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Well, you can see what I thought of this film by its 5 star review. It isn’t what I expected, and that’s why I enjoyed it so much. The various glimpses of BA. I’ve had were in comics or cameos in fighting games, the black was the suit, the hair, the looks, and the attitude. The Rock is the world’s gift against racism. He isn’t black , he’s definitely not white, he’s the vision of an all embracing homo sapien. A mixed race of individuals that ignore skin colour completely. This iteration of BA is given an origin story, you get to see why his attitude is dark. He doesn’t struggle with moral dilemmas, he follows his own code, which is creatively excellent, but hard to digest for audiences that do like to define their heroes and villains with a heavy polarity. So, yes, Black Adam does realise the need for fairness and laws, but prefers to use both flexibly in pursuit of his ultimate goal… Justice. Dwayne Johnson, born for this role, doesn’t ham it up. No sign of the glance to us in camera, no cocked eye and no, we don’t get to smell what the Adam is cooking’. Supported by an impressive cast, all who bring earnest and solid displays of acting, special mention to a very suave and sophisticated Pierce Brisbane who oozes charm and security. So I’m impressed. And a little saddened the rest of the public weren’t . There was room here for a franchise. DC aren’t swimming in heroes and villains of the ultimate calibre, with Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman and…. Exactly my point. I hope this develops. I think, looking at DC movies, it won’t. Thanks for reading

You’re here because : 1. You don’t want to be blindsided by hype and then disappointed at yourself for jumping in with high expectations. Or 2. You’ve already watched 1, some, or all the new series. I’m a 2. I watched episode 1, Joan is awful, and it is Black Mirror at its quirky best. Twisty and head scratchy at the unforeseen but sheer genius conclusion. And now I’ve just finished episode 2, Loch Henry. And now I’m genuinely dreading there being only 4 more. I don’t know if the scarcity of regular new episodes is down to money? Script? Production? Or what. But it’s so good, it’s just not good enough to only give so little so rarely. Loch Henry has a recurring hook, Bergerac. In its simplest form, Loch Henry is a detective story. But this is Black Mirror. And you just know for a fact that the shambling , bearded old drunk pub landlord, played by an immensely decorated actor like John Hannah , can’t possibly be just an old bearded drunken landlord. You may think I’ve given a spoiler there? Nope…I haven’t. You’ll see. This episode is brought to us with impeccable direction, stunning screenshots and scenery, and absolutely top grade acting from ALL involved. An easy 100% for me on episode 2 A very satisfying 85% for episode 1.

What a refreshing change. Not a DC or Marvel character in sight, but a simple tale of twins’ hatred born of superpowers, with a comic-like imitator thrown into the mix. There will be no awards for this. It’s take too simple, it’s acting too rote, and there’s no depth below the surface of absolutely any one other than Stallone. The little guy, Sam , acts his heart out like any Disney type kid will do, but there’s really only room for one star, and as it’s a Balboa production, it doesn’t even pretend otherwise. So, what does that leave? It leaves an incredible performance as a stacked and built hero by a 76 yr old man. It really is physics and time defying. It also leaves a flat out simple tale of good v evil v good/evil. Because it isn’t restricted by canon or lore decided 50-80 years ago by DC or Marvel, it feels much more free for the ‘hero’ and ‘villains’ to be messed with as it barrels towards its flame seared finale. It may very well be cheese…but for me? It was definitely Grande Fromage.

I wrote my review based on what I’d watched. I’m editing my review to answer the genuinely stupid idiots who took time to tell us they want their money back because : “ I didn’t understand it” “ it had no ending” “ it was stupid, it made no sense, there wuz no ansers “ This… these… are the reason our planet is ****ed 21st century knobheadism, the inability to connect two or more different situations connecting a common thread. The last tale is brief. It shows two survivors using science to stabilise two of the wormholes and connect them to travel between. Hoorah! They can now travel to any other, and bring back the humans they find! Quantum physics solved! Except, no, the aliens controlling time and space travel don’t want anyone else hijacking their abduction holes, so they intercept and occupy the last female. They send her back to the waiting man, burns and melts his head, looks directly into OUR eyes, covered in blood, snot, brains and says : “ what’s coming (*grin*)… is the end” Just how effing stupid do you have to be to need THAT explaining..? Ignore the terminally subhuman reviews. Make your own mind up. At least I’ve led you most of the way. Original review : Not sure why all the hate for this? Was it the acting? No, that was more than adequate. No Oscar nominees, but good, solid believable sun each tale. The effects were naff? Nope, quite disgustingly convincing and no over the top psychedelic light shows. How about the stories? We’re they cheesy? Childish? Amateur teen physics level? Nope, they weren’t Sheldon Cooper String theory level, but the quantum physics and mechanics were solid enough. As was the idea that if there is intelligent life out there, time and travel have to collide. The lights we see in the sky are billions of years old. If one of them was life, they’re long dead. So it has to be time travel… using folded space..or wormholes. If we much about with quantum physics and Hadron Colliders, just the tiniest black hole would be an invite to any alien intelligence already using it . They can’t know we are here…unless WE open the door. So, all in all, the snobbery in downvoting this is more likely related to the IQ of the disappointed viewer. “ me effing idiot, me not get it. Film be rubbish”

10 years ago, on its release, I found the film worrying, but entertaining. It’s 2021 , I’ve just had my CoVid vaccine, and watched the film again on Netflix. It was a precognition. I found the film, this time around, disturbingly relevant , and in view of the last year the world has endured, it’s not so entertaining. It is, however, excellent. There are no blood, guts and gore to shock. Just highly relatable shocked populations, panic buying and losing their temper. For such a big subject Soderbergh took the understated approach. He chose believability based on probability and fact, and let the ‘normal’ characters carry the scary acceptance we have as a species now learned. There are no knockout, Oscar winning performances here. It’s way too laid back ( and excellently underacted) to elicit any heart or gut wrenching acting. Just solid human doggedness to get through. Matt Damon does this perfectly. Now playing more like a Documentary reconstruction than a movie, it is very well worth a watch. If only to check their projected death toll compared to the reality. Good stuff.

An unpleasant take on the supervillain shtick , with a pre-pubescent boy exploring the innards of middle aged women , pinned to the wall of his hides hole in a barn. It’s not as godawful as the pompous critics would have you believe, but it isn’t very good either. The film falls flat because the evil school kid isn’t a very good actor. We’ve been spoiled by some excellent child actors in the past, this young lad isn’t one of them, so you don’t get to feel ...well...anything, about him, other than he’s dangerous. No nuance, no sympathy or empathy for who he is, why he is, what he is... you just end up not liking him. You should end up terrified of him and hating him, but in the end, I didn’t really care about him. More horror than SciFi or Superhero, it’s a weak 3 out of 5 , or a strongish 2 .

Too many war films worry about upsetting the audience. This series, and it’s companion series, The Pacific, dont pander to such considerations. Yes, the blood, bones, guts and brains are fake... but they look real. The wounds look real. The frost, fog and ice...feel real. So many standout performances by a truly excellent ensemble cast. This series is destined to become a fine piece of televisual history...about an astonishing group of men who created actual history. DramaDoc series of the highest calibre.