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Ghosted (2023)
If you've ever wanted to see Michael Bay direct a Hallmark Movie, then this is the movie for you
If you've ever wanted to see Michael Bay direct a Hallmark Movie, then this is the movie for you.
Fun to see Chris Pratt be the damsel; Ana is great as per usual. Acting between the main duo is top notch and fun. Even do a decent job protraying the problems of modern dating.
But at the end of the day, it has the feel of a Hallmark romance. And that has a ceiling of achievable excellence. But I didn't HATE watching it like I would if I were watching Hallmarks Christmas in july.
Tons of cameos; most of them fun and enjoyable
Also lol at the geographic anachronisms. Director left "fast travel" setting on.
Obi-Wan Kenobi (2022)
Great work, true to character.
This vignette into Obi-Wan's exile is excellent, even if Leia is the true main character of the show. Fallen knight, paladin without faith, hiding to survive, and then slowly being pulled back into "what is right". Complex political stores & characters; it is the best thing to come out of Star Wars since Rouge One. Kid friendly, but still tense; the show does a great job working around the "Dramatic Irony" factor; regarding the plot events of the original Trilogy.
Assuming there are more seasons to come; I'm very excited to see a Vader at the height of his galactic power; and for Obi Wan to ascend to his place as the GOAT of the Jedi.
Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (2023)
An alright attempt; shot in the foot by studio execs & fan expectations
If the writer & director are going to go out and publicly call this "Dune of the MCU"; they needed to spend *any* amount of time basking in it. You know, "show, don't tell"; like they teach 4th graders learning to write. S#^! Man, even GotG2 spent 1 song looking at all the cool stuff on Ego's surface. The nerds of the world just saw Avatar2WoW; 3+ hours of beautiful (if indulgent) world building. Quantumania said "here's a cumulative 45 seconds of cool wildlife."
Was there anything WRONG with this movie? Hard to say; it had the same tone and feel as Ant&Wasp; continuing the humor-rationing from movie 1. The most prominent "comedy bits" were direct rip-offs of 3 different Rick&Morty episodes. But the biggest, personal, let down is that i was never once scared of Kang. Introducing the new BBEG, the exile, the worst of the Kang variants, & the most "menacing" he was shown was when he was punching Lang with his bare fists (which Marvel spoiled by including it in the trailer... love when they put scenes from the climax in a trailer... great marketing...)
I WANT to like it; both because I want it to be better and I'm tired of defending Phase4 to Marvel haters who say they got lazy and aren't trying. Hard to argue back after this one.