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Justice League: Warworld (2023)
3 good stories but 1 bad movie
3 short stories are presented focusing on each member of the Trinity. The final, 4th, act brings it all together in a hurried messed leaving the viewer as confused about what is going as the 3 heroes. If this was the intention, great! If not, then its a really big fail. The individual stories are interesting and would have made top tier episodes back in the Justice League Unlimited days as solo stories. If you're a DC fan then you know Warworld means Mongul. Boy did that disappoint big time. Mongul is reduced to one villain with no clear goal. He looks weak and is defeated easily in what I will at best call a confrontation and not really a fight. There's also a gross feeling of MCU influence with his design. He feels more like a bargain bin Ronan/Thanos. The worst part of the story just stops. Notice I didn't say ends. I wouldn't even call it a cliffhanger. Also I was surprised to see this rated R. Is the use of guns to kill? It's nowhere near the deserved R rating of Apokolips War. It feels cheap as if to entice an older audience to watch. It wasn't so much WARworld as it was illusion world thanks to Martian Manhunter. Which also felt severely under used and wasted in this story. But its not all terrible. The animation and action scenes themselves are amazing and as I said before as stand alone the stories are good. A huge miss compared to previous entries in the Tomorrowverse.
Johnny Test (2005)
It's silly and great for what it is...
This show is great. It's silly random fun. The twin sister insane inventions are cheap tool to make the most ridiculous of situations into episodes. And that is fine. I don't understand what is up with all these critic Nazis on here. They rate everything low unless it has some kind of adult or hipster underlaying comedic aspect. This cartoon is FOR KIDS. Genuinely for kids and silly. It's blunt and to the point. And on a "low brow" level this show delivers wonderfully. You aren't going to find any artistic episodes, you aren't going to find any economic or political undertones for adults, or sexual/drugs for teens etc. But that doesn't make the show bad. If you're so hung up on crap like that go watch cartoons that are meant for a more adult audience. This is clearly meant to entertain kids. I'm 25. Been watching it since it first went on air when I was 18. I love the show. You just watch and enjoy. No need to over think it. For everyone else calling this show terrible, get off your high horse or go watch reruns of "sophisticated" cartoons like The Oblongs or something.
Sky High (2002)
Great Movie!
I do not understand why this movie is rated so low here on IMDb. Maybe it is unknowingly associated with the Disney kiddy movie by the same name, not to mentioned that 7 out of 8 videos. On the page for Ryuhei's film are actually from Disney's, someone should get that corrected.
The movie is about a madman, Kudo, that is trying to summon a demon by way of cutting out the hearts of some girls. One of these girls ends up being the fiancé, Mina, of detective Kanzaki.
It is a really good story and plot. It doesn't have plot holes nor is it a vague movie with horror and fighting. This movie isn't really a "horror" movie as I have seen it classified and considered. It's more of an action drama movie. It blends a good story with good action. Something I rarely see.
Jumper (2008)
A realistic view if a people had powers.
Let's face it, if you had the power to teleport anywhere anytime with just a thought you probably wouldn't dedicate your life to stopping crime in a spandex costume. No you would probably acquire more worldly possessions for yourself and your loved ones. And thats what this movie is. Real people with powers and what they would more than likely do with them. And the people that hunt them down for the criminals they are.
If you are a expecting a superhero movie some kind of moral like "with great power comes great responsibility" then this movie is NOT for you. It is not a superhero movie at all. Thinking it is, is being malinformed or foolish.
The special effects and story are all really quite incredible.
Batoru rowaiaru (2000)
Why it's considered to be so great
I've asked around in person, at school, on forums, on chats, and to my personal friends: Have you seen or heard of Battle Royale? The majority say the have heard of it. But what makes this so popular? It's not that it is a satire. Or that it's a Japanese movie and they are fans of Japanese culture(anime and stuff). It is because of the basic idea: a class of 9th graders taken and forced to kill each other in an evacuated island.
In other comments it describes it as not fulfilling the satire end of the plot. That is because this movies main plot is drastically different than the original book. The movie has the basis being out of control wild teenagers and children. The adults are mad so they pass an act to make them kill each other and scare them straight. This pretty much destroys the reason why it's a satire of growing up, like how it is in the book. In the book it is a Japan in which there is a Dictatorship similar to that of a communist or Nazi country. And for the sake of instilling good survival tactics for their military they have the BR program. In the book each student has their own small sub plot of the troubles or leisures of their lives and how it's hard being a youth in japan's society.
Besides those differences the movie does a fairly well job of keeping the story in place. Plenty of action all through out the movie. Fans of action movies will be happy with this movie very much. Although the ending is quite odd and different than the book it fits in order for the sequel.
Not comparing it to the book. And as a stand alone movie. It has fairly interesting plot and with enough action you wont be bored. I suggest both reading it and watching Battle Royale.