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Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021)
A fitting tribute to a missed actor.
As my title states, this movie is a nice tribute to an actor clearly missed by his colleagues, the plot is thin and has many holes that go unexplained but the whole experience is a huge nostalgia-trip that makes the flaws easy to forgive.
This film does for Ghostbusters what The Force Awakens did for Star Wars, bringing all the memories back for one last horah in an action packed rebirth, but like with the hindsight we have with The Force Awakens I want this to be all, a lot of the story is rehashed plot from the prequels and certain actors are shoehorned in for the sake of it. Everyone loves Ghostbusters and this film is worth watching but let's leave it here.
Bridgerton (2020)
Bright, brilliant, romantic, fun.
Bridgerton, Ohh wow. Before I go on I feel the need to explain that I'm a typical man, I like action and comedy, keeping fit and drinking beer, I don't really do 'chick flicks' or romance but Bridgerton - upon watching it at my wife's request - grabbed 100% of my attention.
It's set brilliantly in an almost tongue in cheek take on the Regency period, some other reviews have pointed out the mixed races of various families that would be unrealistic in that era in London but for me all the parts were acted well and so I can't say I noticed, the charecters are believable and that's all I took from them. The balance of romance and 'duty / conflict' in this show are perfect, whilst some tituations had me laughing others had me yelling "Just kiss her!" at the screen - and I'm not easy to excite! Every episode leaves you wanting more, it's simply beautiful, it's fun, just when you think Netflix have exhausted every genre up pops something entirely new.
I'm not sure how anyone can be leaving poor reviews for this show, it's funny, romantic, dark at times, a completely refreshing piece that's completely different to anything else around at the moment. All the loose ends seemed to be tied up at the end of the season but if S2 does get made I'll be waiting eagerly.
The Haunting of Bly Manor (2020)
Several genres in one short series.
Bly starts off dark, a Jump-scare style creepy horror, it's story takes a few episodes to pick up direction but it does so in a very gripping way as each episode finishes with that 'what's next?!' feeling. The tone changes into more of a mystery / thriller in the mid episodes and the story makes you wonder many things, you question why people are doing certain things, who is dead and who isn't, the shift from scare film to thriller stops the series from going stale and supports the depth of the story well..... However the story telling climaxes too early, by end of the penultimate episode the curiosities are mostly explained which leaves the finale feeling very flat, which isn't helped by the genre jumping from thriller to ghostly romance at that point too - after seven great episodes the end feeling is rather underwhelming. One bad episode after seven solid entries makes the whole effort seem like quite a waste of time.
It's a great idea, poorly executed.
Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker (2019)
The final that still offers little explination for the mess that came before
It's sadly another poor Star Wars offering that rounds off the main new trilogy poorly. What it lacks in story depth it tries to make up for in battles, explosions and nostalgia, and just like it's two predecessors that used these points to get by the lack of charecter development gives you no real reason to care for who wins. This is a two and a half hour film that feels like it's two and a half hours long.
Small children might enjoy it but for anyone else this is a drag, and a real disappointment if you're old enough to have watched and enjoyed the first six.
You (2018)
The most undersung series on Netflix!
I've only just found this series and can't believe I hadn't heard more about it, it's possibly the best thing on there! The charecters and relationships are dark yet lovable, Joe is psychotic yet a nice guy and the plots go to places you don't see coming - I am quite amazed that the series and its actors are not headline news like those of Stranger Things and other big shows, YOU is that good.
Joker (2019)
No review does this film enough justice, it is in every way a masterpiece.
Jaquin Phoenix gives the most devoted, perfect performance to give the shine on what is the most brilliant movie I have seen in recent years, from the opening scene to the moment the credits role this movie is extremely hard to fault.
After Heath Ledger this part was always going to be difficult, for many obvious reasons plus his outstanding portrayal, but the new angle in Joker gives the role a gritty freshness that is so capturing I didn't find myself making any comparisons, without offering spoilers Phoenix nailed it. The slow descent of the charecter in this origin film is dark, rough and most of all very sad and throughout it all you feel everything he feels. There is no 'super' in this supervillain's early story so what you're left with is a man that you can relate to, and that's what makes this so damn good.
It isn't often I asvise people that they 'must go' to the cinema, but if you haven't seen this yet then you really must go, it needs the big screen and sound. In 20 years this will be the film people are still fond of.
Glass (2019)
Never has so much potential been lost in such a bad delivery.
It's bad, so much potential, it could have been something but it just takes too many bad turns and there are far too many holes in the plot for you to get engrossed. I actually liked the fight scene, they way they made the charecters a bit more human meant it could have lead to something cool but it's over way too quickly and neither of them get to show anything 'super' about themselves.
