Michelle Bailey

Some movies don't need a sequel and this is another one. The attempt to appeal to a new and younger audience was painfully clear. I was there in the 80s when Coming To America arrived originally. It fit the times with its cheesy, but whole hearted approach to the moral of the story. This film was a slow train wreck.

The unfolding story was not fluid. While I can appreciate being taken back to the beginning of the inner turmoil of batman, this moment stretched out in a boring eternity that lulled most of the movie audience to sleep. I did like the fight scenes and the riddler, but I was disappointed. Also, Robert Pattinson gave me more Kirk Cobain vibes than Batman.

I had the highest of hopes! Being an African American woman witnessing the reenactment of the Queen of Soul, however, I don't follow trends or popular votes. The script was untied, meaning that the selected memories were not strung together in harmony. I understand that there was a lifetime of Aretha's life limited to a couple of hours, but where the movies, Ray and Get On Up gets right, Respect fails. I love the actors and singers but the acting was strangely forced and I found myself wishing for the end. It missed the mark and I don't care how many people say that this movie was great, it wasn't.