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Mubing (2023)
There is a Post-Credits Scene in finale episode
For those who are not aware, there is a post-credits scene at the end of episode 20 setting up season 2.
I'd just binged through the entire twenty-episode season in three days.
Some newcomers to this series may believe it is just about teen angst with superpowers but stick with it. That was also my initial belief but then about a third of the way through the series, the show pivots to the backstory of the parents which is much more interesting and gives a greater depth and emotional development to the characters. All the various story strands all thread together for the final third of the arc.
Busanhaeng 2: Bando (2020)
Too much melodrama
A few good action scenes but weighted down and ruined by too much melodrama.
Take Out Girl (2020)
Good start then falls flat
I really wanted to like this film as it had a lot of potential but ultimately it failed on all fronts. The leading actress' performance was wooden to say the least, terrible dialogue, stilted editing and poor choice of camera angles. The plot falls apart after the first third of the movie and at the end, I was left wondering "Really?" Is that the best they could have come up with?"
Shi yue wei cheng (2009)
Too long and some scenes just drag
A couple of good action scenes but overall it was boring. Some scenes just drag along too much. No depth to certain characters and a few with exposition thrown in so they can be fodder later on (the monk and the tramp as examples). And the homage at the end to Sergey Eisenstein but I believe the director thought it was Brian de Palma was just laughable.
Let Him Go (2020)
Let This Go
Film could have done with about 20 minutes cut off as the length affected the pacing. Acting are superb by all but parts of the film was dragging and boring.
All My Life (2020)
Giving it a 10
I would rate this film 7/10 max but I'm scoring it a 10 to counter the AA brigade who probably have never seen the movie and just giving it a low rating.
Possessor (2020)
Like Father, like Son
People handing out low ratings for this movie definitely haven't seen the director's father's work. I suggest they go watch David Cronenberg's movies first.
How It Ends (2018)
How It NEVER Ends
A few good moments here and there but it was never explained what, why and how is The Event that caused the destruction. And the... ending? What ending? It looked like they ran out of film stock and decided to just tack the end credits on.
The Man from Kathmandu Vol. 1 (2019)
Like a bad student film with an over-sized budget
This film is terrible and I'm being generous. I'd watched with a Nepalese friend and she thought the same. Wooden acting throughout, laughable fight scenes, horrible cinematography and camera shots, poor editing and a total lack of direction.
Somebody's rich daddy decided to give their offspring some money to keep them busy. The funds would have been better spent sending them to film school to learn how to make an actual film.
Zhong Ying jie 1 hao (2018)
Poor decision to use same actors
I understand the director only had a small budget to work with but to use the same actors in two time periods was a grossly poor decision. The actors are not that good and it was difficult not to believe they were playing the same characters in 2019 that they portrayed in 1967.
Tales from the Loop (2020)
Unoriginal
"Tales from the Loop" is amply titled as it loops well-trodden stories and ideas from other sources. It doesn't have any original ideas of its own. What a complete waste of time and boring as hell. Avoid.
Stay (2018)
A gem that deserves a wider audience
A slice of Japanese life, a love story in the vein of "Before Sunrise" , this is a gem of a film that deserves a wider audience. Maybe Netflix will pick this up.
Shot in digital video in natural light, it captures the essence of everyday Tokyo life and the film is reminiscent of Wong Kai-war's earlier work like Chungking Express and the rawness of the Dogma era .
Billions (2016)
Was originally good but now repetitive
The series should have ended after season 3 but now the plots are just repetitive and boring.
Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015)
Yawn.
It's essentially a remake of A New Hope. No originality at all.
Yip Man 4 (2019)
Terrible film to end the saga
By far the worst of the Ip Man films. Aside from some good action scenes, the film overall is terrible. And also a bit racist towards white people, painting them all as horrible bullying bigots. Also dumb was the decision to have one person speak to the other in Cantonese and the other replies in Mandarin. It's like someone talking to you in French and you reply in English even though you don't understand French. Another terrible decision was casting Vanda Margraf who is clearly mixed-race to play the daughter of someone whose character would never enter into a relationship with a white woman.
The 15:17 to Paris (2018)
Maybe it's time Eastwood retire
Eastwood's previous few films as director have been mediocre at best with Gran Torino being his last best work. Perhaps it's time for the great man to retire before his output tarnish his reputation?
The 15:17 to Paris has to be the worst film Eastwood has ever directed. What was he thinking throwing the real-life persons to act as themselves on screen?! The film itself is poorly edited and is disjointed from start to end.
Best to skip right to the last 25 minutes of the film and even then, only around five minutes of that period is worth watching.
Already Tomorrow in Hong Kong (2015)
So unbelievable
In a city such as HK with millions of Asians, an Asian-American woman from LA ends up chatting to... a white man from NYC?! Really?!! The sheer coincidence is just unbelievable. I get that there are some American expats in HK but they are easily outnumbered by expats from the UK and Australia who tend to be mostly Asian.
And what is it with Western media portraying white men as the saviour of Asian women? This would have been more believable if Jamie Chung was paired up with an expat who is Asian of Chinese descent. This is HK after all. The subject is briefly and quickly mentioned and brushed over in the film. If the film had explored the subject in more depth it would have aided to their character development.
The film is full of spoken exposition. A film is supposed to SHOW not TELL. Otherwise I would have watched a stage play or an episode of a soap opera instead.
The worst part is that the two leads exhibit zero chemistry on screen considering they are married in real life. There exist no spark of attraction between the two in the film. Bryan Greenberg's acting is passable but Jamie Chung is just awful, clearly requiring further acting classes.
The cinematography is striking but the film is just style with no substance.