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5/10
X boyfriend dodged one
19 April 2023
47 meters down is actually pretty okay and thrilling, except it's gawd damn predictable and the main character is super annoying. X boyfriend dumping her is a win.

Some of the dialogue is gawd awful

It is always two girls and one of them got dumped or their significant other died.

There was one with 2 girls on a tower. I don't know which one came first, but it's basically the same movie.

I might have enjoyed this one if I didn't see the other but the tower is more unique though. Hollywood is clearly using a formula.

You could have smelled who were going to die from a mile away... blah blahblah.
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6/10
Pretty much the definition of a kid's movie
9 April 2023
Warning: Spoilers
The Super Mario Bros. Movie 2023 is a movie that I won't be able to remember in a week. The movie is average at best but mostly for super fans and little kids.

The relationships had me disappointed the most. Most are just one dimensional and the princess is yet another mary sue character.in a sea of mary sues in todays media. The original mario was simple but the stakes were higher. Mario goes to save the princess. How the writers failed in making this on par is beyond me.

In what world is it so easy to see the royal family by chance. The royal family must be doing a s**tty job in defending the kingdom.

For whatever reason the toads decided to make peach a princess. She looked different and was mysteriously skilled at everything but they did not question if she was a spy.

The princess leaves the faith of the kingdom in mario to secure a foreign army, someone she doesn't know very well. What happened to her own army and defences? Did she have a backup plan for when mario failed?

Mario having to complete the obstacle course before adventuring out is dumb. Almost as if power ups are conveniently placed in the world for the plot and that the princess knew that he'd be challenged.

Also,why was mario even asked to duel instead of the princess??

It felt like I was in a zoo being showcased all the mario characters in a dumb children's play

The mario games, in essence, is an adventure. This movie wasn't about the adventure but about the destination with some parkour.

I liked the mario game as a kid but I wasn't a super fan. So if the writing isn't good, what's the point?
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The Sea Beast (2022)
5/10
How to train your Sea Beast. BUT BAD
4 April 2023
Warning: Spoilers
The Sea Beast 2022 has beautiful art and animation 95% of the time. That's it for the positives

Plot holes

Plot convenience

Flippant writing

BS ending

The main character is selfish, arrogant, ungrateful and a liar to the same people that publish the book and stories she is so much a fan of. It's fine cause you cannot not empathize because she is an orphan kid written very maturely. Her character is contradicting and has no sense of responsibility other than being self-righteous

The royals did not make up the fact that sea monsters are dangerous. People did die and nobody were forced to go hunt the sea beasts. Hunters get paid. The are employed by the royals and that money goes to feed their families

You think fishing boats are out there catching schools of fish and sea beasts wouldn't want an easy bite. There are the adult neutral sea beasts, but what about younger and wilder beasts?

Red killed many people, even in the movie, though the writers decided not to show that because it doesn't fit the narrative. Even zoo animals are put down when they act dangerously, not that it is right, that's just how people are.

It makes no sense that spears could harm Red but not the huge concrete tower crashing on top of it. In fact it looked like the sea beasts were getting poked by toothpicks. Very underwhelming

Because of the sea beasts' size, logically they would be dangerous and logically they would not see humans as a threat. Logically killing one or two humans would be the same as killing one or two fishes in the sea. Logically in a world that has sea beasts and a history for hunting them, good weapons would be made for hunting sea beasts

The towns people are basically ''non player characters'. Logically all of them wouldn't agree and some would still be mourning the recent deaths

Hunters wouldn't hunt if they weren't getting paid well or if it was for survival. The job is life threatening, in fact, you'd be lucky to find women signing up for those kind of jobs. Hunters wouldn't hunt cause of a storybook, it would either be because of money or they were born into it and had no other options.

