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Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018)
This was fantastic
I don't understand the hateful reviews on this one. I didn't see any narrative (and I was on the lookout for it). It was just a great story and entertainment that reminded me of the originals. There were even some nice nods to those (like the Kessel Run reminded me of the asteroid chase from Empire). Glover and Alden were great and I liked Beckett and Enys. I hope they make a sequel.
The Bride He Bought Online (2015)
Good movie with a very disturbing ending
This was a good movie with a message about how your actions affect others and why you shouldn't mess with strangers online. There are many twists. The main villian is sympathetic at first and written with surprising depth, at least until he tried to sell the three girls into sex trafficking, and then sympathy for him went out the window for me. While two of the girls escape, the main instigator of the prank, Kaley, is sold and not found by the end of the film. While Kaley was basically a thoughtless b-word throughout the film, I do not think that she deserved the fate she got at the end, something I would not have wished on my worst enemy. Hopefully, the film will serve as a message to teenagers (and others) not to mess with people online because it will not end well. A more realistic message than the average film.
Restless Virgins (2013)
Boring
I kept waiting and waiting for something interesting to happen in this film but finally turned it off after 45 minutes. Haven't done that in a while. The real story, I think, is better.
Death of a Cheerleader (2019)
Boring
There's very little build up to the murder and, other than Nina, the characters are all bland and forgettable. The film is also anachronistic. It's supposed to be set in the 80's but looks like it's set in modern times and the main lead dresses like she's from the 40s. Kellie Martin appears in this for like 5 minutes at the end. That's it. No One Would Tell was a decent remake but I'm not really into this one.
Tangled: The Series (2017)
Frozen the series.....oh wait.....
First review on imdb, but so many people are praising this show that I had to write an honest review for it, so here goes.
I started watching this show after I caught Queen for a day over the holidays and now I really wish that I hadn't because it's very poorly done and frustrating. Queen for a Day was quite good, but the rest of the show.....not so much.
I'll start with the pros.
The animation and music are fantastic. There are some really interesting side characters introduced and some really potentially complex plot materials here as well, which brings me to my first con....
The writing.
Not sure where to begin with this. The obvious Frozen rip offs of characters and plot maybe? I get that frozen made millions, but is Disney really so creatively dead that they can't come up with anything new since Frozen other than to milk that cash cow until its dry. (I didn't like Frozen btw, but the original Tangled was one of my favorites).
Then there's the plot holes that leave enormous questions by the end of the show (not unlike Frozen). The annoying filler. The side characters that come and go that have very little to do with the main plot, which involves solving the mystery of the black rocks. Except there's very little of the actual black rock arc in this show, it's all wasted on filler. And by the time you get to the finale, there's so much that they don't fill in for you that you have to fill In for yourself, but that is hindered by the simplistic show format, which brings me to my next con.
The tone.
Theres some dark and edgy stuff in this show, but the simplistic and childish plotting really detract from it all. The original tangled wasn't just for kids. The show obviously is, even though some of the episodes are dark and scary. This kind of isolates older fans of the show who would want something more from it while scaring younger fans at the same time.
The characterization.
By far the worst of the show. They altered the leads personalities so much that they're hardly recognizable. Rapunzel is supposed to be 18. She looks and acts much younger than that. I get that she's naive and sheltered and wouldn't be as mature as most people her age because of her background, but did they have to make her so unlikable? I didn't really care for her behavior by the end of the show as I found her very whiny, vapid and self centered. You would think that since this show is supposed to take place right after the movie that she would have some sort of trauma or issues from her 18 years with Mother Goethel to work through. The first episode hints to this but doesn't ever go back to it. Instead she is a lot simpler of a character and a lot more perfect, except in Queen for a Day, where she mess everything up.
And Eugene is just sort of..,there. He's either moral support or for comedy and that's it. They also made him a lot meaner in the show than he was in the movie. In the movie he had a very dry sense of humor, but in this its just petty and mean spirited a lot of the times. Again, you would think a character with Eugenes background would have a lot to adjust to here as well, being a former thief who now faces the prospect of being a king.
The king is a major jerk. He does some very shady things in the show, especially towards the end. The Queen is just sort of there.
The pub thugs are in it as well which is a bonus.
Then there's newcomers Cass and Varian who get the better end of the characterization and plot that this show has to offer.
If you're curious, then watch it, but you might be disappointed if you truly loved the original. And honestly, there is better FanFiction of this show than the actual show itself, which really says a lot.