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  Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Movie: Mugen Train 2020

  ★★½ Watched 01 May 2021

  Watching people sleep for almost half the film made me also very sleepy. As a film this really didn't work. Tanjiro's narrative ends midway through with fairly little inconvenience, only for the reigns to be taken over by a new Big Bad we've never met and have no reason to care about. Call me a monster but this also really overestimates how much I care about old bug eyes.

  Would this have worked better as a mini-series, ie the way it was originally written? Probably. But it's still very much a promise of better things to come without really delivering in the here and now.

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  Mortal Kombat 2021

  ★★★ Watched 05 May 2021

  Did I really just watch this so I could appreciate the Pitch Meeting?

  Best parts were in the trailer and the scenes they released beforehand. Kept waiting for them to have a Mortal Kombat. They didn't have a Mortal Kombat. This whole thing should have been the prelude and the real film should have been the Mortal Kombat. Instead they just kind of gave up on the story partway through? Kano was fun until he wasn't. Jax's chicken arms were hysterical.

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  Star Wars: The Force Awakens 2015

  ★★★★ Watched 17 Dec 2015

  I don't know why I doubted J.J.

  + Great reintroduction to the franchise.
  + The nostalgic elements were a nice inclusion, but the film didn't rely on them to prop itself up because it had plenty going for it.
  + Diversity of the cast was very impressive - three significantly developed female roles (though one is technically an alien), along with plenty of minority roles.
  + Adam Driver's performance. That scene on the walkway over the abyss.
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  Star Wars: The Last Jedi 2017

  ★★★ Watched 14 Dec 2017 3

  This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

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