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Five Nights at Freddy's (2023)
The plot is poorly written.
The story for this movie is inept. Instead of just using the idea of kid friendly animatronics going hay wire and running amok, they went with this complex paranormal murder mystery story. I get that this is based on the graphic novels and not the games lore, but that doesn't justify this movies poor plot. There's very little horror and action. The characters spend most of their time chatting and arguing. It wasn't towards the end where it started feeling the games where the animatronics turn hostile and began attacking the human characters. Mathew Lillards character Afton is a poorly written villain. He only appeared in three scenes and just pops up in the end and we're supposed to be shocked that he was the children's killer. There were no hints or buildup at all to him being the killer but the character Vanessa reveals that she's his daughter and tells us everything we need to know about what her Dads crimes right before he comes out to kill Mike. It's also worth pointing out that Vanessa's last name is Kelly and she doesn't even have the last name as her Dad. Which is why we never saw the daughter plot twist coming. It also doesn't make sense how exactly Afton has control over the children's ghosts and is able to manipulate them into killing. In his final scene, Afton realizes that he's about to get his comeuppance from the animatronics and yells out "I always come back!!" For some reason the plot tries to make Afton out to be some kind of supernatural villain who can't be killed. It also doesn't make sense how the animatronics didn't know that Afton was the killer. Mikes little sister Abby had to draw a picture to explain to them that Afton was their killer to turn against him. I also can't figure out why Afton hired Mike as the night guard for his restaurant. I thought perhaps he wanted to lure him in there so he could kill him in privacy. But if that's the case then why did he wait five nights to do it? He also berates his daughter for failing to keep everything a secret from Mike and refusing to kill him if he found out the truth. Which makes me doubt that killing him himself was his motive.
Junji Ito Maniac: Japanese Tales of the Macabre (2023)
Boring despite all the shock value
I love anime and was immediately interested in watching this show when I got a notification on Netflix. Initially I thought the show was gonna be something similar to some horror western shows like the Twilight Zone or Tales from the Crypt but written and animated in Japan. The show does have great animation. The art style is somber and gloomy and does it's job in setting the tone of the stories. What hurts the show is the stories themselves. The stories are short, boring and shallow. I understand that the show is based off a Manga series. I haven't read the books so I have no comment on them. I watched the first two episodes and decided to give up on the show. The stories throw imaginative ideas but doesn't fully utilize them. The characters also for the most part don't get fleshed out. The stories pitch these things about the characters that could be used as arcs for them but they either ignored or the writing puts little effort in them. Like the boys struggle in losing his Mom and being protective of his sister in the Mysterious Tunnel episode or the guys struggle with being a single Dad in the Ice Cream Truck episode. The paranormal stuff that happened in the first two stories don't get any context to why it's happening and just feels like random ideas put in for the sake of horror. The ice cream truck story pitches the idea of a shady ice cream man luring kids into his truck to consume ice cream. The kids develop a gluttony problem to the point where the main characters kids head snaps off when he tries to stop him from eating the ice cream. It's never explained why the ice cream man does what he does or how the ice cream has these negative effects on the kids. The story literally ends when the Father finds out what the ice cream is doing to his son.
Plane (2023)
Pretty decent action movie.
The movie is pretty entertaining but nothing amazing. You'll probably have fun watching it and just go about your day. There were several ludicrous things that happened at the beginning of the film that needed to happen in order for the plot to work. One example is that the police imposed the inmate (Colter) unto a commercial plan that was heading to Tokyo. So he can be transported to another prison. Which didn't make sense fiction wise and that would never happen in real life. Also why choose a plane that was heading to a different country? The pilots also were caught off guard when they flew into a storm during their flight. In reality the airport would found a storm on their radars ahead of time and not made their plane go in that direction. It was also kinda odd that the plane only had 14 passengers. Usually when I fly on a plane all the seats are full. I guess the writers felt that a hundred passengers would be too much for the two main characters to rescue later on. So they just picked a small number that would be much easier to manage.
Violent Night (2022)
It's like Die Hard but with Santa.
I went and saw this movie on whim today and was satisfied with it. It has a similar premise to Die Hard except it takes place in a mansion and the main protagonist is a a boozy version of Santa. It has a lot of good brawling scenes and lots of gore. The climax kinda drags on for a while and I was sitting there wondering when it was gonna wrap up. They added this backstory to Santa without much contex that he was a some kind of warrior a long time ago. As a way to justify his fighting skills and his speciality in using a sledgehammer as a weapon but the whole warrior backstory felt kinda out of place for Santa, but it was nothing horrendous. They also humanize Santa some by making him disillusioned with modern kids and regains his faith in Christmas after bonding with the little girl who was being kept hostage with her family. One thing that felt forced was that Santa suddenly lost his magic to go up the chimney and to his sleigh after he realizes that the mansion was being taken hostage. He then regains his magic after he is unable to flee the house. The movie is no masterpiece, but it was entertaining.
Beastars: A Revolutionary Feast (2021)
Good, but had its flaws.
The finale for season 2 was good but didn't do a good job of wrapping things up. They kinda dragged out the final fight between Legosi and Riz by having them take breaks and talk a couple of times. Most likely to help fill the episodes 25 minute runtime. The problem with that is that the fight leaves only a minute left and causes a minimal aftermath. We didn't see how the other characters like Jack or Juno respond to the revelation the Riz was the killer or Louis getting his leg bitten off by Legosi. We're left with big questions, but only get a brief fill in that Legosi and Riz got arrested but they let Legosi go. It would have been nice to see Legosi get some credit for a least finding Tems killer and exposing him, but he doesn't.
HouseBroken (2021)
It did nothing for me.
I just got around to watching the first episode. It was unfunny. I didn't laugh, I didn't chuckle and didn't even smile throughout the whole episode. The animals just bicker to each other and fail to say anything funny. Honey and Diablo are the only likable characters. The rest of them are just bland, obnoxious and forgettable.
Toon in with Me (2021)
Good cartoons, but with generic hosts.
I enjoy the old cartoons, but unfortunately you have to deal with Bill and Toony the tuna. There's really nothing interesting about the "cartoon curator". If you look at Metv's other show, "Svengoolie", the host is fun and flamboyant. Bill however just looks like some random guy you would see on the street. Even the set is nothing impressive. It's basically the two main hosts standing in front of old tv's stacked on top of each other.