost almost $200 million to make and am floored that this is the best that this much money can produce.

If you are a huge fan of Kong, then get some popcorn and enjoy it, but you had better be prepared to turn off your brain first.

Overall, this is not a bad film. If this was not the latest film in the franchise of a highly beloved series, it would get higher marks. Acting pretty mediocre, but special effects were good, and action sequences decent.

But holy cow, come up with a new storyline, will ya? Terminator comes from the future to kill the leader of the resistance while a human from the future is sent to protect them. Gee, where have we seen this before? The storyline and script is unacceptable and I understand why this film bombed at the box office.

I've read where one problem was the fact that the strong leads were all women - BS. Linda Hamilton was the lead in the first two films and no one complained. The problem with Dark Fate is not gender, it's the script. Pretty awful. If someone watched this film without knowing any other Terminator film existed, then it's not bad. But that is impossible - everyone knows the story - and personally, how they handled John Connor in the beginning was a huge turnoff.

If you're a fan of the first two Terminator films, you will not like this one. Truly a shot at making money, nothing more. Very disappointing.

Loved the first 2 seasons. Writing was innovative and acting believable. Malik's performance was impressive, top notch. I was also impressed on how the storyline changed with each obstacle that the characters faced. In season 3, the writers decided to get more political, which is a major turn off to me. The end of season 3 had some interesting developments, so I was excited for season 4. Not sure what happened, but it was like a light switch went off - either they had new writers or the directors decided to turn this series into a soap opera. Acting was over dramatic, characters were suddenly not behaving like themselves, and the storylines that came at you were predictable and unbelievable. For the first 2 seasons, I give it a 9/10, season 3 a 6/10 and season 4 a 4/10. Average it out and I give it a 7/10.

The Star Wars movies have just gone to the garbage can. The best parts of The Rise of Skywalker are the special effects (almost flawless) and the fighting choreography. Other than those items, the movie was a waste of time. The story line was so convoluted and so many times a very important dialog was going on and almost every time I knew exactly what was going to be said - very cheesy and predictable. The big showdown crescendo with Rey was cringe-worthy, not to mention seeing warriors on star destroyers attacking blasters while riding horses - really? Walking around out in space? I guess the sceenplay writers never took the time to understand what happens in space without gravity or air. Overall, very disappointing but had better action than Last Jedi, but that's about it.