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MadS (2024)
Pointless
MadS is an ambitious well executed "piece". An "A" grade school project. The problem is that it's not a movie! It has no plot, no story, nothing whatsoever!
The acting is not bad, cinematography and direction are well thought, but what is the story? Nothing! Literally nothing! Infection being passed from one to another, with some police guys attempting to kill the infected. That's literally it! Nothing else happens, except that what I just described is stretched AF! Pacing is a disaster, scenes are irrelevant and don't build anything, no backstory, no conclusion, no climax, no even anticlimax, nothing!
Not recommended.
Oddity (2024)
A collage of unwell stitched horror-supernatural elements that yield nothing really
First, the what's good about it? A few things. No cheap marketing nudity or jump scares (except one or two, which are justified). Acting is not terrible. That's it
Otherwise, this movie is really empty. Nothing clever, interesting, or creative about it. Just a collection of very generic elements without a proper context or creative story to make them meaningful in anyway. It doesn't raise any question, or give you any reason to keep watching
Also, dialogue and character development do not make any sense. Characters make ridiculous decisions that are just forced on them to keep the plotless plot moving forward
Aside from that, cinematography is a bit bellow average. It looks so "digital" like YouTuber's DSLR videos, with little attention to look consistency. Sfx and music are also at the same level
Overall, it's a cheap b-movie that is not worth it's watching time. Don't believe the praising reviews.
Castlevania (2017)
Almost acceptable, in 1987 standards, only it's not!
I really had high hopes for this show, especially with my love to quality horror-action. I watched the entire show waiting for it to get good, only good. It didn't.
The show starts as a generic, uncharacterized vampire story that borrows from the original Dracula. It progresses in a confused way that leave you senseless what is the plot here. As more characters get introduced, disappear without leaving any value behind, get killed, revive, I got more and more suspicious that Netflix "did it again", overhyped a mediocre show with undercooked production that appeals to current trends, until the suspicious got confirmed with a number of meaningless sex scenes that focus on nudity and queer desires that have literally zero added value to the plot, but hey, It's Netflix!
Castlevania is unbelievably badly animated. I mean it feels so 1990's with it's sluggish frame rate and static movements that lack details and artistry. Voice acting started off solid. But from the second season on, it turned sub par to say the least. Just shut your eyes and listen and you'll get what I mean in a split second
Worst of all, it's a confused show with underwhelming tension, and lacks the sense of progress. You'll find some silly moments that are badly performed. Characters are flat and senseless, with a few exceptions. Music is not really music. Rather, it's a set of unartful notes that evoke no really feelings. It feels like the composer tried to go so avant garde that he went so off rails and crashed
There are a very few "interesting" fight scenes, and they're not the best in its class. Guys, it's 2021, the world is decades beyond that! Plus, you don't watch a four season show for a couple of mildly interesting, not very well produced fight scenes!
Overall, it's a boring experience that left me in needless regret.
A Quiet Place: Day One (2024)
Even worse that the previous installment
Same errors, same nonsense, same cringe, only more of it
All of a sudden, a few minutes after a sudden alien invasion, everyone knows that sound is the greatest threat. Even more ridiculous, right after the commits crashed, I mean like 30 seconds, you have military forces in the street. How? Why? When? Nobody here seems to care, it just did. So how does this movie "work"? Just stuff some irrelevant, raw, generic, context independent, content-free stock scenes, dialogues, and emotions, plot it on a standard story line, bring some sub par actors and actresses to (over) perform it, and boom, you have a meaningless extension to an interesting part one to milk audience for some cash by wasting their time
Pure crap. 100% unrecommended.
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (2024)
Poor man's Mad Max installment
If you're a fan of Mad Max franchise (especially Fury Road), then this is going to be a disappointment
Right off the batt, VFX is straight up bad, really bad, bad to a disengaging level. I'm not a purist or a visiophile, but I can't hold myself from noticing that green screens are not even properly isolated, and that foreground and background colors and lighting do not match. Let aside the incredibly amateurish and silly time laps scenes!
This could've been mitigated by a great story arc, which it didn't have. There's no hero's journey, there's no much character development, there's no to Furiosa but a back story that starts and ends as the same person
I'd also dare to add that directing and acting are a bit subpar. Not terrible, but hey, it's Mad Max, expectations are much higher!
It's not my biggest regret this year, but I feel it could easily be skipped.
Devil (2010)
Tell but not show
Mediocre plot brought to the screen by mediocre actors who deliver a cringy script written by a popular name!