The writing felt like it was targeting a fandom with the message 'heroes can be wrong'. Obviously yes, but it is the fandom that calls people heroes. Fans don't become what they idolize, otherwise they wouldn't be fans. The dead is to be respected, not idolize.
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6/10
I REGRET NOT WATCHING THE ORIGINAL
29 March 2023
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The film was interesting. I really liked the father daughter relationship and how Otto's character slowly develops. The flashback gimmick is a little overplayed but it's fine, it needed it's average move runtime i guess.

I did not like that they moved away from the original and made Malcolm trans instead of gay. Maybe it's cause hormone blockers are made in the US and they needed some marketing. I mean that's the only way those businesses can stay afloat. Surgeons make so much money off of people's insecurities and low self-esteem.

Frankly, I believe Otto is the type of guy that would find transitioning to be idiotic. He enjoys knowing how things work and he wasn't able to have children with his late wife because of an accident. I don't think he'd be in agreement with people transitioning, mutilating of one's body and make complications when birthing a child.

Overall it was okay. I'd rather watch the original though.
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6/10
An honest review
20 February 2023
I really liked the film but it could have been structured way better and given a proper more satisfying ending. When I saw the ending the only thing that came to mind was how cowardly the filmmaker was when making it. I was left with wanting more but not really.

The film was not so much pretentious as it was beating a dead horse, trying to deliver the same message over and over. Little to know character development happens and it only shows the worst in humanity in a silly way.

At first, I thought they were gonna go the titanic route and male lead survives instead of the female lead but I'm glad it went the lord of the flies route. I guess that's why there were so many flies. I'd prefer the movie be in 2 parts (movies). First movie ends with meeting the pirates and the second is what happens afterwards.

The male lead is annoying as f. I was hoping that on the island, we get some good character development but nope... Just another pretty face

Overall, I liked the film. I was entertained. I enjoyed myself... But if the ending was bad or unsatisfying to me, then so is the whole movie. And that's what it was.
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Cuties (2020)
2/10
Bad... Just bad
13 September 2022
I decided to give this film a chance despite the hate and controversy it received. What a mistake.

The movie is worst than the 'The Room' and it was so uncomfortable watching. I decided to stop after 40 minutes, it really isn't worth anybody's time.

The writing is cringe, as well as the voice overs and the dance. The cinematography felt really disturbing. Camera shots of the little girls body, for no reason, made me feel so uncomfortable.

The acting is just atrocious. Don't know bout the music. Had to stop at the twerking. Made me want to puke

Whatever underlying message there was i didn't give a crap. I had to stop at the twerking

If this is how eleven year old girls are acting in today's society, we're all doomed.
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The Sandman (2022– )
6/10
Endless Nothing
19 August 2022
This felt a lot like a British Twilight but without the teeth. The environments are great and so is the cgi, but wished the story had more to offer. A pompous play of black and white.
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Nope (2022)
6/10
The extinction of other species by humans
18 August 2022
Warning: Spoilers
I have to be honest, this was disappointing. It was slow and boring, and the reveal was a huge let down.

There is nothing scary about a paper balloon in the sky, but trying to make a ufo terrifying is a challenge so whatever.

A lot of cloud watching. I'm surprise they didn't tell us what the cloud types are.

Sister damaged to the ufo... BIG WOOP! She wasn't saving anybody, she just did it cause

Unsure if the flashback of the scene with the kid under table is a reference to ET but cool. The cene was good. I think the asian guy is the most interesting character in the movie and he isn't even one of the main cast...

The main characters have little to no character development. I frankly don't care, especially about the girl not being lazy and doing damage to a creature she doesn't know anything about.

The movie had a hard time bringing across what it wanted to say. However, I think that way cause there is something there that is really good. It had potential to be more.

