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I was pretty disappointed to be honest. The sexest jokes were dead and buried along time ago, so they didn't make me laugh, those jokes were dead. There were some more dead jokes that bearly left the ground in terms of laughs. Now I will say this I love Ricky Gervais most of his work/Comedy work is amazing but this was Average at best. " The Invention of Lying " is underatted and that's hillarious film. Most of what he was saying though was clever, he was funny and I did get a lot of laughs out of some of the jokes. And I think he's a smart, witty and very intelligent guy, and he did display some of that tonight. But some of his jokes bearly left the ground as I mentioned earlier, and were about as thin as paper. The Adolf Hitler joke was hit and miss, you know some of the stuff he was saying was funny others just didn't make me laugh. The first 5 minutes with those sexest jokes, Pedophile jokes just did not make me laugh. And I found those bits hard to watch. This has got to be his worst work buy a mile. Sorry Ricky but this was Average.

Rating stands at 5.4.

Oh yes Indeed it was. The start scene was great " It's meant to be a dog ", " It looks like a cow " you know the scene I mean that was just so perfectly done, it was a nice scene and light hearted then went straight to dark very quickly. It was intense and the story was amazing with every character having brilliant character development. The story was well driven and the characters had enough screen time to have enough development. The story keeps your attention with some good drama moments, scenes and lines of dialogue along the way. The acting buy the lead actors in question was phenomenal and should win the prize for best acting of the year, and in the widely popular television series as a whole. With plot twists and turns it made for an engaging affair, the story flows well and never feels like it drags. And it also shows us " Nerds " becoming more of themselves the other assets around them. The effects as usual were well done, the colour has always made this siries a visually pleasing experience and makes it more fun to watch. And the horror aspects completely worked, compared to other shows that don't seem to pull it off quite right. It's funny and drama elements are also brilliant along side the comedy aspects as well making it that more pleasing whilst watching. The shows music is also back with a bang. Enough said really!

A brilliant show, that's underappreciated and underrated, I think more people should try and watch this show!. " Flight " was my favourite episode because it was intense, scary and claustrophobic. The guy was dead and the boy sat next to him, with a grim reaper near them was pretty damn scary!. Whilst on the plain hence the title " Flight ". The script was absolutely brilliant, the acting and performances even for a kids show was seriously " Top Notch ". The show also has plot-twists that will honestly surprise you. The Shark episode whilst being pretty rubbish, had a great story man turns into shark in the water, and man when out of the water which was a brilliant concept and idea the execution was rubbish. The Episode was rubbish because of the bully mainly!, had no character development, unkind without having a reason for being one in hindsight it's fine but in execution its not. " Lilly D " episode is really creepy, the plot twist at the end of part 2 was utterly brilliant and turned up the creep factor massively. Diary of a Wimpy kid meets Ice cream instead of Cheese. Honestly an intense ending made it a brilliant episode to watch. A mysterious Ice cream truck goes to the boys road, and he's the only one that sees it. He then goes to get some ice cream. After he gets ice cream. He just can't stop it as it's irresistible and tastes like no Ice cream known to man, and nobody believed him about it. " Uncle Howee " show was Awful. It played out as this an annoying TV show on the telly that just couldn't get turned off no matter what. It was painful to watch. No scares, lacks any creepiness to it, and poorly acted. And the story was just irritating to watch I could hit myself with a brick and that would be more useful then watching this Dog for 23 Minutes. Honestly whoever's idea was that should of been sacked the moment the idea popped out of that person's head. Not releasing straight to video. How it gets a higher rating then a lot of episodes is beyond me 7.5 for that? I mean seriously. " The Dead Bodies " sequel to the " Dead Bodie " was a very good episodes. The characters had depth. The story was interesting and engaging through out the love interest was nice. The bullies were a cool idea as well. The fact that the episode had history to it was very interesting the dynamic of the duo was really cool. With the best script in the entire show made it that more impressive. " Detention " was intense. The whole sub plot of the students actually forgetting how they got to Detention was scary. And the fact they had no way out of there school was just even more intense and another chlostrophobic episode. " Checking In " could of, should of been good but it lacked any spark. The characters were bland and uninteresting and had no charisma to them what so ever. The kids were moaning the whole time " Fun " that was me being sarcastic because it really wasn't fun to watch those moaning dweebs. The fact that the mums and dads didn't like there kids after a few days in that Hotel was really not that good. Should of been a lot stronger. Helloween episode was really interesting " Pumpkinheads " was arguably the scariest episode. With people having there heads chopped off to be turned into Pumpkinheads was really scary. With kids going in without even realising. And tacking the pumpkins. Then being followed buy the Pumpkinheads almost dying in the episode was really scary. " Scarecrow " however was really not interesting at all. A strange man giving a girl a Scarecrow so she can scare the birds was nice. But his acting was about as convincing as a tree. And the performances buy the characters/ actors really didn't interest me that much. It's a 3.7/10 at Best. The less said about the train episode the better. " The girl in the painting " had a nice concept. Was one of the better episodes of the entire siries. A girl finds a painting in the dump and decides to grab it. After a few days she comes obsessive over it and moreover the actual " Girl " in the painting. She then asks the girl whose obsessed with the painting is asked to come. After that she's eaten buy a giant Lizard like creature I pressume. " Creature Feature " had a sort of 1980's style about it. A boy is obsessed with strange comic books and would rather do that then go to the beach. They then find the movies, that he loves so dearly in the fog, just before they get to the beach. They then go inside the place. Then the guy whose obsessed then goes into a camera. Then he's suddenly finding himself in the picture. If you want me to give in depth thoughts on the episodes then give it a thumbs up, if not however then just leave it. " Clown " episode was so weird and oddly executed. But the main premise is down to the character having a fear of clowns. Then the plot twist at the end of the episode he turns out to be a clown himself was a plot twist and a half. " A creature was Stirring " was horrendous. Kids overly obsessive over these phones. Family conflict Stirs in this episode, basic concept, basic episode, basic stuff here nouthing special..., just so happens to be set on Christmas. The episodes with the mummies were god awful, I can't even remember any of those episodes. But I remember that the characters were awful. Goosebumps meets The haunting hour. " Black Mask " reminds me of " Say cheese and Die " episode. As " Black mask " contains a group of kids that find a black mask. The kids then put it on and instead of showing them awful stuff that happens in the future like " Say cheese and Die ", it shows the awful things that are about to happen. The Hotel for one night with the wolf was really lacklustre,with the girl not wanting to be there. Basic Costume, Basic script, Basic idea, Basic effects, Basic designs for the costumes basic everything, you were starting to see a pattern there. The Chinese episode is horrible. " The Red Dress " was a creepy episode. With a girl desperately wanting the dress. Then gets it over night. Then she is punished, she turns blind. " The Wrong Number " absolutely brilliant episode. With two nasty girls, one of them gets punished for it. Classic horror story. From Ghost stories, to rock bottom episodes, ha like my joke there. Let me know if you like any of these jokes or just give me a patronising smile. From Wolfes, whiches, Lizards, creepy tales. It's a good show. That's well written, grounded, and has phenomenal stories also might not be they best but still Entertaining!

