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Don’t go into this expecting to understand anything. I have watched this movie many times and I still don’t fully understand everything but it’s just so fun. I really think that it doesn’t need an R rating; yes there is swearing and sex but if I was 12 I would love this. My 6 year old cousin loves this film, the pool scene goes way over his head and he just thinks it’s funny. The music is amazing and Tim Curry is astounding. Would recommend to anybody.

Review with light spoilers! Honestly I do understand some of the criticism but it most definitely is not a one star. This film was like a lot of other Taika films, just fun. When I was watching I wasn’t hoping for some grandiose connection to the Mcu. Many people are saying things like, “this barely connects” or “what does this do for phase four”. We are still in the beginning people! Iron Man, Incredible Hulk, and other early movie weren’t jumping to endgame, it was slow. I mean it took literally ten years. Anybody who says anything about the “M-She-U ”, grow up. Natalie’s character was great and I loved the way it ended. It tied some loose ends with which I was satisfied. The comedy was good, some jokes were great while others I found fell short. This doesn’t make the film worse at all though. While some jokes were out of place and got a bit tedious, I still found myself chuckling. To be specific, when Thor would talk about Mjölnir and Stormbreaker would slowly levitate in frame. I found it funny at first but it got a bit boring. Visuals were absolutely stunning. The fight scene in the shadow realm was beautiful with the pops of colour in the eyes, and weapons. The contrast from the colourfulness in the New Asgard and Omnipotence City to scenes with Gorr were great. Gorr was a decent villain. Christian Bales acting was great and I could really feel for his character. Even though he killed many innocent gods, I felt bad for him and his daughter. Im so excited for the future with Thor caring for and raising Gorrs daughter. The movie was good. Not great, not bad. It was just a good fun movie.

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness

Couldn’t really choose between three and four. Film was beautiful and I loved a lot of it... but some parts really dragged it down. Ending was a little sloppy and rushed. Strange was more of a side character than the main hero of the movie. I would’ve loved to see more multiverse jumping as we only really got to see 2 universes. Don’t understand the eye thing but that’s probably what they are going for. Post credit scene was very interesting and left a lot of room for more content. Wasn’t awful but still had it’s strengths. If I could rate it out of ten it would be a 7.5/10

Recently I’ve been rewatching the Harry Potter franchise and this was probably one of my least favourite out of the 8 movies. The whole romantic thing was weird and didn’t match the vibe of the movie. The whole movie was greys and greens which was unappealing and clashed with the romantic story line. I can’t tell where the director was going with this movie. Is it a fantasy romcom or a drama?! The pacing of the movie was also weird. This movie is literally called the half blood prince, but past when Harry and Ginny got rid of the potion book, it basically never mentions it until the big reveal at the end. The movie went from “teenagers in love” to “lmao Dumbledores dead”. Everything just felt really weird. The first half was a typical Harry Potter movie with splashes of drama while the second half was dark serious. Every time characters made decisions I was just thinking “uh, okay... sure”. The movie isn’t terrible though, it was still enjoyable, but it feels like the director tried to switch the tone of the movies but didn’t know how to. Honestly can’t choose if it’s a two star or a three star.

This movie is great and all of the one star reviews don’t make any sense. My thoughts on the movie: It’s a great film. As a Chinese canadian, I live for the representation. The number 4 being unlucky, all of the food that I used to eat as a kid, so many other things that feel so nostalgic. It tackles lots of issues young adolescents face like puberty which is heavily stigmatized. Also the idea that you don’t need to be just like your parents, to show them you are worthy of their love. When I was young I would act just like my mother to gain her approval. I really could connect with mei and her friends. Even if you’re not Chinese there are still so many relatable thins likes crushes, bullies, and boy bands! It’s a great film and would be great to watch with 10-14 year olds! My argument against the negative reviews: The people who left 1 star reviews clearly didn’t understand the movie. Everyone’s argument is basically that children won’t understand it because it talks to much about puberty, crushes, having sexual experiences etc and that it’s an animated film, no 13 year olds going to watch it. But the thing is, children should know about this stuff. We shouldn’t be “protecting” our children from these ideas because eventually, we all go through it! Children should learn about their bodies and emotions and what a better way to get them to learn, than an animated Disney movie. Yeah, maybe your 6 year old won’t understand, or like the ideas in this movie, but they don’t have to watch it! The whole movie is about learning your emotions and learning who you are and what you want! Eventually you’re going to have to explain things to teens, and sometimes they aren’t ready for that conversation, but guess what? Some people are. You don’t have to watch this movie, but just because your child isn’t ready to have a conversation about their body, doesn’t make this a bad film. Another reason why people don’t like this film is that “mei is spoiled, she runs away from home and does inappropriate things. It’s a bad influence on my children” yes, mei does do things that are suitable for a 4 year old but I can tell you this, that is literally the whole point of the movie. Mei wants to show her mom that she isn’t four anymore, she’s a teen. Mei wants to rebel against her mom which almost all teens do. Your child isn’t going to gain that “being rebellious is cool and I shouldn’t do good in school” because of this movie. If your child can’t understand that teens want to rebel, all that they’re going to gain from this movie is “red pandas are soooo cute” TLDR it’s a great movie that some young children aren’t going to understand, but some do, and some may learn about what they might be going through, throughout this movie. You’re child isn’t going to become a moody, rebellious teen from watching this movie