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Death Note (2017)
Just forget about the original, it is what it is.
OK no long bashing about the original been sooo much better.
It was never going to be as good, but it seems to have hate because the original is loved so much, yet this is fine.
When I say fine, I mean it kills (no pun) an evening, though its a one and done, I don't think you would come back to re-view it again.
Everything about it feels, OK...not bad and not great, just OK.
If I was to gripe about it, without cutting it to bits, my issue was it felt rushed, as soon as the cat and mouse starts it ramps up to full speed.
I think people who have not seen the original, or those not keen on Japanese cinema, will enjoy it.
The Void (2016)
Love 80s horror? watch this
I am shocked, seen too many "80s feel" horror, or so called, which are either poorly filmed or the acting is painful.
Just heard about this and thought "oh not another" but happy to say this is very good, its not going to win any Oscars for acting, the script is not Shakespeare, but what it try's to do it does well.
The practical effects for the most part are great, The Thing/Hellraiser type, on a very low budget.
Story is in realm of Hellraiser/Phantasm/Event Horizon, seen those? you will get my drift.
Its ending does leave questions, but also left me wanting to know more, and I would happily watch a second film if they stick to this way of making them, maybe a bit more money spent but keep away from CGI.
Overall I am impressed, they should be applauded for going old school and doing it well.
Sherlock: The Final Problem (2017)
A very poor 4th season
Well, how can you go wrong, get the same cast, have some good mystery to solve...simple...you would think.
This all started with the Xmas special, was all for the old ways style, then it put the spin on and that destroyed the whole episode.
4th season, let them off with the Xmas one, a miss, but the show will return well...nope, a very messy first episode, but I let them off with that, need her out, say the goodbye and so on.
With that out the way I did think the rest would make up for it, and in the second episode we were back on track, very enjoyable.
So I had high hopes for the last, it started well, then about a third way in it just got so bad, the constant tease of Moriarty coming back ever since end of third season, the silly plot holes, and worst of all, just writing anything no matter how stupid in hope people will like it because its Sherlock.
I would like a 5th season, if only to end the show well, as it stands, this season is like the 4th Indiana Jones movie....we all remember that one fondly.
Blood Father (2016)
Great movie, Mel reminds us how good he can be
OK, its a smaller action film, there is a good amount, its just not on the grand scale.
That covers the only minus point lol the film does everything else very well.
The cast is great, acting is very good with a excellent performance form Mel, with a few old Mel goes nuts moments.
It does not dwell on anything, its always moving on, its just a very neat little film that ticks all the boxes.....have to say it also made me laugh a few times when he 1st goes ape.
The only issue for me, is that Mel show what he can do with the right movie, and while watching this, all I could think was, I wish he had done Fury Road, because this Mel, in this movie, would have nailed it.
Go see it/buy it, and hope he is given more roles like this.
Arrow (2012)
What was once great is now...well Robin Hood and his merry men
OK season 1 and 2 were good to great at times, was always on my list of "must watch" for the week, but these days its "if I miss a few I don't miss anything"
I liked Arrow when he was sort of Batman like, skill/shadows/using knowledge to overcome greater numbers or guns, but these days thats long gone, they just walk down streets in the open, and there is a whole bunch of them on the team now.
Its more like Robin Hood and his merry men, where in the past he might get away with moving quite and in shadow, this lot run all over, jump openly in front of bad guys...the list goes on.
The Flash nails it, he has his team but they are the brains, very few times they will take point, 90% of the time its Barry, it works well that way, not having a whole troop follow you around (most of who pull of the same stuff as the Arrow without the training he went through....League blah blah..not all)
For me they need to ditch half the team, have him do solo stuff more, odd team up, focus on Arrow and his skill, and speaking to others who watch the show, many feel the same.
The Shannara Chronicles (2016)
We need something like Twilight or Hunger Games, said MTV
Now maybe it is like the books, if so then OK, all is good.
For me this is such a shame, it looks great, costumes and effects, a lot of money spent on it, enough to do a show with this theme justice.
The music is well done, apart from when they flair up some modern like song.
It has some good seasoned actors, though you can count them on one hand.
Now the issues, the script is barley passable, the acting for the teen+ is so out of place it hurts to watch.
The whole idea, history taught by books/films is that elves are calm, collected, fast, well spoken, great vocabulary, its just in this show, that seems forgotten.