Rating Stands at: 7.5/10 Enjoy it whilst it Lasts!

The story is fine. With Martin doing the clear out, clearing his magazines that he so desperately loves them and doesn't want to clear them out. So he goes and buys more, and Jackie is not happy. Yea this story was not all that good, it's way to predictable. The story isn't funny either, there's a couple of funny lines here and there but nouthing of note. Jim is the best character inside of Friday night dinner, he is incredibly awkward, and plays out like this kid version of an adult, doing stuff that's just really not normal. And things Adam and Johnny look 'so similar' lol. Johnny is the young one, and puts salt in drinks, and works as a person who sells houses to people. Jackie is the mum, she's the unfunny one. Adam is the older one of the 2 sons and sells marketing adverts for cars. Martin either makes a mistake or forgets things too easily, and hates Val!

Rating stands at: 5/10 Decent opener, but nothing special.

The positives is the music, general chills whenever the music plays, and elevates the story and the creep factor. The story has a great creepy feel to it. Toni Colette performs so well in this, and the positives for this episode stops there unfortunately. I don't know what the daughter was doing the mum played buy ( Toni Collette) asked her to go and hide somewhere, but instead proceeds to go in locations where she is visible buy the public like Whatt? Does she think she's doing. Hide, you fool. And she goes to a bar as well? Anybody else loosing brain cells from this episode? Because I shore am. And gets shooting lessons with a guy she bearly knows!, like honestly she's lucky she didn't get killed, so yes a definite downgrade from the first episode, Awful so disappointed...,

Rating stands at: 4.2/10 hugely disappointed.

Just the same as the first Movie. Only it's animated. When the characters face moves, it feels very distracting to me and I loose focus from the film. And It doesn't have a lot of differences from the very first film, so it was disappointing. The animation is very good though, so are the characters, the story is still good though, so it's not all bad. But it isn't all great either. And you'll definitely be disappointed if the 3 films were from your childhood, like mine.

Now I will start of buy saying this movie is fine. So let's get started with the Janitor.

