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Peacemaker (2022)
Sprinkled with Nonsense.
If you can get past the sprinkles of Hollywood's THE MESSAGE (the PC/Woke nonsense) then you'll enjoy the rest.
Its fun and gory but with unnecessary PC rubbish splashed here and there but try you're best to see past it and its a good show.
The Batman (2022)
Missed Opportunities
I'm a massive Batman fan.
Went in hearing nothing but good things about The Batman.
After viewing I thought 'that was a good movie'.
The more I think on it the more I think 'that was alright'.
Best scene is the Car which sadly is underused.
The action is mediocre.
There isn't an action fight scene that is rememberable.
The final 3rd is wasted completely.
From Riddler giving himself up in a cafe.
To Batman fighting a handful of goons in the stadium being the finale.
It just felt the whole movie was a missed opportunity.
There is a scene where he says "I'm vengeance" and thats it.
Couldn't he have said "I'm vengeance I'm BATMAN".
Thats the line, say I'm Batman, the audience wants it, give them what they want.
The city is flooding and Batman has to get to the stadium, show us him driving the Batmobile through the city racing against the flooding or travelling across the roof tops to get there but no he just appears at the stadium....sigh.
Give us Batman defeating The Riddler by out smarting him not Riddler just handing himself in.
Missed opportunity after missed opportunity.
Dexter: New Blood (2021)
Dexter the co star.
Should've been called Harrison : Cold Blood.
Extremely boring throughout.
Struggled to finish this mini series and I watched the entire 8 seasons of Dexter before hand.
The last season of Dexter, especially the finale was poor but this mini series is so much worse.
Dexter plays second fiddle to his son's story.
The Sheriff can't solve her friends disappearance for 20 years but in the course of 2 days slam dunks the Bay Harbor Butcher case with ease.
She manages to figure everything out solo with people just handing her proof without her even asking for it.
Batista turns up twice only to progress the plot by blurting out dialogue no normal human would do.
"You remind me of a cop that I work with.
She had a brother and he had a son...what was his name again...hmm Harrison thats it"
Eh, no one says that.
Plus the ending is garbage.
People want to watch to see Dexter not Harrison.
They end it like we're attached to the kid but I wasn't, not even in the slightest.
Just awful writing.
Please tell me this was written by some fool in Hollywood and not the actual original author??
The Alienist (2018)
The Feminist
What happened to this show??
Season 1 was extremely good.
Great story of a serial killer hunting boy prostitutes.
A group of people in different occupations come together to forensic profile the killer and help capture him.
It worked.
They were all interesting characters, dealing with their own personal struggles while dealing with this case.
The main character was in fact Dr Kreizler, a flawed man, lonely with a disability but brilliant psychologist.
Then Season 2 hits and it's not The Alienist anymore but The Feminist.
The entire season centres around Sara Howard who's gone from a secretary to a owner of a private detective agency.
I can't recall a single second of the story where she didn't know what to do or was wrong in anyway or needed anyone or anything really.
She was flawless.
Classic Mary Sure character.
Why oh why do Hollywood keep doing this lately?
At no point did I believe she'd settle down with John Moore.
No way was that happening.
She don't need no man hahaha
The other characters were irrelevant.
Marcus and Lucius being the actual Detectives were made completely obsolete by Howards overpowered detective skills.
She would have walked all over Sherlock Holmes.
There was a few insane scenes, like her interviewing the murderer acting like a forensic psychologist!
Is there anything she can't do??!
Then after the police station attack they get the couple surrounded in a building and who do they send in?
You guessed it -> Mary Sue.
This is suppose to be set in 1896 remember.
They weren't super progressive back then, there's no way she'd be walking in the building after what happened to the police officers fellow workers.
Then we get The Feminist speech at the end, oh dear,
Acting like she's had it hard and people won't accept them, even though she's go the phone ringing off the hook with job offers.
What baffles me is this show is called The Alienist and Kreizler spent the entire season flirting with a Professor Karen Stratton.
If the need was to make Season 2 female empowering than why not use Professor Stratton.
She was clearly extremely intelligent and could have easily been the main character along side Kreizler.
