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Code 8: Part II (2024)
In my opinion, an average movie
>> The Good <<
Very nice robot dog CGI, smooth enough movements and sound sync
Cool electric burst effects from Connor's power
The plot twist that the sergeant had powers all along and chose to hide it until an emergency
Police shields that absorb electric discharges
Very good moment of power combo between Connor (electrically powering the robot head), Pav (doing her thing) and the media people (actually doing what was asked instead of just record normally)
>> The Bad <<
The guy steals a money bag and decides to run around with it open with all the bills ready to fall off at the first sudden move
A very loud crime involving the latest robot hype dog sensation just happened in front of a massive apartment building and absolutely no one cared to look out the window
People meet the girl for the first time ever, don't want anything to do with her, but a few minutes later are already calling her by a shortened sweet nickname (Pav) as if they were best friends
Let's just cut to outside the place in which the protagonist is using his electric powers to take down three enemies and only show some lights at the window
Also, everyone is simply okay after being severely electrocuted IN WATER
Garrett turns a knife towards the sergeant in front of his wife and she simply doesn't notice that, even though it was in her field of vision and made a loud noise when nobody was talking
The dirty cops talking about illegal stuff, including the actual sentence being said out loud "only guys in our payroll", though a walkie-talkie in the middle of the station
Connor repeatedly making the mistake of trusting Garrett, betrayal after betrayal, like a moron
"Lots of eyes on us", then the sergeant immediately proceeds to stab the other guy (Garrett) after the exchange in the open, like a moron
The police have guns to subdue the mutants but instead decide to charge in for close combat, like morons
The fact that the sergeant never used his powers again, even during the absolute worst possible situation for him near the end
>> The Ugly <<
Bad choice of hair style for the little girls head size, face features and forehead, lol.
Rebel Moon - Part One: A Child of Fire (2023)
Sorry
I dislike disliking movies.
But, Rebel Moon unfortunately didn't quite make it, in my opinion (which follows):
It felt like an overdone "mysterious figure" living amongst simple people in a simple place suddenly becomes somebody super important. Ooohhhh what is she hiding? She clearly knows much more than she's letting on... Because there's injustice happening right in front of her and she just refuses to intervene! Mysteriouuussss. So let's just add something a little extreme, such as potential rape. That ought to do it to trigger something heroic and dangerous because it might break her cover!
Of course she is nothing short of the protagonist, hero, secretly daughter of the super bad guy!
Really? I mean... really? Again with this stuff? I don't know, maybe make her his ex-wife instead, so she can take half the universe in the divorce. What's wrong with parenting in the futu- actually, never mind that.
Let's talk about the merry band of randomly-selected badasses who decide to follow her when she, in an extremely suspicious time travel-like coincidence, shows up to rescue them from bad life-changing moments exactly as they are happening.
Actually, I think I skipped an important point here, somewhere... hmm... what is it? Oh yeah... the immediately trusted random pirate conveniently placed stranger smuggler guy, good-looking of course because that's a must if you're to be trusted here, who obviously wouldn't simply agree to help out of the kindness in his heart, but the mysterious time-proven gonna-play-my-hand-exactly-when-the-time-is-right-to-surprise-the-viewers protagonist decides to jump in anyway, because yes.
Everyone has guns. But for some reason they all feel the need to fight very up close, preferably in range of the good guys so that they can perform magical slow-motion heroic disarming-and-then-proceeding-to-kill-every-bad-guy-around-attacks.
Also, it is very important, and I can't stress this enough, that you perform some sort of posing after slashing someone open with your blade. And make sure to look at the camera. This is of utmost importance! We must impress every 14-years old out there immediately!! It doesn't matter that there are other 3 bad guys pointing their guns at you as you pose for the camera, as they are obviously rehired and restyled stormtroopers.
If you didn't get the reference for some reason, don't worry, it simply means that their guns have been tempered with by mysterious forces and have 0% accuracy, when aimed at the heroes who are currently doing something else.
Phew... I think maybe my review turned into a rant? Sorry guys. I suppose this is why I dislike disliking movies.
Sweet Tooth (2021)
Season 2 is very bad.
Seriously, what changed between the seasons? Because it simply killed the show.
