Dana A Washington

"Killers of the Flower Moon" was a good movie. Good, but not great. I expected the movie to be better not just because it was a Scorsese project, but because I liked the trailers, but sadly, I was kind of disappointed. I liked the acting, dialogue, direction, and sound engineering, but the lack of suspense and great storytelling and the padded runtime which pushed me to pull out my phone multiple times prevented me from loving this film. De Niro, Gladstone, and Leo killed it, but the story that Martin was trying to tell just wasn't good enough to warrant a movie this long. 6.1/10.

"The Creator" is more of a experience than a movie. That isn't necessarily a bad thing, but the lackluster plot and massive focus on the film's visuals didn't keep me entertained for two hours. The visuals, music, acting, and dialogue are good and I loved the last thirty minutes of the film, but they couldn't carry the mediocre story that tried to be deeper than it was and fell flat on its face. It's a 5.1/10 for me. JD killed it though. The apple doesn't fall far from the tree.

"Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning Part One" was a fun action experience. The stunts and some of the action set pieces were amazing and jawdropping, but what kills this movie is the plot and characters. Most of the new characters were only there to either be a hindrance to Hunt and co or push the plot along. Grace was just a walking plot device. The plot was pretty basic but with AI, probably to capitalize on the AI craze. For a finale to such a "epic" franchise, I thought the story being told would be less generic and a little less boring. 5.2/10. This is probably my favorite movie that dropped this year so far, but it wasn't too hard, so it's not a compliment.

"American Born Chinese" is an average action/comedy. The fight scenes are above average and the acting is ok, but the storytelling, dialogue, characters, and jokes are very weak. The season finale is very underwhelming and the events happen because the plot demands them to happen. When I saw the trailers, I was hyped for the show to finally come. I just got to the show and I was very disappointed. I will watch the next season, if it comes, only to review it. What a bummer. 5/10. PS, the show tries to lecture you about anti-Asian discrimination in America, but it's too obvious and in your face and unnecessary. This theme has no place in a action comedy that doesn't even take itself seriously. Ke Huy Quan didn't need to be in here.

Transformers is the quintessential 6/10 movie. The fight scenes, music, comedy and CGI are amazing. The plot, acting, and pacing are decent enough to keep me in my seat for over two hours, but my biggest gripes with the film are the characters and dialogue. Most of the characters receive no development and just fulfill their roles in the story. Sam and his girlfriend are the only ones that receive a little bit of development. The dialogue is sometimes choppy and the actors sometimes speak their lines way too quickly, but the dialogue did truly fit the characters, so that's a plus. Overall, the movie is an above-average flick and isn't a waste of your time.

John Wick: Chapter 4 is an above average action film. Most of the action scenes are pretty good, but a couple are downright amazing (even though they are unrealistic). The story is alright, but barely there and only sets up more fight scenes. New characters are introduced, but they are very bland and shoved into the plot to add more celebrities into the movie like Donnie Yen. The ending was pretty good, but because John Wick 5 will probably happen in the next ten years, I won't take it at face-value. If you want to spend thirteen bucks to spend three hours of your life watching a fun movie, this is the film for you. John Wick Chapter 1 is still the best though.

This game may be the worst sports game that I have ever played. To understand my point, let me break it down. 1.) Boredom- This game is extremely boring. After the first two hours of gameplay, you have experienced the whole game. There are two main modes: 1v1 and 3v3. In 3v3, you play with two other players against three opponents. In 1v1, you pick two A.I teammates to go against one real player and two A.I teammates. Both of these modes are super boring. In 3v3, you will face mostly pay to win players or have retarded teammates. If you're losing, you will rage and if you're winning too much, you may have a little fun, then get bored. There are also many glitches like not being able to touch the ball, inaccurate stats, and music not playing. There are no game breaking glitches, but these are annoying though and happen too often. 1v1 mode isn't really a 1v1 mode because of the four A.I teammates. It wouldn't be hard to only have one player face another. They were just lazy. A lot of the time, I get sold by the retarded A.I and lose .This mode is a joke. In this game, there are characters that you can use to play. The balancing in this game is terrible. Some characters like Pedro and Kim are used all the time and are basically unbeatable. The worst players are rarely used and are pretty easy to beat. Joycity is too busy adding new characters, but are not focused on balancing the characters already in the game. It's very annoying. 2.) Players- The people who play this game are very stupid and annoying. You will either face the hog, pay to win player, idiot, or generally trash player. Because skill is no longer necessary, you will rarely go up against people who are good or have good teammates. Trust me. I know. I barely have a 51% win rate because of my teammates being complete idiots or the opponents being too op thanks to their mom's credit card. If this game had better players, then it wouldn't be so dead, boring, and infuriating. 3.) Pay To Win- This game is purely pay to win. A lot of the characters have to be bought with extreme amounts of in-game currency. Some of the best characters are stuck behind paywalls. Without them, you will get dropped. All of the customizables are stuck behind paywalls and you will look liked a potato without some drip that is impossible to attain. Boosts are purchased with in-game currency and these boosts are broken, especially Quick Point. With these, you are basically unguardable and unbeatable. Because this game is pay to win, it is not fun even for the P2W players. If this game was clean with little to no micro transactions, then it would be playable, but it isn't and that's a shame. In conclusion, this game is terrible and I advise you to not play it. It's boring, glitchy, and more of a chore than a game. The only thing I like about the game is the graphics, simple controls, and cute girls. This game get's a star from me. What a disappointment.