Having the two working together to catch a killer while forming a relationship.
Making that the story.
Anyway, it was a shame because Season 1 was really good.
Season 2 no where near as good.
Venom (2018)
As venomous as water.
I have no idea what all the 8/9/10 rating reviews is about.
They either watched a different movie or are being paid which just makes a farce of IMDB rating system.
Currently this movie is sitting at 7/10 which is a joke. Shouldn't be higher than 5 overall.
The plot is rubbish.
Why the spacecraft crashes in asia for one Symbiote to escape only for it to immediately travel straight back to San Francisco, into the very building to the guy that's looking for it.
What was the point in that at all??
Why have it escape? It did nothing for the story.
Eddie asks millionaire bag guy tough questions that he sneaked from his fiancee's laptop and it costs him his job and hers and she immediately leaves him.
No messing around with her eh.
Within 5 mins they show us that they are this happy couple, photos everywhere, even her screensaver was a couple photo but he cost her job so his ass is gone.
Harsh?
6 months pass and she's hooked up with a doctor, who's moved in. She does NOT mess around haha.
Then she can't wait to help poor eddie who's acting crazy even though most people would distance themselves from someone they so easily discarded.
Also they have zero chemistry and Michelle Williams running around with a highschool skirt on was wierd (isn't she nearly 40?)
Anyway Venom is a movie like suicide squad that they sat in a room and thought it up but instantly bottled it.
This should have been like Deadpool and went down the R-Rated road but sadly it went down the cgi buddy road instead.
If you're going to make a stand alone movie of the evil/bad guys from super hero franchises then they HAVE to be dark otherwise it's cringe worthy.
Venom's motives for suddenly deciding to help eddie is laughable, the cgi fight at the end is boring also venom's voice sucks.
Watch the movie Upgrade and then watch this and you'll see how it should have been done.
Criminal Minds: The Fight (2010)
Ermagawd
Possibly the worst episode ever.
Who wrote this episode?
This was awful in every way.
The complete opposite of what usually Criminal Minds is.
My wife said to me at the end "Was that a spoof episode?"
The casting is terrible/story is from some action movie/plot holes galore/lack of any criminal psychology etc
Going to take something strong to wash this tripe down.
The Revenant (2015)
Yet another over hyped let down
Leo DiCaprio is being suggested for an Oscar for this film.
No idea why.
This film starts well...the attack on the camp by native American's is brutal and realistic then there's the Leo versus the bear scene which is great. Most interesting factor in the movie is the relationship between Leo and his son but that was cut short when bad guy of the movie Tom Hardy kills his son to force the plot pretty early in the film. Then Leo spends 75% (maybe more) crawling around injured with his throat damaged which means nearly zero dialogue from his character. So we're left with Tom Hardy to carry the film and story verbally. Which is never a good idea since in most movies he's in majority of people can't understand a word he says half the time.
There's little action in the second half, mainly just a forced Leo versus hardy finale which is nothing special.
This movie is insanely over-hyped and will go on the pile of films that won't be watched twice.
Leo DiCaprio if you do get an Oscar be sure to realize it wasn't for this film but something you did earlier in your career.
Interstellar (2014)
Extremely low score to bring balance to the over hype.
This film is dull and boring and well just forgettable. I imagine by the time I finish this review I will have forgotten most of the film. I will never see it twice. Even people that enjoyed it I would wager they don't rush for a second viewing. Probably most likely only sit through it a second time after 20 years forgetting they'd even seen it. Most talked about the visuals and the sounds. like all Nolan's movies it's big bass and looks good on the eye but unlike Inception this is overly indulgent complicated for the sake of it. The main story behind all the space talk is basically would you spend a life time with your family or give that up and save mankind's race? Answer screw mankind. In the film it's save mankind. As always Hollywood think's humans have a moral compass and we'd all give up our kids for the good of the race. We as humans would not. I would not and proud to say it. My kids come first before all of mankind. Anyone that thinks differently either doesn't have kids or is lying to themselves. And when a movie shows this , I straight away think this main character just left his family behind..what an ass. The film would have been a lot better if it just became what was the only interesting part of it. Rescuing astronauts on new planets. Those parts was the only time I thought cool new planet with stranded person on it this should be interesting. And we got 2 planets and 1 person (Matt Damon) What a pity. Damon was the only person that actually brought the film alive and then he was gone.Damn. Could go through all the space mumble jumble but really can't be bothered. It's duller than watching grass grow. I Like Nolan sometimes but sometimes he goes too far and loses his way(The Dark Knight Rises springs too mind). This film gets way too much credit from loyal fans of his, its up there with his worst movies he's made and I hope he knows it. It's the only way he'l return to making great ones if he see's his mistakes. So to sum up. Dull boring story/way overly complicated/characters no one cares about and by the end your left thinking damn I just lost all that time out of my life and there's no way to bend time to get it back.
Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015)
Something something Remake something
OK..I have given this a high score and it should be less but damn I loved it.
I'm a big fan of the original star wars films (episodes 4/5/6) and absolutely hated episodes 1/2/3, er ma gawd they were terrible. Shame on you Lucas SHAME!! Now that being said I went into this movie hoping for an improvement to the devastation that we previously got hit with.
I was not disappointed.
Star Wars The Force Awakens is A New Hope remake. There's no getting away from that. Its Episode 4 redone all over. Which is the main bad point about the film. So story wise you can see whats coming, there isn't any real surprises. The thing is it's a remake that is extremely well done. It's done so well in every area. It is nostalgia overload too which I enjoyed. Goosebumps galore.
The cast were great, the new characters are great actors and highly likable. Within minutes you care about them and enjoy they're scenes (special mention to Oscar Isaac,probably the coolest pilot in the galaxy, want more of him in the next 2 please) Also a female heroine is a welcome change to 6 movies with male jedi/sith fighting it out (Loved Daisy Ridley). And John Boyega is the new Han which is something of a title to pick up but he did amazing.
The old favourites were excellent, Harrison Ford stole the movie with chewy.
Only negative I have about the cast is the bad guys really. Snoke was CGI and that sucked by the way. CGI always sucks. Heh Hollywood listen up CGI SUCKS! like watching a cartoon. Emperor was far superior in every scene even back in those rubbish episodes 1/2/3 (looking at you Lucas! SHAME!!) Kylo Ren was decent..liked his temper tantrums. Was compared to what Anakin Skywalker should have been but sadly we got Hayden Christensen's version which was really poor. Captain Phasma I can only guess will appear in future movies and play a more important part(fingers crossed). Also should mention the comedy in this film happened at the right times and was delivered perfectly..No cheese allowed. Well done J.J.Abrams, you showed Lucas how to do comedy (bloody Jar jar Binks, what were you thinking Lucas?! SHAME!!)
Look go see this film for an enjoyable Sci-Fi walk down memory lane. You go in with the right frame of mind and you'l walk out happy that you went.
And remember this..It's miles way better than episodes 1/2/3 SHAME ON YOU LUCAS SHAME!!!!!
Fear the Walking Dead (2015)
Would give MINUS 10 if I could
Up there in the Top 5 worst TV shows ever.
The writing for this show is terrible no its worse than terrible, can't help but feel it's been done by someone's friend as a favour.Not by anyone that has any idea on how to actually do the job. I feel for the actors, they are working with what they have and its garbage. People don't talk to each other,no one uses social media,no one even watches the NEWS ...no they sit and play MONOPOLY as the world ends!!!
If this was a B-Movie that went straight to the DVD I would understand. Could go through every Episode and tear apart every move characters made and every lack of conversation that was desperately needed. Why did Travis go visit a junkie den on the word of a junkie step kid (johnny Depp wannabe) who hates him?? No guy would do that.Hell even if he wasn't his step kid and they liked each other, you still wouldn't go to a junkie den because he was out his head saying he seen cannibalism!! Then afterwards why didn't he call the police? Why take your wife to whats clearly a dangerous place? Why did Madison never tell or react to smashing her coworkers head in with a fire extinguisher? (which was the most anticlimactic zombie moment ever on screen) Could go on and on here...
