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Madame Web (2024)
The Name of the movie is the Clairvoyant not the ... er ... character?
Okay, the movie is bad not because of the acting and characters but because too much of the story is broken. The movie sort of brings real-flight-or-fight responses an average person would have to a life-or-death situation but the story is a shattered mirror. The antagonist is a mysterious rich guy with sort of guess abilities who taints the Spider-Superhero? The protagonist is a hardcore loner who suddley gets the protective instinct because of stange situation and abilities manifested quite recently? (must be her time of the month). The three apprentices are really shown more like an eye candy than the potential super-heroine types.
These are the building blocks of a good story, Sadly the story has no strong foundation. The story does not have any random aspects which would mesh together in the climax. It alienates the story teller with the audience. Lack of right pizzaz. The characters as their own would have done far better.
I liked the promise of the franchise. Do I like as it is now, sadly no i do not. I guess the project would have done better as a series, where each character gets their origin story told in each episode and gets the story going later. As a movie too much is omitted the story left is full of cliches and underated scenes and broken promises.
The Blacklist (2013)
Would have loved to get answers for personal satisfaction.
First Off, Reddington; Top Notch!
Unlike so many others, I have no grudge about Keen. The empire of the COC is truly a beautiful fantasy or the best spy conspiracy empire brought into reality. It's so Overt, it's Covert! Would have loved the ending if Red went off slipping quietly in to the night, that way nobody really captured him. The ending feels rushed. Otherwise, a beautiful series which denotes Red becoming THE bad guy to promote good. The Perfect Sheep in Wolf's clothing. Bravo!!!
A lot of Keen's actions make sense, because she is constantly in flux and is too immature to make decisions like Red, hence (maybe) he gets involved to teach her to be his eventual successor. Because as unpopular Keen's character is (now) many of the characters portrayed are quirky - Dembe's arrow straight reason, Samara's decisions to leave, Cooper's steadfast attitude despite being pawn, Ressler's red-neck look to violence yet an academic when it is to justice . . . If you really look at it, all these quirky-ness is a stern reminder that this is fiction and not something real. Yet there seems to a 'real' feel to this series. One thing the show does gets right is that there is more to see then what's meets the eye. I have seen simple crimes committed with extraordinary presumptions behind the crimes. On the whole though. This series is worth in my collection and a part of my legacy to my forebears. Top hat, team!