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Merissa (12861 KP) created a post

Apr 30, 2025  
"It's fast paced and I liked that we heard from Evie, Aodhan and Munix, the bad guy!" - @Debbiereadsbook

Review & #Giveaway: Stone of Doubt (Stones of Iona #5) by Margaret Izard - #Paranormal, #Romance, 3 out of 5 (good)

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Suicide Squad (2016)
Suicide Squad (2016)
2016 | Action
Soundtrack (0 more)
Pretty much everything else (0 more)
One of the better DC films... and it’s awful
The only good thing I have to say about this film is it has a pretty good soundtrack. And it’s probably one of the better DC films (although I haven’t seen Wonder Woman). But that isn’t saying much.

Everything else in this film is atrocious. The acting is terrible, even coming from some fairly established actors. Jared Leto’s Performance as the Joker is so over the top and unnecessary that it’s cringeworthy and laughable. Enchantress and her brother as the villains, along with their squid head army, are possibly the lamest villains in any superhero film. The CGI is really bad for the most part, and the script is terrible along with the very weak plot. Continuity also seems to be a big issue, flitting between evening and daylight for a number of scenes and expecting us not to notice. This isn’t even one of those that is so bad it’s good, it’s just plain old bad. Avoid at all costs.
  
Bad Boys for Life (2020)
Bad Boys for Life (2020)
2020 | Action, Comedy, Crime
408. Bad Boys for Life. I thought this was part 4, I think it's the Mandela Effect! I'm telling ya!! I guess the line "I'm getting to old for this shit" can only be said in Lethal Weapon, Martin Lawrence's character I think says every combination possible of that phrase. So in this one we get super sexy Isabel breaking out of the joint, and she has a hit list, all those peeps responsible for putting her away is about to get a visit, the last name on the list, our hero cop Mike Lowrey!! Now even though Marcus is ready to retire, he's pulled in for one more job! Well, until the real part 4 comes out! So why does super sexy Isabel want with Mike? Well, I won't tell you, but I can say conveniently enough, those events took place right before the original Bad Boys. They are some old ass street cops dang! Perspective... Lethal Weapon 4, Mel Gibson is ten years younger than Will Smith during Bad Boys for Life lol. It was entertaining!! Filmbufftim on FB
  
Mission: Impossible 2 (2000)
Mission: Impossible 2 (2000)
2000 | Action, Mystery
7
5.6 (19 Ratings)
Movie Rating
Flaming Birds
Mission: impossible II- this is a strange sequel, on one hand its good, on the other its bad. So lets call it in the middle, good but bad. Tom Cruise and Ving Rhames both return. I like how each movie is directed by a different director. The first one was Brain De Palma so his take was putting spy, suspense and thrills in the first one. In this one John Woo directs it. That means alot of slow-mo, birds, and that pretty much it.

The plot: Tom Cruise returns to his role as Ethan Hunt in the second installment of "Mission: Impossible." This time Ethan Hunt leads his IMF team on a mission to capture a deadly German virus before it is released by terrorists. His mission is made impossible due to the fact that he is not the only person after samples of the disease. He must also contest with a gang of international terrorists headed by a turned bad former IMF agent who has already managed to steal the cure.

Its good, but the first one was better.
  
The Magic Christian (1969)
The Magic Christian (1969)
1969 | Classics, Comedy
4
4.7 (3 Ratings)
Movie Rating
Laborious satire proves that no matter how good your cast is, it can't save a film with a lousy script. Subversive multi-millionaire Guy Grand (Sellers) and his adopted son (Ringo) embark on a series of lavish practical jokes to demonstrate the venality of western society. Basically a series of too-contrived-to-be-funny sketches clumsily making fun of the sacred cows of British society in particular.

Some people (Paul Merton for one) would have you suggest that The Magic Christian has a reputation as a bad movie because it ridicules things the establishment holds dear (the boat race, high art, grouse shooting, etc). This is not true: it has a reputation as a bad movie because it is a bad movie, clumsy, smug, and not nearly as insightful as it seems to think it is. The main reason for watching is the cast list, which is eye-opening, although how well the various cameoing stars emerge tends to be in inverse proportion to the size of their role. One of those films that proves the swinging sixties weren't all that great.
  
Dismissed (2017)
Dismissed (2017)
2017 | Drama, Thriller
8
8.0 (1 Ratings)
Movie Rating
Surprisingly good
As soon as the movie started, I wasn't convinced as it looked very low budget and the camera work was shockingly bad. Despite Dylan Sprouse being in the poster for the movie, he is not the main focus in the beginning, it is a teacher but we do eventually learn why.
Lucas is a transfer student and joins the movie about 10 minutes in. He appears to be a very bright student, but upon talking to a fellow classmate he also has a very bad temper, which can only mean bad news for anyone who crosses him. He gets what he wants, even if he has to hurt or traumatise people in the process.... And that's just what he does to his teacher after giving him a B+ on his essy.
It starts off small like letting his car tyres down, but it spirals into much bigger things.
What started off looking like a shoddy movie, actually soon gained my interest and turned out to be pretty good.