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The Sword in the Stone (1963)
Deserves a higher rating
I consider this a Disney classic. But then again all full length feature animated films while Walt was alive were classics. Of course the reason for that is because of the high standards he set for his animation department.
This movie of course is the Disnified version of King Arthur as a boy. Merlin is the real star. I must admit I am a fan of all things Camelot so my rating is biased. This film as measured against Disney animated films made before this one places it in the lower half.
Don Bluths influence can be seen in this film. 20 years later he would make a video game called Dragon's Lair (and apparently a feature length film based on this game is going to be released) and that video game has a style you can see in The Sword and The Stone.
I gave it a high rating because I feel 7.2 is too low.
Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi (2017)
Kathleen Kennedy
Has ruined this franchise. I assume she must have dirt on pretty much everyone in Hollywood.
Her name is attached to half of Spielberg's work and apparently she is getting all the credit for his brilliance, because I can't see how she has contributed anything to warrant her high priestess standing within Disney & Dreamworks
Dry Bar Comedy (2017)
1st person to review this series . . .
. . . and STILL won't publish this review. Thanks Jeff for being so open-minded and hiring people with zero independent thinking skillz.
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again (2018)
6.7 vs 6.4
There's a reason the second movie scored higher. It's better. Not by leaps and bounds, but considering how hard it is to follow up a success with "better", it's still an accomplishment.
Why is it better? I've read complains the songs are worse? Uhhhhh, no, that's incorrect. They're still ABBA songs and equal to the first film. So that takes us back to the original question: why is it better? The story is a little better. The acting is equal to before. The fun factor is the same if not a bit better. The wholesomeness was turned up a notch. Hollywood hates hearing that previous sentence. They hate values that aren't founded in self-destruction and egomania.
I gave it a 7. The first movie I would rate 6.5 if that was an option. But lets be real: The story in either movie isn't where the entertainment factor is, people come for the songs. And there's nothing wrong with that.
Joker (2019)
"A great stand alone movie"
What is scarier than Joker? The fact that the critics are collecting a paycheck for dereliction of duty and the person mentioned above can vote and procreate.
Phoenix deserves an Oscar. Go check out his documentary "earthlings". It's actually darker than Joker. Truth.
This film is for adults who enjoy the subtext of great movie making. Even though everyone associated with this movie is part of the anti-american crowd, a few of them understand where society is heading and what that world will look like. Actually, we've already arrived at the destination that this movie pontificates on. One last thing, kudos to the director for saying woke society has killed comedy. No one will ever hear his words though, because the media won't quote anyone telling the truth about the dystopia we're living in and how we got here.
The Post (2017)
Why I gave it one star
Spielberg has only one goal in his twilight years. To change his reputation from master story-teller to master-partisan-Hack.
How about you make a story which tells the truth about the contemporary press. It's a statist institution who has only one goal . . . to scrap the constitution in favor of an anti-American, leftist, utopianarchist political agenda.
Grease (1978)
7.2?
This theme just keeps getting repeated on IMDB. It really suggests that IMDB has the same integrity problems as Jeff Bezos.
This film is Landis/Ramis' version of 1959 if John Landis and Harold Ramis had a talent for musicals.
It's a great film which will touch you at some point along the journey. Everyone has their own story and this movie will capture at least one moment in your life which you felt was yours and yours alone.
It will transport you to a past filled with nostalgic escapism. Thankfully the politics are kept to a minimum and the happily-ever-after fantasy are kept to a maximum.
The Catcher Was a Spy (2018)
We get it . . .
. . . every historic hero . . . everyone with a high IQ . . . everyone who is well educated is either gay or bisexual.
They had the General use a slur, and then still approve him for the mission knowing that he could be blackmailed. The producers took too much license with this story. Crafting it with a political message rather than a historical message.
My goodness, Hollywood can't make one product without leftist politics. My spouse and I won't patronize hollywood products anymore. We cancelled cable and won't attend theaters or buy merchandise from Disney or any other entertainment conglomerate. The shareholders of these companies are blind and dumb and lean toward Anti-Americanism.
About Last Night... (1986)
6.2? Are you kidding me?
David Mamet is talented and nailed the realities of post-modern romance.
If you live in a first world society you already have the things that are most important: a safety net and a future. But in order to pass thru the swinging gates of Paradise you need one other thing that towers over those . . . love.
But love has to be earned, the things mentioned earlier were gifts you got at birth. You didn't have to earn them. Love you have to earn. It's an every-day grind that isn't supposed to be a grind. And the only reason it is, is because being lazy and selfish is easy, love requires work and self-lessness.
But that's not the lesson you got from Disney movies. Love rides a white horse and never bleeds or gets broken bones or has psychological scars that you must live with if you want the good things that also come with that Princess or White Knight.
About last night is about learning the lessons that come with entry into adulthood. It's also about Hollywood knowing that audiences like a happy ending as much as Hollywood likes extreme wealth.
Chernobyl (2019)
An empire correctly labeled
Do you hate the USA? Half the country hates itself, because we're not perfect. How do we know we aren't perfect? Because it is on the front page everyday of the USA's life. But the USA at least wants to be better everyday.
Reagan called the Soviet Union the evil empire.
It was.
The Twilight Zone (2019)
More evidence for the direction of a society
Rod Serling - angry genius
Jordan Peele - angry Obamabot
Hachi: A Dog's Tale (2009)
"Born Free" for the millenial generation
Back when I was a lad I had the good fortune to be born when the Disney studios still had Walt in charge.
Touching family movies like this were released every weekend. Stories about people and animals that made you optimistic that someday people would stop being cruel and indifferent and stupid.
This movie is based on a true story that happened in Japan in the early 20th century. The beautiful thing about that tidbit is it is proof that the human soul can be touched by gentility and decency no matter what land or people you are talking about.
My wife and I cried while watching the movie. The other times I cried in my life while watching a movie was Brian's Song (1971) The Elephant Man (1980) and Born Free (1966).
This movie will introduce you to the dignity of all complex creatures on this planet and anywhere else we may find them. We are the only species in the Universe that we know of that rejects our biological programming. Meaning, humans are cruel and possess few redeeming qualities. But in some weird twist of science and fate, we recognize we are the most defective species on Earth and strive not to be what/who we really are. Animals (Dogs, etc) are logical by comparison. They derive no pleasure from sadism or self-destruction the way people do. Are they better than us? Yes. Do we have more to learn from them, than they do from us? Yes.
All you have to do is be open to the learning, and the realization that wisdom comes from being the hero of your own life. And that requires elevating more than just yourself during your lifetime.
Star Trek: The Way to Eden (1969)
My rating is motivated by the ridiculously low score
5.5? Are you kidding me? This is one of the best among 80 episodes.
Why?
1) Gets groovy
2) The actors. Some talented guest stars who were under-rated.
3) Hippies in the 23rd century as disconnected from reality as they were in the 60s. Holy Pelosi, give Roddenberry a Nobel prize for clairvoyance.
4) Star Trek's strength was arguing both sides of the political spectrum. Here they expose utopianism for the impossible infantile logic it subscribes to.
5) Subplot with Chekov was a nice touch. A Russian more grounded in reality than the hippies. That had to be Roddenberry poking fun at contemporary times.
It deserves a score much higher than it enjoys here. No doubt a product of some P.A.C. with childish ambitions.