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Good movie in a sea of mediocre hollywood!

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This movie surprised me! I thoroughly enjoyed it. It's artistic (which is par for the course for a Del Toro movie) and entertaining. Starts out a little slow due to how they chose to tell the story, but it's definitely worth watching all the way through. It's a great twist on a modern classic. It basically has no woke nonsense. 7.5/10!

This is a British comedy/horror miniseries with 8 episodes. The first thing I noticed in Ep 1 was some general DEI overrepresentation including the main character being a POC. She is an unlikable terrible person so not off to a good start. The acting is ok and the setup isn't too bad. Not much for comedy though and pretty light on the horror but there's promise. Ep 2 really ramps up the DEI casting. There is an openly racist Indian character who makes a random comment about while babies and ethnic mothers than randomly mentions a white family is racist for no real reason and no context. Starting to notice a distinct lack of white casting and any male characters in general. Ep 3 lesbian couple is introduced including some lesbian kissing. DEI is now at max capacity. There are virtually no white people or men. Any you see are background characters. We are just giving up with the horror aspect and going into more preachy motherhood is hard and nobody but mothers understand. No mention of fathers or men. Story wise it's pretty much at a standstill. There's no real story progression from the first episode and this is mostly pointless. Ep 4 Lesbian characters are now some of the main characters and still max DEI with little story progression. We are reminded they are lesbians at every opportunity. At this point I'm bored about to give up but decided to give it one more episode. Ep 6 is an origin story for one of the main characters. She is revealed to be lesbian and involved with a married woman behind her husbands back. The lesbian make out sex scene is were I shut it down. This is not comedy or horror, it's just preachy woke feminist garbage. There is only 8 30 minute episodes and by ep 4 there is almost no story advancement since ep 1. The idea is interesting enough but they decided to go full extreme woke agenda instead of actually trying to tell a good story. It's possible the last three and a half episodes brought it all together to make sense but at this point I don't care anymore. The only reason I'm giving this a 1 instead of 0 is because there is an actual interesting story buried underneath the mound of garbage that's presented instead. Unless you are an extreme woke feminist there is no reason to watch this trash.

Some more minor DEI casting. This one seems to go out of it's way to force more female casting in the movie. There is a homeland security female officer, 2 out of 3 of the CIA security detail is female. This takes place directly after the first one and the terrorist from that movie is back this time with his pregnant wife as well. The villains here are said to be professional independent military contractors and naturally they have their very own girlboss leader. The acting here might actually be worse than the last one. Knapp in particular is horribly miscast with really bad acting and her nails on chalkboard cartoonish voice makes it impossible to take her seriously. It's her voice and not her fault but it's bad casting nonetheless. The writing is maybe a bit better here with the action scenes looking much better for the most part but there are still some problems. The hand to hand combat in particular varies greatly with some scenes looking well done and convincing while others almost look like practice takes. The aforementioned 'professionals' can't seem to hit targets right in front of them half the time. This appears to take place in a large airport yet there doesn't seem to be any civilians to be found. The worst part is probably still the acting, the gunshot would in
the van early on is comically hilarious. Background characters get shot and flail their arms about overacting like something you would see from 10 year old's pretending to get shot. If you made through the first one it's an ok time killer and probably a step up from that one but still can't bring myself to give it a higher rating.

While not really woke other than maybe some DEI casting choices. For a very small budget indie film this actually looks decent. The acting however ranges from mediocre to pretty bad. There are a lot of inaccuracies and unrealistic scenarios for the military setting. There's nothing new story wise basically a military installation under attack and trying to survive. The gimmick is the entire movie is made to look like it's done in one single take with no cuts. At this point there are a lot of these 'one take' movies and it's been done to much better effect than here. This wouldn't have been to bad other than some really lazy writing that could of been easily fixed. There is one covered truck the shows up and runs the gates with all the enemy combatants in it. However the number of enemies that are shown throughout the movie are impossible to have come out of that single truck. It appears to be a literal army of at least 100 if not more, it's ridiculous. Why not just have a second truck? If budget doesn't allow than use the same truck as a secondary with strategic camera angles to never show them both on screen at once.
They are constantly taking cover behind empty wood crates and other cover that just simply won't stop a rifle round. They also choose cover to get behind but then just leave their heads sticking out over the top. Adkins turns into a one man army single handedly killing pretty much everyone. The scenes of him sneaking around the base full of enemies constantly in clear lines of sight yet nobody ever sees him. This might be worth a watch for action movie fans if you have nothing else but
it's mediocre at best.

