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Reviews
Foundation (2021)
Fanbois will run out of steam eventually
2 episodes in, it's looking pretty good so far. Of course it's going to be different to what Asimov imagined 80 years ago. The fanbois (and 99% of them will be male) are distraught of course over gender and race transformations, however Asimov was a NYC progressive liberal and he'd be fine with it all. As another smart reviewer said, it's all about the ideas.
The Cold Equations (1996)
Ignore the tedious fundamentalists
Every artistic work should be judged on its own merits not whether it sticks to the original base work. Anyone who gives something a 1 out of 10 is not giving their true opinion, but trying to manipulate the ratings. 1 out of 10 is for when the makers leave the lens cap on.
It's low budget, there's some irrationalities, but the acting from Poppy and Bill in. Particular is terrific.
Entebbe (2018)
Too many score manipulators here
IMDB is a place to review the quality of a movie. I almost didn't watch this because of the low average rating, which would have been my loss.
Which should tell you something.
They then give it a ridiculously low score to drive down the average. If you want informative, gripping entertainment, watch this.
Alienate (2016)
IMDb users don't know what they are talking about
I've used a system of checking IMDb when about to watch a movie I've never heard of, and if the rating is less than 6, passing on it.
I didn't check IMDb with this one, and just took a punt that I can recognize a bad movie when I see it within 5 minutes. I watched this to the end.
It's no classic, but it's well done with the bounds of the budget, and experience of its cast and crew. In hindsight, I'm sure the director and writer would eschew the jumping around in the narrative chronology and maybe lighten up on the relationship angle.
I'm just imagining all the gems I may have missed because they were rated 5.9 or below! Reviewers, please show a little respect for the efforts of the people who invested themselves in this. Ratings a movie 1 or 2 is not a realistic assessment.