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Raised by Wolves (2020)
Wow Amazing start absolutely devolved till nonsensical stupidity
First it starts visually unique and amazing but with episode 2 on it stayed in the same spot so it didn't get better visually since there were less exploration or futuristic scenes. It became more philosophical which is ok but later on with episode 5 a new element entered the show - a mystic side, supernatural whispers and it further became unscientific and unexplainable and didn't follow it's original thoughts also visually darker and bleaker and still witheld countless information about the history or the lore politics or the androids / necromancers it is like it takes a scifi setting but doesn't care about it.
The last 3 episodes dragged on since it wanted to be kinda magical to wrap it with an highly underwhelming ending beyond stupidness. Witness androids becoming even sniffing idiot beings who didn't know jack when she before was rather godlike. I am kinda angry at even dragging myself to the end since the show absolutely devolved till nonsensical stupidity.
tldr amazing pilot like 9/10 followed by 2 goodies (about 7) then became gradually worse and mystic, from episode 5 on, peaks dumbness in 6 and finale episode 10.
Waiting... (2005)
If just the game was the center of the movie instead the restaurant life
So a friend recommended it because of the game , turns out the idea of the game was fun but had like 4 short scenes.
The problem is it shows mostly the ugly sides of the restaurant industry which are obvious. Other than that how they have fun doing stupid things, those fill 94 minutes with lots of unfunny dialogue & monologue the movie just wasn't funny at all.
Actually it just had 2 decent dialogues one was the cook explaining the newguy the game and it was so weird the other was a banter between monty and his ex?
It wanted make some sense with bishops Wisdom but that also felt kinda heartless like the whole movie it tried but never popped off and hab bad writing also the acting was dumb for example the Boss and the angry waitress just make a dumb face all movie long ....
A Quiet Place (2018)
More quiet than i hoped
So the cool thing about a quiet place is the athmosphere it builds up mostly by how it works the sound and the tension.
But first you need to accept the Scenario there are countless questions and just few answered but if you think too much about how it came to this, it doesn't add up, so just try to accept, if you can't then maybe skip the movie.
It's in a small scale, a family on a farm with the monsters that haunt sound.
It has way more drama and calm scenes than i expected it even has like 0 gore and not much horror just some monster cgi and some tension but not a true moment of sheer horror. The monsters just didn't seem that supernatural or ridiculous in amount or so to give that vibe.
The Movie had a few good moments but way too less.
Then there were scenes showcasing things that just are stupid and hurt the immersion of the movie, and just are there to make it more exciting or try to make it "smarter" but are constructed poorly like a birth scene.
Overall it drags way too much with everday live and drama moments to be a good Horror Flick.
Well done is that most things they try to explain on the go without much dialogue but also through some info on sheets: Acting was decent but didn't propel the movie to be much better.
The Cobbler (2014)
Shank's Mare Tale ridden to magical drowsiness
This is more of a fantasy/fairy tale movie better geared for kids it had 0 laughs 0 action very little drama and a tiny little bit thriller but vastly nothingness with horrible repetitive soundtrack. After a while the Story gets very generic and nearly everything should be foreseen.
Optically it is fine but the cast is totally wasted on this since there is so little acting here. It is quite long for it's very thin story but i guess that's the tone it wanted to set.
It had some good thoughts of local businness and things like that but nvm they never actually cared for the real cause and quickly made a simple crime story out of that. The Main Character acts mostly so "correct" that it is even boring, but well at least he's a good paragon, most scenes are him doing his stuff so the movie even lacks dialogue or depth in that regard and has no sidekicks / fellowships or much character development so it feels very unilateral.
If i was rated by kid-me it would probably score 4 or 5 but after experiencing so many stories this does nothing better than many others nor more entertaining probably would be suited way better as a comic novel.
Also the Ending was pretty dumb.
The Equalizer 2 (2018)
80 minutes boredom then 10 thriller and 30 action
Last 40 minutes were decent rest was senseless disconnected unemotional and badly written. Maybe trainopener was interesting but else characters didn't have any depth, dialogues were terrible and the enemies could have been more also the final kill was meh. The moral side storys just bloated the thing and the action could've been smarter at times.
Magical Mystery oder: Die Rückkehr des Karl Schmidt (2017)
Mindnumbingly bumm bumm boring
110 minutes ok roadies are maybe more about the feels but this had very few to none also the humour is very subtle and flat like a high person saying "hey there was a fish" or a drunk person throwing up a few times, i didn't have one laugh the whole movie.
