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Fucking hilarious

I gotta say, this is a really fun movie if you wanna have a good time with completely ridiculous, over-the-top shit. The humor is dumb as hell but in the best predictable way, and the plot is all over the place on purpose and that’s exactly what makes it funny. It’s a script designed for you to just turn your brain off and laugh your ass off following these two dudes who work at a condom company, with all the cheesy, dirty jokes you’d expect from that kind of product.

Super fucking good!

Zero woke bullshit in it!

Enjoy the ride!

Gay men in bed together with a kissing scene

And another universe destroyed

Another series that started with a really original and super interesting narrative in the first two seasons, but it got completely wrecked once the DEI rules kicked in. By the last season, they’d turned the protagonists into the villains because, you know, straight cis men and women are apparently evil in the eyes of these militant artists.

Another one I’m not even gonna bother going into details about.

A universe that had so much potential to keep unfolding with a tight, engaging plot across tons of seasons… totally destroyed by socialist and communist propaganda.

This one was so close to being a really good French horror movie. The acting is good, the Lovecraftian story well done and the writing competent. Everything is very dark and claustrophobic with some tense atmospheric moments. There is also a pretty good amount of well done gore and blood FX. Unfortunately around the 1 hour mark when the creature shows up it loses it's way a bit. While the creatures designs is ok they appear to have used a puppet rather than an actor in a suit and it really just doesn't work. The creature barely moves and it's very stiff, slow and jerky in what little movement it does make. It's just not scary when the monster just stands there most of the time and doesn't do anything. As for woke, there is some diversity in the casting, however France did use a lot of immigrants and foreigners in mines at the time so the casting is probably about right. However the Arab immigrant character is the one pushed as the hero and is the mortally superior one and smarter than the rest. The French character Louis is blatantly racist which doesn't make a lot of sense given many of the miners were in fact immigrants at the time. It also goes against the miners statement at the beginning that they are referred to as 'black-faced' because in the mines they are all covered in coal dust and can't tell
the difference in ethnicity anyway. Cant' help but feel that was a little agenda push there. I think it's still worth a one time watch if you like Lovecraftian horror. Just be prepared the second half will be a bit of a letdown.

Really the only thing woke is the token black character. This should of been much more fun than it was. There are no real scares and relied too much on cheap jump scares. The acting is decent, the story is the done before rabid animal attacks variety. The real highlight is the excellent gore FX and some decent kills otherwise pretty average. The biggest weak point is the decision to use an actor in a suit to play the part of the chimp. It is obvious from the first scene on. Everything is off, the movements and actions scream actor and not a real animal. The writing is another weak spot. The plot requires the characters to act like morons and victims the entire time. The house is full of things that could be used effectively as weapons yet not once does anybody grab anything or attempt to fight back. They conveniently ignore or turn their backs to the chimp multiple times to allow it to sneak up on them. Also a lot of the action by the chimp seem implausible or unrealistic. Several scenes meant to be shocking or scary had me laughing instead. The comical cliff dive scene comes to mind. It's not the worst horror movie but don't go in expecting much.

Great watch.

The story was very good with just a hint of predictability. The on-stage illusions were a little too much. If it was more realistic, I would've maxed the rating. The story is set in the late 1800's. Electricity was just becoming available. I haven't read Millhauser's short story on which this movie is based, but I intend to.
Norton is one of the best thespians alive (better Hulk than Ruffalo). I can't think of a bad act from him. He did a great job in this character.
Rufus Sewell has to be one of the best bad-guy actors since James Woods.
The wokeness is absolute zero. Enjoy.

Didn't like the tall-boy wolverine, but it kinda works in this universe.

