Derrik Matusek

An absolutely beautiful movie with many important life lessons. From loving and trusting yourself in addition to those around you that you care for, not judging a book by its cover, don’t back down from your dreams, to life being entirely about taking a chance or a leap of faith. The movie obviously revolves around basketball, but I’d say it’s just as much of a drama as it is a sports movie. I feel the balance was handled very well, but I also enjoy watching basketball games. Adam Sandler absolutely crushed it in this movie. I have been a huge fan of his comedies for as long as I can remember, but I am so happy that Adam is putting a focus on showing off his acting skills in another more serious movie and I hope this is a trend that he sticks to. Adam was funny but in a relatable way, not a comedy movie way. Juancho Hernangomez obviously also had a big role in this movie as one of the main characters, and I think he did an amazing job at playing a believable, lovable and relatable character as well. His struggle with self appreciation was very well handled and portrayed by Juancho beautifully. Now, Anthony Edwards, I know he probably isn’t at all like his character that he plays in the movie, but that just makes it all the more impressive that he really managed to make me dislike his character as strongly and as quickly as he did. The movie isn’t perfect by any means, but the imperfections I feel are really just nit-picks, such as the kid at the private game after the combine still not knowing about Boa even after he literally blew up as a social media phenomenon just down the road, that doesn’t make much sense. Especially considering the kid is permitted to be at a “super hush hush” secret game for scouts. Again, but-picking here. All in all, I think this is easily among my top 5 Adam Sandler movies, and I think it is well worth watching if you like basketball even just a little bit.

Short Review: Couldn’t even make it through the first episode. The writing is worse than any superhero show or movie I’ve ever seen. Every other line is just cringy stuff that only TikTokers and NFT kids would actually say. More In-depth Clarification: To be clear, I have nothing against any of the cast. This is not a racial thing even though media seems to believe that racism is the sole reason this show is doing horrible. This is a quality thing. I honestly feel horrible for Iman Vellani because this was supposed to be an awesome moment for her and a big breakout moment for her career. Disney seems to love to pretend to care about equality and diversity, but then they ruin characters like Ms Marvel, Finn and Rose from the sequel Star Wars trilogy with horrendous writing. Hell, they even did it with the Black Widow movie. I hope people are fair to Iman and don’t treat her or any of the cast poorly. It’s not their fault. Very disappointed in the quality of more recent Marvel entertainment as well as most of the Disney Star Wars stuff as a whole. I am sorry this review ended up being more of a Disney review, but I feel it’s necessary because its a pattern. Be equally caring about the creation of the stories for your diverse hero’s, don’t just pretend to be diverse.

Fantastic ending to the Skywalker Saga. Not perfect, but really good! There is plenty of good fan service and plot twists. Worth every penny, can't wait to watch it again! I wholeheartedly disagree with the Critics Consensus that rotten tomatoes has up for this movie. The first act was rough because he had to fix the issues from The Last Jedi, but the rest is wonderful! I am so incredibly happy that this movie was as good as it was. I wanted to be blown away, and I am!