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Rebel Moon - Part One: A Child of Fire (2023)
It's so bad it's funny
The writing is so unimaginative. It's like a child wrote this. The dialogue is incredibly simple being acted out by sub-par actors with distressed looks on their face.
It's almost like they are reading the cliff notes for the actual script, leaving out the fluff.
This movie must have cost a fortune to make, and they put all that money into set design and CGI, and got AI to write the script.
If they just took a few more months and hired better writers, this wouldn't seem like an AI rip off of Star Wars and some other random action movie.
Netflix, please, do better. Oh how far the mighty have fallen.
Resident Evil (2022)
Just don't even bother.
I don't care enough to write all the reasons why. It's terrible. Just watch something else. Preferably not on Netflix as the keep ruining shows. I don't know why these shows keep coming out with famous names and the end up being utter garbage and nothing to do with the source material.
Obi-Wan Kenobi (2022)
Dude...
What was that? I was pretty excited for this series.
That was some of the worst acting/writing/production I've seen since the prequels.
Can somebody please tell me how a little girl can juke and outrun 3 mercs AND one of the best Jedi's of all time? Those chase scenes are embarrassing. Like it's a show for kids or something.
So far there aren't many action scenes, but the few there are are so poorly choreographed this show looks low budget.
The acting is so bad. Again, like a show for kids. I don't get it. After masterpieces like The Mandelorian, and slightly less masterpieces like The Book of Boba Fett, this is just embarrassing. I'm writing this after the first 2 episodes so I hope it gets better. If it does I'll gladly change this review.
Is It Cake? (2022)
I just can't handle the the Jim Carrey wannabe host
Some talented artists for sure, it's a fun idea. But I can't get past the host trying as hard as he can to be like Jim Carrey. Like it's so blatantly obvious. He's a very big part of the show, I feel like they focus on him too much.
Halo (2022)
A complete disappointment, and not why you think...
You have read the other reviews, Master Chief is nothing like in the game. One of the most famous and iconic video game characters that people fell in love with, me included, because of the way he is. And Paramount just decided to change him because the producers... think they could make him better? Why show his face? The masked man is so much more mysterious, legendary, anybody could be under that mask. Anyways now that I got that out... I knew this going into it and I tried to have an open mind, which leads me to my next points.
The CGI is so painful, some parts are good but something simple like the combat scene in the beginning, Master Chief is bouncing all over the place and it looks like amateur hour in the CGI department. It was so cringey to watch.
Some of the props like the big door that slides open in the lab scene, you can see it so clearly wobble like it's made of styrofoam lol, unbelievable that they didn't fix that. The set looks cheap.
The storyline is not good. It's not that engaging. All of the lead characters are female and it just seems like they picked random people off the street to cast them. The acting is not great either, it just feels like they are reading from a script. I'm sorry but having the bad guy be a girl with a trendy haircut and an accent doesn't make it a good cast, she is not a good actor. She doesn't at all seem like a bad guy.
The filmography is bizarre, I can't put my finger on it but the lighting is bad and and the angles are weird.
I guess I've been spoiled by amazing productions like the ones that come out of HBO, but I had expectations for a modern series about one of the most iconic games of all time with an amazing storyline. I knew going into it that it wasn't going to be the Halo I knew, but I wasn't expecting literally everything else to be so messed up. Very disappointed.
Stars in the Sky: A Hunting Story (2018)
Just the surface
Like any modern moral dilemma, the subject could be talked about and debated for hours, if not days. Of course this short film isn't going to cover everything. My favorite part about this film is that you have two sides to the coin. You have perspectives given both for and against hunting. The creators of this film didn't portray the advocate against hunting in some negative way, nor did they try to "shut him down".
They presented both sides of the argument, albeit much more towards their side, but gave you the option to judge. I commend that type of "respect for the enemy", if you want to call it that. Giving your opposition a voice.
See (2019)
It's fantsay
I can't understand why there are so many people nitpicking this. The story is set in the future, everybody on earth is blind from some type of pandemic. Been this way for generations, life is primitive and tribal now.
This is a tv show, a production, for your viewing pleasure. The makeup is for you. The superpower like instincts are for you. The unrealistic but really badass fights are for you. This doesn't need to be realistic because the story is so good and so original. A breath of fresh air. The acting is great. The scenery is beautiful. The fighting gets you hyped. Jason kills it. It's just all around awesome. But it's a fantasy, unrealistic, kickass tv show. Don't overthink it.
Foundation (2021)
I have not read the books...
I came into this show knowing nothing about it. I never read the books, I didn't even watch a trailer. But I'm a huge sci-fi fan and had high hopes.
The visuals are really great. Clearly there was a very high budget and I think they dumped all their money into that. And that's about the extent of my praise.
First off, I noticed that white people = evil, and everybody else are the good guys. And girls. That whole genetic empire thing was weird, like it was an ode to bashing white people somehow. Really strange.
