Jethro F.

This movie is fantastic and (in many ways) very accurate. Sure, it **will** probably traumatize you, because it is accurate and the subject matter is terrifying. Acting and writing is superb. The big question is: Can you handle the truth? (This is not rhetorical. Many people cannot handle the truth and shouldn't watch this movie.)

Going into this movie, I thought it might be interesting or intelligent similar to an episode of “black mirror“ (which is a show I like). How sadly wrong I was. Unbelievably bad movie. The characters lacked any sympathetic attributes. The science fiction lacked all science to the point that whoever wrote it didn’t even bother to show up for sixth grade biology (not even once!). Worse, they wouldn’t even spend 35 seconds googling cell division. The male characters are simple, buffoonish caricatures. The female characters are unable to realize that there is any value to life other than being pretty. Which is a stupid message because if we’re supposed to feel empathy for the main characters, this makes it simply not possible. The movie criticizes the objectification of women… And then it takes every single opportunity to OBJECTIFY women and throw either totally or mostly naked women in front of the screen. What happened to women being charming or graceful or nurturing or really any good quality other than sticking their butt out and saying “Look how hot I am”??? It’s really just not a good message. I don’t blame the actors or actresses who were just doing their best with a really bad script. But the movie is insufferably inane, makes absolutely no sense whatsoever, the characters do not have any believable motivations, and ultimately the movie is complete trash. I don’t know what kind of LSD must’ve been put in the drinks of people who think this is a good movie, because if people in Hollywood actually think this is a good movie then they really need to get their heads checked for TBI. The movie is simply awful and not a good kind of bad. It’s just bad bad. Going on a walk. Walk outside. Do jumping jacks. Stare at the wall. Do anything else this movie is a failure. 0/5 stars.

I loved the original Sandman comic…. Series starts off strong BUT they have changed the story such that almost EVERYONE is gay and/or black which would be fine if it were not for the poor acting (except for Death, she is awesome) These choices feel preachy. And the girl and brother characters are SO annoying and poorly acted. So good BUT: #1) girl protagonist and brother are really annoying, poorly acted, weak characters; #2). Transvestites and gay people literally outnumber straight people by a ratio of 5:1, to the point that it feels silly; #3) Transvestite cabaret singing goes on FOREVER. So boring. Unbelievable amount of fast forwarding there. #4) black characters, trans characters, iinterracial marriages, and gay characters seem to be FORCED into the series for no apparent reason other than trying to score social points. It’s a show based on a goth comic book. The choices could be good if it worked in the story, but it just feels preachy and disingenuous. Except for Death, she is awesome. After the first several episodes, I found myself fast forwarding past the lame characters to get to the real story involving Morpheus. 5/5 for first several episodes, 1/5 for annoying girl and brother side story, averaged to a 3/5. If you fast forward the annoying characters it is great.