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An animated DC show aimed at the woke. Loaded with graphic violence, sex jokes and language yet animated like a kids show and with ridiculous infantile humor only a teenager or mental midget would think is funny. I barely made it through the first episode of this trash. Lex luthor has been race swapped to black. Men are all stupid and women are smart and the usual angry, loud aggressive feminist types. A quick search reveals the show is packed full of rainbow mafia characters as well in future episodes.

This is another one that's a bit difficult to rate. Based on the game Silent Hill 2 it's not really a movie in the traditional sense so much
as it is an 'experience' much in the same way a game is. Everything here intentionally feels very video game like. Lighting, FX, camera angels
the way characters move and are framed in shots all feel like a game. Even the story structure is not traditional. I think unless you are very
familiar with the Silent Hill game franchise in general and Silent Hill 2 in particular this wont make much sense. I've played through the game
multiple times but it's been years and there's a good bit I didn't remember any more. Given the terrible reviews this has I'll say most people wont like it. As for woke there is a lot of DEI casting choices in background and secondary characters. This includes the black female therapist that was added for the movie and is nowhere in game. The character is pointless, unneeded and serves no purpose whatsoever. No surprise her acting is the worst in the movie. Normally this would only be a 1 for woke but adding a pointless DEI character not in the source material is getting an extra point. I thought it was worth a watch but it's probably a pass for the majority.

Meh...

First of all, this "new" Megan Fox with surgeries looks disgustingly super weird. Especially the big lips; they're horrible to look at.
Why the freak does an SIM (or whatever Alice was) have SO BIG NAILS?
And... yeah, Megan Fox isn't actually known for her "acting skills," which is very OBVIOUS...

This was cancelled after 1 season only but thought I would give the first episode it a try. There's DEI casting and the lead investigator is a woman
who says she has a wife. This is typical of something you would see on network tv. The acting is average to poor and at this point Sutherland is basically the same character in everything he does. The writing is pretty bad with unlikely coincidences or just flat out unbelievable. It sets up the lead and his team to be framed for a crime. The problem is as far as I can tell they are actual criminals who's business is for hire illegal corporate espionage. They pretend to have some sort of ethical high ground because they screw over rich people but they are really just basic criminals. They aren't careful and just do everything right out in the open yet the lesbian investigator (who seems to know everything) can't seem to catch them? I was already bored with the first episode and seemed like it was going in the usual cliché direction of all these types of shows. I guess if you like this kind of stuff you may find it better than I did, but at only 1 season still isn't really worth it.

The 1st movie was from the perspective of the elder, and this one is from the perspective of the children.

The continuous tense, horror, & serious feeling of the 1st movie aren't exactly present here. The actress/actors were a bit too unserious/jolly/modernish compared to the 1st movie, which takes a lot of horror feel away from the movie.
I just don't think one of the best horror films, "Sinister (2012)," needed a sequel. This one just feels like a typical slasher movie (even though this is a continuation of the 1st movie, unlike most of the usual slasher movies).

And for the woke part: the married woman Courtney Collins kisses the ex-deputy while both were drunk. Maybe that's a Western/european thing, to kiss a married woman. I know Courtney's husband was very abusive, but at least get a divorce first before trying to settle with another man.

A sci-fi action movie that feels like a throwback to 80's and 90's movies. The acting is decent and it's a basic alien invasion type movie but
it's well done. The FX, story and writing are all pretty decent. There's nothing deep here but it's a great action sci-fi movie. I think the only
thing that really started to bother me was the characters constantly just standing there and staring at the alien instead of instantly taking off running. I can see it at the beginning but even at the end of the movie they were still doing it. It's a small thing and I'm probably rating it higher than it deserves but I enjoyed it. As for woke, I don't see it. Yes there's a few black characters but race is never brought up and the amount of black characters in a cast this size is well within reality. There is also a female character but again, it's only 1 and there have been plenty of female rangers so having 1 is not a stretch. She also is just a normal character, not the angry violent feminist overpowered type. Would definitely recommend this for action sci-fi fans.

Keeps you stuck to your seat and in constant surveillance mode in case anything is going to show up in the background.


Liked the subtle "symbolism" 🎩 (if it was meant to be symbolism, of course) at the end.

A surprisingly solid animated Netflix movie. The acting is good the story is solid. The voice acting is well done. The humor is pretty good and works most of the time. There is a mix of silly childish humor and definitely some more adult jokes and innuendo that would probably go over most younger kids heads. It also may get a little dark for younger kids but it's not too bad. It kind of feels more like a 80's-90's animated movie than a modern one, just CG instead of hand drawn. I didn't see anything woke, there's no forced DEI and no rainbow mafia. All the characters both male and female have strengths and weaknesses. While the wife seems to be the only one working while the father is unemployed, he doesn't just sit around the house he's a musician and is shown working on his music. He seems to be a good father so he's not useless or dumb and is shown later to be rather strong and capable. I also saw complaints about the daughter being more put together and competent than the brother. She's said to be 12 and while I don't remember his age being stated he seems to be considerably younger. He just acts like a little kid, not dumb. He is shown in several scenes to be smart and in a couple of instance figures things out and saves his sister. Personally I didn't find it woke, I think sometimes if you look hard enough you will see woke when it's not really there.

Predictable, major crimes solved in single episode.

Dominant female character who can kick butt.
Forced story lines.
Bad guys are predominately greedy, insecure, white guys.

If you like Melissa McCarthy, you'll like this.

The Woke:
Girls kicking butt. Girl boss. Girl mastermind criminal.

The movie:
In short, this movie is a platform for Melissa's wit. She really is a funny lady. If you like her humor, you'll like this. Confession: I probably wouldn't have sat through the whole movie, but my wife is a serious fan of Melissa McCarthy. It's outlandish and silly.

Jason Statham plays a parody of himself. In my opinion, that's the best part of the movie.

It's Ryan Reynolds. It's witty and entertaining.

Woke:
There is a minor character who is a lesbian. The movie made it a point that, in the USSR, being a lesbian is a crime. She had to hide from KGB. It was a minor agenda of the movie to depict it as a violation of human rights.

The more significant Woke, in my opinion, is the apologetic view of Communism. Communist governments lie to their people. Our government lies to us. That doesn't make it the same thing. Communism is dangerous and has caused more human suffering than any form of government. In this movie, people living under communism are charitable and kind. That is used to convey the message that communism isn't such a bad thing.

The Movie:
Ryan Reynolds is a spy plane pilot who is shot down over Russia during the Cold War. He's fortunate enough to be found by a Russian man who is obsessed with USA culture. Together, they look for a way to the other side of the Iron Curtain. Ryan is constantly witty in the face of every situation in his usual way. It's an enjoyable movie. There's Deadpool level violence as you would expect.

As enjoyable as this is, I still contend that Communism is a dangerous threat that grows by seducing with deception.

Forgettable

“Are you incapable of restraining yourself, or do you take pride in being an insufferable know-it-all?” - Professor Snape to Hermione.

And it’s become a trope to define all “strong” female characters in modern film. They lack any trace of humor or humility and exist merely to be a-holes: better than everyone else.

The particular offender in this film isn’t in every scene, but she’s in enough of them to bring the entire production down several notches.. simply with the expression on her face.

Meanwhile, Jeff Goldblum was wasted as was BD Wong. Meh, bad movie anyway.