The acting is really bad. And the script is... well there's no pauses for dramatic moments, no time to see a facial expression play out to get an idea of the characters feelings. It's really fast paced, jumping all over the place. It feels really rushed. No background, no character development, I feel like the first episode was paced like I was watching the third season, like I was supposed to know all of this already. It doesn't get any better. 1 minute following this person, 30 seconds following another character, it's just really messy.
All that said, one of the worst things is... it's boring. I just don't feel the desire to keep watching. I don't care about the story or the characters. All these visual effects and beautiful scenes and the script is just background noise. Nothing exciting.
Frozen II (2019)
Great movie for kids but not adults
This movie had been on repeat in my house for this entire quarantine so I've seen it at least 50 times now. My daughter is captivated by it and loves it. All I can ask for.
But if you're an adult trying to enjoy this movie then just forget it. The animations are well done. The music is catchy and there's a lot of it.
The plot is no existent. They keep introducing things that make you ask "oooohhh what's that?" But a lot of those things never get an answer. The characters decisions don't make sense. The entire story makes no sense and is just slapped together and held with scotch tape. Why things happen are never explained.
So just let it play in the background while your kids enjoy it, even though it's probably too complicated for a lot of them to understand.
Star Trek: Discovery (2017)
Get rid of the main character
There are some great characters in this show like Captain Pike, Lorca, Saru...
but the main character Michael is such a drag. So much drama and crying and sad faces, yet she's this god like hero. This show is all about her basically. Everything else gets out on the side.
The graphics are amazing, they did a great job with that. But I feel like I'm watching some garbage drama series.
SO MANY LOVE STORIES. And some of them just forcing their way in. There's a gay couple and their love story takes up so much of the screen time. You don't need all of that.
But seriously please get rid of Michael. She's a plague to this series. So predictable. This is not Star Trek.
The Mandalorian (2019)
By far my favorite!
I've seen them all. The old and the new. The originals were special. Everything after it was lacking. Then this show happened. So far this is my favorite of all the films. Please give the future films to the producer of this show.
The Mandalorian (2019)
By far my favorite!
I've seen them all. The old and the new. The originals were special. Everything after it was lacking. Then this show happened. So far this is my favorite of all the films. Please give the future films to the producer of this show.
The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance (2019)
I've never seen anything like this.
This show is crazy. The art is breathtaking. And everything is puppets? Are you kidding me? It's so beautifully well done that you forget you're watching puppets.
The story is very good and the characters are awesome.
Another Life (2019)
It had potential.
So I watched all 10 episodes unlike many of the reviews on here who stopped on the first episode, but I totally get it.
Right away the crew of the ship is revealed to be ridiculous. I don't know who the writers were targeting but it sure wasn't space sci-fi fans.
The whole crew is late teens and they all are some of the least qualified people to be on a space ship heading across space to investigate alien life.
The doctor on the ship is a dude wearing makeup and tight leather pants. There are no uniforms on this ship, they all just wear normal clothes.
The show focuses so much on romance, not enough on quality story.
And no spoilers but the plot that is revealed in the ending episodes sure sounds a whole lot like another space sci-fi show I know... IMO borderline rip-off.
The writing is so bad. It's like they barely tried.
The CGI is lazy. It's 2019 people, get with the program.
That being said... Katee caries the show. If you can get past the ridiculous writing, it's somewhat entertaining.
I hope they fire the writers and hire new ones for season 2. If there is a season 2.
Black Summer (2019)
Please consult a military professional!
Anybody in the army... ANYBODY!!!
Why do i see so many movies and tv shows with the military uniforms worn so incorrectly.
You do not lace up the collar unless wearing body armor. No name patch on the back side of the PC. A BEARD. You don't tuck in the top.
Did nobody have a cousin in the army they could talk to? Seriously.
Terrible continuity too. Spears is a corporal, then all of the sudden in another scene hes a private?
Other than that the show itself is great. If you're military then it's cringey as hell.
Jupiter Ascending (2015)
So much potential
This movie was a complete disaster as far as fantasy films go. It had so much potential with a great budget, but they went in the wrong direction with it.I NEVER write reviews on movies but I was so disappointed, I felt like I needed to say something. I am a huge fan of space/fantasy/sci-fi films and TV shows, and this movie could have been great. The biggest thing that turned me off was about 1/4 of the way through until the end, they turned it into a love film. They probably planned to make all their money from the film by showing a trailer with Channing and Mila in it and draw a huge crowd. This movie was a disgrace and an insult to space/sci/fi movies. I had to stop it 3/4 of the way through to compose myself, just to watch the rest later so my review could be validated. The CGI was far too much. You couldn't fully grasp what was happening and the special effects felt like a kids movie. It was predictable and bland. The entire movie was about Mila falling in love with Channing, which left the movie with no real substance. Don't even waste your time watching. The trailers look awesome. It had such a good premise. The actual movie was terrible.