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Wake in Fright (1971)
Already slipping before crashing
This movie considered a classic with good rating , i thought could be an interesting watch .
The small description on IMDB for this movie , yes this could be interesting .
The start is not bad , and i find Gary Bond does well , and the movie is at first a nice watch also for the scenery .
The story is engaging at first , but along the way i find it becomes somewhat disappointing , as at some point later in movie i expected more to happen then actually does .
Where at first it seems he might be getting in risky situations and comes in contact with " strange or dangerous people " , and there is some tension in the movie , this kinda dies out along the way , as he kinda becomes one of " them " .
But then towards the end , there is a hunt on kangaroos , and i find this just awful to watch and horrible end to movie that was already not fully delivering on promises .
Afterwards i read some scenes have been left out , like cutting of the testicles of a kangaroo , so it could been even worse .
But its bad enough already , i felt disgust and was kinda offended
by these hunting scenes in the movie , making a 3 star rating very generous .
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958)
Depressing to watch
Cat on a hot tin roof is a promising title and sounds like a classic .
Paul Newman an Elizabeth Taylor together in a movie is in theory very interesting .
To be fair i watched this movie without any knowledge beforehand what its all about , as i don't like spoilers and such .
But i was in for a nasty surprise as it turned out it was not my cup of tea at all .
Paul Newman playing a depressed guy is just depressing to watch .
This review could be the above sentence repeated enough times to fill the minimum amount of characters limit .
Elizabeth Taylor is absolutely gorgeous and a pleasure to watch ,
but this works only for so long and the content of this movie just drags the pleasure down to a point its not a pleasant watch anymore .
To me it feels like a wasted chance to have these actors in a movie like this .
All i could think was like i wish they were in some Alfred Hitchcock like thriller , not this depressing drama
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L'aîné des Ferchaux (1963)
caught up by time
This movie from 1963 , it is no shame , but its kinda caught up by time , like the cigarette smoking in this movie to be cool .
The premise , idea of the story , it could bring something , but the reality is this movie moves very slow , and has lack of everything.
There is no real tension , or action , or humor .
Its maybe " psychological movie " and i think somewhat vague at moments.
It offers a look back in time and that can be nice , some nostalgia,
but thats it .
There is really not much there to watch this movie a second time years later .
Magnet of Doom , the title is surely cool , but its a bit much for this movie and would be more fitting for a new superhero movie .
Mission: Impossible II (2000)
watch and forget
After the not that impressive first MI movie , this is not a good follow up .
This is mainly on the story and script .
But also when look at the cast , there are no impressive support actors here .
Only Thandiwe Newton is a "name " , and u dont need well known actors to make a good movie , but in this case i find it is telling and adds to being not a good movie .
I also dont like Newton that much in this role in the movie .
Memorable moment can be Cruise shooting a gun while on a motorbike , and thats it really .
This movie is bit of letdown and doesnt have enough to offer to rewatch over time , i rate it 5 stars .
Mission: Impossible (1996)
Not so impressive start
When watching back this movie , i find it is a bit surprising.that many others followed , as i find its not that good of a movie .
I think its more the star power of Tom Cruise and him putting his weight in to this , that makes it a succes .
When looking at later M. I. movies , its a plus in this movie Cruise still looks natural .
For me this movie doesnt offer enough to rewatch over time .
In a way this is the USA variant of the James Bond movie franchise ,
and even though many James Bond movies could have been better , i find they still offer more then this movie .
Jean Reno , Jon Voight. And Vanessa Redgrave do add a touch of class to this movie , but its not enough for me to rate any higher then a 6 .
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023)
Surprisingly bad , needed time to recover after watching .
Never thought this could end up to be so bad .
For me the movie starts right away a bit chaotic , not good .
But seriously after like 25 minutes or so i really wondered to myself more then once , what the heck is this , what kind of BS is this .
Seriously .
There is no recovery possible with some Drax oneliner .
Only after reading some reviews here , yes its weird this movie has some animal cruelty , but even though im an animal lover , frankly i did not even notice is how bad this movie is .
I did not expect this to get any better then 1 or 2 , but i never never expected this to be so much worse , incredible really .
I was just really grumpy how bad this was and this lasted to most of the next day .
More and more it seems useless the IMDB rating , 8.0 at this time for a movie that is just a huge fail .
