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Single Sentence Reviews
« on: July 15, 2019, 04:20:56 PM »
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  • Annihilation - Interesting sci-fi movie uses being cerebral to excuse off-the-rails ending  ???
    Hellboy - Arguably too true to the comics and spends too much time in exposition.  Enjoyable portrayal regardless.   :)
    Alita Battle Angel - So much potential!  Strong movie that fizzles into a non-ending.   :-\
    Shazam - Second best DC movie since Nolan's Batman, but admittedly slept through part of it.   :)
    I Am Mother - Decent man vs machine scifi, but a little extreme at the end  :)
    Batman vs TMNT - Surprisingly good crossover!  Motivations make sense.  Splinter isn't a tool.   :D
    Cold Pursuit - Liam Neeson ineptly serial kills gang members and somehow avoids the consequences  :)
    Fighting with my Family - Great biopic about how Paige became a WWE wrestler.  Probably sanitized, but still enjoyable :D
    Glass - Frustrating, but gotta finish the trilogy.   :(
    The Mule - Fantastic story of an old gardener who runs drugs to provide for his daughter  ;D
    Finding Steve McQueen - Fun heist movie (based on a true story)  :)
    Stan & Ollie - Sad recount of how Laurel and Hardy repeatedly betrayed each other by trying to look out for each other.   Impressive acting! :)

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    Re: Single Sentence Reviews
    « Reply #1 on: May 06, 2024, 02:11:51 PM »
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    Halo - Season One: John "Master Chief" struggles with Microsoft Cortana spying on him, meanwhile a prophesied young girl defends a planet.  :)
              Season Two: undoes all that in the first ten minutes and refuses to explain why dead people aren't dead  >:(
    Elsebeth - A side character from Good Wife/Good Fight immediately solves a murder the audience witnesses then spends the rest of the episode trying to prove it to boneheaded police  ???
    Tracker - Smallville's Green Arrow finds missing people for a price.  :)
    Krapopolis - Tyrannus is a self-declared king of early civilization, with supernatural parents and siblings, and ungrateful citizens.  No description does this show justice.  8)
    Welcome to Wrexham - Touching, humourous, and exciting documentary about Deadpool and some other guy buying a football team in Wales.  :)
    Clarkson's Farm - An idiot known for loving cars becomes an idiot who loves farming  8)
    Taskmaster - Do you like laughing?  Watch this show  8)
    Ghosts (UK) - A young couple inherits a manor that they turn into a B&B, she has an accident and can now interact with ridiculous ghosts that died on the premises.  :)
    Ghosts (US) - A young couple inherits a manor that they turn into a B&B, she has an accident and can now interact with ridiculous ghosts that died on the premises.  Now in American accents!  :)
    Roadside Rescue - A guy fixes delapotated vehicles enough to get them running again.  A TV version of Vicegrip Garage from youtube.  :)
    Shogun - Masterfully done retelling of the James Clavell book.  Lord Toranaga attempts to keep the peace in feudal Japan, and some Anjin makes for a useful distraction  8)
    Physical 100 - Korean tournament of beefy men and women undergoing gruelling physical challenges.  Second season as good as the first  :)

     
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