Reviews

This episode kicked a lot of butt, and I'm talking higher stakes & great action with special effects good enough like the early years of the Arrowverse shows on the CW.

I was so happy to see Stephanie Hsu after watching her on Everything, Everywhere, All at Once & Joy Ride. Her performance was very charismatic and I definitely could tell her potential in her acting at the time before her Oscar nomination.

I loved the joke of the leftover soy sauce packets, a highly relatable moment!

At this point of the season, I love watching Ke Huy Quan on the show, but I still don't quite understand how his character fits into the season's whole narrative other than another side of Asian American community represented. Maybe in the next two episodes there will be some purpose in that.

This was another great episode in the series that both blew me away with the action and the representation for Asian Americans.

Though the majority of the episode is more conversation than action, as of this point, the series successfully proves that its not just kung fu fight scenes every couple of minutes but shows how people in general struggle to find their footing in places they're conformable with.

I'm so glad that the high school environment, as previously mentioned in the last episode, is not overly exaggerated and cringey.

I was very happy to explore Simon Wang's story in the workforce and watching his daily struggle to get the promtion.

And overall, I love the biggest theme of the episode. Where is your voice when you need it? How do we speak up? What do we speak up about and what can we say for those who can't speak for themselves?

I love this quote. "Why be a regular guy?"

I am hooked into the series already with the first episode. I love the cast, the story, the action, the themes, and everything else setting up more to come.

Although the first third of the episode went on a slow start but not that slow, just enough to understand Jin's environment, the majority of the episode takes its delicate time to walk through his everyday life, his dreams, and goals before all is changed for Wei-chan shadowing as a foreign student.

This series so far is probably the closest any piece of media has told about high school drama more realistically than any other, successfully avoiding any over-exaggerated high school tropes that makes the audience cringe too much.

The ending fight scene was spectacular! I got Shang-Chi vibes from both the fight choreography and music. Maybe that has to do something with Destin Daniel Cretton's involvement. Genius at best!

This movie tells a very powerful and effective message that many mainstream feature films fail to deliver. This isn't the typical corny Christian film, and it doesn't necessarily have to be one. It is made perfectly well for all audiences of various spiritual faiths

The fact that it centers on a rescue mission for victims in a child trafficking ring already rubs some viewers as an intense subject matter of a film, but the awareness of how dark & evil child trafficking is exactly presented well here.

I promise for anyone who hasn't seen this film yet to go out and watch it when they can: with a ticket or when it releases on the Angel Studios app.

You don't see many films that focuses on shedding light in the middle of a dark place.

The story is told amazingly, the acting felt real, and the ending is satisfying.

It's understandable that the experience could be a difficult watch, but so worth it at the end.

I saw the movie with a special message at the end in theaters. I don't know if that still applies for everyone else too, but the special message at the end is far better than most mid-credit scenes in existence (haha).

Go out and see it!

I was not expecting that much emotional drama from a movie starring Jackie Chan like this one, and I'm super glad it captured those emotional pinpoints.

This really looks like the type of film Jackie has always wanted to act in given his comments about trying other acting chops besides the typical kung-fu action scenes, and I couldn't be more happier for him to finally have that opportunity. I think the closest film to his best dramatic role before Ride On was Police Story: Lockdown.

The movie has a good balance of action, comedy, & drama, and doesn't rely on action fight scenes to showcase Jackie and the rest of the cast. I truly felt the heartwarming & heartbreaking father-and-daughter dynamic between Luo and Bao.

All of that goes without mentioning that the fight scenes we all love from Jackie Chan & the stunt team are in the movie, and to me, that is excellent and satisfying fan service well presented & fun.

The few issues I did have with the movie, but not that big of a deal, are some of the story beats that seem off at times, a few minutes of the second act that was slightly rushed & not enough to process, and some of Luo's disciples that deserve more screentime.

Finally, almost exactly like the fanbase of the Marvel Cinematic Universe that hunt Easter eggs for references, superfans of Jackie Chan are in for many, many treats throughout the movie. Superfans will point out props, set designs, costumes, some martial arts techniques, and other elements that either reference or at least remind them of scenes from films throughout Jackie Chan's career.

This movie also reminds me of movies like The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent paying tribute to Nicolas Cage's career or The Fabelmans subtlety telling the origins of Steven Spielberg's early stages in his filmmaking career.

Ride On serves perfectly as a touching tribute to Jackie Chan's work.

