camwilcox

IMDb member since April 2020
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Five Nights at Freddy's 3
(2015)

Not as bad as people say... seriously
This is definitely one the creepiest atmospheres out of the FNAF's games, the walls are dingy and un-sanitised, on top of that there's only one animatronic, switching to a more strategy themed gameplay that keeps gamers on their toes. Strangely I find this the most fun game out of the series besides the first, the more sophisticated gameplay is fun when you get used to the jumpscares.

But this does not offer an exhilarating experience, as yet again, the game is orientated around jump scares, you need something to build up tension, which is difficult in a point and click game.

I think the things that would really boost this games status is a story, maybe you could start with the bite of 87, then easily I'd give it a 8 or 9.

But if so find myself drawn to this game once in a long time, and is Scott cawthon at his most experimental, but not anymore because FNAF is more dead then the Sonic franchise.

King Candy
(2015)

Decent movie
I don't want to praise this film for the budget, so I just wanna write about it as it is.

Ralph sepe was going for a "Spider-man: homecoming" style, very fast paced, and when executed well can be refreshing, and this is true for this movie. The plot consistently moves, the main character is always being thrusted into drama or a new situation. I think Ralph should of been replaced with another actor, and all the cast was pretty good, same goes with Ralph.

When it comes to technical things, it's impossible not to include the budget. I really didn't like the look of the film, it looks really bad imo in some scenes, it's sorta like someone poured rum over the camera lens, but the scene before the end of the credits is so rememberable.

All In all its good, I feel the style and direction they were going in. I'd love what other youtubers such as IHE or YMS thinks on this, otherwise it's a good step in the direction for Ralph Sepe JR. if it had the budget, adjust the cinematography, hire better actors, and you've got a genuinely good piece of work.

Beastars
(2019)

Good and very realistic
I never watched anime before, obviously this show contains anime cliches but the bad qualities always get singled out by the good qualities. This is a fantastic show, it's also one that deals heavily with racial, and other stereotypes, if you thought zootopia was breaking new ground with its messages then you haven't seen nothing.

The show starts off with a herbivore student getting murdered at the school by a carnivore,The segregation between carnivores and herbivores really drives my point home. The dialogue is very natural, I think the dialogue between Legoshi and Haru is... wow. Not to mention the anthro characters really do represent the animal, like for example you'd expect a wolf to be aggressive in some way, and rabbits are innocent and weak and clumsy.

And the art style is very... how did they do this? There's also scenes where Legoshi goes into these overthinking montages and it's really creative Evertome i see it. It's also really funny, there's some moments that really caught me off guard.

I totally recommend this show, and I don't feel like I can sum this up in a review, I just had to get my thoughts out.

Last thing, my favourite character is Juno, she's like a stereotypical anime girl, and that leads to a lot of over the top funny scenes.

Spyro Reignited Trilogy
(2018)

The most boring game I've ever played... but...
This game is so boring, I can see why people like this game, and I haven't played it all 100% but I have a firm grasp on what it's like. As

The game is polished to a tee, except from some inconveniences, like sgt Byrd's controls were consistently frustrating, and sprinting really quickly and flying was hard imo. But the game has a very nice art style, it reminds me of the cartoons I used to watch when I was a little kid, and if I told myself from the future that games would look this good? It would blow my mind, a living breathing cartoon. And I think this was in the original but the tutorials are so annoying, the tutorials in this game are more obnoxious than the last guardian.

But I just couldn't get through because I was so bored, but why is it so boring if it's gotten good reviews and clearly tons of people enjoy it? I think I've finally found out.

This is my conclusion, I don't think the mix between Hardcore gamer and casual gamer don't mix well, especially when it's a game about collecting things so I don't recommend this game for people who like games like call of duty.

But I do recommend people who like casual games, the original spyro, casual platformer to play this, and If there's any parents reading this review, GET YOUR KIDS THIS, they will ADORE this game!

Goodfellas
(1990)

Classic gangster flick and it shows
I love the way this film is shot, it looks like a moving Italian painting, and I think the cinematographer did that on purpose, my favourite shot is where Henry's wife was abused and he's walking up to the abuser, there's no dialogue just the sound of his shoes tapping the floor. There are no bad guys in this film the only bad guys are the main characters, and somehow you root for them, that's how you make a good bad guy, you can understand their intentions.