It wasn't about 2 siblings grieving over their father's sudden death or struggling financially, no it's just a movie of people getting proof of a ufo in the sky. Heck, the movie is more like a stranger things bootleg.
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Lightyear (2022)
5/10
Disappointing!
1 August 2022
Remember that writer disney fired? Yeah big mistake

I read some reviews before watching the movie and couldn't understand why... but after watching... it was all on point

The first third of the movie was good, then it gradually falls apart

Characters fail to connect but the cat is amazing

The industrial design is great but the action is lack luster. Andy wouldn't have been hyped about this movie

The antagonist most of all is the biggest disappointment

Brain dead writing tries to bash stuff into my brain without telling me reasons...
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The Expanse (2015–2022)
4/10
Grey and Empty
31 July 2022
I have no interest in continuing. It was boring. Every shot looked the same. Whatever they were talking about I didn't care.

This is just the first episode mind you. The show probably got cancelled or something.
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6/10
Falls short
27 July 2022
A movie riddled with convenience

I have to say, the portrayal of women in movies are starting to be less and less likeable. Can't remember when last I actually sympathize with one in a movie. Don't get me started on the men, but at least thor had some development already established.
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Assassins (I) (2020)
7/10
Prank Gone Too Far
26 March 2022
Warning: Spoilers
Assassins 2020 is a documentary of the killing of North Korea leader's older half brother.

Evidence provided in the documentary are not evidence of pranks but evidence of assaults. These are more like 'haha gotcha' moments.

I believe the assailant didn't know what she was doing. That at least was obvious. But they had suspicions. Anybody with a brain can see that everything was very suspicious. From not using their names to not wanting to be on camera, and not informing the people that they were pranks... Also, not receiving their consent to use the footage, How old the men were

Not acting on those suspicions is something they are clearly guilty of.

"Nobody else agreed to do it"... Whom I wonder Y?

The document purposely tries to manipulate the viewer to have negative assumptions on NK instead of presenting the facts without bias. The facts should speak for themselves.

So should they be punished for their crimes? I think they've been punished enough.

All things considered. This is nothing new. America and other countries had a handful of political assassinations done in the past years. There were some scapegoats too.
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6/10
Opinions by Questionable People on One Person
26 March 2022
More than Miyagi 2021 is a documentary about the actor who played the role of Miyagi in The Karate Kid.

The documentary is an old interview with the deceased Pat Morita and a couple of people coming together to give their opinions on him. And as I watched it, I was getting a 'how much can we still profit off of this guy' vibe

If somebody disrespects your family in public, I don't care who was in the wrong, your loyalty and love is evident by who you side behind. Pat Morita's wife seemed to have moved on before his death

Evelyn Guerrero then proceeds to paint herself as the victim?

There is no interview from Pat Morita's children or his 2 ex-wives (17 and 19 year old marriages). Though, I honestly can't see them on good terms with Evelyn Guerrero. Evelyn is so fake, and I'm not talking about her face

Pat Morita had a lot to drink about and never got a good and healthy outlet to channel his pain and regret, the people around him failed to offer him that too. That is my impression at least. Hell, after watching this, I need a drink.

More than Miyagi 2021 is the video they needed to promote Pat Morita's unfinished manuscript... That will then be finished by Evelyn Guerrero?
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6/10
Riddled with plot convenience and paradoxes
21 March 2022
Besides the story not making too much sense, it is an enjoyable film...

There's a lot of good. The acting, the cinematography, fight choreography, the music and even the sfx. But none of it matters if the story isn't good.

The Adam Project 2022 is a good first watch... If you don't want to use your brain. The movie glosses over important information necessary for character development and the cohesiveness

imo it should have been about the father making a choice between his project and his son.
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6/10
Child Endangerment
17 March 2022
Art, animation, cinematography and sound are very good in my opinion. The story though...

Revolting Rhymes (2016) is another retelling of classic fairy tales. A bit of fairy bashing which i enjoyed. Though the ending left me disappointed.

If you saw the film, you might be able to guess why, we were all expecting it but when it didn't happen, you have to ask yourself... Why?