Not a bad flick back then.

This one didn't stand the test of time. It's a little like the original Star Trek series. It was great back then. Now, it's openly ridiculed. I've seen it several times over the years. I still don't see any woke in it. It's worth watching. Just don't expect too much.

Some DEI casting resulting in 2 mixed race couples. There is also a lesbian couple. This is labeled as a comedy but I don't see it. It's more of a drama with weak attempts at comedy. The humor isn't funny and the timing seems all off. The acting is ok but the characters are all annoying and unlikable. This just another rehashed groundhog day type movie but supposedly set on new years eve 1999 with the Y2K rollover. The problem is it just never feels like a 90'a movie. It feels like a modern movie in a modern setting with a group of friends throwing a 90's party theme. It just doesn't work. I made it to the 35 minute mark then gave up, it just wasn't going anywhere and I was bored at that point.

Intense!

This movie kept popping up as "Recommended for you." on streaming services. I finally watched it one day when I didn't have anything better to do. I'm glad I did. It's gritty, action-packed, suspenseful, and vengeance driven. The SS Guard should not have messed with this dude! I think there's a sequel hitting the theaters soon.

Better than the reviews suggest

This was a clever story. Sandler and Hoffman played their roles to perfection. I've seen this movie on a list of "Sandler's worst movies." I can't come to grips with that. First of all, this is fantasy. When Max figured out that he had a supernatural power, his first thought was, true to human nature, self-indulgence. After he wrestled with the burden of responsibility, he set out to make things right. Movie rating, or any art form, is subjective. So, subjectively speaking, I recommend this movie.

This is a really enjoyable movie

No woke stuff here, just a classic story with classic-style humor and solid, straightforward filmmaking

I'm absolutely not ashamed for enjoying this film, Bri-Bri

I like Kevin James and Alan Ritchson and there's absolutely nothing to not like about Playdate. That's my opinion and I say it should be yours too! It's just a silly movie full of great music and Reacher plays his part as Jeff awesome.

Am I left wondering questions about my existence and what it all means in this universe? No. Did the film trail off into an open-ended conversation about Bri-Bri and Jeff's trepidatious relationship? No. Did Bri-Bri have to iron out family issues to become a better man? Well, kind of, actually, but no.

I hope they make a sequel. Hell, they can just call it "Playdate 2" for all I care. The Mama Mafia was classic. Just a fun film with zero ambitions other than being silly and fun.

Outstanding movie

Every aspect of this movie gets 5 stars including casting, acting, directing and, probably even the grips. Colonel Winter glorifies war, having never actually participated. General Irwin has been there and understands the tragedies of battle. The two clash when Winter becomes the General's warden. Not much is said about the crimes Irwin was convicted of. Over the course of the story, Irwin helps a prison population to rediscover honor and self-worth. They learn that war isn't a game, but, when it's necessary, the discipline and honor of a soldier is vital.

One of a kind series

I remember when the full season was available in the early days of HBO streaming. It was probably my first TV binge. I couldn't wait to see what happened next. The character development and chemistry was outstanding.

Dark humor made surprise appearances often. There's a full array of characters you love to hate, or hate to love. I'm not sure how they did it, but they made this entertaining without glorifying organized crime.

One of the best things to say about this series is that the knew when to end it. It stayed interesting up until the final episode.