Raf Rafio

I started watching this on Amazon, quite a while since it's original release, I didn't know what to expect, at first I thought it might be an action TV show as it was showing us Sean Penn working out and looking ripped as f*** thinking here's our action hero.....but no....what I got instead was something so refreshing and so unique in its own regard that seriously made me give this show a 5/5. If we break it all down no it's not a perfect series from a critical point of view. But as a viewer, I really loved this for everything it was and was not. What this show has done so well was to focus on the emotional and relationship path that one has to take to become an astronaut it focuses on the acceptance of death first episode in and then takes us on a whole other level as we explore the characters past and present relationships. The dialogue is very real, very well written, the acting is also very dam convincing, Sean Penn gives an amazing performance in this emotional rollercoaster. The expressive/ artistic visual style of story telling with flashbacks metaphors and analogies also suited this TV series very very well, it makes you feel and also wonder...for a lack of a better description. The soundtrack, was very very suitable but it could have used some more variety, I'm just nit picking here. This TV show was honestly refreshing as it's not your standard soap opera drama or romantic drama, no this feels like a realistic outlook of what these people would have to think about and deal with when signing up to be astronauts. I would highly recommend this to anyone who wants to enjoy something different, no there is little to no "action" but this is not the point of this.

This movie was fun with plenty of action and some expected cheesy dialogue, for what it is, it's pretty great. Not sure what people were expecting, it's a completely different style of movie to the deltoro films and that's okay. Great action, okay CGI for its low budget good casting and some decent acting for an action flick.

A poetic masterpiece This movie is art, just like cinema used to be, it's not your generic Holywood blockbuster set to please the kiddies and later sell them toys, this movie is what Holywood has been missing, this movie has soul even if this soul is dark, sad and broken to its core. Without going into details and any spoilers I will try to summarise how the movie made me feel, yes feel. Joker is dark, gritty, melancholic and depressing. This is exactly how you're meant to feel because that's what this story as all about. Yes there is alot of subtext in this film, you can chose to love it hate it or just ignore it, but the story of the joker will show you the world from his eyes. By the end of the movie you will either love him or love to hate him but either way you're coming along for the ride and it's a hell of a ride at that.

For what it is, the movie is not bad, definitely enjoyable, a few laughs a few cringe moments but overall a decent flick, it doesn't take itself too seriously and neither should you. Enjoy it for what it is.