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LoganCrews (2861 KP) rated Everything Must Go (2011) in Movies

Sep 21, 2020  
Everything Must Go (2011)
Everything Must Go (2011)
2011 | Comedy, Drama
5
5.5 (4 Ratings)
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Sterile and not funny, but more importantly yet another one of those mopey pity parties about a loathsome, middle/upper class, middle-aged white man who learns to love from those around him by first abusing them emotionally and wallowing in doldrums. The first stretch is pretty rough but that all being said, eventually turns into some serviceable sad porn. The Laura Dern scenes are pointless, and the direction barely rises above just adequate - but I feel the main problem is the very aspect that gets the most praise here; despite Ferrell's best efforts this character comes out as nothing much more than flat. It's clear they were going for like a Jim Carrey in 𝘌𝘡𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘒𝘭 𝘚𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘩π˜ͺ𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘡𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘱𝘰𝘡𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 π˜”π˜ͺ𝘯π˜₯ or Adam Sandler in π˜™π˜¦π˜ͺ𝘨𝘯 π˜–π˜·π˜¦π˜³ π˜”π˜¦, but they fail to have those crucial catharsis scenes, those bursts of emotion which made Ferrell's turn in 𝘚𝘡𝘳𝘒𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳 π˜›π˜©π˜’π˜― 𝘍π˜ͺ𝘀𝘡π˜ͺ𝘰𝘯 come out unscathed. So instead we have this guy who comes across as more deflated than successfully melancholy and just sort of sulks around while the story does everything you expect it to, then it's suddenly all solved but who really cares by then? Anywho, he and Hall have some serious chemistry and their scenes are enough to make this not so bad even if it can't escape convention.
  
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David McK (3610 KP) rated The Karate Kid Part II (1986) in Movies

Nov 26, 2020  
The Karate Kid Part II (1986)
The Karate Kid Part II (1986)
1986 | Action, Comedy, Family
7
7.4 (19 Ratings)
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This isn't a tournament...
I've only recently just finished watching the actually quite good The Karate Kid spin off (featuring the same characters, 30 years later) on Netflix.

The reason I mention this?

Because the final episode of Season 2 teases Daniel returning to Okinawa, when he wistfully rediscovers/looks at a book about the history of that location.

It's the same book as in this film (he's reading it on the plane), which I'd never actually seen before.

The plot, basically, is that Daniel accompanies Mr Miyaga back to his ancestral homeland of Okinawa when the latter receives a letter saying his father is dying, 6 months after his (Daniels) victory at the All Valley Karate tournament - the film actually picks up directly here, with Kreese attacking Johnny Lawrence (one of the two main adult characters in Cobra Kai). It transpires that Mr Miyaga left to avoid a fight with his best friend, who had an arranged marriage to Mr Miyaga's love. Said friend still holds a grudge, with his nephew starting to pick on Daniel as a foreigner. As in the first, this ends with a Karate fight, but here the stakes are raised considerably with said fight more brutal than in the first film (but not as brutal as in the season 2 finale of Cobra Kai).
  
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Danny Boyle recommended Eureka (1983) in Movies (curated)

 
Eureka (1983)
Eureka (1983)
1983 | Drama, Thriller
6.0 (1 Ratings)
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"I can guarantee you this film isn’t on anyone else’s list. It stars Gene Hackman and it’s made by my favorite British film director, even more than Nick Park. He’s a guy named Nick Roeg, and he’s most famous, probably, for Don’t Look Now. Eureka is the film that probably ended his American career. I think it was a disaster when it was released. The first half of this movie is as good as you’ll ever get in a movie. It’s about a guy who discovers, literally, liquid gold. He becomes the richest man in the world and the man who has everything and the man who has nothing. The second half of the film is a trial and takes place in a courtroom and that part doesn’t work as well, which is what probably led to it being a flop, but the first half is as good as it gets. And I love Nick Roeg. He’s idiosyncratic, highly individual and yet for a ten year period he was working in the studio system with big stars like Gene Hackman. Hackman’s never been better. People say β€œHackman” and think of The Conversation but he’s never better than he is in Eureka. If you can imagine a man who has everything and he (Hackman) just plays it as a guy who has nothing."

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Otakugal (92 KP) rated The Book of Boba Fett in TV

Mar 21, 2022  
The Book of Boba Fett
The Book of Boba Fett
2021 | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
7
6.7 (7 Ratings)
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Good Show
I want to start this off by saying I have never been a Boba Fett fan even though I love Star Wars. My Husband is a huge Boba Fett fan and so we watched this delightful show. At first I was skeptical because the first half of season seemed to back story to explain all of what Boba Fett had to go through from when he got stuck in Sarlacc pit.

As the show progressed we got to see Boba Fett make friends with a variety of people earning loyalty and beginning to start his own rulership. I had personally never seen a soft side to Boba Fett and seeing him willing to fight for the Sandpeople was really nice and a bit touching.

I think I would have preferred a little more action as Boba Fett as I knew was a mercenary for hire. But in this show we got to see more of how he thought and deals with problems. I do believe the second half of the season was more of an interlude to the Mandalorien than having much to do with Boba Fett and it felt like they combined the two shows.

Over all I believe it was a decent show and if I am honest, it did make me like Boba Fett a little more and understand him better.