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House of the Dragon (2022)
The first 5 episodes were AMAZING. After that...complete trash
If the first 5 episodes had continued on this would have easily been a 9 or 10/10. The writing and acting was absolutely terrific. The ways the characters all meshed together while creating a tense yet exciting storyline was phenomenal.
The problem with this series, however, lies in the Episode 6 and beyond. New actors and actresses playing roles performed by much better actors and actresses from Episodes 1-5, new characters that do little to nothing to further the storylines, and new situations that also offer nothing but filler for the next season (which I don't think I'll watch because the acting from Episodes 6-10 was so atrocious).
This series should have stuck with the same storylines and actors/actresses from Episodes 1-5...everything after that is garbage. So much potential wasted.
5/10
5 stars for the first 5 episodes. 0 stars per episode after that.
Unthinkable (2010)
Who wrote the last 15 minutes of the movie?! lmfao
The first 98% of the movie is great, Samuel L Jackson is amazing in his roll as a rogue interrogator. He's vicious, ruthless, conniving, and goal-driven. Carrie-Anne Moss is a great actress but her presence was pretty weak as a character...even to the point where the suspect had killed tons of people by tricking her but she was still sympathetic towards him. The chemistry was almost there but the writing was weak in her department.
The most egregious part of this movie was the final 10-15 minutes of it. The writing completely fell off and the "twist" (I type that while laughing at how stupid it is) is nonsensical and goes against the entire movie and its plot.
Watch this movie knowing the buildup is amazing, and the ending is completely against what it was trying to build Samuel L Jackson's character as being.
5/10 (8/10 with a better ending that made sense)
Land of Bad (2024)
The major reason this movie didn't make waves is from ZERO marketing
I don't review many movies but I felt obligated when I saw how poorly this is doing in the box office. It's unfair for how well this movie does while watching it.
When I first saw this film on a list of movies to watch on a...non reputable website for movies...I thought it was a Netflix or Amazon flick because I've never heard of it before, let alone seen a trailer. Here I come to find out that this movie was not only released in theaters but it was released TWO DAYS AGO (2/15). The marketing team completely dropped the ball on this movie. The major reason that I believe it failed is because there was zero reaching out to potential audiences.
This movie has your basic covert jungle style warfare with enemies who can't aim but it kept me entertained and into it the entire time. The acting is decent, and Russell Crowe is great as an 'in your ear drone operator'. The way they used technical equipment in this movie is better than I've seen of late in any modern movie with drone warfare.
If you want to see a jungle shooting movie with American good guys shooting at random bad guys then this movie is for you. It's very entertaining and I felt into it the entire time.
7/10.
Task Force 2001 (2000)
One of the greatest movies I've ever seen.
This movie is one of the greatest movies that I've ever seen. The characters, the action, the intensity, the futuristic technologyit's all there! From beginning to end this movie has me not only at the edge of my seat but also rolling with laughter in the movie theater aisles! The top actor out of the entire cast (which was hard to choose, because they were all amazing actors and actresses) was the dog! He was such a good boy and followed all his lines and directions perfectly! He always had a smile even when times were at their worst! The enemies may have been defeated by the kids in the end, but the real hero was the silly and cute doggo, who was trying his best and succeeded beautifully!
SurrealEstate (2021)
SyFy Network I'm begging you....please let this show continue into Season 3
This show is so fun to watch in every aspect. The characters are well fleshed out, the situations are always original (unless they are trying to be meta which also works) and the stories flow very well, minus sometimes the character drama vs the paranormal story. It always ends up flowing well, however.
I rarely review a movie or tv show but I'm hoping the producers of this show will read this and see that people love it and it deserves at least a season 3. Everything about this show is original and fun to binge-watch like I have so far with the first 5 episodes.
Please consider this show for a season 3. It's such an awesome original in a sea full of cliché trash.
Good Omens (2019)
Season 1 was GOLD. Season 2 was SLUDGE.
Season 1 was phenomenal and was written and directed beautifully. The actors were all on point and the direction was almost flawless. Season 2, however, interjected way too much needless garbage into the storylines and all of it fell extremely flat. The acting was still decent, but the writing and direction was just a complete hot mess.
For anyone first looking at reviews before watching this show, I cannot recommend Season 1 enough. It is fantastic. I would stop after that, however, as Season 2 is just a jumbled up pile of garbage writing with almost no direction.
This show lost itself after Season 1, and it's so sad to see because it was going hilarious places.
Season 1 : 9/10
Season 2 2/10
Overall... 5/10 for leaving me so disappointed with Season 2.
The Autopsy of Jane Doe (2016)
Great for the first 3/4's...100% garbage ending
The first 3/4s of this movie is a great suspense thriller...the last 1/4 is full of clichés, bad writing, bad dialouge, and decisions and events that make ZERO sense compared the first 3/4s of the movie.
The last 1/4 of this movie ruin the entire plot and enjoyability of it. There's not much else to say. The acting was great, the directing was great, the writing was great, the cinematography was great...for the FIRST 3/4's of the movie...after that...it was like the writers didn't know how to end a great suspenseful horror movie and decided to just ruin it.
Watch this movie if you you're bored and want to see an ALMOST GREAT horror/suspense movie with an extremely disappointing last 1/4. Very sad...was so hopeful until the last bit of the movie where it turned into garbage.
Doom House (2005)
After almost 20 years, this film still TERRIFIES.
As the title say, after almost 20 years this film still manages to terrify audiences! This film manages to horrify the viewer from the unassuming beginning, through all of the horrifying twists, all the way until the shocking end! I don't know what ever happened to the lead actor Richard Lawntax Kayak and his fellow performers, but they need to make more films to scare a new generation of children and teens! Also...on a strange note.... I actually watched this film recently after many years, went to see my doctor for my yearly checkup, and found out that I have COVID-19...so I believe this film may be so scary it causes COVID-19.....so please prepare yourself for a frightful and possibly dangerously unhealthy time.