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Twisters (2024)
Stop Comparing the Two.
The fact of the matter is, there is hardly ANY sequels/reboots that are better than the first. Twister is one of my favorite movies of all time, I grew up with it and have seen it well over 100 times. When I saw there was a sequel/reboot, I was scared they weren't going to do it right, but they did.
The opening scene is phenomenal. It brings back the feeling you had watching Jo's dad fly into the tornado in the first one. There are so many good chases in this movie. The locations are beautiful and give me the old Twister feel. I really enjoy the characters here, and I love how they didn't push the two leads into a romance by having them kiss in the end. Only issue I had was before the final tornado, there's like a 20 minute scene that drags on. Aside from that, I enjoyed this a lot and went and saw it twice and plan on buying the DVD.
Uzumaki (2024)
Moving Way Too Fast
So let me start off by saying, I am unfamiliar with the manga. I don't know a single clue about the storyline so I went in blind.
Let me start off with the positives. The animation is top tier. It seems like it would be easy to pull you in and the atmosphere is really great. The storyline itself seems really interesting, and it was enough to make me continue watching.
As for the rest, I'd have to agree with others when I say it's moving too fast. Halfway through the episode it lost momentum. You don't get to know the characters or anything before the story starts moving forward. From what I've seen, they crammed a few chapters into one 20 minute episode, and you can really tell. I'm going to continue because I'm intrigued, but if they slowed down the pacing, it would make for a more atmospheric and more enjoyable experience.
Jurassic World Dominion (2022)
2 Different Movies
I just got back into the new Jurassic franchise, i loved World & Fallen Kingdom, so when I saw that Dominion had the old cast back, I was more than ready for a fun time. Unfortunately, a fun time isn't really had. First off, this is two movies meshed into one. The original characters have their own plot going on away from the World characters, then they cross paths at some point to mesh them into one story. The locust sub plot is so disappointing. I mean we come to this franchise for dinosaurs. It kept me interested because i wanted to see how it turned out, but after it was over I left disappointed. To top it off, the movie is LONG. Very long. They could've trimmed 45 minutes off easy. It's disappointing they had the gang back together and they didn't give them anything fun to work with.
Queen of the Damned (2002)
A Guilty Pleasure
I recently decided to delve into this as an adult. It was one of my favorites growing up as a kid. It made me a fan of Deftones and Korn and I was already a fan of Aaliyah. This movie is a mixed bag. Unfortunately, it is a sequel to Interview With The Vampire, with the lead, Lestat, being recast. I can see how his casting & his drastic difference from Tom Cruise would push people away. For me, I originally saw it as a standalone movie not knowing it was a sequel. And as a movie by itself, it's entertaining if nothing else. The story is a bit slow, and I honestly thought Aaliyah was in it way more than she actually is. Not a perfect adaptation of its book, but it is a good early 2000s goth/rock vampire infusion with the best bathtub kiss scene you'll ever watch. The effects do not hold up though, but i mean it's a product of its time. Go in with an open mind and you might enjoy yourself.
The Strangers: Chapter 1 (2024)
Interested to see how this goes
So this is the first installment of a planned trilogy, that's already apparently been shot. This entry reads almost an exact remake of the first one. The pacing in this is slower than the other Strangers movies and it's not quite as enjoyable of a watch. The first installment added no noticeable substance to the series as a whole. I'm interested to see how they're going to be able to stretch this out over the course of 3 movies. The leads are okay, but have "make dumb decision" syndrome like a lot of cliche horror characters. The best part was the Strangers themselves. They do their job at breathing some life in this otherwise bland reimagining of a much better movie. I will honestly still tune in to see what's next though just because I'm intrigued.
Lake Placid (1999)
Not Bad, But Disappointing
Ive heard a lot of great things about this movie and how it's a cult classic. The lack of kills is kind of a bummer. The conversations the characters have are bizarre and at some points insane. The movie did its job in making me laugh, and the effects of the croc are really great, but when the movie ended I sat and realized that not too much even happened. Betty White's character is a gem, best part about the movie. The ending is bizarre, you kind of feel like the characters will all live so there's not really any stakes. I probably won't watch again because I expected way more, but i don't totally regret watching. If you want to watch a group of characters that look like they're all plucked from different movies, have absolutely nothing in common, and are delusionally stupid , it's worth a watch.
Baddies South (2022)
Actually really good
Baddies ATL was honest to god garbage. Good cast, bad everything else. When i saw the cast for this show i was hesitant, but Natalie and Zeus really have the fans what they wanted with this show. Natalie is actually very tolerable and likeable unlike Baddies Atl. The rest of the cast is very interesting, Anne is the Sidney of the season but she's making it very entertaining. The fights have been good, the storyline is good, the location changes are good, they're actually going out and doing things. I guess they're getting the bag they kept talking my about during season 1.
Euphoria: All My Life, My Heart Has Yearned for a Thing I Cannot Name (2022)
Weird Pacing
The finale was a mix of good scenes with long, drawn out scenes. There was a major pacing issue with this episode alone. During the part where Elliot was singing, Rue and Lexie having a heart to heart, and even some of the Nate and Cal scenes i just became frustrated waiting for them to end so we could get onto the next scene instead of enjoying it.
Yet again, Jules and Kat are given no sort of storyline or lines whatsoever. I mean even Elliot had some lines this episode.
Faye came in clutch and could've resolved the entire issue it seemed but Ash chose violence instead and lead us to where we are now. Which was a stupid and honestly pointless decision considering he almost killed Fez in the process.
It was an interesting episode but compared to the rest of the season, some what of a letdown.
The Lazarus Effect (2015)
Bad Decision Making
The movie is honestly nothing but a string of bad decisions that could land these people in jail. A lot of the jump scares are just people walking up suddenly or something that ends up being a cop out. The story is interesting enough to justify the watch, the climax is decent enough but the ending is genuinely horrible.
Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2022)
A Fun but Mediocre time
This movie unfortunately was a little too inspired by "Halloween" (2018) and i felt as if the situation with Sally was a little strange and it didn't feel like her character would still be that worried considering she survived the first time. But they kind of make her a Laurie Strode character with the "i've been waiting 40 years for this day". It just seemed played out. And the characters make idiotic decisions through out the whole movie which really made me eye roll. There are good moments like the bus scene which was very aesthetically pleasing to watch and gruesome. The two leads were pretty good to be honest. I can't quite understand why the blond girl decided to go with the ambulance to the hospital for the old lady who had a heart attack she didn't know her and she got herself killed by making dumb decisions. The kills were okay, the ending was okay, Sally's character was pointlessly thrown in and i truly did not care about her whatsoever she was pretty much throwaway. It's a fun time if you just want to get high and make fun of their dumb decisions and enjoy blood but as far as storyline it's convoluted. And let me just say i enjoy bad movies a lot and low rated movies but this one just felt unnecessary.