But it's better than ruining the ending with something random

Also, bad parenting wins. That's what I basically got from the film. The kids in the film are least affected by bad parenting, except maybe Jack and Red, but the heroes always win so whatever

Also also, the film basically says that murdering people is the solution in modern society and lives don't matter unless they are humans'

I don't want to bring race into a kid's film, but it is too apparent. The human white girl gets her justice while the black wolf doesn't. The white nanny is only happy when the white people in the story are safe...
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Cheatin' (2013)
4/10
dumb and artificial
18 February 2022
Slow, hollow, melodramatic and pretentious. The only redeeming qualities Cheatin' 2013 had is the unique art style and animation. At times it felt like an animation show reel instead of an actual telling of a decent story.

Sometimes the art style and acting doesn't fit well with the tone. The exaggerated and flippant animated scenes didn't help either. Felt very amateurish

Everything stops making sense at the end. It will leave you telling yourself 'oh okay that's happening'

I have to mention that it isn't all bad. There are scenes that I can't imagine being any better.
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6/10
Objectively a better story than The Last of Us 2
12 February 2022
Now why am I talking about a game in a movie review? Well because The Last of Us 2 is a disappointingly dumb game and there are disappointingly dumb people who think it isn't. It's so easy to make people sad and angry, to make them happy and laugh is the hard part. The game went for the lowest hanging fruit (story wise), and disguises itself as a good game with its aesthetic and its predecessor's good responses. Hence my disappointment. This movie has done more than make me hate it

A Walk to Remember 2002 is a teen drama that was done fairly well given what it was.

There's a lot of cringe I can forgive mainly because they are teens, but still, it annoyed me. The movie made me smile and it made me care about the characters

The play was very enjoyable. The best part of the movie imo

The movie could have done w/o the melodrama. It shouts generic from 2 decades ago. It had the minimum character development I thought and it was predictable too. Other than that, it had many time lapses and stereotypes every other corner.

Like I said, BETTER than The Last of Us 2.
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I Am Mother (2019)
5/10
The dumbest movie i've seen in 2022
30 January 2022
Warning: Spoilers
A movie about a shut in meeting an outsider. I'll tell you what happens to save you time from watching

Outsider so happens to find the bunker, also, did not think that a droid might be stationed there

Outsider so happens to look exactly like the child. Then she plays the victim after begging to come in.

Then they drilled a bullet, lodged in the abdomen, in order to pull it out. Outsider refuses anaesthesia for whatever dumb reason. And the surgery works -_-

Robot becomes jealous -_-

Then for whatever reason she stares at a drawing of a boy her age.

Surprise surprise the outsider lied -_-

Then the girl stares at the drawing of a boy her own age -_-

Then girl goes to kidnap her "brother"

At this point you wonder if the main character not know that humans harm each other all the time.

I sometimes wonder if this wasn't a teen drama

Main character prefers toxic relationship over an over protective one.

For whatever reason she shoots mother... For whatever reason -_-

Cause young adults don't need parents -_-

Over dramatic end scene.
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The Hater (2020)
7/10
A slow burn
23 January 2022
I won't bother telling you a summary, IMDB has one if you're looking.

Suicide Room: Hater 2020 has one of the better written villains I've watched recently. Unfortunately, the slow burn lowered the enjoyment of the film, at least for me.

If there was variety in the main cast of characters, the two hour film would have felt like a very good normal length movie.

An MMO game was incorporated into the story, this to me felt very jarring. It didn't fit the atmosphere of the movie. Also, it's such a 'low hanging fruit' to use a stereotype in such an important part of the film.

"Politics is not a game" I can't help but laugh when they said this in the film.

The film has a shallow way of thinking what a "hater" is too. It didn't choose to dive in deeper on the other end of the rope

Overall I think the character development of the main character was done well. I was able to sympathize and abhor his character all the same. I don't think it could have been done better either. From the very start, he was given a villain type look. I believe the majority of fault lies within the other characters. Another level of dimension would have been great.
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6/10
A space movie with an all white cast
15 January 2022
No wonder films weren't as popular

2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) is a film that felt like it was trying too hard. It gave me Fantasia (1940) vibes, I thought I was in an orchestra recital.

The movie: 20 minutes of Animal Planet, featuring Apes

Going to space to find a rectangle...