The last 20 minutes were excruciantingly slow torturing since i found out it doesn't try to convey a message or has no finale just that his roadie lifestyle is in a way repetitive as his charity work before.
On his way he has a little romance which also is very random and felt empty unrealistic even cold.
In some scenes his madness/illness flares up but nothing follows.
A waste of the cast some actors are good but this barely showcased them.
The Soundtrack was good and had many great 90s Techno songs but i am unsure if they even wanted to relieve these days from the Ravers since they didn't try by expressive neon colorful clothing, whistles,plateau boots, pair of flares, colored hair,spike hair,batik dyeing, feels like they didn't even try even no cool dance moves just a few pictures of some masses dancing.
Karl doesn't drink or take drugs since he was a nutcase he just watches people do so or them taking pills but he only chainsmokes everything is shown from his bland workers perspective mostly as the driver but also nanny or barkepper.
I've seen musicvideos that were emotional deeper funnier and had more plot than this movie.
Star Trek: Picard (2020)
Teases well stays mysterious and reveals garbage
Well first it felt smart and intriguing they tried to be fair to the picard character first 2 episodes were ok but the more the show goes into the main story and reveals that story and the more random events safe them or such thing happen regularly it is just is a mess of writing. Also from some scientific viewpoitns whereas original star trek tried to at least do funny or cool explanations this is utter crap in that regard probably. A few special mentions for things i hated,machines that are beyond stupid, weird ass weapons that don't try to make sense, the main plot that tries to be smart but is just dumb when it is finally revealed your reaction only can be like really this is it is this satire?, cameos that are so forced into the story they don't even try to make sense, "Picards gang" no star trek vibes at all, Annoying characters like the doc, Funny but very flat characters like the fighter Elnor, hippie robots,bad fighting scenes well that resembles old startrek maybe but why not make them cool, the federation seems tiny, where are all the races ?, how will they even build a s2 on that base ?, a cast that doesn't mesh well, some story holes that are just being ignored, trying to make a cool borg story and then not finish it, rafi and her backstory i don't know could add more but then the rating should be lower so i guess 3 is the best i could give for optical efforts and sound btw picards acting also had it's weak parts .
Upload (2020)
Disney style Romance Comedy
At first the Hook it seems very SciFi with many ideas that could be in our near future but well all that stuff doesn't matter as much as the Upload which basically is an possible afterlife as an Upload in a small Virtual Reality where your Gamemasters are called angels.
One of them is Nora and one of her Uploads of whom they personally take much care is Nathan who was a Programmer. There is a thriller subplot about his mysterious death which in all 10 eps doesn't get very far told but kinda drives the show.
Mostly the series is about their Romace with many flat jokes and childish humor.
The worst thing is everything is so shallow the characters are incredibly bland and try to be more burlesque/cartoon which is ok for a short time but most characterrs are like that all the time hence they are not so likeable.
The technological aspects also just gets barely touched it is more used as a crutch to make jokes about, so that it never feels engaging enough to think more about or being more immersed into it.
The philosophical questions are also a thing they try to throw in there but just more like an hypocritical excuse.Capitalism , impoverishment, human rights, infinite life and wastefulness are things that are quickly being tackled but never truly resolved with a rounded message which may be the case if there'd be a 2nd season but so far that wasn't very satisfying.
The Visuals are very colorful maybe even too much often about contrasts are rarely take a moment to enjoy a scenery, always there has to be sth. going on to feel active/entertained.The Production is ok but nothing stands out to impress.
The way they try to show nudity at times but clearly had in mind that this show is meant for kids is also kinda akward.
Thel Ending has to be crtitzed since it is really Cliffhanger style maybe it is en vogue or with that they try to get a 2nd season...
Midsommar (2019)
generic cult horror with historic background but immensly stretched
These Characters are not interesting begins with some americans going to sweden to visit a mysterious commune alongside their swedish friend who calls them those his family. It has probably only 2 good scenes the whole thing isn't that atmospheric and inconceivably stretched to monstrous 2h 20min+ unfortunately this had way less gore than i hoped, no shockers at all ,mostly just emotional screaming or emotional distress plus looking around stupidly while being drugged then a few super slow rituals the rest is filled with not so good dialogues no humour just drama and some horror....
In it's full length it just isn't recommendable if you want something at least a bit in that regard maybe watch wicker man, love exposure, red state even the wailing or martyrs(2008) are enjoyable.
