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Dungeons and Dragons Honor Among Thieves
8/10

A great fantasy adventure movie.

Terrific quality costumes, good action scenes, good dialogue, terrific looking locations, amazing special effects including characters using magic, great looking weapons, a high stakes climax, and an entertaining open ending.

Unique protagonists have different weapons except for the Sorcerer Simon that uses magic.
The protagonists are shown to be likable characters.
The protagonists have an understandable motivation for their achievable goal, and the main antagonist has an understandable motivation for her achievable goal.
The main antagonist is a formidable adversary since she isn't quickly defeated, and also because she was able to create a regenerative dragon using magic.


The creatures including the dragons look incredible, and amazing rapidly changing maze.

The movie gives an understandable reason why the protagonists become thieves, and why they have rules.
The movie states a limitation of a teleportation device which is shown to be consistent.
Also, the movie states rules for magic.


The movie provides an explanation for a limitation for what was used to resurrect a protagonist so it's not a plot hole that it's only used on 1 protagonist.

John Wick 4
10/10

A terrific sequel that gave me closure, and doesn't have any cliffhangers which is why I'm satisfied with John Wick 4 as a final John Wick sequel.
This movie has an unanswered question about John Wick which isn't a flaw.

This sequel doesn't have any sequel bait so most likely it will be the final John Wick sequel even though it was successful at the box office, and is highly rated for quality.
Caine is a standout antagonist because he is an incredible assassin that is blind. Caine is shown to be a likable antagonist beyond him being an incredible assassin that is blind.
The movie has continuity from the third movie because of characters talking about events from John Wick 3.

Great action scenes, good dialogue, memorable lines, a very high body count with a variety of kills, multiple locations including Paris France, a ticking clock, a high stakes climax, and a satisfying ending.
Caine has an understandable motivation for his goal, the main antagonist also has an understandable motivation for his goal, and the movie gives needed details for how John Wick can accomplish his challenging goal.

Sisu
10/10

An incredible action movie that is 1 of a kind which does seem inspired to be a Quentin Tarintino-style action movie including hardcore violence.

The movie stands out because not much dialogue in the movie which isn't a flaw, and the protagonist Aatami doesn't talk much. Aatami has a hunting knife that he uses to kill a Nazi.
The year the movie is set is 1944 toward the end of World War 2, and the main location is Finland which does get shown off.

The movie was hyped as John Wick Meets Mad Max which the movie lives up to.

The protagonist a Finnish Soldier Aatami is a Solitary Gold Miner, and he's killed a vast amount of Russians with the exact number not known.
The movie provides a believable reason for why the Nazis want the Gold that Aatami discovered.


He kills Nazis in a variety of violent ways and is shown he can hold his breath for a long amount of time.
A standout action scene is how Aatami avoids getting attacked by a German Shepard.

The Nazis are not incompetent antagonists because they do attempt to kill Aatami using a variety of ways.

The high-stakes climax is very entertaining, and how 1 Nazi is killed by Aatami is priceless because it mostly seems like something similar to what happens to Wile E Coyote in the Road Runner cartoons.
 
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@BadJerry20
I just watched Terrifier and Terrifier 2. They were good but it's the same gripe I have with most horror movies, they stab him once and run away.....kill him! She finally did at the end but it could have been avoided.
 
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Stan Lee a documentary. I grew up loving comics and Stan Lee was absolutely the man. This is his story and it's a great one. 10/10 even if you're not a comic book fan. RIP Stan. You'll always be the greatest.
 
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Air - 8/10. Great movie, great soundtrack. It was a bit weird seeing a fat Chris Tucker in a role where he’s a responsible adult, but he was great nonetheless.

Extraction II - 7/10. Chris Hemsworth’s character kills everyone that John Wick didn’t.
 
