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The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power (2022)
Worth the watch in every way for a LOTR fan
I am a huge LOTR fan and was not even planning on watching this show as I thought it was going to be truly terrible. I decided to give it a shot, and I am so thankful that I did. If you can separate this from the LOTR trilogy, and take it for what it is - an adaption - then you will truly enjoy this. I thing is is extremely well done and completely enjoyable from start to finish. Not without its flaws, but that doesn't make is bad by any means. Has amazing production value, solid acting, a solid script, twists, action, character development. I am very interested to see how this progresses next season... and all those 1 and 2 star ratings are just flat out wrong. In no way, shape, or form is this a 1 or 2 star out of 10 show. A solid 8 out of 10 in my opinion.
Cinderella (2015)
Actually really great
As far as Disney remakes go, this is far and away the best. It's not a shot for shot remake, but it's also the same story only with some much needed Cinderella charisma, goodness, and just character development. Same for the prince. Lily James and Cate Blanchette are phenomenal in their roles, as well as many others. Sure, rough cgi at times and not perfect, but for what it is (a remake of a very old and outdated Disney movie) this is about as good as it gets!
Zack Snyder's Justice League (2021)
Better than the original but still lacking
While better than the theater release, that's still a very low bar to surpass. This is a solid 7. The script is lacking, still plot holes, and the villain is completely boring. Honestly, no super hero movie needs to be 4 hours. I think a Justice League Part 1 and Part 2 if you absolutely have to, but a better solution would have just been make this 3 hours and figure out how to tell a compelling story with all that is necessary. If you need 4 hours to tell a story, than you have laid the ground work. Still, watchable.
The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (2021)
Could have been so much better
Marvel should have paid the Russo brother's any amount of money to be the show runners. Passing off the mantle of "Cap" should have been done with the utmost care and it just wasn't. I love that Sam is Cap. I have no problems with the political/race conversations. But the execution, script, writing, action, and story-telling was all mediocre. I will sincerely hope this is not the new level of quality of the MCU. If you are going to put out multiple mini-series per year, and put "MCU" on it, you need to uphold that standard. This wasn't it.
Soul (2020)
Only works because it's Pixar
If another company made this exact same movie, it would not have been received quite as well. It's not a bad movie by any means, but the success of Inside Out makes this movie watchable.
All in all though, this movie is not as amazing as it thinks it is. So many plot holes and, I would imagine, not very rewatchable. I saw it once, and will probably not watch it again.
WandaVision (2021)
Exactly what it's trying to do
Only 2 episodes in and I'm very intrigued. This show is doing exactly what it's trying to do. They have nailed the 50's time piece even down to the laugh track and style of humor. This isn't supposed to be funny. It's very obviously 50's comedy so it's very outdated and that's the point. If you have ever watched any tv shows from this era (which I think is probably the biggest problem for these low reviews) you would see this quite plainly. Kevin Feige and Marvel know exactly what they are doing any they are doing it flawlessly. For those that are hating it, your loss. Go watch DC if you aren't satisfied with the amount of explosions.
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014)
No move has ever made me so mad
From start to finish - awful. I don't even know where to begin. CGI is terrible. Storyline is terrible and makes no sense. Writing is horrible. Love story is cringe beyond belief. The thought process that went into putting more and more Alfred scenes in this movie in sacrifice of resolving plot holes and giving us more Bilbo, Gandalf, Beorn, and character development is baffling. I have never seen something so strange in film as someone creating something as masterful as LOTR trilogy to as sorry as TBOTFA.
Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi (2017)
The most original Star Wars film to date
Okay. People need to calm down and just breathe for a minute.
Is this the best Star Wars movie yet? No. Are all the questions answered in the ways in which we expected? No. Is this an incredibly new and needed take on the Star Wars universe that we needed? Absolutely.
I love Star Wars. Always have. When I came out of the theater I would have given this movie a 10/10. Then, after some reflection, probably a 6. Now, after thinking through it and processing it, an 8. And a solid 8 at that. In fact, the only major problem I see in this entire movie is the Rose/Finn arch/storyline that was completely unnecessary and out of place. It slowed down the film (a very long film, at that) and just felt strange and unwanted. Rose (while fine as a character) is unneeded entirely. She should have been a very small character that is likable and it one of the surviving resistance members who has a crush from afar and sacrifices herself in the next movie and dies. Or she could have sacrificed herself in the movie and I would have been fine with that too. No need at all for her to travel with Finn and do all that stuff. In fact, that trip wasnt needed at all. If they did have to go on that trip, it shoud have been Poe that joined Finn. A "Buddy Mission" would have been so much more interesting and would have given us a chance to see Finn and Poe's relationship/friendship actually grow. Then, Poe should have been the one that slammed into Finn's speeder at the end saving him from death. How much better would this have been?? Would have given so much needed gravity to their friendship. This way, when one of them inevitably dies in the next movie (probably Poe) it will be much more sad/emotional.
Okay. That was the only gaping negative. People complaining about Luke being crabby/pathetic and whatnot? so what. He is absolutely right. The Jedi should be brought into question. They haven't always done the greatest job and he sees this and have been thinking this for years. They literally couldnt see that Palpatine was the emperor and he was RIGHT UNDER THEIR NOSES. They kinda sucked sometimes. I also loved the parallel's between him and Yoda - they were both very powerful jedi who ended up getting kinda weird living in total isolation. Loved it and the fact that he was so hesitant to train Rey - loved that. Also people annoyed at Snoke dying - I get it. Unanswered questions or whatever. But can we just appreciate the originality of this, turning the whole idea of this evil hooded emperor behind the henchman (Maul, Dooku, Grievous, even vader). Who was Snoke? he was "the emperor" in a star wars film and now he is gone and thats all we need to know. He's dead now and Kylo is unhinged and unchecked and has complete power. I love it. People complaining about Rey's heritage being nothing special. Absolutely love it. Georg Lucas spent so much time in the prequels trying to tie everything up in perfect litte bows that everyone would be satisfied about (ie. "ohhhh Darth vader created 3po. Thats so cool" "hey look - there's chewy! I didnt know he had already met Yoda" ect ect) How about we just accept that not every single thing in star wars is connected and that sometimes people just arise out of nothing to greatness (like the real world). Lastly, Johnson took some generous liberties with the Force and I thought that was great. There is so much to the force - why not continue to explore it and it's limits?
Some more things I loved - I actually never knew if our heros were going to survive. I thought Finn was going to die twice. I thought Rey was possibly going to join Kylo. I thought Leia died. I genuinely didn't know what was going to happen. I was actually surprised in the 8th movie of a saga. When does that happen? Also, and maybe the best thing about the entire movie, completely original storyline. No massive super bases destroyed. No planets blown up. For once, just completely survival and I thought that was great. Sure - a 2 hour chase before your fuel runs out isn't the most genius plot line ever or anything but, again, original. Rian Johnson did an amazing job with the fight scenes. There were just some absolutely beautiful shots and scenes that i will remember for movies to come.
This was a great movie and a great star wars movie. People need to calm down and think of the positives because there are many. Daisy Ridley, Mark hamil, and Adam Driver were the highlights. Every scene they were in couldn't have been acted better.
Ultimately, this was my third or fourth favorite Star Wars movie and I think if Rose was cut, it would have been my second behind Empire. Can't wait to see if again and see the third installment.