Andor (2022)
All in all pretty good !
I found season 1 overall a positive succes .
For me this series cant touch Mandalorian , but it is really enjoyable .
Its nicely done , fits well in Star Wars universe .
The series strengthens the Star Wars brand , while at same time profits greatly by being a part of it .
There are some moments in this series maybe where u need not think things over too much .
An example that sticks in my mind is a moment where somebody headbuts a startrooper unconsious , while this startrooper is actually wearing a helmet , it is really silly .
Some other moments where startroopers seem more like bad guys in an A-Team episode , they really cant hit anything at times .
But ok , these are minor complaints .
Good enough story , good enough script .
Good enough actors , here u go .
If u get these basics right , u already go a long way towards being a good series , and this series has extra appeal through its Star Wars setting .
The Man from Toronto (2022)
not bad , not good - generic netflix production
This movie gives partly what u kinda expect from Hart and Harrelson,
at same time its problem these are not stand out characters .
Hart is likable , but as often in the movies he is in , the script , the actual comedic content could be better .
Harrelson is not bad , but seems in a way clichee and comparible with roles he has done before .
As to create more content for its service , this netflix movie has been made , it does feel like that to me .
There is need for content and not much time to perfect the script or work on other aspects of the movie .
Lets do a movie with Hart and Harrelson , it will generate some views on their names alone .
Even though the movie has its moments , and sort of delivers what u can expect from it , it really left me with empty feelng when finished.
De familie Knots (1980)
Brilliant series with magnificent character creation .
Not many series ment for children are fun to keep rewatch as an adult .
There is nostalgia envolved when seen this as a kid offcourse .
But this is still fun to rewatch from time to time .
The absolute strongpoint of this series is the fact 3 main actors play several roles , it works really well here .
You really need to wonder why similar is not done much more often .
Only Austin Powers - Dr. Evil comes to mind , but that is childsplay if count the amount of roles the 3 main actors take upon them during this series .
There is very good chemistry between the 3 main actors .
Its maybe a bit typical for that time every episode has a song in it , can be a bit weird at times , but its the way it is .
Another possible small negative , but this is just typical for Dutch productions like these , the child actors at times i find not superconvincing.
The series scores extra points for the nice and fun characters and the fun concept of the pink paint .
When the series starts with the strong score the fun already starts .
Also the voice-over works pretty well .
Hetty Heyting , besides being one of the main actors , also created and wrote the series . When look now i see she did do some other stuff on tv later , but for me it always felt like she kinda completely dissapeared after this series , i never could understand .
Its nice to see when doing small research for this review , Heyting had worked before with Minkema in a childs cabaret and Kappers she had worked with on a radio play .
Original and creative and fun .
Easily my all time favorite Dutch series .
Escape from New York (1981)
Title is great - nice concept - Bad end result
This movie is known to be somewhat of a cult classic .
Escape from New York -- In itself a great movie title .
Also the movie poster looks great .
Snake Plissken character maybe had some potential .
If u read the short description on this website of this movie , it could be something good . Potentially a nice concept .
Besides Kurt Russel , i do find him intresting actor , there are some very decent names in the supporting cast .
This is where the positives end .
While Snake character became somewhat iconic , it seems to be mainly based on him wearing an eye-patch .
The character has nothing to offer that is likable personality-wise .
But what its all about is the actual movie .
What to say i was highly disspointed with this movie , just really bad .
There is just nothing in this movie that justifies any cult status , i found the movie has very little to offer .
Seems im just not a fan of Carpenter as director , he also directed Big trouble in Little China , another 80's movie with Kurt Russel .
That movie also has some following while i found it to be really really bad .
Russel i find intresting actor and has some presence , but i just wish he been in some better movies in those days .
There is Tango and Cash , Tequila Sunrise , these are not bad 80's movies ,
but he never landed in iconic movie in 80's . It feels like missed chance .
Yip Man 2 (2010)
Starts nice , becomes lame , similar to first movie .
For me this is very much the same as first movie .
Only now the evil Japanese are switched for evil Englishmen .
The movie is good and fun when Ip Man needs to prove himself against a number of local martial arts masters .
But it seems there was this need to fight some great evil again , this time some foreign champion boxer .
