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The Little Things (2021)
I think people are missing the point.
People are so used to gun fights and car chases when it comes to detective stories these days. Especially in movies. This was a deep dive into how frustrating real police work can be. A lot of fumbling around in the dark, chasing your tails, being obstructed by the very law you swear to uphold. The real question the movie poses is how far are you willing to go in order to catch a killer?
The Last of Us: Part II (2020)
Naughty dog forgot what made the first game so good!
I've played the first game over and over, not for the gameplay really, but for the story.
When I bought the second game, again it wasn't really for the gameplay it was for the story.
And man was it disappointing. Whether it's Joel's early death. The lack of information on what happened during the five years that had passed. Or the fact that you play more of the game as the person you so desperately want to kill. Then if that's not enough Ellie, leaves a perfectly good life, with a hope of being a part of a family to finally kill Abby. Only to go through hell and let her live. Also just to rub salt in the womb, she can't play guitar anymore.
The ending makes the entire game pointless. Ellie has no problem killing everyone else, but when it comes to the actual killer, she can't do it?
People loved the first game because of the relationship that builds between the two main characters. Take that away and your left with a soulless shadow, with no senteniment or purpose, apart from wondering around and killing people for the sake of killing people.
I hate to say it, but you needed more of the same as the first game. They needed to show more from the past five years between Joel and Ellie. Build their relationship up until the point Ellie finds out about the hospital. Then skip 2 years to the Dina and Ellie kiss scene, with Joel interfering, and Ellie telling him she dosent need him. Then if you want to stick to the revenge theme. You could have Tommy get killed and Joel goes on a revenge tour and Ellie joins him. Or like the trailers baited us with, Dina gets killed and Ellie goes on a revenge tour and Joel joins her.
In the first game Joel and Ellie build a relationship, and in this game the pair of them rebuild their relationship.
Then after an entire game playing with the pair of them, and they finally kill everyone involved with the killing of their loved ones. Then you could kill off Joel with a new group like 'the rattlers' and the third game can be Ellie travelling across the country to take them out.
Naughty dog forgot about what worked in the last game, and because of that part 2 lost its essence.
Alex Rider (2020)
100% better than the movie.
If you like the books. You'll love this adaption. Slick production. Solid plot. Solid acting.