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Krapopolis (2023)
Just... Sucks.
This is a sincerely unfunny show. Uninspired, uninteresting characters, visually it's extremely bland... I don't see this show making it past 1 season. The jokes are flat every step of the way. The animation is as flat and forgettable as any other recent Fox cartoon, and the artistic design is not just generic but just not appealing to look at whatsoever.
Fox's Animation Domination block honestly serves no purpose in existing, other than to keep The Simpsons and Family Guy on life support. They just can't produce a decent cartoon comedy to save their asses.
No shade to the voice actors, their performances aren't all bad but the scripts are all absolute garbage. Duncan Trussell deserves better. He is a legitimate comedic talent and he is totally wasted on this show.
I can't even suggest checking it out for yourself. I would much prefer the ratings to crash low enough to prevent the show from being renewed for another season.
Curse of the Man Who Sees UFOs (2016)
Starts out... Explosive
Within the first 3 minutes of the doc, our titular UFO hunter is telling a harrowing story about his encounter with vague light in the sky that telepathically made him crap his pants before the thing vanishes.
Actually is a mildly entertaining UFO hunter doc, the guy is quirky, authentic and likeable. However, majority of his footage is all very samey in nature and none of it is convincing of anything. The majority of the film seems to focus on him as a character: his enthusiasm, his humor, his background and history in filmmaking as well as experimental music/sound design (which honestly leads me to believe it would be very easy for him to doctor some of his footage) - as opposed to actually trying to convince the viewer of any material he's captured on camera.
Thor: Love and Thunder (2022)
Thankful for Waititi's departure after this...
I went into this movie hopeful, but was left disappointed. This movie starts out strong with an introduction to Gorr and his daughter. It's a good, simple set-up for his tragic motivation as the villain. There's tension and emotion. Unfortunately from here, Waititi takes every opportunity to undercut any tension or drama from every scene. He saw that his trademark silly humor worked for Ragnarok and he dialed it up to 11 for Love and Thunder - to the detriment of the entire movie. Gorr kidnaps a large group of children from New Asgard, and considering the magnitute of this act, Thor and Valkyrie coming off as entirely unphased and jokey about the situation absolutely destroys any sense of urgency or consequence that should be present. And despite the potential Bale had as Gorr, he comes and goes and is entirely wasted instead of remaining a lurking threat among the MCU. Despite losing a significant Thor character by the end of the film as well, that outcome is predictable at every turn and the plot as a whole seems totally inconsequential in the long run. While Ragnarok was able to portray some weight to the loss of significant characters, Love and Thunder can't take itself seriously for even a moment. The visuals, while very much the kind of over-the-top comic book visual style I enjoy, come off as significantly cheaper than it's predecessors. The green-screen is horrendous and the CGI characters and creatures stick out sorely as if they were made 10 years ago. The action and wirework is much sloppier and obvious this time around. The only graphically stand-out moment is a brief battle sequence in black & white.
The last gripe I have - and this is insignificant and personal - is the use of Guns N Roses in the soundtrack that completely ruins some of the more exciting moments. God I hate that band.
All-in-all, this was not a good Thor movie. It wasn't a good Marvel movie, and it wasn't a good movie in general. This movie made me want to go back to Dark World just to clense the acid-trip color palette from my mind. Unless you have kids, or have the cognitive functions of a (12 year old or younger ) yourself, I see little reason anybody would come back to this movie for a second viewing.
Nomadland (2020)
Absolutely nothing genuine about this
A pretentious film made by the priviledged and wealthy, glorifying homelessness to appeal to other priviledged viewers who have no grasp of real life and the struggles of the displaced. Beyond the beginning of the film, after the "plot" has been established, the story completely evaporates. Character development is non-existent, conflict and conflict resolution are non-existent, and the film legitimately goes nowhere despite the theme of living on the road. The main actress, although a perfectly fine talent, has seemingly NOTHING to work with to make her character likeable in any way. No rationality behind almost any of her decisions, absolutely zero personality, basically ruining any relatability the viewer might experience with the character. If you're a pretentious hipster with no real life experience that finds genuine amusement in watching a homeless-by-choice middle aged woman with the personality of a brick take a series of diarrhea dumps into a bucket, this Oscar winner is for you.
Halloween Kills (2021)
Halloween Dies
The beginning of this movie is so impressive. After a brief tie-in scene for the previous movie, we get a perfectly shot flashback sequence to the original 78 Halloween night. The score, the portrayal of the Shape, the corny 70s style acting, all wonderful. Post title sequence... So completely pointless. Even being released during the Halloween season, it feels out of place without purpose or direction. The explicit gore that better fit the Rob Zombie version is well executed here but doesn't save the movie. The plot is non-existent, the movie seemingly made only to retcon the original story and fill the gap between Halloween 2018 and the expected finale of this contractually obligated trilogy. Jamie Lee Curtis really does nothing other than poorly act her way through horrific injuries, Judy Greer and whoever plays her daughter phone it in as her replacement as the Halloween franchise Sarah Connor, and the movie drags on with a vigilante mob sub-plot. The sub-plot not only fails to relay any kind of noticeable or convincing social commentary that it appears to be aiming for, but it ends so flatly and anti-climactic, that it ends up making me question if I'd be willing to ever sit through this again down the road. It wastes all its time and potential on meandering dialogue and shouting hordes of townfolk. There is not one scary scene, there are no good characters, the movie goes nowhere and it does not do the franchise justice.
Godzilla vs. Kong (2021)
Look at all the wannabe film critics :')
Anybody who expected ANYTHING more than brainless action here have no genuine business reviewing the movie. The simple concept of a fun, schlocky monster rumble seems to go way over the heads of pretentious Wokesters who think every movie needs to have deep character development, a riveting plot, and underlying thematic messages. Fact of the matter is, Godzilla vs. Kong delivers on all of the promises that it made to movie-goers. Incredible monster effects, beautiful fantasy visuals, balls to the wall action, and just the right amount of fan service for diehard kaiju lovers. Of course when competing with giant monsters, the human characters will never grab peoples interest the same way. That being said, the acting isn't great (not that acting in Godzilla movies have ever been Oscar worthy), though it is still fully passable. If you want entertainment, this is entertainment. There's a reason it's topped the box office during this shutdown era while all of the Oscar fodder fails to bring butts to the seats.