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Bostonian916 (449 KP) rated Gotti (2018) in Movies

Aug 6, 2020

Gotti (2018)

2018 | Biography, Crime, Drama

5.8

(6 Ratings)

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I've learned that I must come to accept that we may never again see the quality of gangster films that Hollywood churned out during the 70's-90's. Gotti is another example of a poorly executed attempt to retell a story that deserves to be told, but misses the mark by about a million miles.

John Travolta can only be partially blamed for this failure. He was exactly what you would expect him to be if you have ever seen his acting ability. The story he was attempting to convey was the true criminal. Convoluted and disoriented from the start, it was never able to get on its feet, let alone take a step in a forward direction. I'm not sure there is any actor alive who could have made up for the deficiencies everywhere you look in this movie.

I've definitely seen much worse, even in this genre. But I had high hopes and they were abruptly shattered.

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Jackjack (877 KP) rated The Umbrella Academy - Season 2 in TV

Aug 10, 2020

The Umbrella Academy - Season 2

2020 | Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi

8.2

(10 Ratings)

TV Season Rating

What a perfect carry on!

Contains spoilers, click to show

Right, first off let me just say season 1 was brilliant and they couldn't have followed up any better with season 2.

Acting was spot on from every single actor/actress, everyone played their rolls amazingly. This was the perfect carry on with plenty of action, lots of twists and turns and a well thought out ending.

Only one scene bothered me, there is a scene with their dad, he confronted a room full of men by taking off his skin and underneath he was an alien, I mean i get he is curious about the dark side of the moon, but an alien? At what point does this have anything to do with the program. Unless there will be an ending of sorts where you find out he created these beings with gifts in some weird alien way....... We will see, can not wait for season 3!

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Sarah (7800 KP) Aug 11, 2020

I'm very intrigued about that too. They showed it then never referred to it again - got to be something weird going on!

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Jackjack (877 KP) Aug 12, 2020

100% it did annoy me that they never mentioned it before then threw it in there for one random short scene 🤦‍♂️😂 we will see......

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Veronica Pena (690 KP) rated Black Panther (2018) in Movies

May 29, 2020

Black Panther (2018)

2018 | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi

8.3

(283 Ratings)

Movie Rating

Obviously I've seen this film a bunch of times, but this last watch I looked at it from a political point of view and it showed the movie in a whole new light. I had to watch it most recently for a class and it really made me think about how much I didn't like T'Challa through most of it. I think he has great intentions but I think Killmonger does too. His methods are just flawed. It's really interesting, though, to see a film play more with the idea of a protagonist not being 100% good or an antagonist be 100% bad. I definitely felt for both Killmonger and T'Challa and I understand where they're coming from.

Other than that, I thoroughly love this film. I think Shuri is an incredible character and Winston Duke is a phenomenal actor. I'm really excited to see what the second one looks like and where they will take us next.