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Matilda: The Musical (2022)
It's a bit out of touch
There's absolutely zero subtlety to be found here. The movie starts with the birth and then skips half through the story, already establishing Mathilda to be thirsty for revenge. So we can't even consider it character development, finding that bravery within herself even though she's abused.
I'm sorry but I'm sure but none of these people have actually ever spoken to an abused kid (or adult with CPTSD) before. Abusive parents don't act like that. They don't just go "Here, let me rip this book in front of you." or "I've told the Trunchbull this and that about you!! MUAHAHA!" or "I'll tell the librarian to NEVER let you in!! MWAHAHA!" Like, come on. They don't admit to wanting to do mean things to the kid they're abusing and then tell them of their own evil plans to mess with her. Are you serious? This is not subtle at all. An abusive father would let himself believe it's a good thing to rip off the book. Abusive parents make their kid and themselves believe that the kid is bad and needs punishment, judging from their own character (because they think their character is immaculate. (Like when they sang "why does every bad thing happen to good people?"). They'd have given themselves reason to think of her as a nasty child, and it was the movie's job to convince us of their reasoning, and they just didn't.
Oh, except for when the father goes up to her room to blame her for the fine they got. And Mathilda then yells back at her father?!
Do the producers really think that a child that's been abused and neglected all her life has an ounce of fighting left in her? Or has any idea of an unskewed sense of morality? There's not even any doubt in her that her parents deserve punishment. At least Danny Devito and crew understood that if it was Mathilda's own father to tell her that bad people need punishment, then that rule applied to Mathilda's parents as well, even taking the trouble to mention that she would've thought differently if her father said "If CHILDREN are bad". That was when she had "permission" to take revenge.
She even talks back and yells at the Trunchbull without turning a hair. Now speaking of her- In the book it's clear that she's crazy, paranoid, superstitious, accusing Mrs. Honey for trying to get rid of Mathilda because she's paranoid, accusing Mathilda of spilling the water on her even though she's sitting down BECAUSE she's CRAZY, Telling children to grow up quicker and believing she's never been a child, BECAUSE she's CRAZY, and abusing children the way she does because it's too absurd to make the adults believe what she does anyway, letting the Trunchbull get away with it. But in this movie, she hates children for the sake of it, but her belief system is following "the rules" because that made her succesful, and hates children for revolting, not because she simply hates children because she's crazy.
They went the right way with miss Honey, Having her sing "It's not much but it's enough for me" but in the end most of it is tone deaf. Danny Devito and crew just did a better job.
It's a really weird movie overall, but there were some good things in it, so I'll give it a 6/10.
Unorthodox (2020)
At least tell us the inaccuracies then
So this is a message to the jewish people all mad about this series. If they were wrong about things, TELL US what they had wrong. Instead of just whining that there were inaccuracies and then not saying what those are. like ???
Overal the series is pretty good, I think, I know not much about the jewish culture and religion so i came here to see whether it was at least accurate about those. Still don't have a clue. I do kind of get a entitled vibe from them ofcourse, but that's because they have this "chosen one" complex, which is only made worse since the holocaust. And of course the blatant sexism lol
I'd personally give it a watch.
Hana ni Kedamono (2017)
If you like Peach Girl or Good Morning Call, you would love this.
It's funny, lighthearted, cheesy fun with all these cute people. Terrific soundtrack. Nice plot. Watched it all in one go and now up to the next one.
5 ji kara 9 ji made ~ Watashi ni koi shita ikemen sugiru obôsan (2015)
Lovely and funny. But...
This series captured my heart. It's funny. it's dramatic and cute, the two leads are amazing. The side plots become kind of stale, not being able to read japanese is definitely a bummer if the English they speak is unintelligible (I actually laughed a few times going "Wait, that was supposed to be English??!") and when a lot of descriptive text is on the screen. The characters that were fleshed out were really good. The ending was a bit meh, kind of a letdown after so much emotional buildup, but it all ends well so that's okay. Storytelling just kind of dropped in the last few episodes is all. I definitely recommend watching, if you like cheesy, dramatic shows!