After watching the entire animated series, I can't say this movie was a faithful live-action adaption. If I had never seen the animated series first, I'd think this movie would've been average for me. However, having seen it, I didn't think The Last Airbender did all too well.

Considering the film is a retold story of the entire first season, I thought the film stuffed the whole season and butchered it only to present the meaningful moments of the show. I don't mind, in fact like, the idea of reaching points that matter most in story and leave out unnecessary filler moments that don't.

However, I noticed some of so-called filler moments missing from the movie, and the reason that bothers me is because I wasn't invested with the characters nor receive any build-ups to high-staking moments.

That method also led to plotholes in the movie, and I found myself confused on some characters being from one place to another.

I questioned the casting choices like many reviewers who found that part of the film controversial.

I wasn't pleased with the kind of character Souka was. I do not blame the actor, but I was disappointed that Souka was the comic relief I knew him to be in the series.

Overall, I thought this movie was made to happen by studios who were too optimistic in releasing a potential success project after the critically-acclaimed animated series.

I got to say that Avater: The Way of Water is incredibly stunning in the visuals, acting is great, the music or score hit the right notes, and the story is satisfactory.

This movie must've showed me the best motion capture visuals I have ever scene in my entire life. The Navi and the villagers Metkayina are digitally made so realistic that the skin textures are well-rendered. The motion capture underwater was next-level media creation. The rest of the visual effects are flawless.

The acting is good. The spotlight I'm giving for the best performance has to go to Zoe Saldana. When you see or have seen the movie, there is a scene when her emotions are released out, and just by that moment alone proves that she deserves an Oscar nomination.

The story, as mentioned in my tagline, is about the same (almost literally). I was basically watching the Navi against the military and machines again. I'm not complaining. I was just surprised since the trailers for this movie that Avatar 2 is exploring that again.

The second act did slow down for me because that 2nd third of the movie felt like it was showcasing its highly-advanced motion capture technology and the characters just...hanging around. To be fair before hand, I went through a busy day before watching this movie and I did fall asleep for a few minutes before the action came on.

I was also surprised by the amount of violence passable for a PG-13 rating. If James Cameron can pull it off, Marvel and DC can do it too without hold back the story.

MILD SPOILERS??? I'm really glad the movie didn't end in a cliffhanger. I would've been annoyed a little bit if this movie strictly ended as a part one of an entire four-part quadrilogy story.

Overall, don't let me discourage any of you from watching this movie. It is such an amazing watch and it does deserve its place in the big screen.

One point I see and agree with another reviewer for this episode is the potential it could have had if a couple of story elements were told differently. I hate to mention the overall story this season has caused up to this episode, but I felt the sense that the anthology-ish format was responsible for limiting the opportunities of stories told. This episode, to me, felt like the victim of the format.

The positive points that worked for me is the reconciliation between Alicia & Strand, the story progression of Wes as an antagonist, Wes' survival beliefs earned by his experiences throughout the previous seasons up to here, and Daniel's conclusion to his arc on losing Ofelia.

The biggest issue I had with this episode, and some of the previous episodes, is the build-up. This episode was suppose to be the "big event" of the season where the past episodes have led up to it. To me, it fell short. I saw the imbalance between drama & action and the character count was crucially reduced.

I really expected some kind of an "all out war" type of episode, but we weren't given that. I'll take time to let COVID-19 slide in as an excuse, but the anthology thing did not work for this episode.

For the little points I'm nitpicking, I didn't recognize Charlie in this episode or the previous one until someone literally said her name out loud. Also, I almost forgot Rabbi Jacob was still in this show. Where has he been this past season?

Given that I purposely didn't watch this show for more than a year to participate in the time jump, I almost forgot how entertaining it can be.

I love the cold open scene before the title card. I did not expect the twists in under a minute or two. I laughed so hard.

I missed the characters since the previous season and it was great seeing their humorous personalities again.

For constructive criticism, I forgot the slight frustration in these kinds of storylines where they, with the best of my explanations I can give, tend to hold plot element back as a storytelling device that lol potential span for a couple of episodes before we finally get the one moment we've been waiting for. Either that way or this episode repeats the misunderstanding trope of storytelling that ignites a colossal of outlandish scenarios.

Basically, I've returned to that repeated storytelling formula in this episode and I wouldn't be surprised for the next episodes to tell the same way.

It's good for the most part; but after watching this episode, no offense, I'm start to recall way this show isn't exactly a perfect show in my opinion.