Oh sorry there's thousands of more questions but the big one...the show killer in my eyes.. WHY did the junkie Depp who's on a drug come down(just seen someone get eaten and another raise from the dead) With his sister (who's boyfriend which she walked out on when hes lying in bed with insane fever but zero medical care and she hasn't uttered a word to anyone about it and doesn't seem like it's really bothering her) and they're mother play MONOPOLY!!!!! when the neighbour is attacking people across the street/the step dad is missing in the middle of a city riot and there's no TV on to check the news or internet nothing....lets just play a board game like its a normal family night(not lets lock the doors or get some weapons or or or ACTUALLY TALK ABOUT WHATS GOING ON!!)..UTTER RUBBISH Maybe its me, Maybe in America that's normal, maybe after you witness cannibalism/walked out on someone you love to die alone/smashed a skull in with a heavy blunt object that the only thing to do is to play a board game.
Okay I know this is a slow story and a lot of people defended it so, I don't mind slow if written well (which it's not) but there is a lack of walkers in this too. Which in turn removes any 'FEAR' from the show. Even the opening scenes before the title pops up where your suppose to go ''oh this episode is going to be good'' you know TWD does it well, The ones in this show never set it up. Think the title pop up 'FEAR THE WALKING DEAD!!'' is probably the scariest thing in the entire show. Episode 4 has no walkers at all !! NONE!ZERO!CERO!NULL!!. There's slow then there's Fear the walking dead slow and oh my each episode is a marathon. Having a lack of Walkers is okay if your side stories can hold the tension and keep the atmosphere on edge but it didn't, no where near it.
Big point should be made that this show was put out saying it would show the beginning of the outbreak. Yet few episodes in we jump 9 days ahead into refugee camp where the biggest issue is boredom and American troops with the token American platoon leader being an ass hole(if I was an American soldier I be angry at this portrayal) Where was the outbreak? Why didn't we see these people trying to survive in a town/city where it had all gone to hell but instead jump 9 days into nothing completely killing any momentum they could have built. Damn I'm back to asking questions again.(have thousands)
There is no FEAR at all in the program, by the time we get to series finale and you know whats coming you don't care for one of the characters so your not on edge if one gets bit. There's no shock moments either. Which is what TWD does extremely well (think to carol shooting the girl at the farm or Rick shooting walker Carols daughter) Those moments make a show, these things are what make you go into work the next day and go''did you see that last night!? amazing, can't believe he/she dies!'' Fear as none of these lasting memories only have you going into work going''yeah watched it last night, nothing of note happened*yawn*'' They had a opportunity to kill off Junkie Depp wannabe in the finale and they bottled it (he sucks, kill him , it would have helped the show) Instead they take the safe option and kill off Liza Ortiz in a stupid overly dramatic ending to the series. Her part throughout the series was minimal so when she reveals the hip bite I wasn't bothered, It felt like it came down to a game of monopoly and whoever lost was getting shot just to end the series with a bang (no pun intended). Sure season 2 will come and the ex-husband and son will not talk about it either because well that's how this lot do things..no talkie talkie.
Going to go and watch a ton of B movie zombie flicks and TWD season 1 to wash this mess out my mind. People will watch this show due to its link to a actual good show but forget the ratings. This is not a good show in any way.
Man of Steel (2013)
Marmite Movie
Can't decide if I kind of enjoyed this or really disliked it.
I am a massive Christopher Reeve Superman fan. Growing up watching those films, Superman was a man that was funny(Clark Kent always made me laugh) and he defeated the bad guys with his powers but more importantly he out smarted them and oh the big point he didn't kill anyone. At the very least he took the fight away from innocent bystanders (get back to that later).