AI takeover cliche but this time it's in space -_-

Astronaut leaves without a space helmet... Cause plot convenience

You need to first take out all the memory disc to shut down an artificial intelligence -_-

Convenient exposition popping out of no where

Then it ends with an acid trip...

The movie is pretentious, boring, brain dead and melancholic. Despite that, I give praise for its cinematography and audio

You won't get back that 2 hours and 28 minutes. Just saying.
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Room (I) (2015)
8/10
This is a good film
11 January 2022
Go watch it. You won't regret it. The boy who knew only a single room.

This couldn't be what it is without the great acting.

There is character development that could still be explored but I'm at least glad it ended without the essence being ruined.
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Boyhood (I) (2014)
6/10
1990's Nostalgia
10 January 2022
Here's my review

Boyhood is a 2014 documentary film about a boy from the age of 7 to 18... That's it.

It has a good amount of parent and child bonding and you get to see how the characters develop over the years. As for the story, it didn't even feel like there was a third act...

A more interesting story could have been told through the mother's pov

The nostalgic music hits and it was the same actors throughout the movie, impressively made over a span of 11 years... But who really gives a sh**

Unless you were born in the 1990's, don't bother.
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Midsommar (2019)
6/10
Overrated
9 January 2022
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Na the female lead was just being too much. Not everybody is able to compensate for their girlfriend's mental illness but also her family. That's above another lever of stupidity

Midsommar 2019 is a slow burn "horror" film that tries to justify dumping your mental baggage on your significant other. And utterly fails.

The girlfriend tags along on an expedition to their friend's family festivities. She notices something is wrong, but decides not to leave because the boyfriend who already has started to lose feelings for didn't want to leave with her. But the dumbest thing is that she takes sleeping pills, conveniently provided of course, after knowing that she might be in danger.

Even after noticing that their friends have all disappeared one by one, they still decided to stay.

Dumb boyfriend ignores how sus the people are and decided to think with his genitals. Because that's typical of the male gender right >.>

Then girlfriend becomes a "sympathized" token avenger thanks to a boyfriend she already started to lose feelings for, but who stayed with her at her worst

Basically, midsommar 2019 is a slow headache with good cinematography.
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Don't Look Up (2021)
7/10
Pretty Good!
5 January 2022
Don't Look Up 2021 is a fun watch. It might even hold some credibility of what will happen in a likely scenario. Though the characters here seem to be more skewed to comedy relief. Anyways, an enjoyable first watch.

Why I rated it only a 7 you might ask?

Lack of character development and a poorly done, almost non existent redemption arc

The movie is missing a crucial archetype in the main cast, and knowing this, it could have been so much better. A missed opportunity

It felt like the human population was represented as one angry mob that had very little individuality. Nobody tried to survive the impact. There was no hording of toilet paper. No doomsday countdown.

When people are told that they are about to die, they still struggle to survive. But in this movie, they just accept it...

The main cast is just 2 chickens with their heads cut off.
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7/10
I enjoyed it more than Cruella 2021
5 January 2022
I have to say Last Night In Soho 2021 has to be one of the more unique films from that year but because of the writing at the end... We've seen the framework before but this comes with some really good twists. Too bad it's a 7/10. Just needed one final push but the writer decided to make the main character dumb at the end. Would have given it an 8/10 otherwise

Everybody has there own reasons. Everyone has there own backstory. It doesn't change the fact that we make our own choices in the present.

The villain is still the villain. Sure you might be able to sympathize with the them but we have to ask ourselves, why did they stop there? It was their selfishness and greed that allowed them to commit those crimes. The hug was unnecessary. It made it seem like those 100+ crimes were justified... And they were about to do 2 more for goodness sake.

Also, for some stupid reason... The villain could see what the main character see. I guess she had the "gift" too, conveniently it only awaken at the end of the movie.

The movie brings questions to ghosts and unrest spirits. Unfortunately, the ones at the beginning of the movie never got answered.
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