Nothing in this movie makes any sense! The movie fails to establish the realm in which this stupid plot "works".
Where and when on earth is a stuck elevator gets rescued by breaking through a two foot thick wall covered by marble! How (and why!) can the workers, staff and visitors of a huge 80 or so storey building fit in its hallway, how even stepping on each other's foot! What ridiculous coincidence brings that particular detective to this place (no spoiler)?! Why is all of this even happening? What's the back story? Where's the character development?
Such a waste of time. Not worth it.
Abigail (2024)
It doesn't matter how.. Just do it dude
Litterally, that's how this movie was cooked
It doesn't matter how.. Just do it dude
* Actors, act. It doesn't matter how.. Just do it dudes
* Writers, gimme a script. It doesn't matter how.. Just do it dudes
* Director, make a movie. It doesn't matter how.. Just do it dude
* Sound designer, I need some audio. It doesn't matter how.. Just do it dude
* Set designer, create a location. It doesn't matter how.. Just do it dude.
* Cameraman, shoot some clips. It doesn't matter how.. Just do it dude.
* Marketers .. Oh, but wait! Dudes, you'd better do tf best you can to cover up for the rest of the crew and make sell the f out of this, understand?? And btw, it doesn't matter how.. Just do it dudes
And btw, kill some vampires. It doesn't matter how.. Even by opening the curtains at midnight to bring in some cross-galactic sunrays to burn'em up.. Just do it dudes. Vampires are bad.
Shogun (2024)
Overrated and lacks soul
This is one of the most overrated shows in 2024. I started watching with no background on the novel or the first show, nor I had any high expectations. But episode after the other I lose more interest and push myself hard to keep watching just for the sake of closure.
I generally like Sanada and enjoy his performance. And I love quality Japanese drama, especially the Samurai era. But sadly I couldn't find anything attention worthy in this show.
The show lacks any kind of depth, real struggles, or quality surprises. At the contrary, it feels flat and hollow. It feels more like "random" than "predictable".
I think that the real problem is the lack of a coherent plot that structures the show. Throughout the show, all events and characters feel like "they're just there", but no well structured plot that give you a reason to keep watching
On a mildly positive node, Sanada's performance is good, so is Javris but to a lesser degree. Anna Saway starts well then she becomes a bit boring. Nikaido and Kouri are absolute cringe!
It feels like a waste of time. Won't recommend it.
Saltburn (2023)
Disgusting crap
This is an absolute insult. Saltburn is one of those so called "simpleton's epic" movies. Just a noobish attempt to create an arthouse style drama with zero plausibility and undercooked structure.
I'm really disgusted by the final twist. It's an absolute insult to the viewer! So Emerlad, you through a set of loosely established long shots, a bunch of disgusting disgusting behaviors (licking period blood, sniffing and drinking male fluids, ...), and tons of unfounded coincidences, then you "shock" us by the ridiculous reveal of "it's by design from the beginning" stock twist?? This only wow's a tiktokheads not a > 85 IQ human!
One of my biggest regrets in 2023! RUNAWAY.
Slow Horses (2022)
Sad it came down to this (Season 1 through 3 drop)
I never read the novels, so I had zero expectations while watching
Slow Horses started off well. I was impressed particularly by Gary Oldman performance, concluding Season 1 with decent level of interest
Jumping to the second season, writing started to become more amateurish, over doing topics like Lamb's lack of hygiene, and adding too many nonsensical characters choices. Acting started to drop by introducing Kadiff Kirwan (as Markus)
Now, at the time of writing three episodes from season three have passed, and I can't even tolerate pushing myself to the end of season! It's becoming too ridiculous to tolerate! Even Rosalind Eleazer (as Luisa) is terribly overacting her grumpy role, stupid coincidences like discovering getting lead to kidnapped Standish from a common hair clip on randomly dropped under a bridge, plus a lot of stupid dialogues between Shirly and Markus that sound like a grade 3 school skit!
I don't think I'll keep watching it.
Peaky Blinders (2013)
A show about whiskey, sex, and some other random stuff
Peaky blinders is one of those hard to rate shows. There's nothing "that bad" about it, but there's not much "that good" either
Let me first acknowledge that acting overall is great. Characters are very likable, costumes and sets are ok'ish, but that's about it.
