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Technical woke free
Based in Philly, so the limited DIE casting was acceptable. Decent Shyamalan twist.
Created: 09-01-2024
Vintage woke is a thing now?
Full disclosure: did not watch past the 2nd episode, and pretty quickly was doing something else during the time.
Also disclosure: I grew up on the books, and take exception to a few alterations from Jackson, so there.
Very obviously lots of money in there, except it didn't go to the script. Or dialogues. Or casting really, although it was very charitable on their parts to give jobs to palsy victims.
Stallone made a career with half his face paralyzed. But it was only half. And he had talent.
Many shots look expensive. As in, how lack coherent cinematography can ruin a huge budget. And then you're left buying your Hobbits on Temu.
The woke is very retro: no lecturing, no pushing pronouns (yet, I guess), but man bad, white bad, girl good (scratch that, girl best, obviously), and severe case of the gay bug I would hazard.
Created: 09-01-2024
Accurate, relentless and mesmerizing
Historically accurate, at least enough to fool me.
Visually stunning, even in its gory moments.
I will note that the photography results from some rather extreme choices.
The showmakers seem somewhat fed up with the technical perfection of high-resolution digital cameras, so they paired them with some pretty retro anamorphic lenses.
I'm sure the gear was top-shelf and appropriately expensive, but I do mean retro as in 70s era Hollywood newcomers. Apocalypse Now comes to mind.
So, be ready to embrace blur, softness and chromatic aberration at the edges.
I does help build a visual identity, but I did find it distracting at times.
The cast is nothing short of stellar, both in its collective performance and dedication.
Apologies to the Japanese actors, who apparently re-trained in period-appropriate speech, their efforts push far beyond my capacity to appreciate them, but I can barely believe Bastow learned Japanese in a few months for this role, and with such results!
As for the story itself: I will not spoil it, but it is ruthless and heart-wrenching.
The title says it all: this is the story of a warlord.
Regarding wokeness: this show is accurate to a period when people did not have the luxury of utter stupidity.
So, no.
Created: 08-31-2024
It's amoral, repugnant and gripping
The rise and fall of an arms dealer during the end tail of the 20th century, with a large side dish of unflattering history from the ex-Soviet block and West Africa.
Cage's emotionless delivery does wonders for his barely human character.
One could argue the movie portrays small arms as the root of all evil in Africa, thus ignoring a more complex reality, but well, it's still good.
Created: 08-30-2024
Atrocious, lazy cash grab, even without the woke.
A committee of gen-Y liberal arts majors (so, a few millions worth in student debt) used a Chinese AI to extract visuals from the games, and fed print-outs to a troop of monkeys. And from the collective, collected, fermented poop emerged the script for this one.
That’s my version anyway.
They (whoever they are) lost any piece even remotely worthy of interest from the games’ writing. No back-story, no plot, no nothing.
The biggest offense probably being Roland. I mean, it’s not rocket science: name is Roland, class is Soldier. This character’s concept is obviously Paladin.
Roland from the games is this calm, collected man whose strong moral compass provides a counterpoint in a fun but nihilistic universe.
Here, we get Hart. So, hyper-active, try-hard, unfunny. At least they got the colour right. Then again, they never get that hue wrong, do they.
The rest of the cast is a trip down memory lane. I’m old enough to remember when Gershon was hot. And Blanchett was hot. And Curtis was a scorcher. Yeah, that old.
Here, they just look jaded and old. And boring. Welcome to Geriatric Park.
As opposed to the rest of the cast, who are downright aggravating.
As for woke: no direct preaching at least, just an all girl-boss cast, swapping all males out (Krieg and Roland are very secondary), dumbing everything down (I guess that’s to be inclusive).
All the good stuff that stands in the way of a good script.
Also, counter-woke element: for once, the red-head (Lilith) doesn't turn into a black woman at casting. Eat your heart out, MJ.
Trying to find some positive: I think I heard a few bars of Muse’s Supermassive Black Hole as background music at some point.
Nice.
And Motörhead later on.
Cool. Worth 1 point.
Created: 08-30-2024
A Disappointing Return After 10 years
Nothing woke. The first new Godzilla movie after 10 years is disappointing. The good thing is gone are the kids and silly light humor
of the series with a welcome return to more dark serious setting. The acting is ok except by any of the non Japanese actors. The soviet and
U.S. characters are just terrible actors. The Godzilla suit looks pretty good and the actor inside does a good job. The FX are a very mixed bag however. Some look great some not so much. Particularly the miniature sets. They lack detail and just look like obvious fakes during any destructive scenes. That's another problem. This is so slow and boring. Most of the movie takes place in board rooms with
politicians talking. The Godzilla scenes are all very oddly subdued and slow as well. A lot of Godzilla just standing around doing nothing or
slowly shuffling along the streets between buildings without damaging anything around him. There is not a lot of actual destruction going on in this. Most of the Godzilla action takes place in the final 15 minutes or so and the rest is really pretty skippable. Not a good return for Godzilla.
Created: 08-29-2024
genuine good comedy with wokeness
it has wokeness but the movie is a genuine comedy not shit like shehulk stuff.
Created: 08-29-2024
based on the trailer the whole premisse appears to be woke
music in the trailer ends with "don't talk to strangers that you may fall in love" meaning this movie is probably another one that follows the message and try to make people fear to relate to others aka destroy the nuclear family.
the story appears to be a strong business woman falls in love with a guy that appears to end up beating her(maybe because hes controlling or something)
Im incapable of rating the quality of the movie but because the premise appears to be something out of "me too" i rated this movie as woke
Created: 08-29-2024
Season 1 is mostly fine, goes downhill from there
The first season is excellent, with the exception of a small and isolated story point in episode 4 involving a father that is revealed to be a homosexual who previously visited a transgender prostitute. Overall however, the first season *is* good (almost on par with the likes of the initial Stranger Things episodes).
I would recommend bailing after there though because the wokeness becomes more prominent in the second season, with a very obvious and unnecessary lesbian relationship between two women by episode 3, and it only gets worse from there.
Created: 08-28-2024
Very Well Made Low Budget Thriller
Nothing woke. Great acting. Very slow burn thriller done well. I originally thought some of the characters were doing stupid things due to writing but it turns out to be part of their character and it hold true throughout the movie so not bad writing. Not a lot of action and will not be for everyone but if you like early Tarantino or Coen brothers movies give it a try.
Created: 08-28-2024
Other reviews changed my mind
I can't in good faith give this a total-woke-propaganda vote, but after reading the other reviews, I can see that Mark is kind of a giant wimp, dullard and all round moron. Halle is super smart and she joined the secret society of genius level spies where Mark just hangs around being a dipshit.
At first, I kind of just watched this movie for the Mark / Halle combo, knowing it's going to be cheese. I wasn't looking out for any military-style propaganda to promote today's liberal agenda. I think that's how they get you. Like Homer Simpson: "nanananana Leader"!
Created: 08-28-2024
Average Godzilla Movie To End Showa Era
No woke. Not bad but a step down from Godzilla vs Mechagodzilla. The acting is ok but the FX are a very mixed bag. Some scenes look great some others look very cheap and terrible. The suits also are hit or miss. The monsters still act to human especially with the odd arm movements. There's also some out of place disjointed editing and jumps from scene to scene. The story is the same tired aliens plot from the last several movies. Still a somewhat enjoyable final entry in the Showa era of movies.
Created: 08-28-2024
