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Cyberpunk: Edgerunners (2022)
This series is a straight up masterclass on Character development
From the moment i started the first episode i was hooked and in one swift sitting found myself watching the entire series on the edge of my seat.
The character development is truly brilliant and the entire time you are invested in the relationships of the characters and overarching story line.
The world is vibrant, utterly brutal (this is a Gory action with heart) and incredibly detailed for a series that only had 10 short episodes to build with.
David and Lucy are just the perfect characters to place front and centre and you truly can't help but want everything to work out for them.
The series had so much more heart than i was expecting and, I will likely have the final scenes on my mind for weeks to come.
This one will stick with me.
Possibly best animated series of the year. Highly recommend.
The Borderlands (2013)
The movie that tripped over before the finish line!
I gave this movie a 7 out of 10 in my head almost the whole way through while watching. The film built suspense and kept building quite well. Mid to late movie you would be jumping at even a subtle movement or sound, but then the ending came. All that palpable tension was more or less discarded and instead of being provided with what could have been a jump scare fiesta we are provided with (Spoiler alert) nothing. Literally 10 minutes of de-escalation to finish in one of the worst endings I have seen. Had this movie not been as good as it was before the ending it would have received a 2. Despite an ending which seemed like an afterthought that someone threw together two days before it went to the screens I'll give it a 5 due to the rest of the film being quite solid. Watch it but be warned, turn it off 2 minutes before the credits because leaving the story unfinished is better than the actual finish!
The Interview (2014)
Not the worst, definitely not the best!
I went into the Interview with high expectations, no double entendre intended. The film which had caused so much controversy and even terrorist threats against those who would show and view the movie left me wondering, why?
The film starring James Franco, Seth Rogan and Lizzy Caplan is about an entertainment reporter (Franco) and his editor (Rogan) scoring the interview of a life time with the Leader of North Korea, Kim Jong Un, during high tensions between America and North Korea over Nuclear Weapons. After obtaining an interview with Kim Jong Un, the pair are contacted by the CIA (Caplan) and asked ever so discreetly to "Take him out".
We have heard some funny dialogue between the comedy duo of Franco and Rogan over the years and expected the same in this film however Rogan more or less fell to the Sidelines in The Interview Leaving Franco to soak up the spotlight. Franco's brand of crude sexual humour ran rampart throughout, sometimes working, sometimes not so much, however we must accept that it was his acting and timing that has made "The Interview" watchable. The film started quite slowly but gained momentum and kept it from the moment the pair left America! With some subtle running jokes, the only intelligent humour the movie had to offer (I love running jokes) and the occasional drug and alcohol binge the film managed to keep its Rogan-esc feel and produced some decent laughs. All though the film does make fun of the Leader of North Korea in many different ways, it also touches on quite a few important political issues between the two countries though, as lightly as you would expect from a comedy.
All in all the movie, however insulting to the leader of another country, did not deserve the hype it received in regards to its content. It was funny enough when it needed to be and only rude to another culture in the last 30 minutes or so, leaving me wondering, why was it canceled? I sense a publicity stunt somewhere in the depths. I give the movie 6 out of 10 (a generously bias score from a Rogan- Franco fan) but highly recommend you watch it for your own social benefit as everyone will be talking about it for the next few months whether positive or negative.