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Started REALLY well. Funny, good plague story setup, interesting characters (mostly). By about the 2nd episode we were starting to wonder where this was going? By the 4th we were done. We skipped to the end only to see it was terrible. It turned into an unfunny confusing wasteful show where you actually feel the writers give up (even though there's a book apparently)! It could have been a shorter series or even a movie instead of wasting our time. The acting in parts was ATROCIOUS. Netflix diversity quotas and modern speech didn't make it feel like Italy 1340s at all. It was trying to be a feminist comedy, but if that's what that is I don't think it attracts many. Oh and double standards with s€x as per standard feminist shows. Gratituous shirt scenes of males and none of females. I guess male gaze = bad female gaze = funny.

Just a great, old school, action movie! Exactly what I miss these days with 'modern' movies. No messaging, no agenda, no political cr*p. Eddie Murphy and the rest of the original cast are great. The newer actors, Gordon-Levitt and the lead daughter, were excellent too. Lots of nostalgia, including of course the score. The director should be proud of it.

So it came up on Netflix. Naturally, I checked on Rotten Tomatoes. TWENTY-ONE PERCENT Critic score!!! But then the Audience score said 71%. With that knowledge, I watched it. I gotta say, the Audience score nailed it perfectly. The world building and quick grasping of concepts was excellent. The acting by the three main (including Rey Palpatine herself) was great. You really felt you were there. It is a 2021 movie, so I did get a whiff of The Message in there (by women being perfect and men bad), but I understand that's part of the story. I also thought it funny that, yet again, Rey is clambering on broken ships 😄. Still though, decent action and storyline. I'd give it 3.5 to be more precise, but happy for the extra 0.5 in Google Review.

Look. It's definitely a 2023 movie, the year of the woke. The push for 'diversity' is usually a total borefest and turns a movie into a propaganda piece. This movie was no different by many accounts, except one. It was well directed with a decent storyline. It tried to make bare minimum with woke ideology and did its best to keep on track to entertain. However when you have a black character who is a doctor, astrologist, and all round smartest ever in a 19 century English setting, (written by an English author) it gets a little too much. You know no white guys were going to survive! To his credit though, the main actor did a reasonable job and his ability to hold the film was what helped it. I hope he has a good acting future (see I actually do want good actors to succeed no matter what ethnicity). The CGI was good and the plot moved well. Except there were the 'dumb horror' tropes (e.g. going into danger alone without alerting anyone), and it did drag on for 30mins too long. I'm giving it 4 stars but could have given it 3. In the end it was worth the watch. Just please, Hollywood and movie studios, get back to more entertainment than a political studies lecture. Not every black character has to talk about "racism". 2024 might hopefully turn the tide (pun intended)

Holy cr*p! Where did that come from? How did that get so good? Great pace, action, and message at the end. Those in that room should have all been demoted. Good use of with and without technology and warfare tactics. Very unpredictable which kept it tense. Why didn't that get a cinema release? (or did it?). Nice directing and acting all round. Liam Hemsworth is a good actor in his own outright.

Saw it for the first time after a YouTube clip came into my feed. Wow! What a captivating movie for something that is just a bunch of people talking (and acting poorly for some)? It has so much intrigue and thought put into it. Even some unexpected stuff like why doesn't he have a moment from the Cro Magnon? Perfect explanation every time. And yes, I am Christian and know when a movie is just a movie. I almost think it probably shouldn't have gone there with Jesus TBH. It was really interesting up to that point, and then it took me out of the immersion, not because of the "blasphemous" but more the believability. There are so many things in Jesus's life and his teachings and multi-corroborated events that made this part of the story laughable. I feel it was actually a pro Buddhist movie more than anything. It it is funny if it had been other religions how it would have gone down...That saying, I CAN separate my faith from a good movie. In my opinion, this was a good movie.

Ok. Not as bad as I thought it was going to be. I haven't played the game but it does have a very game feel to it. Story was pretty good although a little convenient sometimes. Acting was great for the lead actors. All round not a bad movie. The only thing is...why did they have to destroy those ships!!?

I have no idea what to think. The premise of the movie was...ok, but the pay-off, pacing and acting were...terrible. I swear you can also tell a Hollywood/Netflix movie from a mile away. Men bad (especially fathers and boyfriend), power women, tick box diversity that looks completely out of place. Wokeism is a disease and it is here to destroy the movie ecosystem. Good points: set design, costumes and special effects (dragon and lair) were great, with ONE notable exception - her burns or scar were on the wrong side of her...um..chest. On acting, I really like MBB in a lot of things. Unfortunately her acting didn't come through here. Other supporting actors were worse. The voice actor for the dragon (actor from the expanse) was perfect for the dragon though! On diversity, can we please get back to normality with people looking the same when they're in the same kingdom, not an LA street? This does not mean movies exclude ethnic groups, far from it, but have them all be similar appearance if they're from a region. It's just feels forced. That's true diversity because you can have multiple ethnic groups from different regions. Storyline, too long and drawn out AND predictable. Why watch these movies when you know what the outcome will be. If there is a white man in it, he gonna die!! She could have got there a lot quicker by establishing the dragon's intent. Then she just became Danerys at the end.

Warning light spoilers. A very interesting and humorous little mystery movie. The acting was excellent but the storyline and plot (including twists) were just awesome. Joe Keery is just fantastic, but so was the other leads, Aldis Hodge and Camila Morrone. It's pretty much a mix of previous masterpieces like What's Eating Gilbert Grape, Forrest Gump, Bonny and Clyde and...The Usual Suspects. Very little violence and graphic sex which made it light-hearted.

Karl Urban is just great in everything he does. This one was let down by overcomplicated plots and cliche twists. I would have liked to see more of his redemption with his cop colleagues at the end, given they were so vitriolic to him. Had some fine actresses in it too, although why did the give his girlfriend a boy haircut??