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The Gray Man (2022)
Same plot as 50 other movies... But done REALLY well!
The plot is... well, a cookie cutter. Except this time... Haha no, it's the same as all spy movies.
But the action, the sets, the action! It was great to see! A seriously awesome movie.
Reacher (2022)
Really enjoyed it!
It was methodical, not too complicated, and enjoyable. The action was solid, every time Reacher slapped the bojangles out of someone I could feel the impact.
This felt like a much better version than the movies. Well acted and well enjoyed. Great job guys!
FBoy Island (2021)
The Best of Reality TV - Hilarious!
Ignore the contestants, ignore the drama. It held my attention at times.
But putting the loser F-boys into a solitary camp?? Forcing them to sleep on cots? The Nice Guys messing with them from a mansion across the street? And Nikki freakin' Glaser being their therapist, teaching them feminism, and insulting them left and right? ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!? Letting Nikki Glaser loose on the show was simply incredible. Honestly, the next season should be mostly focused on Nikki messing with the the trash humans they are. Let the relationship drama just tie the episodes together.
The Wheel of Time: Leavetaking (2021)
Practically Perfect
Without reference to the books, this show started spectacularly. It may, in fact, be the craziest opening of a show I've ever seen.
I'm perfectly happy to see vast differences between the books and show. I simply wanted it to be GOOD. And Rafe has done very well. There were two short moments that felt weird, but I'm always up for making a blaming studio execs for mistakes.
Lucifer: Goodbye, Lucifer (2021)
And the breakout star is...
KEVIN - FREAKING - ALEJANDROOOOOO!
Holy crap, just an unbelievable final performance. He's been getting better as his character gets more complex, but these final scenes were just heartbreaking!
What a champ. Just... wow. Stunned.
The Interview (2014)
It's not just funny, it's also a piece of history!
This movie is hilarious, I'd rate it a high seven. But it's so much more than that!
This movie is a piece of history. A movie so offensive to another country that they ordered their hackers to break into Sony's servers (another story) and delete the movie. This movie started an INTERNATIONAL incident. It started conversations on relations with foreign enemies and cyber security. This movie deserves its perfect rating because it's done what most political pieces truly failed to do - start a conversation and make a difference.
M.O.D.O.K. (2021)
It's good! 7.3 stars
I thought it was pretty funny. The voice acting is good, the plots are hilarious and crazy.
Vivarium (2019)
I'm stunned this got financial backing.
Honestly, while the acting wasn't great (from two *superb* actors), it's much more because there was so little content in the script. How could you act on "be normal, then be depressed, then frustrated" while the script is so similar throughout the movie?
Shame on anyone who read the script and didn't immediately realize that nothing came of the most interesting pieces.
The Dead Don't Die (2019)
Very Indy. Very slow. But it it's not bad.
A solid movie to put on in the background. I did some errands on my phone, my wife embroidered, we were entertained.
Zack Snyder's Justice League (2021)
It's everything I hoped for!
It was an excellent Zack Snyder film. They're basically their own category now.
A vast, VAST improvement over the Whedon version.
There were clearly some shots that were a little too long, or needed music. - 1 star from an otherwise well done masterpiece. Movie studios, can we please get long form like this if you pick a script that requires it? I thought the pacing was well thought out, but if you're going to require multiple introductions, we are happy with longer movies!
Rampage (2018)
Mostly good, some really terrible writing.
Action was fun, other monsters were cool, but the writing was clearly written by an actual gorilla who had watched lots of bad TV but couldn't actually communicate with other humans.
The Amber Ruffin Show (2020)
Exactly what we were hoping for...
"Let Bartlett be Bartlett" is exactly what needed to happen with this show. Why?
Amber Ruffin is the only bright spot in my 2020 so far AND IT'S DECEMBER 15TH.
Superintelligence (2020)
More enjoyable than most of Melissa McCarthy movies.
