the ones you arent going to establish in the present have them appear in the past. if you wanted to cast them early fine or show them out of focus or out of frame. build intrigue in meeting them. there's a dozen ways to go about it...what they did though.. ugh.

then theres the unfocused theming, multiple unrealized villains, and over all pacing issues...

and our protag seems to be personality deficient

very very flawed

By the the third act there was no point in Kor being there, other than giving Angelina Jolie something to do.

Good ideas in this movie, but no where near enough time to see them fully realized.

yeah the deviants in general are just a narrative device to give the audience action while they get through the exposition to establish the real threat(s)

Eternals - 8/10

Lock Jaw weighing in here.... was mad worried about this one since I read some Eternals stuff once and it was mad boring... and heard it was getting bad reviews, and it got a bad review from Destor...

But I ended up really enjoying it. Thought it was really well done, and different than most other Marvel movies. For the first time in a long time, I'd actually consider re-watching a Marvel movie, and am super interested in a sequel for the sequel's sake and not "I want to see the next chapter in the MCU" sake.

Everyone seems to agree that this one is "different".

im all for trying new things and i think marvel films have been pretty varried

The Eternals - 1 and a half stars out of 4.

I mean, there are some good ideas and cool scenes but, man, is it put together in a way that makes it hard to care. I don't get some of the casting choices and it ultimately feels like a set up more than anything else. I liked it more than I thought I would so that's something...I guess.

If you're talking about Gemma Chan, yeah, I don't get what they saw in her that made them believe she was worth a double casting.

i chop it up to the writing. there's nothing in that script for her. its a blank slate.

Dune: Part One 9/10

I could have watched another 2-3 hours of this goodness.

I was also supposed to see the new Bond film, but I couldn't be arsed, so I'll watch it on a pirate site tomorrow or at some point soon.

Shang-Chi and the Ten Rings 7.5/10

Standard Marvel fair, but I enjoyed it more than Black Widow.

The Last of The Mohicans(1992)- 10/10

The last 35 minutes are crazy.

That whole film is tits, in fairness. The Gael at the end is one of the best bits of soundtrack use ever in film. It synchs up brilliantly with the action. Tremendous stuff, it’s a sorely overlooked film for whatever reason but I love it.

The music is beautiful. There is the “jig” music which I think I want played everytime I walk into a room.

I think it’s overlooked, because the year it came out is a pretty loaded year.

No Time to Die 8/10

A good send off for Daniel Craig.

Lenny - 7/10


Like most biopics finding a narrative throughline but for the genre this does as well as the bulk. Dustin Hoffman is very good through the entirety and they film hits all the major notes youd want to see covered.

the one moment i wish was in the film is after his final moment. he was famously found dead on his toilet from a morphine OD. the freind who found him pulled his pants up for dignity sake. the legend has it that the police, out of spite and vengeance, striped him naked and layed him in the bathroom floor arranging needles about him to make sure he was finally properly humilated before taking the crime scene photo.

including the photo as the final shot of the film was a great touch for the emotional resonance but to omit the conspiracy i think is a mistake. it should have been an opportunity, like Lennys material, to analyse the hypocrisy and obscenity of the system.

solid film but i wish they had been more aggressive

Red Notice 6.5/10

Slight, derivative and not as clever as it thinks, but remains watchable due to its three leads.

Watching “Shang-Chi” and during the bus fight I am 99% sure he sits down next to Mary Mouser of Cobra Kai game. You only see her face for a second but I’m sure it was her...

There’s no “girl on bus” credit on IMDB despite it naming a couple of the seen passengers.
I bet that was her doing a micro-cameo. Like when celebs are secret stormtroopers in Star Wars films...

Great fight scene actually. I love a fight to a funky beat.

Ok that definitely ain’t Mary Mouser...

Cobra Kai on the brain...

the bus fight is a high point to be sure

Shang-Chi 7.5/10

Jungle Cruise 8/10

Home Sweet Home Alone - 5/10

I dunno. Not a good movie at all, but at the same time I didn't completely feel like I hated it. Probably because Lock Jaw :heart: Ellie Kemper.

Shang-Chi was good, it got a bit ropey towards the end because they made the lead up far too long but it had some great action and a surprising amount of solid comedy.
Akwafina is an incredibly annoying person though, that was a bad choice.

Interesting that the dad in this is essentially the Mandarin... I’m not too down with the mythology and all that but it was an interesting call-back.

This franchise is still alive? I imagine this must sùck big time.

Tenet - 9/10




Will watch again.

I feel like I should rewatch Tenet, but I would need to do so with some earphones, as when I went to see it at the cinema, I could not make out the dialogue at all.

I noticed this was out and when I looked at the cast I thought “Well it can’t be too bad” but I have read some scathing reviews.

Leave Home Alone...Alone

Just like with the Taken series, at some point you have to face the fact that we're dealing with some shitty parents.

Home Alone would have been called “Not Taken(on holiday)” if it came out now.

In fact why didn’t they do that now. Not Taken, some kid gets left behind by their bad parents and has to fight their way to Barbados or wherever they went.
I’d watch that shit...

Hang on that’s sort of just Baby’s Day Out isn’t it?

Film was nuts!

The Harder They Fall-7/10 fun predominately black casted west based on historical figures in a factionalized western story about power, revenge and hard truths. Really liked it. The set pieces are fun but it’s the interactions between characters that’s the selling point.

Fever Pitch (UK One)

It was fine. I like the neighborhoods around arsenal stadium so thats cool. Ive seen the US one over a hundred times so wanted to check this one out. The guy sucks and the girl kinda sucks too. Its ok

Eternals - 4.5/10. Probably my least favorite Marvel film. Too many characters but did not really care about any one of them. Would’ve worked better as a series.

Ghostbusters Afterlife - 7/10. Huge GB fan growing up. Movie has its ups and downs. The third act moves way too fast and the lead up to the final Battle is rushed but movie had enough high points for me to enjoy it. 2nd post credit scene was one of best scenes in the film. Great seeing Ecto-1 in some real action.

Ghostbusters: Afterlife - 8/10 Pretty entertaining.

Venom: Let there be Carnage 6/10

A bit something and nothing.