The first episode failed to hook me, even though I was ready to get hooked. But I got in as Season 1 progresses. It was sort of entertaining. But the problem is that the writer didn't have a clear vision of how he wants the show to be, hence no season really served the following ones. It's neither an anthology nor a continuation, it's just a a confused series of irrelevant events that mildly and inconsistently connect.
One of the weaker aspects of the show is character development. It's not consistent or insightful. It feels like a superficial attempt to create a likable group of characters, which it did in a sense but at the cost of sensibility
Seasons 3 and 4 seem like fillers, 5 was the worst. 6 was an attempt to end on a good note. But overall, the show lost its essence after season 2, when plot holes and absurd events were too much to ignore
I don't really think it deserves the hype, nor the time to watch it.
Btw, did you notice from the very beginning how terrible the editing was and continuity errors were obvious? One of the first scenes when Polly was holding a gun with her finger on the trigger, the very next shot it was on the grip. Lame.
Altered Carbon (2018)
I'm confused, who is this really for?
No, for real, who is this for?
Before you read, this is for the Season One only, which is the more praised one!
TL;DR. It's too ridiculous for adults to like, too explicit for children to watch.
I mean, like, REALLY ridiculous! All what this show is a bunch of average CGI, TERRIBLE acting, a lot of incoherent smartass dialogues, more TERRIBLE acting, and a little more, and even worse, Martha Higareda! Oh, and a lot of "bare skin", too much of it. B**bs sell, Netflix knows.
The overall theme is mediocre cyberpunk story that doesn't really hold itself up. But that's not the problem, the problem is that it seems like it was written by a confused cartoon writer who wanted to move into adult content creation and he got trapped in between, so he decided to write a movie with his cartoonish mindset and his adult'ish fantasies.
I gave two stars solely for the mildly interesting performance of Will Yun Lee (As Kovac), and the little better of Chris Conner (as Poe)
Did I mention how disengaging the fight scenes and how terribly choreographed they are?
Saw X (2023)
More of an amateurish B-Movie than a franchise title
I'm a big fan of Saw franchise (except the trash can titled "Spiral"). But this one is a clear money grab! No one seemed to show the least bit of care of creating a quality movie. Rather, they just grabbed a few Saw signature elements (quick jittery camera movements, grungy color grading, mechanical gadgets with industrial sound fx...) but that's about it. They didn't even pay least attention to making actors look younger than the first installment since it's a prequel. In contrary, they look at least 10 years older (which is the fact). Even the iconic Hello Zepp theme is not presented in place!
Story is as predictable, flat, and mediocre as it can get! Acting is average to bad. Let's squeeze the franchise even more, a few extra grands won't hurt anyone but the viewers, and who cares
One thing I liked about this movie is that it helped me sleep in a terribly insomnious night (for real)
Mauseu (2021)
Overrated K-Soap Opera
Just another K-Drama hyper popularized by the mindless K-fanaticism
I tried really hard to enjoy this show. But it's boring AF, unoriginal, illogical, childish, amateurish, and as plausible as a low quality anime!
Acting overall is good at best, so is music and cinematography. While editing is a disaster! Story is all over the place. Plot is built on endless unfounded coincidences. Twists are there just for the sake of it
Overall, it's a mess hidden by a Korean flair
Make no mistake. I have nothing against K-Drama. I have a few favs among them. But this is definitely a trap that I fell into, and regret it!
It it was exactly one tenth its length, maybe it'd have had a chance. It has some mild entertainment here and there, but it's spread so thin that it becomes bland and unnoticeable.
Silo (2023)
Go out and clean, don't waste your time!
This is an absolute trash, on all levels!
I never read the novels, so I'm not comparing to any reference. I watched it with absolutely fresh eyes, prepared from some "filler episodes" that some complained about. I can tolerate that if it pays off at the end. Guess what, there is 10 of them!
If you want to know what this show is, imagine someone who knows nothing about cooking, never ate Italian food, and has a terrible taste, who decided to make Ravioli for a gourmet competition. How can he do that? Put some eggs and flour, cheese, spinach and water in a mixer, beat everything together, then boil that dough, and serve! And oh, he uses 140 year old ingredients from before the silo!
That's exactly how this show is created! Just add some smarta** dialogues, action shots, flashbacks, irrelevant characters, more irrelevant characters, "epic" music, more irrelevant characters for the garnish, and voila! Here's your gourmet ravioli show!
Instead of establishing the story, the show starts off by wasting an entire episode on two characters with many details on their struggles and events, all to turn out will have no roles in the entire show later on, actually never see them again!
