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Masters of the Universe: Revelation (2021)
This show is INCREDIBLE!!!!
I've been a He-Man fan since I was a kid. I also like Kevin Smith but most of his movies haven't resonated with me. With that said, I think he nailed this perfectly! It takes me back to other great properties from the 80's & some of the moments they were able to capture. Like in Transformers the animated movie when Optimus Prime dies and pretty much takes Megatron with him. Now we get that in He-Man!!! I can tell you right now that this whole show will keep digging into what makes Masters of the Universe so fantastic & enduring. It's breaking new ground and is giving me nostalgia all at the same time. I guarantee that the end result will build up to He-Man (and Skeletor's...) eventual return. All these "fans" that are review bombing it should have the foresight to realize this. They're all adults who've obviously watched more than enough movies and TV.
Forrest Gump (1994)
Forrest Gump (Negative Reviewers are Missing the Point)
I am a long time IMDb fan and first time reviewer. When I am reading through fellow user reviews, I generally find myself gravitating towards reading reviews that hold the opposite of my opinion. If I loved a film, I read the poor reviews and vice versa on the films that didn't resonate with me. I like finding value in an opposite viewpoint.
With that said, while I read through the negative reviews of Forrest Gump, I found myself thinking that a number of the reviewers might be missing what I see is a large part of the film's message.
Their focus was on the characters' intelligence and lifestyle. I read things like the point of the film was that you would be successful even if you're an idiot like Forrest, as long as you walked a conservative path. If you decided to take the path Jenny's character chose, despite the fact she was more intelligent than Forest, your life would end in disaster.
I think the differences between Forrest and Jenny's journeys has nothing to do with the disparity in their intelligence or lifestyle but more with the difference between someone who knows who he truly is versus someone who is searching to find out who they are.
I don't think the movie is passing judgement on either person's choices. I don't see Jenny's life ending the way it does as being a failure. Her life had value and she was able to find what she was looking for. Forrest's life was incredible and his love for Jenny was his guiding star. He lived through so many experiences and met so many famous people of that era. He lucked into wealth and at a couple points in the film became famous in his own right. None of that had any real meaning to him. His purpose came from his personal relationships, protecting and doing right by those he loved and his strong sense of right and wrong.
Each character's journey (again regardless of intelligence) is representative of the experiences of an entire generation of North Americans.