My wife and I thought it was very cute. The superintelligent computer was less plot and more a vehicle for the romance, but did have its share of laughs. We found the jokes and the chemistry of the couple very similar to our own, which always brings a breath of realism to a movie. Well done guys!
Margin Call (2011)
As a Finance guy...
I got my undergraduate degree in finance, and one professor spent a few classes (not class periods, but entire *classes*) teaching us finance through the recent 2008 collapse.
Many movies (looking at you, Big Short) have explained what happened. What this movie brings to the table is the moral dilemma faced by the first companies to recognize the dire situation they had, and would put the world, in. I think this was a very valuable addition to the media covering the beginnings of the crisis.
In reality, a few divisions of a few financial institutions had an idea of what was coming, lost billions and they were fined in the hundreds of millions. But no one could have predicted an entire collapse. Anyway... solid movie!
Everything's Gonna Be Okay (2020)
10/10 for being inclusive. 1/100 for execution.
The best character in the show is the dad. He dies in the first episode.
I knew that someone on the show was playing a character that is on the Autism spectrum. And she actually does have autism! Which is great. The problem... is that I had no idea which character had autism for half the episode.
It's got some quality jokes, most of which are offered in the absolute worst possible situations. Father has cancer? Let's joke the whole way through it. We're at his funeral? Absolutely no one will have any emotion... except cracking jokes.
Now this would make sense *if it was from the girl on the spectrum*... except it's almost entirely from the rest of the cast. In fact, the girl on the spectrum feels like the only redeemable part of the show, and shows tremendous heart in playing the part, I'd like to think, with her whole heart.
Mr. Right (2015)
Solid movie, never slows down.
Funny comic-hitman movie. I was entertained the entire time.
I never laughed out loud... But I did chuckle throughout.
Joker (2019)
Unreal
It's the best movie I've seen, at least in the last decade. It's the easily conceivable story of a man who has been abandoned by the system that is supposed to protect us from people like him.
The Boys (2019)
Almost perfect.
I loved everything about this except a few minor things. The last episode definitely should have been two episodes, it was rushed.
Barry: The Audition (2019)
Again, the best actor in this show is...
Sarah Goldberg. The range, the vulnerability... Absolutely incredible.
Everyone else is great, but she is amazing.
Chilling Adventures of Sabrina: Chapter Seventeen: The Missionaries (2019)
As a former Mormon missionary...
I'm stoked someone finally revealed what I did spending two years in Argentina! HUNTING WITCHES BABY!!!
No for real, we tried to convert some Satanists to Christianity, and it did not go very well. Nice people though!
The Magicians: The Losses of Magic (2018)
Hilarious, for one thing
Totally cracking me up with Alice and Quinn being wrapped in Saran Wrap. Not a fetish, just hilarious.
Legion (2017)
As a schizophrenic, I can't recommend this enough.
I have an interesting perspective on this show on schizos... I am also schizophrenic! As much of a Marvel and genre fan that I am, this review will center solely on the portrayal of mental illness.
This show artistically and dramatically portrays schizophrenia unlike any show ever created. The sense of disorientation the viewer feels throughout the season is BY DESIGN. The people in the walls, the strange camera angles, the sensation that you can never quite understand EXACTLY what is going on... It is a near-perfect manifestation of what I experience every day. Although, admittedly, in a much more artistic sense.
Dan Steven's imitation of schizophrenia is unbelievable. I can't begin to imagine the work where went through to absolutely nail the fear, the confusion, and the perfectly bizarre world Daniel, a normal person, operates in. A normal guy stuck in a whacked-out world is the essence of being schizophrenic. I'd rate it a 9.7/10 in portraying perfect.
I can't speak for Aubrey Plaza's portrayal of her illness, as i have no experience with it. But this is the finest acting she's ever done, in my opinion (especially later on).
To end, if you know someone with Schizophrenia, or are seeking to understand an illness of a mind turned against itself, this is the only show I recommend seeing. I made my family watch this immediately. I can't congratulate, nor thank, the actors, directors, and crew that made this enough. I finally have a way of giving others a glimpse into my mind.