This movie is surprisingly mediocre. I watched the second movie before this one and I thought that one was just ok, but this one is just mediocre as hell. Most of the characters act the same. The fodder characters don't do anything as usual. The characters that everyone "loves" do most of the work. The villains consist of fodder henchman, fodder sentry robots, and a fodder villain that becomes as powerful as All For One with one device. The main villain isn't interesting and I believe that his name wasn't even mentioned once in the film. His power is practically metal bending, so it's not special and of course All For One told him to do this. This is a movie, so you can create new characters and villains that are unique or special. There's no reason to use the same villains over and over as the man in the shadows controlling everybody. Melissa is just there to be Deku's love interest. She does nothing special and is completely useless. She's just there for weebs to beat their meat. David is also not special just like his daughter. He is so important to All Might's backstory, but he has yet to be mentioned in the manga or the anime. He makes this op device which is stolen by the main villain of the movie and instead of giving it to All Might in secret, he decides to go to the board of directors. They decline it and he hires mercenaries to pretend to hold everyone hostage so he can give the device to All Might. He's supposed to be a genius, but his master plan is retarded. I doubt that Melissa or David will ever return in the manga or anime and I honestly don't care. I also don't like how many people casually get killed. Heroes in this world aren't allowed to kill, but All Might just disregards that rule and just flies through a helicopter and kills everyone inside it except the main villain. The story is really boring. The only reason that I watched it all the way through was that I had nothing to do and time went by quickly. The animation is the same as always. I wouldn't recommend this movie because it's boring and nothing important happens.

I used to love this show as a kid. I would watch it all the time. When I saw that it was on Netflix, I decided to rewatch it and review it and let me warn you, my opinion has changed. Let's talk about the characters first. My opinion on people like Ulrich and Odd and Aelita are practically the same. I find Odd a little more cringy, but that's the only difference. I'm more annoyed about how useless Aelita is throughout the entire series. She just stands there and gets mind-controlled by the Scyphozoa or gets kidnapped by William. My opinion on Jeremy has definitely changed. Now that I'm older, I see that Jeremy is an egotistical, annoying simp. All he does is simp for Aelita and make buggy upgrades for the Lyoko Warriors. I started to dislike Yumi a little bit because she knows Ulrich likes her, but she stills continues to "mess around" with William. She knows that Ulrich's rivalry with Willaim alters his personality and effectiveness, but she still decides to play with his feelings. She also doesn't vote to allow William into the group even after he nearly killed himself in order to stop the factory from exploding. Willaim was never developed and just became an overpowered Xanafied villain in season four. I don't care about the rest of the characters. The teachers are annoying and Sissi and her two little simps are just stereotypical bullies. The plot is pretty simple to understand. An evil computer program is trying to take over the world, but the Lyoko Warriors stop him at every corner. The main problem with the plot is that XANA could easily win, but he decides to launch weak attacks and doesn't try to actually kill our heroes efficiently. There are many times in the series that XANA could just spam overpowered abilities and murder his adversaries, but he decides not to. This just makes the villain seem stupid. This is the problem with kid friendly superhero shows. The villain is never allowed to win or kill the heroes, so there's no tension even if the show tries to create it. The episodes are repetitive. It's always a scene at school, someone or something gets xanafied, the Lyoko Warriors go to Lyoko and deactivate the tower before one of them are killed, and then a funny or cliffhanger ending. Even though season one was more serialized, it was still repetitive. The animation on Lyoko in season one was trash, but it progressively got better throughout the series's run. The theme song is fire after nearly twenty years. I would recommend you listen to it on loop. I would recommend you watch it one time or maybe twice. After my third watch, I started to like it less. Overall, it's still a pretty good show even to this day.