Reviews

I just finished it, and it is really, REALLY good, undoubtedly the best new Series on Netflix. Lots of expectations when Tim Burton put his Name on this Series, but kudos to him and his Creative Team for delivering the Goods big time.

It just so good on so many levels, first is that it is not only about the Dark Humor and quick, witty Dialogue, there is a lot of multi-level Storytelling also involved, giving most of the Characters a lot of depth.

A lot of talk about how Jenna Ortega was absolutely perfect for the Role, but for me it just wasn't her, most of the other Actors and Actresses also did very well, helping contribute to just how good this Show is.

Take Catherine Zeta Jones, for example. I wasn't sure if she was going to be a good Morticia Addams since Anjelica Huston in the Role was a pretty hard act to follow, but she delivered wonderfully, proving that she could indeed still be good in a Comedy Role.

You know this Series will be full of dark, quick wit, but it still catches you wonderfully off guard at various moments every time it comes, like when Wednesday told Gomez she knew he didn't have it in him to be a Convicted Killer, then Gomez says he forgives her even if what she said "stings".

The Soundtrack is also pretty good, something that is certainly noticeable, they were turning Classic Songs from the 1970s onwards into an Instrumental played by an Orchestra.

SPOILER ALERT (Don't read this if you don't want Spoilers), I'm glad the previous Wednesday didn't just go into the Series in a Cameo Role but was in fact quite a Pivotal Character. We may even see more of her in succeeding Seasons.

Anyway, this THE Must-Watch Series on Netflix right now, and looking at all the buzz it is generating it seems a lot of other People agree with it, too.

The Movie was pretty good for the most part. It is that type of Movie that once you start, you just can't stop watching. Ultimately though I think it was betrayed by having a pretty weak ending.

Just when you thought you finally will reach the climax of the Movie, it ends with more questions than answers, and ends up as the weak link of the Movie.

Spoiler Alert for everyone as I am about to share some Spoilers: Anyway, what happens is that the Main Character and his Ally finally reaches the last Floor of the Structure, but there finds the Child that one of the other Characters have been looking for.

The biggest question then is how did the Child survive for Weeks on end without Food for Weeks on end? That question was answered, or even asked in the Movie, they just plowed right thru right ignoring it.

Also how the Child would end up as "The Message" by sending back up was never answered. We can guess, but again, it was never truly tackled, making up for a generally unsatisfying ending.

Another Month, and another unexpected Masterpiece from Netflix. It starts out as good, but as the Series unfolds, it starts going to Outstanding or Excellent.

It is a bit longer than most Netflix Series with nine Episodes, each around an Hour or more long.

And that's because it is not just about Anna Sorokin or Anna Delvey, but also others around her Case like Vivian Kent who broke out her Story to the Public, Todd Spodek who was her Lawyer, her Friends, etc.

There are some Twists in the Series and some Emotional Manipulation also on the Audience like in case of Anna's Friend Rachel Williams, for example, who initially started out was Villain, sort of exonerated during Anna's Trip to Morocco and back to a Villain again during Anna's Trial.

There is some Drama, but also a lot of Light Comedy in it, which is actually good as the Series can be quite embarrassingly painful to watch also, particularly during Anna's Morocco vacation.

Definitely the current Must-Watch Series on Netflix right now.

Another surprise hit from Netflix. The Documentary is very well done, it is quite thrilling the way they unfolded the Events.

When Cecille, one of the Girls that was defrauded by Simon Leviev, talked and cried about how she was duped out of Usd 250,000, you can really feel her pain and anguish, especially since she is just an ordinary working class Woman.

About the only bad thing about the Movie is how Leviev seemed to be getting away with what he did. He only served 5 Months in Jail in Israel after his last arrest, and seems to be living the High Life again and dating a Model.

Personally, I think this Leviev is an embarrassment to the Country of Israel, the famed Mossad should do an exception and get rid of this Guy for good.

Anyway, the current Must-Watch Movie now on Netflix.

I admit that I had some reservations about this Movie, even with Denis Villeneuve at the helm I wasn't sure they were going to pull it off, but they did. It's not as bad as I thought it would be, but not that great also because of one Issue towards the end of the Movie.

Dune was always going to be a difficult Film to pull off because it combined Science Fiction (with its Exotic Worlds and Customs) with Politics, and even Religion. However, Villeneuve did a pretty good job overall of telling the Story that could be understood relatively easily despite its complex arcs and nuances.

I particularly loved the Movie's Settings and Visuals, it is supposed to be set around 10,000 A. D. or 8,000 Years into the Future and it does show a World that is strange and yet beautiful, and almost Alien in nature.

My only beef about it was (WARNING, SPOILERS) when one of the Visions of Paul Atreides didn't come true, I ended up looking for the answer why in the internet. I did find a satisfactory answer, but I doubt if most other Viewers would be as much patience about it.

Villeneuve should've been able to tell the Viewers why right in the Movie itself rather than have them look outside for it.

Nevertheless a pretty good Movie overall, Highly Recommended.

Just saw this, and this would be one of the Must-See, if not THE Must-See Movies of the Year 2021. The Tom Holland as Spiderman Movies has been pretty good, the Characterizations, Storytelling, etc. Are excellent as usual but what makes this one extra Special is the Premise of the Plot itself.