Anne (2017)
My sides hurt from laughing
I don't like this series very much, as it's characters all need a "modern" kind of problem, And Anne is the modern age little feminist, as if being progressive or a victim is the only thing that can make a character a good character. Anne is the most progressive, most protective and the lead yet she's not a likable character at all. She screams in capital letters. "I will lEAve, so she wOUldn't have to tOlerAte mE agAIn!" <- accurate description. And they talk about everything that should be considered taboo back then, in their quest to be as modern, PC and morally correct in the views as humanly possible. At least try to have the balls to depict it as it was back then. What else should the viewer expect?
So that being said, I still have the tears of laughter on my face from laughing, my sides feel like they're going to explode out of my body and I can barely breath. This one character has the name K'akwet ("poop law" in Dutch) and when you're stoned as your sister is watching the show and seeing that name in the subtitles in a super serious moment is just not good for me health. So, a good 30 minutes ongoing laughter later, it definitely deserve the extra two points. Y'all have a good one!
Tonari no kaibutsu-kun (2012)
Stop watching after episode 5, nothing else happens after that.
Seriously. First episode was weird, but quite fun. Personally I don't enjoy watching a toxic relationship unfold where it's completely fine to punch your girl in the face. But oh well, i've seen worse in anime. At least it was quite funny, up until episode five. Because after that, it goes downhill really fast.
Anything that seems even remotely interesting (plot devices, back stories, characters) have absolutely no pay-off and are never seen or mentioned again. At some point they're just... talking. the entire time. Hanging out, as friends (?) I've never seen an anime with so little (to no) development (character- or otherwise) even though the characters never stop talking. They also don't do anything interesting and nothing happens.
And then it ends.
tada!
Watch it until episode 5. As cute as it might look, it's not worth your time to watch the rest. I promise.
L.DK (2014)
I just don't have the patience for this... Sorry
43 minutes into the movie and it seems like it's been going on for weeks. That takes some talent, at least.
Mind you, I have not read the manga and I've only recently began bingewatching the popular shoujo live-action adaptations. I admit, these movies are kind of a hit-or-miss (80:20) with me and that's all about the characters. I mean ofcourse I expect dramatic acting and crying, the clichés you find in manga and anime and the romantic moments, but that is what you watch it for. I would never let those things lower my rating for a movie like that- as long as the characters come across. I just want to be able to understand them, and find reasons to root for them. The story needs to have a good overall flow for that, create moments that will later have a payoff (I really enjoyed Peach Girl and Kimi ni Todoke for those reasons) And it doesn't always have to make sense, that's half the fun.
But right now I'm t a third into this movie and I absolutely despise the lead male character. If this romance story has to start with the main guy sabotaging and manipulating the main female character in any way he can with that smirk on his face with only snidey, rude remarks coming out of his mouth (Great casting, by the way.) it makes me kind of hard to root for them!
Kento Yamazaki's acting ain't bad at all, but that's what makes the whole experience all the more irritating.
By now the story has evolved into a Love-pentagon and there are some cliché romantic settings but everyone and especially Shuusei is so incredibely rude to eachother, it really bums me out. I still have to sleep, you know. Not used to that in a shoujo! Guys invading personal space is not romantic to me at all so that's more of a personal opinion.
Female lead character does nothing to defend herself either. In fact I can already see her crushing on him right now and I can see the dysfunctional, unhealty relationship coming at me with the speed of a force-truck. Not in the mood for that today, maybe some evil-spirited evening in the future when I feel like smashing my TV with a hammer, it might as well from frustration by watching the rest of this movie.
Ay so basically- watch it if it's your thing- it ain't mine.
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016)
Nothing new under the sun. Total letdown
This movie was nothing new and that was the most disappointing to me. We've already seen weird creatures in Harry Potter. And Pokemon. The CGI was nothing new. We already know what New York looks like. We already know how spells work. We know the government and dark sorts of magic are the "enemy" in this universe.
The movie didn't know whether it wanted to be for grown ups or kids. For people who like action and mysterie, or fantasy and comedy. I'm sorry, but you can't put all those things together in two completely different stories in one movie, if they have no connection what so ever up until the very end. You know what were never really the enemy in HP and thus a completely cool and new Potterworld concept? _Muggles_ as the enemy. The Witch hunt, anyone? Not a single school or save place to teach magic and keep hidden to write a movie about? How the English witches and wizards spread their magic across Europe and America in medieval times?