It's not that season 1 was so good it increased expectations for season 2... no, no. It's literally that season 2 is so downgraded, for some mysterious reason, that I cannot believe it's still the same show.
It looks like the focus switched to a children's version of the plot, with way too obvious developments, behaviors and speeches.
In my opinion, Sweet Tooth was introduced in an interesting way (season 1) and now it's trying to become some mix of a dystopian post-apocalyptic adventure with a Disney children's show (season 2).
I'm sorry to say that it doesn't work like that, because you can't plant lemons at night and hope to get apples in the morning.
Shadow and Bone (2021)
Nope.
I swear I tried to enjoy this, as I am a huge fan of everything that involves magic and mysteries we unfortunately don't get to see in real life.
But that's just it. It doesn't look like the people who made this series do. So many missed opportunities to make an average scene climb to become a good one.
I don't know why, but Shadow & Bone - especially the second season - lacked that feeling of wonder, which gets us invested in the story, wanting to see more of it. Do you know what I mean?
It's difficult to explain in words, because it's mostly a feeling. But let me try: it felt underwhelming and did not meet my expectations.
Oh look! I did it!
Cheers.
Mother/Android (2021)
Ugh.
So many things don't make sense. I think experts call these "plot holes"?
Also, the story was boring and somewhat predictable.
However, imagine Sam was a rogue android and their child was actually a hybrid? And because of that, they couldn't simply be in the EMP range, because it'd kill their child. And Sam knew that so he had to escape the other androids whilst trying to steer themselves away from salvation in secret. Bam, that explains the mysterious and unseen way he defeated that strong-ass grunt who challenged him to a fight, also how he's conveniently handy with whatever they needed along the way.
Whatever, I'm no director.
The Midnight Sky (2020)
So boring...
I believe I understand the point of the plot, but I just felt bored during 80% of the movie.
Yes, it is beautiful that a dying man makes an effort to go even further just to try and help others.
But there were so many unexplained things... If I am to enjoy the movie, then at least allow me to actually understand what the hell is going on.
What was his illness? Why did he need what looked like dialysis? And how did he survive the journey towards the weather station?
Why was Earth like that? How were people living underground? What were they eating?
For such a technologically advanced spaceship, what was so difficult about closing a wound? And why the hell was the first aid kit hundred of meters from the airlock??
They had just survived what looked like a meteor shower, whilst still going towards an uncharted, unknown region in space, and were proceeding to space-walk, but for some reason didn't think about leaving certain supplies (such as the first aid kit) ready for use?
Mortal Kombat: Annihilation (1997)
W... What?
What just happened? Was this thing supposed to be a sequel to the legendary Mortal Kombat or Power Rangers?
This looks so bad...
Bumblebee (2018)
In my opinion, only 40% of this movie is enjoyable
It was fun to watch the action scenes, with the fights, explosions and all that...
However, it was very boring to watch the forced attempts at comedy.
Additionally, many scenes were very predictable, and I simply guessed right away what would happen.
There were several "questionable" moments as well, as in things that would have definitely happened in a different way than what was scripted. Yes, this is fiction. I know. But there's a difference between fictional and ridiculous, right? I don't mean "ridiculous" as an insult, I mean it as something that is extremely unlikely to happen in its context.
See You Yesterday (2019)
I wish I could unsee this yesterday...
Because I almost broke my leg on one of the many plot holes...
The review about "kids in a Netflix-produced movie" made my day. And I completely agree. Stay away from those and you'll spare yourself a giant waste of time.
The Feed (2019)
Well...
I see that some of the characters have the "dumb decisions disease".
Good acting, though...
The Huntress: Rune of the Dead (2019)
Very slow and quite boring...
Don't waste your time.
I kept expecting something exciting to happen, but it never did. Throughout this movie, there is a constant and slightly underwhelming pace, with just enough tiny spikes of thrill to keep you watching and expecting more, only to be disappointed when the scene changes after absolutely nothing having happened.
Nearing the end, the movie finally introduces fighting and, lo and behold, it feels fake and staged. A few characters have sudden changes of heart and make nonsensical decisions.
The movie ends with such a lame twist, that it made me feel bad after wasting so much time on it.