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Guardians of the Galaxy 3
8/10

A great sequel that focuses on Rocket Raccoon includes showing information from his past and answering why he doesn't talk about his past.
This is the final James Gunn Guardians of the Galaxy movie, and this final sequel in his GOTG trilogy doesn't have cliffhangers.
The Guardians have an understandable motivation for why they want to achieve their challenging objective.
Entertaining action scenes, and I noticed the different colored space suits are the same as the Original Skittles colors.

The High Evolutionary is a well-written main antagonist that has an understandable goal.
He wants to create a utopia with Counter-Earth with species devoid of evil, and all species living peacefully on a planet.
He doesn't see an issue with his inhumane experiments because he believes that's needed to create a perfect universe.
He is shown to be a formidable adversary.

The movie outright states what he does with animals when the result doesn't go according to plan.

Drax states a metaphor to Star-Lord which surprises him since Star-Lord didn't have a reason before that scene that he would understand what a metaphor is.

Entertaining heartwarming scenes.
It's stated in the movie what happens if the Guardians don't accomplish their goal before the ticking clock ends.

I was very happy Cosmo the Space Dog proved important in this movie since she used her telekinesis to keep an area together so that characters, and animals including Penguins could run to the safe area.

She has an extraordinary collar that allows her to speak telepathically to characters.
 
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Spider-Man Across The Spider-Verse
9/10

A very entertaining great sequel.
The movie has continuity from Spider-Man Into The Spider-Verse.

The movie shows Miles having the challenge of balancing being Spider-Man and being a good student.
I enjoyed this movie remained believable since Miles's parents are suspicious about his double life including when he's absent for a long time during a Party.

The movie shows the high price of what Spider-Woman aka Spider-Gwen had to do, along with a drawback that doesn't have an easy solution which created a believable misunderstanding.
The goal of the Spider Society is a logical one.

The reunion with Miles and Gwen is very entertaining including them swinging through New York City.

The movie does explain the devices characters can use to travel to other Spider-Man universes.
Spider-Man (Miles Morales) being chased by vast Spider-Men and Spider-Women is an amazing scene.

Great action scenes and multiple scenes look like from a comic book.
The stakes are high since the Spot can destroy the Multiverse.




This is the first Spider-Man movie that has the futuristic Spider-Man that is Spider-Man 2099. He has a unique Spider-Man costume, and the movie shows off his impressive powers.

The Spot is the main antagonist, and the movie shows the explanation for how exactly he got his powers. He has a believable motivation for his goal, and he becomes more dangerous as his powers increase.

Complex themes are explored including Spider-Man (Miles Morales) that wants to change an outcome that goes against the Spider Society that has a conclusion that is a tragic outcome that shouldn't be prevented because of the benefits according to what an algorithm shows.
This movie explores Gwen more including Gwen's relationship with her father, and I'm very happy the movie gives a realistic reason why Gwen doesn't want to talk about her emotions instead of something flimsy.

Multiple different Spider universes are explored including the Universe that Spider-Woman (Gwen Stacy) lives in.

It was very entertaining watching the Spot go into different Spider-Man universes including the Lego Spider-Man universe, and the cinematic Venom universe.

This movie has a terrific to-be-continued cliffhanger ending. Also, the movie does show a comic book cover of what be viewed as an accurate teaser for the third Spider-Verse movie.
Good dialogue, memorable liners, and a Spider-Man movie that highly succeeds with the wisecracks used by Spider-Man (Miles Morales.

The movie would be over 3 hours long if this wasn't a traditional 2 parter so I don't think this can be criticized as just a way for Sony to make more cash with the third Spider-Verse movie.
 
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615vols said:
Avatar 2: 4/10
This movie sucked a**. I won’t even bother watching the next one.
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Took me 3 days to finish it on Disney. After 40 minutes I was so bored and couldn’t believe only 40 minutes had passed.

I really don’t get the appeal of these movies. Way way too long and this one was like a lot of rehash of the first one.

And there’s more of these? Hard pass.
 