Well, maybe the shock value of seeing witches and wizard students and alike burned at the stake or hanged, but it sure as hell is a better idea than a cliché scavenger hunt in a cliché setting with cliché, unfunny comic relief characters in a cliché city. My god, from all the places in the world, after the beautiful castle and nature and beautiful sets in Harry Potter, you choose a dirty, dark, filthy, busy, well-known city? And then not even having any consequences to the distruction and eyewitnessing that occurs? Then what is the point?! There is no reason this story should take place in New York or any city really.
And the pairings. Oh goodness, the awkward pairings. With Queenie and Jacob as the "Charming, funny, sweet" couple and Newt and whats-her-face, Porpensia? (dear lord, such an unbearable, unlikable character) as the "socially awkward illogical couple" I mean come on. The books may be different but the movies all have a shocking lack of chemistry between the romantic pairings. Yikes, how awkward to watch.
And performances so wooden, like that of whatsherface Porp.. something, or the eyes averting awkward pile of unintelligible acting from Eddie Redmayne, the ridiculous "No-Maj" word, every scene with Queenie's borderline slutty character, That Rhino matingdance, the enraging ILLOGICAL decisions the character made to create more drama-, all at least worth a cringelevel of 56 failed handshakes.
Even as a big Harry Potter fan, this movie was boring to watch. Two hours of shiny CGI along with two different stories, five different villains and four heroes who are about as interesting to watch as watching paint dry. Not even the forced, shoved in references to the original franchise do not help, as one of the last things we find out from this movie is that Johnny Depp is gonna be the main villain. Noooooooo...
It hurts.
Wanda to kyozô (2005)
Honestly, don't waste your time. This game is enraging. Not worth the time.
Well so I'm angry as balls. Spend like 12 hours playing this game. (came here right from The Last Guardian, bought them both at the same time)
Never in my life have I seen such a boring game. I mean, I gave it a chance and played it all the way through because The Last Guardian was an absolute masterpiece, so I was a happy camper that there was another game I could enjoy. Boy, was I wrong. I am so angry. Because I just finished the game, and I never knew anything about Wander, or Mono, Like why would I care if she's gonna come back to life or not in the end? Why would I feel any pity for her, if I don't even know the depth of her relationship with Wander? And then the colossi, which are, you know, kinda cool, or something, get defeated and three hours later I still don't care about the characters or the colossi! Why would I care about the colossi? I have no idea whether they're peaceful or not? I don't know why they're there or who they are? and then in the end he was being used all this time by an evil being with a master plan?? What is that kinda nonsense?! I can imagine that anyone else who spend days, hours, or weeks to finish this game to get SO mad that they were "used" all this time! Wander just flat out dies, after getting cursed and stabbed really painfully, The 'bad guys' get away so I can't even feel the sense of justice or irony what I would feel if they died falling off that bridge... And then there's that dead chick who wakes up (yayyy so happy i guess) and finds a terrifying baby who is Wander in the end? And the horse comes back? Like what would I care? Wander's a baby now! Any kind of ship between the two would be very awkward forever more, the whole romance that was there but not really throughout the game is completely ruined now as well. And we don't know anything about literally any of the characters in the game. And the whole "You will atone for what you did" that's not fair! The guy didn't know he was doing something terrible? I'm not even talking about how awkward the game looks because I don't get annoyed about trivial things like that, or the controls because also in The last Guardian was it a bit embarrassing, but I was really hoping to feel some kind of fulfillment, tiny shred of happiness in the end.
Because I didn't know (and still don't know) anything about Trico or the village or the master of the valley or the boy for that matter, but that was not point of The Last Guardian. The point of the game was to establish a relationship between an innocent little boy and a terrifying beast. And you learn to love both of them along the way, by how they interact with each other. You learn that the boy is kind, optimistic and resourceful, and you learn that Trico deals with his own fears and instincts gradually and you see, and feel him grow in his affections towards this random kid. And that's really cute. If the character development is good enough, the storyline would be secondary. But a relationship between this guy we know nothing of and this girl we know even less of, but that we're just supposed to accept is not credible at all. And so all the things we do for that relationship (killing the colossi), we do for the sake of gaming, because we can't care about the characters. Why would you want to do that? Who would play this game, knowing the end?