I would have assumed that the creative director is experimenting an avant garde approach to story telling, and that there's some easter eggs or twist that will reveal later on. Nope. He's just like our ravioli contestant. Knows absolutely nothing about storytelling, directing or casting!
Alright, from the absolute first scene, acting is rediculously bad! Bad to the extent that make you doubt yourself: Is this real?? Am I watching something that unbelievable and disengaging, or maybe I'm missing something that all the 9'ers and 10'ers caught? Nope. It's that bad
Let's keep going... Performance doesn't improve, characters do not develop, no meaningful backstory to create connection. I said: meaningful, because there are some 3rd-grader-English-class-assignment-level attempts for a backstory, which at that level should receive a C
Throughout the show, you have no deep connection with any character, no questions, no anticipations, except for one that is too lame to make the show interesting: Why are they in the silo
No spoilers here.
Some reviewers mentioned an epic finale, and a huge twist. Ok, I like that. I'll push myself towards the end for this sake. Nope. Nothing! Just a meaningless, unestablished, uninteresting, out of no where kind of twist that is neither shocking nor satisfying. Just like an action heist movie where the protagonist discovers that his irrelevant mother is from Latvia instead of Algeria by an irrelevant DNA test report found in the bank's trash bin as a form of twist! That's how ridiculous the finale is!
Ok, some scores:
Acting: Ranging from 4/10 (Just for Rebecca Ferguson rushed performance) to 0.0034/10 for most of the rest
Directing: 2/10
Sets: 5/10
Editing: 2/10
Color Grading: 3/10
Music: 1/10 (Only two or three motifs that keep repeating like hell, and are actually stolen from other shows/movies)
Dialogue: Square root of -1/0, if you know what that means
Plot: 0/0, if you know what that means
Note: I binged this 8 episodes 1 evening then the remaining 2 next morning. So I watched everything in its context, if it has such a thing!
I want my 10 hours back, Apple!
Eight for Silver (2021)
I don't know what's the opposite of binging. But that's how uninterestingly I watched it
The Cursed is, well, about a curse, obviously. Only it's not!
This movie starts with an irrelevant war scene, followed by an irrelevant woman showing her b**bs in the shower, followed by a lot of irrelevant side talks about cholera and biblical stuff etc. Which all seems like a failed attempt to fill in the movie creation template (establishing scene, back story, etc). It was sort of a "don't show and don't tell" principle that doesn't exist
Acting range between solid (especially
Alistair Petrie and to some extent Boyd Holbrook), to bad and disengaging (most notably Kelly Reilly), with everything in between
Cinematography is actually good, with interesting sets and gloomy color grading. But that doesn't help terrible directing, extremely bad editing, or the mediocre sound design
Is this the worst part? Actually not. The worst of all is writing. The movie has no genuinely interesting theme. It does not raise any questions that grab your attention. Only a series of highly predictable and uniteresting events that follow each other. Dialogue is lame and lacks any depth and confluence
I started off open to the experience based on the illusive reviews. Only 30 mins through I had to push myself to watch it only due to my need for closure. I had to watch in something like 15-20 mins splits, that's how interesting it is!
Secret Invasion (2023)
Interesting cast let down by poor writing and cheap direction
From the very beginning, the debut starts with an overconsumed cliché of "what if you can't trust anyone," which really isn't a core element in the narrative. However, the director relies on artificial mood-making using music and overloaded yet hollow and generic dialogues that carry no substance underneath at all.
What shall I say about what my eyes perceived? They perceived very bad CGI, uninteresting cinematography, and worst of all, cringy acting. Yes, acting is subpar at best. Extras and minor characters are a shame.
The narration is the worst aspect. Information unfolds in a very amateurish way that makes the show sound like it's written as a school skit.
To my own surprise, the best performance is not delivered by Sam Jackson nor Emilia Clarke, and not even by the well-endowed Olivia Colman. Rather, it's delivered by Ben Mendlesohn. Why? Because unlike each of them, he's already a linear actor with not much versatility, so he does what he always does: cold and emotionless expressions with a deep monotonous voice, which actually works for him!
Overall, it's a very mediocre show that doesn't match what's expected from its cast
I don't think I'll keep watching...