The Invisible Man (2020)
First half weak horror, second half bad actioner and way too long
Well the invisible man a hard concept to get it work bcs all of these movies were soso but this one probably the wworst of them but it begins different as an psycho horror then after that concept didn't work anymore and got dumb it changes to be an actioner and gets even dumber ... The pacing is really terrible after like an hour i thought this should be over soon and felt bored. Acting was bad. Schockers not really present, sound was ok, effects were very underwhelming for an invisble man movie even fighting looked illogical and don't waste too much time about being logical with that movie it makes many mistakes.
Gets a few stars for at least some thrilling athmosphere but overall very forgetful ridiculous that it got listed by some as sci-fi which is an insult to the genre.
The Outsider (2020)
Great athmospheric thriller first 4 episodes are fantastic
This series started off excellent being left in the unknown and builduing up so much tension was great had a similar feeling to true detectives.
It even gets very scary in episode 3 and 4 thats where the show absolutely peaked for me till then i would maybe give out a 10 but unfortunattelly after probably 6 onwards it lost much of it's dark riddled vibes the tables kinda turned the horror influences were mostly gone the tension was turned down a lot.
By then Holly does her magic and the show transformed aswell like our protagonist from a sevenesque dark horror-thriller to a mystery (fantasy?) thriller.
It still was very interesting how they picked up the clues put everything together interviewed the persons locations and so on were visually put in cool perspectives and the entire show felt visually very satisfying.
Then we got more side stories explanations and Clifhangers. From episode 8 onwards it felt like moving towards a typical king fantasy horror ending and alot more mediocre than in the beginning.
The finale was kinda bad i didn't enjoy that the circumstances with the cave were so cheesy how it ended.
I intended to not write with spoilers but marked it with since when the show spills the beans it is best to go in blind and enjoy it till then without knowing it drifts supernatural which itself and how the character development that went along with it was a cool experience.The characters the neighbours the often realistic reactions to things and many details were put in with care and made the series a good watch with a thick atmosphere.
The acting was also pretty good but mostly linear for every character.
The Jesus Rolls (2019)
Uninspired unfunny boring road
I knew that coen bros and co talked on set about doing a jesus spinoff now it is there torturros 6th movie ( i had to look that up , consider me surprised)? Well the good is it has a few good actors but that doesn't help.
This is a road movie / comedy all dialogues are mostly so boring that it doesn't pick my interest at all. It had a few weird placed jokes that just felt akward. After a while i skipped every few minutes beacuse i didn't want to watch it anymore it is just so boring and dull didn't llaugh once would've been a total waste of time to watch it intently.
Despite the Character it has no connection to the big lebowski and doesn't try anything similar just showing a bowling scene if that is enough for you this just feels like he took the character so the movie gets more attention.
Visually and so on it also was also dull. I'd even say not worth a watch if you are a fan of Torturro.
Enter the Anime (2019)
Advert called a documentary about anime
Wow rage led me here- this here is about some bufoons or scammers who feel like the kings and creators of anime itself by producing a couple of episodes for castlevania which maybe was even outsourced to japan itself or so but anyway this is neither a documentary nor about the love or creation of anime and not one bit about the history of anime, just an advert and an insult to anime ... shame on netflix for publishing this !
Ad Astra (2019)
Slower than Wenders Artful like Nouvelle Vague
One of the Worst movies of the last year, it says it is "Science" Fiction in Space and first seemed to be smart but no nothing makes sense or tries to be scientific, the paper thin story moves so slow it is illegal so better fill it with philosophical monologues which should be confusing and senseless. But the movie has nice Pictures and good sound.
Acting isn't much there because there isn't much happening. Thoroughly dissappointing movie just don't believe the high rating it's best used is for meditation.
Wu Assassins (2019)
Wanted to,like it bcs of the main actor but impposibru
It's just bad from camera pictures seem ok but then the lighting is bad. The Acting is rushed and feels often dumbdounded so it mostly cringe. Oh dear the effects are so bad it's like good old trash so that could be entertaining. The costumes as far as some are used are terrible and cheap.
Most importantly the fighting scenes are not so good the choreos are weak and often illogically so stupid that it is laughable. Storywise i can't tell much because i didn't manage to watch enough but not impressed.
It is unwatchable just fun with a drunken buddy to make fun of it ....
Knives Out (2019)
Great Blanc has a tremendous Nose full bodied rich feeling with a flamboyant aftertaste
Good solid comedic thriller Storyline it's structured like a classic miss Marple whodunit but kinda reverse with a twist and a heavy comedic touch. It had it's unnecessary lengths where it tried to be situtionally funny or smart but failed, so it never kept me glued.
