Grace Lu

Umbrella Academy is a pretty decent action/ time travel Netflix series. Although I'm not a huge fan of Netflix- produced series and movies (like Bird Box and 13 reasons why, which were both kind of horrible), this one really stuck out to me as an interesting and fun watch. The characters are charming, interesting, and overall likeable- even villains like Hazel and Cha-cha. My favourites are Klaus and Five, which were done excellently by their respective actors. The overall vibe to the series can be described as campy, violent, and edgy. If you want a show that takes itself seriously, or if you are a stickler for the rules, the show may not be for you. A lot of scenes are played with loud pop music playing in the background. Although the soundtracks in my opinion are fun and catchy, I can see how this can become annoying or impede the enjoyment of viewers. The series may occasionally feel like a playlist of music with the story in the background instead. This series also doesn't follow the original comic books very closely. I think my biggest problem with UA is that it doesn't properly establish and rules or restrictions with the characters superpowers- sometimes they can be extremely powerful, and sometimes completely useless without any cue or explanation of why a character doesn't use their abilities when it is possible. You kind of have to stretch your imagination a bit when it come to the utilization of the characters abilities and the confusing mechanics of time travel in this series.

Trash garbage. I genuinely do not understand the hype that is associated with this movie. The storyline is bland and generic, the characters are ALSO bland and generic, and the setting of the story was, you guessed it, bland and generic. The pacing of the film was unbalanced, as well. The horror movie wasn't scary, although the scene with the blind GPS car was actually quite creative and somewhat interesting. The chemistry between the love interest and the main character was not very great. The movie, although not the absolute worst I've seen, isn't worth all the excitement.

Obviously I'm no film critic, but I found the film mediocre at best. The movie is indecisive and awkward, with it unable to decide whether it is a satirical dark comedy or a bloody, artsy horror film. The movie should've made a decision and embraced whatever kind of movie it strives to be. Instead, it's shallow and kind of uninteresting. Being more bold with the critique of the art world, the gore, and the comedy is mainly what it should be doing. This can easily be seen with the death scenes. I watched the trailer and came in thinking that it would be more violent with them, as it was marketed as such. However, they are bland and throughly lacks the artsy-ness and intensity that most expect from a movie of this genre. It was disappointing, and I felt that the writer could've done better.