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La habitación de Fermat (2007)
Exposition-fest
I've never seen a movie that depends this heavily on expositions. A huge chunk of the movie is entirely made up of long and boring expositional dialogue reaching to ridiculous levels that it almost feels like you're reading a comic from the 60s where the villain explains his entire plan for world domination and why he's been punching you for the last twenty minutes in a giant speech bubble.
Chucky (2021)
Mediocre show with a horrible lead
Chucky is as good as he can be in a mediocre show like this and he doesn't disappoint but the rest of the cast-except Jennifer Tilly and the kid who plays Devon- is horrible. Especially the lead. He only has one facial expression and zero acting skills. When he is angry, he looks disgusted. When he gets stressed out, he looks disgusted. When he is confused, he looks disgusted. When he is happy, he looks disgusted... He and 99% of the characters are so irritating that you can't wait for Chucky to kill them all in an instant.
Scream (2022)
Not a bad thriller movie, not a good Scream movie
I don't even know where to start. I'm so torn between accepting this as a canon addition to the franchise and disregarding it altogether. Scream 5-or just Scream whatever- is not a terrible movie. It's not even a bad movie. But is it a good Scream movie? Eeh! Not really. There are some things it does right "as a horror movie" but it does so many things wrong as a "Scream movie".
I like the opening scene. I think it captures -to some degree- what made the original movie scary. The acting is good, the suspense is right. The violence is there... It's great. Then we see the familiar title screen that says "SCREAM" and suddenly everything starts going wrong. The extended hospital scene right after the opening, the dialogue, character interactions, the music, the atmosphere... It's all wrong. It doesn't fit a Scream movie we know and love at all and it drops the pace to a crawling speed. Something we never experienced in a Scream movie before.
Something else I liked is how the old cast acts and how their characters were written. Gale is still Gale. Dewey is still Dewey and Sidney is still Sidney. I really appreciate this because I know how some other franchises like Halloween treat their leads these days and I'm glad none of the main three characters were off the rails. The actors were also still great in their respective roles. Yes, but where the hell are they??? We barely see them in the first half and they aren't the focus in the second half either. Sidney has a family now and it's not even at the center!? Really?? Who is his husband? Why is he so cool about sending his wife to a murder town alone and sitting at home with kids? You knew Dewey was going to kick the bucket and yet you didn't even bother putting him in more scenes with Gale other than a half-ass reunion? Really???
I know this movie is heavily for the new generation and I know they wanted to give the new cast a chance but why not do it like Scream 4 then?? Scream 4 also had a brilliant new cast and it was heavily for the new generation but that didn't stop the old cast to have enough screen time and take the wheel beautifully after all. Why would you swipe them aside like this? And for whom? This cast!? It blows! Not a single new character that makes you fear for their lives. They are all boring, bland and annoying. I couldn't care less if they lived or died. They're all terrible. Especially the sisters which unfortunately we see the most. The one in the hospital bed is not that bad but that Sam? Ugh! I wanted her to die so bad. Even her eyebrows were annoying for some bizzare reason. Seriously, couldn't you find anyone else with less annoying eyebrows and more acting capabilities?
I hate the cinematography by the way. It screams "I wasn't directed by Wes Craven" throughout the movie. Of course it doesn't have to look like a Wes Craven movie but at least try to make it look like a "Scream movie" or just a "horror movie"! No, it didn't look like a horror movie either but it definitely looked like an episode from a TV show. There was absolutely no need for that many close up shots.
At least I liked how they portrayed the Ghostface. He was menacing, sinister and the actor who voiced him did a great job.
I grew up with Scream. It is "the horror movie" for me and I respect it so much. I was very open to and so excited for this new chapter even though it wasn't directed by the mastermind Wes Craven but sadly it broke my heart for many reasons. I love Ghostace. But I love Sidney Prescott even more and when you make me feel like you're done with her, maybe it's best if I'm also done with you. I don't like this new direction much and I'm not sure if I will watch another Scream movie after this. Like I said, I'm still trying to decide what to do with this new film. We'll see.
Dune (2021)
Too much of nothing
The same supposedly thrilling -but mostly annoying- music keeps playing in the back in a loop the entire movie no matter if the characters are sleeping, fist fighting, eating, taking off or landing. And every time you hear a slightly different version of it -the one that sounds like someone is being strangled to death- you're like "ooooh something big's about to happen" but NO. Nothing ever happens. I fell asleep more than a few times.
Spider-Man: Far from Home (2019)
Like a sitcom nobody ever asked for
Joke after joke after joke. Silly characters. Everyone speaks fast. The action scenes are fast-just like any other super-hero movie out there these days- No one can act serious for 5 seconds without being goofy. Even the adults act like adolescents... You're gonna loooove this movie if you're still in kindergarten or wish you'd never left.