Its not as shocking change of scenery as first movie , still the movie moves from being kung-fu movie with some comedy elements , and a story that is intresting , in to a movie where its suddenly all about fighting some white devils . To make sure we understand , a couple of the Englismen act pretty mean , also the boxer , he is clearly not a nice guy !!
Too bad this foreign enemy aspect had to be taken in to this movie also , like the first movie , i really find the movie is crippled by this , story becomes lame and predictable and i lose pretty much all intrest .
Ip Man (2008)
Japan invades and destroys this movie
I think this movie would been much better if it went along the lines of the start of the story in this movie .
In my view this movie should be kung-fu movie with some comedy elements .
This movie really takes a turn when Japan invades Hong Kong .
From colorful scenes , its like it turns into a black and white movie .
Its like it becomes a propaganda movie , its clear the Japanese are the bad , evil guys .
Story wise it becomes completely unintresting and mostly predictable .
This really hurts the kung-fu scenes , as they are pretty good , but because the story i just lose lot of intrest .
An evil sadistic Japanese general who really likes to fight kung-fu , i just find it lame , and it kills the movie for most part .
So as far as im concernhed , this movie has a nice start , shows some potential , but the story becomes so weak it hurts .
The A-Team (2010)
Movie has its moments , A-Team members mostly badly cast .
The original A-Team cast is incredible good mix in actors and personalities.
Offcourse this is just a movie and not a series with many episodes , and it was always going to be hard to replace the original members .
Still , i find the casting has been weak for this movie .
I only like Quinton Jackson as B. A. , he is well casted and does a good job.
This is kinda curious as he has done a lot of stuff by now , but he became famous for being MMA fighter .
Liam Neeson for me was not convincing as Hannibal , on paper he is kinda supposed to carry the others as senior actor resembling also the position in the team .
To be clear im a older guy by now who has the A-Team dvd box , so maybe for younger viewers the bad casting is not relevant at all .
But for me besides no good Hannibal , Face and Murdock come in no way near the original ones .
Its more like the actor that played Face in the pilot , but changing him for Dirk Benedict is just huge difference .
The special chemistry is not present , preventing the A-Team from being back in full force and the succes was not such that more movies were made .
Still the movie is not bad , i find even some scenes really make a big impression .
I would think A-Team still has the potential to be a hit , but this was not the right mix of actors .
The Terminal List (2022)
Struggled to finish the series .
Series has a high rating and i was somewhat curious to see what series this was with Pratt.
As with more series lately , this series has a promising start , but for me it gets tedious after couple episodes .
The action scenes are mostly boring .
I really completely lost intrest mid season and kinda skipped through the end.
So i kinda wonder about reviews claiming this series is so good and special.
It felt to me like some promotional film , maybe kinda funded by Navy or the NRA . Bit like Top Gun was supported by Air Force.
Guns are good and nice , we just need all be good guys with a gun .
Maybe this production mainly tries to cater to American Replublcan audience .
Besides Pratt there are not many intresting or big names in supporting cast , the story and script is such that most will not make any lasting impression .
Reece character is in the end not intresting ,.
First episodes there is suspense , but after that the series manages to completly lose my intrest .
I prefer to blame this on the series instead of looking for some problem on my side .
Knowing Me, Knowing You with Alan Partridge (1994)
Intriguing and delightful way to create comedy series .
Alan Partridge the masterpiece creation by Steve Coogan .
Its not constantly superfunny and not everything works .
But the way Steve Coogan goes about it , its intriguing character creation.
Alan can be pretty selfish and not so considerate to others , but how can u not like the guy at the same time .
The setting now where he still has a tv show , it is nice , but the quality is all in all some lower then the later Alan Partridge series .
Still this is good and has rewatch value , i watch this series again and again over time .
The series was the solo-breakthrough of the Alan Partridge personage
and could be considered as season 1 of the Alan Partridge series .
This series has extra value due to all the Alan Partridge content that has followed , as these where the succes days of Alan Partridge , where later we see him also in harder times , so these series kept some relevance in the later development of the Alan Partridge character .
Friends (1994)
One of the most overrated series ever .
Ive never been able to understand why the succes for this series .
These days this series is still rated 8.9 on IMDB .
Thats some higher then a lot of classic comedyseries that do manage to provide some comedy from time to time .
For me this series mainly delivers lame jokes about relationships and sex ,
and thats it really .