And the acting? Oh my god. It feels like the cameraman's a ghost and he's just recording these people's daily life, they're all distinct and natural, even the background actors add to the realism of the world. There's narration throughout the whole film, films use this as a tool to dump exposition but this one uses it to explain the thoughts and feelings of the characters, it also shows how insanely twisted these gangsters are. Even though there isn't a main goal except for Harry wanting to be a gangster, this film manages to be entertaining through and through.

It's another classic gangster flick. And goodfellas is an absolute 10/10

Five Nights at Freddy's
(2014)

Pretty epic
I haven't played the game but I've seen a lot of let's plays so I have some say in the games quality. The first few nights are exciting, it's really creepy the thought of these death robots coming to kill you. The game revolves around jumpscares, and I'm not the one to say that can't work, but it doesn't work here, if by the 4th night Scott cawthon (developer) implemented a new element like being in a different room, or manipulating the power source it would more fun, but it doesn't and it becomes boring after, unless you have memory loss then you could enjoy the game. The scary element is largely dependent on the animatronics, and you just get used to that after awhile.

Also, the back story behind the game is stupid, people are investing way too much time into a story that isn't even there.

The Lion King II: Simba's Pride
(1998)

Useless sequel or nah?
One thing that points out to me in this movie, is that this has to the most well paced movie I've ever seen, literally every scene exists for plot, and feels incredibly short and I'm not sure if that's a good thing or not.

The animation is sub-par compared to the original, I remember as kiara and kovu are going back to pride rock, zazu comes to them, spouts dialogue and as he flies away he looks one way and teleports to look the other direction, it's so bizarre.

Since this is a musical following the original, the songs are really good, especially 'he lives in you' and 'love will find a way', if the whole movie was just as good as the love will find a way scene, then it would just be as good if not better than the original. And if you're looking for music compared to the original, this is not the movie.

And I think that's what it comes down to really, just a watered down version of the original in terms of the story, animation, characters, the concept is good, but the execution is way off, and that shows.

If you're looking for a competent sequel to the original, don't watch it, but if you just want to watch the sequel, go for it, but it will never match the status of such a classic.

Bolt
(2008)

Underrated adventure film.
Bolt is a super dog that works with their owner "penny" to save her father from the EVIL DR. Calico.

No, in fact bolt is a fairly average dog who's whole life was raised in a movie set, internally he thinks he's a super strong dog but he's really not. One day he escapes from supposed movie set, and has to adapt to being a normal dog while meeting a few friends that teach him the ways of being a normal dog, all the while bolt is still trying to get back to his owner.

This movie doesn't have a villain which is vital for most movies to carry the story, and despite being released in 2008 it still holds up, the good parts overrule the bad parts though, I think this movie is the best dog/cat movie I've ever seen, it includes tropes from movies like "the matrix" in the film That are used on the movie set bolts in, and the idea that bolt believes that he's in this fantasy, action world is really interesting, and is totally unprepared when he has to come clean about who he truly is.

Eventhough this movie has got a mediocre response from critics, the concept behind the film is really cool, however having bad bits (especially the dialogue) I think it was a decent movie, and if I was the director, I wouldn't be so disappointed.

Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi
(1983)

Underrated
In this film, at long last, Luke finally confronts his father, in an epic finale of one of the most recognisable properties of all time.

Out of all the original 3 movies, everyone agrees this is the weakest one, despite having the wonder, and epic ness of the others, there is some real stinkers in this one:

1. Why would the empire build a second Death Star?

2. The ewoks just, why?

Etc, however, despite its flaws, return of the Jedi is still my favourite Star Wars movie; it still encapsulates what's so good about Star Wars. And this movie sets a very good example for young directors, there's the cinematography, the story, the conclusion, and actually how to write characters, if you analyse it, it can remove that nervousness that most young directors have about writing movies, and it's not as impossible as they think it is.

Back to the ewoks from before, the ewoks aren't as cancerous as, say, the "minions" ugh, there actually not bad as people say they are though I wish they still weren't in the movie, they're obviously just there as products.

I wanted to make this review as spoiler-less as possible because it's still a great film and an excellent execution to one of the most gripping, immersive sci-fi movies I've ever seen, pure beauty.

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