Barry (2018)
Bill Hader created a show just for himself
Ok, let me put this straight. This is a terribly bad show, disguised in a hit, and let me explain why before you fry me
Bill Hader is a stellar performer, and doing Barry was no less than what you'd expect from him. He magnificently portrayed a troubled vet with psychotic disorders while trying to reform. His performance sucks you in in a split second to the shows realm. Some of the supporting actors did really good as well, especially. Stephen Root (as Fuches), and Henry Wrinkler (as Cousineau). I didn't find Sarah Goldberg (as Sally Reed) believable at all, and definitely didn't enjoy Anthony Carrigan (as Hank), yet none was "bad"
That aside, everything else in the show sucks, I mean literally! The plot is very weak and shallow, many events are distracted and don't make any sense and do not add anything to the overarching story. Overall, many scenes seem like they're there only for the sake of it, just throw everything from the fridge in a pot and stir it until it all comes together
So, what genre does this show belong to? That's the whole point: None! It's overall vibes are confused between tragedy, drama, dark comedy and silly comedy. Whenever you adjust to a style you get drifted away by another
The show started off sorta well which created the sense that it's going somewhere, but as Season 2 approaches its end, silliness took over. They started throwing in a bunch of lame jokes and situations that are pure cringe. The way they do it is to "just do the most irrelevant thing and it will be funny". It's not! It's ridiculous and out of context. Silly comedy does not blend well with dark comedy! Each has its own dynamics and tone that doesn't fuse with the other.
The more the show progresses the more it runs out of steam and start becoming random and aimless. Season 3 and 4 seemed like an amateurish attempt to do David Lynch's style avant garde with a comedic flair which didn't work well. The show ended on a detuned note, which neither made sense, impact, or reach any sort of resolution. It just ended in a superficially, pushed drama, which seemed once again as it was there just for the sake of it
Overall, the show is a waste of time, with very little enjoyment in it, mostly in Season 1.
Kingdom (2019)
See, Netflix?? You don't need sex or LGBT to make a show successful!
I'm a super fan of Zombie genre(s). I attest that this is one of the absolute best. Yes there are a few silly holes, but the show is too good that they don't seriously affect the overall experience
Compared to shows like The Walking Dead, this does actually have a plot! Acting is good and believable for most part, cinematography is very good (great in fight scenes), costumes are great, fight scenes are well choreographed, there is no exaggeration in any aspect that I can think of
As said, there are a few ridiculous plot holes, but I guess that many people won't even notice. For which I drop two stars. Otherwise I'd had given it a 10/10 without hesitation
The show is clean of cheap attractors (unnecessary nudity, sex,...) and irrelevant agendas, unlike stereotypical Netflix! It focuses on what drama is really about: Crafting an enjoyable experience
Since I'm an older guy who watched real art before it turned into a cheap manipulation and money grabbing tool, I had almost lost hope to see a good show that doesn't sell the story with exaggerated CGI and music (Marvel. Et. Al.), boobs (HBO), or appealing to minorities (Netflix). But this show gave me some hope back. Thanks for making this happen. I hope to see more like it.
Rabbit Hole (2023)
Over hyped
I don't find a real reason for the praise. At the time of writing, only two episodes are out, and that's not enough to scream of joy.
For a mystery, there must be something new, ambiguous, and feels that it's up to something which gets reviled at the end. So far, it's the same cliche of 100 other movies and shows about a person who's life is ripped off and he has no idea what's going on. Nothing original
Maybe it will turn out to be a ground breaking show. But until it concludes, it's so overrated
On MAJOR turn off is acting. Sutherland's performance is solid and natural. EVERYONE else is over acting and. And Meta Golding, OMG! This is the most disturbing performance I have ever seen!
I'm not sure if I have enough interest to continue watching.
Update Apr 24
Reaching E06, it's one of the dumbest, most annoying shows I ever watched! Dumb characters, ridiculous dialogue, non-sensical trail of events, and terribly bad acting! My disastrous need for closure urges me to keep watching this trash, but it's becoming ever worse! RUN AWAY!
Glass Onion (2022)
I wanted to like it. But, meh...
This movie is a typical case of resource waste. Good cast, nice locations, but... nothing else. No, I mean really, nothing else!
I tried hard to like it, but from the very beginning it felt like a Disney family movie (specially the Disney fantasy style sound track) not a murder mystery.
The way mystery genre works is that it gives you everything you need to solve it, but redirects you from really seeing it. This is not what happened here. All that was presented was a series of underestablished events that you have to just accept to continue the movie. And oh boy, a VERY VERY VERY long flashback, that is utterly ridiculous
When I remember the first Knives Out and how sophisticated and multilayered I feel that this one is a cheap cheat. A mere money grab that builds on the momentum of the brand, just like The Matrix Resurrection (not that bad, but still bad)
One more ugly note. I was really annoyed by how the bar scene was created! I'm not sure if it was a cheap CGI or a terrible make up that made the younger characters look like a silly chibi that doesn't even look young, especially Norton!
