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Cinderella (2021)
No just no.....
I for one LOVE jukebox musicals! Mamma Mia, Rocket man, Across the Universe and Moulin Rouge are some of my favorite movies.
This however was just bad. Cinderella is a classic simple story. It was just so cringe. The jokes fell flat, the music just didn't fit.
Absolutely nothing wrong with trying to make the story empowering, but they failed to make it good.
ThunderCats Roar (2020)
I could get pass the animation if the writing was good
The animation style is not my cup of tea but I can look past it if the writing was good. Jokes are bad and cliché. The writing is incredibly lazy. I don't get what it's trying to be. Such a waste
Tales of the City (2019)
Not quite what I expected
I have read all the Tales of the City books, and will say if you are expecting it to follow "Michael Tolliver Lives" "Autumn for Mary Ann" or "The Days of Anna Madrigal" you will be disappointed.
This was not done like the previous series that were almost word for word adaptations.
This is more inspred by the books. The are elements there. I took me a few episodes but it does give me some of the same feels as the original 3 series.
It can be heavy handed at times. To quote Beauchamp from the first book: "It knows what it is now. The charm is gone."
The way it was marketed I felt is was going to loosely follow "The Days of Anna Madrigal". I also don't understand why they completely changed Shawna Hawkins character. In the books, she was a very strong person. I even thought it would borrow elements from Michael Tolliver Lives and Mary Ann in Autumn, especially since there is a resolution to a storyline from the first book which would have provided an excellent climax to a series.
Where as the original series all the characters felt organic to the story, this feels a lot like pandering, and trying to "teach a lesson" rather than just letting characters exist. I also feel a part of the charm of the original series was the fact they were set in the past versus "modern day". They literally could have set in 2010 and it would have been somewhat better.
Halloween (2018)
Decent but could have been better
Jamie Lee was fantastic!!
The movie was decent but padded in areas that it didn't need to be which left out areas where story needed to be.
1st: Where the man and his son discover the crashed bus, the was a 5 min conversation between them on how dancing was the son's thing. I know it's supposed to be just idle chit chat, but it was focused on way to long.
2nd : Allyson's friends' side story had no real connection to the movie plot, it felt like oh the original had a babysitter too.You didn't know her friend was babysitting until she was til she was. Then she was, and there little boy was great but what happen to him?
3rd: Karen Strode this was such a missed oppurtunity. I know they were going from being raised by a prepper to Super domestic. However there where no hints that she held on to this until the end, and very little backstory minus a 5 minute montage.
4th: Allyson's boyfriend what was the point?
5th: Karen's husband again what was the point
6th: The doctor's twist i really wish they had hinted at this a little more, heck focus on this plot and do away with the british documentarians.
Things that were fantastic.
Again Jamie Lee!
The action scenes were fantastic.
Judy Greer, while her story line was wasted she was great especially the last 15 minutes.
The look of the movie definitely had the feel of the original.
The little boy being babysat.
The homages to the original movies. From Allyson's shirt in her Clyde costume ( very reminscent of Laurie's from the orginal. The mask from Halloween 3. PJ Soles cameo. The dollhouse that looked very similar to the original Myer's house. The fact that they filmed it in spring/summer so there were all these dead leaves on the grown while the trees werw full of green leaves ( like the original).
Overall decent but could have been way better if the right subplots had been focused on
Teen Titans Go! (2013)
Teen Titans Go! And Teen Titans are not the same
Most of the negative reviews of this are complaining how it's horrible and the original Teen Titans was better. The thing is the only things the two shows have in common are Characters that's it. This show is not trying to pick up were the original Teen Titans left off. Teen Titans Go! is a parody of the original show. Like a Robot Chicken Short It's a show that is just fun. No super major story arcs . Just fun. Fanboys and and Fangirls need to get over themselves. The animation style is completely different. I never expected this show to be a continuation. I love the raven episode. IMHO Starlfie the Terrible , Legs, Shades of Raven, Caged Tiger, Meatball Party and Girls Night Out are hilarious. sit back and don't take yourself seriously and enjoy