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Final Destination: Bloodlines is a great time. It does the smart thing and goes for a more comedic approach than earlier entries in the series.

Bloodlines contains possibly the best opening of the franchise and the first 20 minutes are a treat. The effects, while not amazing, do the job and are particularly gory even for this series.

The movie works well bringing a new twist on the Final Destination formula and the family are all likable enough in their own ways.

It would be remiss of me not to mention a standout in Richard Harmon. I spend a good portion of his time on screen trying to calculate if Tom Green could have fathered him as he is his dead ringer in this (amazingly both canadian as well). It was obvious they were going for a Tom Green type of character.

Tony Todd shows up for the last time as the mortician and it's a great emotional and poetic send off for him as well as giving his character an interesting backstory.

The movie has some nice little easter eggs for fans of the series with some call backs to previous entries as well as harking back to some of the premonitions.

The Final Destination franchise has always been interesting to me but never quite delivered a quality movie. This is perhaps the closest it has came to that by just being a good time and not getting bogged down in the lore.

A Complete Unknown turned out to be a welcome surprise. I feared the worst with the casting of Timothee Chalamet but he does a great Dylan impression here and nails the songs.

The whole cast is great and the attention to detail in even the smaller roles is something to behold. Scoot McNairy as Woody Guthrie, Boyd Holbrook as Johnny Cash and Monica Barbaro as Joan Baez, all inspired casting.

Edward Norton as Pete Seeger is the movies shining light as he introduces Dylan to the world he would be accustomed. Norton is fantastic here and will hopefully garner an oscar nomination for his efforts.

Elle Fanning flies under the radar a bit and manages to do a lot with very little. What she manages to express with just a gaze off into the distance is remarkable. Hopefully Fanning will be in more movies going forward after her four year break.

The movie moves at such a pace it's never boring and manages to avoid all the usual biopic tropes. After watching this, it made be crave another excerpt from Dylan's life showcasing his John Wesley Harding period.

James Mangold is just about forgiven for Indiana Jones And The Dial Of Destiny with this. Maybe just.

Seriously, who does the effects for these Sony Marvel movies? Another by the numbers superhero movie with absolutely no substance to make it stand out in any way.

Aaron Taylor-Johnson is well cast as Kraven and could have been exceptional in another movie but is let down badly by a weak script and awful effects.

After Venom, Morbius & Madame Web, Sony have officially made more dud superhero movies than any other company (Warner must be thrilled).

Russell Crowe turns up as Kraven's father and again shows his great ability at phoning it in. Crowe's later career performances have been abysmal for the most part which is a shame given the talent of the man.

Alessandro Nivola's Rhino makes Paul Giamatti's look like Thanos in comparison. He's such a poor villian you would think they would have realised it just wasn't working.

After some considerable thought, the special effects in this are worse than in Madame Web....now that's saying something.