A definite regret.
Emily the Criminal (2022)
Solid performance of a pointless plot
There's nothing really here. I don't hold a grasp on what the plot is. Aubrey's performance is good, nothing spectacular though. The movie doesn't feel like it progresses in any way but how Emily (Aubrey Plaza) unleashes her mediocre criminal potential. There's really nothing to miss here. I don't even have so much to write to fill the required 600 review characters
I won't criticize the so many discrepancies in the movie, it's not even worth that much focus. Just another dull low budget that is mediocre in every possible way. No deep conflict, no climatic resolution, now surprising endings, no plot twists, nothing really. Just save your time.
The Room (2019)
Cheap, flawed, rushed version of Dorian Gray
The Room appears to be exploring complex human desires and unleashed abandance. It's not.
When a couple, for no established reason or backstory, reach their new house, they accidently find a room in which their wish of any "thing" gets granted, but this "thing" cannot leave the house or it will turn into dust. The premise and the execution are utterly flawed. For example, what is this room about? Why it is here? How does it work? What is it about the complex electrical cords? Here there's a confusion between arcane mysticism and futuristic sci-fi that the authors (and the characters) decide to simply dismiss, regardless of being the core of the story!
In beginning of the discovery, Matt (Kevin Janssens) invites his wife Kate (Olga Kurylenko) to the room and asks her to wish for anything, so she wishes for a thousand dollars. What??? So his reply was: "How I never thought of that" What???
Ok, the pseudo billionaire drives his 1984 Volvo to the city, never he thought of a more recent Bentley or Bugatti? Skip that. Prior to discovering the house forbidden borders, he (and his wife) always go out with their old cheap clothes, while inside they dress all the fantasy costumes they crave??
Now, the characters. All the characters (only four) are dull, with zero back story, close to none development, and full of discrepancies and ridiculous decisions. At some point, Kate takes the car and decide to suicide. Couldn't she have just wished for a gun, poison pill, or just to vanish??
Now, why does every wished "thing" leaves the house turn immediately into dust, while the "figments" age?? No answer
Why does the figment grows up to look like an exact copy of Matt, while he's not his son?? Why he even decides to go out to grow in order to trick Kate into bed, as if he knows he'll clone Matt?? Why he reverts back to his teen age when his neck is broken?? Why he immediately shifts his behavior to become adult, confident, and rushing to trick Kate in the upper level scene, then he shifts back to the childish one when the real Matt shows up?
This movie is flawed on all levels. I'll give some little credit for Olga's acting, which was decent (but not spectacular at all).
For me, it was a wasted time.
The Peripheral (2022)
I don't get it!
I don't get where the praise come from!
This is a very badly directed and acted show! Almost everyone's acting is disengaging and unconvincing, except Chloë Grace Mortez
Here's my biggest problem! So many reviewers said that the show had a solid start, at least for the first two episodes. I barely pushed myself through the first episode, decided to give the second one a chance, but couldn't complete the first half of the second episode!
If it was only one thing that went wrong enough to ruin the show, then it is the dialogue! It's messy, rushed, unnatural, clunky, and disengaging. Such a cringe!
But that's not just it. CGI (which was also praised) is a college project grade, from the early 2000's! Cinematography is dull, color grading is disturbing (and not in a productive way), and story progression lacks coherence and solidity
If that what's in the first two episodes, which were praised as the good ones, I can't imagine how the rest are! I'm happy that I jumped off early enough this time!
Black Adam (2022)
Worse than a low budget superhero trash movie
I have trouble understanding the praise. Right off the batt, the movie starts with mediocre cinematography, cheap CGI, terrible narration, and subpar acting. But I decided to suspend my irritation and give it a fair chance
Wow, I should trust my intuition much more! The movie turned to be super-cliche super-hero, with some Marvel elements for garnish. Why would Dwayne get himself in such an uniteresting mess!
I expected Sarah Shahi to do much better. Rather she turned out to be one of the major excellence inhibitors in the movie
I know, I know. Many dudes here will rate this review as unuseful. Fine, I understand where you come from. Many youngsters enjoy style so much that they loose interest in quality substance. The problem is that this movie doesn't even have any distinguished style! Many 2000's medium budget movie were much better produced and acted!