The Janitor,

The Janitor played buy ( Nicolas Cage ) goes into a town where he soon realises that his tire blows, he's then greeted buy Jed ( Chris Warner ) at a garage. He needs more money so he is offered a job at Willy's Wonderland with the owner Tex. He does his routine which is doing the job he's set to do then has a drink. He's a good character he doesn't say anything but hes fine for a main protagonist especially when he goes all out bonkers on the animatronics.

The side characters,

Mostly forgettable and do stupid stuff. Apart from Emily Tosta she was really good in this. She wants to burn down Willy's Wonderland as it has a dark hidden secret within the building and has a dark history of the town. Emily goes inside the building also to save the Janitor yea she has an actual reason so that's fine. The other characters in stead of telling the Janitor and there friend out they decide to go in with her? So yea that's dumb. So are the police for not allowing Emily to burn the place down, so that's also dumb.

The other stuff

The camera angles are sometimes off, which makes the movie distracting to look at. The script was also not very good. Most of the characters are forgettable and do stupid things. The concept is cool though, the soundtrack isn't very good, the use of colours are good. And the ending wasn't what I was expecting so it's fine but it won't live long in the memory

Rating stands at: 3.9/10 Ok.

Now I know what your thinking ' This movie has been done to dust' I hear you and your point is Valid but here me out, Reader Bewear your in for some unpopular opinions and ( Spoilers )...

Good bits, Halley Berry, Patrick Wilson and John have amazing chemistry together on screen, which is what makes this film a joy to watch. So Let's talk about the different characters let's start off with the one that people think is nuts, you guessed it John

John,

He does so well in his respected role. He has a theory that the moon is coming down to earth, so he tries to tell people about this and everyone thinks he's crazy, I mean why wouldn't they, am I right?. And when he meets the astronaut played buy ( Patrick wilson ) he tells him that everyone is in danger because the moon is crashing down so Patrick wilson throws him out as he thinks he's crazy. But John doesn't stop there and gathers up some more people with the promise of free bagels, and tells them about the whole moon situation. So when he is in fact right they start believing in him. And I like the little moments with his mum it's short but it's sweet. And In the end they join forces to try and save the people of earth, John, Halley and Patrick.

Halley Berry,

She's an ex wife of two children. And as to be expected she does worry too much, being that over protecting parent that we ( may or may not of had ). So I like how she is relatable and tries to do what's best for her son. And she works for ( NASA ) so she is also an astronaut as well. And is one of the ones who finds an entity living inside the moon forcing it to crash down ( I won't say what ).

Patrick,

Patrick instead of him being an Ex wife he's an ex husband with a son and hes also broke. With his son also hating him. His son was sent to prison so Patrick did try everything in his power to not let them take him into jail ' hes a good kid, just made a mistake ' he says not whilst in court but later on in the film, that depicts him as a farther who loves his son very much.

So I just love the arc, the journey we go on with these main protagonists are just really interesting. So is the action and cinematography with nice neat direction. And stunning visual effects. And side characters who aren't actually all that bad either. With some funny Witty lines of dialogue. And a good score to boot.

Bad bits, Some of the jokes do fall flat for me, and I didn't think the third act was anywhere near as good as it could of been. And unfortunately for this film it has been done to dust so that also does drag the movie down. But if you don't take it too seriously you will have a blast I promise you that much. I wish I could have more to say about this movie but I would be wasting your time, and It would take too long. Not oscar winner worthy but ultimately fine end of the world movie. Enjoy!

Rating stands at: 6/10 Decent enough.

I mean I thought this episode was decent, and definitely watchable.

The Good Parts:

It's a really funny episode. The Director has over the top acting, but it works and it's relatable to actual directors with some of the stuff he says, that's why it's just really funny.

The story was also very watchable, and I thought the cast performed there parts quite well.

The concept is also fun, with the cat scaring the girl, made the episode play out abit, as she did hurt the cat, so I thought making the cat out as scary seemed to work quite well, and ofc she did say sorry to the owners who then told her about the actual cat itself.

And the effects weren't so bad either.

Bad Parts:

I think some of the actors, were terrible in there roles which did kind of partly ruin this story, even if it was just decent.

I think the cat could of been a little bit more intimidating, yea I know it's a cat, but they could of done a little bit more interesting stuff with it.

And the director definitely should of had more screen time, as he was the best thing about this episode.

So overall...

Rating Stands at: 6.6/10 Funniest Goosebumps episode, Just not Amazing.

As a two parter it's just great. Morris family are really entertaining as a whole, they have some good lines. They can also pull of a face, and sometimes it makes my chuckle.

The good elements

The story as a whole slaps with it's comedic timing, yes I am jealous with this episodes comedic timing. The Horror and creep factor just works so well in this episode with great humor. The game they play, leads to some really funny moments. With a gigantic twist ending that I didn't see coming for a mile away. And the start of the first part has the great creep factor to it.