This is a very difficult show to give a woke rating on. Apparently it's meant to be a satire of extreme woke NPR radio station workplace. So it features every single extremely woke trope and buzzword you can think of and every character is an extreme caricature of some degree of woke. The problem is they don't really go far enough in making fun of these people or showing the insanity. It just feels like you're watching a very woke show. It's not funny just very annoying and every character is a disgusting terrible loudmouth SJW. If your not going to make fun of them or actively show how stupid they are than is it really
a satire or just a woke show? These types of people exist and watching and listening to them go about their daily insanity isn't funny it's just irritating. I'm giving this a 2 for woke only because it's not actually meant to be woke but make fun of it, yet somehow still manages to feel like it's woke. If you can tolerate these types of people you may think it's funny, I see enough of these idiots in real life I don't need it in my spare time as well.

Woke

Yeah, this movie is woke.
There’ve already been some cringe Frankenstein versions out there, but this one goes overboard explaining why the creature feels the way it feels, and Mia Goth’s lines come off like straight-up activism

episode one opens in Quebec with 2 black police officers and of course the female one is in charge. Very small black population there but sure whatever. The lead female is an obese screeching harpy who I instantly hated. Based on a true story but actually has pretty
much nothing to do with the true story. Another modern show loaded down with unlikable characters. Every single character falls into 1 of 2 categories, either mean nasty assholes, or cowering pathetic idiots. Why must everything now have horrible characters. The attempts at comedy aren't funny and there are so many scenes that are just uncomfortable and cringe. The acting is fine and it's a well made miniseries. If you don't mind the bad characters you may like this better than I did.
The true story is probably interesting but this is just terrible and after the first episode I just didn't care about most of the characters and actively hated the rest. I had no desire to watch the rest of this. Other than the opening DEI placement I didn't really see anything else to
consider woke in the first episode.

Not Bad, It's Actually Very Good! BUT...

***WARNING!!! SPOILERS AHEAD!!!***

Remember how the original Mulan was so likeable because she was the typical 'underdog' that had to suffer and slowly learn until she became awesome despite her weaknesses?, and then on the live action she is just absolutely flawless from the beginning and she even has magical powers just because she is a woman? THAT'S exactly what Peach feels like: a god damn invincible character that doesn't even need power-ups to fight an army of thousands on her own. Even SHE is the one that experiences a launch star for the first time instead of Mario (WTF?). Even Queen Bee is girlbossing here, when in the game she is sweet AF. Feminist bullshit at its finest.

Now, to be fair, those feminist BS moments don't last that long, and as long as they are NOT happening:

- The movie has tons of fan service, and I mean TONS OF IT, especially for very old gamers (like me).
- The scenes with Mario & Luigi are super fun and enjoyable.
- The animation, colours, music and sound effects they used are exquisite, it looks and sounds AMAZING.
- It DOES have a damsel in distress.
- The action NEVER stops, and that's a very good thing. You NEVER get bored, it never feels like a too-long movie.
- Even though Peach feels invincible (facepalm), she still uses some of her Smash Bros. moves, like the hip attack, which is a very nice feminine touch.
- Speaking of Peach, females actually look like women, boobs and everything (which is more than I can say about that Hoppers crap), as they should look, without being oversexualized for kids at all.
- There are no LGBTQ characters except for Birdo, who is on screen for about 13 seconds and acts perfectly normal, who cares?
- No visual DEI that I can recall or any BS like that.
- Mario, Luigi, and Bowser (all men) openly express several times that they are attracted to women, as it should be.
- Whenever there are kisses on the cheek between males, or a slight acting-gay moment, it's 100 % clear that it is pure old-school comedy and NOTHING ELSE (Looney Tunes style).
- One of the main plot points is that people don't change, which is amazing, considering that woke propaganda is often 'be whatever you want to be', even if it makes no sense or is the complete opposite of what you actually are.
- The movie contains a 'Do a barrel roll!' moment, which on its own is just... absolutely... AWESOME.

I enjoyed it a lot at the age of 43. I've watched it twice, and it felt even better the second time since I was watching it with with a friend who also experienced the NES era. I'm planning to watch it again at least 3 more times. I could NEVER call this a kids' movie, though, it totally hits you with nostalgia, making you (a grown up) feel like a kid again.

Demon Slayer always delivers

No woke here. Just some fun demon slaying. If you've seen the series you already know.