Primer (2004)
Too much talking
I wish they'd shut up for just one second. I need a glass of bourbon after suffering through this movie and I don't even drink!
Supernatural (2005)
Great journey heading to a not so great destination
I started watching this show when I was still a teenager and it held my hand into adulthood all the way. Although the story went kinda downhill after a certain point I still enjoyed and kept watching it because I loved the main characters so much and I would've probably watched another 15 seasons had it continued. But it finally ended and unfortunately not in the way I hoped. I expected more. I wanted more and I needed more. But it didn't happen. I'm disappointed but I'm not going to say the show was a "total waste of time" like some others because of how it ended. This show made me laugh, cry, excited, scared; made me happy, sad... It made me feel alive all these years with full of emotions. I believe the journey was worth it and I'd take it all over again without hesitation-which I will. I just don't feel like reaching the destination anymore.
The 100: Blood Giant (2020)
This is not the way
Killing off a character because of a two episode old story in a 7 year old show is not how you do it. I'm not mad because Bellamy is dead, I'm mad because of the way you do it. He should've died a hero. Not a traitor. And Clarke could've easily incapacitated him instead of going for the kill. This is absolutely nonsense.
Angel: Not Fade Away (2004)
Average at best
I'm one of the few who don't like Angel's ending but not because of the infamous last scene that leaves the rest to your imagination-unless you read the comics of course- but because it feels rushed beyond reason. Angel all of a sudden decides to take on the big shots in Wolfram & Hart and tells everyone that this is it in... umm... the last two episodes? This literally comes out of nowhere. The entire season gives you no sign whatsoever that it's actually leading to this ending. But according to Angel, there is actually a reason why this is happening in the very last minute. Because Cordelia...wait for it... kissed Angel and supposedly set him on the right path a few episodes back! That's it. That's the explanation. She kisssed Angel and gave him the vision or something. Yeah I don't buy that. And even if that were the case, why did Angel wait so long to take action? What happened during that long period between the kiss and the "big fight" that actually prepared Angel and the gang to the fight? Let me tell you: nothing. Apparently we are supposed to believe that Fred's death has a "special meaning" in all this mess but I don't buy that either. Angel tells his team that it's time to fight the big fight and they all go to their death like a bunch of imbeciles equipped with really crappy tools and an idiotic plan. I mean we've seen so much better battle plans and preparations against so much smaller threats during the entire Buffy & Angel run. Now how can I take this ending seriously?
Game of Thrones: The Winds of Winter (2016)
This is where you should stop
If this is your first time watching this show, you should stop here and watch no further. The producers were provided with only some small hints from GRRM and had to come up with a lot of stuff beyond this point and so they did. In the worst possible way. They didn't know exactly where to take the story or how to proceed with main characters so they started butchering the world they've been building for the last 6 years. I wish I could turn back in time and unwatch the last two seasons. This episode doesn't conclude the story but it at least gives you some sort of satisfaction and hope for the future.
Game of Thrones: The Iron Throne (2019)
What a lumberjack of a finale
This finale was like sailing towards a tornado with your dead sister's body right next to you.
Angel: Slouching Toward Bethlehem (2002)
So... I look Russian to you?
And so it begins: the destruction of an iconic character. Cordelia finally comes down to Earth when she intervenes in the human affairs and helps Angel. The gang heads back to the hotel after the incident at the casino and finds Cordelia wandering around with no memory of before she became a higher presence. She has no clue who she is or the people around her are and she is terrified. Angel hesitates to tell her everything about the world she was living in, vampires, demons etc. as she seems like having a hard time to grasp what's going on at all. So he hides the truth to himself and keeps Cordelia in the dark. But of course, it doesn't take long before she finds out that there is more than what Angel let on when she sees Lorne and Angel's vampire face. After some persuasion, she finally believes they are indeed good people and her friends, even though she doesn't completely trust them. Meanwhile, Lorne reads her as she sings a song but he regrets doing so because apparently evil is once again on it's way and this time it means to stay.
Personally, I think this episode triggers the downfall of the fourth season-which isn't that good to begin with anyway as it completely ruins Cordelia by turning her an unlikable character and takes all her charm away before she is disposed of altogether later on the season. As if the fact that she decides to trust and go with Connor, someone who's known her for like 3 days instead of her actual friends isn't bad enough, it also starts a very awkward and painful to watch relationship between the two. Even Wesley and Lilah's "relationship" doesn't bother you that much because you know it fits perfectly on Wesley's darker character after he kidnaps Angel's son. On the other hand, Cordy and Connor becomes this annoying, unnatural couple that you just don't even wanna look at.
It's sad to say goodbye to an amazing character this way but this really is goodbye. The Cordelia we love and know is gone and we won't be seeing her again until next season to finally put her soul to rest for good.