The whole opening to this film is massive and way too long, it's all with superman's parents and the dying planet of Krypton which becomes like Avatar with Russell Crowe jumping on and off flying insects(yes its that mental)..After 10 minutes I was sitting thinking come on get to Superman already. Also I should mention that the opening sequence completely ruins the credibility of General Zod as the bad guy. Hes the guy that's in charge of the Planets Army and Superman's dad(Russell Crowe) is a scientist but in a 1V1 hand to hand fight Russell Crowe kicks his ass!! General Zod hang your head in shame..tut tut..that instantly makes me go 'meh here's the bad guy woo pee do' every time he appeared on screen. Regarding the bad guys, credit is due to Faora- Ul played by Antje Traue, she was interesting and well enjoyable to watch in all her scenes.
This Film took a different look at Superman, He's floating between jobs and has no real purpose in life. The plot has him stumble onto his parents spacecraft which is badly written and yes there's spacecraft in this film..a lot of spacecraft(madness really). There's plot holes galore mostly with Lois Lane involved..think it was the only way they could keep her in the film by throwing sense out the window. There's also a shocking scene where Superman watches Jonathan Kent die when he could have saved him..that's beyond mental. The very essence of Superman is that no one die's,NO-ONE..not even the bad guy..he wouldn't allow it. There's a few times things like that happen where your sitting thinking ''what's the body count up to now?'' The fight scene with Superman against 2 super bad guys in the town with planes shooting at them with guns and bombs then crashing into the street...people hiding in wooden shops would surely get hurt. Then the final battle between Zod and Superman has half a city blown up and buildings dropping on people and not once does Superman try to take the fight away or save people mid battle. And the craziest scene I've ever witnessed has Superman snap a guys neck!!! That's so not cool..HE JUST WOULDN'T DO THAT EVER.
So yeah I liked the different way this was told about him lost on Earth with no purpose as of yet but there was a lot of bad things too (killing,spaceships,flying bugs,killing,no humour,Way too much CGI(even Michael Bay would be jealous) and oh yeah killing).
I would have probably rated this lower if I wasn't such a fan of Superman..clouded my judgement slightly.
All in all this was poor though :(
If you want a Avatar/Transformers/Matrix mix then yeah you may like this.
Pacific Rim (2013)
Delivers what it says on the tin
Look this film is what it says it is.
Monsters vs Robots
If your looking for more substance and story and Oscar winning acting then you clearly haven't thought it through.
Its Ironman and Transformers and Godzilla and a dash of Topgun to make this cocktail called Pacific Rim.
Its also what the new recent Godzilla movie should have been.Shame on them, what a mess that was.
This is old school action with good CGI thats worth taking your kids to see or sitting on a Saturday night with the family and a big bag of popcorn watching on DVD.
There's no need to talk about story and possible loop holes, I enjoyed it for what it was worth. If you can sit and switch your mind to innocent fun mode you'l enjoy this film.
Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)
Mad Max Ruined.
Start by saying I'm a fan of the original trilogy of Mad Max films.
So I went in to watch this with eager eyes but sadly by the end my neck was sore from shaking it so much.
Just terrible on all aspects, Plot/dialogue/CGI/action/soundtrack so so bad.
Put it this way they could have made the entire film and removed Mad Max's character and still ended up with the same film.His part in the film wasn't even the lead. Charlize Theron could have solo'd it with out Max which is not the worst thing I can think of to say about the story writer for this mess. Suppose to be a Mad Max film but Tom Hardy had no chance with this script. How many lines did he even have? No character to connect with. Nothing to make me accept him as replacement for Mel Gibsons version. Charlize Therons character had it all, story and purpose but Hardys was basically a passenger along for the ride. The whole concept of them escaping then actually escape to then u- turn back for a suicide mission so we can have a action packed ending is beyond crap writing.
The dialogue was terrible, an example would be poor giant Nathan Jones telling me 3 times that they're trying to use the sand storm to lose them..yeah yeah we get it, big storm coming and they're driving towards it, hmmm wonder whats going on here d'uh, no need to help Sherlock...why does Hollywood writers insist on spelling things out unless they accept that the only people that enjoy this stuff are out they're minds on drugs (like the writers clearly)
Action in this mess, well yeah the vehicles were inventive I'll give them that but there's only so much of them blowing up you can take before you become immune and start going ''oh yeah there goes another one *yawn'' It's way too repetitive. Especially in a 2 hour movie which is 3/4's blowing car/trucks/bikes/buggy's up.