The bad elements

Just which the second part could of been stronger on the whole, the game elements I think whilst still really funny it just doesn't fit the overall tone of the first. The story also loses a bit of that creep factor to it like the first had, overall though this is a pretty strong story

Effects/ CGI

Holds up pretty well considering it was made in the 1990's.

It's ashame because I think the second part let's the greatness of the first episode down so overall my conclusion is...

Rating stands at: 7.5/10 Almost Great.

The animation style is still cool and neat though. The way the characters move at times can be really distracting at times, this is because the characters move really stupidly, and sometimes the animation can be pretty poor, but that's because of the budget. The different voice cast, didn't work all that well. And Buck and Zeze whatever her name is, well they had fallen out, and became friends off screen so that's a bonus, they do make up really quickly which doesn't work for me, they should of made it a bit longer. And the jokes sometimes land but sometimes they don't lift of the ground. And the movie felt really dull and not as fun as it could of been. But I think Buck is still fun, and the story tries to have an emotional moment which doesn't quite work but I can still admire them doing it. And Sid is also still really enjoyable. So overall it's fine I had a decent time with this movie but I'll probably skip this movie if I was to do an Ice age marathon.

So overall: 4.5/10 Nouthing special.

It's a MASTERPIECE ( in my opinion ). The story works so well as I whole. A new family moves into a new town. The kids really didn't want to move in the first place ( relatable ). The girl then starts to see people in the house, and rightfully so is scared about this. Her parents just chalk it off as scared about moving in. They see the mouther of the next door nabour, who yes you can tell she is a bad person buy the way she acts around those people. The concept is really good though. It's about the factory exploding and killed the workers. So they are Dead men or women walking, hence the title Welcome to Dead house. It's a cool story line to follow on though. And the actors all have convincing performances especially for a Goosebumps episode. They also can't go out in the sun as well, and they couldn't feed on the new nabours straight away as they had something to protect them, which really works well when the story finally unfolds. I think it's the most groundbreaking Goosebumps episode as the concept works well, the characters performances are almost perfect, and the characters I actually cared for. I know this was from 1990's but leave me alone I can still enjoy a watchable siries. And I have watched this episode about a dozen times, and it's still my favourite along side the Mask episode which is also a Masterpiece, ( respectfully ).

Enjoy it!, and hope the review helps!

Overall: 10/10 INSTANT CLASSIC.

One of the best episodes from the siries and from the actual show itself. Two characters go on the hill house tour, they go so many times they get bored and try and scear the people that attend that tour, they also sneak off as well and a scary surprise awaits...The boy who likes Ice Cream. He loves Strawberry icecream and fell down and lost his head, charming. But anyways they keep them trapped and paints the girl, and the boy is well he's just really scared, he acts like the nervous kid, and the girl likes to be scared and told scary stories. Although it's a very good episode, I just which this had more to it. I won't ruin the plot twist for you, but I can assure you that you'll enjoy.

The story is so bad. Overly lit to start off with. The acting is damn right horrible. The plot twist with Libby being the bad guy would of been good but there's no emotion no nouthing just emptiness. Adam West was in this, it was nice to see him in this but he was bearly even in the episode, he comes on and a minute later leaves again. I mean the costume designs for the good guy and the bad guy from the comic book is timeless though. Atleast they tried in that regard. The ending is also poorly acted. Like atleast try and make a good episode, don't be like " Can't be asked" approach because this episode screams that in your face, which is a pity because the concept is cool. The story ultimately goes nowhere though and the story is so slow it makes you think why they bothered attempting to write and direct such a weak episode in the first place. This would of been fine if this just stayed on paper because it really doesn't come across the big screen well at all. And in my opinion makes this the WORST EPISODE in Goosebumps history.

This movie was fine. Let's talk about the bad stuff and then the good stuff. The movies effects well they for some reason looked awful, the small dog CGI looked horrible when Jack Whitehall was holding it, also looked too small for a normal size dog. The pacing of this story is also bad, it's really slow and I mean a really SLOW movie at times. Jack Whitehall's accent is not all that great, I feel like he would of benefited in just talking in his normal voice. The villain wasn't a very good villain either, he needed more time in the movie. He was a bland villain because he hardly got any time to shine, I think he needed some extra minutes. And the acting is also nouthing to write home about, it's fine in a kids movie though, if it was an adults movie well it just wouldn't cut it. Now let's move on to the good stuff. The movie is well sometimes funny, the humour isn't the best but this movie will definitely make you laugh every now and again. The girls speech was also very heartfelt, this movie infact had it's emotional beats, and they worked really well. The dog was also very cool.

Rating stands at: 6.5/10.