Just mainly cringe and unfunny jokes and situations that are related to sex and relationships , but it had huge succes .
In a way this series helped pave the way for garbage tv like ,
Big Brother , MTV series like Jersey Shore , or even the fame and succes of Kim Kardashian .
The series fits in a trend where its all about superficial appearance , but the actual quality of the content doesnt seem to matter anymore , but it sells so all is good .
Mayor of Kingstown (2021)
Decent series , very good Renner
While watching this first season , at times i felt this is really good , but overall i do think its not the level of the absolute topseries .
Still this is pretty good compaired with all series that are around these days.
When i became aware of this series , i was intrested mainly in how Renner would do in this series .
I had some fear this would be mostly taking part inside a prison , and thereby i could find this somewhat boring series , but thats not the case .
For me this series strengthens my opinion that the Hawkeye series is bad ,
but Renner is an intresting actor .
Renner could easily shine in a Hawkeye series , if it would been done right ,really a missed chance in my opinion .
Im happy to see Renner in a decent series and making some decent impact here .
In my book he scores extra points here and secures 8 stars for this series .
The Sandman (2022)
Not for me .
Even though im really unfamilair with this character , i felt this could be intresting series .
The start was not bad , but as the series moved along , i lost more and more intrest .
Somehow i found it hard to follow any story , or i could not have any investment in any of the characters .
This is instance where i think the 600 character rule is a bit much as minimum thats allowed to use in a review .
I stopped watching after like 5 episodes .
For me the current rating of 7.7 is definately too high .
The Sandman , it sounds like a good series , it should be a good series ,
but its not a good series .
Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999)
More of the same , but also couple strong additional characters .
I find this trilogy works very well in the sense that extra time for beloved characters like Austin and Dr. Evil works really well .
Also some nice new ones like Mini-Me and Fat Bastard .
A fun extra is Rob Lowe in this movie .
Typical for this movie , in beginning there is hilarious scene in Jerry Springer show , but this is followed by really weird sequence where Basil asks Austin how his honeymoon has been .
Austin explains that Vanessa turned out to be a fembot . !!!! ????
Basil replys ; " Yes , We knew this all along , sadly . Anyway , we have a new assignment for you . "
Really weird i think .
Maybe this is so bad it is kinda funny , but it is very blunt way to get rid of the first sidekick and while we dont need take everything to seriously,
i think it takes away in taking the spoof story seriously .
I hope readers understand what i mean here .
The movie combines great hights with moments u can consider low points.
Hard to rate this movie compairing with first one .
I give 10 stars anyway as the current imdb rating for this movie is on the low side .
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997)
Absolutely Iconic Characters , lots of hits but couple big misses also.
Humor is always some matter of taste .
I find Austin Powers movies very funny , while at same time all movies have some failed jokes or weak moments .
The 60's settings makes it a nice watch .
An absolute pluspoint in these movies is the fact Myers plays several characters , this really adds to it all .
The real magnificance of these movies are the characters , some of them are truly iconic .
I think its safe to say Dr. Evil is more iconic then any villain in any Bond movie . He may even outweigh all villains all together from all Bond movies.
Austin Powers character also is iconic character .
This is not easy to create by any means .
They stand out but i also like smaller characters like Number 2 and Scott Evil .
These movies have also generated some of the nicest t-shirts ever .
I have 4 of them , my favorite is Bert and Ernie imitating Austin Powers and Dr. Evil , i think is just hilarious .
In general i have the feeling in all 3 movies , the female side kick is in tough position , to come out really good and funny .
I think this is on the script and not the actresses .
I think Elizabeth Hurley did best out of the 3 movies .
This movie i rate 10 , even though i find it has weak moments , not all is funny . But a lot is .
It scores extra points for the creation of iconic characters .
It scores extra points for rewatch value .
It scores extra points for Myers playing several roles .
Also the current imdb rating made me give 10 instead of 9 stars .
Welcome to Collinwood (2002)
Mostly succeeds in what its trying to do .
I think this is good quality production .
Some big names , familair faces in it .
I find it doesnt dissapoint .
Nice role and play by Clooney , for my taste this is one of best productions he has been in .
William H. Macey i always find intresting actor , and always nice to have him in this kind of movie .
Luiz Guzman , it feels he has been in ton of similar roles , movies , he does fit in nice also here .