Soundtrack was well laughable..some of the scenes where they're trying and failing to set some sense of mood and this music playing hahaha..it was bad, I struggle to even describe it, what were they thinking...like they realised there was no story or connection to the actors so they turned the melodramatic sounds up to 11..I have no idea. The mad guitar guy on the truck was fun though, abit over the top but yeah he was good.
Bad guy, the main Bad dude was erm no idea..no idea why he was in charge, no idea why he wore a mask, no idea what the hell was going on with him, just no idea. oh and his ending was meh ...forgettable.
I generally like post apocalypse type of movies, there's been a load made but this is one of the worst. B movies are made better..straight to TV do better.
This has been way too over hyped and people want to like it so they walk out going ''yeah that was proper crazy..loved it'' but really deep down they'l forget it and probably not watch it again.
I disliked it so much that if I was offered money to sit through it again I would struggle to accept the cash.
Its a case of what could have been sadly..script terrible + story terrible = shite movie.
The Expendables 3 (2014)
Why oh why ruin this franchise???
The first 2 had it all..THIS HAD IT ALL WRONG.
First two films old school action and one liner comedy and then they sit in a room and think ''right how can we fuq it up..oh I know lets add a bunch of young members nobody wants''
Utter madness.
Just cant believe you can take something so basic and total ruin it. We don't need CGI here or young cast members or serious story.
We want old school big name action stars doing lots of action and lots of banter between each other.EASY/SIMPLE.
You look at the cast and you think 'how, how can they screw this up? how is it even possible? cant be' But they achieved it. The young cast are a total waste of space and screen time. I didn't enjoy any of they're contribution at all. In fact Ronda Rousey was okay, she is probably the only one that I do think could have been included but the other guys were just pointless, unnecessary to say the least.
Mel Gibson stole the show and to be fair to the guy he didn't have a lot to work with, a few cut scenes of him buying a painting and then going in a house and that was it..his entire set up as the big guy was shockingly bad. He did a good job though, when he was give the chance he went with it and delivered so much so I wanted him to win.
Whole time watching this film I keep thinking why didn't they give Mel Gibson more bad guy actors..with so many names on the sheet couldn't the young actors have been on his side then we would have had some great 1 v 1 with the older guys... Felt way too heavy on the good side and only Mel carrying the bad guys with loads of cannon fodder..hmm missed opportunity perhaps.
Action scenes were poor too...the other films were way better done. Making action films soft so that you can make more money or as Hollywood like to say 'reach a broader audience' ruins a good action piece. I'm not a gore lover but realism is sometimes better.
Good things in the films..hmmm Dolph Lundgren as always brilliant and should have been used more. Jason Statham and Slys banter again is good but should have been in more. Snipes was okay, was nice seeing him doing action scenes again.
Please please Sly go back to the roots of this film if you decide to make a 4th and make more bad guys..10 good guys vs 1 bad guy sucks...even it up abit will ya
World War Z (2013)
World War Zzzzzz
I was going to write a long detailed review but after reading a few of the other low scoring reviews they pretty much nailed it.
The zombies were terrible.
The pg13 rating for a horror/action film doesn't work..not ever!
The characters were cardboard and really couldn't care less who lived or died and that's including Brad Pitt.
The Ending.. last 40mins of complete and utter boredom.
I heard they had another alternative ending which was in Moscow and was all action but they chose to switch to wales and give the audience a break from the action scenes. Well whoever decided that needs to be fed to a group of zombies because that pretty much was finished off this already suffering movie. Believe me the only little, small, tiny good thing about this film was the action scenes and giving the audience time to think and realise they're actually watching rubbish before the credits rolled was mega dumb. If your cooking up a crap fest movie fill it with action and then more action right up to the end credits, no pauses no breaks just all action that way people will look back and go 'yeah story, acting all sucked but at least the action was good.'
So yeah if this film ever appears on TV I'll watch 3/4's of it then switch over.
Another film to add to the list of films that could have been good.
Resident Evil: Retribution (2012)
shockingly awful...terrible etc etc
OMG one of the worse films I have ever seen!!!