It's a solid 10/10 for potential but a very limp 2/10 for delivery. There are way too many scenes in the film that seem pointless, there are loads of things that don't make sense and then it all ends in a lacklustre mess with an attempt at a plot twist that only served to drag the film out further - by which time it felt more than long enough already.
On the brighter side James McAvoy delivers another Oscar deserving performance as Kevin / The Hoard, his many charecters are identifiable even when they aren't talking, it's just a shame that such an amazing performance sits in such a bad construction.
Glass (2019)
Never has so much potential been lost in such a bad delivery.
It's bad, so much potential, it could have been something but it just takes too many bad turns and there are far too many holes in the plot for you to get engrossed. I actually liked the fight scene, they way they made the charecters a bit more human meant it could have lead to something cool but it's over way too quickly and neither of them get to show anything 'super' about themselves.
It's a solid 10/10 for potential but a very limp 2/10 for delivery. There are way too many scenes in the film that seem pointless, there are loads of things that don't make sense and then it all ends in a lacklustre mess with an attempt at a plot twist that only served to drag the film out further - by which time it felt more than long enough already.
On the brighter side James McAvoy delivers another Oscar deserving performance as Kevin / The Hoard, his many charecters are identifiable even when they aren't talking, it's just a shame that such an amazing performance sits in such a bad construction.
Lost Gold of WW2 (2019)
A complete waste of time.
The idea is a great one, looking for lost treasure! The show is based around historical facts and does well to reel you in early on, I watched on loosely but was soon hooked on finding out whether or not they'll find a way into the mountain that they're certain contains treasure. Over the first few episodes you feel the frustration of the crew as they hit dead end after dead end looking for entrances and tunnels but getting nowhere, although as series one goes on you quickly pick up the feeling that none of them really know what they're doing or what they're talking about, even their expert who claims to have decades of experience has a 'winging it' air about him. Sadly any frustrations they seem to have through the series become dwarfed by your frustration as in the dying minutes of the end of the last episode (series 1, ep 7) the crew find an entrance and the credits roll - you're shown no investigation, no hunt now they're clearly on the right path, nothing.
Everything that's spread out over the seven episodes could have been done just as respectfully and informatively over two or three and the last episode is a bigger anticlimax than a Christmas if nobody turned up.
Despite all the recapping in each episode and it big repetitive in places I'd have given it 6 or 7 stars as it's been an interesting way to pass the time, but it all builds up to such an anticlimactic ending that the whole series feels like a huge waste of time.
Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi (2017)
Not bad as a stand alone film, terrible as Star Wars.
I am a life long Star Wars fan, from having the toys as a kid to the wallpaper that covers my dining room now (no joke) I love it, so it pains me to say I have just left the cinema rather dissapointed.
SPOILERS FROM HERE!
From the start it's wrong, The New Order are made to look like daft prats thanks to an attempt at family friendly awkward humour and this humour is a theme that occurs a lot through the movie - when did this become a Star Wars thing?! The more I sit and reflect to write this review the more I am angry with what I have just watched, visually it's brilliant but a lot of key charecters died and I don't feel I know any more about this new part of the franchise than I did by the end of TFA (quite a sad achievement for a 2hr 30min movie), there's a lot of action but what was it all for?! Why are Rey's parents suddenly nobodies? Who was Snoke? Why did Luke just fade away suddenly? Why did BB8 sticking his whole head in that electric circuit achieve anything?! What was the point in Phasma?! Why did Rey go through that whole mirror scene to not schieve anything?! Why was this movie so bad?!
I feel like the new director had an open goal and was passed theball but dropped it. I may even need to redecorate my dining room.
Into the Woods (2014)
Terrible, just terrible.
Well, where to start..... The line-up had me really excited, a film with this many big names can't be bad. Or so I thought. The sets looked great and a few easily recognizable Grimm tales were set out early on, Little red Riding Hood, Cinderella and Rapunzel's handsome prince, among others, all head off as they do in their traditional stories and all encounter each other in a cartoon-like wood, along with a desperate childless baker couple played by Cordon and Blunt. All the characters appear together but their stories don't really seem to combine or intertwine (unless they did later on in the movie and I was just too bored to notice), the only real common ground they share is singing along to the same repetitive tune for the majority of the movie. After their stories had played out and the movie seemed to be coming to its natural and somewhat drawn out end an attempt at a twist occurs and the film drags on - at what point in time this happens I am not sure, frankly I am now starting to wonder if my local cinema is actually a TARDIS as I refuse to believe that this film was only two hours long, with not being able to check my phone and having no watch I was convinced that it was three hours plus. I give this film 2/10, 1 point for the cast and one for the set, but that is it. It's repetitive, boring, extremely long winded and rather pointless. I'm quite amazed that so many big names would sign up to do something so dull.