Wokky Minniecon

SPOILERS!!! How to start? I have walked away from watching Arcane S2 with mixed feelings, and, as someone that thinks S1 is a 9/10, I'm left in a sense of disillusionment. Let's start with the pros. Firstly, again the art style and direction is top tier, with beautiful imagery and stunning effects. The world of Arcane is filled with magic, despair, war and anguish, but a sense of fighting for a good cause. The theme of this series is all about forgiveness for each other, no matter who you are or what you've done, a person can find redemption if they seek it which is a beautiful thing. Now the cons. Firstly, there were no action sequences throughout the entire series. They were mainly made up of short clips and still shots that were pieced together. S1 was notable for it's awesome action choreography so I'm astonished at the lack thereof. Secondly, though there were individual story arcs, which on their own were told brilliantly, they never actually come together to form a single conclusion. Lastly, though I mentioned the beautiful theme of forgiveness and redemption as a pro, this is heavily outweighed by the simple fact that every episode has a moment of vulnerability with a character which leads to a terrible consequence/s. The best example of this is Jinx. Many times she was caught in a dilemma but because of the vulnerable people, she was spared, which lead to consequences of more people getting hurt. I have so much more to say but I just wanted to keep it simple.

Honestly, I didn't watch this movie because of all the bad reviews I'd seen. But as I was going through some movies to watch, I found Road House sitting there and was in a simplistic mood so I thought, "what the hell, I'll watch it as a time waster". To my dismay, I actually found myself enjoying the movie, it was fun and engaging and gave me plenty of laughs. Conor Mcgregor plays an over-the-top, jestering antagonist which I thought at first was going to be annoying, but I found myself enjoying his character and it fits the movie well. I hope to see him in more movies. Don't get me wrong, this is no in depth drama, the plot is simple and I haven't seen the original so I can't compare with it's predecessor. In saying that, this movie isn't trying to be dramatic and serious, it knows what it wants to be and that consists of being corny, simple plot and fun. The music was very entertaining and they find ways to fit it in each scene. In conclusion, I encourage anyone to give this movie a try and take it for what it is. It's a shame that movies just simply can't be entertaining these days: it's like wanting a 5 star meal from McDonald's.

I know no one is going to read this but I just needed to find a place to vent my utter disgust for this show. I've never written a review for any form of screen play, but hey, there's a first for everything. Where do I start? This show consists of eight episodes but it feels like fifty. The pacing is so slow and such a drag, though I don't mind slow paced screen play but only if it moves the plot point along: this is where the show fails to do so. This show follows Josh Brolin's character and family on a ranch, who neighbour another ranch in which there's much contention. The main plot has JB's character stumble across a discovery on his ranch in which the neighbouring ranch shows interest in that discovery. Would you like to know what it is? #MeToo! At the end of episode eight you'll be left wondering what the heck it is even though it was revealed in the first episode. As I stated, a drag, because though the main plot is visited in each episode the show manages to cause you to ask more questions than answer. Another problem are the amount of subplots. One subplot involves a murder (not a spoiler as it's literally revealed who and how in the first episode) which drags on for the whole eight episodes; though we know who did it and what happened. I can't comprehend how the show managed to drag a subplot which should've only lasted two or three episodes to eight. It's JB's family that's involved in the murder and what follows are cover ups, lies, denials and contentions. This leaves no room to have any empathy towards JB's family because you see them as criminals from the get go: though the show wants you to feel empathetic towards them as the main protagonists, it's completely demolished within the first episode. The antagonist is a mixture of Elizabeth Banks' Rita Repulsa and Jesse Eisenberg's Lex Luther: it's just straight up weird and doesn't fit the show. There is a twist, but if you've watched every episode up to the twist, it's no surprise and very underwhelming. There are many scenes which are eccentric such as an intensified moment, the camera is close up on a slow cooker, slowly zooming out, there's intense music and there's two people staring at each other. What! There's no tension in this scene! There wasn't even any tension leading up to this scene! (Or maybe all the tension has been wasted on a recurring plot point). This is where the music just sits very out of place for many scenes. There's a lot of music in each episode and it's used to try to pull the audience into the moment. But I found it was trying to make a scene tense that wasn't even tense in the first place. Two people having a cup of coffee *intense music plays* They both slowly take sips and put down their cups *intense music amplifies* And cut! Scene has ended. No tension, no plot reveal, no preceding events. For some reason this show is also obsessed with singing. I don't mind a song here and there in a Disney film, but for goodness sake why are people singing and dancing in creepy ways: it's just very out of place (but that's just me). There are many questionable events and scenes in this show, but if I were to name them all I would use up all the google data centre space.