Was not a fan of Craigs American(?) but liked his character alot didn't enjoy many other characters but that's expected. The whole throwup when lying thing felt just used in childish ways it was stupid and annoying. Car Chase Scene also very anticlimatic and weird.
It is cool that the movie always was honest with it's clues.
Acting at times felt a bit too theatrical but it was used that way to make it funnier but it didn't always hit the spot for me. The Knives Out Theme of the Vultures arguing over the Testament did never escalate in a dramatic way it supported the comedy and also didn't stress the film too much or just not as much as i thought it would.
Probably the pacing wasn't that good but the last twenty minutes were great - throwups.
An enjoyable Movie with that Sunday afternoon feeling though it is like i could easily fall asleep if i watch it a bit tired also i could argue about the joy of watching it multiple times.
Last notes Cinematography and editing was nothing spectacular Soundtrack also not so remarkable i expected a bit more when i saw the Cast and thought about the production value of course it isn't an actioner it just felt very static and oldschool, a bit of an hommage to the thriller classics in that regard maybe.
Ragnarok (2020)
Cool concept but weak spot with a good message
So the Series starts off great very interesting small beautiful norwegian village in the Mountains and somehow connected to norse mythology.
It always keeps fun to see ah so this is connected to this an that resembles that from the mythology .
Unfortunatelly after 2 episodes most is told in that regard or clears everything up in 3 so it becomes a super slow drama where same things kinda happen again to entertain put in between some coming of age stuff but the main plot is centred about nature still it drabbles very forseeable but beautiful and well acted on till it is over after 6 episodes.
I really enjoyed his honest Performance also his Brother was funny the History teacher was good and the Schoolmaster was very striking. Production wise it looked great and the Pictures were nice to look at Episodes also didn't feel too long and first episodes had a few good alternative rock songs later the music usage was a bit less but also good so why just 4 ?
Well it was really super predictable which is a very bad thing for a mainly mystery supernatural show secondary drama and third thriller so if the plot had maybe some more twists and was thicker than that it could've been sooo much better.
Undone (2019)
Feel free to free your soul like free but not too free
Ok this looks georgous done like sanner darkly or waking life.
It has good actors who did a great job a drama science-fantasy and portions of comedy "show". (actually more like a mini series of 8x25min bu kinda short for one so i'd rather put it as a movie with overlength but ok)
It's just fantastic if episode 1 was too depressive please don't drop it.
The story itself could be told comprehended quickly but big parts are the dramatic one and different emotions the people go through as the viewers gets absorbed.
Other parts could be seen as spiritual science fiction depicted as fantasy-
oh and a bit of a thriller not like high tense but a constant soft drive for curiosity to the viewer was present for me.
I recommend actually to watch it in like two sitting or one go since this viewing experience shouldn't lose track.
Those who ask after it for a second season actually i hope not since the philosophy of undone( which is one of the main red strings of the show) of how everything is put together here is great as it is.
Sorry that this review is kinda vague but spoiling more tham this would really lessen the fun.
American Factory (2019)
Born to work for "clean" capitalism or how to become a voiceless robot
It was beautifully done starting off with the labour and these pictures not much words in the beginning but athmosphere builduing everything up from how Fuyao started in the US then the "differences" in culture which basically are slavery vs fair work which will be fought by the chinese Managment with no excuses.
So the core story is not allowing a Union and all the approcaches the Managment does which is cruel.
It potrays the emotions people go through and aswell the different thoughts to even badmouthing other cultures and making fun like jokes or adages . It also shows a Fuyao Factory in China the chinese drills and all the manupulation it goes to remind you always you work for your family your responsibility the "conditions"but not these peoples fears just their tolreance stamina energy and acceptance.
Then there are characters that worked in both worlds for decades they know what the others want and pick their delicate words when they feel safe - they non filtered deliver some lines which are surreal sick like whoa did he really say that - ok so that's how things roll (i mean that chinese manager who worked for 20 years in each US and China or that american with glasses who spoke chinese).
We also see a Union meeting with invigorating speeches and the whole fight for the Vote the way LRI leverages fear and people being sorted out thaht haven bessn "spied" out as being pro Union and bringing in young or desperate people who rather have their jobs than have these problems.
After watching the documentary i felt very depressed and angered/agitated so i had to write about it.
The American Dream got slightly touched but not the flaws and the root which also is that there are only less than 4%?(you can correct me if i am wrong) truly independent people like owner-managers and henceforth the eradication of rights for workers by control of the corporations and this change of environment that only the 0.01% get the pie.