I could not believe there is an anime series on Tekken, my favorite video game franchise of all time. This was a must-watch series for me as a die-hard fan.

After watching all six episodes, I believe this series is successful in keeping faith to the video-game franchise. Tekken 3 is one of my favorite installments and I'm really glad I got a detailed version of the story behind the King of Iron Fist Tournament 3.

I also agree that the series does have the potential to grow bigger in this fictional universe, perhaps a Tekken-anime universe set apart from the video-game universe to keep fans and viewers like us tuning in to the lore.

Even the fighting stances, moves, and choreography are extremely faithful to the games. Points are earned for that.

However, and I mean that with respect, there are some storytelling techniques that lacked impact or missing to make the series a bit more better in my opinion. One critique I have to point out is the lack of build-ups to earn certain moments. What I mean is that there were characters and scenes that just happened to me with explanations, backstories, and investments to knowing more about this series from world-building. For a viewer that watches this series without any knowledge about the franchise's lore, they could get confused a bit by things that just happen for some reasons. I do understand if this series does cater for viewers who grew up loving the games.

I look forward to a potential season two and even a prequel season if any suggestions are possible.

Overall, it's a fairly good watch.

Say what you want. I thought this episode was nearly perfect. I may not be seeing things clearly here or I might have my own perspective on what worked. At the very end, I was satisfied with everything I saw.

The characters to me were introduced very well. I really believe the show introduced Kate Bishop correctly. I always envisioned her as a young troublesome girl before stepping into the shoes of Hawkeye, and the show started her off exactly like that.

Clint Barton and his family still fit into the MCU well. I really like the sibling interaction between Clint's kids.

The fight scenes were awesome! I love that Kate Bishop's fight scene proves that she's not scared of a fight and that she'll brawl to the best of her ability by actually getting into the fight. I do like that she isn't as skilled as Clint for the beginning of the series (not really spoiler because how else does her character grow, right?).

Love everything I saw!

I don't know if this episode was suppose to be a parody of wedding episodes or poke fun of this type, but it certainly felt like another wedding episode that interrupts the season's plot. It does break the momentum going for this season, especially after ending the previous episode with a tease of another fan-favorite character.

The subplot with Mr. Immortal wasn't effective for my enjoyment, aside from the fact that I really tried to enjoy the show since it's premiere episode. That subplot filled with constant bantering and the recurring topics of toxic men & women was not working for me at all. I did feel like I was watching a completely different show, but not in a good way.

The episode only had one fight scene, which that itself was way too short. I understand if the fight scene may have been written or edited short to avoid more work for She-Hulk's CGI design, but I definitely needed more out of the fight scene to show more of the rivalry between the two characters.

As a merciful & lenient reviewer, I thought this episode was just okay at the borderline minimum because of some aspects of the Marvel lore included and the ending scene teasing future episodes moving forward, and I'm really glad it's moving too.

The premiere episode is a fairly good start to the series. I usually don't expect much out of the very first episode of any series. This episode was not a dynamic or an explosive episode for me, and I'm okay with that.

Beginning with the critical feedback, I'm not entirely sure where this series is heading despite being the first episode. I also was caught off-guard on the shortness of the episode runtime. I seriously didn't realize the episode was concluded until the ending credits rolled.

The first act of the episode was the strongest in my opinion. The suspense in one particular scene really showed Andor's threatening nature very well.

This episode only marks the beginning and I just look forward to more episodes in the future.

I understand this show is exploring the sitcom genre as Marvel Studios has been using their properties to explore genres besides action and drama.

As much as I hate to admit, and with complete respect for what this show is trying to achieve, it wasn't working for me nor most of the viewers watching along every week.

I'm not bothered by the visual effects done on the She-Hulk appearance nor does the rest of the CGI. I don't have high standards for realistic effects, but it does take a certain extent for me to point out bad CGI. This show has fine enough CGI.

I do agree about the story elements of the show. The direction, writing, characters, and humor don't seem to hit like a punchline.

The concepts of men and women do bother me a lot, and that's make up a huge chunk of a hard viewing experience for me.

(The following opinion is only going off of the first six episodes.) Even though each episode does tease the next episode a little bit, I didn't feel the anticipation of waiting impatiently for the next episode to see what happens.

Again, it's does seem like each MCU property is trying to appeal to different sets of audiences to attract attention to the whole MCU. I understand if that is the case.

The rating I give is out of leniency and politeness. I don't want to speak poorly of this show, but it doesn't work for me.