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Thor: Love and Thunder (2022)
Should be 6.5 really
Strange one to rate as the first half is pretty poor with way too many jokes which just made the scenes of threat or action ineffective. Second half was more serious with a bit of humour which was the right balance.
There also seems to be an obsession with Guns n Roses which is always not loud enough to add energy to the action scenes.
Christian Bale was the best thing about the film and is in the second half much more which probably accounts for the second half being much better than the first. All in all the film is a mixed bag as if it was written by two people with completely different ideas of what it should be. A comedy in the first half or action with a bit of comedy in the second half.
Kidnap (2017)
Good
Aside from a couple of unrealistic and dumb moments it's not a bad film.
Halle Berry is decent as well and I don't particularly rate her as much of an actor.
The ending is rather dumb though.
Bone Tomahawk (2015)
Good not great
Got recommended this by a film critic that we have on BBC radio Wales who said that it was great.
The film isn't great its good that appears to crank up the gears and makes you sit up from your seat towards the end but it's only for 10 mins and finishes with a wimper when it had the position in the story to do so much more.
I have a feeling there is a lot that didn't make the final cut. The film is a journey to track kidnapped people similar to maybe the searchers but when they reach the destination it should of been the final third of the film rather than the very brief 20 mins we in fact get of the stories climax.
Running Scared (2006)
Bad but great
It's terribly acted and terribly written dialogue. Everything suggests that it'll be poor but it's a great popcorn film with some standout sections, mainly child abduction part of the film.
Skyscraper (2018)
Background only
The film isn't terrible but not worth actually watching. I would only suggest this as a background film that you don't have to bother watching as you can spot the bad guys and what's coming up a mile away, the only surprises are ridiculous.
Peaky Blinders (2013)
Great at first
I have watched all seasons so far on the BBC and I would like to share my brief thoughts.
The first two series are great as they have a continous narrative. After which the program becomes style over substance and in season 6 everytime someone enters a room its in slow motion to music. Watch the first two seasons then don't bother with the rest.
The Last of Us: Part II (2020)
Last of us part 1 vs part 2
Firstly the first game is probably the best game I ever played at the time of its PS4 remaster. Naughty dog has taken everything from the first game and improved it.
Visuals have drastically improved with the times, characters are more facially expressive, environments more fleshed out and lived in. They have added exploration so all those buildings your going past in the original, well in this one you can go into most of them.
You can now dodge, jump, and move lying on the floor. All three add extra elements to both stealth and combat. Lieing in tall grass, crawling under a truck make great stealth options. Every area is more complicated giving you more options as well as dangers.
I have jumped, yelled nooo as characters die and your mind is messed with. Some characters journey changes them for the better and others for the worse.
Uncharted 4 meets last of us part one and has a baby. God of war meets evil within and has a baby. Both those babies meet and this game is its offspring.
To sum up they have improved every aspect of the game and the only thing anyone seems to criticise is what happens to certain characters. Well they are simply wrong, life is not a fairytale and good people can do bad things and bad people do good things. Sometimes life is blurred and you can't see what is right or wrong as the game has shown. Simply brilliant.
Sunderland 'Til I Die (2018)
Wonderful
You don't have to be a football fan to get the love for this team. The success or failure of the club ties into the happiness of the people of the city and their passion for it is infectious.
Veronica Mars: Years, Continents, Bloodshed (2019)
Very good quality
There are some people that don't like the ending, that's a matter of opinion and taste not actually a critique of its quality.
There are twists, humour and red herrings as you'd expect from all the best episodes.
Veronica Mars remains good fun and bittersweet. Don't give fans what they want in a Disney ending, that's why the film sucked.
Peaky Blinders: Black Tuesday (2019)
Garthy's review
Don't know what the 10/10 ratings are on about, it's a good episode but it seems more concerned about how it looks rather than content.
Us (2019)
Garthy's review
A film of three parts.
The first hour was dull and when the family was about to get attacked they didn't get tooled up and at that point I didn't care what happened to the family.
2nd third was about 30 minutes of survival horror and it was both tense and exciting.
The last twenty minutes was just dull and I looked a couple of times to see how long was left.
Could have been much better if the film was about 15 mins shorter and if the fast pace section began 20 minutes earlier.
Game of Thrones: The Bells (2019)
Some people need to pay attention
This was for me the weekest episode so far this season but people saying Daenerys was a bit character are overlooking her wrath which started in the first season with watching the brutal death of her brother. Who wasn't nice but she didn't even look away. Tullys were set fire to when they stood by their oaths, traders set fire and crucified. Yes these were bad people but her attitude has always been my way or die horribly. Rate the episode on how good it is not if you liked the story or character arc.
The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair (2018)
Good concept no attention to detail
It's a shame the acting isn't great and attention to detail is lacking because the storyline is pretty good. To explain the lack of detail the following stands out. Evidence is handled without gloves, dodgy wigs to make someone look older, dodgy makeup to my someone look older and croakey voices to sound old. As stated it's a good story but the lack of detail and quality drags it down to an average show hence my rating of five out of ten.