Wonderfully closed hinting into our bleak automated future which feels even more dystopian but the work works so everything has to work....
Stranger Things (2016)
Seasons Standalone
I wish there was like a rating for each Season on the front page of series.
So s1 was fantastic
s2 ok~good and
s3 subpar
the decline of the camaraderie and worse writing is why i think it got much weaker otherwise soundtrack,production and details still top notch.
Jungle (2017)
How Boring survival can be...
Ok i admit it had a few good lines in the beggining.
First i thought it was something like the Beach but quickly it turned out to be a adventure survival drama in the jungle with annoying characters/"friends " you couldn't care much about so the Drama had a hard standing.
Jungle looks fine but not really good which is a wasted opportunity.
The main problem is it just drags on and on takes every danger you'd expect from a checklist to write it off in a dry fashion it doesn't surprise or feel threatening to the viewer.
I even feel asleep a few times and had to rewatch the end.The soundtrack if there was even some was absolutely forgetable and didn't add atmoshere or suspense.
The acting sorry Daniel i wasn't hooked liked the enthusiasm in the beginning but desperation or else didn't do it.
Quicksand (2019)
hook without line and sinker
Well the only reason to actually watch it is because you want to know how it ends tbh the first 4 episodes were pretty forgetable last 2 were a bit better.
I actually strongly disliked most characters besides maybe the lawyers which were the only ones decently acted especially mayas defence was actually pretty good but this leaves barely room for empathy growing a bond to root for someone.
Even worse after watching her so much i kinda grew to begrudge her.
Technically overuse of zooming was distracting and i'm not a big fan of scenes where we get the jumpy amateurstyle camera in "good" quality everything else looked squeamishly perfect clean that it felt a bit unreal also some rooms were way too pompous to serve their purpose.
The lighting was often done very cold which even distanced the whole charade more. Sadly not anything really surprising or fresh storywise occasionally they hit the dramatical spot well but mostly revolve about the emotional world but it didn't click for me since i couldn't like the characters.
I regret watching it thats why i wouldn't recommend it.
Mute (2018)
senseless could've watched this muted d to be in better memory
So i tried to watch it since i liked the director because of moon alot sourcecode ok even warcraft bcs effects mostly, but this movie i sat through the first hour dying of boredom watching the clock which felt like 20 times knowing there's another full hour+ of this even needed to pause for a while.
It opens with a cutthroat kid in water doesn't matter why how whatever being brought to hospital a girl and mum wear those puritan clothing.
Next we get our mute that kid who because of that is the mute and later on we learn he didn't get treatment because his mother didn't want it we just have to accept he maybe is a puritan himself and doesn't give a shit about anything but his love the blue haired waitress and he is the barkeeper in the not so distant future they work in a nightclub.
Unluckily the characters feel so uninspired you quickly lose interest in them so it's a love story which doesn't connect to the viewer or doesn't even try to, soon he loses her and looks for her.
So maybe the Future shown here could pick myinterest, hm then the but it shows also kinda bland without too much thinking into it just mostly light tricks to make it feel futristic but the we even see his first smartphone "the oldest" she could find for him looking like a nice brick for a mobile thick as 80s mobiles with a widescreen on the back and the keyborad under the screen to.
Also trying to mix a 70ish bowling place a normal coffe , nowadays newspapers, oldschool design tablecloth, ugly sexrobots appealing as c3po, flying cars ,but we mostly see old mercedes cars (nice advertising) which even could be stolen like old ones,D-Mark esque cash with Merckel face, doctors butchering around more careless and less techversed than nowadays ok they are underground maybe anyway ah the weird list could go on it just doesn't feel like a good effort.
The protagonists main weapon a wooden bedpost a few dead persons in the movie 0 gunplay are there even real weapons besides thag huge bowie knife.
Even side characters paul rudds is a unfriendly us undergrounddoc? stuck in germany with a kid (whom he cares so much for he even brings her along in a brothel) whose "friend" maybe is a pedophile so yeah have fun with them as supporting crew because these two get some decent screen time because they didn't want the movie to be without much speech maybe.
The dialogues aren't worth mentioning what a load of crap.
Worst of all the scenes of the movie are so unconnected it barely tells a story and creates such a bad flow throwing in so many dumb things together that i felt like a insult to the viewer even the soundtrack was 90% synthi background stuff without ups and downs.
tldr just avoid this boring bland wannabe scifi tries to mix drive and blade runner but has no atmosphere,logic message or characters you may enjoy no action no drama no thrilling thriller doesn't even know what it wants to be.