I would put this one as one of the very best or my Favorite Superhero Movies of all time, right there with X-Men: Days of Future Past and Captain America: The Winter Soldier. I would break down the Movie into around four (4) Acts:

WARNING: HEAVY MOVIE SPOILERS AHEAD The First Act would be Peter Parker dealing with his newfound Fame and Infamy, how it affected him and those who were close to him, and eventually how he dealt with it.

The next Second Act would the Spiderman Villains as they were the first to come out, and here Alfred Molina, Willem Dafoe and Jaime Foxx shone very brightly, I was transfixed by them together onscreen and interacting with each other. They were simply amazing.

The Third Act would be when the other Peter Parkers or Spidermans came out, and here they absolutely went to Town with what it would be like with them being together. Like for example the talked a lot about Toby Mcguire's Spiderman was able to generate the Spiderwebs from his Body.

Or how about Tom Holland being able to fight Aliens in Space while Toby only got to do that on Earth, while Andrew Garfield wasn't able to do any such thing at all.

The Fourth Act would be of course the ending, which is actually a bit dark and sad, but it is how it is, and how it should be.

Overall, I think the Movie did a couple of things, first would be give Tom Holland's Spiderman a very, very, very graceful exit from the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). Second is that it also allowed Toby and Andrew to say their goodbyes for their Versions of Peter Parker/Spiderman, something which didn't happen before.

Moving forward, it seems that there is a future of the Venom Symbiote in Tom Holland's Universe as a hint of it was given in one of the End Credits. Also they allowd Foxx to talk about a "Black Spiderman", so we might see that sometime down the Road.

Anyway, if you haven't seen it yet, I would encourage you to go watch it, it is a Must-See for me.

A mainly Formulaic Rom-Com, right down to the perky Best Friend for the Female Lead. However, it does have enough Twists of its own to make it interesting, like Nina's Karaoke Scene, for example.

However, in the end (Spoilers) I just thought that Jimmy Yang and Nina Dobrev are just too far apart to be believable as a Couple, unless they turned him into a Billionaire or something, which they didn't.

Watchable enough for me, if nothing better is around, which it is since the other Netflix Movie that premiered, "The Harder They Fall" was an absolute Piece of Crap.

I found it to be Cliched, Shallow and full of Gimmicks. The Movie basically relied on Cliches and Gimmicks one after the other to make itself "endearing". It tries so hard that it shows, and in a bad way.

It is also quite Shallow, relying almost entirely on Plot Armor just to get thing thru. For example, why was Sebastian so good at breaking Safes despite the fact that he only does it only as a Hobby, to the point that he breaks the greatest Safes in the World on more or less his first try?

This was never explained satisfactorily in the Movie, it just was so. We just see him go out and listens to the Safes while turning the Wheels, and that was it. As I said, SHALLOW.

About the only good thing I liked about it were the Settings as the Movie goes around to various Countries in Europe. Quite a Mediocre Movie, not for me.

Just not as good as I had hoped for. It is watchable, the Premise I think was decent, it tried to establish it's own Vampire Mythology like with the Underworld Series, and the Characterizations were pretty good.

The Setting in glamorous Places were also nice to watch. However, there simply were too many loopholes, like how (Spoilers) come "Victor" and the other Vampire Families only had a few "Soldiers"?

What was so special about these 2 Girls that they were able to easily take down the other Vampires? I was hoping they answered that in the Movie, but they didn't.

On a Side Note, Debby Ryan looks very much like a young Geena Davis to the point that I thought they were closely related, but they're not.

It was a decent Thriller in most Parts, but towards the middle it sort of got predictable with its Plot Twist. It also looked like just a way to showcase Jake Gyllenhaal's Acting Chops.

I also didn't like that, SPOILER WARNING, they didn't show the Actors and Actresses that were heard over the Phone, it just felt like a lack of closure of some sort.

Not really impressed with the Movie at all.

A pretty good Movie overall, but I do have some reservations about it. First off, James Gunn proved that just like the Russo Brothers, he truly is a Master of handling an Ensemble Cast.

He is a gifted Storyteller, and his Characterizations and Dialogues are just truly amazing, it is what made this Movie work.

He has fine attention to detail, with superb little things like the Ratcatcher's cute Pet Rat, Bloodsport's fear of Rats, or Ratcatcher wondering what an Overhead Projector is ...

I also liked what he did with Harley Quinn, all that long build up at romance, only for her to show how really sick in the Head she is later. Also great Escape Scene, it showed us how much of a Kick As* Character she is also.

In a way I am sort of glad that Marvel fired Gunn so he can work on another Ensemble Cast (and of course they hired him back).

My Beef about the Movie though is that Gunn himself might have ended up too close to the Characters he created that he was hesitant to kill them off.

This is supposed to be a "Suicide Squad", and yet only one Member of the Core Team was killed off. One Character I thought died, only to be revealed as still alive in the End Credits.

Another Character was killed off, but he wasn't really a Member of the Core Team, he just sort of joined the later.

The fact that Gunn killed off so many of the other Team at the start of the Movie doesn't mean he can get away with killing off most of the Core Team later.

And that is why I thought this is just a good Film, and not a Great One. Still highly recommended, very entertaining.