Comedy movies , its sometimes looking at the percentage of the jokes that are good , compairing to the amount that doesnt work .
Then i think this movie does very well .
Also i think it doesnt have complete fail jokes like in some other funny movies .
Cant say why , there is something preventing most characters from becoming really memorable , unforgettable characters, maybe with exception of Clooney character .
But as a whole i think this movie works excellent .
Bit hard to rate as for me it falls between 8 and 9 stars .
I do feel this is a nice movie , u can rewatch again over time .
As i always value high , the fact a movie remains good when watch several times , this really makes me want give 9 stars .
But this one is hard somehow , i kept change 8 to 9 and back during making this review , then lets be generous and give 9 stars .
Seven Psychopaths (2012)
Movie does not really deliver on promises .
Movie is a good watch for the cast and at times the setting .
No shame on other actors , but Walken for me stands above the rest .
For me Harrelson does have some screen presence , but in a way his character in this movie is a bit clichee .
Sam Rockwell character also struggles a bit with being clichee .
Colin Farrel , is he good in this movie , or not so good , im not sure .
The fact some scenes are for the script Farrel's character is working on ,
i feel it takes further away from this being believable , "realistic " , movie.
I dont mind a bit over the top situations, characters , but it makes the movie does not work as a thriller , there is no real tension .
When look at this movie more as a comedy , humor is always bit personal taste offcourse , i find the movie does try with the bit over the top characters , but in practise it just never becomes really funny .
For me this is the main problem in this movie , it never delivers on the comedy aspect even though i think they try .
I just have seen similar type of movies that worked a lot better .
This movie tries , but falls short somewhat .
For me this is definately not a classic worth rewatching over time .
I did see the movie now twice , as i was unsure if i seen at first , and that will be it .
Samaritan (2022)
Movie is a mixed bag , Stallone is pretty good .
Somehow i had high hopes for this movie .
Just a feeling as i always avoid watching any trailers or info about movie
, that can greatly spoil the enjoyment of watching later .
People should never watch any trailer is just my opinion .
The movie did not fully deliver , but certainly has its moments .
Partly this movie had a nice view on superheroes , on the other hand at times it had a bit feel of B - movie .
A couple of times i found part of story weak .
Boy is fan and always on the lookout for lost superhero , who then it turns out lives in appartment across the street . Thats not very convincing .
The bad guys are bit cardboard , their actions mostly clichee .
When u find out your enemy is really the long lost evil hero u always worshipped , but then kinda just continue wanting to kill him , i found this a weak part of story .
Stallone is good in this movie and i can only be in awe that at this age ,
he is able to make this movie , i find this very impressive .
Its understandable this movie incites a desire to have witnessed Stallone
in a good superhero movie years ago .
House of the Dragon (2022)
At this moment hugely overrated with 8.6 stars
To think i rated 9 stars after 2 episodes .
I seen now 8 episodes , and i find this has become really bad and boring .
Milly Alcock had a great screen presence and without her its pretty much like nothing is left .
Kinda weird she had to go because time gap but then some others look still the same , also this jump in time happens , but still nothing happens,
so u wonder what is it all good for .
But it was getting bad anyway .
First 2 episodes , i found promising , but from then on each episode is just dissapointing .
You expect something in episode 4 or 5 or 6 to happen , but never does.
Pretty much lost all intrest by now .
Watching episode 8 , i notice i wonder who again are some of these characters , but then notice i dont even care anymore .
A lot of talking in very dark rooms , i dont see how this is great tv .
I dont see how this can be rated much better then Rings series , even though i find that series has some big flaws as well .
Watching last episodes felt like a waste of time , i never expected this series to become this bad and boring after the promising start .
Dredd (2012)
Very well made sf action movie with a lot of personality .
I find this movie is pretty much good on all fronts .
A good story , a fine script .
Good acting .
Karl Urban is definately a very good Dredd .
Olivia Thirlby absolutely delivers as side kick .
Lena Heady manages to be the perfect " Bad Guy " , she really is very good in this movie . Only now when making this review is see i completely missed the link with Game of Thrones .
She probably is one of the best , most intresting actresses of our time .
When everything in a movie works , i always think need give credits to the director , in this case Pete Travis , well done .
This movie can be rewatched again and again over time , it deserves a very high rating .