The biggest issue is that its on MTV, its aimed at the younger market, and as with most companies out there, they are looking for Twilight/Hunger Games material.
I will take a guess that they have changed a fair bit from the book, in which case it must be unbearable to those fans.
It will not change, I can live in hope, but I will watch the first 3 and then see, but if they are the same as the 1st, I will be saddened at what could have been.
The Art of the Steal (2013)
Well that shocked me, what a great film
Well just seen it and very shocked, most of the films you never hear of or go straight to DVD, tend to have good reason (there is many horrible big budget films also) and so as a Kurt fan I watched it.
Its a lower budget Oceans 11, but what it does have is a good story, great cast who work well together, good direction, and a hell of a script.........its a very funny film, not often I laugh out loud, but there is loads of quotable lines.
Its a shame it never got any real cinema time, I would rate it very high on the entertaining side, and if you get a chance to watch it, do so.
Last Shift (2014)
Well done for the budget, very well done
OK its a John Carpenter ish homage, different enough in places, but some jumps and past camera shots are pure JC stuff.
Budget wise its low, but filmed and shot well, effects are also well done, and 90% are practical.
The first half is the better, yes the action is more so in the second, but the "been alone" worked well at the start, some good use of "lights going out"
I rate it better than many bigger budget horrors, who have 10 times the money and churn out bad story/bad acting/bad filming/no jumps....this one got 2 maybe 3 times, might not sound a lot but its very, very rare if I jump in any modern horror film.
The only thing I would change is the interrogation room flashback, should have been kept to video screens, the flashback felt out of place, acting was at its weakest there.
Fear the Walking Dead (2015)
Yet Another Show I Watch In The Hope It Gets Better.....and never does
The Walking Dead started great, season 2 was meh! 3 was great, 4 is more meh! Yet Like some other shows, after following them for years, you feel the need to keep watching or the past was a waste...that and the hope that all of a sudden there will be a change, a change to make it WOW. (I call this the LOST issue, another show that went bad but we had to keep watching just to find the answers)
Fear The Walking Dead is heading the same way, its not terrible, but for the money spent, the hopes of something amazing, more so because they have had time to see what fans like and don't like, and its just meh! (yes using meh a lot) I don't feel anything for anyone.
The casting is off, it will be almost impossible to make me care for them, I kind of want them to be eaten already, and the acting is not as high as I thought it might be considering the brand name.
To me shows like this just drag on and on, few action bits, lots of talking, week after week, then odd one where they spend money and you get some action, then back to weeks of meh!
Best shows of past couple of years are The Strain (looks good, action and story, great flashbacks giving history) Black Sails (looks good, adult stuff, fun, sexy, brash, action, twists....Its Pirates Of The Caribbean...with a 18 certificate) Game Of Thrones (looks good, story, acting, can dip in action but when it has it wow)
Fast & Furious 7 (2015)
Did no one stop and question this in production
OK I liked the 1st film, I even own it, and as with most films, the ones that followed took a dip.
What started as a "could happen" soon went down the road of WTF, and yet they were still OK....OK in the way of the action on screen at least looked OK/good.
Soon the driving side (car life) slipped, we got more and more action set-ups, each film made the last look more plausible in comparison, each trying to be more WTF than the last.
Even with the OK at best story/script, there was still a reason to watch, the big names doing crazy stunts, but some of those big stunts started to get a laugh...not what they set out to do.
This brings us to FF7, I did hope that after seeing the trailer, they might have one of the better films, good names, looked like Jason was going to hunt them and thats about it, TBH I would have been more happy if that was all it was.
To get to the point the film is (for money spent) a 5/10 at best, the script is shocking, at times I felt bad for some of the actors.
Story wise, well it raised a few laughs at how silly it was, they pushed the God Eye thing, no point it even been there, should have just been them vs Jason.
Action, a few fights were well done, did enjoy the 1st fight....but that's about it, I found myself laughing at the crazy CGI stuff, the way way way over the top green screen stunts, which when mixed in with a horrible script, well at one point most of the cinema was laughing at a scene that was serious.
I started to feel sorry for Paul Walker, I did hope they would have turned out a good film, a film that you might look back on, maybe not as good as the 1st film, but at least better than the others, but by the end it came over as a total mess, and not a fitting way to be remembered.