Ilse Hattingh

I was introduced to Critical Role on the 26th of December 2021. Since then I caught up with the 3rd Campaign and watched the first 40 episodes of the 1st Campaign, all so that I could be in the position to watch this animated series. Though I found the first part of the campaign stressful to watch with the escalating discomfort of the players, I was fully hooked. I finished the end of the Briarwood Arc in campaign 1 and then rushed over to subscribe to Amazon Prime Video so that I could watch this show. It is everything I wanted. Seeing these characters "in the flesh" as it were, is amazing. They're funny and lovable and flawed and I'm loving every moment of it. The only bad part is having to wait a week for the next set of episodes. I'm so used to binge watching! Luckily I still have hours to catch up on Youtube of the original version. These guys should be famous and I hope this series is successful among non-Critters as well, so that we could get a Season 2. Next stop.....Live Action on the Big Screen!!

I like this show but I'm starting season 2 and I still don't know anything about the characters. I don't even know what the female lead character's name is. Difficult to care about them if you don't know them.

I loved this movie. It doesn't take the monsters too seriously and shows all the heart. Dylan O'Brian is perfect in this. Definitely one of my favorite Netflix "blockbusters" in recent years because it doesn't try too hard to be edgy and cool. Just a fun movie.

Meh. For an action movie it was boring. *spoilers* I think this movie tried to be too clever for what is was supposed to be. It tried to be John Wick and ended up being something else. Something bad. And the melodrama! A dead child, a kidnapped child, a child soldier and another child (as motivation for the bodyguard/ second in command / other guy.) Please stop hitting me over the head with your THEMES! Should have stuck to being a straight up action movie. On that point, the fight scenes were ultra violent and bloody and almost video game like. Too rich for my blood but executed brilliantly. The director had a real understanding of fight choreography and the actors performed their stunts well. The camera work was gimicky and had a number of superlong one shots, clearly intending to bring the viewer "into" the situation. Instead I found the intention too obvious and was therefore completely taken out of the story. (Again trying to be clever and cool). The handheld camera work made me dizzy. Plotpoints were laughably easy to predict so there were no tension or suspense. In fact, the opening scene already gave the inevitable conclusion away, so what was the point of the movie? And when the "friend" turned on them, all I could think was "Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal!" And why on earth wouldn't they take 15 minutes to disguise that boy better? With all those girls running around with headscarves, you couldn't think of something a little more subtle than a baseball cap? If I was a Bangladeshi I would be fuming right now with how the city was portrayed. I'm dissapointed in the movie. I wanted a sharp, well executed action movie with a touch of intellect and got a depressing, drawn out murder spree that tried to think too hard and ended in Gladiator, complete with dreamy visions of dead people.