Patrick Ivan

Visually, not bad. From an information perspective, it’s horrible. Sporadic little factoids smattered with first hand remarks, overtop a droning dramatic bombastic music score does not make for a good historical documentary. Maybe I’m a little old school where I like to hear more detailed information in my documentaries, and less dramatic mood music that feels more like a generic American war movie. —- Edit. Read some reviews after I posted mine. I get the impression that those more familiar with the 1939-45 war, had similar reviews as mine. And those who many noted that they had very little knowledge, found this incredibly compelling. It’s both good and bad for those people. Bad, because this documentary is not very well done, but good in the sense that it may prompt people to actually learn about the war. Keep it simple. Use accredited sources as a springboard. But please. For all those people who think this is school worthy, please don’t do it. Don’t show it if you’re a teacher. Don’t recommend it if you’re a parent. If you want to see what’s still considered to be a fantastic documentary, watch: The World At War.

The trailer was great. Made me want to see it. The movie itself was SO remarkable boring and far too long. The movie contained scenes that were clearly only useful in explaining the misdirection intended in the trailer. There were so many incredibly LONG drawn out useless moments. The characters were fine. The acting was fine. The visuals were fine. And don't get me wrong. I do NOT need action every second. I love dialogue driven movies (eg Knives Out). There were just so many long nothing moments. I honestly almost just left, and I haven't left a movie since I stupidly went to see a Steven Segal movie years ago. This would have made a great 45 minute TV single ep show. But 2 hours and 10 freakin' minutes? It was mostly filler nonsense. Nb. I have no idea who Jordan Peele is, nor do I care. I don't follow directors, producers, writers, or actors. I used to, and found it only creates a bias. Expected results that we tend to let our brains fill in out of love for someone or something.

It was bad. We couldn't believe how bad it was. DC just can't get their stuff together. What a waste of Idris Elba's talent. Like his character, he looked like he just didn't even care. Even when his character seemed to care near the end, he didn't. Because he knew the film was garbage. And the music! Who was their target audience? It wasn't even good old music. It was stuff geriatrics would listen to on a hot 4PM's evening out. I didn't get it. My wife didn't get it. DC apparently doesn't get it. It's funny who the last good thing they put out was the Justice League Director's cut, and it wasn't even DC that technically did it. Though I did enjoy Batman Vs Superman, and the first Wonder Woman movie. Do yourselves a favour. If you haven't watched this movie yet, entertain yourselves by starting at a blank wall for 2 hours. You'll enjoy it far more.

I keep hoping it'll get better. But unlike Star Wars, they have no fans at the helm. It's fine as generic poorly written sci-fi. But it's just so badly written as Star Trek. So many mean spitirted characters. Dark. Dystopian. It's like they said let's do some show called Star Trek, and make it the complete opposite. Oh well. Some people like it. That's good for them I guess.

Read and loved the books. I rarely expect the live adaptations to be as good. The first live version was okay, but it's dated, and I was really looking forward to this. This new series was absolutely horrendous. I don't think anyone making it really cared. From the screen writers to the production and direction teams. If they did care, their vision is lacking, and they should just make hallmark drivel. Either way, it's not worth the time, and I regret sitting through it. And it's not that I was looking forward to it so much that it would be impossible to meet my expectations. It was just BAD. It's also not an issue of the adaptation being too far off. It was just bad. Poor pacing, dialogue, the story itself was lacking focus and information. The acting was fine. I have no issue with that. So bad, and so long.

Fun series. It's rude and crude, but it's all in good fun. If you like Beerfest, you should like this. Honestly, if you don't like Beerfest, you're just a little lost. A soulless person with no heart or love. The actors are funny. They work well together as likable characters. Watch it with a Beer or three.

This was nothing but a swan song movie at the same level as The Expendables. I used to love movies like this, but it was nothing remotely new. Same actors. Same acting. Same tired directing. Same tired storyline. At least the Expendables, god help me, was amusing.