Good start of my review. Like others that have reviewed this pile., I am a fan of the game and the other films. The other films are pretty much get what you asked for, weak story but plenty of action and half naked Mila never hurts. But this film oh my is so bad so bad.
What was Paul Anderson smoking when he dumped this out of his ass? Whatever you were on Paul please see a doctor as soon as possible. Mila shame on you! just cause he's your husband doesn't mean you can't say no!
Action scenes laughable, music used to try and make the terrible acting and action more dramatic only made it more pathetic. I swear to all this is a film made by a child that only child would like for 5 minutes then go 'wish an adult had made this better'
God awful god awful god awful god awful really can't think of anything else in my mind to describe this film other than god awful!!
Sorry but man I have seen some weak crap but this, this is just a joke. seriously was this made for a bet?? Paul Anderson if you have any clue to film making or writing then you know deep down you made one massive giant pile of horse crap and you served it up anyway. shame on you and your wife!
The Expendables 2 (2012)
Good Fun Happy Costumer
This is what action films are..and should be always. Fun...loud...insane...simple
All the actors were great..did not take it seriously and poked fun at themselves and each other.
The banter between them all was hilarious. The gore spot on...not too much just right
Stallone please make the 3rd expendables with more bad guys. My only negative about the first 2 films was the bad guys are overshadowed with all the mega star good guys. I'm sure you could get some big names to be the bad boys in the next movie.
Anyway great fun action film
The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
Gutted!!! Nolan I'm Gutted
Lets start by saying I'm a massive fan of the first 2 movies, Think The Dark Knight is in my top 5 of all time.
OK but this was not good, not good at all :(
I can only think that they hit such a height with the second film that without heath ledger to continue on that they were left stranded and somehow came out with this pile of crap.
When I say crap I mean crap. No joke this is bad filming making and writing, the fight scenes terrible the bad guys weak and group of goodies boring. Hell at the end I wanted them all to perish and I mean them all..good and bad guys.
Heh Nolan if the bad guys kill thousands of civilians the audience doesn't care...if the good guys kill thousands of henchmen the audience doesn't care...bad guy kills a main good guy like for example the joker kills Rachel remember the audience goes WOOOOOOOO, In this film there was 2 main bad guys and they killed No one!!! Bane killed his own men more than anyone else!! like I care if he kills his own guys. If he popped lets say Catwoman now that would have been great because Anne Hathaway sucked at being cat-woman, really shocking casting there , not sexy like cat-woman is suppose to be also a figure of a twig and couldn't punch her way out of a wet paper bag but here she is beating up thugs left/right centre no problem..what a joke, Nolan think Kate Beckinsale in Underworld thats what Catwoman is suppose to be like dumb-ass. Holding the city hostage for 5 months!!! what!!!? Batman spine heals and he has a Rocky workout in a cell consisting of push-ups then climbs to freedom and defeats Bane in a fist fight??? WHAT!!!??? Main bad guy revealed and this clown kills.....no one ..noone anyone cares about so no real evilness or fear or well no real need to actually be in the film to be honest, could be edited completely out and make no difference to anything. And how many star named good guys do we need and why do they all live??? I mean hell kill some of them off, it would have helped make the bad guys more em bad. Did Morgan freeman require to survive?? Did Micheal Caine? Did Gary old-man? Did Joseph Gordon-Levitt? Did Anne Hathaway? no the answer is ..its the final film remember .. you could have made the the bad guys so great by losing star names throughout the film but no you bottled it. So we ended up with limp bad guys and overloaded amount of good guys(hell the city's entire police force was underground and there was still too many goodies running around the streets) I don't know why you wrote this or what happened in the making ..can only guess you ran out of ideas and should have shelved it but were pressured into spewing something out your ass.
For me Batman was tough and mainly clever and used his mind and brawn combined with gadgets to out wit his enemies..this did-not happen in this film at all.
So sad so sad.... I'll wait a few months then watch the second one again and try to forget this crap.
*sigh* why is it when great movies or books are made the guys that create them are shocking at finishing them???????????