iamtheman0928

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One True Loves
(2023)

Hallmark movie with slightly better actors.
My wife read the book and made me watch this, and it's simply this. If you love Hallmark movies, you'll love this. Otherwise it's nothing special.

The chemistry between the characters feels like a forced C- effort. The husband gives the best performance but even that feels almost like overacting in comparison.

It's a simple plot, a girl needs to choose between two serious relationship options and there's a very predictable flow from then on out. You're not worried about her bc she's in a win/win either way. You feel sorry (I guess) for the two suitors.

I won't watch this again, unless someone really wants to see this; Id avoid it. My wife said there were some big deviations from the book, but I wasn't interested enough to ask what they were.

Heart of Stone
(2023)

Just missed the mark
If the movie put the same focus on plot/acting/slight believability as it did on its diversity hiring, it might have been a decent film. The fight scenes aren't believable in the slightest. The effort was focused on CGI in the slightest hopes of covering what it was lacking everywhere else. Gal just isn't believable as an action star. She couldn't quite pull it off as Wonder Woman, and there still going to that well.

I made it about 10 minutes before before I was fully disengaged by what was on screen.

There's much better action films worth your time, but if you've exhausted all those options or just really like watching Gal try to play James Bond then you're in luck.

But no, seriously, it's pretty bad.

Transformers: Rise of the Beasts
(2023)

Just stop
The plot is clunky, the acting is very poor, and you can't understand what one of the actors is saying during the film. It's not paced, and the action was underwhelming. It's like they face Transformers to the D team with 1/5 of the budget of the original. Not worth your time.

I don't understand why they decided to not use real actors but it completely sucks you out of the movie. The plot and how it plays out, didn't make a whole lot of sense either. It felt like they were trying to come up with an excuse to bring Maximals to earth but how it happens doesn't make a whole lot of sense either. Just avoid or start the movie at the 55 minute mark.

Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities: The Outside
(2022)
Episode 4, Season 1

Easily the worst episode of the first half
I'm going to write nothing useful, and it will still be better than watching this episode.

The episode follows a woman with a loving husband who would rather sacrifice her relationship to gain the approval of a few vapid coworkers.

The episode feels like it takes place in the 80's but the flat screen monitors with modern technology at the bank seems to indicate it's occurring in the 21st century???

I also wasn't aware you could fire a shotgun in the middle of a neighborhood without a permit, and get away with it.

Avoid this episode because it's an hour you won't get back in your life. I'd give it a 1, but the cinematography and acting is good, but everything else leaves a lot (understatement) to be desired.

This episode should have been pulled from from the series.

The Shrink Next Door
(2021)

Hoping for more
The acting is good (met expectations) , but the story isn't interesting. I'm struggling to get through these first few episodes without doing something else. Don't watching if you're looking to see these comedic legends in their element.

Fahrenheit 9/11
(2004)

Over the top propaganda
As a conservative I had to see this to get an understanding of what many of my liberal friends were bashing. It turns out that the whole movie, while pretty boring, was just over the top propaganda.

Moore never defends his views, all of his assertions are speculations and never considers the other side. One of the points made in the movie was that a woman's son is sent off to war because he had no choice for college due to lack of financial aid and parents couldn't afford it. That is fine, but what about student loans? When someone signs a document that enlists them, they need to be fully aware of the responsibility that comes with that.

Like most liberals I know, she blames the Republicans for him being killed, and not the fact he thought the army was a better choice then work programs and student loans.

I also found it humorous at the lack of civility LIBERALS showed the President when he was inaugurated(sp) by throwing eggs at the car. Bush won the election, he won Florida. It was recounted an infinite amount of times and Gore never had it.

It's really sad to see that people actually gave this guy funding to produce such a film. I would have liked to see Moore actually articulate a counter-point against his views.

The Matrix Revolutions
(2003)

Not the final movie I was expecting to see
This movie has had a lot of hype for years, and the result, disappointing.

The action and thrills that were in the first and the second, just aren't there for the third movie. In addition to that the majority of the movie is not even focused on Neo, which is primarily why I went to see it.

I think the producers took Gundam Wing, and made it into a fight scene, and then for the end they took a Dragonball Z fight scene, and that was the plot for Neo and Smith at the end. I'm not going to ruin it for those who have not seen the movie yet, but I can almost guarantee you will leaving the theatre wondering where those last two hours went.

The best part of the whole movie is the ending when Neo if fighting Agent Smith. They do some fantastic special effects there that I've seen only in Anime` and yet managed to make it look incredible for the real thing. Congrats to the boys on that, otherwise, I give it 7 overall.

Das Experiment
(2001)

Indifferent to different
I have never viewed a movie such as this until my fiance` talked me into watching it. The idea behind it alone was intriguing enough to watch, but the movie itself didn't really cut it. It's about an experiment of prisoners and guards for 10 days. It's evident what is going to take place through the duration of the movie; guards become more violent the longer they have power and the prisoners don't take them too seriously, until.... read up on psychology it'll explain a lot of it before you even watch it. I was confused with the girl, because it was unnecessary and simply put, poor filming. The movie showed her a lot without any relevance to the central theme which is irritating. I was bored after about an hour of it, and had to finish it later. Good idea, poor directing/acting/mise-en-scene. Take this idea and give it to America where effort can be put into it, and you have quite possibly a film of the year type of movie. It beats random Action movies and Chick flicks so at least it has that going for it. I gave it a 7 out of 10.

Maid in Manhattan
(2002)

Predictably Heartfelt
I could honestly say that this movie defines "chick flick" Not to say I didn't enjoy it, but its very comperable to Pretty Woman and exceedingly predictable. I enjoyed it, but would recommend waiting til it comes out for Rental. If you're looking to see a movie in a similar genre to this, I'd recommend My Big Fat Greek Wedding instead.

The Count of Monte Cristo
(2002)

Not a Bad Film
After reading this book, I was excited to see this movie on the big screen and have been anxious since hearing about way back when. The movie, for those who've read the book, will see it follows the plot line pretty close. I was a little dissapointed in the fact that the movie was unable to develope emotional attachments between myself and the hero or any other character in the movie. There are some memorable quotes in the film, and some chuckle scenes, but other than that it's a good movie to take a date to see, but I wouldn't recommend this as a must-see, rather than a good matinee movie if you have nothing better to do. The scenery in the movie is pretty good too, although Lord of the Rings probably had the best scenery I've ever seen, but not a bad movie overall.

The Fast and the Furious
(2001)

Rip-off
A decent movie like "Point Break" was taken, and the great scenes of skydiving action was removed for poor quality, tacky looking Hondas. Anybody who vividly enjoyed this movie is a conformist to society, and probably has half their wardrobe filled with Abercrombie clothes, visors, and gel for their dyed blonde hair.

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