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And to pile on, how in the hell was this a Best Picture nom? The dialogue and writing is like Hallmark Channel movie bad. Literally the only thing it has going is the visuals and even still it’s not 2009 anymore.

Avatar 2 is the most overrated, overhyped movie since…..Avatar.
 
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VolsSportsFan said:
Took me 3 days to finish it on Disney. After 40 minutes I was so bored and couldn’t believe only 40 minutes had passed.

I really don’t get the appeal of these movies. Way way too long and this one was like a lot of rehash of the first one.

And there’s more of these? Hard pass.
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I felt this way about the last Jurassic Park, and literally fell asleep a few times trying. I finally finished it, and I agree about Avatar
 
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VolsSportsFan said:
Took me 3 days to finish it on Disney. After 40 minutes I was so bored and couldn’t believe only 40 minutes had passed.

I really don’t get the appeal of these movies. Way way too long and this one was like a lot of rehash of the first one.

And there’s more of these? Hard pass.
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I was shocked to find out that there’s going to be like 5 of these movies. I won’t waste my time on another.
 
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615vols said:
I was shocked to find out that there’s going to be like 5 of these movies. I won’t waste my time on another.
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5?! Dang. I mean if they're making money I'm sure they don't care what I think, but it's just not that good.
 
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Extraction 2...5/10 Just way too much cliched action. It had some clever shots that held my attention but after a while I got bored like I always do with these types of movies.
 
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(2023) Super Mario Brothers
9/10

A terrific Fantasy Adventure movie based on the Super Mario video games, and it's a very faithful adaptation which isn't surprising because Nintendo was involved in making this animated adaptation.
It's a great remake that fans of the Super Mario Brothers video games can enjoy because it's a very faithful adaptation made by Nintendo.


The movie does show more of Mario and Luigi's world in Brooklyn including what they're doing when they aren't working as Plumbers in Brooklyn, and shows is Mario and Luigi live with their family.



The movie has sounds from the Super Mario Brothers video games, music from the Super Mario Brothers video games, same rules for power-ups which is the power-up is lost by a character if a foe or thing successfully attacks the character.

The movie has an open ending so very likely Nintendo wants to make a sequel.

Amazing-looking worlds same as shown in the Super Mario Brothers video games.
A variety of entertaining action scenes including Mario, Bowser, and other characters riding go-karts on a rainbow road.
Good dialogue, Mario does struggle to become a competent protagonist, and the movie does give a great payoff since Mario states he and Luigi can be great.
An entertaining straightforward story with Mario, Luigi, Donkey Kong, and other protagonists having an understandable motivation to achieve their goal, Bowser has an understandable motivation for his goal, and high stakes.

Princess Peach is a strong female character except she has limitations.
She isn't a Mary Sue which is a protagonist that has no flaws, and no limitations since the protagonist can mostly do anything to win which is extremely boring.


Bowser singing a song while playing the Piano was a priceless scene. He has a soft spot for romance since he wants to marry Princess Peach so they can rule the Kingdoms.
He is an entertaining charismatic main antagonist that does get his hands dirty instead of just having his subordinates do all the dirty work. He does use his recognizable attack that is he breathes fire including during the climax when he fights Luigi and Mario.

Bowser aka King Koopa is a formidable antagonist that isn't easily defeated, and Mario and Luigi fighting him during the climax is a highly entertaining action scene.

All characters including Mario, Luigi, Bowser, and Princess Peach, look the exact same as they do in the Super Mario Brothers video games.
 
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No Hard Feelings 6/10

Has some funny commentary. Felt in a way like a RomCom with a little raunchy humor.

My only gripe: They depicted Jennifer Lawrence’s character as broke in the previews, that struggles to pay her property taxes. She lives in an inherited home in The Hamptons. Real estate there is among the highest in the country. She was sitting on a $2 million asset. Just the logic in me thinking, but that’s just Hollywood.
 
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