Stan M

Speaking as someone who's had no prior experience with Witcher, neither the books nor the games, over all I'd give it about a C+ give or take a little. The characters are well done, each having their own goals and agenda, rather than being a Scooby Doo gang which I liked a lot. I'm not always sure if every character's actions are always in character, but 9 / 10 times it's pretty accurate to what I would expect that they end up doing given the situation and their personality. So on that front solid "A" for effort. The acting and character interactions are also very solid, from the main cast, and even the side characters. Overall everyone did a really good job. In terms of plot and pacing. This is where I have some problems. The show's plot is poorly explained, and just something you gotta roll with, in hopes of getting a better explanation later. The pacing seems to drag at parts, and the various time skips, or flash backs, depending on your point of view are also poorly explained at the time, though they do make sense later on. It just catches you off guard when it first happens, as it's not something you're ready for, as you expect a linear progression, which it does not do. Perhaps for Witcher fans this is different, but again for someone with no experience with it, and not knowing what to expect, the time jumps caught me of guard at first. Overall, the pacing feels slow and sloppy, like the show knows where it wants to go, but has no idea how to get there. That said, it's still a fairly entertaining ride. I don't feel like I've wasted my time watching this, as I have some other shows or movies in recent past. If you're into the whole magic fantasy setting, I would recommend it, otherwise, there may be better things to spend your time on.

The movie is just bad, for so many reasons I don't even know where to start. I'll avoid spoilers as best I can. 1) Palpatine has become a cartoon level villain. Truly awful in so many ways. Not only did they manage to ruin Star Wars, but the one character they hadn't touched before, they completely destroyed in one fell swoop. I guess it's just what they do. 2) The plot is incohesive, and at times plain silly. It just jumps from one thing to the next with out really laying out the ground work for anything, or letting anything develop. A happened, so we must do B, we did B, so now onto C, with out any breaks or exploration of the events that just transpired. In some ways it's like a bad Michael Bay movie (not that there are any good ones really, but still), or a bad improve play, where someone yells "Palpatine is back, and act". I feel like people are just acting for the sake of acting rather than to make a good movie. The fact that there's little to no attachment to any of these characters makes it that much worse. 3) Leia's scenes are weird. Not like Tarkin level weird, it's still her. But because they had only certain lines that they could use, it felt awkward. Someone would say something, and she's there super imposed next to them, with a reply that vaguely fits for an answer to what they're talking about, with awkward pauses in there, that make for really odd scenes. I suppose I shouldn't hold this against them, they did the best with what they had, but I don't know, just takes you out of the movie, more than it helps. 4) The jokes and one lines kind of fall flat. I know it's subjective. I know some people laughed in the theater, while I just sort of cringed, but 90% of them just weren't good. Hopefully you'll like it, so that this movie is at least more enjoyable for you, than it was for me. 5) Honestly I feel like there's a lot, lot more that this movie fails at. However that would begin to go into spoilers. I suppose I'll leave it off on this note, despite how badly I hated The Last Jedi, at least I will say the cinematography of that movie was solid. I can't take that away from it, and while this movie had some decent visual effects as well, it also had some bad ones. A movie that's a quarter of a billion + dollars should not have visual failings of this level. Sadly I have nothing good to say about this movie, other then it's finally all over. I suppose I kinda liked Rey character a bit more than in the other movies, but that's not a high bar to clear. Long live baby Yoda.

One of the best shows which is still somehow relevant today. I would highly recommend anyone who likes smart comedy, to watch this show.

In my honest opinion, this is one of the best shows on Netflix. I will never truly know just how much is real or fiction, but since they're following real life events, I choose to believe at least a good portion is true. Shout out to not only the actors, who did an amazing job through out the whole show, but also the real life people, who are heroes for what they've done, and had to go through in order to stop the corruption that exists. We need more people like that in today's day and age.

How does one describe Matrix 4? I suppose in the simplest terms, Matrix Resurrections is to The Matrix, as what Force Awakens was to A New Hope. Yet it's somehow even worse, and I say this as someone who was definitely not a fan of the new trilogy (any of it). There doesn't seem to be anything new or original here. It spends the better part of the first act reminding you of the original Matrix, with an over abundance of poorly laid out meta jokes that fall horribly flat. The middle all the way to the end of the movie is just a poorly thought out plot that grasped at straws to find any reason to bring back the Matrix, going from A to B simply because it has too. I can't even blame them for the lack of plot, because the original trilogy, more or less wrapped things up and there was nothing left to add. So for everyone who was like me, that wondered what direction will they take the movie, what twists and turns will they use to pull this off after wrapping up the trilogy? The answer is they don't. The movie is just there. Why is it there? Well you see greedy executives who haven't had an original thought throughout their whole lives live by the moto of remakes, remakes, remakes. The end result is just a shallow shell of what you once loved that prays on nostalgia in hopes of making money of you. Last but not least, I wish I could at least say the horrible plot aside (if you want to call it that) The Matrix at least had some amazing choreography as it's predecessors did. Again, no it doesn't. Even that was awful, at this point I'm grasping at straws to find any redeeming quality about the movie, and I guess that's all there is to say about that. A movie that should have never been made, but was because someone saw dollar in reviving it.

I'd give this about a C, maybe a C+. I think the biggest problem is the lack of episodes, (at only 6) which forces the show to kinda have some wonky pacing at times, especially the first two episodes. It also seems to over look some plot points, like it's sunny and then instantly, it's dark and raining out of no where, no build up, nothing, and no one questions it at all. Superhuman feats witnessed or other bizarre things happening, act like it's all normal. It's something I expect out of a 2 hour movie, where they don't have time to cover things, and just ignore certain material, but for a show, which has the time to build on things, (and really what you come to expect by this point) it's a bit disappointing Last but not least, I kind of which they spent a bit more time on some of the other characters, and again where only 6 episodes falls apart. For instance the main character Magni, is what the show centers around. Fine np, he is the main character, completely understand and expect it. However his brother, who you would expect to be important, is one of the more minor side characters in the show. A new character is introduced half way into the show, and turns out, it's for absolutely no reason thus far. Again I'm sure next season things might change, but the way it is now, there's a lot to be desired. Still if you're into the whole Norse Mythology, it's not a bad way to kill some time if you don't mind reading subtitles along the way.